really nice day in the upper 60s. we'll be well above average with 45 in novato, still cool in the north bay. from our east bay hills camera, we've got plenty of sunshine. more mid-70s around the bay today. we've got a cooldown and some areas could see some rain in the next few days. i'll pinpoint that for you coming up. in developing news a double shooting in san jose has left one person dead this morning. police tell us it was just after 2:00 when officers responded to a report of a shooting on oak street. when they arrived they found two victims in front of a home. each had at least one gunshot wound. they were taken to the hospital where one of the victims died. the other is expected to survive. police are still searching for suspects and a motive. also developing out of san jose this morning, an escaped inmate serving time for child molestation and whom police label as a dangerous man continues to be the focus of a manhunt. officers say there's evidence from a burglary at an apartment building that the inmate was there and that he may have switched his clothing. katie marzullo reports. >> reporter: police cars by the dozen, canine units on the ground helicopters overhead. the areas near macarthur,moore park. look at this man johnell carter 5'11", twob220 and has the name "alice" tattooed on his neck. just before 1:30 he escaped the custody of a sheriff's deputy during a retuneoutine exam at valley medical center. >> if you see him call 911 immediately. >> reporter: people in the area are on alert. >> we have a dog and she's a pit bull, so nobody is coming near us. we're safe here. but as far as the rest of the neighborhood, you know i'm sure everybody will have one eye open. >> reporter: -- it's kind of interesting to see everything happen. >> reporter: the search was called off just before 6:00 but reignited with the burglary at the apartments. the sheriff's department is contacting carter's family and checking phone records. >> we'll go back and do investigation work seeing if it was a planned escape. >> reporter: katie marzullo abc 7 news. this morning hayward police are on the lookout for a man who allegedly tried to abduct a teenage girl. police have released a sketch of the suspect. the attempted kidnapping happened around 4:00 yesterday afternoon near whitman and sycamore. the 15-year-old was walking home from school when a man in his 20s tried to pull her into his car. she fought him off and escaped. police are looking for a newerer model honda civic with paper plates. people at two libraries in berkeley may have been exposed to the measles. an adult who may have had the contagious virus visited the west branch library on february 27th and 28th as well as the central branch library on the 27th. the risk for exposure is not strong. however, health officials say anyone who visited the libraries on those dates should monitor themselves for symptoms from the next two weeks. symptoms include a fever and rash. statewide there have been 132 measles cases since the outbreak began. oakland police will no longer track dozens of gang members through a 100-block city zone. yesterday the city attorney dismissed injunctions against two gangs being tracked. she said the police chief will focus on other gang prevention programs given the limited resources of the city attorney's office. the enforcement started in 2010 to stop 15 members of a gang from associating with other gang members. it was expanded in 2012 to include 40 more members of another gang. the time right now is 8:04. lisa told you about the bay area's warm weather this weekend and so many people are excited to get outside. however, as abc 7 news reporter alyssa harrington reports, emergency workers want to remind people that trails and beaches can still be treacherous. >> it's crazy. you usually don't get to come until like july. >> reporter: the crowd at san francisco's beach looked more like what you might see in late spring or summer. people watching the sunset on blankets. kids playing in the water. >> i'm in a t-shirt and i'm perfectly warm. >> it's actually been pretty great today. >> reporter: ricky jacobs took advantage of the warm winter day with her 6-year-old sun aiden. >> it's super fun. i got my toes wet. >> reporter: parts of the bay area could see highs in the 70s this weekend. with so many expected to spend the nice days outside, emergency crews are prepared. they say the teenager who tumbled down a cliff at lands end. the 17-year-old was taking pictures at dead man's point when he slipped and fell at least 200 feet. remarkably his injuries are not serious. >> he will be okay. unfortunately he was walking out there and had on flip-flops so he lost those. we were able to rescue him and walk him back up the cliff, but i'm sure his feet will need a little soaking. >> reporter: firefighters say park trails are especially treacherous because of the drought. they're dry and there's little to hold on to. in san francisco alyssa harrington abc 7 news. certainly a good reminder to always be aware of your surroundings. >> yes, certainly. it is so parched out there. we will not help in that department for the short term. here is a look from mt. tam where temperatures are still cool in the low 40s. kind of hazy here but we're looking at more