this surf today has enveloped the beach where the family was playing in the water off 26th avenue. investigators believe the 6-year-old girl was knocked down by a wave, as she fell, she hit a large log on the sand. the surf then pulled her tout sea, trapping her under the log. >> we've been having a lot of rain this week. rivers start to overflow. there are debris, logs and trees and sticks. and at that time you know these things will start floating up on to different beaches. that is what we were seeing yesterday. >> family members tried but couldn't lift the log off the girl. emergency responders did. the girl was transported first to dominican hospital in santa cruz then air lifted to stanford medical center where she lied. >> the -- died. >> the log was about a thousand pounds. and so we're not sure what happened to her, what the cause of death was but we're still going to have to do research into that.

>> local surfers say beach visitors from out of town don't always know about dangers by debris. >> normally it's just kelp. yesterday, unfortunately there was something bigger it's important to be careful and swim near a life guard. >> the santa cruz county sheriff is not releasing the name of the san jose family. in live oak in santa cruz county abc 7 news. >> thank you. >> this is a live look where the menlo park fire department is at the scene of an accident involving a cal train and a vehicle just about an hour ago. >> there is one person hurt but no reports of fatalities. now tracks are stopped in both directions. we're going to bring more information as soon as it comes in. >> the storm that triggered lightning overnight took a toll throughout the bay area, people are still cleaning up from it. there are number of mudslides this morning. there this one blocked the

road quite a while. there is this tree toppling over this morning in oakland. looks like it just missed a car across the street and this did knock out power, caltrans had to send a crew to the connector ramp shut down until 1:00 this afternoon. the sierra coated overnight with another new layer of snow. motorists had to use chains this morning and that is lifted by afternoon. >> and the moving mud knocked out power and closed a road in piedmont. there is nick smith live tonight. nick? big mess. >> it has been a headache for people here, most have been without power, take a look over the shoulder. that is where they're

struggling to clean up. this is why this slide and road closure created a headache. there is a break in the weather with a chance to do repairs and restore power to homeowners that has been sitting in the dark because of downed trees and damaged power lines. >> this tension got strong enough, you can hear vibrations and pops. we had no power. >> last night's thunderstorms blanketed the bay area, producing heavy rains and strikes than the area had seen in years. >> now there is about 1400 customers. bay area wide, without without power and collectively we've seen about 22,000 customers at sometime or another without power and lightning did play a part in that. >> heavy rains pelted piedmont

uprooted trees and turned oversaturated soils into a mess. but piedmont was not alone. on prince street there is this tree came down, drivers had to battle with slick roads and street flooding. in peed yont traffic has been impacted. drivers coming from the east on moraga avenue being told to find another way across town, creating a stream of onlookers and frustrated commuters. >> this crew is trying to get the power back on to this neighborhood so residents do not find themselves sitting in the dark. >> and there are crews across the bay area dealing with storms. a massive oak fell about a mile and a half off highway 17.

the tree snagged cable and phone lines. and in live oak a lightning storm startled residents. dan says his dog had a tough time with thunder. >> she had been hour of kind of quivering and not understanding what is going on. but she seems to be fully recovered now. she's digging for a squirrel. >> a camper said that thunder also kept him awake. and a storm launched a series of lightning strikes, three hit plains in route from san jose international airport. a southwest and two alaska airlines were hit. another bolt smacked at united air lines flight to london out of san francisco international airport. it happened last night about 7:30. >> this is mighty big bang. my wife screamed and a kiddies

started crying and overhead things opened. and oxygen masks struck down. >> and this. >> this plane turned around, and landed just as a precaution no, injuries were reported. the passengers were put into hotels and took off this afternoon at 3:00. >> so dramatic. you know? amateur photographers sent us great pictures of the lightning that struck last night. take a look. there is this one to you report and capture that had amazing image. take a look at the lightning hitting the bay bridge. he was testing out a camera. there is another one from phil mcgrew. this is spectacular. also the bay bridge. he tells us he took it with a single to-second exposure, look how dramatic that is. lightning ping pongs around the bay bridge. this is from david jones.

