The couple in the car speaking only with abc seven news. Then the vote in oakland set for today to add San Francisco bay to the beginning of Oakland Airports name. Now, San Mateo County is coming out in opposition of that name change, and mcdonalds knows just a small cent of the fries is going to make you want some. Their new billboard in citing customers through smell. I mean its very powerful. Yeah, that would absolutely will do it. It would work on me. It would work on me right now. Right now, i would leave this desk right at this moment just talking about it by. Im loving it. On this thursday, april 11th. Yes. We have a lot to get to. Were going to start with the Traffic Alert with amanda. Yeah. Drivers in the east bay. Youll want to avoid 238 altogether. And thats because a sig alert is still in place. This is in the hayward and san Lorenzo San Leandro area. This is all in the border there because of an overturned big rig. This is on the northbound 238 southbound 880 connector. Traffic is stopped from five 880. We know diesel radiator fluid and oil leaked onto the roadway there. Elsewhere, things are beginning to slow down as well. You can see tracy to dublin, 51 minutes. Antioch to concord 30 minutes. Back to the desk. No, drew. Hey, amanda. Ill take him there we are looking at a gorgeous forecast today. Well take a live look outside from our sutro tower camera, showing you we have just a little bit of fog right now. Pretty much confined to the coastline. You can see it going through the golden gate, but its not too thick. You can see the bottom of the bridge there, even the top. So a very thin marine layer this morning. Its all just an indication that tomorrow everything is going to change with Colder Weather moving in. But we get one more warm day today. Temperatures right now a little bit warmer compared to this time yesterday. Mid 40s to the upper 50s out the door. So light jacket maybe for the next 2 or 3 hours, but by 9 a. M. It is mild already. We have a ton of sunshine out there, 60s and 70s away from the coast. By noon, and then its just another warm afternoon, maybe one or 2 or 3 degrees cooler compared to yesterday. But certainly these numbers are above average for this time of the year. So get out. Enjoy that sunshine, that warm weather for another day. 71 for a high in oakland, 80 in santa rosa and san jose. The same in concord, 67 in the city today well hit about 74. In palo alto. Well track those colder changes. Kumasi and rain coming away this weekend in eight minutes. All right. Thank you. Drew a live look at the abc seven Oakland Airport camera. The future of the airports name is scheduled to be up for a vote today. The port of oakland board of commissioners is considering changing the name to San Francisco bay Oakland Airport and this idea has kicked off a fight with officials from San FranciscoInternational Airport and city of San Francisco officials. They are threatening to sue to stop this name change, saying it would confuse travelers. San mateo supervisors were. Sfo is located also against this plan. Oakland airport Officials Say the idea will help travelers and businesses uh. We really feel as though their confusion is not is not going to be an issue for us. We serve different markets uh from between San Francisco and oakland. This is about bringing jobs, bringing good paying jobs to the oakland area. This is about bringing people to the oakland area. Its really about showcase ing whats happening here in the region with oakland being the center point, the public portion of that port of oakland Board Meeting starts around 330 this afternoon. An east bay couple are sharing details of the scary turn of events when a tow truck tried to tow them while driving through San Francisco, video shows the incident playing out along busch and montgomery. The couple thought the specialty towing truck was moving toward a nearby waymo car, but then they realized no, its backing up into us. They are trying to hook us while we are driving. They were able to get around the tow truck and drive off, but the truck followed them for several blocks before the couple finally lost them. Came from the side and he started doing the reverse and all the lights came on. Thats when we were like, okay, something is really wrong. And his lover came down. In february, City Attorney david chiu charged the company for fraud and illegally towing parked cars. Theyre now banned from bidding on or receiving city contracts. We reached out to specialty towing. We havent heard back. Governor gavin newsom is applauding an increase in arrests in the first two months of a chp crime crackdown in oakland and the east bay. So over the past eight weeks, chp has arrested 181 people that they say were involved in organized theft rings, carjackings, Drug Trafficking and other crimes. Now, this video is chp video of an ongoing anticrime operation. Officers also recovered 31 firearms linked to crimes and 415 stolen vehicles in just those two months. Goes to show the severity of what officers are facing, and abc seven data Team Analysis shows oakland averages 279 stolen vehicles in just a week. Now its your voice, your vote, abc seven news has learned. It was voters who requested the district 16 recount. It could begin as soon as monday. Former san jose mayor sam liccardo secured a spot in novembers election, but it was a tie for second with assemblyman evan low and Santa Clara County supervisor joe simitian coming in with the exact same number of votes. That meant that all three could go on to the general election. But now two voters have requested a recount. A person filing a recount request has to select a candidate and pay for the recount themselves. Heres where it gets interesting. If their selected candidate wins, they get reimbursed. Abc seven spoke with a voter who requested