Search continues for two young boys last seen in mountain view. Police now asking for your help and smoke shop regulation an east bay city now looking to prohibit new tobacco businesses and stop illegal ones. Plus oakland needs baseball. Uh oakland is a baseball town. We love baseball in oakland, and baseball has brought the community of oakland together more than any other sport. As one chapter closes, another opens. Oaklands newest baseball team, eager to fill its new roster, holding its spring tryouts. Good morning. Its sunday, april 7th. Im stephanie sierra. Lisa is here with the forecast and we get to look forward to a little bit of a warm up. Yeah, we certainly do today. On the cooler side, well see a bright day with a few clouds arriving later on. Live doppler seven is quiet. There is a weak system that may want to drop a few light showers in the upper elevations, but as for right now, look at that. 36 in danville, 45 in san jose, sfo milder at 47, but thats still cold. 37 santa rosa and napa, with 40. In mill valley. So we are a couple degrees milder but about seven degrees colder at the coast. Theres Half Moon Bay temperatures certainly dropping, so mostly sunny conditions, maybe an isolated shower, upper elevations late in the afternoon. Well see. Low 60s to maybe mid 60s from our east bay valley, santa rosa, san jose, but a cool mid and upper 50 profile along the shoreline with breezy onshore winds and then a big warm up for your monday. Well detail that and the rest of the week in a few minutes. Stephanie. Lisa, thank you. New overnight. All lanes on the bay bridge are back open this morning. A sideshow shut down all lanes on i80 going westbound at around 3 00 in the morning. And take a look at this new video. You see it here. A large crowd got out of their cars on the bridge as the sideshow was happening, and shortly after this, officers eventually did clear the lanes and the bridge reopened after about 20 minutes, but one person was struck and killed by a caltrain in san carlos overnight. The San Mateo CountyTransit District says the person trespassed onto the tracks when the collision happened. They collided with one of the caltrans electric trains that was undergoing a test on property. Officials say it is too early to determine the cause of that collision. Well stay posted on that developing news now. The search for two Young Children continues. Chp is asking for your help in finding four year old david wu and nine yearold daniel wu. Investigators believe the boys were taken by taylor wu, who is on the right of your screen. The photos were released in an endangered missing persons alert. A connection between the boys and the woman has not been confirmed by police. The children were last seen in mountain view, near montecito avenue and san pierre way early yesterday morning around 1 30 a. M. Taylor wu was driving a blue 2018 ford escape with a missouri license plate reading vb 9v1w the city of richmond is looking to crack down on smoke shops, saying many are operating illegally. Elected leaders also say theres too many smoke shops scattered around the city. Abc seven News Reporter anser hassan talks to critics who say cutting off businesses wont solve the problem. Richmonds mayor says his city has the potential to become the east bay smoke shop capital, with 78 licensed tobacco retailers. Thats too many, that is, too many smoke shops. Muriel cromwell, a lifelong richmond resident, is a smoker who was parked outside of a smoke shop. But even she thinks the city can cut back. It would be a good idea because why would we have all these smoke shops . Thats just making it, making people want to smoke and creating bad habits, to be honest. According to statistics provided by the city, there are more than two places to buy tobacco per square mile in richmond, mayor Eduardo Martinez is proposing a 45 day moratorium on new permits and licenses. We need the moratorium so that we have the space and the time to look at all of the regulations, all of the rules that we have. This would impact smoke shops, lounges and tobacco retailers with provisions to extend the moratorium for up to almost two years. Nothing is ever quite the way it seems in richmond. Tom butt is the former mayor of richmond. He served 28 years on city council. He says the problem isnt the proliferation of smoke shops. Its regulation. Some of them are unlicensed, unregistered uh. Some of them are illegal. So the problem is not one of needing new legislation and needing moratoriums. The problem is getting the city council to fund the Police Department so they can start the regulatory unit back up again. In richmond, its the police who license and regulate tobacco budget cuts. The Police Department meant cuts to the regulatory unit in documents prepared for the Previous City Council meeting, the city admits to being behind on compliance. You know, sometimes these regulatory actions involve, you know, they involve arrests and that kind of thing. So, you need somebody who has the authority to do that and the experience doing it. So the Police Departments a good place for it to reside. The Mayors Office did not respond to requests for comment, but butt believes more inspections of shops could lead to shops immediately being shut down, which would bring down the overall number. City council is expected to vote on the ordinance on april 16th in richmond, anser hassan. Abc seven news. Californians are Getting Better protections from hefty rent hikes. A new rule passed this week preventing landlords from raising rent by more than 10 in new low income housing. Its not mandatory for buildings that already exist or projects currently under construction. Most existing low income units in the state will likely follow the rule anyway to get new tax