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 FranciscoPolice 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 CityManagers 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 FranciscoFlagship 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 CountyGovernment 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 HealthMills 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