>> we will continue to check back with you. >> now a check on the weather forecast. mike? >> live doppler 7 hd tracking dry air this morning, but it is breezy. that is bringing in cooler conditions. our temperature extremes go from 60 in antioch to 49 in napa. traveling through santa rosa, novato, and oakland and mountain view, 54 and concord 53, hayward and san jose at 52. high clouds today and sunshine. not so remain what as yesterday. still not bad. temperatures in the upper 60's an the bay and mid-to-upper 50's at the coast where the clouds are more stubborn. >> good morning, everyone, at 5:03. at american canyon we have a report of a car that went over an embankment to a ditch on eastbound canyon road at i-80. someone could be trapped. emergency crews are out there trying to locate this victim.

further to the south we look at the san mateo bridge we have a high wind advisory and expect to see some delays starting tomorrow for the next two weeks with automatic toll plazas installed. >> new this morning, san francisco police chief is dropping a controversial plan to arm some officers with tasers. he made the announcement at the police commission meeting. katie marzullo has the latest from the newsroom. >> this is surprising. the chief had been pushing for the tasers not for the entire force but for about 70 officers specially trained in crisis intervention. this morning, the "san francisco chronicle" is reporting the chief is taking his proposal off the table. he says after taking public suggestions under advisement and changing the policy for how the tasers could be used, usage was so restrictive the less lethal weapons were no longer viable and tells the chronicle that officer would give so much pause

to "if" they should use the taser it would put them and the public at more risk. at a hearing in august an expert on taser induced heart failure outlined why there should be restrictions based on weight and able. >> distance between the chest wall account heart is much smaller in a thin person and elderly person and children. you want to avoid tasers a young person. >> the chief said another restriction was if the suspect was too close to traffic. the chief proposed the tasers in july after police shot and kill a man armed with a box cutter in the financial district of the he was on the run after stabbing a co-worker. the chief 2409 tasers could prevent a similar deadly shooting in the future. the san francisco police department is one of the last major cities in the united states to not arm officers with tasers. the police commission has rejected them twice in the past three years. >> in the east bay, a concord

middle schoolteacher is on leave after a video surfaced showing the teacher striking one of her students. the cell phone video shows the middle schoolteacher with a long object which according to another teacher was a foil roll of wrapping paper. the teacher is accused of hitting one student and threatening others and was recorded by a student before spring break. >> the video came to your attention when? >> on monday, april 8. >> you saw it online or a student showed you? >> student brought it to my attention. >> your reaction? >> we want to do everything we can to make sure the students are safe and we are protected and that is our priority. we investigating. >> the parent says the teacher has struck other students in the past and some kids are afraid of her. >> in antioch hundreds of students will be tested for tuberculosis today after a student was diagnosed with the

illness. contra costa county officials say a student at deer valley high school was confirmed to have active tuberculosis on march 25 but no longer is infected. letters went to parents to let them know any student who shared a classroom will be tested as a precaution. 200 students will be tested today. >> four cities in the silicon valley are being considered as the permanent home if a new regional patent and trademark office. our media partner, the "san jose mercury news" reports shows, santa clara and mountain view and sunnyvale are in the running with a temporary office in in mo park. a group of parents, educators and community members are planning a protest this afternoon against plans to build a drive through mcdonald's after developers wanted to add

the restaurant in the orchard shopping center, land that has been vacant for 20 years. some are concerned about safety because the mcdonald's would be across the street from a middle school. the city council will vote on the issue next week. >> now a check on our forecast. what for we have in store? >> i don't know if you experienced it, it was so windy i thought my kids were awake and running around there was so much movement in the house. >> not much of a breeze where i live. mike? >> the closer to the coast the more likely you will be affected. here is the ferry building with the flags blowing to the east. this time yesterday they were fairly limp as we had high pressure sitting on top of us, but now the sea breeze is back and cooler weather is on the way. today should be a better day. sfo has gusts up to 40 and it will be a bumpy ride this and

