veteran about an officer's sudden decision to use deadly force. it happened around 3:30 in hayward. *9 honda was hit by a loose bullet after the driver tried to ram into the patrol car with a civilian inside for a ride along. >> he drove at them and fired at the direction of the driver. >> a passenger in the honda was killed and the driver crashed and ran away. officers eventually caught the man. i just checked -- >> he was a former san francisco chief and police professor. >> no officer wants to shoot

anybody. and when they do they feel badly about it even if the individual was a serious desperado. no officer wants to use deadly force. another shooting involved union city police. he pointed a gun after running away from a traffic stop. this happened on dire street and media way. >> oh my god. >> san jose police opened fire on a suspect on saturday afternoon. they say he rammed into at least three squad cars and then appeared to be hiding something that was perceived to be a threat. early saturday morning a chase that started in daly city ended in gunfire near candlestick park. an officer shot and killed a driver who police say tried to run from his car and then raised his gun at officers. >> the former chief says he had seconds to make a decision and that court and investigators may spend months

on. these shootings will come under scrutiny as well. abc7 news. >> thank you, john. the series of officer-involved shootings comes days after the fatal shooting of officers in santa cruz. lauren butch baker and elizabeth butler were shot to death on tuesday while trying to interview sexual assault suspect goulet. he what is later killed 234* a shootout with plus. with police. it will be held on thursday at the ap pavilion in san jose. the sheriff's, police, firefighters will precede the memorial. a home burglary turns into a s.w.a.t standoff near the presidio. for more than two hours police negotiated with a woman who broke into a home. sergio quintana has the exclusive video of the arrest. >> as the standoff came to a close, officers in helmets and

bulletproof vests shouted commands to a woman holed up near the presidio. a rifle and a hatchet were tossed on to the sidewalk and a woman wearing what looked like pajama pants was hauled out of the house. she was taken to a nearby ambulance where people watched as she was examined by paramedics. she didn't smile. >> a neighbor who doesn't want us to use her name out of concern for her safety says she saw the woman trying to get into her nearby building minutes before it began. >> and i confronted her and said what are you trying to do? she twitched and walked away. i saw her walk up the hill. >> police mounted an intense build up. it took two and a half hours to surrender. she broke into the home while residents were out.

>> there was a burglary in progress. they went out and came back. >> police tell us when the residents found the woman in their home they ran out and flagged down a muni bus driver and he called 9-1-1. san francisco police say the woman refused to identify herself. they say the rifle she had actually belonged to the residents of the house. it was not loaded and there was a trigger lock on it. in san francisco, abc7 news. >> the san francisco police department is on alert after a high-powered rifle was stolen from a police car. many officers carry shotguns and rifles in their vehicles while on regular patrol. a member of the sfpd tells abc7 news the ar-15 was taken from an unmarked vehicle like this car. detectives don't know if the thieves broke into the car looking specifically for the rifle, but they point out the ar-15 was properly secured. we have a change of weather ahead. rain is ahead and now to leigh

glaser on what is happening right now. >> you are exactly right. it has been some time since we have seen measurable rainfall. parts of the bay area saw a few sprinkles this morning. live doppler 7hd is sweeping live and not picking up any returns at all. we are in a break right now. the current temperatures are starting to cool down. this is a live shop looking toward coit to you -- tower. 48 half moon bay and san that you cruz 51. one more dry day before the rain returns. a look at the accu-weather seven-day forecast coming up. >> thank you ?ie. new at 11:00, vallejo police want to learn more about the shooting death of two people in an apartment. they went to the apartment just before 9:30 this morning. witnesses called police after hearing gunshots coming from the apartment. one witness entered the apartment and discovered a man and woman had died. tonight investigators are looking into the cause of a suspicious fire at a san jose high school.

