abc7 news reporter cornell bernard has the latest and will join us next half hour. >> richmond police have increased patrols after a brazen daytime shooting that left a man dead. the jogger was killed yesterday at 28 and virginia streets targeted in a group of people 20 running as part after vocational class. two others were wounded. police do not have a custody but they found the get away vehicle reported stolen early in the morning. >> a man is in custody after driving the wrong way on highway four during a high-speed chase after 6:00 last night in baypoint. when the deputies tried to pull the man over for driving recklessly he took off at one point driving into oncoming traffic. officers arrested the man a short time later after he went off the road in pittsburg. he had several warrants out for his arrest. >> the body of a soldier from san jose is back on u.s. soil after he was killed over the weekend in afghanistan.

the 24-year-old specialist was among five americans killed when a suicide car bomb detonateed sunday. also kill was a 25-year-old state department diplomat. the family is heartbroken. >> we honor him as a soldier myself and as a brother and all the other soldiers that have done their sacrificing for the country. >> he did not fear, he said if i am going to be gone, this is my mission, this is what i have to do. i'll accepting the fact. if it happens, it happens, mom. >> he was on the second deployment after joining the army in 2007 previously serving in iraq. four other americans were killed in the explosion. >> this morning, we will learn why steel rods on the span of

the bay bridge broke. caltran will address the transportation commission. caltran is expected to answer questions on whether testing protocols were followed after three dozen steel rods snapped beneath the bridge deck last month. engineering experts and a private consultant criticized caltran saying that the failure was preventable. caltran's estimates it will cost $1 million to fix the problems. the span will open labor day weekend, 145 days from now. >> it is 4:34. the city of santa clara is moving closer to having a large scale entertainment hub built next to the 49ers stadium. on tuesday the city council agreed to let a developer launch a $200,000 study of building options on the 230-acre site that would have paved city own land near great america parkway to make room for shops, housing and restaurants. the project would be five times

larger than san jose's santana road. >> governor brown is meeting in beijing with trade officials after signing an agreement to strengthen economic ties between california and china. the governor is leading business leaders from across the state including the bay area on a week-long trade mission. their signed memorandum of understanding establishes a working group made up of dozens of business and government leaders from california and china. they will meet regularly to discuss trade and investment opportunities in infrastructure, agriculture, energy, and tourism. >> president obama's budget is on the way to congress guaranteed to anger both ends of the political spectrum. the president is looking for a deal to reduce runaway deficits that topped $1 trillion in the last four years. the left is bashing the plan saying the poor and elderly would suffer from the proposals to slow down the growth of social security and medicare,

conservatives are unhappy because it calls for new taxes to reduce the deficit. >> tensions rise higher on the korean peninsula this morning with concern that a north korean missile test could come any day now. a south korean defense official warns the north has completed preparations for such a test and that the prospect of a north korean missile launch is considerably high. the missile is expected it have a range capable of reaching japan. a japanese defense official is inspecting missile interceptors deployed at tokyo headquarters. >> it is coming up on 4:37. time for a check on the weather and track. >> would you like a repeat of yesterday afternoon? >> how about calmer, still? >> still? we take it. certainly loving the warmth we had. >> calmer and warmer today. we set a few records yesterday in some of our newer reporting stations like the napa airport and santa rosa airport and concord and hayward could set record highs. the rest of us will get into the

