laura? >> we're now in for the 7th hour. it appears in just the past hour police have gotten more aggressive in tactics in trying to flush out the suspect who remains holed up behind me. we've seen the s.w.a.t. team in front of the home, it appears one is discharging flash grenades. we've heard two loud explosions and another robot seems to have a camera attached to it. so far there is a suspect appearing to be hunkered down inside of the unit. we have not seen any movement. there is a huge police presence here. we've seen officers in and out of the vehicle. two people, one of them a sheriff's deputy was shot to

death. here is what witnesses saw. >> we saw a officer, i believe he got shot. just like to the ground. >> i understand there was a shooting. and we went outside. it's right there. staying there. and this is crazy. >> just afternoon today a man claims he's a suspect began posting on an internet message board. the first post read quote i just shot me some cops, ask me anything, hurry, though. s.w.a.t. is about to bust in. that is just after noon. there were a series of posts that appears to egg on the suspect to kill. and more police officers and again, it's just the past hour

there is a lot of activity in front of this house. besides two robots we've seen armed s.w.a.t. team members and they have guns and they're ready. and at this point it doesn't appear the suspect is ready to give it up. and thank you, laura. within the next hour we'll see another wet weather system moving into the bay area, we've got hit by quite a down pour overnight. we can see rain across street outside of the abc 7 news studios. weather making for a messy commute. the car removed from a ditch writ overturned in the rain. this afternoon, we've been watching snow fall. and there is spencer christian here now. >> there is a complex system. there is 900 lightning strikes

and i should mention central valley. there is a sear thunderstorm warning. and this is all moving towards the sierra foot hills. there is the bay area, we have pretty wide spread, active weather across the north bay now. and out to the golden gate there is wide spread areas of moderate to heavy rainfall. pockets of very heavy rainfall into this region. it's spreading south and east. ask down into santa cruz there is rain becoming more wide spread and better organized now so there is a night of stormy weather with strong, gusty winds and down pours and possibly thunderstorms. there is some thunderstorms still rumbling into systems. so there is what we can

suspect and seven days beyond. >> the rain kept firefighters in petaluma busy this morning. heavy rain rain causing part of the roof to collapse. crews managed to stabilize the roof but there is damage from standing water. >>. >> san francisco there is a nasty mess people dealt with before. nick? >> spencer just mentioned rain. that rain has residents nervous, that is why they laid these sandbags. if there is flooding they can reduce damage experienced last night. >> and the heavy sanitizers almost anywhere you looked. a stretch of folsom street. >> this gallery got a rude

awakening. heavy rains blanketed the city, overwhelming the sewer system. >> it's personal. >> personal because of the work. there is one of several artists preparing for the reception. and first he must remove his pieces that have fallen victim to water damage. >> we have to see all of the work and there is part is damage that you just can't use. >> residents a block over are dealing with stinky, dirty water and rain runnoff. >> this is disgusting to know i'm stepping on poop. >> and they hint at damaged cars. >> and this part of the mission is low lying and once

marshland surrounded by a week. >> our system is good. it's old. and it needs an upgrade. >> and the intensity of the storm overwhelmed the system. there are plans to fix that this summer. >> this is a major effort. it's a multi billion dollar project we need. >> and the cafe is one of several behind me effectively the flooding. work shops, the artist studio hopes to have a preview tonight without a hitch saying the show must go on. nick smith abc 7 news. >> there is dive teams searching two reservoirs for missing teenager sierra lamar. sonar images taken yesterday showed some areas of concern at the reservoirs.

abc 7 is live where teams are wrapping up now. >> this has been a day long operation. the dive team is still in the water, i can tell you they have eliminated four of the five areas of interest and they're at that final location now in their search for evidence in the case of sierra lamar. the team has high tech help, capturing a thousand images this week. >> this takes us about 20 hours to take a look at images and try to determine which ones look best and which we should disregard. >> about five proved to be interesting enough to investigate further. they use gps and return to the areas for a look. >> they can tell you that is interesting. down side is bodies of water are filled with tree trunks

and and divers doing a thorough search and directed by someone on land with a rope. >> we started with 100 feet out. and bring them in, three feet at a time. so with overlap. >> sierra lamar has been missing since march 16th. the equipment has been effective in other cases. >> in one case divers had been looking for about 20 days and we found in under an hour. >> and that case involved a fisherman in alameda county. once this wrapped up here, the dive team is expected to be at yubis reservoir tomorrow.