firefighters arrived at independence high school shortly after 12:30. they found smoke pouring from the building in the center of campus. the sprinkler system kept the flames from causing more damage. the 33rd escape from alcatraz triathalon was marred by the death of one of the athletes from cardiac arrest. javier gomez won the race. they spotted the victim and tried to revive him until paramedics arrived, but it was too late. the victim was identified as a 46-year-old man from texas. this is the first death in the history of the event. rescuers pulled out 150 participants from the swimming part of the race. the triathalon begins with a mile and a half swim from alcatraz to the city followed by an 18-mile bike ride and 18-mile run. a family in san francisco needs your help to find a missing man. 34-year-old chung nguyen disappeared from his home on

friday evening. his family tells police he has the mental capacity of a 12 to 14-year-old. nguyen suffers from depression, gets confused easily and gets lost and can be for -- forgetful. he was wearing a blue jacket and sweat pants and red and white sneakers. town leaders will examine a plan tomorrow which would impose a temporary ban on selling guns. the law would apply to new gun shops. it comes after neighbors voice concerns over the opening of a gun shop. one member has questioned why local authorities granted permission for the store to operate before it obtained its sales permit. the plan needs votes from four of five councilmembers in order to pass. the vallejo school board will layoff dozens of teachers when it meets on wednesday. the school district proposes cutting the equivalent of 46 full time positions from its budget. the state law requires them to notify teachers of layoffs by

march 15th. starting tomorrow, parking meter fees are going up around at&t park. the meter hours are being extended until 10:00 p.m. monday through saturday around the ballpark. the rates will be 25 cents an hour from 6:00 to 10:00. on event days, the rate wraith will increase to $7 an hour. still to come, tragedy out of new york. a story of tragedy and survival as the couple heads to the hospital to have their first child. and cardinals from around the globe descend on rome. a look at the activity that will begin in just hours. and the hot new diet trend, but is it too good to be true? we'll show you how it works. >> grateful to go any place for people with a moderately high opinion. >> one on one with

new at 11:00, an expectant couple in new york died in a traffic accident, but doctors managed to save their baby boy. the couple was in a cab going to see a doctor because the wife could no longer feel the baby inside of her. she was 24 weeks pregnant. the cab was broadsided by a bmw. >> it is terrible. not even married a year. they are going into the happiest time to have a baby and that's what happens. >> the couple died on arrival to the hospital. *9 baby is in serious

condition. the people in the bmw ran away and police are still searching for them. crews in florida began taking down the home over a sinkhole that killed a man. on thursday the sinkhole opened up and swallowed the man's bedroom. he was never found. family members did manage to save keepsakes such as pictures and a bible. families and homes on both sides of the sinkhole have been evacuated. officials took the precaution because the homes could be compromised by the sinkhole. now to rome where the cardinals are beginning the planning for the conclave, but even before their secretive selection begins a stunning apology from a well-known cards national. david wright has the latest. >> at 9:30, a general assembly of the college of cardinals convenes. the first order of business to prepare for the con clave. as soon as the cardinals give the go away, the little stove will be installed to burn the ballots and communicate the results.

black smoke means no pope and white smoke for a new pope. while the preparations are taking place, the cardinals will discuss the issues the new pope will face. >> these daily meetings before they go under lock and key theoretically are off limits. we will be reading tea leaves. >> we likely won't be told who said what or who spoke. the vatican won't have the news media handy p caying the race. >> -- handicapping the race. >> today they made public statements. >> he admitted the truth of a recent british newspaper report he denied. he says at times my sexual conduct fell below the standards expected as a priest, archbishop and a cardinal. o'brian asked for forgiveness. >> the other tainted cardinal, roger mahoney gave his first interview since the church released thousands of pages of documents showing how much he covered up for ped file priests. pedophile priests.

he said the vatican told him to come to the con clave. crash crash conclave. new at 11:00, actor harrison ford was in the south bay receiving the maverick spirit award at the film festival. his appearance is a soldout event at the calf calf theater. at the california theater. he is wanted for roles such as hans solo and indiana jones. it is the story of the first black major league baseball player and america's struggle to live up to the country's high ideals. >> the story of jackie robinson and the beginning of overcoming the egregious discrimination that is part of american history. it is an important story about america. it is a powerful and emotional story. >> he is set to play hans solo

in the "star wars," but he has not officially made the announcement. leigh glaser is checking on our weather which is changing. >> it is one more dry day. checking in, it is a dry sweep across the entire bay area. let's give it about 36 hours and then all of this will change a bit. here is a live look from the high definition rooftop cam. the current readings are checking in like this, san francisco 48, and we still have numerous 50s. san carlos 50. half moon bay fast 8 degrees. santa cruz 51 and the high definition cam looking down toward richardson bay. san francisco is in the background. already seeing a little bit of fog that has been sitting there. ocean beach moves through the gates and we will look for patchy fog across the bay area. santa rosa is 46 degrees and napa is at 43. we have 50 this fremont and 50 in gilroy.

