>> tomorrow is sophia lu's birthday. she would have turned seven years old. >> why did it happen to her? i could not save her life. the driver killed her. >> she says her heart is forever broken. she and her children were returning from a family dib dinner on new year's eve. a driver hit them as they were in the crosswalk. in san francisco's tender loin. >> the truck coming to us. and thr throw -- slow down. the driver slow down. really slow. i was thinking woe stop. >> the mother says she has lost her angel. sophia's little brother was hurt and didn't understand his sister is gone. parents at the school have started a fund raising drive.

>> we heard that they didn't have any finances to plan a memorial or a funeral. we were worried about the costs and you know lucy not working and personal costs. >> police arrested a 57-year-old driver for the on demand car service uber. the company says he was not working at the time of the accident and has since been dismissed. supervisor jane kim wants stit to take a look at what she calls the gray area of who is responsible. >> we have a new type of business that only just begun to get regulated at state level. no clear answers about when there is liability. >> whoever is to blame it doesn't bring back this mother's child. >> i lost my daughter that day. >> the family can now start planning the funeral the fund-raiser has netted

$11,000 so far. if you would like to donate we have information on the web site. just click on see it on tv. in the newsroom, i'm carolyn tyler >> thank you. >> tonight an arrest in a arson attack. the fbi said it has the man who torched the chinese consulate in san francisco it happened last week. the whole thing caught on video. ab we are live about what we know about the man facing charges >> what little we do know raises more questions than answers we know he has no criminal history. his answer to the question and fbi interviews is that, well, strange. to say the least. this afternoon, federal agents met with officials about developments in the case in future security measures. this

morning the fbi briefed reporters on arrest the criminal complaint gave insight into the investigation. fbi agents reviewed video from the security camera that shows a minivan and a man carrying large objects moments later a large fireball explodes the blast destroyed the main entrance. two days later the fbi made an arrest. >> last friday law enforcement arrested a 39-year-old from daily city, california in connection with the fire. >> the criminal complaint says he called daily city police friday saying he set the fire, officers took him into custody and called the fbi he told investigators he doused the entrance with three containers of gasoline, then attempted to light a fire with his passport but the fire did not ignite. he then used a large lighter to

ignite one container the second attempt was successful. the fbi believes this is a criminal case. >> there are no indications suggesting it was motivated by terrorism, politics or civil rights issues. >> the motive is mysterious, court documents reveal he told the fbi he targeted the chinese consulate because voices he had been hearing were in chinese. and the chinese consulate had to have been involved officials say they'll monitor the case and say they're trying to find out more about him, he is a chinese national living here >> it's information from our own system. >> through the pass ports and all that have? >> yes. trying to get more information. >> the fbi would not comment on

why he decided to turn himself in. >> tonight a 13-year-old girl who has been declared brain dead southbounding cared for in a new facility. her uncle provided us with this video of the move. >> she looks peaceful. i think i saw her smile when they took her out of childrens hospital. >> the family and attorneys say she's being given nutrition. they wanted a tracheotomy done on the girl. they say childrens hospital would do neither, she is now in bad shape. >> she's deceased. and unfortunately, a body, this is in our court records and statements filed friday. her body is deteriorating. that is a natural course of events when a

person is deeased. >> one owner says they did leave open the possibility she might be transfer there'd at some point. a criminal case against a student accused of a hate crime moved forward today. an 18-year-old covered his face this morning. the student today pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor hate crime and battery charges. prosecutor says they used racial slurs and hung nazi paraphernalia in the housing unit. the alleged victim supports criminal charges >> he is strong young man and he is back in school, moving forward with his life. and he doesn't like the spotlight. but understands how important this case is. >> the attorney says he's an honor engineering student and

impact could 11 a permanent mark on his future. >> expulsion could mean him never attending a uc state or university school wex hate to see that happen to a young man just starting out in life. >> the school says accused students are on suspension, pending the outcome of the cases. a school nurse saved a child's life after performing cpr. >> cpr in progress. >> the child is breathing. >> copy the child is breathing. >> the child is awake, and talking. >> paramedics rushed the child to the hospital. there is no word on how that student is doing the school district hasn't commented on what happened. >> in antioch, police spent the day continuing their investigation of david allen douglas they arrested for

