This is the view a lot of us had today, windshield wipers moving faster than traffic. Walking around meant using umbrellas, jackets, and hoodies to stay dry. And this is just a preview of the strong storm on the way this weekend. Look at the clouds outside, now, good evening, thanks for joining us. Im ama daetz. Im larry beil. Were preparing for strong winds and rain with Team Coverage around theay area. Lets begin withdrew tuma. Yes. Were going to see the beginning stages of a wet, windy weekend. There are down pours moving throughout the region. Were seeing less intensity in terms of rainfall. These shades of green areain showers moving throughout the bay are look at this. Kentfield, an inch o rain. And this weak system moves through, were still expecting more down pours this ening. So on our scale now, this is a light storm developing and these are heavier showers. We stay unsettled through the 10 00 and 11 00 hour but a stronger storm is going to move here saturday. Th full accuweather forecast is coming up. At 6 00 rain may have contributed to a deadly accident south of pittsburgh. Investigators say a woman driving on kerker pass road. The car flipped over, killing the woman. Taking a look at traffic now, you can barely see. One on one in san rafael. The northbound commute is very heavy and basically a wash out. Taking a look in tahoe,i expecting more than a foot of snow this weekend. D our last check, no chain controls for 80 or 50. Team coverage continues with cornell bernard, live in pacifica. Cornell . El nino back in a big way tonight. Waves starting to crash over the se here in pacifica and just check out the it is churning out some very big waves tonight and with m clouds, the city is getting ready. Crashing waves in pacifica, pounding the sea wall on beach boulevard. This is nothing. Ekend storms co monster waves. We got 20 foot swells. Public works supervisor and crews are ready, closing streets, filling pot holes and dropping sandbags along the water front where el nino is ready for und two. Were probably going to get about an inch and a half of rain. So the amount of rain is one main concern. T rain brought neighborhood flooding with it. But no one wants the water to get higher. Well, i hope it doesnt turn into athg disastrous, but im not fearful. Its a race against time and the weather for this crew which demolished a cliff side apartment building. I dont think were going to make it, but well try. Down the street, a crumpeling cliff. Max jones ands son are monitoringhis cliff which appears to be eroding. Yes. Today, today, possibly sunday. This whole thing shoulding gone by then. Do you think so . Yes. The cliff is off limits and several homes around it, red tagged. Ten years ago, we had more shoreline and so the erosion is taking and reclaiming it, going back. Tis crew fighting beach erosion by shoring up this water front with dirt and rock. More insurance against el nino. People protect their property. And you know, just trying to prevent Mother Nature from doing its thing. 20 foot swells expected by suay this could attract a lot of spectators. There is a warning to folks, the beach. Ves are expected on and a warning to them, never turn your back on the surf. Stay behind those railings, thank you, cornell. Abc7 news wasn oakland where the theme was umbrellas everybody Walking Around lake merit. In downtown san jose, puddles formed and the bay area received a quarter inch of rain today. Its not just the rain making the storm powerful, strong, sting winds could make things dangerous in your backyard. Eric . Reporter were talking about trees that are vulnerable to saturated ground and gusty winds as we expect tis weekend. That is why arborists were out today. Dozens of around the bay area, the background music was chain saws. And wood chippers. These are the sounds of arboris and tree cutters trying to get ahead of the storm. In pleasant hill, this tree was targeted and this is just the start. Were gearing up, t crews ready to go for the weekend. You know . Some trees are going to fall out there. Probably a combination of ought, weakened roots and blustery s. That is why pg and e has crews out today trimming branchs away from power les. This isctlly and we want to make hur to move it and have i removed before the storm hits. Pg and e says its a 365 day per year job, not just when a storm is looming. That is why theyre on the lookout for potential problems. We can see an outage. And that is one of the things we want to avoid. They want to avoid a tree. Where there is a saturation of soil, and weekend roots cant take the pressure sometimes. Reporter its probably too late to get cal works to come out to your house, but after theyre gone, it may be a good idea because they say when this storm system leaves this will be another at some point. Thank you, eric. Well track the storm all weekend. Join us for morning news at and 8 00 a. M. To see how it develops ovnight. You can enable push alerts to get updates. Now, an i Team Investigation into the