good morning i'm katie marzullo in for kristen sze. i'm eric thomas. the coast guard has called off its search forever four feared dead after a boating accident.

amy hollyfield is live at the san francisco yacht club in belvedere to explain what happened. >> reporter: they were participating in a 100-year-old tradition, a race this san francisco yacht club was managing. now this club is in mourning. here's a still photo taken of the sailboat, it is call the low speed chase. i was pinned against the rocks. one crewmember was found dead after the racing accident. four crewmembers are still missing. there were a total of eight onboard. the coast guard recovered that dead body and then rescued three sailors. after a long day and four helicopters, they used an airplane and three cutters, the coast guard called often search. >> the coast guard has been searching more than 30 hours well beyond the calculated surviveability window. we are calling off the search. the coast guard would like to

extend our condolences. >> reporter: officials say a large wave knocked some of the crew into the ocean. the rest of team turned the body around to go and try and rescue them, that's when another large wave hit. that's what ran the boat aground. the winds were up to 25 knots, swells as high as 15 feet. the temperature of the water is estimated at 50°. sailors from this yacht club were part of the search. the coast guard has decided to suspend its search. now the sailors here must decide what to do next. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. this morning many who know the missing sailors are refusing to give up hope of finding them alive. hundreds attended a vigil last night. we are learning new details about the experienced crew of the boat. the skipper, 41-year-old james

bradford, nick and brian why among those rescued. the only female member is among those missing, alexis bush. thought we had a photo. also still missing a 25-year-old who lived in san rafael. along with one visiting from ireland. friends and mourners say they can't believe what happened. >> i felt connected to him all day. hoping he's going to make it. >> there's little nope that water. they -- there's little hope in that water. they did this with a smile on their face. they're gone. >> only person confirmed dead is a 41-year-old of belvedere his body was recovered saturday. this is the first death in the history of the san francisco yacht club. today marks one month since 15-year-old sierra lamar

vanished after leaving for school in morgan hill. volunteer searchers -- investigators believe that see rather was abducted. volunteer searchers are vowing to keep looking until she is found. they've searched several areas and were out again over the weekend. divers have looked in lakes and reservoirs. richmond police continue searching for one of two suspects involved in a high speed chase. it ended when the vehicle they were in crashed into a light pole near the intersection of carson and bay view avenue, north of the 80/580 split in richmond. police took one person into custody. officers and k-9 unit searched for the second person. police are saying little else about the case, including why police began the pursuit. faculty members at all 23

california state university campuses begin voting today on whether to strike. the vote comes a week after mediation between the university and the california faculty association ended without an agreement. main issues include pay and class size. the faculty association says the impasse is the first step towards a possible strike. the association says that walk-out could delay the fall semester. members will vote through april 27th. is -- san francisco police asking property owners to board up and fence in vacant buildings to pretend potential take overs from occupy professors. -- protest e the san francisco examiner reports rumors are swirling around a may 1st, take over of an undisclosed property. president obama is back home from south america this morning. he returns amid an investigation of is.

misconduct in -- of secret service misconduct in colombia, it overshadowed the president's diplomatic work at a summit this conduct reportedly took place before president arrived in that country. he says he expects the investigation to be thorough and rigorous and he will be angry if the allegations turn out to be true. members of congress called the alleged behavior outrageous. >> it will be about how did this happen and how often has this happened before? things like this don't happen once. >> security was compromised by the fact that these agents were in this compromised position where they could be blackmailed. >> alleged scandal might have remanned secret if not for an argument between the agents and a prostitute who demand she be paid the money she said was owed to her. five military service members were also accused. three children among the five killed as tornadoes raked

the midwest this weekend. a fourth child was critically injured. all five deaths occurred in woodward, oklahoma where lightning knocked out the town's warning siren. we'll have a live report coming up. iowa and kansas were also hit by a month's worth of one day. strong warnings issued by the national weather service are accredited with saving countless lives. here we are going to take a look at traffic. here's sue hall. a lot of ways to get you around, welcome back if you are coming back if spring break. so far early and light. they've not yet configured all four south ban lanes yet. no problems south of the waldo