out of sfo gusting to 25 at half moon bay to 20 at san carlos and in the upper teens around santa rosa, novato and oakland and san jose at 14 miles per hour. the clouds. are out there at the coast, some will spill in the bay with gorgeous sunrise. we will be in the 70's mostly inland in the afternoon. it will be low-to-mid 70's. mid-to-upper 60's at the coast. mid-50's at the coast. the next three days will be between storms so a couple of degrees warmer and mild on saturday but look at cold front, it becomes windy, sunny and cooler for sunday with 50's and 60's. now the morning commute. leyla gulen? >> good morning, as we take you back to american canyon, crews are trying to locate the accident that was reported along eastbound. jamison at i-80 a woman was driving and a car went down the

embankment and now she is in the ditch. we will keep our eye on that problem. >> to san bruno in the peninsula, southbound 101 transition to 380 will be shut down until 6:00 a.m. kristen and eric? >> another snub to san jose in the efforts to move the a's to the city and the nfl commissioner -- rather, baseball commissioner says he will not meet with the mayor reed. >> a clerk fights back against

>> covering novato, oakland, sunnyvale and all bay area this is abc7 news. >> officials believe a north korean missile launch is imminent and they have been making preparations. the pentagon says a high-tech floating radar is now up and running joining naval destroyers off the korean coast. experts say a launch could be timed to the birthday of north korea's founder, the current leader's grandfather, on monday. it is the biggest holiday which in the past has been used to show off military power. >> store owner used a baseball bat to take on a pair of armed robbers and lived to tell about it.

two men entered the store in chicago on tuesday. can you see they are seen pulling a gun and all hell broke loose. the owner swank a baseball bat at a robber who was shooting at him. he is firing at him. the store owner was only hit one time in the leg and a robberrer shot his partner. both got away but the store owner is alive to tell about it^. >> they picked on the wrong store owner. >> possible fines and financial trouble for lance armstrong with a spokesman confirming that armstrong has sold the austin estate, a deed shows oil and gas rights agent golf a -- got a lon to buy the home. the house was listed at $10 million but the selling price was likely lower. armstrong was stripped of the seven tour de france titles last year. >> defense secretary hagel and

the chairman of the joint chiefs will face lawmakers determined to cut pentagon spending. hagel and army general dempsey will testify before the house armed services committee on president obama's 2014 defense budget. the hearing comes a day after the president proposed his $526 billion spending plan. the budget calls for steps that congress has rejected in recent spending fights as another round of domestic base closures and an end to weapons systems and an increase in health care fees for military retirees. >> major league baseball commissioner says he will not meet with san jose mayor reed after asking for a meeting to discuss plans to move the oakland a's to san jose. in a letter, he referred to additional litigation over the move. the san francisco giants claim they have territorial rights in the south by. the a's dispute that. he says discussing possible litigation would not be productive and the commissioner appoint add committee more than four years ago to study the a's plan for a san jose ballpark.

there is still no decision. >> cal will have a new football coach when they take the field this year, they will have a new look. yesterday, they showed off the nike uniforms, the biggest change is a new logo with a snarling aggressive bear and a great football uniform option. this new logo and customized lettering will be used in all sports to eliminate the confusion of current uniforms. the new football coach says they will wear blue jerseys and gold pants at home and gray or white jerseys on the road. the bears on the season august 31 against northwestern. now it will be a fashion competition because nike provides new uniforms to the university of oregon almost every game. >> nike is based there in portland. >> i am not sure about the overt aggression, we have always been

more subtle, i feel. >> there is little subtlety on the football field. >> maybe it will grow on me. mike nicco is checking on the wind. >> it is breezy. that is the winds of change coming back to the forecast and bringing cooler weather. as we look at live doppler 7 hd you can see how dry it is this morning. we are going to keep it dry for a while. no need for the umbrella unless the sunshine is not your thing. from sutro tower, a pretty picture of downtown san francisco to the east bay hills. the big story is 10- to 14-degrees cooler than yesterday. in san francisco, fremont, san jose, concord, oakland, all will be cooler-than-average temperatures. cooler today, mild to warm tomorrow and saturday and another cold front will come law and bring us windy, dry, and cooler conditions sunday and monday like today but probably cooler than today.

