of tiny jellyfish washing ashore on bay area beaches. >> and with that, we say good afternoon. thanks for joining us. >> i'm larry biel and i'm kristen sze. today we begin with workers on strike. workers at seton medical center are striking for two days, more than 400 nursing assistants, housekeepers and medical technicians walked off the job this morning over their health care coverage. they say their current health care plan is unacceptable, claiming it cost them more and they can't find doctors who take the insurance. >> we should be able to be comfortable trying to get health care where we live for our families, for our children. >> the hospital says the union's claim is false and the health care plan remains free for employees in the south bay. >> now, thousands of nurses in santa clara county have set a date to strike after negotiations with the county failed to lead to a new deal. >> abc's have a new south bay reporter, dustin dorsey,

explains which services may be impacted and how the county is responding. >> a santa clara county stalemate contract negotiations have failed to lead to an agreement between the registered nurses professional association and the county. now a strike looms. >> we will be withholding our labor from the county, our npa and the 4000 nurses who work at santa clara valley health care, hospitals and clinics say they're not close to a new deal. >> vice president maybelline cue says they're asking for the bare minimum. >> we're asking to be able to live in the community that we serve. we're asking to be able to have safe staffing for our nurses and our patients, and for asking for the county to not do things that undermine patient safety. >> tentative agreements have been made on key terms, including workplace safety. but a sticking point is money. the problem is the county faces a $250 million structural deficit, and so county executive james williams says the best agreement is one that's fair to the other county employees and sustainable for community services. >> we care deeply about the health and success of our health

system because of what it does for our community. that's why the county has offered and continues to offer highly competitive of compensation and benefits. >> if the nurses strike, it may impact primary care and clinics, resulting in postponements. but the county will spend $20 million to keep essential services running with temporary staff should a strike occur. >> that is our top priority to ensure continued access to absolutely essential health care services and we're taking all appropriate steps to ensure that those services will continue uninterrupted. >> the nurses say they don't take a strike lightly, they just want what's best for the community they serve. >> we're having to work in conditions where we're being kicked at, spit at, bid at, had thrown things, had things thrown at us all while we're trying to take care of you and nurse you back to health and we need your help to be able to tell the county to do what's right without a deal. >> the three day strike will

begin on tuesday, april second in santa clara county. dustin dawsey abc seven news some workers will soon be getting a pay boost one week from today, fast food workers wages will go up to $20 per hour. >> that's a 25% increase from the state's current $16 minimum wage that took effect january first. the federal minimum wage, 7.25 an hour. it has not changed since 2009. lawmakers proposal to raise the federal wage have gone nowhere so far, and we're talking about hundreds of thousands of fast food workers here in california who will see their minimum wage go up. >> but business owners say costs will also increase for them as well as their customers. >> abc seven news reporter suzanne phan is live in the newsroom with a look at the impact. suzanne. >> kristin, larry. this new law will impact more than half a million fast food workers in the golden state. supporters say it is a step in the right direction, but critics say it might hurt businesses. fast food places like in-n-out at fisherman's wharf in san francisco are often packed at lunch, according to a manager. there, workers wages start at

$23 an hour, but it's not the same story at other places. at other fast food places, employees can be making 16, 17 or $18 an hour. now, a new california law will boost the minimum wage of fast food workers to $20 an hour starting april 1st. >> the minimum wage has been too low for too long, and it's a redistribution of wealth to the workers, you know, so they can have a better standard of living. >> people are going to get more money. but on the other hand, every thing is going to go up for, for, for everyone as well. >> so john logan is a professor of labor studies at san francisco state university. the new law will apply to large fast food corporations can afford to increase minimum wages for fast food workers in california to $20 an hour. logan says the minimum wage bump is needed. >> this is a start to improve the wages and also improve the working conditions in the industry. >> the new law may lead to more