kidnapping a 7-year-old girl friday night. they found him thanks to an amber alert. abc7 news went to antioch and spoke to people who know the suspect n a portion of antioch a second dose of disbelief about the son of a neighbor.. >> i know the family. it's a good family. >> tonight david allen douglas remains in custody held on $4 million bail facing charges of kidnapping and possibly sexually abusing a 7-year-old girl. she'd been staying in this home. >> he's a nice guy. i don't know. you know? extreme crazy? i don't know. it's odd. >> police tell us douglas had been stalking children in this parking lot on thursday and friday. that is when he followed the victim and her mother and abducted her from in front of her home. they found douglas only because roxanna ramirez saw

the amber alert and spotted the car in the marina. >> being nosey led us to this little girl. it's okay to be nosey. back in the walmart parking lot there was no additional security and plenty of wary customers. >> no more security. no more anything. they should do something. >> i'm going to hold her hand tight. we're going to go in, and go home. >> nothing new from police and no word yet on an arraignment for david allen douglas. >> a not guilty plea from a man accused of murdering a priest. gary lee bullock has been chargeed and authorities say he broke in through a side window attacking father eric freed, beating him to death. police

believe father freed was the victim of just a random attack. today parishioners paid final respects to freed in eureka. the 56-year-old had deep ties to the bay area, teaching religion and served as a chaplain and said mass for san francisco's japanese community. a woman the president says helped pull the nation out of recession has been confirmed she was an economist before heading to washington, d.c. yellen has been vice chair of the u.s. central bank since 2010. the president release aid response saying quote, i'm confident janet will protect consumers and keep our economy growing for years still to come. yellen will begin february 1st >> still ahead here tonight on abc7 news a look at the bay area water supply after the driest year on record. why local water

districts are not ready to push the panic button. not yet. >> i'm spencer christian. clouds in the bay area, and light rain to the north. will it reach the bay area? i'll have the accu-weather forecast coming up. >> and new hope for the stick tonight. one little 49er game could be played here, what is being done just in case. >> the workout were fine. billing not so much. i'm michael finney. coming up we saw

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>> you know we're starved for rain. and water conversation could be on the horizon. tomorrow a report on where things stand at this moment. and abc7 news reporter david louie obtained an advanced copy that have report and joins us with new numbers. >> this is a report. numbers are going to be used as a basis for recommendation whether or not measures need to be taken. those recommendations about a month away from now. but i'm told yellow caution light has been turned on. there may not be water to waste as bay area goes into a third dry winter but the water district is monitoring supplies and preparing to make recommendations to its board about possible measures. >> we'll give an outlook make initial recommendations to the

board, then by april we'd solidify any plans related to water shortages. >> the district will be factoring in supplies, not just reservoirs which are low. a report being released tuesday indicates the rainfall soenl a 16th of an inch bringing rainfall since july to 30% of average z local reservoirs only 33% of total and 66% of the 20 year average. valley water district boosting efforts to gutierrez den shall customers to conserve, granting $100 to people who channel their water from washington machines to irrigate landscaping. half sin side, half out siechld a third is a washing machine. if you can get a third of the waste water in watering your landscape. it's smart >> benefit stretches out for years. >> we're going to go through

proje projec projects this year, the ensentive rises. san jose homeowner says his water bill dropped in half. >> we weren't expecting. that expecting you know, 10%. 15%. but when you go with drought tollerant rentaling vacation, you might water a couple times during summer but that is about it. >> doctors say more people are getting the virus here in california. you can see from this happen about half of the u.s. reports wide spread outbreaks now. hardest hit states include oregon and nevada. california has seen regional outbreaks so far. the first flu death reported last week. the victim tested positive for h1n1 strain.

>> good news is that that strain is in in this year's vaccine. there should prob teches from that. >> you can help stop the flu and other diseases from spreading by washing your hands frequently. >> 49ers helped set a new record yesterday. 47 million people watched it on television. that is bigger than oscars and a record for a first round playoff game. there is a chance there could be one last game. if niners beat panthers sunday and if seattle loses to new orleans candle stick will host in two weeks. crews maintaining this stadium and prepared 140 seats that got broken during what is supposed to be the final game there two weeks ago.