here is a look at our forecast highlights. we will go with low clouds and patchy fog overnight. tomorrow morning we will have some patches of dense fog around the bay area. otherwise partly cloudy and the rain will return as we head into tuesday. the lows tonight, upper 30s to the low 40s. also sonoma valley area out toward antioch and livermore, 48 expected low for san francisco. 45 for half moon bay. all righty, here is the set up. temperature has been bringing us a nice afternoon today after a few sprinkles from a little upper air disturbance that moved through the bay area this morning. we will look for this high to be with us for one more day. 10* a dry day tomorrow -- so a dry day tomorrow and then the cold front will bring the rain back to the bay area as we head into tuesday. here is a look at our timing. tomorrow morning 5:00 a.m., that commute you will notice the low clouds and also the patch edens fog, it does -- the patchy dense fog doesn't hang along. we should break out to a bit

of sunshine and then monday and early tuesday the clouds will thicken up and check this out. by tuesday afternoon this is 4:00 tuesday afternoon, folks, that's when the first wave of rain will move in down to about the golden gate bridge. here is your 6:00 evening tuesday commute drive time. you can see all of the wet weather moving from north bay to south bay. it will stay with us with some scattered showers through wednesday as well. here is a look at your highs tomorrow much like today. increasing clouds mainly in the north bay. 63 for san jose and 66 los gatos. our beaches will look for half moon bay. 56. 61 for men low park and palo alto. downtown san francisco a mixture of sun and clouds. after the fog lifts tomorrow morning, 58 degrees in the north bay and some fog to start the afternoon and hazy sunment sonoma 65, 55 for napa. oakland 62. 59 for newark and interior east bay look for temperatures in the mid to low 60s. looking out ahead seven days, the accu-weather seven-day

forecast looking for rain to return on tuesday afternoon and overnight wednesday off and on showers on wednesday. a chance on thursday and then sunny and much warmer friday, saturday and sunday. and by the way, abc7 news has another great weather resource for you. follow at live doppler 7hd twitter for the latest bay area weather conditions rain or shine and get video forecast and spare the air alert and power outage info and weather tweets from your favorite weather team. speaking of which mike niko will be here with an update. morning news 4:30 to 7:00. >> thank you, leigh. >> manyathathathathatzatzatz

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the giants lost eight player tots baseball classic. they managed a victory before they left. barry zito pitched three score less innings for the g-men. we have seen him do it before and a great diving catch. he is going to get some time with these guys. three for four on the day and doubles down the line and scoring two here. giants go on to win it 5-3 your final. and now eight giants will represent their countries in the world baseball classic. the event goes on from march 2nd to the 19th and i recently asked some giants who will and will not play about the event. >> world baseball classic, fan

of it? distraction of the team? could get some injuries? what is your feel. >> it is cool for guys to play for their country. without the olympics it is as close as you can get to the olympics. it is a good idea. >> it is definitely going to be fun. that's one of the cool things about it. guys that are on the same team will get to face each other hopefully. it would be neat if we can get to the finals in san francisco. >> people don't realize it is like world cup soccer. the fans are rocking in this, right? >> this is a very fun part to play against each other against different countries. it is something that the fans would appreciate. we will go out there and be the best player we can be out there so the people have sun. have fun. >> it is exciting to represent your country and support the life. i am excited to be a part of the team and try to get the

triple crown. >> 16 teams and four venues, japan, taiwan, puerto rico and phoenix. team usa begins in phoenix with canada, italy and mexico. the semis and the finals are at at&t park. japan has won the last two wbc events. the a's and rockies rockies in scottsdale and daddy's little girl is getting the baseball feeling early. went three innings and allowed one run on three hits. the seventh inning and freitas crushes this offering to left. oakland goes on to beat the rockies 7-2. home opener for the san jose earthquakes. denied by john bush. but they broke through in the 71st minute. he gets behind the defense and shoots and scores. first goal of the season and celebrates with the camera guy. he added another goal late and the earthquakes drop their opener 2-0 the final. we will take a brief timeout and then an unusual victory as

