and t park. and there is do you feel like a horse? >> yes. you feed everybody just to make it happen you thought changing sheets at home was difficult? thank goodness giants hired drew roundtree. >> there is first one of the year, always tricky. >> as is the last storm. welcome to forgot your rain coat club. >> i didn't know. >> and i watched news this morning. >> they told thus is coming. and that would not include tourist contingent. these women came from new orleans. >> this is our february weather it looks mid eveal,

knocking down castle walls may have been easier than this. the game must go on. and it did. >> and there is a round of applause. >> this is when we win. >> from vista point, wayne freedman abc 7 news. >> and right now there is breaking news. a story we first brought you at 4:00 p.m. an intersection has been closed was of a downed muni wire. there is a dangerous situation there. three people have been taken to the hospital. and there is market street shut down now. 5th street is shut down as

well, as soon as we have more information we'll bring it to you. >> and there are slick roads that likely contributed to an accident that injured someone. investigators say people were trapped inside of the car and there is a is adoiby road remains closed chp investigates a head on crash and there investigators say a concerned driver called to report a reckless driver we'ving and passing cars. less than a minute later a jeep cherokee collided with a big rig. both drivers were rushed to the hospital. one with life threatening injuries. the other, moderate air autos rain left behind some damage at harding park today this, is our tree. our crew found this morning.

and there is abc 7 news sandhya patel takes a look at what is on line at this hour, plus, sandhya there is a wind advisory for some time. >> that is right. you'll see most of the moisture has pushed east. we're still seeing moisture. there is our own doppler, you can see it is on highway 101. there are light showers now. from the peninsula and around mountain view and south bay, and santa cruz mountains we're picking up moisture. you'll see light. there is some light showers and moisture is still in the forecast for this evening. i want to show you a wind advisory in effect for the straight and dealt yachl lake

county, sacramento valley until 9:00 tonight. southwestern winds gusting to 40 miles per hour. you'll notice now it's gusty out there. western to 3 in fairfield. 28 miles per hour in hayward. i'll be back to let you know when it will be safe to put umbrellas away. >> fresh produce grocer tells abc 7 news the storm should not have a negative impact on sanl fruit. he says wind will be keeping fruits dry and in good shape. he adds the hail did much more damage especially to northern california cherry crop. some lost their entire drops -- crops. >> developing news now into sexual assault accusations against giants slugger pablo sandoval. we know what he, and the alleged victim were doing before she claims he assaulted her. abc 7 spent the day gathering

details. >> there is new information today. the woman accusing pablo sandoval is 21 years old and lives in santa cruz counties. detectives are interviewing witnesses and processing evidence, hoping to get this case to the district attorney by the end of the week. >> investigators say the woman was with sandoval and a small group of people thursday night in a club in downtown santa cruz. employees confirmed this is where the third baseman was hanging out before he left the bar early friday morning. >> he was downtown in that small group with long with her. the group went to the resort in apt yos. >> so mer than just the two of them went to the resort? >> correct. >> the 21-year-old accuser claims the sexual assault took place in sea escape resort and reported the crime at 4:ta

friday morning. >> she contacted us from santa cruz county and was not the resort when we spoke to her. >> detectives contacted sand joe value. he drove his black porsche into the sheriff's office. investigators say he's cooperate with them. his attorney issued a statement saying he met with the santa cruz sheriff's department related to a consensual, personal relationship that took place on that day. yesterday, the slugger had this brief comment. >> i know i'd be asked this question. so i came to talk about it today, accusations are generating a lot of opinions in downtown. >> it happens to so many women and goes unreported i just tend to knee jerk belief the woman until proved otherwise. >> if it was consensual, that girl is just going for his money.

so that if that is the case that, is messed up on her part. >> the sheriff's department will not comment if alcohol consumption is a part of the investigation and not confirming it's reviewing surveillance video. only that it's examining all of the evidence. >> once this is collected, we'll be processed at different crime labs then, we'll forward it to the da. >> sandoval is playing with the san jose giants in stockton tonight and could be back with the san francisco giants by friday. and the same day sheriff investigators could turn the case over to the district attorney. >> search for missing morgan hill teenager morgan hill -- teenager sierra lamar picked up today, divers returned to yubis reservoir, one of six searched at least once. she disappeared on the way to school in mid march.