changes. >> it's also legislation that may act as a model for other states. >> i have, ten auntie anne's and cinnabon in the bay area, so five auntie anne's and five cinnabon, johnson says the new $20 minimum wage for fast food workers will hit his bottom line hard. that's going to impact us by an increase of $470,000 annually across those ten stores, johnson says he may have to consider layoffs and closing some locations. >> he says there are other drawbacks. >> it means that we have to raise prices, which we don't want to do, and pizza hut reportedly laid off hundreds of delivery drivers, saying that it could count on gig workers for help. >> labor studies professor john logan doesn't know if the new law will result in job losses, or fast food workers having their hours lowered again, he says. the fast food industry is a multi-billion dollar industry and they can afford to pay the higher wages. live in the newsroom suzanne phan for abc seven news. >> suzanne. thank you. health care workers are also getting a boost in pay this year. governor

newsom signing a bill last year that put the state's 470,000 hospital workers on a path to a minimum wage of $25 per hour. now, depending on the type and the size of facility and location, workers will earn a minimum of either 18, 21 or 24 bucks an hour for some, minimum wage will rise to $25 an hour by the year 2026, with a state mandated deadline of 2033. it's currently a ballot initiative that would raise the minimum wage for everybody else in california. if approved in the november election, that minimum wage would go up to $17. on january 1st, 2025 will go up to $18 an hour on january 1st. the following year, 2026. new details now about saturday's mountain lion attack that killed one brother and badly injured another. today, a as 21 year old taylon brooks, his other brother, 18 year old wyatt brooks, both of mount ackerman, el dorado county. the family issued a statement saying they're just devastated by taillon's death, yet also

thankful that wyatt is still alive. and they also expressed their thanks for the outpouring of support and prayers. the brothers were searching for deer antls ne georgetown. it's about 50 miles outside of sacramento. when that lion tued on talon when he grabbed the big cat was the first deadly mountain lion attack in northern california in 20 years. >> a longtime san jose high school teacher has been arrested for raping and sexually assaulting a student. more than 20 years ago. police say there were several assaults between 2002 and 2003, when the suspect taught at lee high school and worked as a track and field and football coach at los gatos high school. the investigation began about two and a half weeks ago. police arrested the teacher on friday. the campbell union high school district has placed the teacher on administrative leave, and the superintendent says the district is actively working with investigators. another san jose teacher has been arrested and booked on charges for

annoying or molesting a student at ace empower academy. that's a school for students in fifth through eighth grade. the school administrators reported this after finding inappropriate notes on campus in mid-december. police say the teacher also sent inappropriate texts to the student. >> it is very traumatic, it is scary and it is confusing, especially when you're dealing with someone who is a person of trust, someone you look up to. >> so we do want to let all survivors know that it is okay to come forward. >> the teacher claims there was never any physical contact. he has resigned and is no longer on campus. school officials tell abc7 news they're very concerned about this inappropriate contact and take allegations very seriously. >> in the east bay, a town hall will be held tonight for residents who are worried about how the martinez refinery is affecting their health. congress member mark desaulnier wants to get the leaders of the refinery to testify in front of the house about the recent chemical releases. abc seven news reporter ryan curry spoke with

desaulnier and residents who say something has got to be done about the refinery. >> some people who live in martinez have had enough with this refinery. >> as soon as it's possible, i might want to consider moving away from here. elena cruz is suing the refinery for what she says is a public nuisance. >> the chemical release is coming from the martinez refining company. have her worried about her health. >> they didn't seem to have so much problems with all these coke dust releases and all these flare ups and, and as many incidences as they've had the last few years. so it's concerning that it's getting worse and they're, they're not really paying attention to what they're doing or they're not being, regulated correctly. >> on thanksgiving in 2022, the refinery released around 20 tons of spent catalyst, a metal laden, toxic dust. there have also been several flaring incidents, and another chemical release in july of last year. several agencies are investigating the refinery, including the county health department and the fbi. now, congress member mark desaulnier wants to hear from people living

nearby. >> unfortunately, there's been this uptick of incidents, and we're worried that when this happens, usually there's something else going on underneath. >> county investigators say pbf energy did not properly train its workers, and one of them had to work a 20 hour shift during the thanksgiving day incident. congressman desaulnier wants company management held accountable. >> these things should not be happening. 1 or 2 isolated ones. these are happening at this refinery, in my view, because of the safety culture and because management isn't enforcing the spirit of the law in and they're not enforcing the letter of the law. >> and he worries it will only get worse. pbf energy bought the refinery from shell in 2020. he says if things keep going the way they are, someone will die. >> this has gone on too long and i'm afraid if we wait with our enforcement, somebody's going to die, like happened in tosco or people will be injured workers, and obviously the neighborhood will continue to be impacted. >> neighborhoods like the one