Police Shooting death of alex nietto. Dan noyes was in court, joining us now with an exchoosive interview. Reporter valid or not, he tells me hes concerned about s personal safety after coming forward and testifying against the police. Those hes used to being in the spotlight, he was not kn on talking to the iteam in court. Besides the four Police Officers that shot and killed alex nietto hes the only one who saw it happening, he was jogging at vernal heights park that night. He discounted the story. They told nietto to put his hands up, he said no, you put your hands up and pointed a weapon. That did no happen. He told me the officers opened fire after their only command, stop. Notlong, half a second, also. Where were his hands at the time the pic started firing . In his pocket. One piece of evidence fr the medical examiners report may support that. There was a small piece of bone in his left jacket pock, consistent with a gunshot wound to the wrist. The deputy City Attorney attacked theodores credibility, asking, do you have problems with memory . She answered, slightly, as i say, a drink a lot. It kind of helps sometimes, i do not remember sometimes. You mentioned sometimes, you drink and your memory is not so good. Is your memory clear a firm from that night . Yes, my memory is clear and firm from that night. Youre sure about what you saw . Oure going to ask me that a million times, i will die, standing saying what i say. Another witness testified about seeing neitto eating a burrito with a weapon under his jacket. It turnedu out to be a taser i did not find him alarming in any way. His parents had to leave the room when autopsy photos were put up. Today would haveeen his 30th birthday. My home boy, alex, born march 4th. His best friend posted this video to emember. The judge says the trial could last until friday. Thank you, dan. There is a mystery problem plaguing bart. Its putting train cars out of service. And how bart is trying to keep commuters moving. Lapd became aware of an item recovered allegedly by a citizen. 20 years after o. J. Simpson was acquitted for murder, a discovery at a demolished Brentwood Home puts it back in the spotlight. I would love this availability in the future. Some of the best and brightest in this prestigious competition. Im Michael Finney. Head on 7 on your hi, its me. [imitates fanfare] lois prices from Grocery Outlet. Hi, its. Th of us hey there. Hi hey. Loifor over 60 years now, Grocery Outlet has been selling the brands you know and love, for up to 60 less than what youd pay at traontial grocery stores. And check this out. Announceright now, two pounds of halos california mandarins are just 1. 99 and weve got a really catchy theme song. Hit it Grocery Outlet bargain market bargain mket. Now its stuck in my head. One of barts substations is off line tonight, on purpose. The agency is trying to geto t the root of problem damaging some cars and delaying ommuters. Laura anthony is live and this problem is nothing new. Hi, ama. Well, one after another we have seen cars pulling in here and theyre packed more so than normal. And in part because many tr e running one car down because many have been damaged by this problem. Their train cars are gettg side lined by a mystery problem, that means car]s are getting me crowded. I do notice there is a lot of crowd. It has to do with a technical issue, bart says is happening on eastbound trains traveling through the transbay tube. Cars that have older propulsion equipment were experiencing spikes involtage and the circuitry was getting damaged. So far, 80 cars have been affected, and taken out of repairs in the yards. Bart says its becoming more frequent lately. Bart is taking th substation off line. They dont think its the source of the problem. Were still trying to figure out what caused it. We did major inspections, and looked at the third rail, the track. The trains are packed. More crowded. You can get here, its packed. Sometimes, people dont want to move for you. Ever since the strike, it seems like there is something going wrong. So its just par for the course. Bart expects to have all cars repaired and back in service by monday. What earyour thoughts on the trains . We want to hear from you like we did during the 2013 strike. Share your videos and comments with us on social media. The second lead scare in a week has a School Districts waiting for answers and some parents worried about their kids. Days after tests for lead at heelsberg elementary proved to be a false alarm, new tests were performed healsberg high. That is the superintendent for a second time, theyre testing water for fear of lead contamination. Were trying to get out in front of it and make sure the kids are safe. It is healsberg junior high this time. Hence, the test followed by a warning which led to importing water and taking any food preparation that invochls using water off the campus. Parents are pleased at how the district handled it so far. I thk were going to deal witness more and more. And i think its