this is the last place that you get attacked by anyone, because this is a place of good. >> tonight, neighbors are stepping in to help a place that has helped so many. a week ago tonight, a fire closed the doors of a church in san francisco's mission district. investigators are still trying to figure out how that fire on good friday started. good evening. i'm ama daetz and i'm dan ashley. >> thanks for joining us. abc seven news reporter tara campbell shows you how neighbors

are trying to help get the place back open. >> we are all coming together to say, let's support each other and rebuild. >> one week after a fire forced saint john the evangelist church to shut the doors of its sanctuary, its nonprofit partner is working to make sure people don't get cut off of services like its daytime shelter. >> what we're hoping to do is to be able to raise money for the church, to be able to bring it back to its original glory, and also to be able to do it quickly. >> lydia branston is the executive director of the gubbio project and she says quickly is the key. >> so that we're not in a position where we're having to wait a long time to do the construction mission, or that the construction takes a really long time, so it disrupts services. so that's that's the goal and the community is showing up. >> this is a very tight knit community in this part of the mission. we've been through a lot over the last few years. we take care of each other. >> manic teal is the owner of manny's, a civic event space and popular restaurant in the neighborhood. >> this place is extremely special in this community. in this neighborhood, it's more

than just a church. it's a community space. it's a joy vortex. it's a place where people go for shelter, for support, for love. >> the church has a link where people can already donate, and community members like manny are also taking on the task. >> i'm the president of the valencia merchants association, and so we'll be getting all the merchants on valencia street, especially those with large social media followings, to post the link. and then manny's will be hosting an in-person fundraiser where all the proceeds will go towards repairs. >> meanwhile, the san francisco fire department is confirming the incident is still under investigation. >> if there's anything that the last three, four years have taught us, it's that we're resilient. but we need to work together to get through tough times. >> tara campbell, abc seven news. >> turning now to another day of wild weather. >> the bay area's highest peaks are still coated in white after this week's unusual spring snow. sky seven caught the dusting atop mount hamilton this afternoon. >> and look at this. some spots in the east bay got hail this

afternoon, abc seven news reporter leslie brinkley shared this video from walnut creek. she says it came down like this for ten minutes straight, so it's been another busy day in our weather department. >> it certainly has. let's bring in abc seven news meteorologist andy patel with a look at the chilly night ahead. sandhya yeah, it is going to be cold enough that we have frost advisories going up. ama and dan let me show you the temperatures right now. they have fallen down to 42 degrees in brentwood, 49 in san francisco, 50 in san jose and oakland. look at the north bay, already cold in calistoga, 36 degrees santa rosa. you're at 46. so all of our valleys and the santa cruz mountains under a frost advisory, 1 to 9 a.m, 33 to 36 degrees tomorrow morning. frost will form and that could cause damage. so you'll want to protect any sensitive plants. we have a freeze warning for the interior areas of lake and mendocino counties. you will notice those numbers dropping down to about 31 degrees and frost and freeze can do some damage. so pets, pipes and plants. you know the story. we

got rid of the thunderstorms that came through here this afternoon and evening in the north and east bay. we had snow showers today over the santa cruz mountains, mount hamilton. this was a cold storm for this time of year. right now, all is quiet and as we check out our winds, it's a little breezy. about 20 miles an hour. spring valley mount eminem not terribly windy at the lower elevations. those winds are going to drop off some more and so will the temperatures. i'll be back with a full look at the weekend forecast, including that solar eclipse coming right up. dan. >> okay, sandhya, thanks very much. >> in the east bay, investigators are trying to find the person who shot another driver on the freeway in the middle of the commute. time happened at the ashby avenue on ramp to 80 eastbound just before five tonight. chp says a driver in a silver toyota camry crashed after someone in another car shot them. their passenger is okay, but the driver is in the hospital tonight. no word on how badly they're hurt. the chp hasn't shared any details about a suspect. they're hoping witnesses will give them a call.

the ashby on ramp reopened around eight tonight. new at 11. a judge just appointed a special master to oversee the federal women's prison in dublin. it's an unprecedented step for a troubled prison. facing allegations of widespread sexual abuse. a lawsuit claims the abuse there hasn't stopped, despite the former warden and several officers facing charges. today, a judge appointed veteran corrections officer wendy stille, to oversee the prison. the fbi raided the prison last month. >> the man convicted of kidnaping and killing 12 year old polly klaas more than 30 years ago, is trying to get off death row. attorneys for richard alan davis made their case in court today. davis is convicted of stealing polly away from a slumber party in 1993 and killing her. davis now says recent criminal justice reform should give him a chance at a new sentence. his lawyers appeared before a judge today in a santa clara courtroom. the victim's father, marc klaas, says he was blindsided by it.

