>> it is possible but it isn't likely especially because there isn't a frontrunner. the field is so wide of who could possibly be elected it could take and time to get to the two-thirds majority. they will cast their ballots today and they will find out who the frontrunners are and all of the cardinals will have dinner together tonight and that will give them a chance to discuss the potential top candidates and possibly come closer to a consensus by the next time they vote which would be tomorrow morning. >> thank you from rome. stay with abc7 news for the latest news from vatican city, we will provide extensive coverage of the papal conclave including a special report at 8:30 this morning when the cardinals enter the cistene chapel. abc7 news will break-in to programming when a new pope selected. >> developing news from novato where crews responding to a fire find a massive marijuana grow.

firefighters are still mopping up but it is now mostly quiet. this is not extensive damage from the outside. this is what it looked like when novato firefighters arrived overnight with investigators saying someone called 9-1-1 around 1:30 to report a fire, with crews going inside and found an extensive marijuana growing operation. abc7 news reporter is on the scene with a live update coming up in the next half hour. >> developing news, police are launching a formal investigation after a former pre-school teacher revealed she tied up a two-year old girl. our news reporter is live at center point christian pre-school. >> the administration does not know what the teacher was thinking. they are upset as the parents. the teacher admitted she tied up a two-year old girl because the girl refused to take a nap. the teacher showed pictures of the girl, showed her taped at

the wrists and the ankles, and the teacher showed this to colleagues and even the girl's mother at a social gathering. the school reacted strongly. >> the child deserves to be in any way treated in such a way they would be dehumanized in anyway. this incident, in our opinion, does exactly that. we are horrified by it and weject it. >> the school administration self reported the incident to the department of social services and sent a detailed letter to all of the parents and schedule add meeting with parent s for tuesday night and plan to close down for five days to retrain the staff. that teacher, however, no longer works here. >> thanks. 4:34. san francisco police are trying to figure out if a hit-and-run accident left an injured man lying in the street. he was found last night at 11:0 p.m. he was taken to the hospital

with serious injuries and police are hoping that anyone who knows what happened will come forward. >> in santa rosa, two men arrested for triple homicide near forestville face arraignment. the 38-year-old and 46-year-old men both from colorado are accused of murder, burglary, and conspiracy. the father of one is also in custody. the three victims were found shot to death in a home last month. sonoma sheriff say the suspects and victims were pot dealers or buyers. >> there are calls from a peninsula congresswoman for hearings into a troubling rape case involving santa cruz cop killer goulet. she wants it know why two rape cases against goulet while in the army were dropped in change for accepting less than honorable discharge saying he could have been in jail rather than preying on women and

killing two police detectives. goulet ambushed sergeant butch laker and elizabeth butler before he was killed. >> the city council of santa cruz will tackle the growing homeless problem. there is renewed focus in finding a long term solution after 100 were moved out of the tent city last friday from a park. city leaders offering sweeping proposals and a memo and will look at more affordable housing operations, increased enforcement, and encouraging faith-based groups to stop feeding the homeless and, instead, shift their efforts to finding housing. >> president obama begins making the first of three rare trips to capitol hill today to meet with rank and file lawmakers for a budget. he will speak with senate democrats and house of representatives republicans tomorrow. on thursday, president obama will be back again for meeting with house of representatives democrats and senate republicans house g.o.p. budget chief ryan is unveiling latest proposal and senate democrats will reveal

their spending plan tomorrow. >> with the kind of weather we have been having it is spring fever all the way. >> we will check with mike and a look at the forecast. >> good morning, we start with a live shot to show you the extensive low clouds from mount tamalpais you can barely see sausalito right here and san francisco back here. be careful because of the reduced visibility. it is mild. coolest around novato, and fairfield at 39, and everyone else is in the mid-to-upper 40's but for santa rosa at 41 and antioch at 50 right now. it is 48 in san jose. we will breakdown today with more cloud cover around the bay and into the north bay where it is more fog than the marine layer of clouds. a warming shows sunshine rather quickly today by 10:00 or 11:00 and notice how we are in the 50's at the coast and near 70 at 4:00 around the bay and mid-70's inland and it will be a delightful evening with the coast cooler in the mid-40's but

