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>> you can see here a burning limo scene saturday night. investigators revealed it may take several weeks to determine the cause of the fire. five women died in the inferno, just minutes from a destination. a hotel when this limo caught fire. >> she was celebrating with her friends. the size of their party exceeded limo seating capacity by one. >> this vehicle listed as for carrying eight or fewer passenger ootz fire broke out in the westbound lanes. and crews raised to the scene. firefighters used a turn around to reach the burning car. we have live team coverage on the limo scene fire. nick smith talked to a

survivor. you spoke to the limo driver? >> right. he lives here in he took a step by step through what happened saturday night, an event he called horrific. >> i did not -- see smoke. >> or vil ricky brown told abc 7 news when the cry for help came from the back of the limo he was driving he misunderstood. >> i'm thinking she's saying she'd like to smoke. >> the 46-year-old ro brown told us he figured out what they're trying to say. >> no. no. smoke, pull over. >> and he looked back a couple times and see the grief on her face. >> brown says there are no

shoulders on the bridge it took him 90 seconds to figure out where, and when to pull over. the passenger started to crime through the partition window separating him from the main compartment. >> so as soon as i pull over there is a lady coming through the partition. another lady coming through. i'm on the phone, i'm on the phone trying to call 911. i can't. i'm shaking he says he helped two more women then someone managed to open the back passenger door. >> the door was opened, it was horrific. flames were high. and it seemed like they were just, i don't know how to explain it. but they -- they -- the car was engulfed. >> now, brown is a ware of the chp saying that that limo was only certified to carry eight passengers. he said before the fire he was not aware of that. he's only driven for the company two months. he's the driver not the one that books prtys and did not

know a party that have size, he says could ride in that stretch limo. he went on to tell us about what it's like to wait for the first truck to arrive. he thought it was a long wait. we'll have more for you on that tonight at 5:00. >> we're getting a firsthand account from a survivor of the fire. >> she. nick smith is live with the story. nick. >> you just heard laura mention that woman in her piece. that woman was a 36-year-old who is one of four women currently employed here at fruit veil health care center. all worked here at one time except for one. she tells me everything went wrong. >> i was sitting behind the

driver. he said it's -- the fire came out. i said there is a fire, stop the car, stop the car! and he stopped the car. and he just got out from the car. >> she says she crawled through the glass divider. she got stuck, and called out to the driver for help. >> let me get out from the car. he just opened the door that. is all he said. i asked him, help me, help me. bring out my head from the compartment. help me! i just squeezed over and slide myself. in the back. one of my friends came out.

and i heard someone yelling. they were stuck. i tried to pull her out from there she made two trips before a good samaritan stopped her. >> i need to go back and save them. but... the man said, you cannot go back anymore. >> speaking with her was gut wrenching. it's clear she's still shaken. coming up at 6:00 you'll hear more from the night that everything went wrong. >> nick, thank you. as you just heard she was the first to leave the hospital. >> and in anguish there after, we're talking to dave there, after the accident. she has just cuts and some bruising. she has been upgraded from critical to serious condition. another woman upgraded to

serious condition this afternoon z mary grace gardiano in stanford medical center. we believe she may have been released. the hospital has not confirm that had yet. >> coming up we'll take a look at the safety of the limo. looking inside of the vehicle you can see how hard for passengers to escape those flames. >> happening now, east palo alto police launching a targeted operation against street gangs. latest shooting took place yesterday afternoon. someone opened fire on stun smun in front of a mcdonalds. the chief says the shooter was targeting someone police will try to negotiate a cease fire. >> a volunteer firefighter in benicia has been arrested on suspension of setting two fires. investigators believe the 23-year-old set the fires.