>> there is bart is extending the line from fremont to east san jose that will not go downtown yet. and abc 7 is live, it's been a long time coming. >> it has been. this is a right of way that will bring bart to san jose. this is happening today after residents raised their sales tax after the state decided bart would reduce traffic congestion and after the feds decided to relose pollution. >> let the digging begin. >> there is no lack of enthusiasm for this ground breaking. 10 years of wishing, hoping and campaigning to get taxpayers, state and federal government to pay for the to.$3 billion project. one key supporter was dianne feinstein, putting pressure to chip in $900 million. >> the people were willing to

raise their sales tax. that really produced a very high percent of local funds. with those local funds it wasn't too difficult to go to the federal government. >> a projected 23,000 riders used the extension into san jose on a daily basis whit opens. the project will connect to a new warm springs bart station, tunnel work is frway. there is a day to celebrate and thank leaders who provided key support. officials want to extend bart to downtown san jose. there is a six-mile run. federal transit administrator says funding will be a challenge. and he worries about the 40-year-old car autos that is the service down to san jose. we're celebrating that today. it's something to celebrate. we've been waiting to make it happen. we need to recognize we need to use tax dollars to reinvest

what we have. >> there is no shortage of optimism. >> i just like to say thanks to the voters and taxpayers for what you've done this, is just the beginning of the yes, we can agenda. >> san jose residents waited 10 years for this day to happen. and now, we've got to be patient and you've got to wait another five or six years for construction to be completed. >> thank you and not everyone is happy about the extension, josh says it needs to be extended to antioch where residents have been paying taxes for it for 40 years. patty says it was promised to my parents in 1967. and joseph says i think that the south bay should be getting this.

>> and still coming up tonight trains that are far more controversial. the high speed rail project hit a green light. can we afford to pay for jobs that it will create? >> some call e books the wave of the future, ahead, why book publishers may be holding back that future, at least in public library autos national scrabble championships. tonight four bay area students minding their c's and -- p's and q es. ring ring

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>> if you work in california you're legally entitled to a meal break but your employer is not legally obligated to make sure you take it. wait staff attorneys tried to convince the court when management isn't legally obligated to tell an employee there is subtle pressure not to. >> one going to work without breaks one needs time to rest from physical labor and other jobs which worker is going get preference skpb promoted? which is going get a raise? >> the court rumed requiring companies to police meal breaks is unmanageable. >> and the san francisco bay levy system is crumbling and tonight a plan has been launched to shore it up. here is a look at only thing keeping waters out of those levies built 100 years ago to create salt ponds. this is ripe for disaster

should an earthquake strike. senator feinstein says we cannot wait. >> bigger quake in new zealand and south america. our time is going to come and there is a probability is up wex have to get cracking. >> campuses of facebook and google could face severe damage if levies give way. >> and there is now time to talk about this weather. >> coulding to be heavy. if the storm behaves like the one last night, heaviest activity will occur when fewer people are out and about. it's comforting. >> we'll take it there is a live view now from our sutro camera. we can see how cloudy skies are. you cannot see how rainy it

is. there are rain drops ready to hit our cameras but it's hitting the ground up into the north bay. there is a radar loop showing you activity with strikes off shore and some over into central valley. rainfall is intense, pushing inland now into a good portion of the north bay. there is where some of the heaviest activity is now there is some down pours along highway 101 and there is into central part of the viewing area and south, we have pockets of light to moderate raift l rainfall, maybe heavy activity here right now there is this is a huge mass of moisture. winds gusty in spots there is is 33 miles per hour gusts in fairfield.