the low-to-upper 60's by 7:00 for the rest of us. we will check out the next three days, the warmth will be 70's and 80's away from the beaches but then the temperatures drop and stay above average wednesday and thursday. >> at the bay bridge toll please we have flashing lights and emergency crews, c.h.p. out there. what is going on? a couple of toll lanes are closed for maintenance for another 20 minutes or so in the middle of the toll plaza so be aware of that with traffic light at this hour. road work out there and we will look as we head to the south bay with lanes blocked, southbound 85 define 237 and 280. there is slow traffic. north bound 280, the ramp to northbound 895 remains shut down until 5:00 this morning for road construction, as well. kristen and eric? >> it is 4:38. >> it has been under construction but finally the new 49er stadium has an official

address and long time fans will not have any problem remembering where it is. >> hackers targeting celebrities from hillary clinton to jay-z and what they are doing with personal information. first, the tech bytes. >> the administration is demand that china stop hack attacks on companies and government agencies in the united states, the first time the white house has singled out china. a top white house aide says beijing should agree to behave in cyber face. china denies wrongdoing. blackberry's new smartphone debuts next week on at&t and pre-orders have started and blackberry is betting the future on the launch of the z10 and later this year the q10. >> a new camera records every detail of your life automatically. it is small enough to wear and snap as picture every 30 seconds and costs less than $300 and will ship in a month.

>> walnut creek, campbell and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> good morning, it is 4:42. santa clara will name two streets bordering the new 49ers stadium after some of the famous, playing home games at the corner of...bill walsh drive and debartolo. walsh was the coach who won the team three super bowls. he died in 2007. the sign that intersection of the two will no doubt be a popular photo spot for 49er fans . >> santa clara council will support a bid to host the super bowl 50 in 2016. the mayors and business lowers from across the bay area gathered last wednesday inside

the shell of the new stadium to promote a super bowl bid and will compete with miami where lawmakers are scrambling to get a tax measure on the ballot to upgrate the stayed. the 32 owners meet may 21 to pick the host site for super bowl 50. >> the san francisco board of supervisors will vote to condemn a controversial anti-islam ad displayed on buses, that are posted on ten buses showing photos of islamic figures in violent incidents like the 9/11 attacks. muni has to run the ads otherwise it could face a lawsuit. the american freedom defense initiative says that ads call attention to the nation's great est threat, bay area muslims say they are designed to create fear. >> it makes them uncomfortable to ride the buses and it makes them worry of their safety and makes them think twice how people are looking at them the. >> everything on the ads are merely a statement of fact. these are high profile muslims from the program of turkey to

the times square bomber, to osama bin laden, the campaign is desperately needed. >> muni says the $5,000 it received to run the ads go to a fund to study the impact of discrimination in the muslim community. >> los angeles police are investigating a hacking attack targeting political leaders and celebrities. hackers have targeted famous members from the first lady to jay-z and the personal financial information of at least 11 people included michelle obama, hillary clinton, beyonce, and ashton kutcher. the information includes social security numbers, mortgage accounts, bank account and credit card numbers. the website appears to be hosted in russia. the f.b.i. is now investigate investigateing. >> new this morning on the peninsula, filming for hbo special will be underway in downtown palo alto forcing the closing of a busy street.

