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Into the upper 60s. This afternoon, sunny and warm, some inland members will hit the low 80s around the bay, well see the mid70s and mild at the coast as well in the mid60s. Sunset at 7 33. Tonight it will be a very pleasant evening if you have plans outdoors. But i do have some changes on the way even tonight in the accuweather 7day forecast. Chris. Breaking news out of the antioch this morning the chp is investigating how a car slammed into the back of a fire truck killing the driver of this white car. It happened on highway 4 near the somersville road exit t. Fire truck was helping to secure another accident scene when the car crashed into the truck t. Firefighters were in the ladder of the truck, have smiern injury, its unclear whether alcohol or drugs played a role in the crash. More breaking news out of hayward, another driver died after crashing into the paback a caltrans truck. It happened near winson avenue, where there is ongoing construction. The chp says the driver was speeding and suddenly veered towards the middle and crashed into the parked truck t. Impact from the collision sent debris flying, hitting, injuring two construction workers, but they are expected to be okay. Developing news this morning, an amber alert has been issued for two young girls who were abducted by a woman t. Girls are of asian dissent. On the left is nineyearold lela designed as 4 feet, six inches tall and just 60 pounds. In the middle is 14yearold so lay and she is 5 foot five and 130 pounds, investigators believe they were abducted by a 33yearold white woman. They were taken from greenville in north of sacramento. She was driving a black prius. License plate 7uhhoo 6 02 is our time. Safety violations were uncovered at a building. Four people died monday morning. One fire fighter says it was dangerous. Sky 7 captured the the terrifying scene. We spoke with oaklands mayor and have details. Reporter Carlos Weatherby and cynthia green lost their father monday. He saved this country. He stayed in oakland. He loved reporter v 64yearold ed anderson wanted the building shut down months ago. Reporter in an email dated january th, a fire captain noted a fire escape was padlocked. He recommended the Fire Marshals Office close the building immediately, due to the danger to life safety. An email sent in february said the building is dangerous and noted unmaintained smoke detectors. The oakland Mayors Office released the document after a reporter brought the alarming emails to light. The email that suggests that we consider shutting do under the building is one that disturbed me greatly. Reporter the mayor announced today six more fire inspectors would be hired, and additional training will take place, changes in the works since 36 people died in the fire. When asked who is responsible for not heeding firefighters warnings . We are continuing to investigate all of the actions, decision and communications around this building. Reporter theyll keep allowing this kind of stuff to happen. Reporter a candle sparked the deadly fire. More than 100 people are now displaced. In oakland, abc 7 news. Turning to the south bay, authorities are still looking for a gunman armed with a shut gun in santa clara. Police say he shot a man in the room in a hotel on casino real just before 8 00 last night t. Victim is being treated for serious injurieinjuries. No one else was hurt. Witnesses did not report a fight before the shooting. First there were protests, now there is healing after a racially charged incident on social media at an east bay high school. Abc 7 news was at Albany High School for a unity rally yesterday afternoon. It came after students were targeted by racially fuelled posts on instagram. About 100 students and teachers came together to sing and comfort each other. Even some who werent from the school. Because its my lifes work to bring Children Together and to teach them how to get along and to help themselves. The students who created the Instagram Account have been suspended. This morning they will meet with School Officials on campus. 6 05 is our time, devin nunes is returning home to a Central Valley district as he faces calls to step aside from the House Intel Committee investigation into russias influence over the president ial election. Nunes represents the 22nd congressional district, which includes parts of fresno. Reporting jean hagerson spoke to nunes and has the story from fresno. Reporter hundreds of protesters lined the street outside the banquet hall where congressman devin nunes was talking to lenders. Many see nunes as protecting President Trump from scrutiny over alleged russian influence. Devin nunes behavior is not working for the people. He is working for the president. Thats not his job. Hes here for us and i feel hes poli complicit in whats going down. Reporter an attempt to cover up russias connections, something nunes denies. There is no evidence of clux of the president of the United States and the russians. Reporter