long time it's something we knew was inevitable. >> latest person to make the switch is day haigen. saying we shouldn't tell people who they can love or marry. heading outside now, did you feel the mist in the air today? showers on the way. >> yes. we have a lot of cloud cover on live doppler 7 hd right now. and 1/100ths so far. and so if you've been dodging drops it's not a big deal. we'll need umbrellas heading into easter weekend i'll let you know if kids will need rain coats for the easter egg hunts. >> thank you. >> we're following breaking news.

there are system wide delays due to a deadly incident at glenn park station. bart says a man jumped in front of a train there, run over and killed. no trains are stopping at the station for the moment. bart is tracking trains through glenn park affecting service along all bart lines. >> there are new concernses about safety tonight. 30 giant metal bolts snapped. the rods part of the system that connects the bridge deck to the cap that sits on the pier just east of the bridge tower, 96 rods have been tightened and a third have failed. >> when rods do snap they pop up. >> issue isn't one that is going to be a load bearing issue but it's one they're

going to have to solve. >> the rods discovered this month. caltrans says there is a teamworking on a solution. eastern span is scheduled to open labor day weekend. 159 days from now. stay with us for latest updates as construction continues. >> sanc;uuv6co investigators want to know whether a massive blaze threading through three buildings into the bay view this morn kog have been started on purpose investigators say they heard some talk about the origin of the fire, 20 residents of the apartment buildings had to run for their lives in the middle of the night. >> i was standing out front and this young lady told me there is a fire in the garbage chute. i went around there it was too

far gone. >> two firefighters suffered injuries and damage estimated into the millions of dollars. >> body of a south bay man on spring break in arizona has been covered. the 25-year-old steven fowler seen tuesday afternoon on a pontoon boat taking a picture with friends when he fell off the boat. his friends third heard a thump and saw blood in the water but couldn't find it a young girl could lose her foot. she and her grandmother were hit by a recycling truck today. both rushed to the hospital. doctors operated on the foot. they may not be able to save it. her grandmother had minor injuries. a man accused of ripping off a hayward woman for super bowl tickets is in custody thanks to a determined sheriff

deputy and police have fr california to florida. abc 7 news reporter nick smith joins us now with the story. >> good afternoon. sheriff office property crimes unit investigators believe they have a man part of a ring that may be responsible for duping hundreds of people of thousands of dollars. this is robert fam. the d.a.issued a warrant for felony theft by false pretenses. investigators say he's responsible of scamming a hayward woman for super bowl tickets never received. instead of the tickets she paid for, sharon got there. a nasty note rooting for ravens and no ticket. investigators called sharon to let her know they got the man. >> so happy. goal is to get him behind bars and make sure you doesn't do

this to someone eels when ticket master heard about this, they gave sharon four free tickets and 49ers gave her a ticket. she had an opportunity to have breakfast with nfl legend troy aikman. investigators describe it as a scam that used multiple ip addresses. and a driver's license listing as many as 15 different addresses. they're working to bring fam to alameda count yes to face charges. >> a sheriff deputy is recovering from minor injuries after his car flipped on its side. the officer responding to a call. officials say the deputy stwofshd avoid another vehicle

and hit the center median. >> time has run out for touchdowns. the deadline was today at 5:00 just about eight minutes ago. the position would replace you former supervisor resigning after he was accused of using taxpayer money to support a gambling addiction. candidates include former vice mayor skm labor executive, former trusty scott hung fam, public schoolteacher and a retired san jose city employee. the office will have a list available tomorrow. the election will be held june 4th. >> there is a surprise for several u.s. senators visiting mexican border today therk wanted to look at what challenges faced and saw a woman scale the 18 foot fence trying to run down into the city.

