we are on the northbound, rather, the north side so the cars are northbound. they got through without any problem. the big test is coming up, the morning commute, if this is your commute, you have a new route. take it slow. try it out. it will be something new this morning for you. live in, pacifica for abc7 news. >> a few hours from now the supreme court will hear arguments in the first of two landmark cases of same-sex marriage. here is a look from outside the united states supreme court where at 7:00 our time, justices will hear arguments on the constitutionality of proposition 8, california's ban on same-sex marriage. tomorrow, they will take up the federal defense of marriage act which defines marriage as one between a man and a woman. after prop 8 was passed by voters in 2008 lower courts ruled it unconstitutional for denying equal rights. polls show half of americans now support same-sex marriage. it is legal in nine states and the district of columbia and a

growing number of lawmakers and public figures are coming out in support of gay marriage. >> my son came to my wife and i and told us he was gay and that launched an interesting process for me which was rethinking my position. >> you do not need a 50-state solution presented by the supreme court when our democratic institutions are perfectly capable of handling the issue. >> among those expected to attend is california lieutenant governor, attorney general harris, and san francisco city attorney, along with chief justice john roberts' lesbian cousin, a san francisco woman, hoping to marry her partner. >> many people in the bay area are paying close attention. same-sex marriage advocates make their feelings known loud and clear. abc7 news reporter kira klapper is live at san francisco city hall. kira? >> kristen, good morning to you. supporters of marriage for same-sex couples will be here as

the supreme court hears the historic case on the heels of a huge march last night, the largest at castro and market street, the largest in years. we had video. you can seat marchers went through market street to the steps of city hall where we are now. the rallying cries of marchers were louder and several thousand joined the march, escorted by police. on the eve of today's hearing, this is the clear message to the woman cindy wants to marry. >> it is real deal. traditions are not just for straight people. i want to get married. i hope she says yes and the supreme court says yes. we will be there. >> two women from berkeley and two men from burbank are the couples bringing this case against prop 8 ban on same-sex marriage. one of their lawyers will have 20 minutes to, at the case against prop 8 and the attorney representing supporters of prop 8 will have 30 minutes to make their case. that is happening in washington,

dc, but here in the bay area at 4:00 this afternoon, there will be a vigil and tomorrow night for supporters of marriage for same-sex couples at the supreme court building here in san francisco. live in san francisco for abc7 news. >> five east bay cities will fly the rainbow pride flag over city halls, hayward, alameda, san leandro, berkeley and oakland have voted to fly the rainbow flag, a gesture to show support for the lgbt community while the high court decides on marriage rights. abc7 news reporter is in washington, dc, this morning, and at 5:00, she will join us live from the supreme court before she goes inside to witness today's proceeding. >> from overseas, italy's high court has overturned the acquittal of an exchange american student or american exchange student on murder charges. amanda knox said it is painful

but she is confident in the truth, so an appeals court must rehear the case against her and her italian ex-boyfriend. in 2011 they were acquitted in the death of 21-year-old which the prosecution said resulted from a drug fueled sex game. no timeline has been set for a new trial but if knox is convicted, italy could have her extradicted from the united states. >> a retired san francisco firefighter will try to convince the state to ban the flame retardant chemicals uses on household furniture and in baby products. the 27-year veteran believes those chemicals caused his cancer. he contract add rare form of the disease that he blames on repeated exposure to toxic smoke from the burning chemicals. today, he is leading the effort to get the ban and will deliver a petition with 55,000 signatures to state regulators considering changes to state home furnishing guidelines which allow the chemicals' use. >> i am feeling like i should

buy a lottery ticket. lisa said the chances for rain are not that great and -- boom! -- so what does that say? >> we are talking about isolated showers here around santa cruz, notice we have a little activity offshore and the hills of the east bay and low clouds will accompany this with a little bit of mist and drizzle as you head out. it will be cool and with that, the temperatures are being held fairly much in the 40's to near 50. hayward is near 50. los gatos is at 45 and 40 in santa rosa. always head out the door look for the cloud cover and cool conditions, 40's and 50's and by the afternoon the sea breeze kicks up mostly to partly cloudy skies, mid-60's an the bay with upper 60's inland east bay staying cool in the 50's at the coast and a look ahead, featuring the partly cloudy skies today, better chance of rain tomorrow, with similar