there seems to be a lot of circumstantial evidence pointing to that. Thats why we have these investigations and the American People want to know. Thats correct. We will continue to get back to business. Reporter when will your people get back to business. We havent stopped. That isnt a true statement. We had workers working every single day on this issue. Reporter nunes cancelled meetings of the committee and the call for most of these protesters was nunes should remove himself or recuse himself from the protects. Yes, i do. I do. Its a fallacy that he thinks that he can be impartial for his committee. Hes already shown that he has ties to the white house, more important. Reporter the congressmans meeting with a Banking Group was closed to the public. Those who attended said he had talked about the situation if washington and the valleys water issues. Very wellspoken. Reporter but many of the protesters on the streets said they wished nunes would hold a town hall meeting and talk to them. Again, that was gene haganson reporting. Nunes was criticized 11 days ago for receiving information and not sharing with his fellow members t. Top democrat of the Committee Received the same materials yesterday. Shoppers at a walmart had a scary moment last night. Take a look at this, under surveillance photos show a man with a mask armed with a gun. He pulled the weapon in a robbery and took off north. Security evacuated the store for a short time. Thankfully, no one was hurt. Happening now, not an april fools joke, a tax hike is in effect for several bay area cities. Voters in san jose, pleasant hill, martinez, newark, East Palo Alto agreed to sales tax increases last year, which went into effect at midnight. There are county wide increases in santa clara counties. Reporter the sales tax increases were approved by voters in november. Yes, okay. I was not a voter but it passed. Reporter she lives in newark and is retiring in about a year and leaving california because its too expensive and getting more expensive every day. Its the straw that broke the camels back. Now im convinced. Im convinced. Reporter the Administrative Services director in newark says the projected 3. 5 new sales tax revenue will pay for a city hall, and library. The Police Station is way too small to do Community Policing t. Library is a very well used and its small. It cant accommodate a lot. Reporter newarks top hike brings the sales tax there to 9. 75 . The president of the Silicon Valley Taxpayers Association says the higher tax is about forgiveness and dont make sense. The politicians come to the voters and say, okay, we want to increase transportation or we want to help with the homeless or we want to help repair the pot homes, our problem is, is that if that is a priority for the politicians, how come its not in the current budget . Reporter across california, voters in 66 cities and counties approve sales tax increases, some as high as a full percentage point. In campbell, abc 7 news. Health advocates say the hefty price of cigarettes may help thousands of smokers to quit. The tax is up 2 for a total tax of 2. 87. Voters approved the tax last november. Its expected to generate 2 million the first year. Most of that money will go to medical. This is the first time california had a tobacco tax increase in 18 years. The time now is 6 10 on our saturday morning. We are wake up to mild conditions across the bay area. We will have sunny blue skies. Its going to be warm, much warmer than average, five to 15 degrees, get ready. We have challenges as well, including in the forecast, ill have all the details coming up. Frances, thank you. Also ahead, San Franciscos lbgtq community is in morning the show of support to remember the man that first created the iconic rainbow flag. Game night is our daughter allies favorite night. And knowing that her favorite General Mills big g cereals are glutenfree, like honey nut cheerios, rice chex and lucky charms, she can enjoy it her way. Try new very berry cheerios. The taste of real fruit in every bite. So berry good. Kind of like this look. Im calling it the name your price tool phase. Whatever. The iconic rainbow flag comes to symbolize the lnlts Community Plots over San Franciscos casper district passed at his home in new york. Reporter in honor of gilbert baker, the man who created the iconic gay flag, a group of marchers carried a banner down castro street. In 1978, baker was economicsed by former San Francisco supervisors harvey milk to create the flack. Gay rights activists shared a few memories at a gathering of 2 00 people. He even let me help him buy the fabrics. Before the career mini series let me rise she showed me. The best cotton. Bill gert baker was 65yearsold, a part of the generation that pulled the Gay Community out of the closet and survived the gay crisis. The marriage created the life. Gilbert was a part of that. The flack became there iconic symbol identifiable anywhere. Reporter the colors of the rainbow were intended to be a symbol of