where cruz lives. >> it's very dangerous to have that type of thing going on. >> we reached out to pbf energy and are waiting for a reply. congress member desaulnier says it's possible he and other members of the house will make the ceo and leaders of pbf energy testify before congress in martinez. ryan curry, abc seven news. >> it will soon cost you more to cross the golden gate bridge. and that's not all. thousands of sea creatures are washing up on bay area beaches. it's not rare, but climate change may be playing a part and how a south bay organization is helping people ride their way to success . >> i'm meteorologist sandyha patel. the rain is long gone, but the winds are still elevated. i'll let you know how long will remain in this pattern

but it's always quite a sight. abc seven news reporter cornell bernard takes a look at how climate change may be, making this phenomenon more common. >> you could look at it as a work of art, but part of nature. >> natasha kimmel is amazed by what's washing ashore on rodeo beach in marin. tiny blue sea creatures, as far as you can see, i've never seen so many here on this beach. the weird looking organisms are cousins to jellyfish, but only about an

inch or two long. they're called velella velella. otherwise known as by the wind sailors. >> their name kind of gives away their mode of transportation for sure, so they have these little sails that stick up and the wind and the currents of the ocean. take them along their journey. >> melissa swease from aquarium by the bay in san francisco says what's happening here is not uncommon, but is cool to see. >> well, i thought at first i go, wow, there's a lot of these things out here. more than i've ever seen a mishra came from davis to check out the small, gelatinous creatures. >> i guess my concern is first, is this normal? literally millions of these organisms are washing ashore up and down the california coast. but the biggest question is, why are they here? >> we've been seeing so many different changes in our weather patterns. be it from man made climate change or el nino patterns that are, historically naturally occurring. but both of those are definitely something at play. >> experts say for those lucky

enough to see these colonies washing ashore, it's best to look and not touch and keep pets away. to just nature doing its thing. >> but i think it's great for people to be interested and that you guys are doing a story on them to get people engaged and going out and, seeing nature and seeing it in all of its strange formats in marin county. >> cornell, bernard. abc seven news. >> two big lottery drawings are coming up. tonight's powerball is a hefty $800 million, and tomorrow's mega millions has grown to $1.1 billion. that's when larry usually jumps in. reporter rob hayes from our sister station in los angeles has a look at the big bucks at stake. >> around lunchtime, the wait to buy a lottery ticket wasn't that bad at this 7-eleven in chino hills, but that will change with not one, but two lottery jackpots, both over $800 million. >> i've stood in line the hour and a half to get tickets.

that's why you come at lunch break. lunch break. >> it's a lot easier and frank nava isn't messing around. spending $600 on lottery tickets at what some consider to be a lucky store. after all, this is where a $1.6 billion lottery ticket was sold back in 2016. >> how excited are you? oh oh this time though, with two jackpot is so high. >> powerball over 800 million mega millions over 1.1 billion. it's not just a question of which numbers to pick, but which lottery to play or do you play? both. you bought powerball but not mega millions, even though that jackpot is higher. >> why? >> because i'll do it tomorrow. it's tomorrow. >> for those keeping track, because powerball has fewer choices. as far as the numbers go, the odds of winning are slightly higher. 1 in 292,000,000 as opposed to mega millions, only 1 in 302,000,000. but who's counting? >> i don't even want to think about it. if it hits, it hits.

if it doesn't, you know it wasn't mine. >> i asked kimberly golubev, who's studying pure mathematics at caltech, about things that have similar odds to winning the lottery, being crushed by a meteorite, becoming a billionaire, dying in a plane crash or being killed by hornets, being a us president, becoming a movie star, being killed by a shark. if you crunch the numbers by using something she calls expected value, she says it's probably only worth it to buy a lottery ticket when the jackpot is over. $600 million. which it is. so will she be buying a ticket? >> no, actually i'm a very risk averse person, so i don't play the lottery. rob mcmillan, abc seven news. >> so if i heard that correctly, i have a better chance of becoming president than winning the lottery. i mean, sure, maybe i should, maybe i should think about it. >> we have, what, 350 million? but, you know, some aren't eligible because they're young, too young or not born here. so. yeah. yeah i should go for it. are you gonna go for it? >> sure. yeah, yeah. you know