sun today. more 70s for the north bay east bay, south bay. the coast slightly different. we'll talk about it coming up. anger after surveillance footage surfaces of two school security officers in oakland. their actions that some say went way too far. plus california school kids take the common core test beginning next week. why some students will b this is an allen family production. and here's why we love chex. one, we love choices like chocolate, vanilla and honey nut. two, we don't love artificial colors or flavors. does anybody? and three...it's gluten free. chex. full of what you love. free of what you don't. have you tried gluten free chex oatmeal and new chex 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our hands on the student. there's no reason to put our hands on the students. >> reporter: it happened on january 22nd 2014. a 15-year-old freshman had been called to the office at fremont high for a meeting with an administrator as shown on this office security video. the student stands there for a few moments before he's approached by two school security officers who apparently want him to move. >> you're going to see a security officer right here in the jacket come up and talk to him. the report states that he's asking him to leave the threshold of the door. >> reporter: the events are described by oakland school's new police chief. >> he'll push him into this officer. the officer will turn around, put his arm around his neck, put him in this hold. >> reporter: he is quite troubled not only by the officers' use of force but that the video sat in a file for 14 months. last may this video surfaced showing another school security officer punching a student in a wheelchair at oakland high. mitchell was hired and goes on trial next month for felony assault and child abuse. in this case the attorney for the 15-year-old is considering a civil lawsuit. ronald cruz told abc 7 news, quote, there was no reason for the security guards to engage with the stuntddent at all, let alone man handle and choke him. they have no business working around children and should be fired. the two security officers are on paid leave picked the outcome of an intensive investigation and dozens of prior cases will be reviewed. >> every investigation has been conducted by the department in the last five years. >> reporter: he'll also propose he eequipquip all of his officers with body cameras. a plainclothes chp officer who pulled his gun on protesters in oakland last year has been cleared of any wrongdoing. a picture from the san francisco chronicle shows the officer point a gun at the camera near lake merritt on december 10th. yesterday the chp said the officer acted within policy saying his partner was being attacked by protesters so he pulled his firearm. the chief engineer of the new eastern span of the bay bridge insists the bridge is safe despite cracks in the anchor rods. the chronicle reports brian maroney told state officials the structure would barely move in a major earthquake even if all the rods that secured it were missing. independent experts say the bridge would be vulnerable. new details and images in that close call for harrison ford. the movie action hero bloodied after a real-life misadventure in real life. his wife visiting her husband at the hospital in los angeles. abc news reporter nick watt has the very latest. >> reporter: the moments after impact harrison ford dragged from the wreckage, treated on the fairway. a dashing hero in the movies, and now perhaps in real life. >> he had these fairways in front of him, and he did his best to keep the airplane flying. didn't stall it out. it looks like he did a really good job under the circumstances. >> nice landing. >> thanks. >> reporter: santa monica airport sits amid densely packed homes and busy roads. >> there have been aircraft that have crashed out of santa monica into homes before so aiming for the golf course is the only open space out here pretty much, aside from the beach. >> andrew filmed ford's desperate descent from the street. >> the engine was at full throttle and then it started to spurt and kick out. >> reporter: ford radioed the tower. >> you've got to pick the best spot and this apparently was the best spot. >> reporter: a spine surgeon was playing the 7th hole. >> he was awake. he was trapped. stabilized his neck. >> reporter: he and other golfers managed to pry ford from the wreckage before paramedics showed up. >> it was obvious by his face it was harrison ford. >> reporter: he remains in the hospital, his shaken wife snaps after the visit. a leading man in hollywood for nearly 40 years folder has said that flying gives him an identity other than harrison ford the actor. >> get off my plane! >> reporter: he's right. he's now harrison ford, the survivor. schools in california will begin administering the common core exam next week. last year schools had a practice run, but now it counts. while school districts say the new curriculum is preparing students to be critical thinkers, some are having a tough time adjusting. lyanne melendez explains. >> reporter: many of us learned that for the most part school work must be memorized. that's true to a certain extent. but as part of the common core curriculum, students are being asked to