>> this is make-or-break day for the city college of san francisco for fixing financial and management problems or cause a ripple effect that could result in closing. katie marzullo is live in the newsroom with more. >> city college sends in accreditation report today. if they get a failing grade the largest college of nearly 90,000 students could be forced to close. with the deadline ahead, students and teachers marched to city hall shouting and chanting in an effort to be heard. they do not want classes cut. teachers could be left without jobs. city college has been in notice since july because of serious problems with leadership and fiscal planning. the college has been making changes, tightening their belt, but the students and staff don't like it. >> more financial accountability more stream lined administration.

a closer look at how we manage our facilities. closer look at how we track student success. >> no one has been disappointed and quality of the education they get here. it has been mostly a financial management problem. >> a particular sticking point is the $16 million city college got from san francisco's proposition a. students and staff wanted the money to go to help the cuts but the school put it in a reserve fund. the accreditation commission will decide on city college in june. there is actually a second legal deadline impacting city college. the school has to pass out pink slips to employees today who might be laid off in the coming months. >> katie marzullo, thank you. a man responsible for keeping our borders safe is facing charges of distributing child pornography on the intent. we uncovered this story and you will see it only on abc7 news.

a homeland security agent and an investigation began two years ago into suspicions he was sharing child porn. the investigators went do his san francisco home and found 85 images and videos on a sophisticated computer system. >> i was at the house with a whole closet downstairs like he had his own independent server, several computers and hard drives and electronic storage devices. >> he was arrested while working at sfo security check point for passengers from overseas flights. he is held on $150,000 bail. >> tomorrow, it will be a year since morgan hill teen went missing at 15 years at the time of her disappears while walking to a bus stop near her home. the prosecutors have charged torrez with kidnapping and murder but the body has never been found. two events have been organized to mark the disappearance

including balloons released at the search center. a fundraiser will be held in fremont starting at 1:00 o'clock p.m. at the address on the screen. there is more on our site as abc7news.com. >> the archdiocese of san francisco will have a prayer service for a mother and her two sons killed in a horrific crash last week. the prosecution says that the suspect had a blood alcohol level twice the legal limit when he hit and killed them on saturday night. this is video from the court appearance on tuesday. yesterday, the 28-year-old sobbed in san mateo county superior court. he did not enter a plea to three counts of manslaughter while intoxicated. the judge ordered him to return to court next tuesday. a memorial fund has been set up to help the family cover funeral confidents. >> 14-year-old junior high school student in fremont is in instead after police say he made two bomb threats. the late it call happened

yesterday morning at thornton junior high school. the first sent the school in lockdown. they do not believe he was acting alone so they are looking if accomplices. the boy is charged with two counts of terrorist threats. >> on this friday, don't you like the sound of that "friday." >> say it again! >> friday. friday. friday. friday. friday. >> no, no, we will check with our meteorologist, mike nicco. is there another song coming because of the weather change? >> you were trying to set up eric with that song we know how much you love it. visibility is improved compared to yesterday with a few high clouds but it is much clearer and easier to get around this morning. talking temperatures, santa clara and saratoga at 44 degrees , only to be cooler by american canyon and petaluma at 33 and walnut creek and san leandro and union city at 47 degrees and 48 right new in richmond and 49 in belmont and

palo alto at 43 and tracy is 53 and pittsburg is 356. we are mostly under clear skies with patchy fog developing and sunny by noon and away from the cost you be stuck in the 50's and the low-to-mid 60's by 4:00, and upper 60's by mid-70's from the bay toward our inland neighborhoods and we will be back in the 60's for a mild friday evening. here is a look at the weekend, you can see temperatures are slightly cooler, with a little bit of a breeze in the air. sue? >> the golden gate bridge shows fog-proceed and traffic light with no problems and road work on the northern portion as you come east waldo and down to one lane so it slows and narrows down there. beyond the construction it is wide open moving into san francisco with four lanes for the commute. we still have a sig-alert at airway with an early big-rig