>> they've used a new law, a new trick to relitigate this thing, to bring it back into the public view, to bring it back into my mind. i don't think about richard alan davis until something like this happens. so here we are, 30 years after the fact, and i'm having to relive my daughter's murder again. >> legal experts we spoke with say this case will likely be appealed to a higher court. in the meantime, the current top prosecutor in the county where davis was originally sentenced, says he no longer believes in the death penalty. santa clara d.a. jeff rosen is trying to move other convicted men off death row. he's petitioning to resentence more than a dozen inmates to life without parole. families of the victims will weigh in first. >> time now for our abc seven news at 11 advancer, where we help you get ahead on the big headlines in the days to come. first, a major announcement is expected from the white house on student loans on monday. president biden is expected to

share his latest attempt to forgive student loan debt. the supreme court squashed his original plan to cancel debt for millions of borrowers last year. since then, the biden administration has slowly rolled out forgiveness to narrow groups of people like those who owe more in interest than their original loan. >> our second abc seven news advance at 11. the crumbling stretch of highway one is expected to reopen to convoys of cars tomorrow. yesterday's rain shut down the supervised drives between carmel and big sur. caltrans is focused on stabilizing the edge of the highway after a chunk broke off this weekend. you can see it here. crews paved over part of the dirt shoulder so drivers have more room in the one lane that's safe. there's no timeline to get the highway fully back open, and our final advancer tonight is the can't miss celestial event that has thousands of people ready to travel this weekend. >> the countdown is on to monday's solar eclipse. abc seven news reporter tim johns looks at how the bay area is getting ready. >> with just days to go until

the solar eclipse, the excitement is building monday's event will be a total solar eclipse, where the moon completely blocks out the sun. if you're in the so-called path of totality for us here in northern california, experts say we can expect to see an eclipse of about 35% in our area. >> you might notice some subtle effects from the partial eclipse. you might notice a slight dimming of the light, the slight cooling of the air. >> dozens of watch parties are happening all around the bay area monday morning, and many are even traveling to places like texas, where the eclipse will be the most complete. that includes brian mendez from the uc berkeley's lawrence hall of science, who will be seeing his second total eclipse in person. i was utterly blown away. >> never seen anything quite like that. no picture of a of a solar eclipse ever does justice to the full experience. >> come monday, you'll probably see a lot of people walking around with glasses just like these. these are critical if you're going to be viewing the eclipse to make sure your eyes are protected from the sun. one tip though if you're going to

buy them, make sure you get them from a reputable source to make sure your eyes stay protected. one of the places you can pick up a pair is at san francisco's exploratorium, where they tell us they can hardly keep them on the shelves. >> they have been incredibly selling well, i think they've been our top seller for the last three months. everyone has been trying to get some, and even in this last stretch, we have sold 500in the five days of this month. so far. >> while the last eclipse visible from the us was back in 2017, mendez says the next one won't happen until 2044. so if you're interested, monday is the time to check it out. if you uh- are waiting for one to cross by your home, you'll be waiting a while in san francisco. tim johns abc seven news. >> if you can't watch the eclipse in person, abc seven bay area is your home. for complete coverage, we will bring you the excitement from across the country starting at 11 a.m. monday. >> all right, here's one great way to build a better bay area. how about one delicious meal at a time? sf restaurant week kicked off today, bringing out deals and flavors all over the

city. it's a chance for people to show their support for their favorite spots or try out something new. food lovers have ten days to dine out at a discount. the hopes are high that it will bring a much needed boost to business. >> it helps a lot. this is typically our our slower week, our slower month actually, and, what i love about restaurant week is it gets it gives us a chance to kind of tap into a, a pool of guests that we just we normally don't don't get palette, tea house and ghirardelli square is one of the many places offering specialty dishes like their peking duck with caviar. >> and there's a long list of participating restaurants to check out every day. restaurant week runs through april 14th, and it's the first of this year's first fridays at chase center in san francisco. a thrive city's monthly event returned tonight, bringing out live music and vendors. attendees came out to dance and entered to win some prizes and

deals on food and drinks. >> walmart's may o shoppers some cash after a settlement over how it sold groceries on the east coast, freaking out after an earthquake that small by california standards. >> why scientists say this quake is different. >> puppies in prison will meet these soon to be service animals, and the inmates training them up. >> it's a great story. all that's ahead. but first, here's a look at what's coming up tonight on jimmy kimmel live! right after abc seven news at 11. >> jimmy, watch tonight if you like eggs, you meet the president and the first lady alone in the oval office. >> he was sharp. he was funny. he was not indicted 94 times.