there is another dramatic image. he says he had to take hundreds of shots just to get that one. >> when lightning hits, people come up with number of ajekt tiff autos shocking. o, m, g. a crazy storm. >> right. >> there are pictures taken through you reports. rainfall records shattered in several cities. there are people tweeting about the storm and sharing pictures and comments. wow. catching mother nature and love lightning picks. one was david jones of san francisco. >> this is straight. >> from his apartment, jones managed to shoot more than 300 pictures trying to get the dramatic ones. >> there is the picture everyone is talking about is a one showing eight bulbs

hitting or falling next to the bay bridge, appearing on basically every news web site in the world and phil mcgrew took that once in a lifetime picture, roger pena says it was a scary moment for one of his kids. >> with little kids it's -- it wasn't the way you wanted to enjoy. >> really loud. i couldn't sleep last night. >> this is nerve rattling. >> frightened, or amazed it's a night they'll always remember. >> and it was just spectacular, thanks to those folk who's sent in pictures, spencer we don't get this weather often, why so severe last night? >> there is classic ingredients. a cold air mass slashing with a warmer air mass in place

creating instability so extreme and sustained it produced thunderstorms and of course, hundreds of lightning strikes. and that is what happened. things are much, much calmer now. taking a look at live doppler 7 we've seen thunderstorms overinto central valley. there is showers, some locally heavy and widely scattered showers. we've seen scattered showers and one pocket of heavier rainfall moving from napa county now out towards solano county and eastern napa county over towards vacaville. and there is some heavy down pours in this area. it's widely scattered and light down into the south bay this, area of scattered showers was better organized. record rainfall did occur yesterday. records for the date of april 12th engineer san francisco, oakland and mountain view, and

salinas airports. not only an incredible number of strikes but rainfall as well. >> thank you. wind may be cleaning up from the big storm but folks in sierra are loving snow there. we have more. nannette? >> well, visitors here had hope that had storms like this had come earlier in the season not at the end. some taking advantage of the snow and others are not. the storm is bringing skiers and snowboarders by the droves. up to two feet of fresh snow fell in spots bringing totals to nearly four feet for the week. and for carly this is a great excuse to cash in a gift. she couldn't last december because there is no snow here. >> that is a bummer i was kind of doing christmas. i am now. it's good. >> and the new powder feels great. >> this is excellent.

yeah. you can fall, and not get hurt. there is no ice. it's nice. >> this family from mexico giving up their tropical weather near puerto vallarta for a chilly seera, driving two and a half days to get here. >> just to get my son in the snow. yeah. that is only reason. the snow. >> it doesn't snow near puerto vallarta? >> are you kidding me? no. no. >> and at donner ski ranch, managers hope to stay open until day. considering it's been a mild winter. >> this will never makeup for it, i don't think. but everything helps. it's all g last year we're open until july 10th. >> others say the snow is too little, too late it's time to close up sunday night. after all, it's spring.

>> clear closing with new snow but know everybody starts to think about golfing and boating. it's been a good season. we're going to close up shop. >> donner ski ranch told me because of the season they're hiring more people but really can't find any. >> thank you. >> still coming up tonight a kidnapping suspect holds police at bay in a hotel. when they found him he was wearing a dress. we're going to hear from the woman he held hostage. >> for the first time, the sons of a berkeley murder victim speak up on why the police were not sent to help. until it was too. -- too late. >> a couple loses $9,000 in an atm. coming up, 7 on your side gets it back. >> and a recuperating brian stow helps launch baseball season at giants home opener.

>> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. developing news from oakland. abc 7 news has just spoken to a woman who was just held hostage inside of a hotel room. the suspect actually tried to get away in that woman's clothing. mark? >> about 10:30 this moshing police spotted a stolen car here in front of the jack london inn. a man and woman recognized the man as a suspect in a kidnapping and assault in alameda. police believe the suspect was armed and dangerous and say he

was known to carry an assault weapon. when they caught him he was armed with nothing more than a disguise, dressed as a woman, pretending to be a resident of the moat hotel he changed into womens' clothing and tried to disguise his appearance. >> the kidnapping suspect burst into her room. >> i heard the door close. i turned around he was m my room like "shhh" he says he ordered her and her 10-year-old daughter to sit on the bed. he demanlded clothes and makeup he was practicing how to act like a girl around the police. >> did he threaten you? >> he never threatened me. >> did he have a weapon? >> was there a woman with him? >> no. he was by himself. he just didn't want to us least room. >> she says was she was in the room about an hour he tried to grab me by my hood. the police were at the end of

the exit. he seen them he was like okay, buy, see you later. he tried to play it off. >> the s.w.a.t. team grabbed him and got his companion, hiding in the hotel. oakland police do not know if she was also wanted in the alameda county kidnapping and assault case. the search shut down the amtrak line and businesses in a two-block radius. >> took my business for a loop today there is no walk in traffic. and clients couldn't get in. >> we should explain police say the suspect and woman in the car. when police stopped, the suspect and romwoman ran into the hotel. police have not identified the man or the woman saying this is an adda meeta case and all of our calls have gone unanswered. >> thank you. in martinez a 3-year-old girl

rushed into surgery after being mauled by her grandmother's pit bull. the attack happened in a bedroom of a home on plum street. the girl rushed to oakland childrens hospital with major injuries we understand to her face. the dog will be quarantined then euthanized by animal services department. police in mill valuey and marin county sheriff deputies looking for a man on a black motorcycle who shot up this pickup truck. this morning witnesses heard shots and a sound of a motorcycle speeding away. shots fired near the 2:00 a.m. club. the driver and his passenger suffered minor cuts from the shattered glass but no bullet wounds. >> a san francisco giants honored a special long time fan before home opener today. brian stow appeared on a video screen and said "good luck, son" as 13-year-old tyler stow threw out the first pitch. he was beaten into a coma

after seeing giants play. he is under going aggressive therapy two. men have been charged in the beating. >> what a touching thing, gesture today. >> very nice. >> wonder oofl let's go back to weather forecast and the baseball game. >> we've got more showers on the way. some could be heavy. be on the lookout for them. there is a live view right now from our eeflt bay camera. western skies mainly sunny at the momentment there are clouds around, and they're scattered around the bay area, here is a look at live doppler 7 hd. you can see most regions are not receiving rainfall but there is patches just east of napa and there are down pour that's look pretty active. and over into the sierra, snow tapered off, early evening hours another wave of snow moving into the area. in the bay area, under mainly

dry conditions now, temperatures generally into low to mid-50ses and winds gusting still, and have been much of the day. 36 miles per hour gusts in oakland. 41 miles per hour in sfo. 35 miles per hour gusts so these are the highlights. more showers tonight. they will, we expect them to be widely scattered. there is a possibility of thunder tonight. and isolated thunderstorms are more like what we expect. sunny skies and warmer for weekend. yeah. raise a glass of champagne or ginger yale. there is a system bringing us more showers tonight and again, there is a possibility of some thunder accompanying showers. then, over weekend high pressure moves in and will be dry, milder and i'm sure that will be met by cheers. 7:00 tonight starting forecast

animation. we'll probably see areas of precipitation mainly from the golden gate down to the south bay. there is a lingering area of showers and then, it dissipates. by 5:00 we'll see more patches into the south bay and santa cruz mountains of scattered showers. there is at least partly to mainly sunny skies. milder, much, much milder weather than today. overnight tonight will be chilly in spots. lows dropping into upper 30s. low 40s in other locations. tomorrow, highs climbing into low to mid-60s for a change. and down near monterey bay interest there is a similar range of highs. here is the accu-weather forecast. there is milder still, sunday and monday. highs around 70 degrees. that will sustain itself

