Handling this race . Well, as far as liccardo . Hes very happy to be in a clear first place. Now the two candidates fighting for second place are saying, lets wait and see what the results are. Those results you just gave, by the way, came in just under an hour ago. Different from what we reported earlier at for these updates coming in fast, but all the eligible mail in ballots, like you said, have been received. Of course, every count is going to matter in this race, but we heard from the candidates and a political expert about what happens next. Sam liccardo, evan lowe and joe simitian have been leaders in the race for the district 16 congressional seat. The spot is opening up for the first time in more than 30 years, as representative anna eshoo retires, with liccardo leading lowe and simitian by a relatively wide margin. The Associated Press already called the election in his favor, but the battle for second place is far from over. Whoever wins will advance to novembers runoff to run against liccardo. Liccardo says hes grateful to be in the lead, and says the tight race for second place shows the importance of voter turnout. The reality is decisions are going to be made for you if youre not making the decisions. So i encourage everybody to get out there and vote in november because as were sitting here from this march election, this is going to be decided by a very small number of votes, whoever my opponent is, simitian was confident on Election Night, we are clearly in the top two, but now its not so clear what were seeing now is a little bit of the votes that come in later. Those those last minute procrastinators who who get their ballots in, you know, at the last minute, more likely to be younger voters, less engaged voters. And that seems to be trending toward evan lowe. In a Statement Released tuesday, simitian said every vote counts and every vote has to be counted. Thats the nature of our process and thats as it should be. Having said that, we were in the top two on Election Night and have been every day since, so im confident and optimistic, but well wait for the results. Evan lowe also issued a statement that said in part to me, no matter the ultimate outcome, the closeness of this race shows that your vote truly matters. Your vote can have a real impact on who represents your community. Depending on how close the votes end up being between the two candidates. Professor of Political ScienceMelinda Jackson said one of them could request a recount that they would have to pay for. If it goes in their favor, then they get paid back. We dont have an automatic recount process in california where when its within a certain margin, its automatically triggered for a recount. So i think it depends how close it is at the end of the day, whether either these candidates will choose to do that. Yeah. But again, its really close right now. Both san mateo and santa clara counties have to have complete final official results by april 4th. Then the secretary of state certifies the Election Results april 12th. So were going to have to wait and see what happens. For now. Right now, live in san jose. Zach fuentes, abc seven news. All right, zach, thank you so much. And theres another tight race coming down to the wire. State Senate District seven, which includes contra costa and parts of alameda counties. Berkeley mayor Jesse Arreguin is the clear frontrunner. The battle for second place is where its interesting. About 1000 votes separate. Jovanka beckels and dan kalb, the top two winners in the primary, move on to the general election in november. The only statewide measure on the ballot is still too close to call and the margin is shrinking. Now. Proposition one would use billions in bonds to provide housing for the homeless and the mentally ill. Currently, its 50. 1 for yes, the number of yes votes outnumbers no votes by about 10,000. So its very close. All ballots had to be received by yesterday, one week after the election, in order to be counted. Ballots are still being processed. There are roughly a million to go at last check. Voter turnout is up to 31. Now thats about average close to it anyway. Turnout in a California Primary Election has been running about 33 over the past 20 years, and you can find local race results from californias primary election on abc seven news. Com. A judge in georgia has dismissed some of the election interference charges against former president donald trump. The six charges dropped have to do with soliciting elected officials to violate their oaths of office. Most of the charges from the 41 count racketeering indictment remain, however, affecting trump and several other defendants. The order does not mention the ethics allegations against Fulton County da fani willis. Following revelations of an affair with a fellow prosecutor. She has denied that there is any conflict of interest or that she benefited financially from the relationship. A ruling on that issue is expected by the end of the week. Well, it is getting windy in some areas and its going to stay that way for a while. It is. Its enough to trigger a wind advisory, actually. Abc seven news meteorologist sandyha patel is here to show you what that means. Sandhya where you live. Yeah. Chances are youre going to experience strong, gusty winds at times near you or over you. Dan and anna, i want to show you a live picture right now from our mount tam cam, you are noticing just a beautiful view of ocean beach, but that camera has been a little bit shaky as the breeze has picked up 30 miles an hour on mount diablo right now at the lower elevations. Its breezy in some spots. A wind advisory in effect for our hills until friday morning at 11 a. M. The valleys go under this advisory from 10 p. M. Tonight until 5 p. M. Thursday. North northeasterly winds gusting 45 to 55 miles an hour, will mean the potential for a few outages, maybe some tree damage as well. So were going to go hour by hour. 7 