all around the area winds are rather brisk at the moment. these are the highlights. there is later in the day scattered showers tomorrow with a chance of showers. there is next approaching storm system bringing us current bought of stormy weather, friday, scattered showers and maybe some thunder, this is weekend, hoop building in. our forecast animation at 7:00 tonight a couple hours there is wide spread areas of rain. another two hours, will be more wide spread and overnight, continuing to develop. by 5:00 start of rush hour, may see things easing up a bit in the north bay. there will be rainfall over the remainder of the bay area. and there is some older air

into the bay area, there may be some snow in mount hamilton. later in the day, breaks of sun. we'll take a look at rainfall totals up to an inch and a half and east bay. up to an inch into the north bay and up to three quarters of an inch on the peninsula. yes, it's snowing now into the sierra. another nine to 13 inches of snow overnight tonight. rain developing, low temperatures into upper 40s and tomorrow, we'll see scattered showers and there are highs into mid to upper 50s. and we're hoping to be able to get a baseball game tomorrow there is scattered showers at that time, temperatures into the 50s. here is the accu-weather

forecast. warming up, drying out over the weekend. by sundays, monday, tuesday, high temperatures into 70s once again. and rain storm will be a memory. >> and good news for google stock holders tonight. >> your portfolio about to double in value

skpairnts children ganlering at sanchez elementary, demanding the district do more to improve the quality of education for immigrant children. we're live tonight. leanne? >> these parents moved inside because of the rain. now, both parents and the school district know that when you invest in education of the students, you're investing in california. and some parents believe the district is off target. when compared to other ethnic groups latino immigrant students continue to score poorly on state academic tests. high school graduation rate no better. >> we need our latino kids to graduate and to have the same opportunities all states have. >> a coalition of immigrant

parents in san francisco is demanding change change. only 66% of the latino students graduate from high school. lower than other ethnic groups. latinos tied with african americans for highest drop out rate. 20%. worse than white students and asian americans. in the fall, 2010 the san francisco school district came with a program to focus on improving the quality of education in communities like mission district and bay view hunter's point. the program has been getting good results. >> there is up to seven schools showing greatest growth in api scores four were in the superintendent zone. >> the school district hopes to see better results at the end of the year. lower renya with the central american resource center helping immigrant programs. >> there is a willingness to

change this. we want to put pressure so there is a realtime line around this. >> and this district says it welcomes the session. and the president of the school board is attending tonight's meeting. >> thank you. >> and when we come back a situation where police have sent in robots to help flush out a murder suspect. >> california's controversial rail project, a scaled down version win as proveals today. >> and if the government won't wait -- investigate, we will. a dangerous wobble found in some jeeps. stay with us. another half hour of news begins here in just a moment. ñsq

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with breaking news this afternoon. a standoff of an accused killer show nose sign of ending. a sheriff's deputy and another man shot and killed while trying to evict someone from his home. abc 7 news has been reporting live for us all evening. what's happening there now? >> there is these robots going back and forth over the past hour and a half or so. they're little devices we've seen two of them. one appears to be handling some explosives and we've been standing here and have seen it release two different explosives. they appear to be aimed at this home, where we understand the suspect is holed up. we've seen, it appears they're getting ready to launch another one, we've heard them trying to communicate with this man suspected of killing both the sheriff's deputy and

another man. both individuals were trying to serve he vick papers but there is a bull horn to try to communicate. they're saying something to the effect of jimmy we know you can hear us, as far as we know there has been no response from the suspect inside of the house. we can show you what this looks like now and there is about is information and stanislaus county sheriffs confirmed the suspect has been using social media since this occurred. so there is a lot of pieces here how it fits together. the standoff continues and many still evicted. >> california high speed rail authority okayed a scaled back plan today in hopes of keeping it moving forward.

