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time here. i'm eric thomas. and i'm kristen sze. we have showers, breezy, cold. >> right now breeziness being the biggest problem. some areas saw showers overnight for the most part those have ended. quiet this morning over the past three hours we received rain in the east bay. let's talk about winds, they are fast except for the reporting stations. our fastest winds 18 miles per hour at half moon bay. gusts 20 to 30 for the better part of the afternoon. topping our news, the suspect in the deadly shooting rampage at oikos college will make his first court appearance today to face murder charges. police worked late into the íf searchrked late into the for the murder weapon. terry mcsweeney is live at the oakland estuary with more.

they really did work late there. >> reporter: they worked until a few hours ago. 43-year-old one goh expected to be in court today for an rainment. they have a confession, a lot of other evidence one thing they really want, that brought them to this regional waterway yesterday until early this morning. look at divers going in the middle of the night looking for the 45 calibre semi-automatic handgun used in monday's rampage that killed seven and wounded three. goh has confessed to the killings but won't say where he threw the handgun for some reason. police have information that it is somewhere around here on the westside of this estuary. oakland pd called in some sonar scanners from the san francisco police department and boats equipped with scanners came in, divers went in 8:30 last night. >> even under the best of circumstances in the estuary

it is zero ability. the decision was made to dive at night because it didn't matter whether you had sunlight or not. you are under water, it is murky, very difficult and you are trying to find the item by feel. >> reporter: lots of other evidence against one goh. he said he was upset with the students because they teased him for his poor english. he was upset with an administrator because when left in january she wouldn't help him get back thousands in tuition. the d.a. has the case. expected to make his first court appearance today for arraign. we don't know if the d.a. going to seek the death penalty. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. one goh has told police where he purchased the gun. he bought the weapon at a bull's-eye gun shop in castro valley in february.

all indications that the gun was legally sold. we can put names and faces to those killed in the massacre. 21-year-old lydia sim, grace kim, 23. kathleen ping, 34. last night family and friends and strangers came together at a vigil to express the sadness they are feeling. leslie brinkley has more. >> we have the courage to -- [ unintelligible ] this is the kind of violence that can happen in any city. we need to search our souls and consciousnesss as americans. >> reporter: the violence gave way to , hundreds came to allen tell pal -- temple

baptist church. >> we are calling the whole >> we are calling the whole community together' reflection, prayer vigil people from different denominations and racial backgrounds who are outraged and saddened by what has happened and what continues to happen in oakland in terms of violence. we together are going to stand in unity and bear one another's burdens. >> nobody would imagine that family members would get shot in a school where some of us may feel that its is a safe place to be. >> reporter: the vice president of oikos university, through an interpreter spoke of meeting with the family members of the victims. for them this vigil brought little solace. tears flowed as officials passed out flowers, only one day after one of california's worst shooting rampages, ever. flowers with were also deposited off here at the campus, which is still cordoned off. in oakland, leslie brinkley, abc7 news. >> be sure to stay with

abc7 news for continuing coverage of the shootings. we'll continue to bring latest on air and online at abc7news.com. in other news, in san jose one person taken to a hospital and two homes evacuated after a car crashed into a house and caused a gas leak 10:00 last night. that home and a neighboring home were evacuated and streets in the area were closed for several hours. pg&e managed to stop the gas flow around 12:30 this morning. residents from the neighboring building had been allowed to return home. yahoo expected to announce massive lay-offs possibly as early as this morning. according to the tech blog, yahoo is trimming up to 2,000 jobs, more than 14% of its staff worldwide. the company reportedly declined to comment. yahoo is still popular but hasn't kept up with the growth of google and facebook.

yahoo sued facebook last month and facebook counter sued this week over patent issues. a change in the weather, kind of cold. >> it was. might have seen showers overnight. right now winds are the issue. winds at the reporting stations not that fast but they are over open bodies of water. i believe i saw a wind advisory for the bay bridge i'll talk to frances about that in a second. gusty, i saw a lot of the flags full mast blown by the wind. visibility good, nothing going on as far as fog or anything like that even low clouds, showers are very random and will remain that way through 8:00 this morning. temperatures in the 40s for the most part. we could be near upper 30s in santa rosa and napa. noon mostly sunny to partly cloudy, radar returns developing, across higher