what? i would go for some sunny weather. >> oh, your odds of that are much better. >> no, i don't think so. i don't think so. >> no, i do, the better. i concur with kristen. larry, i think you'll see some sunshine tomorrow, that's for sure. let me show you a live picture from our santa cruz camera. we're not trying to discourage larry from running for president, but, you know, we're just saying a lot of look at the winds definitely blowing the trees around in santa cruz right now. gusts to 32 at sfo. oakland. excuse me, 25 at novato right now. 21 sustained at sfo. we're in this windy pattern. it all started yesterday. and it's going to continue this evening with 2530 mile an hour winds going into the late night hours. and then the winds will back off. we did have peak gusts anywhere between 40 to 50 miles an hour in the last 24 hours. but as you will notice tomorrow, lighter winds

and those temperatures are going to come up a few degrees. let's talk about the rain this time around. places like san jose picking up over an inch of rain more than places like oakland, san francisco, san rafael 9/10 in livermore. this is since the storm began last friday night, 4/10 in concord and almost two inches in ben lomond. so the rain is gone on live doppler seven you will notice a lot of cloud cover still, and as we check out the view from our golden gate bridge camera, clouds are pretty much stacked up 55 degrees in san francisco. it's in the upper 50s oakland, hayward, san jose, 62 degrees and 55 and half moon bay. walnut creek camera seeing dry skies right now 63, in santa rosa, 64 fairfield, napa. you're at 60 concord, 63, in livermore. it's a cool 58 degrees from our exploratorium camera. certainly choppy waters out there through tonight. breezy to gusty tomorrow. mostly sunny and milder weather. so get out and enjoy because starting wednesday, a wet pattern sets up and it's going to continue through the end of the workweek and into part of your weekend. so tonight at 5:00, 50, 60 a lot

of cloud cover around. still, if you're stepping out, you definitely want that extra layer for later on tonight. tomorrow morning we're going to begin with some temperatures in the 40s and 50s around 530. as you're getting ready to commute to maybe noontime, a lot of sun temperatures in the 50s and 60s. and for the early afternoon, we'll pop you up into the mid and upper 60s for the warmest spots. your morning temperatures upper 30s to the upper 40s. we'll have some clouds around and some patches of fog. and then tomorrow afternoon, enjoy the sunshine. there will be occasional high clouds, but really a nice looking day. upper 50s to the upper 60s. a level one system is coming in on wednesday with scattered showers. model it in the evening hours and breezy at times. we're going to time this out for you. 10:00 wednesday morning. you see some spotty showers. not a whole lot happening until 7:00. pockets of moderate rain going into 10 p.m. and these showers pretty much continue into early thursday before they wind down anywhere from about a few hundred and seven inch to a half an inch of rain is what we're expecting. the accuweather seven

day forecast. you have a dry day tomorrow. get out. enjoy the sun. level one wednesday, thursday morning, and then we have another storm coming in friday. that continues into saturday. that one looks stronger with wet, windy conditions. certainly is looking like by easter things will be nice. kristen and larry i know. nice. so those eggs won't be wet. yeah, well yeah, that's the hope. right now. one model is still trying to hang on to a few showers, but at this point we're going with the drier. >> i think kristen has agreed to become my running mate. >> oh, nice. yeah you have. >> or. or maybe she wants me to be the vp. i think that's okay. >> thank you. sandy. yeah, yeah. >> all right. if you're looking for something to do on the annual star wars holiday, we got you covered. may 4th, star wars day, because may the 4th be with you. of course, this year you can watch all nine star wars films in theaters. that's more than 20 hours of all things star wars. now here in the bay area, the movies will be at the alamo

drafthouse in san francisco. the lobby is going to be star wars pop up experience, and then you get the ultimate fan pack, which includes a t shirt and a collector's glass. fans will be watching the films. they'll also want to get a special sneak peek of the series star wars the acolyte, which will air on disney plus starting on june 4th. >> we are now hearing from shohei ohtani a week after the gambling scandal first came to light. >> what he is saying, and later, how bicycles are doing more than just giving some south bay people a ride,