throughout the middle of the week. there is a light chance of showers, mainly north bay. there is a mild seasons throughout the end of the week. >> coming up next, some of california's top tax delinquents. >> you have to be part of the 1% to make this list. stay with us. back in a moment. it

california released a top

500 delinquent taxpayers. c net co-founder and his wife top the list. san francisco couple owes nearly $10.5 million. one doctor owes $4 million and another owes almost $3 million owing about $232 million. the franchise tax board says the minors have been at the top of the list for past few years. >> we're trying to get into contact can w.them. and for whatever reason we haven't been successful. sometimes, it's hard to locate certain people if they've moved out of state. >> they can lose their driver's license and professional license if they have one. >> there is a new ipad app if and for people who want to keep track of what is going on in the legislature. the app tracks both in realtime and also is a guide to who is who in state

capitol. the steiner says he wrote it for lobbyists. >> and they said there was a need for it z they're in the building every day working in the building and they have i pads and said woibt awesome. >> well, maybe only lobbyists can afford it because it goes for $350. >> the app? wow. when we come back aftermath of a day long s.w.a.t. team standoff and discovery of a body inside of a home and search for new evidence. >> two brothers speak up for the first time about the murder of their father. why berkeley police didn't respond in time to help him. >> and michael finney helps a couple get back a $9,000 deposit that got swallowed up by an

we have late news breaking

from washington tonight. the sushi linked to a nationwide salmonela outbreak has been identified as coming from a company here in cupertino. moon marine usa sold the frozen yellow fin tuna that made 116 people sick. the fish sold to stores and restaurants to make sushi. moon marine has pulled out of the affected fish off shelves. >> there is developing news a body found found in a charred remains of a home last night. culmination of a deadly standoff between an armed double murder suspect skb police. abc 7's laura anthony has the story. after thursday night, this is all that is left of the four-plex in modesto. the tragic culmination of a standoff that left three people dead including a 35-year-old lock smith and a 53-year-old sheriff's deputy. >> there was like about six

cops carrying the police officer to safety. >> the body is presumed to be the gunman who shot two victims as they tried to evict him. >> very quiet man. kept to himself. >> the neighbor says he knows the suspect police won't identify. but according to court and dmv records he's james ferrario in miz mid-40s. a black suv registered to ferrario is sitting in front of the home, windows smashed. the fire 11 hours after the shooting. police tried to flush out the suspect. s.w.a.t. teams used robots to toss flash grenade nootz house. and there are several interaction was the suspect. >> the robot able to knock down a refrigerator. and the individual trying to

put, throw pillows and blankets over it thinking, correctly we had a camera at the end of it. >> investigators spent the day collecting evidence from the house and a bomb squad was brought in to make sure the suspect didn't leave explosives behind. >> the family of a murder victim is criticizing the police department's response and akugs the chief of making misstatements about what happened. the 67-year-old beaten to death in february and today his son disputed statements his father called a nonemergency number. he contends his father called the correct number listed on the police web site. and officers did arrive later once his wife called to say he was being attacked. >> my father should be alive. we hope steps will be taken to ensthur will never happen

again to another citizen. >> he says the family has not zbid decided yet whether to file a lawsuit against police. today a judge ruled the suspect is not mentally competent to stand trial. >> the weather isn't stopping search efforts for a missing morgan hill teenager. dive teams from the sheriff's office went back into the murky waters looking for any clues that can help the investigation. interest there are six divers kept a look out for like ning strikes. crews say they're not giving up. >> we're here to do a mission. we don't get diskurnled. >> this weekend investigate investigators will be recanvassing areas. the 15-year-old disappeared one month ago today.