thoroughly understand concepts. >> and, most importantly, be able to demonstrate that they know what they can do. >> reporter: san francisco school district officials sat down to work on examples. in this math question, a student is asked if all the figures on the computer are parallelograms. in the past the answer would have been yes or no. now the student must explain his or her answer. getting here hasn't been easy. teachers have been retrained in the common core curriculum. >> a lot of the math problems you might not know so in class they'll teach you ways to do it. >> reporter: but in some schools the use of computers is limited and not every child has one at home. >> writing on computers is difficult for me because i'm new at typing and writing on paper, it's like normal for me. >> reporter: still, next week students in california will begin taking the common core exam. unlike the old s.t.a.r. program which took several days of testing, a school will now have from march 10th until the edged of may to conduct its testing. >> the window is pretty long, like six to eight weeks. >> reporter: because it's so spread out, san francisco unified will be able to assign one computer to ten students. >> it is a different way of teaching. it is a different way of learning. but it is, i think a better preparation for our children for the 21st century. >> reporter: in san francisco, lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. the oakland a's are rolling out their annual welcome mat for the city's little leaguers. up to 1400 oakland youth are expected to be on hand. they'll march in parades around the coliseum field, eat lunch and play in the a's sponsored fun zone. these are scenes from a previous year's event. oakland has one of the largest little leagues in the bay area but just 3% of kids play baseball, something the a's are trying to help change. little leaguers in the east bay will play their first full schedule of games today. 15 little league fields are on the property in martinez. they were closed because union workers at the refoininery are on strike. they reached an agreement the workers would not picket at the field. 600 players on 49 teams have been forced to share three fields because of the strike. getting out on the baseball diamond or just outside period is a great chance to get away from technology because this is the national day of unplugging. the san francisco rec and park department is sponsoring a get out and play day, so you can get away from social media. this is the sixth year of unplugging. it's a growing movement designed to log off and power down for 24 hours. all you have to do is simply put your device down cell phone, ipad, whatever it is walk away from it slowly. see if you can go a full day without having to scratch that itch to log on. i tried doing it last year didn't work for me. >> isn't that sad? >> you know we're so connected to it these days, and there are times i'm like, oh, i wish i didn't have to check the phone but you get behind on things. >> exactly. well, a nice day to just hang out outside and disconnect for sure. if you haven't enjoyed our weather during the week there's more mild afternoon highs for the weekend. probably not what everyone wants to hear because our rainy season has been so abysmal and it continues with the dry above average readings. we're looking at 60s in the sierra nevada. live doppler 7 hd is very quiet. talk about quiet nobody is there in santa cruz. it's been in the mid-70s. more sunshine more mild spring-like temperatures to come for the entire bay area for the weekend. 54 in san francisco it's 52 in san carlos and oakland gilroy lagging behind, you were in the 30s in morning. half moon bay is 7 degrees cooler than it was yesterday. and in san jose you've had plenty of mid-70s and we'll see about the same today. 42 in santa rosa. north bay numbers are chilly. the fog has disappeared. out by the delta it's 52. livermore is checking in at 47. from our exploratorium camera it should be a nice day downtown. clear and cool this morning mild to moderate over the weekend. we look for cloudy skies for some and cooler conditions mid-week. still looking at the possibility of maybe a few raindrops. the forecast models are not agreeing and they're scaling back on what we thought would be rain come tuesday and wednesday. so here's our close-up computer animation that shows the low clouds and fog cozying up to the coast from point reyes to san mateo tonight. that will lead to some cooler numbers tomorrow afternoon from ocean beach, half moon bay, point reyes. you can see some of the fog inland but we'll be above normal. by monday the changes will come. we'll have to wait until tuesday for the ridge to weaken. it's a ridge to the west and that amounts to unseasonably mild conditions. even though we'll get a few locations cooling off due to a wind shift most of you won't notice a thing. it will be tuesday when the ridge begins to weaken and then we'll begin to track this system. see if it's got any energy left to it. this is the model that paints a wetter picture for wednesday but we're not all believing that. so beyond that it's looking try and we'll have to wait for the next day or so to see if those forecast models come into play and agree on the