the revisions will shave $30 million off the top. mark? >> there is townsend and 5th where some of the money will be spent. it's a popular idea to commuters up and down the peninsula. at the high speed rail authority meeting the mayor was the first to get on board. >> there is a broad region of support its been under the so called blended plan and it could be used to electrify cal train, then joining a high speed rail line from san jose to los angeles shaving $30 kbrinl off the $98 billion price tag. >> nearly two hours of comments, members of the building trades took turns praising the system. critics called it a

boondoggel. >> this is ted crocker worried about what it would do to the heart of his hometown. >> some city that's is fine but not for burlingame. >> and said concerns over the environmental impact will be taken up at another hearing today they approved the business plan. >> we're getting pointed into the right direction. >> the rail authority vice chair wrote the first. >> high speed rail bill in 1996. this is a decade before they approved the line. >> this is to invest as though people invested for us. >> the chair of the board added this reminder from 1960s. >> there is one vote of one super viceor and three counties of not having bart. >> dan richards has spent five

years on the board and complaints about bart merely derail that had system. he he believes this will have a similar impact. >> people will look and say... thank god they did it. because boy hate to have people say i wish they'd done i -- it. >> today's vote sends the plan to the legislature, it will be up to lawmakers to decide if the funds that voters approve back in 2008 should be spent. >> thank you. >> the abc 7 news i team reported a violent shaking occurring on some vehicles. jeep vehicles. the agency responsible is responding to questions raised by concerns following our investigation. >> deep owners call it the death wobble. these videos show how bad it

can be. it happened to dan noyes and a producer. our investigation got attention of two members of congress. >> this is a public safety issue. >> the representatives sent this letter to the national transportation safety board demanding the agency tell them how bad the problem is. what is being done to fix it. today releasing this response from administrators and he writes the agency reviewed shimmy complaints and found 402 relevant complaints and identified two possibly relevant crashes, one alleged nonfatal injuries. the i team found more than 600 complaints about the wobbling since 1995. and mostly wranglers made after 1997. we found no deaths related to the wobble. in the letter says while the condition is disconcerting it does not result if loss of

control. and that is not what the i team found. this retired chp officer says he nearly crashed. >> i lost control of the vehicle and spun out. >> no one was injured and chrysler would not comment but previously said this is not a safety issue. adding all manufacture vehicles with a solid axl are susceptible to vibration and experienced could be corrected by performing minor maintenance. by tightening parts. in the letter saying other vehicles have been investigated with this similar problem and therefore, does it not believe it's a condition that kites kaits the likelihood of a safety-related

defect. but congress woman released a statement today saying they will be asking the auto manufacturer to inform customers about this potential problem and direct them to take immediate action if any vibrations occur. and this executive director called the response to one of the most evasive responses he's seen from a federal agency. >> and just ahead tonight four bay area students headed to the magsal skrabel championship autos wish them luck. a quadruple w w

tonight four bright young middle schoolers preparing to represent the state of california in a national competition. >> and it's not their muscles they're using but their minds. >> there is down to the wire. the last practice game in this dining room for four middle schoolers about to head to florida for the scrabble championships. >> this year is happier, we've been practicing just for this one moment. so i'm very excited for it. >> the sixth graders compete as a team. >> that is luck.

not luck. it's skill. >> you knew you're going to say that. >> he does well, they know each other's strengths and weaknesses and there is another half of the skrabel club. they won state championship four times. >> there is one extra year of experience. >> and practice. >> i say yes. and then... there is its own dictionary missing some common words like zen but had other little words you've never heard of. >> that is taking motivation. from a good coach. >> in their own learning in this game electric study as much as they want. >> sometimes i study more than

i have to. >> more than for school? >> yes. >> it maings their parents proud. >> i see excitement. >> not just about scoring high. about playing the game. >> i win her gracefully win, lose and deal with the ployboy autos being polite and a great sport. those values become important. it's parts of being a good person. >> that is great. >> yes. >> coming up next growing popularity of e books. >> why you probably won't find many at the

tonight's money matters there is a plus for google stock holders the company says it will create a new class of stock and distribute it into

stockholders. google reported an increase in revenues but fewer people are clicking on ad links. a good day for hewlett-packard. two new industry reports show sales up, and hp is solidly in first place. and the stock rogs 7%. the most of any company on dow jones average. and nasdaq added 39, s and p 500 gained 18 today. >> a recent survey finds one out of five of us has read an e book in the past year. >> and it's the major poub liquors get their way you won't be getting them from the library. >> this is an interesting period. you might call this a figuring out period between libraries and book publishers. only two out of seven major publishers made them available for libraries and getting an e book from libraries has become more difficult.