>> one young fan is ready for a home game. e mail photos to us at you reports or send them to our facebook page i don't know if you saw it but cappernick playing in short sleeves. >> something did. it's amazing but a great game. >> yes. >> of course you say that because of the outcome but it's a well played game. okay? let's go to weather. i will do this with sleeves on. no raen this, is a dry event for us. to the north l is just light rain. and there is nothing significant yes. a live view over san francisco from sutro tower on a

lovely evening. it's 57 here in san francisco. temperatures mid-50s and another live view looking west along the bay bridge, temperatures down to 49 now in santa rosa. towards ferry building here at abc7 it will be partly cloudy. cooler pattern and there is a slight chance of rain thursday. this is not the rain making system. it's bringing in a batch of clouds high clouds no rain. looking west more out to see this is bringing us a slight chance of rain thursday. rain moving slowly south ward down into

parts of sonoma county and closer to golden gate. we'll take any rain we can get at this point. no rain, clouds passing by. chilly with lows dropping into low to tomorrow, high clouds 63 in san jose. similar range of highs, 62 in redwood city. on the coast 63 in redwood city. 61 in half moon bay. north bay low 60s to napa. east bay highs similar range. low to mid-60s up to 64 in

castro valley. here is the accu-weather forecast. cooler and cloudier on wednesday, thursday, a slight chance of rain thursday. sunny friday with high temperatures mid-60s over the weekend and into next week. so this doesn't look like the beginning of anything big. >> absolutely. >> there you go. >> coming up next shuttle operators forced to pay

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45,000 off the streets. >> congress woman nancy pelosi says it's oversight over the commission that wants to shut down accreditation. house minority leader says it's highly usual to strip away city college accreditation. >> you can be sure it will be subjected to harsh scrutiny in terms of how they do, what they do. who they are and why the department of education cannot do more. >> enrollment is down 30% two years. when doubts over accreditation service students seemed to stay away. spring semester begins on friday. >> scientists developing what they're calling a disease map of

the california coast. they plan to use ten years of data and danger zone contained for animals. >> there is more still to come tonight a big freeze whashg affect the coldest temperatures in decades are having throughout most of the country tonight. >> schoolteacher went to jail for marrying one of her students has been arrested again. >> and family feud over same-sex marriage that ende

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chicago some passengers have been stranded for days there. chicago woke up in a deep freeze setting a new record of minus 16 with a wind chill, are you ready? minus 41. oof i'm not happy. it's cold outside. >> i'm wearing long under wear. >> in northern minneapolis, wind chill plunged to 55 degrees below 0. records fell today in oklahoma, texas and indiana. >> you do expect a deep freeze made a mess for travellers. according to flight aware, 3400 flights have been cancelled another 3800 delayed and in the bay area biggest impact has been at sfo. 147 flights have been cancelled or delayed. oakland reports just a few cancellations each. >> cancelled flights mean

stranded travellers including bay area. several airlines scrambled to find empty hotel rooms for passengers. the travellers aren't too pleased about the situation but trying to make the best of it. >> i've spent time on hold and on the phone trying to reexceed sked you'll things. and yeah. we can be in worse places we're trying to make the best of it. >> we can checked out alcatras. yes. it's extended vacation. that is what we like to think of it. >> experts say to be sure to check with your carrier before head together airport. >> and a judge ruled for a ban on same-sex weddings un-constitutional. since then, 900 gay couples in utah tied the

knot. state officials appeal that had decision and u.s. supreme court said weddings can not continue during the appeals process. this does not affect couple that's have been married. >> next door a family feud boiled over and brought an end to a high profile election attempt. >> we apologize we don't have the correct video there we hope to bring you that story just a bill later >> mary kay letourneau was arrested in washington state, out on $5,000 bail she married her former student in 2005 when he was 22. they now

have two children together. >> a former olympic figure skater tonya harding opening up about the attack on nancy carrigan that happened 20 years ago today. harding and carrigan were rivals in norway. carrigan was attacked just weeks before the games began. harding's ex-husband and three other men pled guilty. harding says she was attacked as well, by the media. >> treated with so much media every time i jumped they'll flash, i'd fall and hurt myself. it's just started becoming really impossible just to concentrate on anything. >> two months after attacks harding pleaded guilty to hindering the prosecution she claims she learned of the scheme after the fact but admits failing to report it. harding banned from competitive skating for life.