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battling the east coast tonight after that earthquake hit new jersey, only a magnitude 4.8, but still the largest quake the state has seen in more than 250 years felt strongly in new york city. it didn't do any major damage. not a surprise to us here in the bay area, we know a 4.8 isn't really big enough to break too much. >> no, but there are a few reasons this quake hit differently on that side of the country. instead of fault lines slipping against one another, scientists say east coast quakes are caused by brittle rock getting squeezed. over time, the colder, harder rocks are better at spreading the energy from a quake, so people feel it over a wider area. you combine that with the denser cities out east and get a lot of freaked out people feeling their first earthquake. >> i was scared, i've never felt one before. >> i was actually at the office. i just left early, so that was pretty crazy to be honest, i was really scared. >> there have been a few smaller

aftershocks since the morning quake. new yorkers seem to be taking it in stride. there's already a t shirt for it. a custom t shirt store in new york city got through the shaking and went straight to printing. i survived the nyc earthquake shirts. >> well, new developments in the recovery from the deadly baltimore bridge collapse today. divers recovered the body of another missing worker. they've now found three of the six people presumed dead in the collapse. as crews slowly take apart the francis scott key bridge. president biden toured the site of the bridge collapse today and met with the families of the construction workers killed. the president is promising his support to the city of baltimore and the financial help to rebuild folks. >> finally, we're going to move heaven and earth to rebuild this bridge as rapidly as humanly possible, and we're going to do so with union labor and american steel. >> some congressional republicans are pushing back on biden's promise of federal

funding. meanwhile the army corps of engineers shared a plan to make a passage for a smaller cargo ships over the next month or so. they aim to reopen the entire port, which is a very important port on the east coast. by the end of may. >> people who buy groceries at walmart could be owed some money. walmart is settling a $45 billion class action lawsuit claiming it overcharged for food. the suit claimed walmart sold bulk bags of citrus meat and seafood for more than the advertised price. the company denies it did anything wrong, but says a settlement was in its best interest. shoppers can submit claims for cash payments if they bought certain products over the last six years. >> a decades old dream to build a massive new trail through northern california is getting closer to reality. there's a new roadmap to turn a historic rail line into a hiking trail. the great redwood trail would link with the sonoma county smart commuter line and extend 300 miles through coastal redwoods into humboldt county, a planning document released this week lays out the possible route. the

project is still decades away from being built, with an estimated $1 billion price tag. while some service animals are getting their start in a very unusual place, inmates at san quentin are in charge of their training. >> abc seven news reporter ryan curry takes us to san quentin, where these dogs are already changing lives behind the walls of san quentin. >> a new way for inmates to better their lives. it involves a lot of pets, treats, wagging tails and yellow vests. these dogs will soon become service animals, and inmates play a big part in helping them get there. >> the level of training that these puppies have received here is nothing short of perfection. >> once these puppies are born, they usually need volunteers to teach them basic commands before trainers turn them into service dogs. but instead of volunteers, canine companions for independence is letting inmates do the basic training. it's designed to help not only the dogs, but also the inmates. >> be a great opportunity for me to help out and be able to, give

back to my society. i mean that i took so much from. how you doing, jorge ramirez has been incarcerated since he was 16. >> he thought he would always be stuck behind prison walls. now he has hope that he will get out soon and see his family. >> i was lost, you know, if i could actually say i was lost and i found myself now in, today, i'm a i'm. i'm a better brother, i'm a husband, you know, i'm about to have a kid. >> yeah, it started off with two puppies. now there are six being trained by inmates. canine companion says they just got a grant from the state they hope to use to expand the program here at san quentin. the dogs who first got their. artemus and wendell are now leaving san quentin to go for more advanced training. these dogs changed the lives of people with disabilities. how do i know? get meat chip, my mom, cci service dog give. he was trained by female inmates at a prison in oregon. >> oh my gosh, they changed my

life. >> she feels a sense of independence she's never had. knowing how impactful these dogs can be motivates inmates like george to keep training dogs. >> it's going to make all of us proud, you know, especially san quentin. like we're trying to make sure that that we represent, you know, that we represent like that this organization is going to lead in the right direction in the north bay. >> ryan curry, abc seven news seems like a win win in a lot of ways. >> doesn't that story? it is. all right. let's turn back to the weather for a few minutes. hope there's no more hail in the forecast. >> yeah, it sounds like we're still in for some cold there, sandhya. absolutely chilly. >> no more of this stormy weather this weekend is actually looking nice. dan and i want to show you some live pictures from our tower cameras, and we'll talk about what it looks like right now. skies are starting to clear. there are a few clouds in the southern and eastern portion of our viewing area, but other than that, just beautiful views. the winds have come down compared to earlier today. and here's a look at your cold weather alert for tomorrow. areas of frost protect tender