the recount in San Mateo County. Statistically very unlikely that these guys would tie, i like to say, you know, the counties cant even keep track of how many cars they have, much less count the same number twice. The person who has the most at stake is probably, sam liccardo, who is betting that he would have a better chance in a two person race than in a three person runoff. Registrars confirm a man named Jonathan Padilla requested the recount in Santa Clara County on behalf of evan low, according to padillas linkedin profile. He was a policy and finance director for liccardos 2014 san jose mayoral campaign. He released a statement on social media saying in part, our democracy is resilient when we put people above politics and our laws are designed to protect the will of the people. Lets count every vote, evan lows campaign issued a statement saying in part, theres zero doubt that sam liccardo orchestrated this recount and padillas declaration that the recount is on our campaigns behalf is simply disingenuous. Liccardos campaign did not claim any connection to the recount request, but sent us a statement saying in part, every vote should be counted. And thats why recounts are part of the states electoral process. To ensure accuracy, wu hmmhmm arizona is on its way to enforcing one of the strictest abortion bans in the country, despite critics saying it just goes too far. This civil war era law criminalizes all abortions, with just one exception. And amanda, democrats tried to repeal that law. Jack kumasi, arizonas republican led legislature, blocked democrats efforts to repeal the law yesterday, saying it needs more time. The 1864 law bans all abortions except to save the life of the mother. Former President Trump says hes proud of appointing three Supreme Court justices who helped overturn roe v wade, but that abortion should be left up to the states. However, on arizona, he says they went too far on the campaign trail. He has made it clear his stance is rooted in politics, abortion rights have won in all six states where it has been on the ballot. President biden called the arizona ruling extreme and dangerous. The arizona law wont go into effect for several weeks. In doctors offices across the state, patients are waiting for clarity. Im having patients who have received abortions last week call and say, am i still going to be able to receive my follow up care . The legal challenges are causing a delay in enforcement. Vice president Kamala Harris is set to visit arizona tomorrow to keep a spotlight on reproductive rights. Back to you at the desk, reggie. More Business Owners have filed claims against the city and county of San Francisco over the valencia street bike lane. Today. Theyll speak about the impact the lane has had on their businesses during a News Conference. The change was made last year, and move the bike lanes from the sides of the road to the center in february, sfmta said it improved safety for cyclists, but local merchants say its made the road very confusing and has led to a big decline in business because dozens of parking spots were eliminated. Sfmta has said that its considering changes to the lane if you live in the south b, officials want you to check your property for standing water. Theyre concerned about invasion of a dangerous type of mosquito. Today, Santa Clara CountyVector Control will be talking about this issue. They say the mosquito has been found in East San Jose after being eradicated in 2022. They call the species aggressive. Its known to carry diseases like dengue and yellow fever. The county is asking residents to check their properties for standing water because that is where mosquitoes often breed. Happening now, more than two dozen veterans are getting ready for their honor flight to the nations capital. Abc seven News ReporterGloria Rodriguez is catching up with some of them before that flight. She is live at sfo this morning. Hi, gloria. Good morning. Yeah. You know those veterans have just started going through the doors behind me. Theyre getting ready for their flight, which takes off at 8 00 this morning. And a lot of the veterans have been going to that flag behind me taking photos before they get ready to go on that honor flight. So today there will be 27 veterans. That includes one World War Two veteran, six korean war veterans, and 20 Vietnam Veterans going on that honor flight. There will be 53 people total on the flight, including guardians who help out the vets during their trip. Honor flight bay area says theyll be going to washington and visiting about a dozen memorials, and one of the organizers tells me this is to thank the veterans for their service. Washington will be mobbed with students, and they will come up and greet the veterans. And the veterans just feel they get hugged and loved and appreciated for the first time. And they respond, really well to that. We had a veteran who said he went to therapy for vietnam, veteran went to therapy for four years, the honor flight trip of three days cured him more than therapy for four years. So thats what this does. And they will be returning on saturday. And i had a chance to talk to the only World War Two veteran who is going on the flight. So youll hear from him coming up in the next half hour live at sfo. Gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. Thanks, gloria. That is just an incredible story. Looking at highs today versus our average. Another day of warm weather similar to yesterday. You can see the first column most of us going into the 70s and 80s for another day average this time of the year is generally in the 60s. So some spots 11, 12, 13 degrees above average. Look at the morning commute. The only issue youll have is just some bad sun glare out there. Once that sun is up here around 640 this morning, in less than a half