fire blocking the right lane of traffic but it is eastbound, the reverse commute and the westbound drive is looking good as you move out of the live more area and toward dublin/pleasanton. otherwise, we we have this car being pulled from the ditch north 880 with the tow truck on the scene and they could be partly blocking the right lane of traffic and expect minor slowing beyond the seen. we do have this situation clears eastbound 80 at the carquinez bridge, there was a solo spin out but it is now out of the roadway. >> breaking news from presidio heights, police are investigating a crash involving a stolen taxicab and one of the patrol cars just a short time ago at jackson and spruce. we have a news crew headed to the scene for any for more information check out our website at www.abc13.com. >> next, an unusual rescue attempt in the midwest and searchers had to dive into a sea

of foam. >> how fast the super speedy internet access rolled out in the capital of silicon valley. >> first, we have america's money report. >> good morning, topping the money, chase bank harpooned over the london whale, a senate report says j.p. morgan chase ignored the risk and misled investigators of a disasterous decemberive investment in london and the top executives knew of the problem and helped cover it up. samsung is challenging apple with the galaxy and unveiled the new phone last night at a splashy event with a bigger screen and runs on droid. the i.r.s. has $1 billion in unclaimed tax refunds, money owned almost a million taxpayers who never file returns for 2009. april 15 is the deadline. that

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woman and bars federal recognition of same-sex marriage. now, portman says he would like to see congress repeal that provision. >> in south dakota, the search if two people who went missing after jumping in the falls to save a boy is now called a recovery mission. the fire chief says the six-year-old fell in the water at the park yesterday, and a woman related to the boy and a man both jumped in to try to save him. as you can see the water is covered in folk from the falls and at some point the boy was able to get out of the freezeing water. the family says he is okay. but officials are still looking for the two people who tried to save him. >> two workers have life-threatening injuries after a giant screen fell on them in florida trapping them. two other workers were hurt after being struck by the falling equipment. this happened as the giant screen was hoisted in the air to be part of the stage of the

largest electronic dense festival in the world. organizer plan to hold the event kicking off this afternoon. investigators are going back to try to figure out what caused the accident. >> we will find out today if wall street can continue the winning streak and citizen the all-time high. the index rose for the 10th straight session gaining 84 points to close over 14,000, the longest winning streak since 1996 with only three longer winning streaks in its history. the dow broke through the all time high march 5 and kept going. the s&p 500 also is something to watch, nearing the record possibly today with a live report at 6:47. >> a win for walmart to bring the first super center to the east bay with the court not hear ing a petition from the opponent so any will move forward with construction in

antioch. they approached the city of the expansion back in 2004 and the bigger store would include a bakery, produce market and enhanced outdoor living department. opponents claim it will produce more traffic and hurt local businesses. >> if you want to surf the web in downtown san jose you can do it super fast, the mayor helped to launch the new service yesterday. the city is offering super fast high speed wi-fi to the public if free. the network covers 1.5 scare mile area of downtown and connects san jose's existing fiber network and dozens of new antennas. the result is wi-fi speed up to four times faster than other public networks. the name incorporates "wickedly fast." it was so fast they had to swear special jackets when they had the ribbon-cutting ceremony.

>> next week we will finally get the rain. let me show you what is going on. with live doppler 7 hd, no need for an umbrella, no need for fog lights, either. it is clear identified. here is a look at the golden gate bridge where we had the fog this morning with headlights from marin county. now, the temperatures are at 49 in san francisco, and oakland and san jose and walnut creek all at 48 and palo alto is 43 and mill valley is 42. the san mateo bridge is foggy yesterday and now it just looks hazy, the temperature running in santa rosa and napa at 43 and fairfield at 49 and hayward at 48 and dress for 44 degrees in los gatos right now. as we head into the afternoon hours we will still have the high clouds and sunshine but it will be thinner than yesterday and our highs are above average today. be partly cloudy tonight with limited fog likely and the wet mid-week weather is still in the forecast. here is down in san jose, right

near h.p. pavilion, three degrees warmer in redwood city and san jose. 68 and 70. it will be 66 today in san francisco and four degrees warmer-than-average. it will be extend in oakland. livermore will be 74. the sun will set at about 7:17. we have low-to-mid 70's for most of the valley, and sunnyvale and cupertino are at 69 and santa cruz is at 72 degrees. mid-to-upper 60's if most of the peninsula and the exception is men low pack at 71. clouds are more stubborn along the coast with temperatures in the upper 50's and low 60's. 67 in sausalito. a few clouds in the north bay beach and near 60 but 10 or 15 degrees warmer in the valley with 74 in santa rosa and napa. we will have 70 today in hercules and richmond and oakland, the warm spots and everyone else is in the upper 60's and 69 in san ramon and the neighbor to the north and walnut