as far as mount tamalpais you can see just how clean the air is, with the bay bridge and way down here that is the san mateo bridge and that is pretty significant significance from 2,600'. santa rosa is 53 and napa is 49 and fairly is 52 and 51 and hayward and los gatos are 52 and 51, so, pretty mile. while you were sleeping, the cold front raced through the neighborhood and high pressure is in between with the clockwise flow bringing in the cooler weather today. now at look at temperatures, especially down in the south bay where morgan hill and los gatos are the warmest at 73 and milpitas and sunnyvale in the upper 60's. a lot of mid-to-upper 60's on the peninsula where it is breezy. we will have clouds more stubborn on the coast and temperatures in the upper 50's with mid-60's around downtown south san francisco more high clouds and sunshine and you will see that through the north bay with low-to-mid 70's.

it will be a nice day outside at the coast but it will not be that summer warmth we felt yesterday. mid-to-upper 60's along the east bay shore and we will have 69 in san ramon and everyone else in the low-to-mid 70's. the seven-day outlook shows up a couple of degrees tomorrow, we hold steady on friday and the next cold front is five- to ten-degrees cooler sunday to monday and another warming trend on tuesday and wednesday. dry all seven days. leyla gulen? >> cars spilling into the toll plaza. check this out, clear conditions, no slow downs at walnut creek, from concord and pleasant hill to walnut creek we have clear conditions but a buildup of traffic at this hour moving from 24 junction. look at automatic the red. those are brake lights, with busy conditions at this hour. we do have some delays along bart, and the trains in and out

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>> welcome back. san jose's famous falcon are in need of help. they were or are in need of names. these are the new chicks. childrens five to 18 would live or go to school in san jose can enter a contest to name the falcons. art work, essay, video or song is required to enter. go to abc7news.com for more information and click on "see it on tv." >> mattel is taking heat for a new barbie doll, a mexican barbie. her accessories are being called in question, she has a chihuahua which some call stereotypical and a passport which one said was inappropriate because of immigration issues in the united states. mattel responded say, she is one

of 100 all with regional animals and passion ports. >> they have a french barbie and she comes with a poodle. >> i like that! >> mcdonald's is responding to growing complaints the employees are rude and unprofessional. here is jane king with the business report. >> mcdonald's is giving the restaurants a manner's makeovers, the "wall street journal" says they are pushing to improve service because of rising complaints including a new restaurant management structure and a new system that involves placing your order at one end of the counter and picking up at other when the order number comes up. the number of people who get health benefits through employer are on the decline with only 60 percent of members getting employer health benefits in 2011 because of the rising costs of insurance and the large numbers of people without work. >> has your boss asked you to do nonwork-related tasks? one in four workers say bosses

have asked them to perform tasks not related to the job. among them is spying on senior management, working on the bosses daughter science project and loaning the boss money or buying a life goal for them. bosses have asked employees to hook them up with illegal substances at the new york stock exchange for the bloomburg business report. >> now the advisories that are out there, an airport advisory for sfo. we will have gusts from 35 to 45 miles per hour and chaws choppy conditions an the bay water and, also, over the ocean, so watch out. that lasts until 11:00 with the airport warning until 10 this evening. there are a few showers in the sierra but those are going to move on by the time you head up that way and it will be mostly cloudy and 57 in tahoe and 67 in yosemite and sunny in the central valley, and 74 in los angeles and cooler at 66 in san

diego. cars are finding dishes this morning. details from leyla gulen. >> we are headed out to american canyon where we still have a report of a car that went down an embankment and now is in a dip. the eastbound side of jamison canyon road crews are trying to locate the vehicle but it is still dark so they are having trouble. in the south bay, southbound 101 to eastbound 237, there is another car that want off the side of the freeway so, perhaps they took that turn too quickly. san jose along 87 is looking clear by the off-ramp. >> leyla gulen, thank you. ryan seacrest is the latest celebrity victim of a swatter, a hoax 9-1-1 call reported that armed men were shooting their way into the "american idol" host home but beverly hills police they found only a confused see crest who joins a growing list of celebrities

swatted in recent months including justin timberlake and rihanna. this week, an antiswatting bill advanced through the state legislature in sacramento. >> developing news from vallejo, a rolling gun battle leaves four people in the hospital. ahead, what police are revealing about the late-night violence. >> more developing news, a stolen car, a police pursuit, a crash, and late night search, the chain of events keep the