hope and unity. During a memorial, the famous castro flag was lowered in his honor, a lasting icon of his legacy. In San Francisco, nbc 7 news. Three people are accused of starting a major fire in atlanta. Police arrested them under thursdays fire that burned so hot, it caused a bridge to collapse. Officials havent head how it started. One man is still in jail and will appear in court today. Part of interstate 85 will be closed for months, crews will have to replace nearly 250 feet of highway, 10 million in federal funding will go to help fix it. Now to a potential life threatening recall, the makers of the epimen and epipen, junior, 13 lots made it to 2015 and july of 2016 may not work in an emergency. For all the details, go to our website, abc 7 news. Com or our mobile app. Consumers should seek emergency medical help right away in their pen doesnt work. California south bay theme park has projection in the works youing this new ride. They are planning to build an area similar to downtown reporter freedom americas newest freedom rite ride called patriot welcomed members of the military to be its first riders. In the loop. They hit us with fireworks as soon as we came around. So it was quite an experience. Reporter Great America says this is just the beginning t. City of santa clara approved expansion plans in rezoning the park. One of the biggest projects will be a commercial and entertainment area in front of the park similar to Downtown Disney the public will be able to access it without having to go inside the park. We are lack income entertainment, restaurants, all this type of activities for families and people that live and work in santa clara. So this is going to be a destination point for us. Reporter the park operator plans to add 20 rides and attractions in the next two decades the city also approved rides that are up to 250 feet tall. Right now the tallest one tops out at 110 feet. Now it will allow us to take this park to the next level. We will be able to build to heights we have never been able to do before. Bring the latest technologies add a marketplace concept and enhance the overall experience of Great America. Reporter another major project, city place, which includes a hotel, retail, restaurants and housing is across the street from Great America. Its expected to be built in the next four years, right around the time new attractions will be ready at the theme park. Its going to stimulate our local economy by the taxes and filming up our homes. Reporter a booth st to our y by generating the crowds. Now an aing a can you we have live doppler 7 with our satellite image, shows a few high clouds over parts of the north bay. Heres a pretty shot, we look and see some of those high clouds there in the distancech temperatures right now mostly in the 50s with the exception of a few clear spots like gilroy, 41 degrees, San Francisco is currently 53 degrees. This time we gin from mount tam towards the bay bridge heading south highs today, we see 60s at the coast. Half moon bay 67 degrees. Low 80s through napa and santa rosa. Look for upper 70s this afternoon, concord should hit 79. San francisco mild at 72. Oakland 74, san jose at 78 degrees today if you are headed to the Oakland Coliseum for the giants, if you are in teeshirt and shorts, all you need, temperatures climbing into the low 70s and, of course, grab your sunglasses as well. Bright sunshine this afternoon for everyone, even along the coast, its a good day to head to the beach. 68 at ocean beach. Santa cruz 76 degrees, if you want to cool down, we can jump in the ocean water at 53 degrees. Also heres another shot in tahoe. We will have sunny weather as well, temperatures in the mid50s. Tomorrow will cool down a bit with a slight chance, moving in, a slight chance of rain for tahoe tomorrow night. Lows will be in the 50s for this evening. Notice the fog will move in. Thats the patchy fog. Thats low temperatures will be a little bit lower for sunday, still going to be pleasant overall. Rain chances pop up the end of next workweek, so get ready for that. Heres the accuweather 7day forecast, sunny, warm, well alover average, low 80s inland. Mid70s around the bay. One thing to worry about at this point. Next weekend is looking wet. Enjoy the sunshine while you can. We will take it, thank you. Straight ahead the welcome to maxx you. You are whimsical, vibrant, statement making. We see what makes you unique. So we have something for everyone, at a price thats just right for you. Maxx you. Maxx life. T. J. Maxx sweet cinnamonsugar on the outside, crazy on the inside. Crave those crazy squares. Sweet cinnamonsugar on the outside, crazy on the inside. Crave those crazy squares. Dan harris joins us from new york to tell us what itself coming up on good morning america. Security concerns over electronics on flights. Abc learned there is u. S. Intelligence that terrorists obtained security equipment and may be using it to test their ability to conceal bombs in electronics. How serious is this potential