tunnel and fog-free. -- live look san rafael out of novato towards the civic center southbound 101 wide open, no problems just a few taillights headed southbound towards central san rafael to the waldo no problems at the golden gate bridge. bay bridge toll at this hour you can see light, no metering lights yet. traffic flowing smoothly up the incline on to the upper deck into san francisco. reminder, if you commute on doyle drive that is going to be shutdown for demolition work beginning friday the 27th, 8 p.m. through monday morning the 30th at 5 a.m.. so far that's a time schedule. if that gets shortened they could open it early. as history has it they do that quickly. we'll follow that four. 80 westbound earlier accident cleared no problems, green sensors, we don't see

significant -- all mass transit leaving on time, ace number 1 out of the central valley on time. >> looks like we are off to a smooth start. 4:39. san francisco faces a 170 million dollar deficit. why are the city's top leaders in line for big raises? the very close call for a driver on dangerous stretch of roadway in the east bay. major roadwork beginning in 16 hours that will have a big impact on commuters from the north bay.

good morning. live look from our east bay camera towards the bay bridge and the city of san francisco come clouds you can see the reflection. we have a forecast of mostly cloudy skies this morning.

sunny later in the afternoon. highs in the 60s to lower 70s. this evening, partly cloudy with lows around 50. 4:42. notorious curve along grisly peak boulevard left a driver and passengers in a potentially dangerous predicament. the car theatered over the canyon after the driver swerved in the fog to miss a hiker and skidded off the road. he and his three passengers carefully crept out of the car and made it back to the road. he was surprised to see there were no reflectors, guardrails or signs marking the curve. >> the police officer said all of these streets, most knocked down by cars numerous accidents throughout the years. >> one tow truck company refused to pull the vehicle often ledge. so a heavy duty truck was called in. no one was hurt.

changes coming to commuters who use the golden gate bridge starting this evening part of boil drive will be closed nightly from 8 p.m. to noon. the right hand northbound lane will be closed so crews can remove sections of the adjacent bridge sidewalk in preparation for the full closure of doyle drive from april 27th, to april 30th, when crews will demolish the existing structures and transfer traffic to a temporary bypass. traffic using 19th avenue to the golden gate bridge will not ab affected. four top san francisco leaders about to receive big raises even the city pays a 170 million dollar deficit. voters approved a 2006 measure calling for salary reviews every five years. district attorney george gascon could receive additional $13,000. more than $8,000 for the public defender and nearly $8,000 for mayor lee. also nearly $4,000 for city

attorney herrera. this comes at a politically difficult time for the mayor. lee is seeking pay cuts. 4:44. in a few hours congress votes on a plan to force millionaires to pay a minimum amount of tax. why some lawmakers say this is a pointless vote. ordinary people doing extraordinary things to help save the planet. >> we'll reveal the winners of the world's most prestigious environmental awards. more than 100 tornadoes ravaged the midwest. the discovery in a bay area lab that could turn the tide in the battle against one of the most common forms of leukemia.

good morning. live look from our high-definition roof cam

clouds out there. later today our forecast is calling for sunny skies, warmer temperatures highs in the 60s and 70s. fuller forecast coming up later on. back to those deadly tornadoes that touched down over the weekend in the midwest. a small town in oklahoma was among the hardest hit. diana avellar is live in woodward, oklahoma with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the strongest tornado hit in kansas. the second strongest one is what caused all of the destruction you see behind me. leveling buildings, killing five and turning the weekend into the one forcasters feared. by the time the storms passed more than 130 tornadoes had ravaged kansas, northwest oklahoma, nebraska and iowa. neighbors came back too their homes to cleanup, crews searched for survivors in one of the hardest hit areas

woodward, oklahoma many caught off guard when warning sirens failed to sound after lightning disabled the system. >> i'm shocked there's anything left. total destruction. >> reporter: the tornado that tore through the community left a tragic legacy. five dead, including a father and his two daughters. dozens of homes and buildings leveled, especially in this business district. >> yet, while one office was completely destroyed the one directly next to it has picture frames on the wall and a mug still on a desk. trucks carrying food, water and other supplies are headed to the area where more than 8,000 residents are without power. >> very scary, first time we've been through anything like that. very scary. >> reporter: the governor toured the damage by air and on the ground. >> it has been encouraging to me to be here in woodward to see just the immediate response by so many great