nascar. we will explain. and another first-time winner so the pga tour. he was close to four, but today he got

let's head to naples pavilion. hall of famer joe morgan with his daughter ashley in the stands. on senior day and powell gets another one. he had 15 and eight boards and looking forward to that. he lead with 22 hits and he had a career high six assists. harris, a senior enjoying every second. he had 14 points and stanford wins it big if the final game of the season. now to florida and the final round of the honda classic. michael thompson's u.s. open runner up at the olympic club. 50 footer for eagle got it. the co leader to start the day and struggled. bogey putt and 3 over for the day. he ended things in style on 18.

from the beach and gets the long roll in three feet of the hole. he was steady all day and will tap in for birdie. one under 69. winning his first pga event by two strokes. nascar subway fifth. after an impressive daytona 500, she unfortunately crashed today after her tire blew. she finished 39th. she is okay though. carl edwards snapped a 70-race win less streak and he wins the subway 500 in the subway car. do you think his sponsor is happy? this is abc7 sports report brought to you by river rock casino. coming up, the first female athlete at the nfl combine. did she represent? stick around and find out. still to come, a royal illness. the member of the british royal family sent to the hospital today. and a possible breakthrough in the treatment of aids. the child who may have been cured of the disease when we return.

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good evening. i'm ama dates. in tonight's headlines, five people have died since thursday after being shot by police around the bay area. the latest shooting took place early this morning in hayward. investigators say an officer opened fire on a driver who tried to ram a police car. a passenger in the car died. the suspects have also died in san francisco and san jose. a woman armed with a shotgun and a hatchet surrendered after a standoff with san francisco police this afternoon. the standoff forced police to evacuate several nearby homes. paramedics took her to the hospital. and san francisco police are looking for a rifle stolen

from a police car. the sfpd tells us the rifle was properly secured inside an unmarked vehicle. britain's queen elizabeth has been hospital lidsed for the -- hospitalized for the first time in years. she canceled all of her appearances in the near future. jeffrey kofman has the details. >> it is a stomach illness that put the queen in the hospital. her spokesman insists it is not serious, but the queen is 86 years old. she arrived here not by ambulance, but by car. her public appearances for most of the next week have been canceled including a trip to rome. in her six decades as britain's queen elizabeth ii has spent more time opening hospitals than being admitted to them. she rarely can sells the 350 events on her schedule, and when she has, it has been because of a bad cold or back pain. she was last in the hospital in 2003 for knee surgery. her husband, prince philip is

91 and a little more frail. after this rain-soaked appearance for the queen's 60th jubilee he was admitted to the hospital with a urinary infection and had heart surming rein 2011 and since then scaled back public appearances, but the queen has not. just last summer at the olympic opening ceremony she made her appearance with james bond as her escort. it was a body double jumping from the chopper, but she still stole the show. she is now a patient at king edward the seventh private hospital. the same hospital was the center of a media storm late last year when the duchess of cambridge was admitted with severe morning sickness. >> the queen is expected to spend two nights in the hospital and if it is just a stomp mass virus she is -- stomach virus she is expected to recover quickly. a fight against hiv. a child born hiv positive is now free of the virus that causes aids. the 2.5-year-old's name is

being kept private. the child's mother stopped giving the medication to the baby after one year. the child then tested negative for hiv. >> my first thought was to panic. i thought, oh my goodness, i have been treating a child who is not actually infected. >> if we can replicate this, this would have a tremendous impact on the lives of hiv infected children. >> more tests need to take place before scientists can confirm if the child has actually been cured. >> now to a hot new health trend. fast for two days a week and then eat what you wanted the rest of the days, but is it too good to be true? jew -- juju chang takes a look. >> it is the fast diet. it is the brainchild of dr. michael mosley. >> you have basically discovered the fountain of youth. >> we have found something that worked really well for me jie. you can get healthier by