>> abc7 news starts right now with breaking news. >> good morning. we have breaking news we have been following. a search is underway for two carjacking suspects. >> a wild chase ended with them

crashing into a fire hydrant, a building, and a bus. abc7 news reporter cornell bernard has the latest. >> the two carjacking suspects are likely injured crashing a nissan into the side of the apartment building at union and van ness. believe it or not they took off running and took out a fire hydrant. look the at the video shot moments after the crash. an incredible sight with water gushing 20 or 30' in the air. it was carjacked, the vehicle, flee days ago. the suspects took off when they were spotted, and they hit a bus and hit a hydrant and then slammed into the side of the apartment building. look at the side of the suspect car.

airbags were deployed. it is hard to believe anyone could walk away let alone runaway from here but that is what happened. police are now looking for two male suspects. there is no real description on them. they say they were wearing black t-shirts and are very likely injured from the impact of the crash. there were no passengers on the bus. the driver was shaken up. the driver was not injured. the investigation conditions at union and van ness. we are live in san francisco for abc7 news. >> now a look at the weather forecast. will it be cooler today? >> and breezy. >> right on both counts, 10- to 15-degrees cooler in most neighborhoods. live doppler 7 hd showing the dry air is moving in and the temperatures that are cooler than yesterday but brentwood is at 60. the north bay valley is the coolest from novato in the mid-to-upper 40's. and 50 in richmond district and

san mateo and half moon bay and 52 in redwood city and cupertino. 51 in newark. in the afternoon you will see high clouds and sunshine and 63 to 70 at the bay. brick -- brisk at the coast in the 50's. >> we are hearing of high winds across the san mateo bridge so be careful between hayward and foster city. at the south bay right now if you are headed through milpitas we have a brand new accident, a car spun out northbound 680. it hit another car so watch out for that. no slow downs as a result of that crash. this crash is southbound 101 to eastbound of the freeway, with no slow downs but watch out. the crews are on the way. the drive along the golden gate bridge great marin county to san francisco, it is looking clear. >> we have developing news from vallejo where a gun battle

wounds four people, one seriously. police are trying to figure out how it began. abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield is live at the police department with the latest information. amy? >> we got a briefing from an officer who was on the scene. he tells us that at least 30 rounds were fired in this gun attack. he says it happened about after 10:00 last night in north vallejo. four people were shot. they were all inside one car. they believe the gunman or more than one gunman was in another car, they were chasing the victims and shooting at them while rolling through a neighborhood. >> it is very dangerous. generally the people that get hurt in these situations are the citizens. we were fortunate we did not have any residential properties hit or did we have people who were inside the houses injured by any of the gunshots.

>> the victim's car crashed and two of the victims were found inside the car, a man and a woman. two others were running away knocking on people's doors trying to get people and they clapped. police say all of the victims remain expected to be okay. one was shot in the head. officers say all four of them are expected to survive. police say the victims are not cooperating with police. investigators don't have a lot to go on. they say though believe the shooter was in a white small car and they are not sure if it was american made or foreign made. they do believe there could have been more than one shooter because they say the casings were from different caliber guns, handgun and a rifle or shotgun. they don't enjoy would they are looking for or how 19 people, possibly more than one shooter, possibly in a small white car. they don't know, also, if the victims were shooting back at them and they don't know why this happened.

this morning, a 30-year-old man is if jail in martinez after allegedly assaulting a man on a bart train and being taken down by fellow passengers. police say zachary mccabe seen here in a backing go to from another arrest last month, was lying across two seats as the train pulled into the bart station yesterday morning. investigators say he started fighting with a 62-year-old man who wanted to sit down and other passengers jumped in to break it up. police arrived three men were holding mccake -- mccabe down after a woman used her stun gun on the suspect. >> i laud that woman who used her stun gun. it sounds like that was appropriate. >> stun guns have less voltage than tasers and people do not need a permit to carry one. >> speaking of tasers, san francisco police chief is no longer asking that some of his officers be allowed to carry a

taser. the "san francisco chronicle" reports the chief has withdrawn his proposal that specially certified officers carry tasers. these wanted the less lethal weapon so officers could use them on suspects they could not reason why, such as those who are mentally ill or drunk but after so many restrictions were added, suggested by the public, he says the taser would have been useless. we will explain the restrictions coming up in a live report. >> east palo alto police are searching for the person who shot a man walking down the street. it happened before 8:00 last night on azalea drive. police say the 29-year-old victim was walking down the street when he was shot in the head by someone in a passing car. the only description police have so far of the vehicle was it was dark in color. investigators say the victim is in stable condition this morning. on capitol hill the senate is set to vote today to start debating gun control