plants, bring in your pets and cover any outdoor pipes, especially if you're up around lake and mendocino counties, where the interior areas will be going under a freeze warning for our valleys. it's a frost advisory tomorrow morning already at 39 degrees saint helena and clear lake. the rest of you in the 40s and 50s. but 38 degrees in fairfield. here is that cold spring trough that brought us everything you can imagine, from thunderstorms to hail today to showers in the sierra. it's been snowing. we've seen our snow as well over our higher terrain. mount tam, santa cruz mountains. i do want to show you the highlights now. frost advisory in the morning. it's going to be a cold start. a weekend weather will feature dry conditions saturday, sprinkle chance on sunday and a big warm up is coming next week. so first thing tomorrow morning. those temperatures are going to tumble down to the mid 30s in the colder valleys and wind sheltered locations down to the low 30s. by the time the noontime hour arrives, 50s, the sun is out. you're feeling good. it's not as windy, but those temperatures in the afternoon

are still going to be behind where they should be for this time of year. your morning numbers, anywhere from the low 30s to the upper 40s. definite chill in the air. mostly cloudy, mostly clear. excuse me to partly cloudy skies. and then in the afternoon you're looking at mid 50s to low 60s. there will be plenty of sun for your saturday. now, sunday there is a weak system that comes through here. a couple of sprinkles at midnight. not out of the question, but notice most of that moisture stays off the coastline sunday morning, and then a couple of pop up showers may show up sunday afternoon, but the models have trended way drier than they did earlier. we're going to fast forward to next week because this is when we're really switching things up on tuesday, mid 70s, showing up wednesday. we're talking 80s in our warmest inland valleys, and by the time we head into thursday, oh, it's going to feel like summer. i mean, we're talking about 80s well inland, a good 1015 degrees above average just in time. the big pattern change for the solar eclipse. we're not in the path of totality, but we will have a partial eclipse between 30 and

40. so let's talk about the areas where you'll have best viewing. there will be some clouds in texas and arkansas. also across parts of the midwest . but as you head towards the northeast, this is where you have the best opportunity for seeing good looking weather. for eclipse viewing, we're talking sunshine in burlington. some cloud cover in cleveland, and certainly cloudier in dallas. here's a look at the accuweather seven day forecast. and it does feature cold morning a dry day sunday is a little milder. great viewing for the solar eclipse on monday. those temperatures start to trend higher and then they really soar well above average as we head towards the mid and latter part of the workweek. we're talking 70s and 80s inland 60s coast side. forget about spring. it's going to feel like summer a

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him wherever he goes. all started with a pretzel cart. can you imagine that? well, there's good news for giants fans hoping to avoid long security lines this season. oracle park is one of the first ballparks to use facial authentication technology, scanning fans tickets at home games. you take a selfie and upload it to the mlb ballpark app. once you're approved, there's no more waiting in the ticket line. now, that's a great idea. >> that is. >> it's like clear for baseball. >> exactly. well, speaking of the giants, they opened with a bang. yes. >> sports director larry beil is here. larry >> dan, we had 40 niners at the giants home opener, and we had drama in the bottom of the ninth as the giants walk it

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coming down the stretch, but trying to keep the win streak alive without andrew wiggins, without jonathan kuminga and no luka doncic for the mavs, dallas still was up 16 in the first half to the fourth. brandon gary payton the second with authority, dubs down six under a minute to play steph curry from way downtown. bang one of five threes for steph. he was not

done under 15 seconds to play down two. curry is going to go for three. no for two. and the tie 28 for steph. so are we going overtime here. dubs need one stop double kyrie irving. problem is pj washington right there. he had 32 points. last chance for the dubs. you know steph is going to get double teamed cp3 finds klay for the potential win. no good dallas ends the dubs six game win streak 108106. they're still up by four on the rockets with five to play. the incredible caitlin clark and iowa versus uconn. winter plays south carolina in the championship game sunday. clark zero for six on threes in the first half and heated up four point play. their 21 points, nine boards, seven assists for her. two minutes left. kate martin spinorama hawkeyes by six, but uconn they would not go away. nico mule the three to put uconn on down by only one. huskies with a chance to take the lead, aaliyah edwards is called for a moving screen. you don't call that in this situation, geno auriemma was livid and iowa advances 71

to 69. well, the giants they brought out the 49 ers for their home opener. and if you've never seen a guy punt a football into mccovey cove well now you have courtesy of mitch wishnowsky deebo samuel fred warner the ceremonial first pitches. oh fred fred we're going to be playing this for 100 years fred michael conforto was on fire three for four in this game hitting 419. double to right jongho lee scores and it's one one after one jordan hicks throwing smoke seven innings allows a run. struck out five. you'll all get nothing and like it. all right let's fast forward to the ninth. two two game matt chapman is on at first. thairo estrada drive up against the wall and left chappy's flying around third. we're gonna have a play at the plate here. good night. game over. drive home safely. giants win in dramatic fashion three two. a's and tigers on a cold day in detroit. 42 degrees abraham torres is out. he things up like this. his first hit of the year is a home run. a's up a tie. end up tying it at four a piece. gio urshela in the eighth. a double to right

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