university avenue will be closed between 4:00 and 8:00 and businesses remain open. crews are scheduled to film a comedy pilot show based on the silicon valley. the director of the movie "office space" is behind the effort. >> a popular dating website will offer the town of woodside big bucks officially today to change their name to www.sugardaddy www.sugardaddy.com offering $11.6 million for a 10-year commitment. it shows how street signs would look when changeed to www. www.sugardaddy.com which was chosen because they had potentially dateable sugar daddies. a representative will deliver the offer in person at the townhall meeting starting at 7:30. >> maybe one of the few cities that doesn't need much help with the tax base. >> they don't need the $11.6

million. it is a nice promotional stunt. >> very warm outside again today , you didn't enjoy it yesterday? you have another round. the above average temperatures will hang around through the weekend and here is live doppler 7 hd. it is dry. we have low clouds, marine layer clouds and we have thick fog in the north bay. here is the way it looks on the golden gate bridge this morning. you can see reduced visibility because of the extra moisture in the air. san francisco and oakland and san jose at 48 degrees, and walnut creek, dress for 47. to palo alto and mill valley you are at 43 and 42. here is how it looks from the east bay hills looking down upon emeryville and albany to oakland and back to san francisco, you can barely see because of the low clouds. in santa rosa, it is 42 and napa is 45 and fairfield is a cool spot at 39. union city is 43. to gilroy, grab a coat because it will be 43.

sunny and warmer temperatures. where the cloud cover starting this morning, less clouds, mild tonight and cooler by the weekend. we have the same area of high pressure dominating our weather with quite a storm track on the west side of that but with the clockwise flow we are going to continue to see the storms head up toward seattle and portland where they are not abnormally dry this winter like we are. the warming trend continues with the high pressure and we are trapping a little bit of moisture in lower levels but by 10:00 or 11:00 it is gone and mid-to-upper 70's in the south bay with santa clara and house around 44. low-to-mid 70's on the peninsula and millbrae is 67. the coast is stubborn with a light wind keeping you cooler. downtown is 71 but the sun will set and it will be 58. mid-70's through the north bay and upper 50's at your beaches.

low 70's along the east bay shore but check out low-to-upper 70's in the east bay valley. tonight, it will be mild, and mid-40's to low 50's in most neighborhoods and fog along the coast. the seven-day outlook shows nearly 80 in a few areas, near records and 70's hang around for the better part of the weekend away from the coast. >> to the san mateo bridge, now, if you are traveling from hayward to the foster city area you can see it is hazy here and visibility is not so bad but fog could be a factor. now, the road work out there will go -- a fire is visible off the freeway 238 right at 880 so you may find slow travel at the castro city valley and the south bay north 280, the ramp is shut down because of road work for another 15 minutes. we do have a report of an

accident with injuries involved and this is in st. helena, highway 29 at white hall lane, possible delay there, as well as we get further information c.h.p. is headed to the scene there. kristen and eric? >> the pentagon is investigating the cause of a helicopter crash that killed five u.s. troops in afghanistan. the military says that clear went -- that the chopper went down yesterday. a spokesman says there was no enemy activity in the area at the time it went down. >> growing list of congressional leaders want the pentagon to reconsider a new medal created for cyber warriors and drone pilots. the two top members of the senate armed services committee the latest to ask the pentagon to lower the rank of the distinguished warfare medal which ranks ahead of the bronze star and purple heart in importance. the senators say the medal sends the wrong message to soldier whose served in actual combat. >> two workers at a southern california company that launched spacecraft for the u.s. government are involving from an

electrical explosion. the accident happened over the weekend in ventura county. they worked on a delta four rocket and a flash occurred when electronic current leaves its path and travels through the air to another conductor. both workers suffered major injuries and are now at a hospital specializing in burn victims. >> a last ditch effort to avoid a strike by the san francisco symphony hits a high today. the musical protests orchestra members are planning. >> there could be more to your face book "likes" than a mouse click, what they could reveal about your personality

>> a strike looms at the san francisco symphony if an agreement is not reached. today it is reported that musicians and managements are set to meet again today.