90's and we will be warmer-than-average. you saw how dry it was on live doppler 7 hd. through 7:00, most of us are in the low-to-mid 50 and away from the coast we are in the low-to-mid 70's by noon and you can head outside for lunch and not worry about the breezes. we will be in the 60's along the coast. mid-70's at 4:00 around bay. low 80's inland. we will hang out in the 50's at the coast at 7:00 and 60's in the bay and low 70's inland. a delightful evening. the sea breeze returns tomorrow and temperatures drop five- to ten-degrees. they above average away from the coast where you will be back in the 50's. it will be breezy again by saturday. now an update on the traffic. leyla gulen? >> in the santa cruz mountains we are tracking a fatality on bear creek road. it does not seem to affect traffic. 171 moving well in that direction but we will keep our eye on this. we have construction in san jose. that is causing a bit of

slowing. southbound 101 we will have one lane blocked until 5:00 a.m. in san francisco we have construction out there, as well, blocking the on-ramp between southbound 101 to eastbound 80 lasting until 6:00 a.m. chris -- kristen and eric? >> a student magazine story that has everyone talking on the peninsula that touch add nerve on a high school campus. >> immigration reform hits home. the appeal 4th grader

>> covering san francisco, east bay and santa clara and all the bay area this is abc7 news. >> good morning, at 4:41. a group of 4th grades from berkeley taking part in a rally tonight as part of national day of action for immigration

reform. students at jefferson elementary school are trying to bring attention to their campaign to bring their friend and classmate home. ten-year-old guzman was visiting family in mention cone when the visas expired and they were denied entry in the united states in january and told they had a five-year wait to re-apply for new visas. >> in washington there is a tentative deal on allowing farm workers in the united states, one of the key issues that has been standing in the way of immigration reform measure. lawmakers are not offering specifics on the deal but a bipartisan group of senators is hoping to come up with a sweeping reform bill by the end of the week. >> april is sexual assault awareness month and students are taking an honest look at rape with personal and eye opening accounts that have students talking. abc7 news has more from palo alto. >> this month's issue of verde magazine has everyone talking at palo alto high school.

>> people are saying positive things. >> the subject matter is weighty, the issue focuses on the topic of rape. >> this is something that everyone who is in high school, who is going to college, who ever drinks who will ever have sex should read. >> the magazine dedicated six stories to rape. the cover story focused on two palo alto female students who admitted they drink too much and were then raped. >> this is a reality at college. >> lisie sabbag interviewed the victims and wrote about campus reaction. >> if someone says they are raped people will say, they are just looking for attention or they got drunk and it is their fault. >> the magazine conduct add nonscientific online student poll and found 57 percent agreed that certain women are more likely to be raped because of their behavior. 26 percent agree that if a woman gets drunk and is then rained, she is responsible for what

happened. >> we are a liberal community but some of these statements were certainly: if not ignorant, not very well thought out. >> students found the issue eye opening. >> it was surprising to know that this kind of thing is happening at our school. >> students picked up this issue of verde magazine today on campus, parents will get their copy in the mail on thursday. in palo alto i am here for abc7 news. >> san bruno police are asking for your help in finding the armed robber who held up a chuck e. cheese restaurant. these are from surveillance video and this man robbed the chuck e cheese on monday and the robbery took place at gunpoint inside the manager's office away from customers. police say that there were 15 children and 15 adults in the restaurant at the time. they did not know the robbery was happening.

the man drove away in a silver newer model toyota prius. >> the warriors are going to the playoffs for only the second time in 19 seasons and for the first time since 2007. the warriors clinked the playoff berth in front of fans in oakland last night by routing the minnesota timberwolves 105-89. the warriors are seeded six out of eight playoff spots in the western conference and only have four games left which ends next season. it is amazing and six years ago only fine of therm currently in the team in the nba and five of them were in high school. >> they have confident now. that is the number wing thing. >> the second most important thing, the lakers are almost out of it. >> they are not a young team. >> exactly.