legislation. a bipartisan agreement would expand background checks to gun shows and online sales. some have threatened to filibuster the vote. president obama welcomed the agreement saying it represents significant progress but he wishes parts of it were stronger. the national rifle association says the focus should be on mental health and the sources of violence such as gangs. >> developing news from the midwest, a state of emergency has been declared for missouri after a string of tornadoes ripped through the area overnight. tens of thousands of people still don't have power. authorities say a tornado touched down last night in the st. louis suburb ripping the roofs off several homes. there are reports up to six tornadoes touched down in all and one of those is blamed for damage in northern arkansas and van buren county where it left dozens of homes damaged. drivers were hit by the strong winds and some cars and trucks remain overturned. >> that certainly has hit close

to home, right? >> relative of my wife it took them four times as long to get home because of tornadoes, storms, and rain. >> mike? everyone okay? >> everyone is fine, thanks for asking, they did the usual, went to the basement although i begged them to try to take some video for us. >> you didn't! >> i didn't. my sister lives two miles from here, so she was two miles away from where the tornado hit you can see it brought down power lines and snapped trees. very impressive system moving through the midwest. in minnesota they had 2" to 3" of ice so very dangerous storm whether you are on the warm side or the cold side. yesterday was gorgeous, but custody different, the sea breeze is back, we will have high clouds and sunshine this afternoon, and lingering low clouds in the coast where you are will stay mainly in the 50's and in the mid-to-upper 50's at

noon to the afternoon and upper 60's to mid-70's inland, so, still, pretty mild by normal standards for this time of the year but not so warm as it was yesterday. tomorrow into saturday, a few degrees warmer, a little more cloud cover and another dry cold front will bring us breezy conditions and cooler weather for sunday. >> the drive from berkeley approach the maze, at 580 we have a few extra tail lights on 80 westbound. right now at the san mateo bridge, we start to see more traffic. we have a high wind advisory out there so be careful of that. i want to take you back out to the san mateo bridge where we have construction that is kennelinged starting tomorrow for the next few weeks and this will involve the installation of automated we tolls and you will see delays out there. so be careful of that. a quick look at the travel times, you are under 20 minutes between antioch and concord and

580 is building at 22 minutes from the central valley and into dublin and 80 is a quick drive at 13 minutes down to the maze. >> kristen and eric? >> we know mike would not ask his sister to take video in the storms but he would. >> beavers are making themselves home in the south bay, ahead, why the critters are so rare. what it is revealing about the local ecosystem. >> legal fight over burningman, hundreds of thousands at stake and the decision build

>> coughing benicia, san ramon, and all the bay area this is abc7 news. >> this morning, a pharmacy company has launched production of an antimalaria drug, 12 years after a breakthrough discovery by a uc berkeley professor. they announced they will start producing a partly synthetic version of a chemical critical to making the antimalaria drug based on the cal professor's discovery. he hopes to save the lines of hundreds of thousands of people in developing countries. each year, 650,000 people die great malaria. most of them are children. >> governor brown spoke at china's major universities this morning calling for unified action to combat climate change.

he told students, we have one big problem and we have to work on it together. the governor is on a trade commission in china and has signed symbolic agreements to boost trade between california and china and to help the world's most populated nation to improve their air quality. and they will create up to 10,000 jobs here in the area. sponsors of burningman festival have won a round, with the nevada legislature approving a bill preventing the county from trying to hit it with new regulations. it is held on land owned by the federal government but the county officials slammed organizers with a $1.50 fee to pay for law enforcement. burningman is suing to overturn the fee which it says would cost $600,000. burningman is a counterculture festival that draws 50,000 people a year to the nevada

desert. >> do men walked in a grocery outlet in san leandro if january and a robber pulled a gun on an employee and demanded money. they fired shots in the cerealing to scare people. the men are suspected in seven recent robberies. there is a $20,000 reward now to help track them down. >> there is great excitement in the south bay over the discovery of a colony of beavers in downtown san jose. it has been 150 years since beavers have been seen there. the past two weeks video cameras with night vision lens have captured the mother and two babies feeding in the dark. a willow tree truck was a sign they had settled there. the beaver habitat is along a park trail and the guadalupe weather is used to teach schoolchildren about nature and ducks and guess get along fine with humans and the hope is that