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since news broke of that alleged gambling scandal involving his friend and former interpreter, abc news reporter alex stone, with the very latest. >> so i never bet on in baseball or any other sports, or never have asked somebody to do it on my behalf. >> ohtani shoots a fly ball to left field barely a week after news began to surface of money moved out of shohei ohtani's bank account, which developed into an alleged illegal gambling scandal involving his friend and former interpreter. >> up until a couple of days ago. i know that this was happening. >> the scandal, you know, has the potential to be one of the biggest sports scandals. i think, you know, we've ever seen, certainly one of the biggest baseball scandals that we've ever seen. >> ohtani is major league baseball's biggest star in the highest paid player in american

sports history, espn reports. he pay mizuhara, who has not only been by ohtani side, as his interpreter while playing major league baseball, but he's also ohtani's best friend. he's accused of using ohtani's money to pay for gambling debts. that amount is believed to be at least $4.5 million. it went to a southern california bookmaker who's under federal investigation. >> he paid told uh- to the media and to my representatives that i , i, you know, on behalf of a friend, paid off, debt obviously lied initially, mizuhara had told espn, ohtani knew about the payments and then later recanted that story. >> mizuhara denies betting on baseball, saying it was on soccer, basketball and football. >> i didn't know that he had a gambling addiction and was in debt. i'm just beyond shocked. it's really hard to verbalize how i am feeling at this point, and the season is going to start, so i'm going to obviously

let my lawyers handle matters from here on out, and i am completely assisting, in all investigations now, there are questions about mizuhara's background and allegations. >> his former team biography was falsified, including where he went to college. >> he said he attended the university of california, riverside and there's just no record. >> alex stone, abc news, los angeles. >> all right, good to be so much scrutiny on this case, especially since the stories have changed from the first day to the second day. and now we just have to see where it all goes. yeah. >> all right. we're just a few weeks away from the tax deadline, but the irs has some news for thousands of californians about their 2020 taxes. >> and from taxes to tolls. the bad news if you have to cross the golden gate bridge on a regular b

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first, an appeals court significantly lower the bond amount that trump needs to post in his civil fraud case. then hours later, the judge in the stormy daniels hush money criminal case set an april 15th trial date. >> abc news reporter reena roy is sorts this all out a pivotal day in court for former president donald trump in two cases against him, a new york judge finalizing a trial date of april 15th in the hush money case involving adult actress stormy daniels should have been started three years ago if they were going to start it at all, and then you wouldn't be quibbling over what week it's going to end. >> days. they're quibbling over days and hours. i don't know how you're going to have a trial that's going on right in the middle of an election. not fair.

>> defense attorneys were arguing for more time after more evidence was turned over by prosecutors. but the judge saying prosecutors are not at fault for the late production of documents. trump pleading not guilty last year to charges of falsifying business records related to his hush money payment to stormy daniels ahead of the 2016 election. meanwhile, in trump's civil fraud case, a new york appellate court ordering that trump only needs to post a $175 million bond for the half billion dollar judgment. >> i greatly respect the decision of the appellate division, and i'll post either $175 billion in cash or bonds or security or whatever is necessary, very quickly within the ten days it comes after trump's lawyers argued the original amount was a practical impossibility. >> one source just said to me, we got everything we wanted. they are very surprised by this ruling and very grateful for it. >> the massive judgment issued by judge arthur engoron in february, finding that trump and

his sons, don jr and eric, had committed a decade of fraud by inflating their assets to obtain better business deals. trump's lawyers say he tried securing the full amount, but more than 30 underwriters turned him down. trump and his sons have denied all wrongdoing and have appealed the ruling. reena roy abc news, new york. >> tomorrow, the supreme court will hear arguments about the abortion pill called mifepristone. they're trying to decide whether or not the fda lawfully relaxed restrictions to make it easier to obtain the drug. this marks the first big abortion case since overturning roe v wade. medication based abortions make up more than half of all abortions in the nation. >> apple and the parent companies of google and facebook are facing new investigations now by the european union. the eu says the tech giants may not be following a landmark new law that's focused on competition. they're focused on whether apple and alphabet overpromote their own apps in search results. meta is under investigation over its