a 21-year-old was arrested and charged with kidnapping and murdering sierra. he has not yet entered a plea. >> and san jose water company owe fishes defending a proposal toib crease water rates by as much as 44%. today, california public utilities commission kicked off a special hearing on that rate hike. the bills of over one million water users will be higher if the company gets the okay. the company says efforts cut into earnings so it needs to increase rates to keep up with the service. >> there is a fixed cost that feeds to a rate increase. >> we have protested the requested 4% increase. we're presenting our recommendations to the commission. >> the state p.u.c. 's division of rate payer advocates proposing only a 10% increase over the next three years. san swros yeah residents won't

find out what the future rates will be until the fall when the commission is expected to make its decision. >> and unemployment rate about to take a drop but not because more people finding jobs. reason is because extended unemployment benefits are about to run out this summer for 115,000 people. and experts say many may just stop looking. >> unemployment is traumatic at best. to be unemployed with out any source of income is doubling traumatic. >> and there could with help on the way. so far, congress has not taken any action. >> coming up on abc 7 news, oprah kicking off a book club with a high tech twist. >> dirty little reason your dry cleaning could soon cost you more. >> and elite minority of

donors with a big influence on the outcome of the california election. abc 7 news continues in one minute.

a new report shows how much just a few big don jurors thrown into california politics. california watch looked at top 100 check writers. a powerful club spent well over $1 billion to influence voters here. here is man yet miranda. >> california watch calls them rain makers. and this is a club of people in special interest groups influencing voters in election was their check books. it found top 100 political donors spent nearly $1 billion. the biggest spender is california teachers association. 118 tdzs million. pharma doling out $72 million.

pg&e, a close third sh don yaigt almost $67 million. >> that is because they're getting something in return. this is buying them access. this is buying influence. or else they wouldn't be spending this money. >> all three defend their spending. some teachers say it's a way to get viewpoint across and educate voters. >> that is why i'm taking on strocker union autos pharma says it must partner with policy holders to keep the u.s. competitive, pointing out it was just on prop 16th making it harder to enter the power business. prop 16 lost but the company still makes donations. >> we think it's important that the viewpoints and concerns of our customers and of our employees and shareholders are all represented to lawmakers and regulator autos besides the

law, big money didn't mean victory every time. there is steven bing spent $50 million. and this is still, california watch found campaign almost always got their way, giving nearly five times as much to winning candidates as they did to losers. 55 cents of every dollar went to initiative that's won. sometimes, california watch saw voters contributing to both in the same rate but different party autos simply to hedge their bets. they have influence. >> common cause says one thing do you have is a vote that. is why it's important to cast a ballot in every election, even tomorrow. >> thank you. and california watch is part

of the noon profit center for investigative reporting. and she mentioned the burlingame based teacher's association found to be the biggest special interest donor to stay second and third largest are and the former ceo of uni vision. both active rinz. we a full report for you on our web site. >> there is low turnout expected for the primary election. early voting has been taking place at bay area registrar offices. voters will be deciding important local, and state issues including prop 28, which would alter term limits for members of the state legislature, and prop 29 adding a $1 tax to a pack of cigarettes for research on smoking-related diseases. stay with us for the latest election coverage and results. you can go to abc 7 news.com for continuing up to the minute reports just as soon as

the polls close at 8:00 p.m. tomorrow night. and abc 7 news will also tweet election results throughout the night follow us on twitter at abc 7 news.com. >> and cost crow agreed to anty up $3.6 million to settle an environmental lawsuit filed by 29 california counties including alameda, accusing costco for the save storage handling and disposal of hazardous waste. prosecutors say costco cooperated with the investigation now is in compliance. and you might be paying more for dry cleaning in the near future. the culprit is wire hangers. the price could be edging up. the reason? u.s. imposing new trade penalties on vietnam. last year we imported $31 million worth of hangers from vietnam. the commerce department charges vietnam with unfairly subsidizing wire hanger exports. many say they'll probably just