so, too, will the beavers. >> we hope we can co-exist and use them to illustrate how healthy our water shed is becoming and use this as a benchmark to see what other species come back. >> experts say the run of the beaver is a sign of a healthy ecosystem and looks good for other species including salmon. >> the weather cooperates we will see a lost students studying nature. >> it would be nice to be outside today. it will be breezy so hold on to the hats or high-profile vehicles across the bridges. the winds are fast on the bay bridge and san mateo and to a lesser extent the san rafael bridge. it is dry this morning. today in our forecast, as we slide across san francisco we can see it will be partly cloudy with a cool breeze.

it will be windy this weekend on sunday and that is another cold front that will drop our temperatures but the cold front will not is rain all seven days. all dry. seven days dry. if sutro tower a look at the financial district and downtown san francisco to emeryville and it looks like berkeley is clear this morning. san francisco is ten degrees cooler today with the 64 and 69 in fremont, and 11 in san jose, and 71 and 11 degrees cooler in san francisco, oakland will top out 5969 today and 13 and 14 degrees cooler than yesterday! you can see the flag on pier 15 is more limp than earlier. you can see the gusts start to unfurl the flag and that is the wind. the flag is facing to the east more than yesterday so that is the cool breeze coming off the ocean. right now, throw mid-50's from san francisco, oak, san carlos,

san jose, and half moon bay and santa cruz. here is what will happen today, cold front passed while we were sleeping and now the rub of cooler air on the clock-wise flow around the area of high pressure, it will hang around as the breezes will, but the high pressure comes back tomorrow into saturday, it will be calmer but then another cold front comes in on sunday with cooler conditions than this. next, upper 60's to low 70's in the south bay with san jose at 71 and mid-to-upper 60's on the peninsula and mid-50's and brisk along the coast, and mid-60's in downtown and south san francisco and breezy here, also, compared to yesterday and low-to-mid 70's through the north bay valley and mid-to-upper 50's at your beaches and upper 50's for the east bay shore and hair at 66 and mainly low-to-mid 70's in the east bay valley. the seven-day outlook shows a couple of degrees warmer tomorrow and saturday and look at the next cold front temperatures are dropping five- to ten-degrees to sunday into monday and another warming trend on tuesday and wednesday. have a great day. leyla gulen?

>> we like warming trends at 5:48, 101 headed southbound the tail lights are building as you make it down to 580 to central san rafael with the drive out of petaluma not a problem. in the south bay, the drive to milpitas we have a report of an accident, northbound 680, it hit another car. one is resting in the center divide and the other is on the shoulder. it does not appear that any lanes are being blocked. back to american canyon, we have this other crash, and crews have now located it and are requesting some cable eastbound jamison canyon road near i-80 a care is in the ditch and that person is being helped out right now. >> we were chatting, yesterday, and i want to hear more about this, a legally blind dancer who appeared on "dancing with the stars" but first i want to know why you were up so late of watching?

>> so inspiring, a beautiful ballet dancer, featured on "dancing with the stars" and she is legally blind but she danced like a pro, 17 years old. i saw an article and i am looking forward to the weekend and going to oakland to see the dance company a cone made up of dancers who have disabilities so essentially a ballet in a wheel chair so i am very excited to see the company, celebrating their 25th year. very inspiring. >> leyla gulen has a dance back ground. >> no secret i love dance. >> that is great. let us know. >> i will give you updates. >> or pictures. >> photos. >> dancing and go get some go doughs. >> millions of cars are being recalled this morning with a defect at the center of attention. >> the fast food chain known for the sour cream and other

high-calorie toppings and taco bell will revanche the junk food image. >> at 6:00, google driverless car hits the road and when we can expect the vehicle to become