rain. upper 60s for san francisco, very little change even with some morning fog. but here comes that front. it will cool us off come tuesday and wednesday only to warm us up once it moves away. in san jose, look at all the 70s. with the cooler numbers come wednesday, we're bouncing right back after that. highs today ranging from 73 in san mateo and oakland, 75 for morgan hill, 76 in napa santa rosa, 75 in concord, antioch and livermore. the accuweather seven-day forecast so don't forget to set your clocks ahead. tomorrow waking up to a later sunrise and a later sunset. we'll look for really temperatures to be similar except at the coast. tuesday will be the cooler day pretty much for everyone by a few degrees. maybe some showers on wednesday. you can see what's showing up on live doppler 7 hd any time with the abc 7 news weather app. it's free in apple's app store or google play. we have more information at abc7news.com. 6:10 is the sunset tonight and so an extra hour tomorrow evening. >> yesterday i was out in the field reporting wearing a suit. i know the temperatures were only in the 70s but it felt so hot. >> yeah, very warm. >> thank you lisa. coming up next, remembering oakland's rich history of the blues. the unveiling ceremony that unfolded in the harlem o hey, gracie... you know how our family has... daddy and mommy... and me! yeah, that's right. pretty soon... you're going to have a baby brother. ♪ ♪ and... a puppy. ♪ ♪ [ chuckles ] deal. ♪ ♪ welcome back, everyone. for decades oakland had such a vibrant jazz and blues scene that it was called the harlem of the west. now that rich legacy is being remembered. the bay area blues society unveiled these plaques along 7th street in front of the west oakland b.a.r.t. station. they honor musical artists like aretha franklin john lee hooker and ray charles. all of them played at clubs that lined seventh street until the 1980s. >> it's a legacy you know what i mean? you can leave something for your kids and your grandchildren. to know that your daddy contributed something. just glad they're making some kind of acknowledgement about what was then and is still going to be preserved. >> the bay area blues society raised $8 million for the walk of fame. another 120 artists will be honored with plaques. while many parts of the u.s. are dealing with frigid temperatures not everyone is having a bad time with this winter weather. check out ya-ya, the giant panda at the memphis zoo. one of the zoo keepers caught her enjoying the snow. she has her toys out and is rolling around in the soft stuff. the keeper also caught the zoo's polar bear payson having fun. he just stretches out literally, finding the perfect spot to chill. the time now is 8:26. still to come president obama is visiting selma, alabama, today. the historic event the town is nature valley crunchy granola bars give you energy from 1/3 of your daily whole grains. so 1/3 of this commercial is dedicated to what you could do with all that energy. energy to help your dog have his day. think the tree we carved our names in is still here? probably dead... how much fun is 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>> 67. >> name them. >> reporter: comparisons to current day struggles with police profiling and the shooting death of michael brown in ferguson led to this oscar-winning song from the movie. ♪ glory glory ♪ ♪ oh ♪ >> reporter: but in selma today, many are still searching for glory. nearly a third of the city lives in poverty and workers in the auto industry here complain they're paid fast food wages. this is still very much a celebration happening here. actors singers here in montgomery day. >> the march in selma will also be commemorated in san francisco today. at noon members of the stop incarceration network of the bay area will work across the golden gate bridge to mark the 50th anniversary of the historic bloody sunday march. the walk begins on the san francisco side of the bridge. 8:33 is our time. thousands of people poured into the bay area this week for the annual video game developers conference. but chances are your school-age kids probably have only one game on their minds, mine craft. it's a global phenomenon. as jonathan bloom shows us it's now being used to inspire the inventors and game developers of tomorrow. >> reporter: what could possibly have all these kids so anxiously staring at one screen? maybe you've heard of it it's a game called mine kraft. >> what is this mine craft thing? >> i don't know if we can explain it. >> mine kraft is just very addicting. you can do whatever you want. you can build massive structures. pretty much you just let your mind create. >> reporter: a virtual world that's been taking the real world by storm. mark collided with it while developing a kit to teach electronics. >> we were testing our kits all over the world and kids were always asking us, can we play mine kraft on this? >> reporter: well now you can. this $150 kit is called piper. kids build a machine that plays mine kraft and has to build new parts for it to create each level. they build the buttons and switches first. >> it gets you really excited when you put all the parts together and when you're done and it's going to load. >> reporter: mark wanted to teach kids the gadgets