the sheriff's office has identified two brother who's drowned in the lexington reservoir sunday afternoon. a 35-year-old from scott's valley and a 30-year-old died after the canoe cap sized. two other people managed to swim to safety. sky 7 hd over the scene yesterday. investigators say windy conditions could have been a factor in this accident and no one was wearing a life vest. >> victory today for san bruno city leaders. a state committee recommended the agency impose a $2.5 billion penalty because of the deadly 2010 pipeline explosion. the recommendation after the city and others called on the puc to take toughest action possible. >> pg&e said the penalties are extreme. eight people dead, 38 homes destroyed is extreme.

extreme is 50,000 segments of pipe, untested. extreme. >> pg&e released a statement this came from the committee recommendation and saying it takes responsibility for that disaster and says it expected to be fine but also adding quote, we believe every dollar of any penalty should be directed into work enhancing the safety of the system. >> that is cell phone video of workers that were injured when a r.they were doing repairs, one worker suffered serious burns. the electrical flash damaged equipment and knocked out power in the area. >> turning to weather, snow in the sierra. this is what it looked like this afternoon. cal transsays up to six inches of snow fell and light rain

has been falling in many areas. spencer christian is here now with a look. >> okay. first we're going to start with unusual weather here in the bay area we've had spotty showers. and developed thunderstorm tismt now, you can see this cell east of fairfield moving east of vacaville. take a look at this area of heavy down pours now between wooden valley road, just northwest of interstate 80 covering a wide area here. this is the one area featuring heavy down pours. this is another area developing east of vacaville. we've had an outbreak of thunderstorm activity. most remainder of the bay area is calm. over into sierra, snow nauling is in higher elevations down at lake level. it's rainfall right now. here is a live view from our camera. you can see a drop or

two, or a flake or two. not much happening at the time. current readings 67 in san francisco. 70s in oakland. 61 half moon bay. another live view of an interesting sqi sky looking towards mount diablo. breaks of blue and dark clouds, temperatures mainly into 60s this, is our first forecast. we'll see cloudy skies with spotty showers this afternoon. and evening. maybe norm thunderstorm or two. and cooler than average. >> warriors hoping to begin their magic accident. >> golden state warriors defeating sugits in six games.

this is not going to be easy though. the warriors lost 29 straight games in san antonio. carolyn was a toddler then. game three of the series first two in san antonio. game three friday. game four will be sunday afternoon here on abc 7 oo oh, boy, it will be exciting. a critical ruling from the state supreme court about the thofrt over medical marijuana shots. >> why 3 d printers are the latest controversy in the middle of the gun control debate. >> taking a look at traffic right now this is a the san francisco skyway. it's backed up for drivers trying to make their way across

sky 7 live over mission college the campus on lock down and it's just been lifted. turns out it was a big misunderstanding. we're told a crimeology student was carrying a card board cut out of an assault rifle. someone called authorities. they have given the all clear. >> new 4:00 california cities want the trite ban medical medical marijuana dispensaries.

>> state's high court ruled while legal in california cities will retain the right to decide whether or not to have them within their borders. the city of san bruno said no. >> chosen to have establishments and we've chosen not to. and it's our right to regulate what we can regular you'll yait. >> add vo yates protested the decision. >> penal people going to profit from the vision are cops and crook autos legally the state supreme court has last word on state issues but the legislature is still tweaking the law, that is part of the stwi r.story we're working on for abc 7 news at 6:00.

>> new star wars video games headed your way and the days of tax-free shopping on the internet could be over. >> good afternoon. disney teamed up with game maker electronic arts. the game expanding to all platforms and disney retaining certain rights to develop content. ea says teams are hard at work the city passed a bill to will require consumers to pay taxes online and could mean $23 billion in new revenue to the state. amazon, target and president obama voiced their support of the bill. ebay, facebook and aol are against it. turning to wall street, stocks

closed mixed, rising above 1600. the bloomberg silicon valley index higher today, shares of apple gained. and you tube planning to offer paid subscription offers costing about $2 a message. in san francisco, i'm emily chang, back to you. >> emily, thank you. >> jobs will be available tomorrow at our jobs journal hire event taking place from noon until 4:00 at hilton garden inn. >> job of forecaster is kind of challenging right now given we have rain, you know, it's kind of odd outside. >> muggy out there. >> looks like east coast weather. scattered showers and thunderstorms.