border patrol took her into custody. the senators watched it from just down the street. this tour is part of a group working on an overhaul of immigration law autos airlines getting personal about wae. a touchy question could cost you money. >> giants opening day is almost here. today, how fans will be plugged in this season. >> what is behind a push to get visitors

i coalition of groups launched a campaign to ban the sale of bottled water at

golden gate national recreation area. vic? >> this local initiative is part of a ngsal campaign to ban the sale of disposable water bottles and national parks around the country. >> their campaign called think outside of the bottle. the group is now targeting the area and yosemite saying disposable water bottles are destructive. grand canyon reduced waste stream by 20% after going bottled water free. >> supervisors announced their support and hsu says he's set to introduce a bill in san francisco. >> i will be introducing legislation to for bid, prohibit the sale of single

use plastic water bottles on city properties. >> the coalition says coca coalar using money and power fight them. >> though contribute to our national park system. >> american beverage association counters by saying they're a driving force behind efforts to increase recycling. >> consumers should be able to choose when and what they want to drunk. and so having bat watter in a bottle is important. >> most we spoke with said it would be a good idea to promote remuse useable container autos this makes perfect sense and would do good and would get rid of

litter. >> it might be harder for tourists and people coming in because they probably don't have water bottle was them. >> calls were not returned and they're a leading maker of bottled water and a leading opponent to this movement. >> state regulators fining a waste dump for failing to sort small spills. the owner of the landfill kept records of 72 miner spills from 2008 to 2012 but with not report them as required. department of toxic substance control says there is no evidence they pose dangers. >> coming under a record breaking cyber attack, experts say that denial of service attack on the spam house watch dog site is the largest ever

publicly disclosed. spam house employees say it's a miracle we're still online. >> the merger between american airlines and u.s. airways is closer. a federal bankruptcy judge gave his okay to form the world's biggest airline. department of justice have to sign off on this deal. a merger creating an airline with 6700 daily flights. >> one major u.s. airline say whug die your miles die with you. michael finney says that is not all airline autos it's starting to get very, very personal. airlines may start watching

our wae. i'll start with delta airlines. a policy says if you die your loved ones can no longer inherit your miles. delta says miles are supposed to reward the person learning -- earning them, not their families and most major airlines don't let survivors inherit miles. however, they may start watching your weight. a study out of norway says every two pounds of weight costs $3,000 peror for fuel so passengers should pay more if they weigh more but is that fair? >> for kids might be a good idea. >> men are larger than women. are they going to have to pay more to fly? >> one airline already charged by the pound. samoa airline out in the pacific. tax season has rolled around

again. many californians may qualify for free tax preparation services. tax payers earning $51,000 or less per year can get help from the volunteer program. disabled taxpayers and those who don't speak english can use the program. low income seniors can get free services from tax counseling for the elderly. i've poftd links you need on abc 7 news.com or you can stay just where you are and get free tax help. i'll host my annual tax hot line next thursday. representatives from irs ask other experts will be here to answer your questions. that is wednesday, april 3, starting at 4:00 p.m. we did this last week receiving hundreds of phone

calls. and helped a lot of people get your stuff together, tune in. >> thank you. >> sure. >> we all celebrated the world series last fall. i need to keep track of things. and new survey shows average ticket will cost $254 almost 15% higher than last year's home opener. the leap isn't as big as it was after winning 2010 world series. what about rest of the season? right now they average $80 a piece. i bought my tickets today for opening day. you can get them for 165. >> still a lot. >> it is. >> this is worth it.

>> giants do open next friday, today, team held an open house giants trophies were busy visiting 50 different cities. it also turns out world of social media is tuning in. >> we're ranked number three with 400,000 twitter followers and number four with 1.6 million facebook fans. >> giants finishing a social media center at the ballpark and gourmet hot dogs and suchy -- sushi can be washed down with champagne. >> i'm sure some people would love that combo.

