sheriffs say it was appeared he was involved in a game he was found on the school grounds. again. with, we dwont want to assume for 100% that that is where the crime occurred because he may have run to that spot he was a red shirt freshman this season. he was a graduate of oakland mcclimban high skoo. his coach told us he the field today for conditioning. >> just to everybody here he was a registered linebacker trying to do the right thing, transfer coming to make the trance grigs high school to college. >> classes were cancelled today to give investigators time to gather evidence that might be in the field during daylight hours. >> that isn't nice.

>> good friends, perfect role models nudge wrong at all. >> foster's loss hits the laney football team hard. they lost another player nay car zeent when you see young people trying to dot right thing and making sacrifices to go to school every day, they're no longer with you, it's tough. >> now, investigators have finished collecting whatever evidence there might be here. the school will reopen tomorrow, investigators told us they do have leads but so far they have made no arrests and again, a vigil for foster about to begin here. laura anthony, abc 7 news. >> thank you. >> state senatory went public about being the target of a death threat that led to an

investigation, an arrest and a search of a house that began late tuesday and continued ever since. have they wrapped up today? >> they have wrapped up for today. the tape still surrounds the house, they say they will be back in the morning. there is a case that played nout two locations today in, san francisco, senatory went public and here at the house chp investigators kept bringing out evidence, they say. in santa clara what began as a simple search warrant is now a long, slow going high stress walk through a cluttered phone shall mine field. >> every room is a task. >> since tuesday, chp officer as rested a 45-year-old on suspicion of writing a threatening e mail to senatory last month. today, the senator went public and talked about it. >> the author state that had

deal with gun violence he'd assassinate me in or around the capitol. >> the chp served a search warrant on tuesday this, video only hints at the mess inside. it included guns and explosive material autos there is material that is classified explosive. so yes, there are material that's are prohibited and restriblgted. and are criminal to possess. >> this morning investigators pulled out5yx

an accused bank robber was arrested friday after he allegedly tried to+%rg'w up the bank of america in oakland. abc 7 news is in the newsroom now with the very latest on the stick that brought this man to justice.

>> when arrested we had the case against him outlined. today, civil rights attorneys and the council on american islamic relations are pushing back against the government version. this is two years ago. on friday he was arrested again outside of the bank of emergency on haggenberger road as he reportedly tried blow up a car bomb. his attorney came to court today to ask for more time so he can research whether or not the client needs a psychiatric evaluation this, afternoon his former defense attorney showed us documents from a 2011 conviction for transporting an assault weapon where a psychiatrist reported he had serious mental problems. >> the judge orders him to take his medications to be seen by a psychiatrist. or a therapist. >> in recent documents the

agent described how he helped carry out the plot to blow up the bank providing buckets of fake explosives, an suv, and after he bought cell phones and a battery and an led light the agency assembled the parts into what they were told was a >> it's been a smarts use of fbi resources to spend six months or a year convincing these impaired individuals to try to carry out these acts. >> the director of the bay area chapter of care, council on american islamic relation autos how to tell the community that the fbi is not surveillance all of them when finding a needle in a hay stack mentally incompetent people. >> the fbi under cover agents says the plot was his alone.

and in similar cases courts have upheld the position. private investigator rick smith spent 26@$ñs years with te fbi. >> if he zrnt ties, he is the copy cat wants to do something dramatic. and that is a dangerous situation. >> now, the current defense attorney nor the prosecutor in this case would talk with abc court, report together judge march 8th. >> straight couples lined up to get married, same-sex couplesímég protested asking for equal rights so they can tie the knot. >> this is an extra special day for couples a day they'll never forget. jennifer and jason said vous this morning on the rotunda.

>> this is just a special day. it's not like any regu֍?5>o this is our wedding day. >> across the floor, other couples being denied same opportunities them. chose valentine's day to pro fess their love for their partners and also to protest the inability to marry under iz of the law. tom watson and jeff registered four yearsing ao, among two dozen same-sex advocates in a gathering. >> we're back here on the four year anniversary of our engagement to ask, again, for a marriage license. we know we won't be able to get married today. >> this attempt was futile but they made their skpoint say they'll continue to come back every valentine's day until they win.

