23ABC Midday News: Top Stories for February 24, 2020

The Kobe Bryant memorial service is underway in Los Angeles.

Plus, Harvey Weinstein is found guilty on two counts.

11AM, I'M ALYSSA FLORES..AND I'M DANIELLE KERNKAMP.WE BEGIN WITH THE MEMORIALSERVICE UNDERWAY FORKOBE AND GIANNA BRYANT.RIGHT NOW... VANESSA BRYANTSPEAKING ABOUT THEIR MEMORY.LET'S LISTEN IN.THESE ARE LIVE PICTURES FROM THESTAPLES CENTER... WHEREBRYANT PLAYED WITH THE LAKERS.THE TWO BRYANTS ANDTHE STAPLES CENTER... WHEREBRYANT PLAYED WITH THE LAKERS.THE TWO BRYANTS AND SEVEN OTHERSDIED IN AHELICOPTER CRASH LAST MONTH.TENS OF THOUSANDS IN ATTENDANCEFOR THE PUBLICMEMORIAL TODAY.AS FAMILY AND FRIENDS GATHER ATSTAPLES CENTER -- THEWIDOW OF KOBE BRYANT -- VANESSABRYANT -- HAS FILED SUITAGAINST THE OWNER OF THEHELICOPTER THAT CRASHED LASTMONTH KILLING KOBE BRYANT...THEIR DAUGHTER AND SEVENOTHERS.THE WRONGFUL DEATH LAWSUITCLAIMS THE PILOT WAS CARELESSAND NEGLIGENT BY FLYING INCLOUDY CONDITIONSWHEN IT CRASHED.PILOT ARA ZOBAYAN WAS ALSOKILLED IN THAT CRASH.LET'S CHECK IN NOW WITH 23ABC'SCHIEF METEOROLOGISTELAINA RUSK FOR A FIRST LOOK ATYOUR STORM SHIELDFORECAST.A NICE NORTHWESTERLY FLOWCONTINUES THIS MORNING, WITHSOME CLOUDS BANKING UP IN THEMOUNTAINS, BUTTHERE'S NO RAIN LEFT.

WE'LLACTUALLY BE CLEARING ANDSEASONAL ONCE AGAIN, WITH SUNNYUPPER 60S IN THE VALLEY,MID-60S IN THE KERN RIVERVALLEY, UPPER 50S IN THE SOUTHMOUNTAINS OF TEHACHAPI ANDFRAZIER PARK AND BRIEF LOW 70SDOWN IN THE KERN DESERT.

VALLEYAIR QUALITY ISMODERATE BUT WITH A STABLE WEEKAHEAD WE NEED TO SPARETHE AIR, SO THERE IS NO WOODBURNING PERMITTEDUNLESS YOU HAVE A REGISTEREDDEVICE.AFTER DELIBERATING FOR OVER 26HOURS... A JURYHAS REACHED A VERDICT IN THEHARVEY WEINSTEIN CASE.THE 67-YEAR OLD WAS FOUND GUILTYOF COMMITTING ACRIMINAL SEX ACT INVOLVING ONEWOMAN... AND RAPE IN THE THIRDDEGREE INVOLVING ANOTHER WOMAN.THE SENTENCING GUIDELINES FORTHOSE CHARGES ARE PROBATIONTO FOUR YEARS IN PRISON FOR RAPEIN THE THIRD DEGREE..... AND ATLEAST FIVE YEARS IN PRISON FORCRIMINAL SEXUAL ACT IN THE FIRSTDEGREE."HARVEY WEINSTEIN IS EXACTLYWHERE HESHOULD BE.

NOW BEHIND BARS,HARVEY WEINSTEIN HAS HURT DOZENSAND DOZENSOF PEOPLE BY HIS SEXUALPREDATORY RAPIST, VIOLENTBEHAVIOR, AND TODAYTHERE COULD BE NO OTHERDISCUSSION OTHER THAN HARVEYWEINSTEIN IS EXACTLYWHERE HE SHOULD BE."THE JURY ACQUITTED THE DISGRACEDMOVIE MOGUL ON THEMORE SERIOUS CHARGES OFPREDATORY SEXUAL ASSAULT.A FIREFIGHTER, A FATHER AND ASON -- THIS AFTERNOON THEFAMILY OF THE FIREFIGHTER--KILLED IN THE LINE OFDUTY--WELCOMES THE PUBLIC TOATTEND A SERVICE HONORINGCAPTAIN RAMON FIGUEROA.THE 35-YEAR-OLD PORTERVILLE FIRECAPTAIN - WHO OFTEN WENT BYRAY, IS ORIGINALLY FROMBAKERSFIELD.HE DIED IN A LIBRARY FIRE LASTWEEK-- ALONG WITH 25-YEAR-OLDFIREFIGHTER PATRICK JONES.THE FIRE WAS STARTED BY TWOTEENAGERS - BOTH ARE FACINGARSON-RELATED CHARGES --ACCORDING TO THE D-A'S OFFICE.AND --THE FIGUEROA FAMILY -- ISINVITING THE COMMUNITY TOREMEMBER CAPTAIN FIGUEROA THISAFTERNOON.VISITATION WILL BE FROM 4 TO 8P.M.-- WITH THE ROSARY HELDDURING THIS TIME AT 6 O'CLOCK.THE FUNERAL MASS WILL BETOMORROW MORNING AT 10.THE TWO-DAY SERVICES WILL ALL BEHELD IN DELANO AT SAINTMARY'S CATHOLIC CHURCH.CAPTAIN FIGUEROA IS EXPECTED TOBE LAID TO REST ATTHE NORTH KERN CEMETERY.