The oracle in march and paramount a month before. San francisco is where he went after the two shows to more intimate night spots here. To his fans prince was supposed to be immortal. A musical innovator. This San Francisco radio personality. He was funk, pop, rock. He melted those together in a way that no one else had until he came on stage. A very, very tough day with the passing of prince. Fighting through tears and sharing the love for prince. Among mourners, sterling james, 102. 9 kblx. She was sad. I just met him. I just met him. Reporter at the oracle arena, in early march, where prince performed james is a big, big, fan. She plays a lot of prince on the show. Dearly beloved was her wedding song. Ive seen him 30, 40 times since 1986 to just weeks ago. Reporter james was an em for the Great American music show in the Early Morning hours, prince sang here. The set that he put on was funky, fun. He was bathed in purple light. Tricia powell was the housman ger that night. I mean, he seemed normal. Reporter they were in charge of production. He says prince was cool, super nice. Turned out just prince, his keyboard and a mike. He didnt have sound guys or a lighting guy. They say he was worth every drop of purple rain. Today, is when doves cry. Rest in peace, prince. Vic lee, abc7 news. Tonight at 8 00, San Francisco city hall will be bathed in Purple Lights and maybe washed in purple rain. A grammy winning music producer in the bay area who knew prince says weve lost a musical genius. He is mesmerized by the talent prince possessed. Drums, keyboard, guitar. Sing high, sing low. Dance like the don. Everything. What couldnt he do . Reporter walden let a candle in princes memory today, saying he would come to the bay area to be inspired by oaklands music scene. Today, he has the top five selling songs and four albums. He pulled his music from other streaming sites to i tunes is one of the only places to find it online. In 2007 prince put on what many considered one of the best half time shows in super bowl history. He performed purple rain in the pouring prince asked could you make it rain harder . Bay area musicians and athletes are sharing contribute United States, sheila e was a longtime collaborator saying my heart is broken, there are no words, i love you. Draymond green saw prince perform last month and stephs wife tweeted a photo at last months warriors home game, wrote heart broken, just too soon. The picture there was taken when prince was at a game just last month. The next night he wowed a sold out crowd with his own concert. Playing 35 songs. The statement today, warriors owner said he was shocked and saddened to hear the news, after hosting him in a game so recently. Tonight, oracle will be bathed in purple light, for prince. Warriors practice, if you listen, you can hear the song when doves cry playing during the shoot around. Prince was 57 but still so popular with guys in their 20s because many players were teet tweeting out about it. Mike shumann is there live with a word on steph curry, once again a spectator tonight. Shu . Reporter well, larry, seats are announced about an hour ago. Steph curry will not play against the rockets in game three. He didnt feel ready and wanted to see more development in the right ankle, hes thinking long term, not short term. Lets show you today, curry came out in a good mood. He is moving well. He had trainers taping him up. Tried to shoot and just didnt feel comfortable. He said hes going to have him go three on three tomorrow, five on five saturday and i have seen kerr this morning. It changes momentum. Energy in the building favors them. And just take care of our keys. We did a good job protecting home court. We have to come in tonight and not let our guard down. You know . Theyre home now. And are going to be hungry. We play our brand of basketball. You know . We dont, we wont. To really take control of the series, you have to win on the road. And so weve got to try to do that here. Reporter Sean Livingston will start again and it will be interesting to see what kind kind of crowd shows up. Thank you, shu. Abc7 is the only place you can watch in game four of the western conference playoffs and could mean the return of steph curry sunday, 12 30 here on abc7. There are new details in the investigation of a murder of a young San Francisco mother whose daughter is still missing. Police and the fbi show owed us a piece of evidence they hope will convince people to come forward to find the 2yearold. Reporter the investigators believe the two and a half year old ariana investigators unwrapped evidence today, taken from mcclaren park where city workers found nicoles body in a two and a half by three feet deep grave. In that shallow hole that you see there, covered by that piece of plywood. It was described as being