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Park. Good evening. Im ama daetz and im dan ashley. Thanks for joining us. City Officials Say theyre cracking down on the unlicensed and unregulated sale of alcohol, including an operation earlier this month. But the booze just keeps flowing. Abc seven news iteam reporter Melanie Woodrow has been looking into the issue and joins us live from outside the ballpark. Melanie ama and dan. Were starting to see some fans show up for tonights game. I was out here last night and saw several people selling alcohol illegally. It not only takes away from the licensed businesses here outside the stadium, it also presents a safety and Public Health issue. The perimeter of oracle park is buzzing with happy fans during any San Francisco giants home game, but authorities are frowning on the illegal sale of alcohol outside the stadium. Earlier this month, the department of alcoholic Beverage Control held an operation outside oracle park for citations were issued and illegally sold. Alcohol was seized, including from one individual operating an unlicensed bar. This must be infuriating to all the local businesses that play by the rules and go for licenses. District six supervisor matt dorsey says the city is seeing way too much of this in ways that are overwhelming. Their ability to respond. And despite the department of alcoholic Beverage Controls efforts in conjunction with the San Francisco Police Department and the port of San Francisco, the iteam saw several people illegally selling alcohol outside thursday nights home game. Including one person with a margarita making bar complete with multiple types of tequila mixers and fruit garnishes taking their profits. Thumbing their nose at the law and the rules. Hello, i got coors light. I got paper bags. You can stick them in. This seller, who did not want to speak with me on camera, told me a ticket he received last year was dismissed and that its a slap on the wrist. Does San Francisco have the resources to be out there enforcing Something Like this when theres so much else happening in the city right now, close to a third of the Police Department were supposed to have, isnt there . There is hundreds of officers who are eligible for retirement in sfpd spokesperson tells the iteam operations are dictated by available staffing and that the department is focused on hiring qualified candidates to make up a shortage of more than 500 officers, writing in an emailed statement, quote, despite the staffing shortage, we prioritize Public Safety issues to ensure safe gatherings in and around these venues. The department of alcoholic Beverage Control tells abc seven news. In part, these illegal sales pose a potential Public Safety concern. This alcohol isnt regulated and these vendors arent carding. We want to make sure that the people who are engaged in the business of selling alcohol or doing it responsibly. In an emailed statement, a San Francisco giants spokesperson writes in part, quote, we appreciate the work of local authorities to minimize activities that compromise fan safety, detract from the ballpark experience, and negatively impact the neighborhood. Is this like whack a mole . You give a citation and they just pop back up . We got to be persistent because criminal enterprises are very persistent. Its just completely unfair. And weve got to shut it down. Supervisor dorsey says next tuesday hes going to be calling for a hearing on this issue before the Public Safety committee. Reporting live in San Francisco for the iteam, Melanie Woodrow, abc seven news. All right, melanie, thank you. And now, former san jose fire captain is under arrest, accused of attempting lewd acts with a 13 year old girl. The Sacramento County das office is charged Spencer Parker with multiple felonies, including communicating with a minor to commit an offense involving the minor sending or exhibiting harmful matter to a person under 13 years old, and requesting a photograph of someone under 18 years old. Folsom Police Arrested parker on april 1st. Hes now out on bail. The San Jose City Managers Office is refusing to comment on the case, saying only that a fire captain arrested in Sacramento County is no longer employed by the city. Prison reform advocates are trying to stop the transfers of women from the Dublin Federal Correctional Institute to allow a more orderly closure of the troubled federal prison. The California Coalition for women prisoners has filed a temporary restraining order to try to stop the transfers. Theyre also calling for the release of prisoners whose sentences are near completion. The federal bureau of prisons announced this week that it is closing the prison, where a string of employees, including the former warden and chaplain, have been accused of sexually abusing inmates. We see as a huge evasion of accountability and, while we support prison closure, the way this closure is happening is deeply harmful to people inside the advocates say the women are being sent to prisons and places like florida and texas, where they have no ties. There are about 50 civil rights lawsuits pending against former prison employees. Theres a traffic warning to tell you about for people who use highway 37 to get from vallejo to sonoma, it will be closed this weekend. Starting tonight, westbound lanes of the highway will be shut down for roadway repair, and its not expected to reopen until early monday morning. They hope, in time for the commute. Abc7 News Reporter cornell bernard has a look at the impact. Its going to be a mess, but thats what you cant avoid it. Drivers in American Canyon are bracing