credits on renovations or to sell property later. Right now, a stretch of highway one in capitola is closed because of construction. Caltran says. Crews are demolishing the capitola bridge. Overcrossing the portion of the highway which is a little more than a mile, is closed until seven tonight. Caltrans is telling people to take 101 to avoid this closure. In the north bay, a high speed chase turned into a hazmat threat. Police say a driver trying to get away from officers hit nearly 110 miles an hour, right on highway 101, in santa rosa. The driver tried to exit onto petaluma boulevard but could not make the turn. The electric car crashed over the barrier and landed in the marsh. As you see here, that sent chunks of car battery on fire onto the road. This is not something we normally deal with. This is probably the first crash dive came out to where there was batteries in the road on fire. And so its going to be an evolving uh training, i guess, and evolving as we go and learning more about these vehicles. And chp says the car was so hot officers could not move it. They had to call in a hazmat crew to handle the battery fires. Now to your voice. Your vote. San francisco supervisor aaron peskin officially kicked off his Mayoral Campaign in an all male mayor. Mayor aaron, the board president , addressed a large crowd in portsmouth square in chinatown. Hes running against incumbent mayor london breed supervisor asha sapphire. Levi strauss heir daniel lurie, and former interim mayor mark farrell. Peskin appears encouraged by recent support. Out. Theres 213 days between now and the election, and im going to walk every corner, every neighborhood of this city and listen to voters and talk about my plan. But this morning was incredibly heartening, i mean, weve had probably 700 people here today, and were off to a great start. During his rally, a separate group rallied against his running, the chronicle reports. That group was arranged by farrells campaign manager. As we head to break, lets check on conditions outside. Good morning. Lisa. Hi stephanie. Good morning everyone. 38 degrees on top of mount tam. Kind of a neat picture here. The winds are breezy up to 22 miles an hour and around sea breeze keeping it cool. A few clouds around this afternoon the last cool day were going to see for a while. We have a steady warm up on the way. In fact, its going to get hot around here. Ill have the details next. Lisa. Thank you. We also have tough news for the Developers Behind a new proposed city in Solano County, california. Forevers latest hurdle as they try to get voter approval. Then millions flocking to different cities ahead of the total Solar Eclipse. How an influx of visitors is impacting an iconic u. S. Landmark. Abc7 News ReporterBrittany Bell is standing by in he is really boxed in here. Not a good spot. Off the comcast business van. Into the vending area. Oh, not the fries wheres the ball . Anybody see it . Oh wait, there it is back into play and. Aw no, its in the water. Wait a minute. Are you kidding me . You got to be kidding me. Rolling towards the cup, and its in the hole what an impossible shot brought to you by comcast business. A new city near fairfield. Out of 400 Solano County residents surveyed about 70 say they would not back the California Forever project. The plan includes building a community with homes for 400,000 people, a group against the development says the poll reflects public mistrust of the builders. It does need a voter approval before moving forward. California forever proponents say people have not heard enough about this project. The California Legislature is the first in the country to seriously consider reparations for the legacy of slavery, and decades of policies that excluded and harmed black californians. One of the bills currently being considered is an apology to the black community. Lets start with that apology. Do you think that there is the political will here in the capitol to even get an apology passed . I think there is a will. I think we have a governor who understands the importance of apology now. And i hope our colleagues in the legislature, both in the assembly and the senate, will see the importance of that as well. If reparations in california stops there with the apology, what will it say to the people here in california . Id say were not serious. So why should californians be on the hook for reparations . You can find out and explore the journey of the first and only state level Reparations Task force in the abc seven originals documentary, see californias case for reparations. It is streaming on our abc seven streaming apps. Were just here to make sure that baseball continues in oakland. So there you go. You heard it. Keeping baseball in oakland. That is the message behind the ballers, as the new Minor League Team looks to fill its roster. The spring tryouts were coincidentally held days after the as announced theyre headed to sacramento before the move to las vegas, abc7 News Reporter cornell bernard was out on the field. Is there . So there you go. There you go. So the have a baseball tryout like no other happening in downtown oakland. Anyone with a dream was welcome to give it a shot. About 100 amateur and professional players converging on Laney College looking to make the roster for the oakland ballers first season puts competition look like today. Pretty good, pretty decent. James jackson grew up in vallejo. Hes hoping to make the team. It would mean the world to me. Just its a dream for dream come true. Honestly, its a i say, a blessing, a blessing in disguise. I put it like that pretty much. So if i get picked up, just, i dont know, first person to call is my mom. With excitement, we know theres a ton of talent in oakland. Theres a ton of talent in the