not going to just be a healsburg school problem. There is also a Sonoma County health problem. That agency ran tests this morning and we wont know results until next week. It doesnt necessarily mean their child as lead poisoning. Its how much water theyve consumed and whether or not it has caused problems with them. The superintendent has a child attending school in the district. You want to make every precaution. And treat your student like other kids. For more information and how to protectourself and your children, go to abc7news. Com. Spencer is off. We have drew tuma in today. Its going to be quite a weekend and its shaping up. Saturday, this could be the strongest storm were seeing this season. some winds could be damaging. Right now, a temporary ll we have had down pours this afternoon, and some light showers. And into the north bay, you can see pockets of light green colors around napa an yontville. Those are isolated showers at this hour and there are temperatures holding in mid and lower 60s and were rating from light to severe, giving you a better idea of what to expect. Tomorrow, its a three. Weve only ever had two other storms so its rare to see heavy rain in the forecast and strong nd. And hour by hour, well start out saturday morning and just isolated showers that are similar to this afternoon. What were going to watch, really light around 6 00 you can see this red line line, its going to add moisture into it and increase winds. And saturday, moving into the heart of the bay area,then, in the wake of the cold front, nds are going to diminish and taper to scattered showers. Saturday a south breeze only strengthening into the evening hours. And so were going to be on the watch for possible power outages. So time line of saturday, between noon and 6 00 that is heavy rain and winds, sunday, this is a two on our scale. Some isolated showers monday, may get a break sunday and down pour early monday morning. So a wet weekend is on the way. Tomorrow, its all about the strong storm that is entering the bay area, strap anything down that may be loose. A thunderstorm possible sunday. Scattered showers monday, and another storm thursday and friday. And watch out for he those tree branchs. Coming up, theyre the best e competition hosted by ter intel. Intel. Of the finalists, five what will you do . Ric nissan leaf. How far will you go . How much will you see . Electrify the world. Now wi alassleading 107 miles on a charge, the nissan leaf is the best selling electric car in america. Wed like to thank our viewer for sharing this from her backyard. I think were going to get a lot of photos. Yes. Some Bay Area High School students are on their way to solving World Health Problems butirst, stopping to compete in the intel science search. At a computer combatting cancer, and an app to diagnose asthma. Its so are dying fromiseases that can be detected early and treated just because they dont have access to the expensive systems. These seniors are tackling world problems. Miya created a device and app to test lungunction. There are 3 Million People who have a type of pulmonary illness and 90 are in the developing world. It tests for copd, emphysema and restricted lung disease. Shes headed to washington, d. C. As a finalist for the intel science prize along with jonathan mah. Im excited to head to washington, d. C. His work centers on targeted cancer treatment. He using pubic genome data from cancer and predict which drugs or drug would be the best to treat you. Two of 40 finalists nationwide, the students are competing r more than 1 million in awards, but you cant put a price on experience, they say. To me, the best part has been the pr,o right . From doing research, to writing the paper. That experience is one of the most valuable parts of the competition. Others include a 17yearold that goes to st. Francis high, creating a low costir imprinted film that can help detect and identify viruss in less than one minute for less than 1. And a 17yearold created a treatment for an incurable type of brain cancer. And one student figured a way to predict cells that become resistant to cancer fighting drugs. Theyre very, very, smart kids. Yes, they are. And almost 20 years later, a discovery to the o. J. Simpson trial. Plus, live doppler 7 hd continuing to track the storms. The accueather forecast is the accueather forecast is what will you do . Ctric nissan leaf. How far will you go . How much will you see . Electrify the world. Now with a classleading 107 miles on a charge, the nissan lest selling electric car in america. Regarding an alleged knife that may have been recovered. A knife reportedly found on simpsons former brentwood estate. The lapd is investigating to see if the knife could be possibly connected to the murders of simpsons exwife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend, ron goldman. Somewhere around the rubble, a construction workerlledly found a knife on the simpson estate. Lapdays the worker discovered it and gave it to a Police Officer who