threat. Plus the latest developments in the russia demonstration. A top democrat getting to review documents at the white house, security advisory Michael Flynn denied request for immunity. Is all this hampering trumps agenda. Finally, a dramatic buzzer beater shattering yucons historic winning streak. An overtime victory, we got the exclusive interview with the coach. All coming up on gma, see you soon. Officers recovered 100,000 in cash and rare coins during a traffic stop on the bay bridge t. Chp tweeted a photo of the officers. Last week they spotted the vehicle in an elderly persons home in San Francisco and made the arrest t. Suspect faces a grand theft charge. Officer arroyo on the right was on her second day out of the academy. And this is what happens when you lose a bet. Oh, yeah, when you bet against the warriors, rather, in houston, a man awaited the hometown rockets would beat the warriors on tuesday. They did not. The wager getting tucket taped to a street sign. This was a group of panksters known for these stunts, emergency crews showed up to get him down, no one got arrested. They dont condone it because it wasted resources. Warriors fans are anxiously awaiting Kevin Durants return to the team after injuring his knee in february. News anchor karen tyler ran into durant after last nights warriors game. He sells her, he hopes to get back on the court on sunday, playoffs start april 15th. We will have the game highlights coming up a little later in sports. Still to come on abc 7 morning, we look at what could be the new frontier of the Tech Industry and theyre hiring pg e learned a tragic lesson we can never forget. This gas pipeline ruptured in san bruno. The explosion and fire killed eight people. Pg e was convicted of six felony charges including five violations of the u. S. Pipeline safety act and obstructing an ntsb investigation. Pg e was fined, placed under an outside monitor, given five years of probation, and required to perform 10,000 hours of community service. We are deeply sorry. We failed our customers in san bruno. While an apology alone will never be enough, actions can make pg e safer. And thats why weve replaced hundreds of miles of gas pipeline, adopted new Leak Detection technology that is onethousand times more sensitive, and built a stateoftheart gas operations center. We can never forget what happened in san bruno. Thats why were working every day to make pg e the safest Energy Company in the nation. Sweet cinnamonsugar on the outside, crazy on the inside. Crave those crazy squares. Sweet cinnamonsugar on the outside, crazy on the inside. Crave those crazy squares. Good morning and thanks so much for joining us, im chris nguyen. Frances is in for lisa. Hi, teeshirt and shorts kind of day. Live doppler showing us mainly clear skies, a few high clouds over parts of the north bay. Temperatures right now are in the 40s and 50s. Santa rosa 48. San francisco mild at 57. Oakland at 52. San jose 51 degrees. This pretty shot from mount tam shows what you to expect throughout the day. It will be pleasant tonight. There are a few changes coming up as well as some rain. Ill tell you all about that. Chris. Frances, thank you. The investigations into russias interference in the u. S. President ial election continues to dominate washington. President trumps former National Security adviser, leiutenant general Michael Flynn has offered to answer questions from the congressional intelligence committees in exchange for immunity. So far, no takers. Abc News Reporter is in washington with the latest. Reporter heading into the week, President Trump tried to steer the conversation in washington back to america first. First im signing an executive order to insure we fully collect all duties imposed on foreign importers that cheat. Its years. Reporter the president ordered a review of the trade deficit one week before chinas president comes to walk t. Congressional investigation says meddling in the 2016 election continue to dominate the conversation. Friday afternoon, adam schiff the democratic Ranking Member of the House Intelligence Committee reviewed classified documents and met with President Trump. Schiff described the meeting at cordial. Also dominating the russia discussion National Security adviser Michael Flynn was asked for immunity in h testimony. Flynn says he has a story to tell. Asked directly if the white house is concerned about flynn might tell congress, press Secretary Sean Spicer has one simple response. Bay Area Congress woman jackie spear told abc 7 news, its way too premature to offer flynn or anyone else immunity in this investigation. Before congress would even give a thought to doing that, theyre going to rely on the department of justice and the fbi, which is doing the criminal investigation and we dont want to do anything to jeopardize their criminal investigation. Spear is a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on intelligence, shell be hosting a conversation with former u. S. Ambassador to russia mike