temperatures. by friday, behind the system, a quick warm up back in the 70's, but, then, the rain is going to return for the weekend with a full look at the seven-day forecast coming up. sue? >> good morning, lisa, we go to the bay bridge with a high wind advisory in effect with light traffic conditions. know delays moving into san francisco. now a look at the accident off to the shoulder, it is in sunnyvale. it is right there northbound 101 but not blocking a lane of traffic. just so you know, it is out there. you will need a tow truck or clean up crews and otherwise northbound 680 from south mission to north mission the three left lanes until 6:00, and eastbound 580, greenville to north flynn, two rest lanes are blocked with road work until 11 a.m. kristen and eric? >> it is now 4:39. next, calling on job seekers, 200 new openings you can apply for right now thanks to a new federal mandate.

>> new details on the search for the woman who took this child. authorities are looking for someone after a terrifying ordeal ends happily but first, the tech bytes. >> in today's tech bytes more news from t-mobile announcing details of the new contract free-pricing today. but they are also expected to announce they will be able to use the iphone a on their network by this summer. windows 8, can download upgrades to the mail, calendar and contact apps today. they are designed to managed communication more seamlessly between pc and other devices. a major advertising campaign ondemand airing tv ads showing a concert goer crowd surfing to get t viewers. the ads are posted online. and a sneak preview the first clip of the summer's wolverine movie is out on twitter's video service. the director calls this is

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>> san rafael, south bay, pleasanton and all bay area, this is abc7 news. >> new this morning, an officer with the department of homeland security at sfo will be arraigned this morning on charge of possessing and distributing child pornography. the 37-year-old was arrested this month, authorities launched an investigation two years ago into allegations that he was sharing child porn. police searched his san francisco home and found more than 80 videos of chile pornography on a sophisticated computer. he was arrested while working at sfo's security check point for passengers from overseas flights. >> also new, a south bay preschool teacher accused of trying to drug toddlers in her care is scheduled for arraignment in morgan hill today. she was arrested this month on felony charges of child

endangerment. a fellow teacher at the school in morgan hill saw her putting something into some of the children's sippy cups that was an over-the-counter sleep aid. she has supervised nap times for children one and two years old. the kips were taken away before the kids could drink from them. >> a wreck stepped sex offer fender is in trouble with the law after a teenager says he followed her home. the 59-year-old alton watson is on parole for assault, and a again-year-old noticed a man following her and he was standing outside her home. the parents call police and officers located the man and identified him. he faces charges of molesting a child. >> san jose police are still trying to find the person who stole a car with a baby need. it triggers a state-wide amber alert. the 11-month-old gabriella quintera is home, safe, with her mother this morning after a frightening ordeal that lasted hours yesterday.

abc7 news reporter has the latest. >> graciela thanked the community. her daughter, gabriella quintera, was the subject of an amber alert and the baby was found. >> my baby is okay, thank god and i was happy to have her with me. i want to say to everyone, thank you, thank you. ought nightmare began at 6:45 am when graciela saw someone driving away with the baby in the jeep when she left the car running. investigators do not know who was behind the wheel but it could have been the same person standing in the area shortly before the vehicle was stolen. >> we don't know if that female got in the car or walked off or what happened but that is the last person seen near the vehicle before it was taken. >> san jose place lunched an intense search that briefly shut down highway 101 and involved a

police airplane. then, nearly five hours later a maintenance worker at the apartment complex spotted the s.u.v. with the hazard lights on and he found the baby inside. >> i saw the car and i had a number on my phone and i called the police. >> they are trying to fine the person who took the vehicle. they dusted the vehicle for evidence. >> thank you. my baby is okay and now she is with me. >> graciela gave police a description of the woman. she is believed to number her 30's and wearing dark clothing with a red and white target bag. >> today is the last day you can pay cash to cross the golden gate bridge. tomorrow, all electronic tolling begins. crews installed the big sign above the toll plaza yesterday to remind drivers of the big change starting tomorrow paying your toll with cash will not be