elevations. mainly low to mid 50s during the lunch hour. 4:00 scattered showers temperatures cooler than questioned by 10°. mid to upper 50s more clouds as the afternoon unfolds. tomorrow a lot like today except for no chance of showers still cool and breezy, calmer and warmer starting friday even warmer saturday into sunday a chance of rain sunday in the north bay into monday otherwise we should be dry after today. good morning. starting off pretty well. we have wind advisories for many bridges, including the san mateo bridge the sign you see here. the cameras not shaking too much. keep both hands on the wheel as you ahead across the span. also the commute in contra costa county, wind advisory for the benicia bridge southbound on 680 through walnut creek traffic light no accidents on bay area

freeways right now. we'll head to the north bay and show you southbound traffic on 101 through san rafael very light down to the golden gate bridge. i want to take to you san jose and show you good commute now on northbound 280 for headlights this is highway 17 out of santa cruz mountains. if you are heading up to the sierra, you need chains right now on 80 and on 50. it is windy every place except where the measuring devices are. more ahead and more momentum in the race for the republican presidential nomination. mitt romney sweeps three primaries. santorum is not ready to throw in the towel. challenging the government. what the head of oaksterdam university says is the next move following monday's raids. i can't stand these spots.

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bay bridge toll. from here on there's a high wind advisory there is such an advisory on several bay area bridges but not all. frances is keeping track of that. mike is keeping track of the weather. they both will fill new, coming up. more news now. this morning reut is looking ahead to the jen -- mitt romney is looking ahead to the general election after sweeping three primaries yesterday. he won wisconsin, maryland and the district of columbia. in his victory speech last night he spoke as if he were already the party's nominee. >> i don't want to transform america. i want to restore to mish the economic values of freedom -- to america the economic values of freedom. >> pennsylvania and half the other people in this country have yet to be heard. >> pennsylvania is rick santorum's home state. his showdown with romney takes

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here's a look at the high temperatures across the lower 48. cool spot seattle and portland around 50°. 59 denver, 57 chicago. mid to upper 60s boston, new york low to mid 70s st. louis, d.c.. 80s just about everywhere farther south. all major airports even the minor ones here in california on time. two areas of yellow, mississippi and ohio river valleys and east coast severe weather possible. check out our flight tracker abc7news.com. 4:47 now. a protest against a student fee hike turned violent last night in los angeles. 30 students were hurt after campus police -- campus police began pepper spraying demonstrators, two hospitalized. 100 students showed up to protest a system of fees to go into effect this summer. two officers were backed up

against a wall and began using force to keep the students out of the meeting. san bruno district advisory board recommended closing the elementary school closest to the 2010 pipeline lotion. the district says because of declining enrollment. -- it wants to shutdown crestmoor and transfer students to ing wood. many par rons oppose the -- rolling wood. many parents oppose the plan. the board is expected to vote in two weeks. first hotel ever to call san francisco's presidio open today. it is a 22 unit hotel in the old officer's barracks on the former u.s. army post. the 100-year-old building was rehabbed allowing water front hotels to open. the government has ordered the park to be financially self-sustainable by 2013. critics of the hotel say the trust is commercializing a

historic gem. a french sailing team has removed itself from contention. this team did not provide a reason for quitting. that leaves just four teams, including u.s.a.'s defending champion oracle racing team. [ unintelligible ] the financials -- the finals take place in september of next year. crews in texas working to refor -- to restore power to hundreds this morning. the threat of dangerous weather is far from over. the storm has moved east over louisiana and mississippi. diana avellar has more. >> reporter: the tornadoes tore through dallas neighborhoods tuesday leaving a devastating path of destruction. residents ran for cover roofs were blown off their homes. in arlington, first graders

were told to duck and cover. the national weather service called at least two tornadoes, large and extremely dangerous. the storms lifted several tractor trailers off the ground, hurling them through the air. trucks that weigh as much as 30,000 pounds. >> to see this is phenominal. >> reporter: a grandmother babysitting her grandson and two other children is being called a hero, after keeping those children safe. she climbed into a bathtub and waited for the storm to pass. at one point, clinging to her grandson's feet as the storm tried to pull him away. >> she saved his life. [ inaudible ] she kept 'em all. >> reporter: more than 400 flights were cancelled, golf ball sized hail damaged more than 100 planes. janice witnessed the storms sitting on the runway. >> the sky was purple and

green and orange. you see in the movies, immediately when we two into the terminal, we were told to go to shelters in the terminal, which they are actually most of them are the restrooms. >> reporter: residents are now faced with the task of trying to salvage what little was left. >> it sounded like a train coming. just hit the house and did about 20 to 30 seconds when i came out everything was destroyed. >> reporter: let me show you how powerful this tornado was. take a look at this pick-up flipped on to its side in front a home or what to be a home. it is now mostly left in splinters on the front lawn. diana avellar, abc news, texas. >> the power of twisters breathtaking. >> the two things that stood out were the tractor trailers flying through the air a lot of the houses in dallas are full brick and even those were destroyed, very powerful system.