for a big construction project, which will shut down portions of highway 37 over the next four weekends, even before the construction, 37 has always been a problem because 37 has a lot of, a lot of, potholes. Part of the process is were going to be grinding and repaving. Caltrans says a 21 mile stretch of 37 from solano to sonoma counties is getting new asphalt. They say its a challenging job on a two lane road, having a 55 hour closure allows our crews to stage safely and be able to work on, like you said, that limited space and maneuver. So, its very beneficial for us to be able to do so. And that the limitation this weekend. The closure from 9 p. M. Friday to 5 a. M. Monday will impact westbound lanes of 37 from vallejo to sears point, caltrans suggests detours through wine country. It is going to be a long detour, so please plan ahead with plenty of time. Ramsgate winery in the Sonoma Valley posting this message to visitors on its Instagram Page about the 37 construction. You do not want to miss the sonoma speed tour. April 19th through the 21st sonoma raceway, hosting this muscle car event over the weekend, Ticket Holders have been notified about possible delays getting here. Youre going to have a detour. Why not let it be through wine country to get here, but you know, its still easy to access the track. Theres still an easy way to get here. The repaving project, the first step in reimagining highway 37, which has seen roadway flooding and closures in recent years, a long time project calls for widening and elevating the highway. But for now, drivers are being asked to be patient. We asked the public to plan ahead as best as possible. Please look at maps and traffic applications in sonoma county. Cornell, bernard abc seven news. Mayor london breed is hoping Macys Union Square will remain open longer than planned. The Company Announced its San Francisco Flagship Store was up for sale back in february. Macys plans to keep the store open through at least 2025, Officials Say mayor breed is offering financial incentives, regulatory streamlining and investments in Public Safety. She recently tweeted, quote, while i know union square must evolve, i believe that macys can still be a part of that evolution. And there are signs that San Franciscos biggest mall could also be making a comeback. According to the San Francisco chronicle, three empty retail spaces inside the emporium San Francisco center mall have been leased to unknown tenants. Three red signs were spotted on the former storefront windows that say leased and coming soon. The mall was known as westfield San Francisco center until westfield and brookfield stopped making payments on the property last june. Well. The plot thickens in the race for the district 16 congressional seat, a vote recount is in progress after the tie was called and now a group of attorneys is accusing the leading candidate of using dark money to fund that recount. An fec complaint by the Santa Clara County Government Attorneys Association alleges that sam liccardos campaign illegally coordinated money for a recount to influence the election. All of this as roughly 20 uncounted ballots were found. According to our Media Partners at the mercury news, those ballots could break the tie for second place between evan low and joe simitian. The recount results are expected in one to perhaps two weeks. Opening statements and former president Donald Trumps hush money trial are set to begin next week. Now a 12 person jury has already been sworn in and seated. Its made up of seven men and five women. They will now have to decide if trump is guilty of falsifying Business Records to cover up hush money payments to adult film actress stormy daniels. Trump has pleaded not guilty and has been outspoken in the case. The judge overseeing the trial issued a gag order prohibiting trump from making further statements about witnesses, jurors and prosecutors says the gag order has to come off. I should be allowed to speak every time i come out to speak to you. I want to be open because we did absolutely nothing wrong. This is the first time a former us president has been tried in a criminal case. Coming up, a revolution free approach to diagnosing the countrys deadliest type of cancer. Well tell you about the robot being used by doctors on the peninsula. Doctors in burlingame are utilizing a robot to help patients suffering from the countrys deadliest cancer. Abc seven news south bay reporter Dustin Dorsey explains how a bay area innovation can help doctors detect and treat lung cancer like never before. 20 years ago, Sutter Health Mills Peninsula Medical Center became the first hospital in the bay area to offer early lung cancer detection. Fast forward to today. The ion brings us back to the forefront of lung cancer care and gives us all the tools that we need to best, diagnose and treat patients a new way to fight the countrys deadliest cancer. Developed by sunnyvale based intuitive surgical, the ion robot can help doctors diagnose lung cancer faster and safer than ever before. The robot helps with the navigation out to where were going and tries to get us in the right spot, and then we use additional tools to confirm that were in the right spot and biopsy the spot and try to get an answer. Pulmonary disease physician doctor alexander zidar took controls of the robot to show us how it could perform a Lung Cancer Diagnostic procedure known as a bronchoscopy. I am going to the patients lungs and their right and left lungs, and it provides a guide for me to get to the patients nodule instead of using a large needle through the ribs to see into the