hour, its nothing but sunshine. And those temperatures look how fast they warm once again, by 9 a. M. Were finding areas already into the 60s. By 11 a. M, 70 are popping up on the board. Looking at your weather wellness today, air quality is good. Unfortunately no change to the tree pollen that is high, but we do have changes to the uv index. Were now getting more of the suns direct rays, so were at a seven out of 11 that is high. Wear that sunscreen you can burn in less than a half hour under sunny skies. Future weather showing you were warming nicely this morning. Sunny skies gets us back into the 70s and low 80s later on this afternoon away from the coast. So one more warm day this week and then everything changes. We basically do a 180 colder air moves in here tomorrow. So do the clouds. And then over the weekend another weekend with rain, the possibility of some thunderstorms and even snow on our highest peaks. Reggie will go hour by hour in future weather. Plan out your weekend coming up in about seven minutes. Drew. Thank you. Still ahead, the San Francisco gym shutting down after three decades in business and the new push to make it easier for pet owners to find places to live. Howie would limit landlords from denying housing to certain tenants. Then why San Francisco was near the top of a list aware that southbound 680 before 242 traffic is stopped from taylor boulevard with a four minute delay because of an overturned car. As you can see, two lanes are blocked there. As i had mentioned. And we want to take you back down to the san lorenzo, hayward and san leandro area, where a sig alert remains in place. Traffic is stopped from stockbridge avenue to westbound 580. Now theres a 13 minute delay there. Avoid 238 if you can. And thats because of that overturned big rig weve been following all morning long. Reggie, back to you. Thanks, amanda. A state lawmaker from the bay area has put in motion an effort to ban Property Owners from refusing to rent to people with pets. A bill that would limit landlords from denying housing to pet owners is making its way through the legislature. San francisco assemblyman matt haney, who authored the bill, says 70 of california renters have pets, but only 30 of available rentals actually accept them. In San Francisco, only 21 of rentals on the market allow pets. Landlords simply need to have a reasonable rationale for whatever limitation and restrictions that theyre providing for. If youve got a brand new building, you cant just say no dogs or cats allowed. Thats not reasonable. Yeah right. Haney says the bill is about trying to strike a balance. Its not forcing every landlord to take a pet. Hes currently in negotiations to amend parts of the bill. San francisco is being ranked as one of the best cities for childrens playgrounds. Mowing company lawn starter compared the biggest u. S. Cities in terms of access, quality and safety. San francisco ranked number five after new york, cambridge, somerville, massachusetts and chicago. The study found california had more than 30 cities in the top 100. Mcdonalds is trying out a new method to lure customers into its restaurants. Scented billboards. They smell like fries. The billboard simply show the color red or yellow without the mcdonalds logo, so not at all what you just saw. Hopefully were going to show it. Theyre only in the netherlands right now, and if youre wondering how they get the smell, an employee puts a tray of fries inside the billboard and fans blow the smell out for people to experience. I swear i saw a video of this in cities. Where is it . I did too, i saw the people and its just like a big red board, right . Yes. So disregard everything yore seeing here. Just look into it. Look into our eyes. Look so imagine people going up to a board. Youre the board. I feel like im smelling them right now. Thats what. Yum. And why the netherlands. Why never us. Give me the board of fries. Give me know how to act. I want to know how many fries i have to put in there to get that smell. Super high tech. Are you surprised that it is that manual that simple . I just assume simple creatures clearly you assume theyd be like a fry spray. No, i mean, i know im disneyland obsessed, but if i may, they do that at disneyland. They have smell o things that blow out. Yeah, but its not. Its not like someone brought a cookie up there and theyre blowing the cookie. Its just like a its a smell that exists that they the best chemical. Its the best ever. I mean, its going to get better than french fries, i guess. So but once it goes, once it goes cold, you got about ten minutes. Nothing goes, nothing gets. Nothings worse. Youre not loving it. Then here is a live look from the exploratorium. Camera it is clear from this Vantage Point we do have some Coastal Cloud cover out there right now, but we get one more warm day that is the big headline for your thursday 70s and 80s in the south bay. Well go to 75 in santa cruz, 78 in santa clara, 82 in morgan hill. The coastline of the peninsula cooler than yesterday. Low 60s. But you hop away from the coast. Redwood city, much warmer at 75. Well hit 74. In mountain view, the city today not as warm as yesterday. We hit 72 yesterday afternoon. Today its cooler with a stronger onshore breeze at 67 downtown, along the coast were cooler in the low and mid 60s. From the sunset to daly city, the north bay 70s and 80s away from the coast above average. Well hit about 64, though in sausalito, 80. In santa rosa, the east bay sunny and 7073 hayward, 75, in orinda, 76 in fremont and inland. Upper 70s to the lower 80s, about 13 degrees above average, 80 in walnut creek 82. The high in brentwood now tonight well start to see clouds move in here ahead of rain this weekend. So partly cloudy conditions and temperatures dipping into the 40s. Heres future weather tomo