doing something that sounds unhealthy, fasting just two days a week. the other five days you can eat whatever you want. she lost 36 pounds over seven months. >> my appetite is reduced so when i try to over eat i find it quite challenging. >> on the two fasting days you are not actually starving, but close. it is 25% of a normal adult's daily intake. 500 calories for women and 600 for a man. >> that is a generous portion of food. >> a doctor by training, the bbc documentary airing on pbs, eat fast and livelonger and begins with a wake up call from his doctor. >> discovered that my fasting glucose levels were those of a diabetic. >> researchers have been finding astonishing results from severe calorie restrictions and decreased cancer risk and increased life expectancy and even improved brain function. by mimicking the feast or

famine , they discovered that the body and the brain respond in fascinating ways. >> when they are deprived of food they produce a protein that makes you happier and smarter. >> nutritionists say the diet is not healthy for pregnant women, those with eating disorders or those under 20. still to come, a woman blackmailed for what one woman found on her stolen cell phone. we'll have the story. >> hi again, everyone, i'm leigh glaser. we will see some rain this week. we will take another look at my accu-weather seven-day forecast. and we will also do a

you might assume what is store owed your cell phone is private, but tonight a terrifying look at what can happen as the phone ends up in the wrong hands. vic lee has the exclusive story of a woman whose life was turned upside down because of some compromising information as thieves threaten to reveal over the internet. >> i'm sure this is happening to someone right now. they don't know what to do. it is a scary thing. hopefully by me exposing the story they will know what to do and whatnot to do. >> we will call her amanda. she ask that we not use her

real name. she is being black -- blackmailed by a person who bought her stolen phone. amanda was at kelly's tavern in the marina district of san francisco. when she left she noticed her new iphone was missing. just six days later she eve ared an e-mail -- she received an e-mail from a man who said he was edwin. there was an attachment. >> she just sent me three newsletters of myself. >> edwin told her something else that surprised her. >> i bought your phone at this market. he said if you give me $5,000 i will delete your photos and it will be done. he said if you don't, i am going to send them to all of your friends. he had all of my contacts on my phone. he kept messaging me because now i am going to put them on a pornographic website and attach the link so it will be public. >> the nude pictures were from

her photo album and meant only for her boyfriend's eyes. >> it is not something you should be doing knowing that anyone can gain access to your phone. >> amanda went to a lawyer who specializes in computer forensics. >> i suspect at some point she will get the pictures with the phone in tact. >> our hired cyber crimes specialist was able to track down the man who sold the phone to edwin. he learned that the man belongs to a ring of phone thieves. first there is a mule. the person charged with sneaking the phones out of the country. >> as soon as we get these songs they ship them to what their high rate of destination is. the thieves then get the phones ready to sell. >> what they do from there is they try to unblock the phone. they try to do various things to the phone to get it, woulding again and then resold in their market. >> he used this internet skill to locate amanda's blackmailer

and his home address in lima. he posed as a buyer on the black market and chatted with edwin. he even convinced him to send a photo of amanda's phone. >> he sent me a screen shot of all of the detailed information on this phone that actually was her phone. >> armed with the information, amanda went to the peruvian consulate in los angeles. she also contacted the u.s. embassy in lima which referred her to the fbi atache. >> right now there is a warrant they are working on in peru to hopefully arrest this guy. regardless to what happens to this case, i am always going to be scared that somebody knows so much about me. >> vic lee, abc7 news. >> the easter bunny won't come for a few more weeks, but some folks got an early start in burlingame. the peninsula humane society reduced rabbit adoption fees from $40 to $20 for people who want to give a new rabbit a

home. there are tips on how to feed and care for the bunnies. about 150 to 200 rabbits are adopted every year at the humane society. leigh glaser has our forecast. >> we had highs in the upper 60s across the bay area. we are dry right now. live doppler 7hd is showing no returns at all. if you are traveling tomorrow, we are going to see snow through minneapolis and fargo. and that's where the coldest temperatures will be from st. louis to new orleans. that's where the rain will break sout. new orleans is 69 and 82 for dallas and denver may be a few flurries and seattle is dry tomorrow, but you can see the cold front off the coast. that will bring them rain on tuesday. here is a look at our state travel map. you will see los angeles tomorrow 68 and plenty of sunshine. a little morning fog for san diego. 63 in tahoe with sunshine and 53 degrees. here is the leading edge of the rain, and this is what is