creek is 72 and the south, pleasanton at 73 degrees. tonight, a few clouds along the coast spilling into the bay but a pretty clear morning with mid-to-upper 40's inland and upper 40's to low 50's at the bay and to the coast with the 50's around san francisco. temperatures will tumble on saturday and sunday and breezy and we will stop the tumbling on monday and become to average with increasing clouds and the breeze off the ocean on tuesday and wet weather on wednesday. sue? >> back to the bay bridge, with the latest situation on the wood debris in the lanes, incline section, several cars hit the wood, splintered the wood and it flattened the tires. we have a couple disabled cars and they trying to be pushed off treasure island but i don't see any delays behind the toll, just so you know what going on, on bay bridge, a big rig is blocking the right lane, the reverse commute in livermore at airway a sig-alert is issued by

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>> the big apple has gotten bigger. new york city says the population has hit an all-time record with roughly 8.37 million people. people are moving into the city rather than out for the first time since the 1950s mostly in the last two years. the mayor credits lower crime rates and better job opportunities. >> the bay area is seeing growth. the census bureau estimates san jose population is around 96 967,000. that is up more than 21,000 from the 2010 survey. san francisco's population is 813,000 right now, up 7,600. oakland's population is just under 396,000, also up 5,000 from the year before.

>> samsung tries to keep a bigger bite out of apple's smartphone market. >> accident i.r.s. owe you some money? jane king has the bloomberg business report. >> good morning, samsung has the new galaxy with a bigger screen and motion detection technology that lets you control features with eye movement and you can accept a call, change a song, or scroll a page with the wave your hand. they call this a life companion, a two camera phone that can be a home entertainment system and is on sale april 26. the last galaxy was overtaken by the iphone 5 last year. investors are looking at a bunch of economic data including reports on inflation and consumer confidence. the dow closed higher for a 10th straight session.

looking for extra cash? the i.r.s. is sitting on $917 million in unclaimed refunds for nearly a million taxpayer whose did not file runs in 2009. the i.r.s. warns you have to file the return by april 15th to get the money with more information on this on twitter. at the new york stock exchange for jane king with the bloomberg business report. >> college fraternity is $1 million richer because of the late american bandstand ledge old "dick clark" after being a member of a fraternity. he died last year after decades of show. >> there will be a celebration this weekend, for st. patrick's day. the weather is very important. >> is that why you are wearing green? >> yes, yes, that is why. >> now the forecast, mike. >> the live doppler 7 hd shows the entire state and it is dry

right now. not great for skiing. it is great for getting there. temperatures in the upper 70's through low 80's. 62 in monterey with high clouds. los angeles is at 78. palm springs in the mid-to-upper 90's. and from lake tahoe, it will be 61. no record, but that is warm today for tahoe. 57 on saturday and down to 51 closer to where they should be for temperatures on sunday. sue, how is the traffic? >> on the bay bridge we have wood debris in the lanes. i tried to put on a live camera shot with crews moving off to the right side, up to 9 cars have flat tires because of wood debris that is beyond the metering lights on the incline. traffic is getting by okay, but trying to move the cars off to treasure island. it look like there are minor delays but that could change and we will follow it. the c.h.p. still has a sig-alert

if livermore, the counter commute direction at airway, there was an early big-rig fire. the fire is out. the big rig is still there. westbound from the central valley, it is moving nicely. kristen and eric? >> lin-sanity returned to the bay area officially, a film of basketball sensation and palo alto native opened with a special event at the castro theater in san francisco last night. it is part of the center for asian-american media festivals. guests included his parents, his high school, college, and student coaches, and the film director. it debuts at the sundance film festival chronicles his rise to fame on the nba courts last year and includes a very small cameo by our very own abc7 news sports director. what is interesting they started filming this as episodes for the web but decided to turn it into

something bigger. >> we know he now is with the rockets. >> that is right. >> young man is injured and then goes missing. the search now taking place near santa cruz. >> but first, gunfire during the busy evening commute at the east bay bart station. the