that is the problem. >> we have warm weather on the way. speaking of putting pep in your step maybe you will feel younger today when you absorb the wonderful sunshine and remain whatth. check out live doppler 7 hd showing how dry this area of high pressure is that is sitting on top of us the well jump into what is going to happen, sunny, warm, and calmer today. we will have cooler arrive arrive tomorrow and the warmth peeks. it will be breezy but mild and dry over the week. there is still a breeze out there as we look from sutro, the financial district and you can see the bay bridge in oakland and emeryville in the distance. it is 60 in san francisco, and 62 in oak. dress for 54 in san jose and walnut creek at 51, the cool spot is 41 in palo alto and mill valley is 57. across berkeley and toward san francisco, you can see how clear and clean the air is right now. the temperatures are cooler, napa is 46, and fairfield is the warm spot at 58, and 49 in livermore and union city and los

gatos about 52. check out the temperatures, they jump another two to eight degrees and we go from the 70's and near 80 yesterday to the 70's and mainly 80's in most of our neighborhoods. here is what is happening, high pressure is moving right over the top of us and that is the calming affect on our weather which is why it will be so warm today. in fact, this warmth reaches the height today until tomorrow when it returns the sea breeze to us and cools us down. today, though, there will be a touch of summer in some areas with upper 70's to mid-80's in the santa clara valley. gilroy is 84. up the peninsula we are at 75 in san mateo and mid-to-upper 70's look the coast and low-to-mid 70's around downtown and south san francisco and sausalito and low-to-mid 80's through the north bay valley and mid-60's at the beach and mid-70's to near 80 degrees along the east bay

shore to 82 in fremont and castro valley and hercules. the warmest weather in the east bay valley and concord is a new reporting station at 84 which would be a record high temperature. as far as tonight, it will be mild but notice the clouds coming back, that is the sea breeze. we will be in the mid-40's to mid-50's. cooler for some of us tomorrow morning. again, during the afternoon we drop about five- to ten-degrees tomorrow and temperatures are still above average in the low-to-mid 70's through sunday. have a great day. leyla gulen? >> good morning, everyone, at 4:47. we are checking your time in walnut creek, southbound 680, we stay with a buildup of traffic but clear at 24 junction. now as we move to the east bay, i want to let you know we have this accident on the on-ramp to northbound 880, and right now we do have an oil spill so crews are out there trying to mop

things up. further in san jose toward the south we have a closure that will last until 7:00 a.m. and this is along northbound 880 between the expressway for highway 237 we are looking at at least a couple of lanes blocked and that could affect your commute early this morning. back to the santa cruz mountains we have had a fatality reported off of bear creek road just near highway 35 and we are not really sure on all the details. we will be tracking this as the morning continues. >> since you came on almost two weeks ago we have been laying, where this the world is leyla gulen? >> you are making plans too? >> i am, the weather change is beautiful. coming in early it was very warp, i was very surprised but i have to say this is a very allot doorsy area, the bay area so i am look, forward to riding my bicycle along the embarcardero, going near golden gate bridge bark and doing the rock climbing, actually, there is isa

rock climbing place indoors. it is just a beautiful city to explore. >> we like the biking activity, tandem, you and me. you pedal. >> next, the effort in sacramento to get tough with the boy scouts over their stand against gay members. >> the big welcome lottery players in california are giving to the powerball game. >> the role snow white played in a hard touching reunion between a four-year-old girl and her dad, a united states

>> welcome back on this wednesday morning. in china a new strain of the bird flu has claimed a ninth

life with the number of cases now at 28. the first case is of h7n9 announced last week all reported in shanghai and three eastern provinces. people are contracting the virus through direct contact with infected birds. >> a poll is out on how americans feel about paying taxes with five days to go until the april 15 filing deadline. the latest washington post/abc news poll shows 85 percent supporting taxpayers doing what they $legally, to trim what they owe the government. they are almost evenly split how they see the internal revenue service. 49 percent view it fairly and 48 percent view them unfavorably. >> guess what? california is looking for a new gold rush, powerball is getting off to a strong start in the first week here. tickets for the lottery game generated $3.1 million in the first 24 hours after they went on sale on monday morning. it was closer to $4 million last