00 tonight, a little breezy, notice a switch in the wind direction late tonight out of the north northeast. Getting gustier by tomorrow morning. You will notice 36 mile an hour winds. Calistoga and the gusty winds will remain with us through the afternoon going into late thursday and even into friday morning. Ill let you know when those winds will back off and when the warmth will continue. Coming right up. Dan. Okay, sandy, thanks a lot. Take a look at the aftermath of a pursuit today that spanned three counties. You see a chp cruiser lost a tire and had to be towed away. The pursuit ended at the 29th avenue offramp from i880 north in in oakland. The chase went through, went north from the peninsula through San Francisco onto the bay bridge before it finally ended. The chp will not say why officers were pursuing the driver, but at least one suspect was was arrested. Well, travel is back to normal at San Francisco international airport. After a different kind of delay this morning, protesters are calling for a ceasefire in gaza shut down part of the airport for more than three hours. Part of the off ramp to the International Terminal was affected by this, along with two security checkpoints. Demonstrators say it was part of a global day of action to demand a permanent ceasefire and an end to u. S. Financial support for the israeli military, and they blocked the road. So we stuck there for almost 25 minutes. We know that theres people that were inconvenience, but we want to make sure that we have our message be heard loudly and clearly. International passengers had to be rerouted to other terminals. Heres a live look now at the airport. Officials there say things ended peacefully today. No one was arrested and no flights were delayed. The driverless car Service Waymo says it will start rides in los angeles tomorrow after getting the green light from state regulators earlier this month to expand outside of San Francisco. That expansion will spread to San Mateo County as well. But there. Waymo faces an uphill battle. Abc7 News Reporter lena howland found. County supervisors have just submitted a new appeal to the state. Driverless taxis roaming the streets of San Francisco could be coming to San Mateo County soon. The Service Expands to los angeles and austin thursday. I dont want to hear about any more accidents, although some drivers in daly city worry the technology isnt ready. I think we need more time to get to get this, these cars ready for the road. Waymos expansion across the state was temporarily suspended last month when county supervisors asked for a review period. It was expected to last up to 120 days, but it got the green light after 11 days after the cpuc says waymo updated their passenger safety plan. It was truly a slap in the face. Now, less than two weeks later, San Mateo County supervisor david canepa says the county has filed an appeal with the enforcement arm of the cpuc. What were asking is for them to really consider what we had said in our initial letter, just this communication of working with public works on infrastructure, working with the fire department, working with the sheriffs department. To this date, waymo hasnt talked to our department heads. Its like, beyond the wild west, which is why south bay state senator dave cortese is working to pass a bill that would give local governments control over Autonomous Cars instead of the state, a bill already formally supported by San Francisco, los angeles, oakland and san mateo counties through their own resolutions that we need to create a system right away, you know, to do just modest regulations, modest controls, ordinary normal traffic controls to make things safe for our community. Thats only going to happen if we get our local cities involved. Waymo says they will continue to engage in cpuc process and remain committed to our long tum approach of dialog and partnership with city officials. Waymo said they have not expanded their service here on the peninsula just yet, and there is no set timeline for those plans, either. In daly city, lena howland abc seven news. Meanwhile, cruise driverless Ride Services and testing permits are still suspended across the nation after a crash in San Francisco last october, where a woman was dragged 20ft by a cruise driverless car after she was hit by another car. Allegations of unsafe working conditions are creating controversy at a san jose Housing Project intended to help the unhoused population, the citys largest modular housing site at branham and monterey, is expected to open in july after it was initially scheduled for april. Abc seven news south bay reporter Dustin Dorsey takes a look at the issues. Work on san joses 70 million emergency interim housing site continues on branham lane, the citys largest transitional Housing Project, will feature 204 rooms within the three story structures for hundreds of unhoused. It was originally slated to open next month, but a look behind the fences shows theres still a lot of work to be done. You have noncompliant code issues in there. You have mold. Its just horrible. Unfortunately, it seems to be a bigger problem, though, because weve had this exact same thing happen just down the street from that project at another modular Housing Project. Mauricio velarde is the director of compliance for south bay piping industry. Hes also a watchdog for issues involving union workers, like what he saw with his own eyes. At this project, workers first told him about the extensive building issues. They also voiced concerns over wage theft. My opinion is that its simply greed. Its simply greed, you have bad actors and their bottom line is to make as much money as possible. Unfortunately at the expense of the taxpayer. And ultimately the, the unhoused, the most vulnerable in our society. At a wednesday press conference, mayor matt mehan once again pushed the importance of solutions for the unhoused, including quick build