in the fetal position. Detectives want to know if you recognize the markings on the plywood. They say someone brought it into the park. Knowing where it came from could point to who is responsible and where ariana is now. We want ariana home with her family, where she belongs. Reporter its what her coworkers want as well. She needs to be home. With her family. Reporter this is a picture of nicoles bright blue best buy shirt. Search warrants and interviews produced a huge amount of information. Over 30,000 pieces of information, records, documents, and physical evidence. Reporter still, more is needed to find ariana. Somebody knows where she is. Reporter and bring her home. Some San Francisco residents wont be sleeping in their homes tonight after a fire damaged buildings in the mission district. You can see the flames. The fire spread from one building to another along 17th street. Firefighters tell us nobody was hurt but will take several days to determine what started that fire. A concord man has been arrested and charged with a hate crime after burning a gay pride flag that flew above a church. The 22yearold was arrested after police say he stole the rainbow flag from in front of Clayton Valley church and set it on fire. He was arrested soon after. Hes charged with arson, theft, and vandalism. More arrests could be made. The bomb squad detonated a pipe bomb in the south bay this afternoon. Abc7 news was outside of the Police Station aztec anythings blew it up. Police found the bomb in a drug suspects backpack and say its about the size of a pen or marker. There is a cap with a wire sticking out on one end. That sounds like a pipe bomb. Its small. The suspect is a convicted felon with a long record. Still ahead on abc7 news, keeping his promise. He didnt see that face, hes going to see my face. The man who blocked his wife from a speeding driver faces the man accused of hitting her in court. Important Training Exercise in the north bay, next. Im spencer christian. Rain is on the way. Ill show you when we can expect it to begin and how much we expect to receive in just a moment. And later a glimpse into the stars. You live life your way. We can help you retire your way, too. Financial guidance while youre mastering life. From chase. So you can. In a martinez courtroom a pittsburgh man faced the accused driver of a car that hit, and killed his wife. He is charged with murder in the death of Linda Cochran. Reporter chavez is remaining in jail on more than 1 million bail. As for jay cochran, he kept his promise two days after his wife died. He was here in the courtroom, sitting front and center trying to catch the eye of her accused killer. He didnt see lindas face. Hes going to see my face, time and time again. Reporter minutes after seeing the man who allegedly mowed down his wife, jay cochran told us why he felt he needed to be in the front row. Im going to be here every time there is a hearing or any event taking place for that defendant. Im going to be here. And linda will be with me. Reporter 65yearold Linda Cochran was killed on tuesday, on a morning walk. Cochran just retired, a mother of five, a primary care giver for the couples two disabled sons. My wife continuously thought about the family first. Reporter the 26yearold did not enter a plea to charges of murder, vehicular manslaughter and felony evading. Police say one of their officers chased the speeding blue cam yaro seconds before it hit cochran, smashed through a fence, and drove several hundred yards off the delta view golf course. I think his bad decisions should have consequences, too. And im here to make sure that theyre as much justice as we can get and put him behind bars long as possible. Reporter chavez had a prior conviction for dui and investigators are awaiting tests to see if alcohol or drugs were involved in tuesdays accident. A small group of activists started a Hunger Strike to protest Deadly Police shootings in San Francisco. Five members of the black and Brown Social Club say they wont eat until police chief suhr is fired or mayor lee resigns. Something is going to give. Im going to the hospital or mayor lee is going to resign, chief suhr be fired. Something is going to give. The mayor says hes awaiting an investigation into the Police Departments use of force and bias among some officers. One third of bay area adults attended one super bowl 50 event. That is one of the highlights of a new independent report of the impact. The survey found 65 of adults give the super bowl a positive rating, only 8 negatively. For those who attended, traffic was the top inconvenience. 