an early morning crowd recently gathered inside of the digital book mobile. the huge trailer is on a tour, answering questions about e books. >> there is growing by leaps and bounds. we noticed a big increase in use after tes holidays. people receive gifts of e readers and tab blet autos this was the hoopla over the release of the final harry potter book. the book just became available this month and there are recent titles may be harder to find. >> there is a challenge. and if goitsing to get through the light. >> they found the publishers that refused to sell to

libraries there is penguin terminated its contract in february. the only major publishers to make them widely available are harper-collins and randall house. >> there is a force to greatly increasing revenues but are worried about pirating. >> there is a major distributor. >> restrictions just vary by publishers just trying to figure out the best way. >> the san francisco public library began lending out titles three years ago. now about three and a half percent of the books are e books. usage tripled just in the past year. >> every day from the library about a thousand e books are

being checked out. 29,000 print books and media being checked out. >> there is numbers increasing with younger studers. they continue to work to try to get publishers on board. >> we're in beginning stages of the process. everyone is just trying to make it easy as possible. >> so chill out, now, penguin says it will continue its ongoing talks to work out the right model. simon and schuster is in search for a model it feels comfortable w and scholastic makes it's e books available through schools. other dz not respond. >> interesting. >> we're in a transition. >> thank you. >> sure. >> let's get a check on the

forecast now. >> there is more rain coming up. >> it's getting stormier. there is a live look at doppler 7 hd. you can see activity off sore there are thunderstorms and here in the bay area there is rainfall becoming more intense there is a good nose here in the north bay. pockets of drenching down pours. and down into the peninsula, we're seeing weather becoming more active and rain picking up. tomorrow, state wide there is a rather wet day. lots of rainfall and it will be cooler state wide and we'll have scattered showers in the afternoon after heavy down pours, high temperatures mid to upper 50s tomorrow, here is the accu-weather forecast. there is a warm up over the

weekend, highs into low 70s by monday and tuesday. so spring like weather is coming our way. >> sharks under a battle royal right now in the first game of the post season run. >> singing @a c c c

join me tonight at 9:00, coming up at that time we'll be live with our still-developing story where authorities are locked in a standoff with a gunman who shot and killed two people. >> then, case closed. a decision for head of california fish and game commission because of this photo. >> let's talk sharks hockey. >> game one is getting interesting. sharks struggled against blues this season. 0 and 4, shut out twice, game one just underway. and there is sharks just four shots on board z there is a power play. the is sharks first gel in st.

louis this season. sharks dealing good until 54 seconds into the third. there is two on two, and there is shooting and scoring and six minutes left in that contest. nashville, they beat detroit and now, captain shea webber has beaten the disciplinary kmee. first a punt to the head and follow that by slamming his head into the board. smo no suspension just a $2500 fine. okay. giants pitching staff surrounded 22 hits last night. today madison balmgartner, 49-year-old jamie morey that struck out three, there is some by being patient. there is brandon crawford, 2-0

giants. it can be frustrating and there is we'll get new basketballs just for you. there is a swing and a miss. there is dexter fowler, i've got it. and booed big time, embarrassing and costly. and there is 4-0, giants. there is cabrerra kind of mistimed it. ninth inning now there is never a good sign there is 4 tth 2 giants. home opener tomorrow afternoon. the saints have a replacement coach for sean peyton, kind

of. this guy will take over on monday and run things until season opener then has to serve a six-game suspension. and that is not rocky balboa. that is jerry rice competing in the tour event. he is 7 over through seven. and there is birdie on 18. and these guys can back it up. and what a drop. there is two under 68. same hole, stanford alum online. and there is two back of leader martin, last night i mentioned a special bond and there last year tossed a baseball wrapped in a $100 bill. and valentine's day two months

ago. and and sharks tied it at 2-2 in that game. >> very nice, tu for giants opening day tomorrow by the way we'd like to share your fan photo was the bay area. please upload them to you reports or e mail them. we'd love to get those on the air. that is this edition of abc 7 news. >> from all of us here, have a terrific evening. >> see you at 9:00 and 11:00. the word is swapportunity.

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