this window made it difficult to spot players. enthusiasm wasn't dampened by what happened yesterday. they had a clear message for the team. there are fans no matter what. in santa clara, we asked fans who they saw, why they were here.v2s them they're number one because they are in my book. no matter what. so proud of them. >> do youf3=& they heard you?. >> absolutely. >> tell them no matter what, they love them, then we have a great year. i'm thankful for it and look forward to next year. >> great game andyda better luck next year. and we know what should

happen. >> future football player here? >> yeah. yeahc+.ñ. >> oh, nothing to cry about. the 49ers faithful wanted to -- waited around to cheer on individual players. they left in the personal vehicles. many hoping to maybe get conversation or maybe an out yeah graph. they've had a long day of travel it's now time to go home and enjoy the off season. now come back here live in santa clara, you can see crowds have up to 200 people continuing to cheer on people. players leave the compound, they are making sure that 49ers feel welcome understanding that 49er faithful neñ$y!, never give up. we're live in santa clara abc 7 news ravens also returned home to their city today.

baltimore honoring the tweem a parade in the morning. this is marking the second time they won the super bowl also they won in 2000 and ravens never won super bowl when known as cleveland browns. john harbaugh is feeling his brother's pain. today, elder harbaugh spoke about how difficult the end of the game handshake was for him. >> toughest moment was walking across the field. and if you can imagine, you feel he'llation and devastation. and i'm still feeling it. >> he calls him the best coach in the league. >> 49ers loss may have had a lot to do with the calmness that prevailed but big police

presence may have had a lot to do with it. abc 7 news joins us live with the reaction that is positive. some drivers whose cars were towed. >> you're right. they were angry and surprised and i'll get to that soon. but first, police say they were absolutely prepared for the worst and officers were on the streets, even before this game ended. i guess we'll never know what would have happened i was a peaceful evening. last night, it was nothing like this in the mission district. nothing like the may help happening after the giants won in sokt. here is what the mission looked like yesterday from sky 7. there a lot of upset fans but only some two dozen arrests of drunken revelers.

one person tried to set a tree on fire. there are 100 extra officers deployed on the streets. >>çó making sure management was okay, checking on crowd size. >> crews cleared street debris. tow away signs were posted and there was a costly problem, city law requires tow away signs be posted 24 hours before cars can be towed. signs were posted too late on the stretch of 24th street and also, on three blocks of mission street. but krs were towed and brought here, these vacationers are

among those who have to pay the fee to get their car back. >> do you know how much it costs? >> yes. it's $500 per car. we have two cars. it's a thousand. >> the city says it will reimburse those who were towed illegally. vic lee abc 7 news. >> thank you moving on how, developing news out of alabama fbi agents rescued a boy head hostage nearly a week. the 5-year-old being neld a rural area near the gulf coast. his captor took the boy hostage after shooting, and killing the bus driver. the fbi negotiated with dykes for days but four hours ago decided waits time to take action. >> within 24 hours, negotiations deteriorated and

mr. dykes was observed holding a gun. at this point, agents fearing the child was in danger entered and rescued the child. >> the fbi has not said how he died. police are releasing details about the search for the killer of a 13-year-old girl. a passerby discovered the body on friday morning. the victim had been reported missing a day earlier from her home in sassoon. grief counselors spent time with the classmates at green valley school today. a memorial for the girl has spouted up near where the body was found. the girl's killing prompted parents to warn children to be aware of their surroundings. >> oh, just keep an eye out. stick together. if you're walking down, you know after school. stay together. you know?

watch out for each other. >> investigators have identified the girl and figured out how she died but they're keeping information private for the time being. >> the shooting death of a man marks berkeley's first homicide of the year. the victim shot about 11:00 this morning. a witness said she heard two pops then saw the victim fall. employees in a office tried to help the man. he tied at the -- died at the hospital. police are asking anyone who may have information to please give them a cause kaul. >> police asking for tips to track down this man wanted for a home invasion robbery. this happened just before 2:00 this morning. the man forced his way inside of a home. a woman and her:?>t 74-year-old mother were. they're accused of chasing both women down the veet and repeatedly attacking the older

woman she was injured but will recover apple wins a legal victory making it easier for companies to collect your personal information. >> michael fin qee swril details plusvy&@ a look at just how much money you will pay for gas during the lifetime of a car. >> and state relaxes its requirements whichdo adds up to big concerns about college graduation rates. >> i'm sandhya patel. signs of winter in the air. we've got the chill and possibilities showers coming our way. i'll lot you

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marijuana growing operation in san jose. police sigh sai between 300 and 400 plants were growing inside of a home. pg&e believes the grower stole about 47,000 dollars of electricity to heat and light that door farm. nobody was hurt. >> dozens of seniors and people with disabilities$áñ protested today over the city's single room okay pans yes hotels. the tenants spoke about the hotels. but number one concern is falling in the bathroom. the protest was in support of a bill requiring owners of the hotels to install grab bars in >> we've been working with owners and office on disibility and on housing. so this is a way that makes it

available for everybody. >> there are 500 of the hotels in san francisco. housing about 8,000 seniors and adult was disability autos change in education in california means this state is getting rid of a policy requiring 8th graders to take al geeb bra 1. this state board decided california 8th graders will no longer be required to take algae bra one. california adopted what is called common core kir rick rim. they can take algae bra one or take coursesofvé with elements f algae bra. to limit possibilities. it doesn't requirement them to.