mcfall this afternoon at san mateo city hall. As democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee Plan to filibuster the vote on Supreme Court nominee neil gorsuch, President Trump is urging the senate to confirm his nominee. In his weekly address, he says gorsuch is qualified and has a sterling record. He says gorsuchs nomination is about preserving all of the public. Judge gorsuch is going to serve up by devoting himself to our beloved constitution. What has been clear to all is that judge gorsuch is the man who respects the law. He defends the constitution and in so doing, he will protect o freedoms. President trump also says with for such on the Supreme Court, america will be a more free, fair and just nation for all citizens. Happening today, in San Francisco, hundreds of people will rally against the confirmation of neil gorsuch. This will be one of several rallies across the country called the peoples filibuster aimed at resisting the trump agenda. Organizers say gorsuch has a history of ruins that are antiwomen and antidisability rights. Todays rally starts at Justin Herman plaza. Happening now the second longest runway at San Francisco International Airport is shut down for the weekend so it can be repaved. The runways need repaving about every ten years. Runway 28 left is mostly used for arriving flights, in addition to paving. Crews will update the lights, add new taxiway and improve an existing one. This is the first of several weekend close years, which are expected to last through midjune. New this morning, more than half of bay area residents polled in a recent survey think the economy is getting worse t. Bay area council surveyed 1,000 residents. They found 31 of them believe the economy is doing better now than six months ago. The survey found 45 of people feel a significant downturn will hit the bay area sometime in the next three years. The results are troubling and there is a connection between the housing shortage and the ability to keep creating jobs. A Virtual Reality may be fun and games, its becoming big business and creating jobs in the bay area. Jonathan bloom attended a vr conference where it seems like everyone is hiring. Reporter in reality, hes pun wereing thin air, but hes a contender for the heavy weight title in Virtual Reality. Its a unlimited number. All the content needs to be created by people. Reporter here the exhibitors all seem to have one thing in common. Were going like crazy. Double in the past year. Looking for content developers. People with hardware experience. I think everyone here is actively hiring. If you have experience with unity and Virtual Reality, combine those two things, i know a hundred people that will hire you today. Vr is rapidly expanding beyond games. A ccd camera, we will have cameras all the way around all of us. He says every brand will be vr content because its headed to the masses. It does vrm augmented reality. Reporter to walk through a home photographed with this funny looking gadget. Its all engineers. It targets the males, i teach people how to use a very awesome and amazing camera. Along with the Companies Creating the tools and content, some of the tools like this one were creating jobs of their own. Optitrack experiences the size of a warehouse. Its the new vr theme park experience. Theyre targeting big unused spaces like old movie theaters and shopping malls. Putting new industries within them. Jobs that nobody has experience at because theyve never existed before. Whatever a skillset have you for whatever you did before vr, there is a way to apply that. Soon this conference will take place in the virtual world, so will the connections with the people these people hire. Hoping you get a handshake in vr. I really want to do that. Its not an april fools trick, there is a new synthesized plantbased burger that sizzles and smells just like beef, it was developed right here in the bay area, but how does it taste . Abc News Reporter Lindsay Janice puts it to the test. One of these things is not like the other. They may look the same. But in manhattans east village, looks can be deceiving. The impossible burger. Impossible, because it smells sizzles and bleesd like the rbl like the real thing. It is entirely plant based a. Claim serving the possible along side the impossible at two of his restaurants. People sitting at the bar. One will order the regular burger and they toss it back and forth. Food scientists added impossible foods in redwood city california has spent five years per suspecting this alternative. Meat, coconut oil and potatoes and a unique compound that contributes to the color and taste meat lovers crave, it can be found in plants. Its the carnivores, vegetarians and vegans alike. As environmentalists can rejoirks too. Its a big issue. Its to give people an ethic am and sustainable alternative to meat. Whatever it is, its worth seeing and maybe believing, but you can hardly tell by looking at it. The thing i would say is the impossible burger. The third is the meat