wednesday a 47-year-old crashed in a big rig north of sacramento. he was a transport nurse with norcal >> we xart mentalize you have. but when there is a family member, there is no way that you can. >> the concern is that many ambulance workers are dealing with an avalanche of emotions after tucking them away. >> and on its facebook page, royal ambulance says about reed your compassion and ked dedication to helping others was inspiring and everyone lfed having you as a partner. smile will be miss bud never forgotten. that is on the facebook page. folks working with the man who died in that crash, very difficult time for them. within hours that, message

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want to go back to our top story. thank you for your patients. turn your attention to results of an autopsy just release today two months after lynn spalding's body was found in that stafrwell at sf general hospital. vic? >> this report says lynn spalding did not die from blunt trauma or falling down the stairs into the stairwell as one might think. there are no injuries to the head at least none that the medical examiner could find, but says she died from probable electrolyte

imbalance due to chronic history of ethanolism. what that means is that she died from possible liver damage in extreme dehydration causing a person to lose salt and other important body fluids which might cause brain damage or a heart attack. complicated by a history of alcoholism. now, medical examiners often use ethanolism interchange bli with alcoholism she disappeared from her room september 21st after being admitted for a bladder infection. her body found 17 days later in a stairwell. a search by sheriff deputies found, did not find her body though a researcher actually saw her body just days before being found report says that spalding died

before she was found. so we have this medical report which took a long time for them to come up with but we're told by investigators that the reason for that is because of the toxology report that took a while vic lee, abc7 news oochl thank you research. >> today's shooting happened on the eve of the one-year anniversary of the sandy hook shooting that killed 26 people. this student killed himself after wounding two other students in arapahoe high school in centennial. ten miles from kol lun biem high school. today, students ran from the school, herded on to the track and patted down. >> i did see a young man just,

kid, entering the building running military style. i looked and double looked it and was a shotgun. >> like we heard two more shots. and all of a sudden ran to a sprinkler room. just hid in there and locked a door. >> the two students are hospitalized. one is a girl reported to be in critical condition. >> this a day before the mass murder in newtown, connecticut. 20 children ask six adults were killed when adam lanza opened fire at sandy hook elementary before taking his own life >> a vigil took place today on the steps of san francisco city hall people who lost loved ones from gun violence stood up and

testified. >> what happened in connecticut and sandy hook is a defining moment for all of us. not young adults or teenagers but babies. babies. were killed and shot and slaughtered. >> the washington post is reporting 91 children, incollide cloouding 20 in sandy hook killed by deliberate gunfire last year alone. >> a bay area school led the way oni on discussions about gun violence. >> i hope people with mental issues will be given help instead of guns. >> their thoughts become words those words hopefully will turn into action. these 8th graders wrote messages starting with i hope. when done, they uploaded

the picture of hand message on to a web site. teacher was access lessons, what are the featured lessons is called hands of hope. >> they wanted to figure out a to help teachers teach about sandy hoovenlth these are difficult to teach about. tragedies happen what are things you've done in response to that? >> this teacher co-wrote the lesson with gabby giffords. and nicole hockly, a parent whose son was killed at sandy hook. laura opens up the topic for discussion with students. other teacher who's log on follow her lead. hannah felt says it's raising awareness. >> people are ware of what's happening. and people can reach out and help each other in times like this when people aren't sure what's happening. >> i hope the people of all

races, sexual orientations and ages will come together. i think people don't know what to do about it. >> there is a hope about what it means to be safe in schools today. >> all 4th and 8th graders completed hands of hopeless on-n los altos, abc7 news. >>

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problem involves a broken water main a thousand customers citywide left high and dry as a result. >> i haven't been able to get to the showers. that is not nice. >> my wife asking what to do about not having water. >> also in millbrae a mountain lion sighting. take a look. you can see the animals here. jump the six foot fence to get into this yard officials warning residents not to confront mountain lions. this happened behind a home near mills estate park. that cat was last seen heading east from the property.

>> cold snap may be winding down. black ice led to a series of accidents. >> this last serve down here, they come around on me. started to correct just laid it down. >> i slid about 62 feet. another vehicle came down the road. and struck a tree. >> according to chp there are ten ice related accidents. >> and employees getting out of the office to give a school a complete makeover. lillian?

>> work is halfway done baseball fields are getting a make over. mounds of dirt and sod are ready to go. this they're not used to the work, but having fun. i'm learning how if you cut the paint. using a roller. >> this company is helping trance form the school, getting everything. the students caught a glimpse from heading out on a field trip. >> they're asking what? is that going to be for us? yes. for you. the cost is over $1 million. the idea

>> we had to go out and celebrate just didn't seem like the right thing. >> idea stuck even if the economy approved. >> this is with flashy lunches gives a bad impression we're good people. >> and no one has regrets about not having a company party. >> we're bonding better. right? >> having fun, helping those who need it most. >> that is fantastic. iet s and nicer weather, not as frosty. >> no. spencer christian is here in time for the weekend. >> yes. no more freeze

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coming our way for a whiechlt outlook remains dry. you can find meteor showers looking at western sky. this is the best viewing time after moon set and twilight. 4:45 a.m tomorrow. looking at western sky, nice view. overnight tonight, low temperatures, low 30s at napa and santa rosa. still chilly inland valleys of the east bay as well. highs low 60s around the bay and inland. here is the accu-weather forecast. milder sunday through wednesday. inland highs reaching into mid to upper six owes highs on the coast into low 60s no indication of rainfall yet but a shift in pattern. maybe

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coming up? >> the perfect place to go on vacation without leaving the bay interstate 580 was the scene of another crash today two big rigs and a third vehicle closed down all but one lane in pleasanton this morning. crews write rited a big rig, one turned over and fuel tank ruptured spilling up to 100 gallons of diesel fuel police responded to a report of a car jacking. officers say a 13-year-old stole the vehicle from a 78-year-old man on 9th and alice streets. there was a

his condition but again, just 13 years old >> investigators say a gas leak sparked an explosion this morning destroying the home. the man suffered just minor cuts and bruises. >> store used to be this small house. just before 5:00 explosion blew it 70 feet away. >> firefighters say flames were fuelled by natural gas the meet yes, spinning. power lines were down. the damage became clear. home walls were

moved off foundations wind yeses blown out. and amazingly, the man still lives he walked with his dog. >> they got him on the stretcher. he was very jazed and confused. >> he had stitches to his leg and head he said he was doing fine. wefr one was amazed he was alive. >> incredible. >> fire investigators say there was a gas leak at the home they're trying to figure out what sparked this explosion. >> coming up a major victory for california high speed rail authority. >> also expanding into new

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>> that is all for now. thanks welcome to world news tonight, school shooting, a student wielding a shotgun. the scene at a high school in colorado. children led from the classrooms with their hands in the air. >> we just heard screaming and yelling. it was terrible. >> winter blast. 20 states from missouri to maine, about to be hit again. already cars on the highway, flipping in the freezing rain. and the real story of the spoonful of sugar, the man behind the famous songs, tells us secrets to the music we love. ♪ a spoonful of sugar ♪ helps the medicine go down >> our person of the week. good evening to you on this frid,