>> they've been together 22 years, we want it legal. >> deputies blocked everyone else from entering while there. not everyone agreed with what's happening. mario and jessica couldn't get their marriage license until it's over i don't think it's right. i think god made adam and eve, not adam and steve this, is holding back us for the moment. >> also, same-sex couples got phil ting. he introduced legislation giving tax relieve to mitigate the tax on health benefits. >> who we're going do is not collecting that tax. so not accept it as income. >> legislation would cover workers as well as employees of private companies operating

in in the state. >> world wide campaign to raise wareness of violence against women has put the spotlight on san franciscojök that is mirkarimi dance with female inmates in jail today. many wondered if he was participate since pleading guilty in a domestic violence case. he organized the event in the jail calling it redemption. his wife also took part. the mayor pressured mirkarimi to resign over the charge they, too, participated in the dance today but in a different location. >> still head new bionic eye can help restore sight to the blind. you'll meet one researcher who helped develop it. >> a new pitch to put drones into the air. >> in sacramento the auditor

and how millions of dollars were kept secret and how 70 parks ended up on the close you're list. >> follow prog gres live of a disabled cruise liner in the gulf. now less than an

these days we've grown accustomed to ever more to sis ti indicated prosthetic limbs but what about a prosthetic eye? it's local research we brought

you in 2009. abc 7 news is here with today's developments. haek heather? >> this is just mind boggelling and will not be for everyone that lost their sight but just for adult who's suffer from a rare disease called retinis pig meantosa. it's the first and only treatment for people with the disease and promises to help in the future. >> dean lloyd was implant wtd device working with researchers who had to determine if the system would help him see again without side affects doing more tharm than good. >> the experience now in a number of patients demonstrated it's safe and well tolerated and effective to restoring vision to people. >> the device is made by the sylmar, california based company called second sight

this, animation shows how it works. a camera wirelessly sends video information to a processor converting it into electronic signals transmitted to a receiver. the pulses travel along the optic nerve to the brain perceiving patterns of light and character -- dark. patients have to go through a learning process. right now, images are limited to large targets with high contrast. >> improves their ability to walk around. they can see outline of a person speaking to them. they can see sometimes, they can see stripes on a crosswalk. >> in addition to the trials lawrence livermore lab is where materials were developed and scientists there are aiming for facial roilgs and possibly colors. the company second sight hopes

to some day help people with age related macular degeneration. >> it's valentine's day here is as-ar tradition we love to coverthon day. >> yes. take a look. some live pictures now it's packed for the great san francisco pillow fight. >> you can see it's become very popular. hundreds of people are there. it starts at 6:00 and lasts five, maybe 10 minutes you're only allowed to hit other people who have pillows by the way. >> it's an unconventional way of celebrating valentine's day. you can see feathers here. and is not easy to clean up. >> no. it recommends packing light. >> the event supposed to end just minutes from now. city cruise are at work

already trying to sweep up in another crew double checking the plaza to make sure thata b o more sprucing up there is[sy2n required. >> i have to to say looking at pictures the fun is feathers flying. >> maybe not as hard as your eyes and lungs breathing in feathers. >> good weather. >> right. >> great weather for this event. here is a live view from our east bay camera looking at western sky. still aglow from sunset which occurred 45 minutes ago or so. cloud free sky around the bay area, what about those high warm in spots. highs up into 76 in clear

lake. 72 in fairfield. highs into low 70s including oakland which had a high of 71. felt like spring today. at this hour, still mild with highs into 60s in many locations and 70 degrees now in redwood city. these are the forecast features, sunny and mild rain arriving on tuesday. a huge ridge of high pressure is holding us dry and mild pattern in place for a wi. will be dry throughout the weekend and you can see we'll develop an off shore flow which will reinforce mild conditions one more day, perhaps into saturday. tonight clear skies.9=ó chilly in some locations in the north bay valleys. lows dropping into upper 30s in santa rosa and nappa. perhaps over inland east bay