happened to be working across street he was working a movie job. Instead of turning it in, the officer in question kept it, and thought the case was closed. I find it almost impossible to believe that the officer would have it and not report it. Police would not describe the knife, but news reports say its a folding knife that may look like this one. Its now at lapd lab with the hopes any dna evidence has been preserved. According to tmz, in january, the nowretired officer told someone he wanted to have it framed. That person told his supervisor simpson was acquitted after a trial that lasted eight months. Ron goldmans family issued this statement, we cannot validate every claim with a discussion as it only creates more unnecessary hype and encourages the media circus. Nicole Brown Simpson divorced the former football star. E and goldman were killed outsidof her apartment not far from where oj lived. If the evidence they had before, which was tremendous, if that didnt convict him, that wont,either. If experts determine the knife w ed to killed them, he can note tried twice. The Santa Clara County sheriff called the head of the Jail Reform Commission a liar, and wednesday, sheriff smith purchased cameras for the uns main jail. And a day later, they ctured a brawl, a former judge said the groups never should have been in the same area. And the sheriffs released a scathing letter today and the response speeds in rart part, i am amazed at your level of defensiveness. Another round of el nino storms, were expecting possibly half a foot of rain and heavy rain is expected tomorrow in the ea and a Flash Flood Watch starts tomorrow afternoon. A crew spent five hours filling sandbags. The soil is hardened now and cannot absorb rain. And caltrans has been building a new sevenlane overpass. Instead of moving throughout the weekend, the swihhas been scheduled for next weekend. And you can use the free app to track weather and weather powered by el nino. And we have resources on abc7news. Com. From honduras to the bay area, there are protests around the world over the murder of a human rights activist honored in San Francisco only last year. Kristin zee is here with the outcry. Today, police fired tear gas at students protesting the murder. And here in the bay area, a couple dozen protestors are carrying signs here in San Francisco. This is happening of the office of senator feinstein. Today, she would have turned 43. In april, sheas in the bay area receiving a prize. This is video provided by the nonprofit which gives large monetary awards to environmentalists. She was calling for a stopping of a hydro electric dam that would have cutoff food, water and medicine. Her bravery, her courage. She acknowledged risks and said she wasnt going to stop. She was shot to death in a home police were supposed to have been protecting. Honduras president promised a full investigation. And a big change to the College Admissions process. Students will be taking an dated version of the sat. Up next, Michael Finney takes a look at whether test prep courses are worth the money. There is many patients, not many kidneys are available. New at 6 00 the invention that can a lot more than dial drew tuma will have an update on the forecast in just 10 minutes. Brace yourself, the new sat will be taken tomorrow by high school udents. And Michael Finney looked into the best ways students can prepare for the changes. Im glad we dodged this. Yes. It is a big change, many students are getting read taking Test Preparation classes and paying for tutoring. Is year, americans spent 816 million for the classes. Toght, we look to see if theyre worth the investment. Ty calls this a stressful peri. He plans to apply to uc berkeley and university of santa clara. Hes been attending tutoring sessions at c 2 education center. Just helped me a lot and made me more comfortable. Rates are as high as 5,000 for nine months of tutoring. Its not just a test prep that a student receives. Is really being ae to receive College Counselling and help. At st. Ignacious high school, more than 99 of the students go to college. Some students need to work with an individual, whether its a one on one situation, or someone in a classroom setting. Others may do well on their own, using a Test Preparation book or free tutoring. Anyone taking the preparation tests will be offered free classes from the khan academy, designed to boost scores. Th goal is to measure current knowledge, versus the old, a predictor of how well a student will do in college and marks the return of the 1600 as a perfect score. The test is becoming harder from a content perspective. The best preparation might just be school itself. Rely on the course work theyre doing and work theyre doing in courses. Stephanie chan is a freshman at Lowell High School with her heart set on harvard or stanford. Shes already prepping. Im assessing the new shes taken the old sat, and based on the scores decided to stick with the old scores. I did better on the old one. So i was like, i