communities, despite a city press release saying the project would be opened in april, mehan now says the opening day has always been this july. He says the role of the city is to audit issues and make sure theyre fixed. We need to make sure every unit is safe and clean and dignified. If any of those units do have mold or water damage, the contractor on the site will have to replace them. If anybody has not been treated fairly in terms of their hours or pay or whatever it might be, we will ensure that the contractor makes that right. Velarde hopes thats true for the workers sake, but he still concerned that each of the two quick build communities hes investigated in the city had the same problems in san jose. Dustin dawsey, abc seven news. Still to come here tonight, a celebration of racial and social justice. Ohlone land is now back in ohlone hands. Plus, a closer look at what happened to these homes in but his vision dimmed with age. He had amd. I didnt know it then, but it can progress to ga, an advanced form of the disease. His struggle with vision loss from amd made me want to help you see warning signs of ga, like hazy or blurred vision, so its hard to see fine details, colors that appear dull or washed out, or trouble with low light that makes driving at night a real challenge. If you think you have ga, dont wait. Treatments are available. Ask a retina specialist about fdaapproved treatments for ga and go to gawontwait. Com see just how big the slide was, leaving a gaping crack in the earth. Reporter rob hayes from our sister station in los angeles has a closer look at the impact. The call came in just before three this morning. A report of a fallen tree. When firefighters got here, though, they found much more than that. Three homes on ventura canyon avenue. Victims of a landslide. This one, the hardest hit. It was completely destroyed. Flattened by the by the landslide. And that was a red tag. Fortunately, that house was under construction and no one was home. This house right next door also struck by the slide it to redtagged above the two damaged houses sits the property. Firefighters say gave way, carving out a 30 foot deep chasm, a Swimming Pool left hanging in the balance. We ended up draining that pool. That was to relieve, alleviate some of the weight in there and take off some of the stress of the soil up there today. Slide catching the neighborhood by surprise. Residents stunned to see such a big chunk of the hills coming down here and worried what could come next. Im concerned about the mudslides and my retaining wall and the house above me. So just in case, i mean, im just taking out my valuables of the house officials blaming the slide on all the rain weve seen this winter. The last few days have been dry, but the hillsides, they say, are still saturated. The soil is like a sponge. It sucks up all that rain, and it takes a long time for that to dissipate and dry out. So we always advise people in the canyons and in the hills to use caution. Rob hayes, abc seven news. Were glad to get a break from the rain. Definitely, and it seems like a decent break. I know right . It feels a little like spring. Sandy. Its about time right, dan . And lets take a look at our high temperatures for today. Here is a sampling. If you like what you see. Youre going to love the weather the next couple of days, minus the wind. Of course. San rafael 71 degrees today San Francisco 60, concord in the upper 60s. Got up into the mid 60s from oakland to san jose to redwood city. These temperatures for most of you going up over the next few days as we look at our winds right now, 29 mile an hour sustained winds in San Francisco, napa gusting to 20 miles an hour. A lovely view from our san jose camera, where you are seeing a few high, thin, wispy clouds. Heres a look at your forecast over the next 12 hours. Bright and breezy at 7 00, and certainly will be clear and starlit at 11 p. M, but increasing winds as we head towards the overnight hours and tomorrow morning does start out gusty, with the coastal areas gusts to 34 miles an hour. Stronger winds right over the higher terrain. So youre wondering why were in this windy pattern, which we expect as we get closer to spring. Heres why. Area of low pressure that brought us the rain a few days ago has moved on. High pressure is building in quickly. Behind it. We have a northerly wind flow and its going to turn more northeast. Thats why were seeing the downsloping winds prompting that w wind advisory thats already up for the hills. It will go up for the valleys at 10 00 tonight on live doppler seven. No rain to speak of. Heres a beautiful view from our pier 39 camera. Looks like some people are enjoying the sunshine here. Even the sea lions. 59, in San Francisco. Low 60s oakland, hayward 64, san jose and 55, in Half Moon Bay from our Oakland Airport camera, you can clearly see its just a beautiful view. Filtered sunshine due to those high, thin, wispy clouds. 67, in santa rosa. It is currently in the 50s petaluma 60s for concord and livermore, and one other live picture from san rafael camera. Youre going to be seeing more of this tonight through friday morning. Gusty offshore winds, sunny and much warmer. Next few days you will notice it. And then for the weekend, were talking about warmth. Nice enough to hit the beach. The winds will ease, but it will still be springlike. So 7 00 tonight, breezy. The wind starts to move out of the north northeast towards midnight. Youre going to be noticing those winds ramping up while youre sleeping tomorrow morning, 3436 mile an hour wind gusts at lower elevations and that gusty pattern continues that downsloping wind will actually provide the warmth. Now, this goes on friday morning as well. And then calistoga, 40 mile an hour winds friday morning at 11. Elsewhere youre looking at 30 to 35. And then that wind will back off as we head towards friday evening. Your morning temperatures mostly 40s 50s lakeport 39