>> and now a check on the wet forecast. we are looking at dry conditions on live doppler 7 hd with hardly any fog to be found this morning. we have lower visibility at 7 at half moon bay and 9 at rosa.

we have a few high clouds and high clouds and sunshine this afternoon, but not so thick as yesterday. temperatures around bay will hug the upper 60's to near 70 this afternoon and brighter inland with low do mid-70's and partly sunny at the coat, mid-to-upper 50's. sue? >> we have several viewers tweeting that this activity on the bay bridge has resulted in up to nine disabled cars because of wood debris in the lanes. c.h.p. is out there and they are moving the disabled cars to treasure island and our live shot here you request see the traffic is moving nicely on the upper deck so right now it looks like that situation has cleared and we will follow it for you. elsewhere, we have a situation in livermore that is still showing a big rig out there that has been there an hour and the fire has been out for some time but they are having trouble getting the the big rig out of the right lane. eastbound 580 has a sig-alert, and westbound before the altamont pass, the speeds are slowing to 35 miles per hour to the altamont pass and, westbound

traffic is looking good through livermore. >> breaking news from san francisco's presidio heights, police are on the scene where they have just taken a man into custody near jackson and spruce. this started with reports in the past hour we were telling you the man was vandalizing a taxicab. police say he stole the cab and led police on a chase. again, that suspect is now in custody. we have a crew headed to the scene and we will bring you new information as we get it. awe have developing in us in richmond, the shooting death of a man at the bart station during the height of the evening commute. sky seven was over the seen as officers canvassed the area. it happened on the top of the staircase that commuter use to go in and out of the station. two men are behind the shooting, witnesses told the officers they took off running after the shoot ing. bart service is running normally and the station is open this morning. >> develop news this morning a bay area teacher arrested on

charges of important pornography charges of child pornography is in the hospital after attempting suicide in a drug overdose. he was arrested on wednesday at the school where he taught in monterey. a search of his home turned up a thousand video clips and photographs of children who appear to be under ten. >> we didn't find any video cameras in the house that would make us indicate that he was manufacturing child pornography. however, we have not done a complete forensic evacuation to find out if there is child porn we can consider not known. >> he worked in san jose as a substitute teacher great 2008 until just a few weeks ago and the school district has notified parents. >> santa clara and monterey county crews joining the search for a missing santa cruz county man, a 20-year old matthew abraham last seen by the parents

at his home in scotts valley. searchers will comb the area. abraham likeed to go mountain biking and is recovering after falling 50' over the weekend. >> he said how he slips in and out knowing what he is doing. >> mostly just because of a head injury they are concerned this could be something wrong with him or he could be in danger. >> i will be just fine county better than ever, and i promise i will see you guys again. >> abraham posted that youtube video on wednesday but if some reason he left home without his phone or wallet and didn't make it to class at charge yesterday. his friends and family are passing out missing persons notices. >> an attacker drag add woman off the bus to steal her phone. three men are wanted in connection with the assault on february 13. this is the surveillance video of one suspect, the victim was holding the phone when a man

tried to grab it from her home and the victim would not let go and was dragged east bus. the other two men are accused of blocking 9 path of anyone who tried to help the victim. >> an army spokesman says they did not prosecute a former soldier because there wasn't enough evidence on the rape charges and the soldier went on to kill two santa cruz police officers. goulet was accused in two rape cases in 2006 but the prosecution says the d.n.a. tests failed to link him to the victims. now let gunned down the santa cruz detectives. former defense secretary panetta and bay area members of congress demanded investigations into how the military handled this case. >> more officers will hit the streets in san jose during rising property crimes. this afternoon, 43 recruits graduate from the san jose police academy, the first graduation for the police department since2009. there were 28,000 property crimes in the city last year, a