lungs, like before the robot goes down the throat and helps doctors navigate the lungs, branches in a less invasive way. If you put a needle from the outside into the lung, the lung can collapse. Its like poking a balloon, and that happens 5 to 15 of the time, depending on what the patients lungs are like. When we biopsy from the inside, that risk of lung collapse is around 1. The ion also allows doctors to biopsy places that were once too risky to reach. In the past, patients would have to wait until their condition got worse to get answers and start treatment. Despite a study from the National Institutes of health showing delaying care by even six weeks can decrease survival by up to 13. We hope by decreasing the time the patients getting treated for their lung cancer, more patients will have good outcomes. The ion has already been used on three patients, and doctors are looking forward to helping many more in the future. In burlingame, dustin dawsey, abc seven news very promising coming up, protecting bay area shorelines from Climate Change and sea level rise, well explain how restoring tidal marsh will help and the effort already underway. Weve heard the warnings about Climate Change. Pushing the tides higher and higher. And now theres an effort in the bay area for major spending to control that expected flooding. Yeah, but as abc seven weather anchor Spencer Christian explains, the proposed solutions go beyond levees and seawalls to spongy tidal marsh. As with many Pacific Islanders living around East Palo Alto, the shoreline is a spiritual place to Anthony Tongia and violet sena. A lot of things you know happened, but this over here you can walk a nice and here the water and then here the bird. And thats everything. Theyre part of a community that has helped restore this section of Cooley Landing park. And they say people here are keenly aware of the threat to the shoreline from flooding and sea level rise. Many of them would say, oh, you know, we came to the United States because we want to feel safe. And now theyre hearing of the same problems again, like, where are they going to go next . Right . They came here because of Climate Change and sea level rise. It is a beautiful place. We met the pair as siino is leading a tour of the area with lawmakers who are sponsoring climate bond legislation designed to pay for shoreline projects, including the restoration of thousands of acres of tidal marsh that can help absorb the rising sea levels that have already begun flooding this area of East Palo Alto during king tides. You know, wetlands actually act as a sponge. They slow down the flow of water, they absorb high flood waters and then release them slowly. When the tide goes down or when the storm passes. David lewis directs the environmental nonprofit save the bay. He says the region is barely halfway to its goal of restoring and protecting 100,000 acres of tidal marsh earlier this year, crews finally breached a levee at a nearby salt pond, creating the bays newest tidal marsh alongside a green levee planted by the group. Weve learned in the last 20 years that we can restore these diked off areas to tidal marsh, and thats really improved the health of the bay. But in the next few weeks, we could learn whether there will be money to keep up the pace. Lawmakers have pressed Governor Newsom to back a climate bond of 10 billion or more in time to make the deadline for the fall ballot. But with the state facing a multibillion dollar deficit, the financial landscape is growing more unpredictable. Still, though, backers say the spending would help protect Housing Developments and existing communities. Adrian covert is with the bay area council. I dont think that we can get the most Cost Effective flood solution for the bay area without incorporating and maximizing our tidal marsh restoration opportunities, and the urgency is easy to see with areas like bel marin, keys near novato and foster city already needing to bolster everything from seawalls to improved levees and other Flood Control structures. Backers believe expanding tidal marsh will help take some of the pressure off in coming decades, and protect shoreline areas that have become both a gathering point and a refuge to communities around the bay are. Its a spiritual being, yes. Even myself. I think us who grew up around the water and the ocean, we are pulled towards the water and committed to protecting it. In East Palo Alto, Spencer Christian abc seven news. All right, the weekend is upon us, boy, it sure is. And meteorologist sandhya patel is here with the forecast. Sandia and the forecast looks fantastic. Dan and ama just in case youre not going to stick around here in the bay area, lets talk about your aloha friday travel forecast sponsored by the Oakland Airport offering daily nonstops to four islands honolulu, kona, kahului and lihue. So oakland tomorrow its going to start out with fog 71 degrees. You will notice a few showers honolulu and kahului. But look at the temperatures in the 80s. Who cares if there are a few showers here in hawaii. Really nice looking weather. All right. We have some beautiful weather as well from our mount tam cam, you are looking at that marine layer advancing once again. Temperatures have dropped today as we did get a deep marine layer push in overnight. And this morning. So ten degrees cooler in santa rosa down five degrees in concord. Certainly a stronger sea breeze right now. Gusts to 32 at oakland, 25 at sfo. Our temperatures are ranging anywhere from the 50s to the 70s for most of the bay area. So its a cooler day without a doubt. Im going to step aside so you can