have to pass on the increase to consumer autos a fast-moving brush fire in the sequoia national forest is just 25% contained tonight. flames have consumed 1700 acres since the fire erupted friday. officials say the fire has not reached ancient span of giant sequoias. one structure is threatened and the fire burning in an area that hasn't seen a fire in 140 years. hope they can get their hands around that. >> time fr a look at the forecast now. there sandhya said it last week. and there is rain. >> let's get this on paper. add miding we told you and warned you there would be rain here, we got it. there is a live picture now. there is san jose. we're getting reports of some very light showers down towards san jose. you can see cloud cover there. there is another live picture,

you can see snowflakes coming down. there is snow coming down and there is chris b wrote rain is coming down good in the tri valley there. is a good clip as the cold front came through of moderate to eve jen briefly heavy rain showers. there is still moisture in the form of light showers around highway 101. there is radar tracking moisture you can see here from peninsula and south bay. still light returns showing up here taking you in closer, you'll see across 85 tlrs showers and there is showers just behind the front. they can pop up just about

everywhere. we'll keep them throughout this evening. and taking a look at live doppler 7 hd there is some mix of rain as well. no chain requirements except on state route 88. there are rainfall totals. 1/100ths in san francisco. to/100ths in santa rosa. 17/100ths in redwood city. there is san jose, 5/100ths. only a trace amount there in fairfield. oakland picking up 9/100ths of rain. temperatures now on the cool side. 50s and 60s there is a cooler day. clearing breezy for tuesday. warmer days expected. wednesday, and thursday. and noticeably warmer, here is a satellite and radar. behind the front there is

enough instability and there is a choufrs through night and into morning. there is going to be a snow level lowering to near 6,000. right now freezing level about 14,000 feet. so high at this point. we'll see snow showers continuing so we'll go with a winter weather advisory until 5:00 a.m. team. there sup to four inches of snow expected. and so if you're traveling there carry your chains. tomorrow morning mid 40s to low 50s. there is a cooler morning. could see showers around 4:00 or 5:00 in the morning. into afternoon there is a breezy day. partly cloudy skies into the north bay. upper 50s to low 70s tuesday. there is a breezy day as well, here is a look at the accu-weather forecast. there is warmer days for wednesday, thursday. a little dip in the

temperatures on friday. and then, they recover by a few degrees as we hit the weekend. >> this is a calling weekend. >> thank you. >> back to breaking news out of san francisco. sky 7 live over the intersection of market and 5th street a downed miney wire is causing traffic in the area. there is this afternoon three people have been sent to the hospital. traffic is a mess. strarkt street has been shut down and there is fifth street shut down. and you know those of us who live in san francisco know the wires run throughout the city. this particular stretch is something that has gone wrong. >> you can see a long row there just frozen in place.

it's go tok that way until we get at that intersection. >> just ahead oprah goes interactive this time. >> we see violence like a disease. >> on abc 7 news at 6:00 celebrating a san francisco constitution. -- institution helping kids get out of tough neighborhoods and into college.

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public now that her network audience is smaller than the syndicated talk show. >> get ready for a spectacle that will not be visible another 105 years. it's called transit of venus that, is when venus pass as cross the face of the sun. happening tomorrow afternoon. >> this shows what you can expect to see and you cannot look directly at the sun. astronomers say a small dot is the silhouette of seenus. >> it was this event that allowed scientists to determine the distance to the sun. and today... this event sk made relevant by some researchers using it to refine their techniques. >> and this deck will be open tomorrow and the next one will not occur until 2127.

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coming up a dramatic change in the way we elect people to congress. the new system some voters don't like. >> also, there she is. miss america. looking to help a group of kids she can identify with. plus... >> if the government for whatever reason can, for a while, operate these parks, we're willing to step up. >> stepping up in a big way to try to keep a state park open for you to enjoy. it's coming up at 6:00. right here. >> and world news is coming up next. >> for all of us here at abc