18 tornadoes all in north central texas yesterday. it has moved to the east we jut showed you that. -- we just showed you that. coastal sections of the carolinas and virginia otherwise quiet across most of the country as far as severe weather. not here, as far as our winds, they are going to be gusty as soon as the sun comes up we'll start overturning the atmosphere and the winds will pick up again. right now all quiet on the embarcadero. showers moved through many areas overnight. the cold front introduces us to a cooler air mass. 39 fairfield, 40s of us. monterey bay and inland mid to upper 40s cool air mass mix with strong april sun could scatter showers this afternoon clear and calmer tonight that

means frost possible in our inland valleys especially north bay protect those very sensitive plans. warming trend for the weekend. even that will went. a chance of rain. let's talk about today, mid to upper 50s in most neighborhoods, santa rosa, napa, east bay valleys, oakland, palo alto, san jose, 60 to 61, partly sunny. more sun, less of a chance of a scattered shower, isolated around the monterey bay and inland. mid to upper 50s monterey and salinas. snow in the sierra today, 41 tahoe scattered showers valleys mountain snows around chico and eureka. mid to upper 60s san diego and l.a.. 88° in palm springs. tonight 31 napa, cloverdale, 32 clear lake. areas away from the city have the best chance of seeing frost the rest of us upper 30s

to lower 40s from 3:00 to 8:00 tomorrow morning you need to worry about plants in the north bay when the frost advisory is in effect. cold front moved through last night didn't have a lot of moisture the showers that did fall 1/10 of an inch or so any showers behind this system will be around 1/10 of an inch. front moving away overnight opening us to the more unstable and moist air mass pockets of scattered showers across higher elevations stirring the afternoon -- during the afternoon hours. tomorrow like today just take out showers calmer warmer, starting friday, saturday into sunday. sunday into monday chance of rain possible in the north bay otherwise quiet from here on out. here's frances with contra costa county. what is going on? >> not much. roadwork on the antioch bridge in both directions one lane gets by until 5:00, another

few minutes. then, check out the sensors westbound 50 miles per hour. traffic has been good the past couple weeks, lighter than normal. bay bridge toll no delays, wind advisory for many bay area bridges all the east-west bridges, including the bay bridge, san mateo and dumbarton, richmond san rafael and even the benicia bridge. no wind advisory for the golden gate bridge. crews heading across the span now changing lane configuration as traffic heads southbound into san francisco delay-free out of marin county. we'll go to the waze traffic app to check out the commute even through the altamont pass no signs of slowing commuters getting ready to start their commute to work, no problems on the peninsula or south bay. you can keep track of this yourself by going to

abc7news.com/waze to download our free traffic app and you can put it on your smartphone or iphone 4:56. the maker of the textured beef critics call pink slime is bowing to consumer pressure endorsing a move by the us agriculture department. voluntarily labor its product and inspectors will certify labels such as contains lean finally textured beef, finally textured beef, lean beef from beef trimmings and stamp them with usda an . >> usda is trying to -- split the baby they don't want to offend the industry but understand people are outraged. >> the surprising reversal means the company signed on to the usda labeling move paving a way for lean beef to reestablish its place in the market. pink slime caught attention after an investigation led

several major supermarket chains to ban the product. spring cleaning underway for bart. yesterday the agency rolled out the first train outfitted with new seats. this video shows workers installing the easier to clean vinyl seats. last month bart began tearing out the old seas it has had for 40 -- old seats it has had for 40 years. the choice to go vinyl is a result of rider input. next, a car crashes into a san jose home causing a gas leak. yahoo employees wait for the ax to fall anticipating lay-offs that could come this morning. >> >> reporter: i'm katie marzullo at oikos university in oakland. the entire community came together last night to mourn the victims of the school

shooting, as we learn more about each victim and what they were doing to make their life or somebody else's

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