really soak up these views. Plenty of sun from all of our tower cameras. The fog will advance once again as you look at it from the visible satellite picture. It was pretty widespread this morning. Fog and low clouds, but you will notice that it pulled away. And now here it comes once again, right near the point raised coastline and also around half moon bay. So we will continue to see the advancement of the fog. A live view from santa cruz camera. Nice view overnight tonight. Fog expands at the coast this weekend. Were looking at sunshine and spring warmth around the bay and inland in the middle of next week. More clouds and cooler weather and late in the week. Were talking about shower chances as well. So 9 00 tonight that marine layer advances across the coast and bay. As we head into tomorrow morning, were going to start out with gray skies, but quickly the skies will clear and its going to be a beautiful saturday. A look at your morning temperatures 40s 50s. If you do have early plans, just be aware of the fact that visibility will be low in pockets because of the fog, so you might want to allow that extra time. South bay temperatures 75, in santa clara, san jose 77 degrees 78. In morgan hill. Temperatures coming up a few degrees from today. Most of you are in the 50s to 70s. Today, palo alto mountain view, 72 degrees 61, in pacifica, downtown San Francisco , 67 Degrees North bay. Temperatures 60s from bodega bay to stinson beach. 74 in san rafael, upper 70s around santa rosa, cloverdale, sonoma just a Beautiful Day in the east bay as well. 71 in oakland 74 orinda head inland and youre in the upper 70s to low 80s for many areas. Mid 70s san ramon pleasanton 77, in livermore. Heres a look at the accuweather seven day forecast. And were going to bring you some 80s for saturday and sunday inland. If you dont like it, you know we have a place to go. The coast will be in the 60s. The warmth will hold on monday, but a sharp drop off in those temperatures coming tuesday, wednesday, especially in our inland communities where youll be down into the 70s. Thursdays cloudier. We introduce a slight chance of showers late in the day, but its a better chance on friday, so almond and stay tuned. Were not done with the rainy season yet. All right, back to parker. Weather in this. Nice. We like to whine about it. I know you do because were so good at it. Hey. Its good. Thats true. Its a core competency. It is all right. A big change to the annual 420 celebration at Golden Gate Park tomorrow. The San Francisco rec and Parks Department is holding a field day with volleyball and kickball tournaments instead of the usual hippie hill event. It was canceled because of financial constraints that may not stop people, though, who still want to celebrate cannabis culture in anticipation of crowds. The psychedelic church of ambrosia is teaming with nonprofits to send stoner safety staff portable toilets and a medical tent to the park. All right, well still ahead, celebrating autism acceptance month with a new immersive mural. Well explain what makes this piece of art so a reminder you can get our live newscasts, breaking news, weather, and more with our abc7 bay area streaming tv app. Just search abc seven bay area and download it when you have a moment. April is autism acceptance month, and one San Francisco school has taken real steps and made them into a celebration of the imagination. Sherman elementary in the citys Marina District specializes in autism education. Today, it unveiled its new immersive mural project. The mural covers the 100 year old schools main staircase with a mixture of textured, sensory friendly elements and many academically enriching details. And we even have some braille up here on the wall. We have Interactive Games on the wall. This mural project has turned a very dull staircase into a multisensory learning opportunity for sherman. Students excel academically, ranking in the top 10 among california and San Francisco schools on state mandated tests. Thats according to the schools website. Very nice. Yes, we still have much more news ahead for you. Yeah. So lets get to abc7 news anchor Julian Glover for a look at the stories coming up at 530. Hey, dan, good to be with you both on this friday. Coming up here at 530, we will be looking into those giant pandas coming to San Francisco. The timeline, the money, the draw, the diplomacy and the politics behind the pandas. Abc seven news insider phil matier will join us with his take, and we will take you behind our latest seven on your side investigation. How a promise to save money on an energy bill led to customers paying double what you should know to avoid being caught up in Something Like this. You want to join us for those stories and more . Its coming up at 530 on abc seven bay area streaming tv. Dan ammar excellent, julian. Thank you. And you can download the abc seven app or just head to abc seven news. Com and join julia in two minutes. And if youre watching us here on tv world news tonight with david muir is next for sandhya patel all of us. We appreciate your time. Im dan ashley and im ama daetz. We will see you again at 6 00. A super thin, flexible patch with maximum otc strength lidocaine that contours to the body to relieve pain right where it hurts. And did we mention, it really, really sticks . Salonpas, its good medicine. David tonight, breaking news in Donald Trumps criminal trial. The jury is now seated. Who is the first witness . And the scare outside today. The man who set himself on fire. Also tonight, the two united pilots suspended this evening after who they let sit in the captains seat mht