30 percent increase from last year. the ceremony takes place in downtown san jose. >> this morning, san francisco crews will try to repair the damage caused by a natural gas leak. it forceed evacuation of five homes. we were over the leak minutes after a backhoe slice add 2" gas line around 7:00. department of public works crews had to punch two holes in the pavement to get to the leak. they managed to shut it off an hour later. everyone was allowed back in after that. >> the last part of the new downtown traffic look in hayward begins. this is provided by the city of hayward and shows how the loop works starting at mission and jackson street and designed to ease congestion and make downtown access easier. it is part of the 23 corridor improvement project, with construction wrapping up in time for the monday morning commute and the final towns are come

most by june. >> $2 million repaving project begins at the ferry terminal possibly making a tough parking situation worse. our media partner, the independent journal reports that not of the work is performed on the weekend to try to minimize the impact on ferry riders. the, "say it will take several months to complete four to five rows of parking closing at a time between 8:00 p.m. on friday and 5:30 on mondays in the morning. >> we will now check the forecast. >> the drive was not foggy, was it? >> nothing. not at all. >> it was clear. a few clouds passing over, but they remain high and thin so the temperatures are cooler mostly although fairfield is five degrees warmer compared to yesterday and five degrees cooler in napa and san jose and oakland. you may need a little heavier coat but mid-to-upper 40's and redwood city is 50 for the warm

spot right now. newark and milpitas and lafayette at 47. half moon bay and san mateo is at 45 degrees. as we head throughout today we will see high clouds and sunshine but we will see a lot more sunshine than yesterday. the clouds will not be so thick. the coast is in the 50's all day, and by 4:00 by are in the upper 50's and during the evening we have the low-to-mid sects but the coast is in the 50's with a heavier coat. the in three days we will see a cooling trend and breezy on saturdays and sunday. the rain is on way for middle of next week. that is ahead in a few minutes but, first, we have the traffic. sue? >> on the bay bridge, we had early wood debris but the traffic is moving nicely. we had viewers tweeting up to nine cars with flat tires.

they are pushed off to treasure island. it looks like everything is moving behind. behind the tolls, it is still light with no metering lighting. in livermore there is a sig-alert in effect, and it has been out but they are having trouble getting it from the right land so we have slow traffic in the westbound direction but eastbound is getting by that scene and it is moving nicely with speeds at 35 miles per hour. >> thank you, sue. >> pope francis gets to work and how the new pontiff is showing the world high will be much different from the predecessor. >> relief for passengers on a stalled cruise ship but right now travels on another could be facing a voyage from hell.

>> san rafael, south bay, pleasanten and all the bay area this is abc7 news. >> good morning, 5:41. president obama is coming to the bay area to raise money for fellow democrats. the white house says he will headline fundraisers in san francisco on april 3 and 4 with the money earmarked for the midterm congressional election. he was last here on a fundraising trip in october for his own re-election campaign. democrats are focused on

retaining control of the senate trying to regain seats in the house of representatives. >> this could be pope francis' first quiet delay since becoming heard of the roman catholic church meeting with the cardinals today. he will meet cardinals who took part of the conclave and those over 80 who were not eligible to take part. we are learning more of the new leader who was a simple man and plans to stay that way. moments after becoming pope he refused to wear a gold cross, going for a wooden bill cross instead. >> simple person. he will not speak in grand terms but will try to say things and do things simply. >> pope francis is still making first impressions. on tuesday he celebrates the first official mass before a huge crowds that will turn out at st. peter's. >> google executive chairman is headed off to southeast asia next week, the "wall street

journal" reports he will be headed to cambodia, the first by a high level executive from a technology giant, a google spokesman says he will visit several countries in asia to connect with local pans who are working to improve the lives of millions of people across the area by helping them get online. he went to north korea not too long ago. the information technology sector is seen as a potential $1 billion industry. >> international rivals will start this weekend at at&t for bail at giants' home yesterday. semifinal action is on sunday when japan play as yet to be determined opponent and another semi is on monday. the championship is on tuesday. local hotels and restaurants expect extra business from around the globe. fans will spend over $850,000 as

they join three days of baseball fun. >> oakland is inducting the first hall of fame class celebrating the local public high school legends. the heroes include henderson and joe morgan and bill russell from basketball, and the only american to win the grand slam. tomorrow night the v.i.p. special will expect many celebrities. >> and one of the athletes, bill russell is if a new commercial where he tries to get the old timers back in the league and he is slacking with two hands. an actor is playing him. >> it is probably on youtube. >> we will check with mike nicco , our meteorologist and talk about the weekend. >> slam dunk will be dry through the holiday woke.