people and how people helped their fellow neighbors. >> reporter: in iowa, a hospital took a direct hit from a tornado everyone survived. in kansas, 97 tornadoes were reported, leaving dozens injured. while it was clearly a destructive weekend it was a highly unusual one. kansas usually has 55 tornadoes in a year. this past weekend nearly 100. diana avellar, abc news. 4:49. ahead of tomorrow's income tax deadline the senate is voting today on a democratic tax bill inspired by the buffett rule would impose 30% hike on the wealthiest americans. the vote is symbolic and republicans are all but guaranteed to kill it. the gop members of the house will vote later this week on their own bill it would give a 20% tax reduction to businesses with fewer than 500

employees. the bill should pass the house, but not the senate. six people from aren't world will be awarded the goldman environmental prize in san francisco tonight for their grassroots efforts to protect the environment, $150,000 prize. winners caroline cannon fighting to protect her small native village in alaska from arctic drilling. a journalist working in china to expose environmental violations by supply chain manufacturers. an argentinian mother trying to stop pesticide abuse. fighting construction of a dam in kenya. a russian mother mobilizing fellow citizens to save a forest from a planned highway. and a catholic priest in the philippines leading his community against a nickel mean that would destroy a rain

forest. we'll have -- time for a check of traffic. the rain has long passed, the roads are dry. >> looking good out there. good morning. beautiful start on the san mateo bridge with the taillights headed towards the highrise towards foster city no problems headlights towards hayward everything is moving well there. back to walnut creek, no traffic, no worries, very light towards the 24 junction southbound north main here in walnut creek heading from pleasant hill through concord into walnut creek your ride is looking good through the san ramon valley. the bridges checking in with clear conditions, no fog, very little wind, lovely monday morning to be out commuting whether you are going to work or school, drive times looking

good, highway 4 has not begun typical slow down towards hillcrest and 242 in concord. 80 east shore freeway at the limit from the carquinez bridge into the maze. off the altamont under 15 minutes towards pleasanton and 680 junction. earlier accident on the east shore freeway 80 westbound past apian on the shoulder car up the embankment, not blocking lanes, traffic flowing smoothly towards the macarthur maze. no metering lights. nice ride into san francisco. 4:52. apps, they are so yesterday. new buzzword in silicon valley, phenomenon driven by google and facebook. the drive to manage unmanageable information. >> reporter: a field so new, few schools offer a degree in

it. demand is surging for data scientists the hottest job title in silicon valley. >> the real problem with getting value out of data is a lack of sophistication. major drought of qualified people that can ask the right questions. >> reporter: new big data industry developing tools for business big and small. >> people are going i know it is interesting to collect twitter data. once the question i'm -- what is the question and what is the answer? >> reporter: big data has its on convention strata conference. job is to stay in front of the trend. >> a lot of people -- this is a pre now it is a highly in demand job time >> reporter: for years retailers collected data there

was too much and it was too unstructured. then came the perfect storm, cloud computing, companies like google that eat planets of data for breakfast. now sharing that technology. >> the things done with this data which i'm showing on the screen they found out that aspects of people search behaviors searching for medicines or symptoms, indicator where there is flu activity. >> reporter: next, personal big data using new tools to make sense of your life. >> google will do image recognition, tell what is there. that will be -- that will soon be able to match what you know about your history. >> reporter: with the next step in data, richard hart, abc7 news. nursing homes are not equipped for natural disasters. based on the findings of a new

government report. inspectors went to 24 nursing homes in several states, including california impacted bay disaster, emergency plans existed on paper but were all but worthless in a real tornado, flood or hurricane. the plans did not include coordinating with local authorities, notifying relatives and putting name tags on patients and identifying what kind of medications they are on in an evacuation. the report recommends medicare and medicaid aid training to the existing federal guidelines. two bay area companies teaming up to use social media for a medical study. they are going online to recruit 1,000 cancer warrants specifically they want to find out how well the drug avastin worked on breast cancer patients. fda pulled it off the market because of life-threatening

side effects. participants will be asked to submit saliva and blood to see if researchers can determine which women benefited most from the drug. researchers have good news, regarding treatment of one of the most common types of leukemia. researchers have developed a new sequencing technology targeting a gene. if you get social security benefits you won't have to worry about cashing your check at the bank starting next year. they will get benefits deposited automatically in bank accounts or added to a debit card. the treasure department says 90 of researchients get benefits electron likely.

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