volunteers will be search disagree and sunday. >> there is a marin county couple says they lost $9,000 trying to make an atm deposit. michaeliny is here. that is a lot of money. >> it is is a lot of finance. this is kind of a leap of faith. here is an example of that. this couple got quite a scare. >> this breaks my heart. i'm too old to get in and out. >> criming out of a car was getting harder for this 76-year-old sow traded a car in for this sedan, and received a $9,000 check for his old car. >> stuck the check in. it took it and spit it out. >> it's no easier to get into the car and not easy getting that $9,000 into the account. john says he tried to deposit the check into a bank of america atm located inside of

the store and this check popped back out. >> i set it in again. next thing i can see is the check going in and it's like this. i hit every button i could find to try to get it returned. and this was never returned. >> john says there is no receipt no, deposit ask the check was gone. only this stub to show for it. john and his wife drove to a b of a to get help. >> they said they couldn't do anything about it they're not in charge that. i'll give you a number to call. >> the couple did call. the bank offered a temporary credit of $9,000 while it researched this case and promised a response within six week autos i said why can't you get someone to come down now and look into the machine? and see if it's there?

we can't do that. there is a process. i said well, will i get it back in a month's time. she said maybe. >> liz beth contacted 7 on your side. we contacted bank of america. the bank tells us weeks later init hadn't found the check. a private vendor services the atms located in retail stores like this one and b of a says the vendor never reported finding a check. however, b of a contacted the car dealer from sausalito. right away the dealer agreed to cancel the check and write a new one, now, they're hugely relieved. >> we're appreciating the work done. >> $9,000 was a big deal for us. >> and it's still a victory as to what happened to that check. he says he deposited the second one it and went through fine z i do want to take a second to thank bank of

america and the car company. >> thank you. >> and coming up next a response from apple to charges of fixing prices on e book autos they claim they make things better. not wors

apple issued a response to accusations of a conspiracy. the justice department filed

suit wednesday accusing apple of five major publishers of raising e book prices by $2 to $5 each costing more than $100 million. today a spokeswoman called those allegations untrue and said, quote, the launch of the store fostered innovation and competition, breaking amazon's grip on the industry. apple stock took a plunge today, almost $18 a share, but it's still up 50%. >> there is record profits at wells fargo. the bank made four and a quarter billion. mortgage lending is strong. percentage of loans has fallen to pre-recession levels. same story at jp morgan chase. and they set aside almost half of the amount to fight legal battles. google's two for one stock

split isn't going over too well. the price fell $26 a share today down 4% and there are are stock prices in general off again today thanks to a slowing late of growth in chin yachl the nasdaq off by 44 and s and p 500 down 17. >> just ahead tonight a campaign against hild abuse teaching children how to protect themselves. >> with a simple message coming up. ring ring

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san francisco child abuse prevention center is rolling out a campaign aimed at teaching children how to keep sthechls safe. there is a pilot project because its national child abuse prevention month. >> no one has met my new frind this first grade class in san francisco is the first in the city to see the new training tools to teach them how to protect thefl selfs from abuse including child sexual abuse,

miss molly handled witness humor. >> we all have private body parts. the person next to you and beside you. >> it includes new dolls wearing bathing suits to make the pint do we go swimming naked?. >> no. >> do we doum school naked?. >> no. >> and we have to cover our private body parts up. >> molly developed this program over 15 years of working with the san francisco child abuse prevention center. it offers a crisis talk line for stressed out family members, counseling and classes. temporary day care, and access to a computer. but this child safety program is a front line effort to arm kids against offenders. the message is simple. they know. get away and tell someone. >> no one touches your private body parts unless it's to keep you clean or healthy. and if anyone wants to touch your private body parts or

asks to you touch their what's do you think you should say? >> no. >> this class teaches about personal safety and a variety of different situations. >> i don't like the way you were playing patty cake and i bonked you on the head. would that be okay? >> no. we call that unsafe touch. >> the safety class on touches is getting major support from private donors now to expand. >> what we know is one in every four young girls and one in every six young boys. there are many, many more case that's don't get reported. >> people realize it's not something that a child can quote, get over. >> alice is with the columbia foundation in san francisco offering a large grant to expand the child safety awareness classes. >> the more children these materials in the classroom can be gotten to, the sooner we'll