live doppler 7 hd shows it is dry this only. the lack of cloud cover is very prevalent here on the golden gate bridge this morning. temperature running 49 in san francisco and san carlos, and oakland is at 47 and 43 at half moon bay and santa cruz is 44. here is what i think for the forecast cycle, it will be brighter and mild today with high clouds and sunshine but not quite as dimming as they were yesterday. breezy but dry through the weekend and rain returns on tuesday and especially wednesday. here is a look at tahoe where we are not getting any snow not until tuesday into wednesday. at home it will be eight degrees warmer in san francisco, and oakland is at three and concord and santa rosa is two and san jose is 70 and fremont will be cooler at 68 for the high today. we will start down the south bay and san jose will be in the 60's and santa clara and milpitas and upper 60's in sunnyvale and

cupertino and everyone else in the mid-70's, and milbrae is 63 which is the cool spot. 68 in redwood city. and near 60 along the coast today, to mid-60's in downtown, and sausalito is at 67 and low-to-mid 70's through the north bay valley a wonderful time to head to the wine country with temperature at 60 at the beeps and upper 60's to near 70 for most of the east bay shore and headed to the wine country and live more it is 74. same in pittsburg and concord. tonight, the temperatures are pretty close to the morning temperatures, low-to-mid 40's inland and upper 40's to near 50 around the bay shore and to the coast but more cloud cover near the coast and a few of the clouds will spill in the day overnight. san francisco is 162nd st. patrick's day parade starts on sunday at 11:30 at 2nd and market street all the way down to civic center plaza you can see we have it highlighted in green, the parade route going

through san francisco headed up there to the sick center plaza and the temperature runs around 60 at the beginning and mid-to-upper 60's with sunshine and breezy as you head throughout the afternoon hours. have a great time. the seven-day outlook shows temperatures will be coolest on sunday from the next throw days and temperatures will hold steady on monday and much cooler on tuesday and wednesday with the rain. have a great day. >> back to the livermore area, here is what we know a big-rig fire blocking a right lane and a mechanic is there with trouble getting the big rig off the road. he is working on the brakes which are locked and it is a big mechanical issue. the sig-alert is in effect. the reverse commute eastbound, you can see westbound, though, is getting slow up and over the altamont pass and through the live more area. this sunday morning, 880 northbound, it will be completely shut down and they are putting the bart tracks over the freeway is that is on sunday

morning. >> happening right now more trouble if the carnival cruise line this morning. a ship is stuck in port. a second ship is having trouble getting home. this ship, the carnival "legend" is the second cruiseliner crippled in two days in the caribbean. the mechanical problem with the engine has slowed the speed. the captain is skipping a stop and headed toward florida right new. passengers on the stranded carnival "dream" in st. martin will be glenn home today after a problem with an emergency generator on that ship. >> everyone gave me a hard time when i booked this cruise saying i cannot believe you are going on carnival after what happened! >> last month, the fire cripples the ship leaving 4,200 stranded if five days without working toilets or power. >> ahead, confessions from drivers and what americans admit to doing behind the wheel.

>> and boeing 787 dreamliner has been stranded for two months and we learn when the jets will turn to the skies. >> and a popular twitter feature that could

>> it is 5:51. now a look from the embarcardero camera looking across the bay. the bay bridge there you can see

it better because it is not so foggy or cloudy. but a big change is creeping into our weather forecast. mike nicco will talk about that in a moment. >> you will have another option to get around the bay area because of a bike sharing program. there is an agreement, now, with the bicycle share, a $7 million pilot program. starting in august cyclists can pick up and drop off bicycles at 70 different locations between san francisco and san jose. the cost has not been decided yet but a similar program in washington, dc, charges $75 a year. >> the upcoming spring bake is leading san francisco muni system to reduce service while students are out of school part of a new strategy that they first tried over the holiday season in december when fewer were using the city buses and trolls. they will reduce frequencies on a dozen routes from march 25 to

march 29. the transit agency saved $27 $275,000 by reducing routes during the holiday season. >> there is word that twitter is ready to launch a music service called "we are hunted." they will use the service to launch a music app. twitter music will suggest artists and songs to listen to depending on the twitter accounts you follow. >> new change coming to facebook, the "wall street journal" says they working on incorporating hash tags that will let facebook index conversations so you can follow conversations on specific topics^. that is something they do on twitter, said to be very popular it gives you more reason to stay on the site and click on ads which means revenue. >> the business of weather right now, mike?