an opposite. drivers will drive straight through without stopping. the speed limit also goes up from five to 25 miles per hour. you can use fast track, a credit card account or get a bill in the mill. we have all the information on our website at abc7news.com. click on "see it on tv." >> time for a check on the forecast. we touched on the sprinkles but how much wind do we have? >> we have breeze along the coast. it kept it cool yesterday. we saw 60's again, so as we look at live doppler 7 hd a few areas of sprinkles to pick up mostly south around the instruction -- santa cruz mountains. here we have nothing but over the hills we have a few areas of light shower activity. as you head in the midst and drizzle is more likely and clouds through part of your day if you are along the coastline and by the afternoon, again, we have the partly cloudy conditions. from the roof camera, we are

looking at numbers in the 40's, upper 40's in livermore and hayward is mild at 45 in los gatos and 45, also, in livermore. this morning, in san francisco, 48 for you. and 52 in oakland and upper 40's in san jose. and 45 in santa cruz. the cloud cover is keeping the temperatures pretty mild but not so cool as we could see. cloudy intervals not only today but the next several days, and a better chance of showers on thursday and for the weekend including easter. looking like some wet weather. as the clouds pushed through year, a weak trough also pushing through the area and that allowed for few areas of rain showers to the not of us, and what it means back home is thank you will see the clouds for the rest of the day today, partly cloudy, into tomorrow, and by tuesday morning, you will notice that we have more areas of the green going to show up, in fact, by the thursday evening commute, this area right here could push

on shore and make for a wet thursday afternoon. behind that, once again, we get a break, so, today, look for partly cloudy not to south and mid-50's in day he and 70 in los angeles and back home, in the 50's coast side, and breezy here, and mid-60's over in oakland, upper 60's for livermore and morgan hill and a look ahead, a couple sprinkles with the low cloud this morning and a mixture of sun and clouds tomorrow and a chance of showers on thursday and a break on friday and perhaps a rainy weekend, sue? >> good morning, everyone, a live shot now of the san mateo bridge where traffic is moving nicely from hayward over to the foster city side of things with no delays here and we don't have a high wind advisory for this particular span but that may change. you looking at 14--minute drive between hayward and foster city and elsewhere we will look at the road work southbound 101 you will find the left lane

coned off by the village. also, down do one lane approaching the golden gate bridge because of road work there in the process of being picked up now. >> contra costa county is taking job applications, with openings right now for agents to help california enroll in health care insurance under a new federal mandate taking affect in january. the "contra costa times" reports that 180 new positions are open at the recently approved health exchange call center to be located in concord. the salary is between $31,000 and $45,000 a year depending on expense. candidates can apply online at the contra costa county website until april 5th. >> if you are looking if a job, abc7 news could be able to help hosting a job fair player today with our partners at the jobdown, with the event from noon to four at 8th and market in san francisco, and at&t, or a california and home depot and the santa clara sheriff

department will be there with more details at abc7news.com. >> coming up, he is not even old enough to legally drink but he can sure spot a good deal and yahoo c.e.o. made this teen an instant multimillionaire. >> the remarkable power of social media, a facebook feature save add

>> welcome back at 4:52. boeing says a two hour test fly of the troubled boeing 787 dreamliner went according to plan testing the newly redesigned battery which was an important first step for the company to convince safety regulators to put the dreamliners back in the air. 57 have sat idle since batteries caught fire on two planes. >> good news for those who hate to power down ipads and

readers during take offs and landing, the f.a.a. will scale back the regulation this year. the f.a.a. studies show the devices do not interfere with cockpit instruments but the change would not include cell phones which still are banned for take off and landing. >> this morning, we are learning more of the british teen who struck a multimillion deal and a new job with yahoo. meet a 17-year-old who just sold his free iphone app to yahoo which automatically summarizes news stories for small screens, the deal worth $30 million, but yahoo will not confirm that. it is said to be part of the efforts to attract new engineers who focus on services for smartphones and tablets. that is why she offered him a job. the whiz kid taught himself to write software at the age of 12 and built this app when he was just 15. >> what were we doing when we were 15?