be down the road to eliminating this ill. >> columbia foundation and blue ribbon partners are challenging other foundations to join them. >> we want professionals working in this area. >> there are patty is a long time volunteer and shows her support at her business. they design the symbol and creative and paid for because of training materials for children. >> we want to empower them to have strength to be safe, to have a safe childhood. >> help is now on the way to. give kids tools needed to be safe. >> what do you think she should snai. >> no. no. get way! -- away. tell someone. >> so cute. >> they got the message quickly to. get training materials for your child's program go to abc 7 news.com and look under see it on tv. we have a link for you. the annual fund-raiser is next

week. key note speakers are former secretary of state mad lynn allbright and ash tress ashley judd. >> impressive. q you have had enough of rain, thunder and lightning you'll like the weekend there there is scattered pockets of life rainfall. there is activity moving towards napa county. and there is a page to show you what's happening state wide. there is a calmer day tomorrow, mainly sunny skies. and clouds here and there. there will be mixed precipitation. we can expect mainly sunny skies after perhaps a few early morning clouds and maybe a scattered shower or two. highs into low to mid-50s. there is the accu-weather forecast speaking of normal levels taking a look at the

slight chance of showers but it's not going to keep us from having mild conditions all week long. >> thank you. >> and following up now on a story we brought you last night. four bay area middle schoolers completed a first round of the national school scrabble championship in florida team one ranked 23 and team two, ranking 25th out of 72 teams so doing well, they're competing for a $10,000 prize. we're rooting for them. >> opening day at the giants ballpark. >> yes. and collin rush is there live. hi, collin. >> hey, guys. yes this, is about as good as it gets. and there

i hope you can join me at 9:00, coming up then marin county supervisors want another shot. what they're offering george lucas now to bring the gradey ranch project back to life, then at 11:00 you saw the lightning strikes and tonight a man got a little too close to one and lived to tell about it. >> yes. >> and oh, boy.

giants fans are rejoicing. opening day at the ballpark was a splashing success. >> there is a nice day for baseball. >> yes. 13 is the key number today. this is the 13th season opener at at and t park. 55th here in san francisco. friday the 13th matt caine was scary g wasn't he? there are a team that faced yankees. and now, yesterday in denver a no hitter into the 6th inning. matt cane bringing it from opening inning a pair of strikeouts singled he was on. there is a an ankle injury. a standing ovation.

and high off the wall there is a score. and top four, 2-0 games, here is the bay of the game. there is a slow roller and bare handed, gone. there is cane taking a no hitter into the 6th. broken up by pitcher james mcdonald getting a standing up. there is two outs two on. there is a slider to get pedro ala yez. there is a shot down the right field line. there is a two-run homer, cane going the distance gets alex presley to ground out to short there is a double digit case. 5-0, the final.

i asked how long he'll think about the hit. >> he'll think about giving up a hit. we won. that is what we wanted to get done. this is great. >> he was receiving the ball and was right there at the glove. and this is one of the elite pitchers of the game. >> this is about as good as it gets, right. >> this is a good game and a good win. and this is a command of all four pitches. really good. >> there is a historic day for rodriguez. there is a tie for fifth on

the accomplice. 30 behind like the giants win. to golf. celebrating leader ben martin. he never started a second round today. jerry rice is in this event. the weather affected things yesterday. and this is an approach and he's the termt ambassador. he started on the black nine and there is a 16 over 86 and then would withdraw. and now, gators out in the rbc in south carolina. there is three back and former u.s. open champ, u.s. amateur champ an olympic club. sets up birdie for him. he leads by two shots over carl peterson. today, all about matt cane

with that $112 million contact. there is a shut out. barry zito takes the hill tomorrow. >> guys? >> thank you. >> and that is this edition of abc 7 news. >> stay connected 24-7 on abc 7 news.com. here are the top seven stories you'll find there right now. >> from all of us here, thanks for watching we appreciate your time. thop see you again at 9:00 and 11:00.

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