with where you can see scattered showers still rain wrapping around an off shore low. we have a little thunderstorm cell. and a wider area of showers and down pours. most of the bear is dry at the moment. and east of it we have a wider area of showers. no thunderstorms reported there. but there could be locally heavy down pours. forecast features we can continue to see isolated thundershowers dur evening hours. and we'll be warming up in time for mother's day.

movement is like this, i described wrap around circulation off shore. that is how these areas of moisture moving frup south and southwest throughout the seera, producing rain at lake level and snow above 8,000 feet. we'll have that pattern with us through tomorrow before things start to normalize. sorry. forecast at 7:00 this evening we'll see spotty showers around. they can continue to develop. and then it will start to wind down. overnight, clouds, a spotty shower. low temperatures on the mild side. tomorrow, highs in the south bay around or just above 70 degrees.

peninsula up to 70s in redwood city. low 60s on the coast. 70s in napa. 70 castro valley. inland east bay low to mid-70s. here is the accu-weather forecast. temperatures remaining below average and mid-80s inland low 60s on the coast. looks like a lovely mother's day weekend. >> up next, never disrupt a queen. why helen miren left hefr own play during intermission.

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lauren hill sentenced to prison for failing to pay tax autos and three additional months of home confinement. today hill explained she was always going to pay the taxes but she was unable to do so during a period of time when she dropped out of the music business.

before sentencing her attorney said she paid 970,000ses today satisfy the state and federal tax liabilities. >> you can walk to the beat of your own drum but not outside of a helen mirren show. she is starring in a play "the audience". >> she took time out to scold a troop of street drummers because they're disrupting zat matinee. they were marching to promote a gay festival. mirren dressed as queen elizabeth the ii. >> these drummers said they were actually terrified in harsh language and she the stopped. >> don't mess with the queen or helen mirren. >> here is tony cabrerra. >> and. >> i yorn man 3 taking in $175

million. the trip to the big screen had brought in a half billion world wide. the total stands at $680 million. in just two weeks that is faster than any other super hero flick. justin timberlake announced he'll kick off a solo tour on halloween. and finally lenny kravitz teamed up with unicef, and urged people to join the cause. >> vaccinating one child saves a live. that is why it can be zero children dying from preventable causes.

>> in november, lenny teams up with jennifer lawrence on the big screen. watch the trailer right now on otrc.com. >> still head on abc 7 news at 4:00 our continuing coverage on limo scene fire investigation, how safe was the limo that caught on fire on the bridge. we'll take a look at how hard it was for passengers to escape. >> plus, 3 d printers are hot now. how they're taking center stage today. >> are you looking for a about back up lap top? we'll take a look at what the newest gadget is and find out

back now for our top story. a limo scene fire that killed five women part of a bridal celebration. >> four friends survived. all are doing better this afternoon. we have video showing the limo engulfed. the driver tells abc 7 news it took a minute for it to become a full fledged fire. >> four of the women closest

to the driver managed to crawl through the opening to safety. the other five were trapped in back and died. abc 7 news continues our team coverage now with insight from a man who owns another limo scene company. wayne? >> today, a person from p.u.c. when regulates limb scenes was he will cooperate with the investigation. we asked what it's like in that car, how people might have gotten out. >> when russell magillcutty heard about the fire, several scenarios came to mind. >> they might have overloaded the equipment.