burger the fourth is the impossible burger. Am i right . You are correct. Wow, it was really hard to held. Reporter making plants taste like beef may not be so impossible after all. But putting it down just might be. We began at abc news, new york. Our time now is 6 38. Still ahead on abc 7 morning, a sight to see in sausalito. You will see what it takes to build a ship like this from scratch. But first, heres a live look outside this morning from our abc 7 beautiful view of the cruise ship. You can see it there on the left side of the screen. Mr. Of us would like to take a trip right now a. Nice weekend now in San Francisco. Now in San Francisco. It feels l as women, we need to take time to be active. Thats whats so amazing about poise® impressa. Its so easy and its so comfortable. It helps you stop bladder leaks, padfree. I can wear this nice dress and i dont have to wear a pad now. Try impressa® today, and start living comfortably padfree. One of many pieces in my life. Try impressa® today, so when my asthma symptoms kept coming back on my longterm control medicine. I talked to my doctor and found a missing piece in my asthma treatment with breo. Oncedaily breo prevents asthma symptoms. Breo is for adults with asthma not well controlled on a longterm asthma control medicine, like an inhaled corticosteroid. Breo wont replace a rescue inhaler for sudden breathing problems. 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Because when spring starts right, the months that follow stay perfect. Load up your shed with scotts and miraclegro. Its time to get outside. Sweet cinnamonsugar on the outside, crazy on the inside. Crave those crazy squares. Sweet cinnamonsugar on the outside, crazy on the inside. Crave those crazy squares. It has been 75 years since the uss hornet left alameda air station to tokyo. To mark the event a b25 will fly over the former station today. Look to the skies around 11 45 a. M. T. Mix was in retaliation for japans attack on pearl harbor. Time now is 6 42, frances the weather outside right now a little mild, but we are expecting warm conditions throughout the day. We will be well above average this afternoon. I want to show you a pretty shot. Look at this, from mount tam, sunrise in 12 minutes at 6 54. It will be gorgeous outdoors today and this evening. But there is some rain in the forecast. Ill tell you all about that coming up. Frances, thanks. Also ahead, it felt like a playoff at oracle arena, as the warriors and rockets hooked up for the second time this week. Could golden state win . Sweet cinnamonsugar on the outside, crazy on the inside. Crave those crazy squares. Sweet cinnamonsugar on the outside, crazy on the inside. Crave those crazy squares. The series moves over to oakland at 5 00 p. M. The giants open in arizona, Opening Night for the as monday t. Warriors will be back in action tomorrow night against the wizards, but last night golden state returned to oracle arena, trying to beat the rockets for the second time in four days. Heres rick quan with the ghts sports. Reporter good morning, for the second time in four nights, warriors squared off against the rockets. Golden state rolled off on tuesday, without kevin durant, golden state has been on a roll, winning nine straight, houston would not roll over eric gordon with the three t. Rockets eled as much as 13 the first half. Right before the break, andre will hit at the buzzer, houston still led by 5 at halftime. Golden state go ahead in the fourth on this 3pointer by ian clark. It wasnt always pretty. But the hoyers find a way, he drives, distances to draymond green, loses the hands him. Seth curry is there to bank it in before the shot clock sounds, curry with the team high 24, golden state wins 107 to 98. In the womens final four, stanford took on South Carolina in the first semifinal, the long pass to Brittany Mcphee who pops for three. Late in the second quarter, charm guard Carley Sanderson had to leave with a sprained ankle. That would prove critical. Gamecocks have a deficit, harris denies a claim to this basket. Alissa grey led South Carolina with 18 points. She gets this shot to throw the spike being fouled. Gamecocks go on to beat stanfod 62 to 53. I can go one by one how much i love my teammates. Ultimately, we worked our tails off. We got here for a reason. There is nothing to hang our heads down about. In the other semifinal, dak prescott was cheering on Mississippi State against yucon the game tied in overtime the clock winding down, Morgan William connects at the buzzer, the bulldogs stun top ranked connect 6664, snapping the huskies 111 game win streak. So it will be Mississippi State versus South Carolina for the National Title on sunday. The sharks rank calgary trying to snap out of their slump. It was 20 flames, san jose final scores. Cuts the lead in half. Calgary comes back with two goals of its own in the period. Alex classon, beats jones. The sharks lost eight of their last nine. Game two bay bridge series Brandon Crawford takes jarriel cotton deep