going to move in across the bay area as we head into tuesday afternoon. here is a look at my accu-weather seven-day forecast. we will look for partly cloudy conditions for your monday. the clouds thicken on monday night leading to afternoon rain for tuesday. it will be wet tuesday night and wednesday morning. a little bit of a break on wednesday afternoon. another shot of some showers on thursday. after that sunny and back up into the 70s. >> all right, thank you, leigh. >> mike shumann is here with our last check of sports and a female playing football? >> the nfl has never entertained the thought of a female athlete. well, a step might have been taken toward that this weekend at the regional nfl combine. it is their first female tryout. thou

the first woman ever to tryout for professional football arrived with much fanfare, but left with great disappointment. so the questions linger about just how legitimate was this female football wanna be? lucy yang was there. >> she attempted to kick down the glass door, except she could barely kick the football. >> she made football history today becoming the first woman to tryout for the nfl. she was hoping to kick her heart out for the scouts

visiting the jets' training camp, but she couldn't move the ball 20 yards. >> the distance wasn't there, but hopefully they will notice my technique. >> her background? she is 28 and played only club soccer in college, and said she prepped with sports video games. >> i have always been an athlete. i have always been a gamer. when i had the opportunity to be in the nfl, one of the world's most competitive leagues, i absolutely had to take the chance. >> she is blaming pain from a possible quad injury. >> i might be the first woman trying out for the nfl, but i hope i am not the last. >> she didn't help her cause with the performance. the nfl doesn't pre screen athletes for the tryouts. they can pay the $250 entrance fee and that's what she did. she made a statement, but i think that is as far as this will go. the home opener for the

earthquakes against rey'all salt -- real salt lake. it was denied. they broke through in the 7 unst -- the 71st minute. they get behind the defense and shoots and scores for the first goal of the season. he added another goal later and the earthquakes drop their opener 2-0 the final. the giants lost eight players to the world baseball classic. he got a victory facing the diamondbacks. barry zito looking sharp. three score less innings. had some help and how many times have we seen a diving catch like that. he will be starting in left field. a lot of these guys will get to play more with all of these players gone. three for four on the day and three r.b.i and giants go on to win it 5-3. here is vow -- vogelsong on playing in the world baseball classic. >> it will be fun. that's one of the cool things about it.

guys will get to face each other hopefully. it will be neat if we can get to the finals in san francisco. >> it is like world cup soccer. the fans of ruckus in this. >> it is a fun part to play against each other, against different countries. it is something the fans will appreciate. we will go out there and be the best player we can be out there. people have fun and enjoy it. >> the a's don't have anybody playing in. it they are playing the rockies in scottsdale today and aj griffin was on the mound for oakland. he allowed one run on three hits. frietas and i think he got it to left. the solo shot and oakland will go on to beat the rockies 7-2. >> it is senior day for the men and hosting utah. joe morgan is there with his daughter who is a senior

gymnast. we will get another year of dunks like that. we had 15 and that is impressive. he lead with 22. a career high six assists. gabrielle harris and that is always sentimental and enjoying every second. stanford wins big for their final game of the season. let's go to florida and michael thompson, the u.s. open runner up and the 50-foot eagle and nothing but net. meanwhile, he was a co leader to start the day. this is a long bogey putt. he was three over on the day. he ended things in style. on 18 from the bunker. hits on-line. short about three feet. and was steady all day for guys number one. you can mark that off his list. winning the first pga event. let's go to the asphalt.

after an impressive run, finishing in the top 10, but unfortunately she crashed when her tire blew. she finished 39th and carl edwards pulled away and snapped the win less streak. he wins the subway 500 in the subway car. do you think his sponsors are happy? this sports report is brought to you by river rock casino. what do you think, guys? can a woman play in the nfl? >> i don't know. we have to wait and see. >> i think that answers the question right there. >> at least she tried. >> that's it for this edition of abc7 news. abc7 news continues tomorrow morning at 4:30. thank you so much for joining us. have yourselves a great night. remember, you can always download our alarm clock app. it is available for your it is available for your android phone or tablet. well, well, well.

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