they know and love aren't that 50 cal after all. >> it's good you can take apart, put together and it's something that you can do yourself right now. that's a very empowering thought. >> piper's creators were hoping to find a more productive way but it might have found a home in the classroom. >> the first thing i saw was absolute engagement. i saw kids who turned toward this box and were engaged. >> reporter: piper could become part of a class where they teach kids to code. >> it's really a platform to get a lot of kids excited in engineering that wouldn't be otherwise. >> reporter: a junior at harvard, has dreams of building a college version of piper some day. first they have to fund this one. they're raising money on kickstarter through april 3rd. jonathan bloom, abc 7 news. lots of people turned out yesterday hoping to adopt one of the puppies abandoned in san rafael. a man says he found nine puppies in a box next to a dumpster on tuesday. he brought the rottweiler and labrador mix puppies to the marin humane society. yesterday two of the dogs went up for adoption and there was a line out the door. >> fill out the application and was granted and i got this little guy and he's so cute. >> we hope that if people weren't able to get one of the nine, that they'll consider adopteding maybe an older dog. >> the rest of the puppies are expected to be available next week. for more information go to our website, abc7news.com. the long labor dispute at ports along the west coast may be over but some say you'd never know it. cornell bernard has more now on how many bay area companies are still suffering. >> reporter: and the goal is to get cargo to customers as quickly as we can. it's a game of cargo catchup where work on the docks is getting back to normal or trying to. longshoremen working nights and weekends. right now what you have are ships, containers and the truck trailers that carry the containers all in places we don't want them. we need to get them back into the container yards ships back on schedule. >> the frustrations are hard to describe. >> reporter: dave weber is tired of waiting. his company distributes imported coffee beans throughout the bay area, but lately there's been few cargo shipments arriving. >> are you back to normal yet? >> no. no, no we're not close to being back to normal. i anticipate that will take safely six to eight weeks. >> reporter: the work slowdown at west coast ports ended last month, but this warehouse is still only half full of coffee beans. some workers have been laid off as a result. >> how are things at the port of oakland? >> slow. >> reporter: trucker bill abuti is feeling pressure to pick up cargo fast but can't. we found lots of trucks at the port spending the whole day just waiting for the log jam to end. >> typically for a trucker to do a transaction at the marine terminal, it should take 45 minutes from the time that he arrives until he leaves. >> how long is it taking now? >> right now today, we're taking about five hours. yesterday it was six hours. >> there's a lot of work to do and that's mostly involving our customers. we need to win their trust back. >> reporter: but many customers have run out of patience. in oakland, cornell bernard, abc 7 news. final preparations are under way for today's chinese new year parade in san francisco. barriers have been stacked around the parade route which goes around the financial district and chinatown. this is the year of the ram. more than 100 floats and groups will take part in the nighttime parade, including the star of the night, a 268-foot dragon that takes about 100 people to carry. the parade gets under way at 5:15 tonight. still to come avoiding the usual mortgage pitfalls. 7 on your side has teamed up with consumer reports to give you the advice you need to be a smart home buyer. but first here's a live look outside from our tower camera this morning point out at the bay bridge. beautiful conditions to start your saturday. lisa argen will have your complete accuweather forecast after the break. also customers of comcast, dish and directv can now use watch abc to see abc 7 news live along with new episodes of your abc shows on your smartphone, tablet or computer. to get started visit abc7news.com/apps or download th ♪ ♪ wow something sounds sweet in here!!!! ♪ ♪ need a little honey in the bowl. yeah!!! badabopbopbopa!!! no? 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you're bringing it for us. >> yes thank you i'll take that. upper 70s yesterday one of the warmer locations around salineas and watsonville. here temperatures will climb once again into the 70s. we'll talk about your neighborhood coming up. >> lisa, you're the best. still to come the warriors win with defense. it was a golden state block party against the mavericks. that and more coming up in the sports report, next. if you're a fan of sun you're going to love lisa's forecast. >> that's for sure. we've got temperatures well into the 70s. yesterday 69 was the coolest weather i could find. a look at live doppler 7 hd shows cloud-free conditions. we'll get into some low clouds and the return of some -- an onshore push marine layer for the overnight laser. lake tahoe, look at that, temperatures in the upper 60s in the southern sierra, about 60 