>> not going to go there. today you had cloud cover around. maybe sunny break and sprinkles here and there. and so weather is changing. let me show you what it looks like. so far 6/100ths so they're seeing light showers. this light green is measuring into santa cruz mountains. boy just be aware of the fact there will be drops out there. you can see clouds and breeze blowing here. san francisco 56 degrees. it's 64 in san jose. check out the vu. you can see sun trying to peek through clouds. a beautiful view here.

temperatures now 62 in union city. highlights, spotty showers for thursday. a brief warm up coming on friday. then, scattered showers into the forecast this holiday weekend if you f.you have plans i'll show you what is going to happen. with weak systems coming through here, we'll go mostly cloudy with spotty showers into thursday. looking here, we'll start at 7:00 p.m. some clearing near coast. light showers developing. 5:00 a.m. for start of the commute they're scattered and light. then ahead into afternoon hours we can see showers at 2:00 p.m. now an area of low pressure off the coastline spinning

here friday is a nice day. saturday, we see possibility of showers by afternoon. and sunday, scattered showers around and so make sure you have umbrellas easter sunday, temperatures upper 40s to mid-50s. afternoon highs, close to safe levels in the south bay. cupertino 70 degrees on the peninsula, 65 san mateo. coastal areas 59 degrees in daily city. downtown 62 degrees this is where you'll see showers developing. 64 degrees in san rafael. fremont inland communities still mild 68 in concord.

69 fairfield and livermore. here is a look at the accu-weather forecast. spotty showers getting you ready for weekend. chance of showers saturday, showers likely sunday. and after that, drying it out. >> not for easter weekend. >> thank you. >> and still to come berkeley students trying to bring a class mate back from mexico go online to try to get political help. >> michae

would berkeley 4th graders started a petition to help

their class mate. the 10-year-old and his parents were visiting family in mexico their visas expired and they were denied enry into the u.s. and were told they had a five year wait to reapply. there of these brothers hope the petition will convince senator feinstein to help bring he ask his parents back to the bay area. >> allergy spots shoths could be replaced by drugs for those who suffer from allergies a study found the drops placed under the tongue helped to improve asthma symptoms and runny nose and sinus symptoms. they are currently being used in europe. >> bay area hindus get ready to celebrate a colorful

in the abc 7 newsroom we'll tell you about violations note bid a judge today that could dweel set backs to the california prison system. the affect it could have on a broken system of military justice that allowed sexual predators to go free z some of the things you can do in a blink of an eye without lifting a finger. it's coming up at 6:00. >> today behind youz around the world are celebrate the

hindu festival holy marking spring. >> they throw liquid and powder colors on each other, these are the photos from a celebration in southeast india. >> there is a huge celebration at stanford, april 6th and 7th. look under see it on tv. >> i don't think we want to try that in the studio. >> we'll have fun. >> world news is next. i'm ama daetz. >> thanks for watching tonight. >> our next newscast at 6:00. be sthour connect 24-7 on abc 7 news.com. this is "world news." tonight, the fighter. an 83-year-old woman taking center stage at the supreme court.

her case challenges the justices and rallies the crowd on marriage in america. [ chanting "edie" ] over the fence. an undocumented person tries to scramble across the border to the surprise of senators, there to build support for immigration reform. landslide. a close call tonight as the ground suddenly gives way, swallowing a home, backyard gone. what happened? and supermarket sweep. the new sophisticated ways thieves are stealing goods worth billions of dollars. undercover detectives ready to pounce from the produce section. good evening. we begin with an electrifying day at the supreme court, the nine justices wrestling again with the question of same-sex marriage, but this time, they

were challenged by an 83-year-old woman who brought them her 40-year-old love story. edith windsor received a hero's welcome when she emerged, saying, it's time to take a stand for marriage equality. and abc's terry moran was there. >> reporter: it's a classic american story. sometimes the big cases come to the supreme court out of conflicts between the states or battles between the branches of government and sometimes one american walks up these steps seeking justice. that's what happened today. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: 83 and radiant. edie windsor had her day in court. and what a day it was for her. this woman, born in the 1920s, has become a folk hero to countless young americans. >> you guys are talking freely. i'd have been hiding in a closet ten years ago. >> reporter: her case arises