the orchestra has been without a contract since february 15. they take exception to a wage freeze since their paid comes from an endowment fund of $239 million. if a strike occurs it would force cancellation of an upcoming east coast tour include ing performances at carnegie hall and the kennedy center. >> the booming dog walking industry could have new changes limiting the length of leashes to 8' and the supervisors want dog walker to carry $1 million in liability insurance and be required to dispose of waste. the full board is expected to aproven the changes today. the animal care and welfare commission maps to hold a may 9 hague on the guidelines before they go into effect july 1. >> h.p. is fighting off a shareholders revolt against the board members. the struggling palo alto tech giant filed yesterday arguing

they have a turn around plan under c.e.o. whitman and any board changes will be distract ing. several major shareholders are calling for a protest vote to out some directors next week when the company holds the shareholders meeting. h.p. shares have fallen from $60 a share to under $20 a share in the last three years. >> prolific facebook user could reveal more about themselves than they think. a new study has found that clicking the blue "like" icon can give insight on your vote and sexual orientation. men who who like "glee" were more likely to be gay and those who liked wrestling were more likely straight. those who preferred jennifer lopez had more friends than those who likeed "iron maiden" but it is difficult to protect your privacy online. >> is it controversial if i take

a stand and say i "like "identity weather. >> click the blue button, mike, we like the weather. >> not sure it will get you more friends but you can see the low clouds hanging around as we look at the east bay shore toward san francisco. temperatures today are from seven degrees warmer-than-average in san jose and redwood city city to nine in san francisco and oakland and 11 in napa and 13 in livermore. we go from 71 in san francisco to 78 in livermore today and the sun will set at 7:14. across the entire state you can see how quiet it is, with portland getting the wet weather as far south as it will travel today. we have upper 70's to low 80's through the central valley and low-to-mid 60's around tahoe and 79 in los angeles and 90 in palm springs today. safe travels. >> closer to home we have fog back on the golden gate bridge.

limited visibility as you come up the waldo grade. we have road work on the northern portion of the span as you come off the grade and it is wide open, four lanes for you, with the headlights showing through the fog. take some extra caution if you are traveling down to the golden gate bridge in the san francisco area. this is a trash fire in san leandro that is visible from 238 , adjacent to 238, actually. you may find slow traffic on the highway there as you make your way northbound. checking the drive from the central valley, starting to get slow as you make your way up to the altamont pass and it picks up into the livermore area. eric and kristen? >> it is 4:56. the suspect in the colorado theater shooting could enter a plea when he returns to court. james holmes is accused of killing 12 in a shooting rampage in upand charged with 166 counts including murder and e understand murder. he is expected to plead not

guilty by reason of insanity. a court document says that he was taken from jail to the psychiatric ward of a hospital in november because he was considered a danger to himself. >> the latest washington post/abc news poll shows broad support for some gun control measures. here are the results, 42 percent strongly favor stricter laws while 36 percent oppose new legislation and at the same time, when asked would they trust to handle the issue of gun control, it was split, 42 percent of americans trust the president compared to 41 percent who trust republicans to lead the charge. >> after weeks of waiting roman catholic cardinals are getting to the business of electing a new pope this morning. we will tell you what to expect in the hours ahead. >> the bay area county ready to make drivers pay the price for taking out their road

>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good tuesday morning at 5:00, thanks for waking up early and joining us. >> i am kristen sze. i am eric thomas of the kgo team. awe have low clouds and fog and live doppler 7 hd is dry. the latest conditions show quarter-mile visibility an improvement in novato but it is worsened in santa rosa and napa down to quarter-mile visibility with low clouds on the coast and half moon bay bay at five miles but that is spilling into the bay. watch out for that. today, we are going to be near 70's around the bay with mostly sunny conditions this afternoon, and mid-to-upper 70's inland and along the coast upper 50's to

low 60's we will be rid of the clouds by 10:00 or 11:00. >> good morning, everyone, happy tuesday out there, a couple of things are happening around the bay to aware of. we will go to 238 in hayward, no, in san leandro a fire is adjacent to the freeway, a dump step bin on fire that is distracting the drivers 238 at 880. in oakland, westbound 24 at telegraph, there was a stall and, now, a car slammed into the car and a four car accident involved in oakland, west 24th kristen and eric? >> developing news from the north bay where police are now on the scene of a house fire that turned to a crime seen based on what firefighters found inside. abc7 news is live at the scene in novato with more on the discovery. sue? >> a few firefighters still remain here on the scene in novato and they will be here at least until