64 were highly receptive to having future big sporting events in the bay area. And crews cleaned up 22,000 pounds of trash left over after yesterdays 420 celebration. Clean up will cost San Francisco taxpayers 25,000. The weather warms up and more people flock to beaches to cool off. Marin county firefighters dashed into the water at stinson beach. This is the lesson in the four day course on rescuing swimmers and surfers who find themselves in distress. Any time you can get in the water to become more familiar youre going to be more successful. What were trying to do is get a basic understanding of our capabilities and what we can, and cant do out there. The drills included working with helicopters to spot people in trouble and lift them from the surf. Lets take a look at the weather. Do you have a point youre going to make . This is not a good time to go near the surf. But things are going to change. Clouds getting thicker now, skies are still bright. Check out this view. Western skies its currently 63 degrees across the bay. Mountain view, 69 degrees, morgan hill, 68. And this is the view over the bay. Its 63 now in santa rosa. And there is a danger of large rip currents and dangerous breakers so a good time to stay away from the keft line. Clouds looking threatening there right now. We expect showers overnight, so will be a wet, breezy commute. And for the weekend, sunny days but windy conditions by sunday. And ranking each storm, on the storm impact scale, approaching system ranks one. Its light but going to produce a good amount of rainfall for us. Well see showers sweeping through so highway conditions will be wet and a little bit of a break. The second wave of showers moving through later in the day around mid day. So well expect totals from a quarter inch up to nearly three quarters in spots. There will be snow in the sierra. A Winter Weather advisory from 8 00 tomorrow evening. Lows in the mid to upper 50s and tomorrow, expect highs mainly in the low to mid60s. And here is the accuweather forecast. Temperatures rainy and breezy conditions. A mostly sunny weekend. So chance of rain wednesday and i want to thank sir chapter in union city for having me as a guest speaker. It was a great lunch. I didnt have to pay. Always great. See thats a good lookin pile of dirt. Yeah. Its natures care. Whats in it . Lots of rich, moist organic things. Can i touch it . Yeah, get in there. That feels really good. Natures care organic garden soil. Thats some good dirt. And thats some other good stuff too. Now, incredible images from nasa. The space agency released this today, showing a giant bubble being inflated by a star. Astronomers renamed it the bubble neb youlla. After a long delay, Solar Impulse is back on its quest to complete a round the world flight powered by the sun. Down to moffitt field, it had been grounded to fix a battery problem. The plane is on course to land in Silicon Valleys Moffett Field on saturday. The drone thought to have hit a plane might have been a plastic bag instead in london. The plane had no actual damage. Bay area musicians remembering prince tonight. Hear from a prince cover band and fans so broken up they couldnt go to work. And a new plan has leaders all in on the bullet train. Why under armor has steph it was his final song in the fox theater. This is a live look. People gathered outside paisley park, his home and recording studio. Theyve been there all day, paying respects to the music legend. Prince regularly played in the bay area, abc7 news anchor eric thomas joins us now from the Paramount Theater where fans saw him perform. It was march 4th. Inside just prince, a piano and microphone. Outside, this is what it says. Our hearts are broken, prince, rest in peace. That reflects the grief felt by many bay area music prince drew on wide musical influences for his songs. That means this band had to get that sound. Rock, jazz, pop, funk. Blues. Everything. Everything is just about what prince could do on his records, write, are yafrng, produce and play all instruments. That is why ameana music expects to be busy. People will come in and buy a lot of his music. Inside, this shopper wishes he attended the concert in oakland last month. So i can do the next best thing and buy the printed stuff. Reporter prince took in a Golden State Warriors game. One of the last times anyone here would see him. That is why it was emotional for chris and alva. He called off some meetings so he can stay home and keep track of the latest developments between them, the couple have seen 10 concerts over the years, including in oakland last month. He was incredible. And just inspirational. When he comes, he brings it. You can pay tribute tonight. Get out and listen to prince. Generations of fans are sharing their memories tonight and that includes people in hollywood grieving after the death of a pop stuper star. A state of shock. Like when michael left, you think about where you were when you got the news. People are upset and surprised. He was so this is a loss to the