here in southlake. oakland 54 in san francisco, half moon bay 52 degrees and right here the golden gate bridge, no fog. temperatures are cooler at the north end of the viewing area with 42 in santa rosa. 48 novato, 50 in concord 47 in livermore. from mt. tam a nice serene shot for you with the clear sky. plenty of 70s in marin today, sonoma napa mid-70s so clear and cool this morning. mild to warm for the weekend. some fog returns tonight, cooling off the coast tomorrow. otherwise we'll wait for some clouds to gather midweek offering a slight chance of showers. still not sure whether or not that's going to happen but if we see any, the shower chances will be few and far between. here's what's happening. tonight low clouds and fog will cozy up to the san mateo coast parts of the marin county coast and that will allow for some of the fog to slip through the bay and produce temperatures a little bit cooler along the shoreline tomorrow. so other than that we are looking at still this dominant ridge of high pressure in the upper levels of the atmosphere also at the surface to keep the numbers above average through monday. tuesday we cloud up and that's when we could be looking for maybe a few raindrops in sonoma county but overall from north to south and everywhere in between, we've got warmer than average temperatures. 85 in los angeles, 76 in fresno with 74 in sacramento. so a few degrees of warming inland today. and the changes come just to our shoreline throughout the day tomorrow. 73 in oakland, 74 in fremont mid-70s in antioch and livermore. santa cruz low to mid-70s. mid-60s from half moon bay. point reyes should be 63, 64, 76 in santa rosa. if you are heading into town tonight for the chinese new year parade numbers will be mainly in the low to mid-60s after 5:00. the sun sets at 6:09. that's the earlier sunrise today. tomorrow it will be 7:10. 56 degrees at 8:00 and the accuweather seven-day forecast changes come along the coast tomorrow and look for the steady pattern on monday. partly cloudy tuesday, continued cooling at the coast wednesday. increasing clouds, maybe a sprinkle and thursday and friday we are warmer and continued dry. so yes. >> so for tonight maybe bring a light jacket just for all the after parade activities right? >> many years it's rained. >> lisa, thank you. turning to sports now, the golden state warriors seeing victory last night against the mavericks. larry beall has details on that win and more in this morning's sports report. >> good morning, everybody. the warriors crank out highlights usually with incredible shooting, but this game was different last night. this was about lockdown defense. they just smothered the dallas mavericks. spike lee at oracle, i guess it's too painful to watch his own knicks. look at the pass to harrison barnes for three. steph with 16 in the first half finished with 22 in the game. the mavericks stayed in it the first quarter. tyson chandler. the warriors led by 12 at the break. andrew bogut the helper. it turned into a warrior block party, and that's my kind of party. the warriors had 11 blocks in this game. the mavs shot just 37% in the game. off the steal, harrison barnes accelerates and slams. bogut so good passing the basketball to klay thompson. warriors win 104-89. next up the clippers sunday. how about some women's college hoops. stanford/ucla. a lefty flip. ucla down three final seconds. paulina aa hersler comes up short. cal and washington in the nightcap. huge game from britney boyd who led all scorers with 20 points, 10 boards. the bears shot 40% from downtown. kicks it out to mercedes for three as cal rolls 69-53, will face colorado in the semis. west coast conference viva las vegas. santa clara and loyola marymount first round. that is jarvis who came out flying. brandon clark hits the jumper. santa clara wins 85-54 and will face byu. how about usf and pacific. cruz pinkens throw it up and home. he had a team high -- or tied for the team high. slam with the left and tim dirkson with the sweeper. usf a winner 62-58. will move on to face the top seed gonzaga. the 49ers will have to contend with beast mode for a while longer. marshawn lynch agrees to a new contract with the seattle seahawks. lynch, who grew up in oakland, starred at cal will play this upcoming 2015 season for $12 million. his new contract could be worth as much as $31 million over three years. lynch ran for 1300 yards and 13 touchdowns for the seahawks last year. how about some baseball. cactus league action. giants and rangers and matt duffy showing some pop was all over that fastball. a five-run second inning as the giants rushed the rangers. and the a's victorious over the d-backs, 7-2. that is a wrap on morning sports. have a great weekend everybody. i'm larry beall. >> the time is 8:53. still to come, brides for a good cause. the gown shopping excursion ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ yoplait. with a smooth and creamy taste your whole family loves. don't miss yoplait's exciting new flavors -- creamy caramel and cookies 'n cream. you tell us what you want to pay and we help find options to fit your budget. nah, nah, insurance, nah, nah, nah, discount. my name's flo, you want to go out with me? 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