night. officials say they have blown away the previous first-day sales record set by florida in 2009 at $1.5. the powerball drawing is tonight. >> now to a surprise reunion in the magic kingdom for a little girl made a wish to snow white and disneyland that her marine dad stationed in afghanistan would come home. this is the four-year-old visiting the magical well at disney, she coughs her eyes and said i wish my dad would come home and guess what? there he is. when she opened her eyes, her father was standing next to the wishing well which turned into very tight hugs and kisses. >> so nice! >> i am sure that is her biggest wish but imagine if at the moment standing in front of the winning well she wished for the latest barbie doll and dad is standing there. >> well, yes, not as good a

story. >> 4:54. we will see a lot of sunlight. >> telling a warm weather story. >> lot sunscreen is needed at at&t park. sunshine and 70 and wrap up to 73 and hold at 72 toward the end of the game as we wrap up the series with the rockies. have fun. here is a look at a file cloud over the sierras this morning, mainly sunny today. with temperatures holding in the mid-80's, low-to-mid 80's through the central valley and warm in tahoe, 64 to 71 in yosemite. sprinkles by the end of the day and 66 with sunshine in monterey and 80's around los angeles and palm springs and 72 in san diego. safely travels. leyla gulen? >> we will take you out to the drive to the east bay where we have a report of an overturned truck blocking a lane along northbound 680 at mission boulevard so it could be causing and slowing if you make your ride in this area with trouble

yesterday morning with debris causing a problem for 20 cars getting flats. we also have construction that is scheduled until 11 a.m., eastbound 580 between greenville to north flynn there is road work until 11 a.m. so if you are going through the central valley you could be slowed down out there. christian and -- kristen and eric? >> a bill intended to punish the boy scouts for banning bay members and would deny tax-exempt status to groups that refuse to accept atheist or transgender or gays. >> the boy scouts will reconsider the policy in may. >> high school graduation rates are improving in california but there is still a huge

achievement gap between the rich and the poor. according to the state department of education in 2012, 78.5 percent of high school seniors graduated with their class. that is up 1.4 percent from the previous year. at richmond high, a third of the seniors did not graduate with their class. a nonprofit program called college is real helps students graduate and get to college. >> we are all in the same boat. it was the money. we were scared of going somewhere we would not be able to make it. >> locally, santa clara, san mateo, and contra costa counties graduated a higher percentage of seniors than the state-wide average. education officials say more funding to restore counselors would help prevent dropouts. >> next at 5:00 a.m., the mystery police are trying to solve after firefighters discover a burned body. we have new developments on that story. a local man accused of taking

hundreds of thousands in taxpayer money and authorities are having trouble arresting him.

>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. wednesday already. it is 5:00. thank you for starting your day with us. i am kristen sze. >> we will check on the weather forecast first. calming down the last couple of days, mike? >> yes. high pressure is moving in.

you will not have to worry about picking debris from your card. dry air is coming into the forecast and unlimited visibility. a nice morning to see the stars and ought to be pretty nice sun rise. just not so colorful. 61 in allah made. 62 in redwood city, the warm spot. 49 in half moon bay and 48 in milpitas and 62 in fairfield and needless to say we starting off warm and we will end up warm around the bay, 71 to 82. 65 to 68 at the coast, and 80 to 86 inland. leyla gulen? >> good morning, everyone, we are looking at the drive, san rafael along 101 if you are headed into central san rafael at petaluma we have clear conditions and it stays nice moving down to 580 and beyond to sausalito and the waldo tunnel. in the east bay, we are

trafficking a car that went over the mountains on highway 35 but traffic is not affected. in the east bay we have an overturned truck northbound 680 at mission boulevard and it sounds like there could be injuries but one lane remains blocked. >> developing news now, san jose police are trying to figure who was the man whose body was found burning on a freeway on-ramp as firefighters battled a brushfire last night. abc7 news reporter is live along highway 85 with the latest. >> the gruesome discovery is a very big shock to the firefighters of san jose who spended to the on-ramp from highway 85 in san jose for a small fire. they found much more as they tried to put the fire out late tuesday they discovered a body close to the sound wall in