in livermore, lows into low to mid-40s tonight tomorrow, another mild day, sunny skies with highs of 72 in san jose. and on the coast up to 68 in half moon bay tomorrow, 66 in they'>+ñ sunset district. low 70s in the north bay. low 70s on the east bay. at oakland union city and newark. low 70s in the inland east bay at all loks. and near monterey bay lorks to mid-70s. it will remain sunny and dry. more clouds monday which is president's day then tuesday

we'll goin a more seasonal, winter like threatening about to rain pattern. >> all right. coming up, let's take a look live at the san francisco pillow fight which is continuing. hundreds of people at justin herman plaza. >> we noted just minutes ago when looking at this, people didn't seem to bring their synthetic pillows we're not seeing a lot of feathers. we're talking this is usually feathers in the air. >> people aren't left with pillow case autos right. not as much fund@lr without picture autos coming up a man who claims to be the navy seal who killed osama bin laden. >> the i team tracks the

authorities approved new rules for big ships in san

francisco bay. today's ruling comes five weeks after an oil tanker hit a bridge tower causing an estimated $3 million in damage. fog was a factor in that crash this rule only applies to ships heading out of the bay. officials say restrictions on incoming ships could have had negative affects. >> a former lake tahoe bartender claims to be a war hero. the most-decorated u.s. navy s.e.a.l. in u.s. history. >> this is not just a harmless bragging from a bar stool. he has been able to convince many people he's a navy s.e.a.l. and not just any navy s.e.a.l.. >> he he was the one that shot osama bin laden. >> despite the claim he has been able to get hundreds of thousands of dollars from people based on this phony story of being a navy s.e.a.l.. i tracked him to layout the

case against this imposter. that is tonight on abc 7 news at 11:00. >> what a tale. >> there is much more still to come tonight at 6:00. local sheriff makes new pitch to put drones into the air. what be your right to privacy from these eyes in the skies? >> a new wrinkle tolgídt the scandal inside of the state parks system. they had millions and had known bit for years. >> coming up a new way to protect our children.

they have potential to save lives, stop crime and bring home missing people but they're also one of the most controversial tools in law enforcement. abc 7 news takes you to alameda county where small aircraft are a topic of a hot debate. >> a life size model of a predator drone sits menacingly

along these protesters. they won't be flying any time soon but these might. small unmanned helicopters with cameras. >> sheriff ahern wants to spend up to $50,000 on the devices he says could survey scenes of fires but those aren't the uses that have civil rights groups concerned. >> we're afraid it's going to be used for protesters and dissidents people against police brutality. >> the sheriff says that would never happen. >> you don't use these types of devices for surveillance. or gathering intelligence. >> american civil liberties union wants that in writing. >> problem with the policy is that it's crafted to look narrow but contains loophole that's render privacy meaningless. >> alameda county supervisors

prepared to decide how much authority the case that could be watched the world over. >> we want to get this right. >> alameda county would be the first to n.california to use the devices. some are concerned about what happens. >> this can be equipped with facial recognition technology. and radar. >> have you done a privacy assessment yet? >> yes. those conversations with aclu. >> the groups aren't satisfied. >> they'd be more delighted as they'd taken more rec pren men daigs autos it could fly in about a year. >> carnival cruise ship stranded in the gulf of mexico is now only half an hour from shore. tug boats are pulling it towards mobile, alabama right

now. a fire disabled triumph four days ago and since then, it's been a nightmare, take a look at pictures of the filthyt

>> existence of the trash and debris and other personal property creates a fire hazard. >> officials are worried about exposed insulation and wiring. if owners don't fix code violations city workers will go in and do it for them. and send owners a bill. >> a scandal about state park money was back in the news tonight. we're learning about theyney knew about this for more than a decade. they did nothing. >> a new audit confirms bureaucrats knew about accounting discrepancies in which budget surpluses were unreported for years. an employee brought them up and a different worker did so again in 2011.