ad free subscription service. the company say there following the law. if the eu disagrees, they could be fined tens of billions of dollars. >> the irs says nearly a million people across the country have an unclaimed refund from 2020 tax year, and they want it. they'd better act fast. the agency estimates that more than $1 billion in refunds remains unclaimed from 2020, because people haven't filed their returns yet, according to the irs, more than 88,000 californians have not filed a 2020 return yet and are due refunds in the median refund amount $835. together, those californians are due more than $94 million. that time is running out. if you don't file by may 17th, your refund becomes the property of the us treasury. >> the drive over the golden gate bridge is going to cost more starting in july. that's when a new plan to raise the tolls begins. here's abc seven news reporter lena howland, living on the sausalito side of

the bay area sure has its perks. >> it is wonderful to live next to something so iconic, but getting into san francisco is another story, and soon drivers will be paying even more to cross the golden gate bridge. >> it adds up over time. yeah, and there's a lot of costs that are adding up right now. so that's just one more. >> on friday, the board that oversees the bridge approved a toll increase of $0.50 every year for the next five years, meaning most drivers will have to pay 1025 to cross the golden gate starting july 1st. if you have fast track, it will be a dollar less for drivers who have a pay as you go account. the toll will now be $9.50. >> that kind of like rapid increase over especially year over year over year. i think it might have an impact on certainly the commute, certainly on the experience that some of the visitors have coming into town. so because it's an expensive place to visit to begin with. >> a spokesperson for the golden gate bridge highway and transportation district says the increase in tolls are to help

cover a projected $220 million deficit. the five year toll program is expected to generate a fraction of that at $139 million. >> understanding the financial needs of the golden gate bridge and our transit services, we still have a lot of work to do to make up the rest of that shortfall, and our board thought it prudent to select the option that would get us just a little bit further towards making up that that total 220 million after the pandemic. >> they say bridge traffic is still down by 15 to 20, with weekly revenue last year down by about $900,000 compared to pre-pandemic levels. >> today, about two thirds of bridge tolls go to fund the maintenance and protection of the golden gate bridge. that's the workers out there every day. painting, replacing steel helps fund the last phase of the seismic retrofit that we're going to embark on soon in san francisco. >> lena howland, abc seven news. >> climbers on mount everest are ordered to pick up after themselves, and a sleep vacation

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climbers now have to clean up their own excrement and carry it out with them. in addition, they have to use tracking chips. that saves time on rescue efforts. the chips only cost about $15 to

rent, and they'll be sewn into climbers jackets. that's actually pretty smart, given gps technology that we have now, and you could find somebody pretty quickly. but dan, it's a shame. i remember seeing a story a few years ago about all the trash up and down the mountain. it's like, come on people, i know, and it's only gotten a little worse. >> i mean, i guess it's a challenge if you're climbing, how much can you keep carrying? but you got to clean it up and you know, the tracking system that's inexpensive of, you know, how much it costs a lot of money to go to everest. so that's a pennies on the dollar. and it's become so much more popular. so a lot of people's bucket lists not on mine, but it's so many bucket lists that it is being more and more impacted by the number of people showing up. >> yeah, i mean, the poor sherpas that have to escort people up the mountain, they i mean, you see shots of them they're carrying like, i mean, so much on their back because some of the climbers can't do it. and it's just it's just kind of a crazy scene for responsible tourism up there. >> yeah. >> for sure. right

>> all right. nike is trying a new tactic to boost sales. it plans to make some sneakers harder to find in order to increase demand. nike is scaling back production of several designs, including nike, air force one and nike pegasus sneakers, to prevent discounting. nike is facing its worst sales slump in a decade. i mean, do you think that'll work? i guess scarcity does, you know, make you want it more, right? >> that's the word i was going to use. scarcity, certainly. you know, supply and demand. it probably won't hurt anyway. >> yeah, well it could backfire too, though, i don't know, especially if there aren't too many options for people. >> right. >> yeah. >> well, i think one of the problems is, well, there's a few problems. one is that these sneakers are so expensive, especially, i mean, you know, they launched the new ones. i mean, jordans are 150, 160, $175. the way the economy is right now, a lot of people just don't want to pay that. and the other part of it is, i mean, usually these shoes are attached to some signature players, and