community. Many. We have posted this tribute to prince on our abc7 news page, you can share it to express your sympathy. Fans will want to set dvrs for tonights edition of night line. Volkswagon and the u. S. Government reached a deal to fix or buy back nearly half a million diesel cars. The settlement announced this morning in San Francisco federal court. Vw agreed to provide substantial compensation to car owners. The devil will be in the details. The agreement is not final. We wont know the real scope of the agreement until this they face a fine for deceptive advertising. Tonight, under armor has steph curry to thank for a big jump in sales. The company reporting a 30 jump in revenue. The signature shoe helped the companys small to the wear line increase by 64 . And on wall street, under armor was up slightly. Plans are advancing to connect the high speed rail. Abc7 News Reporter david louie has the developments. Reporter funding is still incomplete. The board is planning to bring more yesterday into the system. By bringing merced its unlocking ridership and connectivity to attract those additional riders. The hope is that it will generate muchneeded revenue and Passenger Service is expected to start in 2025. Linking Silicon Valley with the san joaquin valley. San jose is banking on its high speed rail future to turn the area into a major development. Its planned to be High Density Office with retail on the ground floor and public plaza in front of the station. Staff started to plan in january, expecting to attract private investment. As the Rail Authority met today, critics continue to raise mild objections to high speed trains coming through their neighborhoods. The deadline is may 1. Tonight, signs we may see a different donald going forward. Donald trump is announcing hes adopting more Traditional Campaign tactics like teleprompters and speech writ writers. Today, when announced if Caitlyn Jenner would be allowed to use any bathroom in trump tower he relied that is correct. When asked about pushing for equal wages, Hillary Clinton highlighted San Franciscos sales force as a positive example. I give the ceo president a big shout out because he was challenged, you dont, you know whether you pay people the same. We do. He went the next step. He discovered it wasnt true. Clinton wants more companies to be transparent when asked to show. When asking Bernie Sanders to drop out of the race she said shed never tell anyone what to do. Ground breaking surgery in San Francisco. A man who flew across the country so doctors could move a joint from one part of his music plays from one way or another im gonna find y im gonna Getcha GetchaGetcha Getcha one way or another im gonna win ya im gonna Getcha GetchaGetcha Getcha one way or another im gonna see ya inhales cigarette a texas father is recovering after a Ground Breaking surgery. Doctors transplanted a joint from one part of his body to another so he can use his arm again. And it was his own idea. For ritchie, holding his young nephew is a struggle. A car accident destroyed the function in his left arm. After years of limited movement, reggie approached a doctor in el paso with an idea. What if we take this bone from this elbow, using it in this elbow. Reggies doctor contacted an orthopedic surgeon. With the idea of transplanting his undamaged elbow from the arm that didnt work to one thats could. I said all of the Component Parts have been done before. Let me think about it. So we moved the. She began with ct scans turned into 36789 d models that allowed doctors to plot out the potential surgery. After deciding it was possible she assembled a team. It was like a ballet going on. Everything everybody did what they should do. Over 11 hours, two teams worked in tandem. Finally, doctors severed the bones on the working elbow and began transplanting it to his right arm. Everything is mirror image and backwards. How do we hook up bones that are backwards . This was the result. Hes able to move his hand and fingers. The hope is that hell be able to lift objects more. Oh, my independence. I cant wait to be independent. And potentially rebuild his life with the help of a Ground Breaking surgery. There is a chance he can gain a different mobility, surgeons say they left bone on that side to possibly fit him with a prosthetic arm. Its amazing. It is. Up next, after you hear this story, your kids may ask if your family can move to one bay area town. A School District considering changing the start of the school get high Speed Internet from at t. With 99. 