>> critics say schools struggling can choose not to offer al geeb bra one, leaving students ill prepared for college. for la teen yoz it triples to 63% its hard to ilg nor how important it is. single success about college graduation so why not start early. there has been a big push for education. silicon valley needs workers skilled in the fields. >> we shouldn't be dumbing down our standards. >> bob hough thinks it's a step back. >> we've been rest behind in the world and will lose our place keeping a regime for california. >> supporters insist that this

doesn't mean less riggor that it's a good thing to have student expectations. >> the man helped write dr. martin luther king junior's i have a dream speech talked about the civil rights movement and shared insight into his friend, dr. kick and told students if king could pass on a metsage it could be a call for high profile americans to take action on gun violence. >> i love you jay-z and kanye well. i love you awful these people. i know sean penn you're doing great things down in haiti and hello, does the fire, house is on nir america. where are you? we need you. >> what a privilege for students today. >> oh, my goodness. >> the price of gasoline is

taking on a percentage of budgets these days. >> it's amazing how much money we spend on energy. americans spend on average $2900 per year. that is almost 4% of our pretax income. today's news is a bit strus traitd since using less gasoline in 2012. higher gas prices outweig]b= savings throughout those reduced consumption methods. a second report from union of concerned scientists found they'll spend as much on gas as the cost of the vehicle. motorists who purchase a electric vehicle could get a

tax brake under a measure introduced today. it would provide exemptions for those who buy electric cars s sales of the vehicles have been slower due to their higher costs but assembly man hopes to offer these incentives. the state supreme court ruling today that it's okay for retailers to ask you for personal information which you buy something with a credit card. law bans brick and mortar stores for asking for data. but court ruled same law does not apply to merchants. ruling the need to protect from fraud outweighs concerns.

our media partner marin independent journal points out a wet december followed by a dry january helped the spawning season. so that is good news in marin. >> it started really cold this morning. kind of warmed up.

>> it did. then started to change8fkenñ sandhya patel is live on the roof tonight with the aftd. >> this is going to get wet this week. how is that? it was a gloomy start to monday torning. i call it june gloom type of weather. we're going to have the possibility of cooler wet winter weather. check out the view. it's gorgeous this, is from our south beach camera towards sutro tower, you can see high clouds out there and low clouds as well. beautiful view of the setting sun. we do have. >> i lowe clouds along the coast. also higher clouds above. temperatures only 48 degreesp í,

livermore up to 65, san francisco making it to 56 degrees, it's getting cool out here. temperatures now 49 in san francisco. here is a look at our highlights. clouds and fog overnight tonight. cooler days this weekend. showers likely on thursday. so let's check out the sat skplit radar. systems heading our way. not immediately so. high pressure is hold being on. and thicks will be changing over next several days. this first cold frontal front just fall as part never makes it. this system bringing us a greater chance of showers shurs. thundershowers do arrive will be light and there is thursday at 5:00 a.m. cold front arrives. light showers developing and by 9:00 it's pretty much wet. we'll see changes this week

but not immediately. tomorrow morning gray skies again. rosa. tomorrow afternoon, 58 degrees in san jose. and some sun and clouds. 54 on the coast in half moon bay. downtown san francisco, 55 degrees, north bay, clear lake, 58 degree as long with napa. into east bay you're going to degrees in monterey. up to 60 degrees in salinas. here is the accu-weather governoring mid-50s low 60s,

cooler weather. showers arriving slight chance of showers on friday morninging. you can see cooling trend into this time period. weekend looking dry and milder, we'll keep it on the dry side monday looking at that accu-weather forecast. we haven't seen much in the way of rain. now into february and remember these umbrellas? go, find your umbrellas you'll be needing those friday, and also bli into friday. live from the roof of the broadcast center i'm sandhya patel. dan, snirl5[am umbrellas are hee somewhere. and this is okay in terms of rain total autos we're about 94 to 106% of average.

snow pack is going down at 84% of normal. so we need rain z we need the snow. right now looks like there is a possibility of snow showers. that is thursday and friday. >> thank you so much. >> we have more ahead. coming up, singer shakira showing off her new baby love for a good cause. >> new at 6:00 an owner got burned just by touching knobs. this is a rare, dangerous this is a rare, dangerous problem at 6:00.ñ!ñcúsys of walg

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ora cell racing team is back in action. after an accident, this moshing the crew lowered it's repaired boat back into the water, the yacht isn't just patched up. the team made modifications to improve steering. the crew is busy building a

back up katamaran. >> rules limit us to building two boats and they limit us to extent of modification you can make to a boat. >> this crew is eager to make a tournament. >> shakira shared a picture of her beautiful newborn baby boyj. it shows the baby getting a bus from her soccer star dad. he plays for one of the best-known teams in europe. he was born last month, shakira asked fans to make donations to unicef saying it help will help children receive polio vaccines. >> hollywood star power came

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oscars. ready with our official oscars app. check out my picks fee thur is available for iphone, iphone, android and kindel fire, check that out when you can. >> world news is coming up next. i'm cheryl jennings. >> i'm dan ashley from. all of us here, thanks for watching. see you again at 6:00. this is "world news." tonight, breaking news. to the rescue. after a seven-day hostage crisis, a 5-year-old little boy is safe. out of the bunker, heading home. his captor is dead. how did they get the child out? super bowl secrets. what really caused that blackout? did beyonce's extravaganza play a role?

and what the harbaugh brothers really said to each other when the game was over. real money. we help this family turn something in their home into thousands of extra dollars tonight. and you can do it, too. and hollywood ending. the over the moon finale to the real life "blind side." and the biggest hug ever on the biggest, happiest night. good evening. we begin with the big news, details still coming in. the tense national drama is over. a 5-year-old boy is free, rescued after all those days held hostage in a bunker. his captor is dead. authorities carefully plotted their every move, every word, to make sure the boy came out alive. so, how did they do it? abc's gio benitez is on the ground for us in alabama tonight.