managers kept sweeping it under the rug until a scandal exposed it last year. >> they did tell us they're told owe to report it the way it had been and out of fear of what impact it might have on their appropriations. >> it's deeply disturbing. >> this assemblyman called a hearing for tuesday. >> there is some concern it could be a broader problem. >> when the recession -- again, no one piped up to say hidden money could save them. >> the audit criticized how parks came up with a closures list in cases the department used 2002 numbers to determine which parks closed in 2012. in other instances, bureaucrats didn't know how much it cost to run a park. state senator carilla had parks in his district on that list. >> it shows me decision making

process was probably not the best and shows me the decision make prog gres ses needs improvement. >> the parks department agree was the audit and made improvements so this doesn't happen again. >> we're committed to improvements. openness and transparency to put the park system back together. >> most employees have been determine nated butñ0v the attorney general declined to press skmará=bqñwu no park has n closed. in sacramento, abc 7 news. >> coming up next protecting your kids from predator autos michael finney with the new technology that would be a life safer. piece of mind in

20 years ago, 12-year-old polly klaus was kidnapped from her home and since then, her father dough voted his life to helping other parents of missing children. >> now, he's turned to technology to help further this cause. michael finney is here now with the story. >> in light of the recent

surge for kevin collins missing 29 years, i think we've been wondering what can we do to protect our own qinly technology is much different now than it was back in 1984 when kevin disappeared but there is a new app that could just be a life safer. >> polly claus foundation introduced a smart phone app called polly's guardian angel. it allows parents to activate an alert to frinldz, family and other users. david gonzales has three children and down loaded the app because of a recent abduction. >> we flif morgan hill, sierra lamar was a big incident in our neighborhood. so, you know, it brings about awareness of, you know, your own children. >> parents can down load the app forjxñ $4.99 a droid version will be released within a month. a parent loads vital

information of the child including pictures and information. jim develops the app. >> any facts you'd be able to recall or you're going to be stumbling. having quick access to photos k them. >> when an alert is activated other app holders are immediately notified. the app guides you through next step autos prompts you to contact 911 if you haven't done so. then, be on that will put you in contact with trained personnel at the polly center. >> it's become obvious i think to many people that amber alerts are too slow and toonbk/ come ber some. >> it can take up to five hours from a police report before an amber alert is activated. >> i think that it does give me more peace of mind. >> the foundation has endorse aid combination gps device and

restricted cell phone that can be locked on to a child's wrist. hope sthait would act as a deterrent to potential kidnappers. components of the klaus foundation are partnerships and only a portion of the revenue gets to the foundation itself. >> just ahead a program fr low income job seeker autos how important to dress for suck important to dress for suck skpes how to upgradewell, well,.

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for 4,000 passengers on board carnival triumph this is the promised land. the port at mobile bay, alabamas you look live that stranded ship is still two, maybe three miles out but heading slowly that way. after a fire and power outage forced horrible conditions on that trip now. ä expected to reach this point about 7:00 or 8:00 our time but will take several

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men and kim can come here and be matched with right clothing for a job search. >> and how to tie a tie how to wear right clothing and if you're going to certain events they'll explain you want to wear these colors they update you we work in partnership with the community to help people find a job, keep a job and build a career. >> candidates recommended by other organizations that help the poor. 80% of single parents. more than 7 owe% get some sort of government assistance, wardrobe for opportunity helped nearly 2,000 people last year. clothes are donated women outfits come from closets of local women. many suits donate bid men's warehouse. >> i feel more comfortable, confident. itl v just, i don't know. something about it. >> it's working. more than half of the the clients will get a job interview within a month and a half. just under 50% will be bhird

they need your help to reach more people. for information go to our web site abc 7 news.com. eric thomas abc 7 news. >> by the way our next meeting is scheduled for april in the mission district. >> bart is letting cyclists back on board. it's the second round of bikes on board happening the week of march 18th. people will be allowed to bring their bike was one r> three cars. current policy bans bikes from 7:00 to 9:00 a.m. and 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. bart had a similar test last÷= week of march 18th. >> perfect day to be out there on the bicycle. >> absolutely.í >> more perfect day is coming your way. cloud free skies.