9 reliability for just 30 a month. Keep calm, your internets on. Anybody with teenagers knows how hard it is to wake up your kids and go to school. Some vacaville students may get a break. The School District is contemplating starting classes later in the morning. The research is clear, High School Students are not getting enough sleep. Im always tired. Vacaville unified believes starting later than 7 50 will improve academic outcome of students. Were thinking about starting middle schools and high schools around 8 30 in the morning. Students say 40 minutes makes a difference. I like sleep. Most people do. And we dont want to get up before the sun. The school board looked at the research saying older students dont get up earlier. Sleep cycle doesnt start until 11 00 and awake is 9 00 in the morning. Next, students were asked if i had a choice i would Start School Later in the morning. Nearly 68 said yes parents asked what kind of impact would this have . 45 prgs said positive impact. Fewer than a quarter said it would be negative and the rest, neutral. The concerns are personal issues. Day care, things like that. The district says it will work with teach yefrers. Companies looking to fill positions took part in a job fair today. 300 jobs are being advertised for abc7 hire event. Spencer is back with a final check of the forecast. Clouds are increasing as you can see. And conditions look winter like. Showers and storms in the northeastern corner of the state. And high temperatures from low 60s on the coast to mid and upper 60s inland. And next couple weeks, we dont do a 14 day forecast. 90 chance of rain tomorrow and next wednesday, about a 60 chance. Ill tell you about the following seven days tomorrow, here is a look at the accuweather forecast. Tomorrows storm ranks one, will be rainy and breezy. Well have a sunny and mild weekend. Its going to be windy and more rain next wednesday. You can be the first guy. Like the farmers almanac. I could be. Yes. Thank you. Giants looking to end a skid against the diamond backs and things get h its too early to panic, but nothing is going right for the giants now. Theyre hoping to salvage one game this afternoon. And you want to talk about cute, chubby cheeks. And two for four on the day, 20, d backs. Brandon bell with double play. And the big one in the fourth, its gone. Third of the year made it 32. Giants frustration showing here in the 8th. A lot of pilling about and that is the end of as and yankees, a sugar rush right there. A curve ball and some smoke. Ten strike outs for hill. Chris davis and coco krist going back to back. What a way to enter. And that means hes going to cry. Right now, 63, as. That man did it. Despite a strong come back, sharks managed to build a series lead against rivals. We have a tremendous amount of respect for who were playing and know what its going to take to try to get another win. And theyre a great team. We have bring our best game in game five. When the Mens Basketball Team landed jalen brown it was clear he was going to be a one and done guy. He is declared for nba draft. Started off 34 games now could well be a top 10 pick. Youre playing against grown men, im just 19 that would be the difference but im super excited. I cant wait. He doesnt talk a lot about basketball. He wants to talk about life, education. How to learn and grow. That is why i think hell be successful in life. Tremendous leadership skills. What about ivan ratt . It sounds like hes thinking about staying in school. First round of the swinging skirts classic, lexie tupps. Seven of nine holes with a chance at a 62. Still has a twostroke lead. Abc7 sports brought to you by Orchard Supply hardware. And jake aretta has a no hitter. We look forward to that. Also, the military exercise that went wrong when a humvee fell from the sky. And the bay area remembers prince. The contribute United States happening tonight. Here is a look at prime time on abc7. 8 00 greys anatomy, followed by scandal, then, the catch followed by abc7 news at 11 00. At 11 35 its jimmy kimmel live. That is going to do it for this edition of abc7 news. From the entire abc7 news team, have a great evening. Look at the shot outside. Pretty. This is jeopardy please welcome todays contestants a quiz host and writer from providence, rhode island. A product demonstrator from brooklyn, new york. And our returning champion, an assistant professor from amherst, ohio. Whose 4day cash winnings total. And now here is the host of jeopardy alex trebek. Ah, yes. Thank you, johnny. Hi, folks. Im feeling really good today because weve had a run of excellent champions lately on jeopardy andrew, a case in point. Hes earned a lot of money. Hes very bright. Beth and jonpaul, so, watch out. Good luck. Here we go. Lets take a look at the categories. We start off with. Followed by. Well go. Hey. Each correct response will begin with a short e. Andrew, start. Around the world with for 200. Beth. What is komodo . Correct. Short e for 200, please. Jonpaul. What is an exclamation point . Thats it. 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