>> welcome back, 5:53. more than three million vehicles recalled over defects with their airbags made by the same maker. it affects the big japanese automakers, toyota, honda,

nissan and mazda. toyota including color low -- corollo and camry. honda is recalling 2001 to 2003 civic and crv's. nissan is calling five models from 2013 including top sellers. and mazda says it affects various models with all the airbags involving the same company, and involves the passenger-side airbags but has not caused more injuries. we have more on abc7news.com. ought power jackpot will continue to grow, 123,000 if california won something by matching some numbers. the prizes started at $4. the in drawing is saturday. the jackpot has grown to $70

million. >> it did not work out so well for me so i will try again. >> now, more attractive numbers, our meteorologist, mike nicco, not so warm as yesterday. >> breezy in some areas especially where we have the airport weather warping for gusty wind tomorrow all the way through 10:00 this evening and if you are thinking of headed to the bay water or the ocean it will be alcoholy from now until 11:00, with small craft advisory for you because of the choppy seas. now, if you are traveling around, a few showers through the sierra, but most of those will pull away by the time you get up there and leave partly cloudy conditions and 57 in tahoe and mid-to-upper 50's eureka and monterey and breezy through the central valley and 74 in los angeles but 90 in palm springs. safe travels to you. >> right now we are headed to

the east bay along 80. you not the only one with the idea to head out of the central valley and down to 30 miles per hour as you head over the altamont pass the speeds are picking up a little bit. as we head up to the four, that drive also is slow into antioch at 14 miles per hour and in the south bay we have a report of an accident northbound 680 and it is causing a bit of slowing, look at our waze app, down to ten miles per hour with a report of moderate traffic. you can get this app and track your own traffic at apple app and google play. >> taco bell is looking to shake its reputation of junk food and will offer more balanced choices. the goal is to have 20 percent of the menu items meet federal nutrition recommendations by the year 2020. that can mean new products and

changing existing menu items. the move comes as taco bell tries to appeal to those looking for healthy fast food restaurant. >> fewer in california receive health insurance through work according to a new report by the robert wood johnson foundation that funds health research. employer-sponsored insurance dropped in the last decade. in 2000, 62 percent of non-elderly population had health coverage through work and by 2011 it dropped to 53 percent. the cost could have had something to do where it. the report says the average employer-sponsored employer premium has doubled from $6,000 to $15,000 over the past decade. >> next at 6:00, we are continuing to follow develop news from san francisco a c.h.p. pursuit ends in a crash and a search for the driver and passenger. we are live at the scene.

the mayor of san francisco will talk about help getting the super bowl to the area. >> and candy versus healthy candy? consumer reports

>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. now at 6:00, police pursuit in the streets of san francisco ends in a gusher of water shooting into the sky and a late-night search through a neighborhood. >> new this morning, san francisco police chief makes major announcements about the plan to arm police officers with tasers. >> 2 1/2 years after the peninsula pipeline disaster the city of san bruno has a new plan for the empty lots left behind by homeowners who refuse to rebuild. >> 6:00 on thursday, thanks for joining us. i am kristen sze. first up we will check on the

forecast. mike? >> good morning, live doppler 7 hd is dry this morning but the winds of change already were noisy last night. notice when you step outside this morning it is cooler around the bay at 56 degrees through 7:00 and we will have high clouds and sunshine at noon to mid-60's and headed through the afternoon and in the evening temperatures will hang out in the mid-to-upper 60's. around our inland neighborhoods it is milder at 50 with a few high clouds but we will have more as the afternoon unfolds and 67 at lunch time. 73 at 7:00 and comfortable 67 in the evening. the coast is cooler and the breezes are considerably faster than yesterday. 50 this morning and the clouds are stubborn and partly sunny and brisk in the afternoon with mid-to-upper 50's. now the morning commute. leyla gulen? >> good morning, everyone, we are taking a look at the drive through san francisco talking about wind. we have a high wind advisory on san mateo bridge, so look doubt that, the area shaded in yellow

green is wind that could affect your commute. we will head to the east bay where we have report of a brand new accident along westbound 580 to the negotiate transition. we have slow traffic there coming from pleasanton and into dublin. the golden gate bridge is a beautiful drive from marin to san francisco. we. >> we are continuing to follow developing news from san francisco where a c.h.p. chase, chasing a car that had been carjacked ended in a gush of water shooting into the sky. abc7 news reporter cornell bernard joins us with a look at the video at epa necessary and union. >> the search is on for two carjacking suspects from the central valley. police say they crashed a stolen nissan into the side of this apartment building at union and van ness. you can see the damage. they took off, then, running and took out a fire hydrant. look at this dramatic video shot