>> it has been slow as far as the rain and snow. we will pick up business next week. today, if you are traveling around the state, no worries. all of our radar is show dry air right now. temperature will run in the upper 70's to low 80's through the central valley and above am. 78 in los angeles. san diego is closer to average at 67 and 30 degrees warmer at 97 degrees in palm springs. the three day forecast for tahoe , no snow this weekend with temperatures cooling from 61 for a high to 51 on sunday and your snow is coming in on tuesday, wednesday next week and it could be a lot. >> in petaluma this accident was reported southbound 101 at washington. when it was reported it was cleared. just that quick. there could be a minor delay but the accident now is out of the lanes. in livermore, this big-rig fire has been out for quite some time.

the big rig is still there with a sig-alert in effect, eastbound reverse commute direction at 5 580, you can see westbound now is sluggish from the central valley toward livermore. kristen and eric? >> a strong holiday season wasn't strong enough for the harvest food bank in san mateo and santa clara county. it is described as overwhelming generosity but they missed the goal by $300,000. unless they can raise the funds they cannot serve 600,000 meals, almost 2 1/2 months worth of meals. if you can help, go to abc7 news open "see it on tv." that will long you to the website. >> boeing is confident that the boeing 787 dreamliner will be in the air in a few weeks saying they have finished testing redesigned batteries on a third of the bobo but -- of the boeing 787 dreamliner fleet, with

several extra layers of safety to prevent battery fires. the issue forces the regulators to ground the planes world-wide after nonstop service was started from san jose to tokyo. >> there are some proceedings you will not see on tv, the supreme court. two justices from the highest court tell a house committee that televiseing court proceedings is disruptive. they say the court is very conservative and not ready if tv. this came during a hearing on proposed cuts to the court budget. >> despite the warnings americans still using their cell phone while driving. in fact, two out of every three admit to using cell phone behind the wheel. the centers for disease control found that 69 percent of americans talk on their mobile phones while driving. 31 percent read or send text messages, a rate higher than drivers in seven european

countries and portugal came closest to the united states in the pentagon of -- percentage of persons using their phones while driving. >> a stolen taxicab and a crash involving a police patrol car. >> and a year since a teen has disappeared and the friends and family are coming together to mark the event. >> a heated exchange between a california senior senator a

>> use seven starts right now with live, breaking news. >> the breaking news comes from san francisco, police are vetting a stolen taxicab that crashed into a patrol car. >> shots were fired. abc7 news reporter, cornell bernard, joins us live. you are first on the scene. what are you seeing?

>> we are at jackson and spruce. the intersection is closed. the san francisco police car is on the scene. this could be a car that was rammed by a suspect driving a stolen yellow cab. police say they responded to the area after reports a man was standing on top of the roof of the cab vandalizing the taxi. when the cab driver get out to confront the suspect and asked, what are you doing, the suspect then carjacked the taxi. the taxi was elected a few minutes later here at this intersection. that is where police say the driver of the stolen cab rammed one of their patrol cars. police fired shots. the driver took off. the suspect, we are now told,s with arrested, at the intersection of octavia and bay

street. we are learning more information about this. we see broken glass in the middle of the intersection at jackson and spruce. we have looked at the patrol car and it does not seem to have damage. perhaps another patrol was war also involved in this. the situation is unfolding in san francisco and we will bring you the latest, later in the show. we are live in san francisco for abc7 news. >> we will check back. >> the weather check from mike nicco and a morning not so foggy. >> no problems with wet weather and we have dry weather and visibility is doing really well, with unlimited and 1,000 foot ceiling at half moon bay but not so foggy as yesterday. the bay