should stick with this then. Students have a choice of taking sat or act test. Most will accept the higher score with College Applications tox see my reports go to abc7news. Com and select 7 on your side. So much stress on these kids. If you love watching wheel of fortune, this weekend is your chance to audition. The wheel mobile will be in town and all of the details are posted on abc7news. Com. Next, a ucsf invention that can do more than filter blood and do it faster. Plus, how you can help a guinea pig i nearly half million americans are being kept alive by a machine t makeshem virtua captives for hours at a time. Reporter this kidney patient, vid anderson, can escape the routine. Four hours per day, three days a week, hooked up to dialysis. Transplants are remote. There are many patients and not many kidneys available. Soon, a revolution coul fe anderson and thousands of patients like him. So youre looking at diffen versions of the artificial kidney. Uscf researcher are testing implaable, artificial kidney designed to filter the blood. Production of hormones, vitamin d and assist Blood Pressure control. The various versions contain a membrane and a bi reactor, primedith living kidney cells that interact with the body. In tests, te device was able to function in mice without triggering rejection. We can ep them ahiv for a long time, functional. R are so prosing the team just got a majorboost. National institutes of health is giving a multi Million Dollar grant to move it towards human testg. Experts say the need is urgent. The cost of dialysis is now estimated 90,000 a year. And ucsf professor says the costs are far higher if you include themedications. Yes, tse things would get better. When you have normalkidneys you dont ta any of those things. If the current trial are successful, dr. Roy hopes to test with human patients, possibly in the next two years. The team is working to stream line thedevice. We want to get this to patients as soon as possible. So the initial devices may be external and wearable. and if human trials begin, anderson said hed be standg in line. Its the solution my case. In San Francisco, abc7 news. Just for the perspective, dr. Roy says the patients makeu about 1 of the population. Another check of the forecast. Heading out this eekend, you want to Pay Attention to drew tuma. Yes. You do and we nte these light showers at this hr and this is ahe of a strong storm were tracking for saturday. Andtoreak down the saturday storm,ell see down pours develop. The winds will strengthen a the key time is between 6 00 p. M. And 9 00 p. M. And that is when we see wind gusts will be a current. Winter storm rning going into affe and over three feet of fresh powder. The accuweather forecast shows you stormy and rainy. And well track another stoem. This is going to be our third three. So its bn sometime. Time to meet estella, a guinea pig with a wheelchair. This chair fits her rfectly. Estella going after that lettuce. Would, in sports a huge upset for the cal women and madison the warriors won 29 games, the next year won 26 games. And together, this years warriors have 22 games left. Theyre 55 and 5. And so golden state tiedthe all time record with their 44th win over two seasons. Th is mazes just about everybody including steve ker 50 games over 500. Crazy. You cant dream this up. Any time there is a new coaching staff, the second year is going to be more comfortable. And confidence level is just deeper this year. And weve got two games on abc7 this weekend. Join me tomorrow andsunday, here on abc7, warriors visit the lakers. And around3 00 well look ahead to the final games. Tcal womens team went 4 and 14 and the bears taking on coconference champions, and again, inside and scoring 4541, cal. I think youre going to see the theme here and its the first time a ten seed has beaten a two in history. This speaks to the conference and this league prepares us and we prepare forthis. And i just am so proud of players and you cant beat asu without being tough. That is what they were today. Bears moving on to take on the number three seed, ucla at 6 00 a stanford women will take on washington in about an hour and a half. A legendary Tennis Writer became the first newspaper writer died today. And her first were nice pants, bud. Hes an icon. Back to the field now in spring training madison balmgartner. He allows t homer to suarez. He struck out the side in the second and johnny kwato is not going to start as scheduled. And mashon lynch enjoying his time in the nfl. And showing his hoop skills, stealing and dunking. And that is no doubt thinking im just here to dunk in the middle league. Yes. Thank you. Well, join us tonight at 9 00, what elan musk said after his rocket came back to earth. And the bay area braces for what could be the strongest storm of the seon were on the coast with the warnings and ahead of this wet, windy weather. From all of us, thanks for joining us. Wellee you at 9 00 and 11 00. Q
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