>> a new chapter in a presidential love story the first president george bush and his wife celebrating their 69th wedding anniversary tonight. they were married in 1945, he was home on leave during world war ii. they hold the record for longest presidential marriage in u.s. history. two is john and abigail adams married for 54 years. this celebration has been a low-key affair. but 69 years, remarkable. >> yes. >> coming up next complaints of two members of a gym upset over billing issues. >> tonight, how michael finney

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my children and their futures were motivation for their campaign. the campaign drove a wedge through the republican party. it was the rift that caused the most controversy. jany tried to position herself as a conservative. she faced a major uphill battle. so this statement on fox us? no surprise. i do believe in the traditional definition of marriage. >> but it launched a nasty family feud. liz's younger sister is gay, married tw w.2 children. >> i love mary very much and her family very much. this is an issue in which we disagree. >> that disagreement played out in public. mary wrote on facebook liz this, isn't just an issue on which we disagreechlt you're just wrong. and on the wrong side of history. for a

decade the former vice president has been open in his support for gay marriage. >> my view is that freedom means freedom for everyone. a family friend says this was a mom thing ask won't be involved in politics. a bidding war, men's warehouse raised a by the for the joseph a banks chain. men's warehouse putting up $1.6 billion. at and t said it's setting up a toll free service allowing users to access certain web sites, also today said it will install four g cellular technology. target announced it plans to hire 300 new workers the new store opens in march in south san is he jose. with details just go to abc7

news.com. >> well, it's the bay area still feeling slow and empty up in holidays. it may be because tech industry folks are spending time in las vegas. there is extra excitement in the air. the show is bustling. crews are setting up boosts and companies are giving sneak peeks. >> i'm talking 105 inch video just launching a 120 inch tv. i'm not sure who can afford these things they can make them. >> saying the tvs may have bugs to work out >> we've seen they tend to get disstoergs at the end. >> there is a sharp picture. they said that about three d. >> if you bought a three dtv,

you're one of the view, the proud. >> this toothbrush will sync with your phone. and like help you compete with family members. >> because of a change in laws this year, faa awill youing commercial use of drones. >> some come from silicon valley start ups there are twice as many here as just years ago. so for the first time, tech crunch holding a petition here. >> there are companies that have new hardware. >> this may be a stronger vibe. >> from excitement and some over the biggest gadget is cars. audi showed off a car on a freeway as

long as i don't have to change lanes. there gm working with fwoogel. >> and that means that coming soon you're going think about operating systems in the car. >> the week is just beginning. >> wild stuff. >> yes. >> let's check on the forecast now >> spencer christian is here. >> yes. >> absolutely correct. no rain in the clouds but focus is on cold deep freeze up into upper mid west. taking a look at temperatures upper mid west, 15

below 0. windchill factor are colder, feels like minus you've heard large scale areas of low pressure up near the north pole. that frigid air dropped south ward and into upper mid west, that is why conditions there have been unbearable. we're on the flip side, getting mild weather with a large ridge of high pressure that is dominating our weather picture. this accuweather seven-day forecast. we'll have mild weather and clouds arrive there is a slight chance of rain in the north bay thursday. and we'll warm up again for the weekend. >> frozen tundra? no problem. >> yes what. a game that was. >> i've got your polar vortex here. what et feels loik

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and if you'd like to try out for the program, you can do that online later this week. go to jeopardy.com for details. mary and eric, welcome aboard. sarah, good to see you again. i hope you had a lovely weekend. let's go to work now in the jeopardy! round, shall we? we have one daily double coming up in one of these categories. each correct response will begin with the letter "u" or the letter "s." next, we'll deal with green things. interesting category here. each correct response will relate to something you can find in the encyclopedia americana between meyer and nauvoo. space shuttle endeavour. from l.a.'s science center, clues about its adventures as it went around the world nearly 5,000 times. all right, sarah, get us started, please. body part prefixes for $200, please.