unless you have the right guy at the right time, sales are just not generated the same way. right? it's true. >> they need a new michael jordan. >> who's that? >> i think he's still the number one seller. probably. yeah. >> yeah, yeah i mean his brand still does fine. uh- good. sleep can be very hard to get. you probably know about this. hotels are counting on this to the point that they're marketing to a new industry. something called sleep tourism. kristin is very interested in this. a whole vacation where she does nothing but sleep. reporter ariel reshef has a look at the new trend. >> the cdc recommends adults ages 18 and over should get a minimum of seven hours of sleep per night, but that's far from reality for a lot of us. >> 1 in 3 adults report struggling to either fall asleep or maintain sleep to the rescue. >> hotels and resorts offering special sleep and spa packages ranging in price from $300 to $12,000 to help travelers get some much needed rest. it's a

trend called sleep tourism. >> the idea behind these sleep retreats is really giving us collectively, a break and pulling ourselves out of our normal day to day hotels, creating environments that are best for rest, quiet, temperature controlled and comfortable. >> equinox hotel in new york has temperature regulating mattresses. mary bemis, a spa expert, just spent two nights at caroline miami wellness resort. >> i slept on one of these new beds that adjust to your pressure points. it tracks your deep sleep, your light sleep, your rem at grand wailea, maui, guests are empowered with information on circadian rhythms and customized sleep techniques. >> it was amazing. so i slept like a baby, making his dream a reality, ahmed saeed says. he scored the cutting edge rest and recovery specialty suite at hotel figueroa in los angeles. >> this was one of the most comfortable experiences i've had in a hotel room. >> the marketing person that

came up with this is just brilliant, just absolutely brilliant. yes. >> you know, it's a little like if you create a vacation sensation to go off and work out for a week. well, does it help you really to do it for a week? if you're going to go get a good night's sleep someplace or a week sleep on vacation, that's terrific. but i would submit if you can afford to go off and spend a lot of money at a fancy hotel with all of the things that they're talking about to make sleep better, you could probably just invest that money into making your home environment a little more friendly to sleep, a better bed, better sheets. thanks danny downer. >> yeah okay. >> good point though. i want to go to vacation to sleep. i want to go see things and have fun. >> but. >> and this is how you sleep on vacation. okay. you go from 7 a.m. to midnight. first you go rock climbing and mountain climbing, and then you go jet skiing. and then you go snorkeling, and then you go eat at the poke place, and then you get my drift. >> so you could sleep on a piece of plywood after your day. >> i have a i have a headache just listening to our itinerary.

>> we got big plans. >> can i just stay at work? >> yeah. can i just do more shows? >> what are we going to. >> i mean, it's nice that they're trying to make people comfortable and be able to have a place where you can sleep well and all this stuff, but like dan said, i would want to go see things, but i don't know if i would want kristen's schedule of go go go go go go. >> i sleep soundly on vacation. >> i sleep soundly at home. >> everybody else is in fear. >> that said, though, the serious point is, you know, more and more research is indicated. >> sleep is no joke. you can exercise all you want, you can eat well, but if you don't get enough sleep, you're risking your health. >> so it's important to. >> okay. actor kevin bacon is making a return to the high school from his iconic movie footloose. payson high school in utah will be relocating at the end of this year. an online campaign talked him into making a visit before that happens, bacon agreed to attend the school's final prom, calling the film and the high school big parts of his life. oh, that is really sweet. yeah. sandy. yeah. don't you think that'd be cool? like, oh, my god, that's kevin

bacon. >> yeah, people would be very excited. kristen i mean, just to see him, you know, in person, does this count as like another six degrees of kevin bacon where everybody's somehow connected to him in some movie or something that works? >> oddly, by the way, we've tried that. >> it really actually. oh, yeah. i mean, he's somehow, someway connected, probably to the four of us. we just don't even know about it. it's interesting. keep going backwards. >> now, that film was clearly iconic. and to this day it remains kind of a staple. you know, a rite of passage. >> and even if you just say the name, you can hear the song in your head immediately. oh for sure. >> right. but loose, footloose. i got to tell you, my band plays this song a lot, and every single time people get up and start dancing to that song every single. >> nice. >> all right, we're going on vacation. dan, away from kristen. >> kristen reporting for vacation. kristen let's go.