>> the limb scene russell owns bears only a casual resemblance to the one that burned saturday night. >> if i'm hitting unlock while you're trying to pull a handle ill it will not allow the door to be opened. >> theoretically a fire in the back and a nonfunctioning door would have led passengers to the front. but there would only have been one way out. the opening looks large. by the time you factor in the seat cushion, maybe someone will hurry there is no getting through here for an average sized person. not for a large one. >> this would have been awful. filled with smoke, flames it was a night of fun, celebration turning to terror in less than the length of the bridge.

some cars have disposal bins behind the back seat for tissue paper or trash. it's possible but not confirmed someone could have put a cigarette in a bin that might have caught fire. the bins are directly over the gas tank. >> coming up, how long did it take for crews to get to that scene? >> fbi says it disrupted a possible terrorist attack in minnesota. agents arrested this man friday. today they say the arrest saved the lives of locals. they did not give details but did remove pipe bombs and an assault rif rival from his home.

>> white house now says it's likely the assad regime was behind any chemical weapon use in seara. this after saying there were indications rebel forces used the nerve agent sairen. -- sarin. 42 syrian soldiers were killed over the weekend. israel says attacks aimed at keeping advanced iranian weapons from reaching the hezbollah militia. >> deadly attack on in benghazi, libya will be the focus in washington, d.c. tomorrow. christopher stevens was killed in the attack with three other americans. a top official will give testimony challenging the obama administration's account of what happened there. >> it's the controversy that won't go away. why did the obama

administration describe the attack on the u.s. consulate as a spontaneous protest? the attack resulted in the death of chris stevens and three other americans. some republicans argue it's an attempt to save face before the presidential election. >> there was a political decision to say something different than what was tronl say. >> the number two u.s. official says he knew immediately the september 11th sought was no protest. greg hicks a 22 year state department veteran says i thought it was a terrorist attack from the get go. i think everybody from the mission thought it was a terrorist attack from the beginning. un ambassador reciting talking points she received from intelligence officials that the attack was not premeditated though they contradicted what top libyan officials were saying. the obama administration admitted the incident was a terrorist attack. regardless of how initially

described the white house says the administration acted properly. >> there was condition accountability review board when oversaw a process that was rigorous. >> some republicans accuse the obama administration of trying to down play the threat. >> there is a tendency to under play what is, in fact i think a growing to some extent different threat than what we're facing three, or four years ago. >> state department fending off claims it's trying to intimidate people who want to tell what they know about the attack. >> for the first time the pentagon accusing the chinese government and military waits conducting cyber tacks against the u.s.. suggesting bejing may be using experts in what some say amounts to economic espionage.

a report accusing a secret military unit of years of attacks against 140 companies. >> two democrat lawmakers moving ahead to expand and extend a federal law against undetected firearms. senators charles shumer and congressman israel want a ban on the gun ponents. that law signed in 2003 bans possession of weapon that's cannot be detect bid a metal detector or a x ray machine. >> the fda warning pregnant women not to use certain migraine medications saying the drugs should never be taken by pregnant women and says they can decrease childrens intelligence if taken while their mothers are

pregnant. the fda adding new warnings to the labels. >> and an indoor tanning beds could carry more warnings about the risk of cancer. the agency wants all tanning beds to carry warnings to people under age 18 about risks and require manufacturers to before marketing them. the risk of melanoma is 75% greater to people exposed to radiation from indoor tanning. >> ahead on abc 7 news at 4:00 a lot of us triklike to play with dominoes. what one supermarket created today. >> from mount tam camera, clouds in the skpi scattered

showers still. i'll have the accu-weather forecast coming up. >> taking a look at san jose, this is instate 280 an highway 17. it's very light traffic right now. cars on the left from ones that appear to be coming towards us are heading to couper teen skbro perhaps beyond. traffic also nice for drivers making their way south. stay with us. the news a

>> if you've wondered what goes on in a shopping mall in the middle of the night here is an idea. >> this is creating a massive domino affect using items found in the stores. >> this is great create activity. >> i can't imagine how long this took. >> it went on for minutes as you can see here. take a look at this. >> who put this stuff away? look at that. >> let's check in now on the forecast. >> no such similar high jinxes going on in weather. >> you would think there is a

broader application somewhere. some scattered showers and thunderstorms right now. lightning strikes there. heavy down pours of rain reported now and beyond. looking eastward from this area of showers and near livermore now, this area was quiet earlier. just some light rain being reported. so... weather continues to be active and stormy there is a chance of a sprinkle or two. we think it will be droi for the game.