four day weekend coming up with monday being a held.b6fcj% popular travel spots looks like sunny skies, mild conditions no snow in site. speaking of snow, snow pack is below of average level. 75% of normal. way ahead of where we are this time last year only 33% of normal. here in the bay area another unusually mild day for this time of the year. here is the accu-weather forecast. we have two dis like that coming our way. friday and saturday cooling down sunday under dry conditions, monday, president's day cooling and rain likely in on tuesday. a chance of showers wednesday getting back to a more familiar winter like pattern. >> thank you. >> remember the academy awards now just 10 day as way. now is the time to down load oscars app providing details on nominees and my pix

feature. >> this remember, oscars air sunday february 24th only place you can watch right here on abc 7. >> just 10 days away. pretty exciting. >> collin rush is here. >> yes. >> baseball, shu heading into spring training so going to be there four four days if you've wondered why pitchers and catchers report early bruce bocci provides the abs. there is one pitcher whose spring has been cut short.

as far as knee injury goes if you're going to have one this is the one you want. we're talking about grant bal four. an injury happened toward the end of last season. that means all of spring training. good news is bob melvin thinks he can be back by april 1 home opener against seattle. he became somewhat of a cult hero. the a's there head banging do

you remember this? he fenished with 24 safes. if it looks like giants squad is working out in scottsdale majority of the players are already there. 37 pitchers in camp. why pitchers and catchers three days before the position guide? here is the answer. >> like to give pitchers a couple bull pens, spring training may take longer to get ready, get stretched out. arm in the condition and to be game ready for the season. >> a lot of people doing that. the story of paraolympic super star has gone from hall mark worthy to something in the first 48. arrested and charged with murder of his girl friend.

police in south africa say he shot a 30-year-old four times inside of his home thursday morning. there is no other suspect involved family and friends hoch it's a tragic accident. this summer he made history when becoming the first double amputee track athlete to compete in]jd[r olympic games, sunday afternoon james han says he wasn't satisfied after being tied for third and wasn't kidding. he's tied for fourth after round one. he carted six birdies. finishing on nine with three shots off the lead. left to right action, shade to sun, shade, birdying first 10 holes but three boeing yesies in the background. seven under 64 sergio garcia just a stroke back.

college hoops cal looking to build on the upset of arizona this past weekend hosting ucla. the finish from soloman a put back jam. 47-22 bears at the half. kevin durant an nba best 29 points per game. he never left the game. got right back up. lebron dominating again, wing three with 23 points in opening half right now heat leading 68-48, third quarter. >> all right. >> thank you. >> join me tonight at 9:00 that is cable channel 13 coming up then, footage of a jet fighter flight from an aircraft carrier. what might just be the next best thing.

>> then at 11:00 fake navy s.e.a.l. who turned outrageous claims into profits. abc 7 news dan noyes tracked him down. it's an exclusive investigation. >> that story coming up at 11:00 tonight z then, on jimmy kimmel live now at 11:35, rachel vis as well as single josh groban. after that, night line at 12:35. >>rd-qñ that does it for this edition of abc 7 news but first before we go, spencer christian standing by. >> yes. we have changes coming to our weather pattern. a cool down and next week rain return autos like it's spring. >> exactly. we're reminded it's still winter. >> now that does it for this edition of abc 7.

>> from all of us here, thanks for watching. we'll see you at 9:00 and

this is the "jeopardy!" tournament of champions! here are three former champions -- a senate staff aide, originally from iowa city, iowa...

a medical student from plano, texas... and a history prof from milan, michigan... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! thank you, johnny. hi, everyone. well, yesterday, we bade a fond farewell to a very bright and personable new teenage champion, leonard cooper. and today, we bid a fond welcome to some familiar faces. all three of these players have been with us before. stephanie, jason, and paul, good luck as we go to work in the first round in this tournament of champions. here are the categories. we'll give you the first name to help you. notice the spelling of "plane." alex: stephanie, you start.

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