>> i don't think i was writing software. i am sure i was not a millionaire. >> time for a check on the forecast. >> that is awesome. and more weather. >> it is interesting. here is a look at the peninsula in the south bay where you will notice around santa cruz, picking up a little bit of sprinkle activity as well as if san jose and on the peninsula, mist and drizzle and sfo has been reporting a little bit of light rain. as you head in this morning with all the clouds piling up along the coast, do not be surprised if you run into a few areas of sprinkles and you need your wipers. throughout the day, high temperaturesant bay under clouds and in the mid-60's. inland, it should be warmer toward concord and upper 60's but staying at the coast. we will see how it is in the mid-50's. heading out of town to the southland there are still clouds with mild temperatures and we could all see rain bit end of the week.

sue? >> we have first reports of a stall in the macarthur maze and c.h.p. is trying to locate it but they are saying it is eastbound 80 where 880 splits off and i am looking at a shot of the maze and not seeing any delays but i don't see a stall so we will follow that for you, as well. otherwise, we have road work out there and we will look at san francisco we have the ramp closing southbound 101 to eastbound 880 and that is until 6:00 this morning, and by sfo, northbound, 101 from millbrae to the airport, that lane, two left lanes are blocked until 6:00 a.m. >> it is 4:55. mark kelly astronaut and husband of former gabrielle giffords give, stopped an attack while on vacation in southern california. the video may be difficult to watch, his daughter and passerbys were desperately trying to stop her dog from attacking the sea lion on the beach and you can see kelly step in to get the american bulldog mix off the sea lion and calm the dog down, although the sea

lion died, marine biologists determined it was not due to bite wounds. >> the $3 million painting at the palace hotel in san francisco that was going to be auctioned off is not going anywhere. the owners of the famed downtown hotel changed their mind after getting an earful from the mayor and many others. the pied piper was hanging there for 100 years and the palace how tell agreed it was part of the heritage and will be restored and displayed at hotel. it was created for the re-opening after the 1906 great quake. >> people go on facebook to reunited with old friends or make new ones but a massachusetts man is getting a new kidney because of the social site. the 51-year-old met kelly wright on facebook and they are scheduled to undergo surgery, a bacteria infection from surgery in 2011 sent his body into shock and the kidneys shut down

immediately. the father of two was put on a waiting list and realized it could be a long wait so he found a perfect match through living kidney donor network on facebook >> i decided to donate my kidney. >> i thought it would be an incredible gift to help another person. >> she is from newport west palm beach and is staying with the family until the surgery is over and they hope their story leads to more awareness for the living kidney donation foundation. >> next at 5:00, we are hours away from the start of the historic supreme court hearing on same-sex marriage. what is at stake as justices take up the case. >> the parking plan getting thumb's down from neighbors, how you can sound off

>> abc7 news starts right now with live breaking news. >> it is breaking news we first brought you at 4:30 this morning crews are on the scene of a fire in alameda burning right now. >> it broke out on park street near san jose avenue before 2:30. here is a look at the flames. they have destroyed part of a three-story building. it appears firefighters have the fire under control but you can see plenty of flames and smoke from moments ago, several people have been displaced by the fire. we do have a crew headed to the scene and we will bring you more when they arrive. >> on this tuesday morning, time for a check on the weather forecast. aa couple of things to talk about with lisa. >> good morning to you. starting out in the south bay along the peninsula, and the santa cruz mountains a few areas

of spring olds, low clouds and fog providing some of the lift. we are looking at, perhaps, a sprinkle or two headed in this morning. otherwise, temperatures are mild with cloud cover in the 40's and 50's. again, this afternoon, we will return to a sea breeze and that will allow if temperatures to be coolest at our coast but overall we are talking about 40's headed out and mid-50's throughout the afternoon to the upper 60's in our warmest inland east bay and for the evening hours, that fog returns. we will talk about the better chance of rain coming up in a bit. >> a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza they canceled the high wind advisory with just a few cars headed town san francisco from the east bay but it is a nice ride into san francisco. now a check on the road works we will go first to the south bay where we have northbound 880, the great mall parkway to 237, two right lanes are closed