so looks like active pattern of showers over the sierra. lower elevations snow. mainly dry. certainly unusual weather for first full week of may. >> thank you. >> still ahead running a marathon. >> plus a typical spin class. >> and chrome books is a good option but which brand is the

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perspective on what his daughter, cassy exkbreernss every day. despite the challenge bruno complete aid 26.2 mile course. that is if you can see where you're going. >> he must be a regular runner. >> consumer reports partnered a good back up. >> have you checked these hout? there is a new kind being advertised that is call aid chrome book. >> this commercial for the new chrome book may have you intrigued.

>> easy to be easy to use. this expert looks at five from hp, samsung and a chrome book pismsel. >> it uses google chrome system. it's web based. everything you do needs to be done online. >> that is important saved to a google drive in the cloud. you do have a down load that gives you limited local storage. the upside is more secure with a chrome book. >> it gets lost, stolen and damaged. >> the fact google is storing damage in -- data in the cloud

is a down side. you get two to three years of free storage. then google charges you a fee for anything above five giga bytes. consumer reports says there is value if you just want one to serve the web watch a movie. testers found most are pretty light weight and should be immune to viruses. consumer reports sfez you're willing to give up a keyboard there is a tablet instead. >> that is amazing. >> yes. yes. >> that is remarkable. >> thank you. >> sure. >> still ahead at 4:00 governor brown gearing up for fire season. >> state leaders bracing for a very bad fire season.

i'm dan ashry. -- ashley. how long did it take for forts get to the burning bridge? obstacles on the troush try to rescue the victim autos michael finney is back putting flower delivery services to the test. which rise above the others? those stories and more coming up at 5:00.

just days into may it's proving to be an intense fire season. california is broke, but governor brown says we don't need to worry about budgets forecasting firefighting resources. >> the springs fire may be an indication of what is ahead for california.

cal fire responded to 1100 wildfires this year. the dry winter paid conditions ripe for a long, devastating fire season. >> climate is changing. it's going to cost money and lives. >> they assured californians the state is ready. despite costs highering firefighters and tuning up equipment was done early when latest readings showed own 17% water content. leaders vow money will not be an issue if fires keep up. >> we'll do whatever it takes to fight the fires. >> locals are very concerned about whether they can fulfill a request for help.

they help whenever state resources are enough. they've seen a 25% staffing reduction due to cuts which caused cities to shut down stations either permanently or days per week. >> we've seen down sides and staffing that zant lou resources elsewhere in state. >> so if we're short we ease eyely move other resources in to fill that need. no time did shortages impact our ability to fight fires this week. >> nannette miranda, abc 7 news. >> and thanks for joining us for abc 7 news at 4:00. >> the news at 5:00 begins right now. >> thank you. a firsthand account of that

horrifying limo fire on the san mateo bridge. tonight you'll hear from the first woman crawling out to safety as well as the driver. >> and load rood blocks firefighters hit while racing to get to a burning vehicle. >> tracking showers and thunder i'll let you know when the threat will hopefully be over. >> this is just horrific, flames were high. it seemed -- i don't know how tochl plain it. the car was engulfed. >> killing five women who were celebrating a wedding. i'm cheryl jengs. >> and i'm dan ashley. vic lee has latest on the

investigation we're going to start with one of the survivors today. >> it was hard to listen to but clear she wanted to share the story. she and the other nurses are from the philippines and met here in oakland. she tell meez they were like summers. >> let's see. behind this -- driver there is a compartment. and it's -- i fire came out. and stop the car, stop the car. and then, stopped the car. get out from the car. just get out from the car. >> she says she