in the 2nd for a solo shot. Giants lead 1o. The bases loaded. Ryan le barnway appears to have a base hit up the middle. Crawford two a great defensive play ends the test. Giants win 21. The series finally is this afternoon. That is sports for a saturday morning. Im rick quan, have a great day. Now an act with the satellite image, show us a few high clouds over parts of the north bay. We have a lot of clear blue skies out there. The bay bridge, notice trees are quiet. Not blowing around. That allows temperatures to climb up. San francisco is currently 53. Oakland 52, san jose 51. Gilroy cool at 41 degrees. This time looking to San Francisco, temperatures range from 48 in santa rosa. Napa 55. Conlord and livermore in the east bay 49 degrees right now. You can also notice the change by how quiet the father is here from emeryville looking across the bay. We have a sunny and warmer afternoon. We have patchy fog tomorrow morning, which makes for slightly cooler numbers by sunday. Then possible showers by the end of next week. So dont put the umbrellas away for the season quite yet. Wind gusts still remain high in parts of the north bay hymn. Napa 22 Miles Per Hour possible in the next few hours. It could be gusting up to 35 in the higher elevations. Then by this afternoon, winds completely die down. They shift. We get winds from the north which will allow much warming in the bay. Nap villejo 74. 78 in san jose. If you are headed to the game today at the Oakland Coliseum, grab your sunglasses and sun skrooem screen, temperatures will be climb nook the low 70s, expect a lot of traffic. It was a mess yesterday in San Francisco. Also the tree pollen may been brothering you, unfortunately, its high, luckily it wont be as windy today. Hopefully that will relieve your allergy symptoms. We are looking at a chance of rain making its watdz back into the bay area thursday night into friday. So thats what were going to be tracking as well. Thursday night, best chance in the north bay. Then we could see some light rain spread around bay area through the overnight hours by lunchtime. Then starting to clear out. Unfortunately, it looks like we might have a stronger system next weekend, but for this weekend, sunny, warm, well above average by five to 15 degrees inland, numbers hitting the low 80s and then just a bit cooler. Temperatures will be mild and still above average into the middle of the workweek and then the changes come back thursday night into friday. We rank the storm a one on our storm impact scale. It will be light. Of course, things could change next weekend. Today, summer weather. So good to know, thank you so mump afternoon. A fouryearold nautical dream the a big step closer to setting sail. This afternoon, dedication events will be held in sausalito for the tall ship matthew turner. It made its first trip yesterday by land, not by sea. Abc anchor eric thomas was there and says young people will ultimately benefit. Reporter a couple of hundred people were on hand for the first journey of the matthew turner, pulled by trucks to a nearby boat ramp. By building a boat, we also build a community. Reporter allen olsen was there when it was just an idea. Four years, 5. 5 million ago. He says when the ship is finished up to 15,000 local youngsters will benefit each year. We want to help with that. We want to get them out in nature. Particularly since were into water and the sea. We think that is a wonderful place for them to learn and commune with their basic nature. Reporter the ship features 250 wooden planks cut from trees in mendocino county. Each is steamed for three hours before they can be molded into place t. Work is both delicate and difficult. Its a lot of love and 200,000 man hours. Reporter most of that is provided by volunteers like dan higgins, a veteran boat builder who splits his year between alaska and marin counties. Everything starts with a great thing. As you meet the other ship mates and you tell them your expertise, then they mold you into that department. We would like the ship to be here the next hundred years. Moving the ship is not close to the last bet. That i have to attach the mast and electronics so probably take it to late summer or early fall. In sausalito, eric thomas, abc 7 news. Next, an april fools day tradition, why some people will be getting downright stupid today in all with worryfree ownership. Colors in your neighborhood. Head to your neighborhood enterprise car sales and let the people who buy more vehicles than anyone. Shift your thinking about buying your next one. Welcome to maxx you. You are whimsical, vibrant, statement making. We see what makes you unique. So we have something for everyone, at a price thats just right for you. Maxx you. Maxx life. T. J. Maxx sweet cinnamonsugar on the outside, crazy on the inside. Crave those crazy squares. Sweet cinnamonsugar on the outside, crazy on the inside. Crave those crazy squares. Happening today, its april fools, tongue twister. 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