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actually on their way to expanding that program. >> abc seven news reporter zach fuentes has more on their work and how it's transforming lives. >> the main work area is here. >> incredible things are happening in the south bay thanks to work that starts right here in this san jose bike shop. it's the home base of community cycles of california, founded by cindy ahola and colin bruce in 2017. >> we wanted to help people to address the cause of why they're in the situation they're in. it's not just about being poor, it's not just about having

barriers to work. it's about addressing why people are in those situations and what can we do to help the whole person through the program, participants are paid while gaining employment skills that can earn them a living wage job. >> the goal is that in five years, they can be offered the majority of the subsidies they might be dependent on. >> we are a bike shop, so because of that, they will be learning skills that you have in a bike shop. so there's customer service, there's retail warehouse and inventory, bike mechanics, but there's a lot more. there is social emotional wellness. >> the program is already changed lives. it's a program that works. >> i went through it and i'm super blessed where i'm at now. >> carmen ayala is a former foster youth. she wanted to gain skills to work in an office setting through the program, she got experience working both in the bike shop and the office. >> they made me feel confident that i could do this, that, i could help the community as well. i can make a change and my background does not define me. >> today she works in the earn a bike program at community

cycles, helping community volunteers get free bicycles. though the organization's workforce development pilot program has been successful, the hope has always been to expand the six month program into a permanent year long program. they just got a $20,000 grant from the cupertino rotary to help them do that. >> it's going to allow us to build out the classroom and build out the workshop to where we can continue to use use the shop to educate and give experience with more goals to achieve, the program said it can always use help from the community, whether that's donating or purchasing bikes. >> to find out more, you can head to community cycles coorg in san jose. zach fuentes, abc seven news. >> cool to have the organizations working together to help people. >> great. all right. if you are into biking, wow. i think tomorrow is still another great day to get out there. >> let's get the latest from i'm i'm reluctant. >> anything's changed. yeah yeah i know, but you know what larry? kristen you're going to get some sunshine tomorrow. so if you do want to go for a bike ride winds

are going to drop off as well. let me show you the winds right now. over the higher terrain. spring valley, 30 miles an hour. mount diablo 25 northwesterly winds still gusty out there and tree pollen is running high. oak, juniper, ash and alder. these could be culprits for why you may be suffering from allergies, but we do have rain chances increasing. wednesday day and continuing into the weekend, which means hopefully that will wash away some of the pollen that we have out there on live doppler. seven a lot of cloud cover tonight and this afternoon. i should say. and this evening as well. tomorrow afternoon you're going to see a lot of sun upper 50s to the upper 60s looking ahead to the storm coming in later on this week. this one looks stronger friday going into saturday with more snow coming to the sierra. and it will head down toward southern california. but this is certainly going to make it for make for a wet conditions to start off that holiday weekend. so there's your accuweather seven day level one wednesday through saturday. easter is looking okay larry. >> tomorrow get out and do something. thank you. sandhya

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exhausting, and a whole lot of fan theories online >> it all comes to a close tonight with joey graziadei giving out his final rose. >> this is the biggest week of my life. >> falling in love with both daisy and kelsey. i'm and i can see a future with both of them. daisy is someone who gets me to my core. it's a feeling i've never had before with kelsey. we have this physical bond and connection that's real. daisy obviously is someone that, from the beginning we had a really strong connection with being my first one on one. and then for kelsey, ever since spain, i mean, it just has been upwards climb. i just have zero doubt with both of those women that they're here for me. >> and while they say it every year, this is truly looking like the most dramatic ending for the bachelor ever. it just felt like something was a little like off with us and like, it shouldn't feel this way. >> it keeps getting like more real. and it's terrifying.

>> host jesse palmer calling it an unprecedented, shocking. >> first, it's going to absolutely shock bachelor nation, leaving bachelor nation on the edge of their couches will it be daisy? >> will it be kelsey? could joey go home alone? is there even a proposal? >> even though these women have given me nothing but confidence that they will choose me, there is still a doubt that they would say yes. >> a suspenseful ending to one of the realest seasons we've seen on reality tv. >> i didn't expect it to go that way. >> wow. joelle gargiulo abc seven news. >> the suspense. that's it for abc seven news at fou

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