east bay, and were looking to find some extra players. Paul friedman is cofounder of the minor League Oakland ballers. He believes the departure of the as to sacramento next season, then to las vegas, is a big opportunity for his new team. Oakland needs baseball uh oakland is a baseball town. We love baseball in oakland and baseball has brought the community of oakland together more than any other sport. The ballers are funding a renovation at Ernie Raimondi park in west oakland, where the team will play. Were not looking to replace the as, but what were looking to say is that baseball fills a vital role in a community. They offered me an invite to try out. I figured, why not embarrass myself, right . Even abc sevens casey pratt tried out for the team. The talent is off the charts. Im seeing guys diving. Im seeing crazy hard throws. Meantime, the Oakland Coliseum could be the new home to the oakland roots and soul soccer teams, where they hope to play next season. Both teams currently play at cal state east bay and merritt college. Negotiations with Alameda County supervisors are ongoing. On friday, the team sent a letter to fans and investors urging them to get involved. We need your help to inform the county as a member of the jpa, the importance of having professional sports continue at the Oakland Coliseum, sports are looking to make a comeback in the east bay and oakland. Cornel bernard, abc seven news. Well, we are one day away from the much anticipated total Solar Eclipse. And this morning, millions of americans are settling in at their weekend destinations to get the best possible view. Brittany bell at our sister station in new york has how Niagara Falls is preparing. Brittany, great to have you with us. Good morning. Thank you. Great to be here and a fantastic morning here in Niagara Falls in the path of the total Solar Eclipse and just visiting the falls. This is a great trip within itself, but the chance to see the falls and a total Solar Eclipse in the background is attracting even more visitors to this iconic spot. It is one of the prettiest places on the planet, one that attracts millions of visitors every year. And come monday Niagara Falls will not only be packed with people looking down at the water, but also up at the sky. My birthday and then the Solar Eclipse. This is a wonderful. The stars are lining up for you. Yeah, well, technically its not the stars, but rather the moon aligning itself between the earth and the sun. Niagara falls is right in the middle of the path of totality, and the area is expected to be plunged into darkness shortly after 3 p. M, while the weather and cloud covering may not be certain, one thing is guaranteed there will be huge crowds. It could quite possibly be the biggest visitor day in niagaras history. Hotels have been sold out for months and the city is bracing for tens of thousands of day trippers who plan to drive into the area on monday, whether it be congestion of traffic, Cellular Network disruptions, and of course, our emergency medical services. We want everybody to be, on high alert as a result, Niagara Falls has declared a state of emergency that is already in effect. Its unfortunate it had to be called a state of emergency because we dont see it as that. We see it as a day of celebration, a celebration that everyone is hoping the weather will cooperate for and the weather that is key. So things are perfect today, but that is not going to be the case on monday. Unfortunately, clouds will move in and that could be an issue for viewing the total Solar Eclipse. So at this point, were all just hoping that we get the right break in the cloud cover at the perfect time. Stephanie. Well speaking of perfect brittany, im just in awe of the backdrop behind you. It looks so stunning. I cant imagine a more beautiful place to watch the Solar Eclipse. Whats been the mood so far in Niagara Falls . Its a very upbeat type of mood, even despite the fact that we could see clouds tomorrow. Even this morning people have been out early just looking at the falls. Just people just have the smile on their faces. They have great energy and theyre just optimistic about tomorrow. Even though there could be a chance that clouds could mix in. But at the very least, you still have this as a background on monday, despite what might happen with the cloud cover. Stephanie. Yeah, i was going to say it cant be that bad, right . Its beautiful. Brittany thank you for your time this morning. Well, we wont see full totality here in the bay area, but lisa has been tracking the path across the us. Weve seen your map as youve been tracing it. About 34 here in the bay area is what well see. So youll definitely notice it getting a little bit darker. I think. Mexico four hours and 28 seconds. It will have the longest totality. And then texas doing pretty well also, although as the reporter said, were definitely getting into some cloud cover as we go through texas and up through the midwest. But heres a look at the path where youre going to see that total eclipse in on either side of it is where, you know, the eastern seaboard pretty good about 80 there. And then right on through the midwest, 80. And the further you get up towards oregon, about 20. But the skies will theyll be the clearest here in california. And notice the cloud cover from texas through kentucky. Partly cloudy skies and then up through maine. So youll definitely notice it getting darker, the temperatures dropping. And really right in the path of about 30 Million People compared to 2017, where about 12 Million People saw it. So a lot of people excited about that live doppler seven, where were looking at mostly Clear Conditions and it wouldnt be a weekend in 2024 if we didnt talk about a chance of showers. Right . We could even