highway 4, you are clear. accident free and 101 heading between san rafael into san francisco will take you 16 minutes. the tolls are quiet. we're seeing a few cars make being their way in that westbound direction in the cash paying lanes a couple of cars back. 4:30. develops news, san jose police say they arrested a suspect in a string of more than a dozen arson fires set within days of each other. officials say the department as covert department arrested a man shortly after 8:00 last night. police are not releasing the suspect as name or any other identifying information. they are holding a news conference this morning at 10:00 to provide more details. we'll have a live report at the top of the hour. breaking news overnight a teen is fighting for his life in the burn unit of a bay area hospital following a bizarre accident in the parking lot of an east bay b.a.r.t. station.

>> they had quite an emergency on their hands last night. take a look at this video. this is of emergency crews trying to help this teenager. the victim is 16 years old. he suffered severe burns here in front of the concord b.a.r.t. station. we're still trying to get more details about this story so stay with us. >> 4:31. new this morning oakland police are investigating a fatal shooting. officers found a man in the street who had been shot near 14th avenue and he's 21st street after being alerted by a shot spotter. police are looking for the shooter. in san francisco three people are recovering from gunshot wounds after a shooting near the corner of fillmore and

mcallister around 7:00 last night. all the victims are expected to survive. no word yet on a motive or any arrests. happening today a severe water shortage is forcing marin county to do something it hasn't done in years. officials will tap one of their stand by reservoirs. >> reporter: you won't find water glasses already on the tables at san rafael joe's on 4th street. customers have to ask. >> i cut down a little bit. i take shorter showers. but i still drink a lot of water. >> reporter: the restaurant decided to stop the automatic water servings about a week ago and saw a slight drop in water requests. >> it requires about seven glasses of water for every fwlafs water you serve in order to clean the glass ware plus the water you serve. riot it's gotten so shortage the marin water district will start

pumping water out of one of their two reserves. >> we used it briefly two years ago but we haven't used it as a water supply for 20 years. >> reporter: if things don't improve by april marin may do something it hasn't done since 1991, impose rationing. >> we're looking at that. >> i don't think it's going to hurt anybody, you know, if they ration. >> reporter: for now marin is asking for voluntary conservation. >> it's 4:33. another northern california town faces a water emergency. willits in mendocino county is down 100 day supply of water. it relies on surface water that flows in to this reservoir. this dirt you see here is

normally under 100 feet of water. members of the u.s. chemical safety board decided to send a report on the 2012 richmond refinery fire back for modification before voting on it. board held a hearing on the staff report last night. a huge fire at the chevron refinery two years ago sent thousands of people to hospitals complaining of breathing problems. this new report is expected to recommend tougher state regulations, and require refineries to show they are operating safely. one board member said more immediate remedies are needed. ac transit has taunched an investigation into an incident caught on tape showing a bus driver denying a ride to a disabled man. the video was posted on youtube on friday. the bus driver tells the man there's no space for him.

the man protests positioning himself in front of the bus. minutes later the lift is deployed. ac transit responded, for safety sake there are reasons why the bus operator may have refused this heel chair passenger. ac transit says the driver success interviewed and the video is being reviewed. concord police need your help in finding two teenagers suspected of shooting a man outside a fast food restaurant. a 17-year-old and 19-year-old attacked the victim outside the wendy's on monument boulevard on friday night. police responded to the scene. officers say the suspects got a fight with the victim inside the restaurant. the victim suffered serious wounds. it's 4:35. this afternoon the 49ers will hold their second practice in preparation for sunday's nfc championship game in seattle.

colul in week two, kaepernick three interceptions. he said the previous games don't matter and he's not worried about the seahawks crowd noise. >> i think the biggest thing is we haven't played well when we went up there and they do have a good defense so we have to go up and execute at a high level. >> the niners will fly up to seattle after practice, kick-off for sunday's game is at 3:30. time now for a check on forecast. here's mike. >> thank you very much. good morning. let's take a look at visibility. everybody is doing okay. looks like there's a little bit of fog trying to form around santa rosa but the visibility is three miles an hour. here's your "day planner." we're running in the 30s inland, 40s around the bay, near 50s at the coast and san francisco through 7:00.

low to mid-60s so it's going to be warm and bright if you're heading out for lunch record highs again today as we hang out in the upper 60s. even a few mid-70s from noon to 4:00 most of us back in the upper 60s by then. now moving forward we'll mix in a few high clouds and temperatures will taper just a little bit through the weekend. probably stopping just short of record levels from mid-60s along the coast to about 70 inland. another check of that morning commute. >> 280 right at san hill road report of an injured deer. it's not causing delays. still early in our commute but you can just know crews will be headed out there and you want to be very careful. as we take a look at our drive time traffic, highway 4, antioch to hercules 28 minutes. i-80 from 4 to mesa 15 minute

commute. san jose to 85 to san jose airport. the bridge nice drive from hayward into foster city to the peninsula will take you ten minutes. it's 4:38. newly released video of the deadly asiana crash at sfo. also dozens of officers pulled off the job in what may be the biggest such scandal in air force history. what they are accused of doing and how they were caught. and we're talking about gold, oscar gold. we're just under an hour away from this morning's oscar nominations. we'll bring them live to you and stream them live and updating our abc 7 news facebook page and twitter feed

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4:40. a live look from our east bay camera towards the eastern span of the bay bridge where traffic is moving along, volume is picking up a little bit but we'll find out if there are trouble spots out there in a couple of minutes. the board of supervisors is holding a joint meeting of its neighborhood services and safety committee to discuss pedestrian safety on city streets. this follows two dozen pedestrian and bicycle deaths last year. the mayor has introduced plans for increased enforcement, training and a city awareness campaign. the supervisor introduced a resolution this week that she says would eliminate pedestrian and bicycle fatalities within ten years. video just released by attorneys for the asiana crash victims showed how one passenger survived the impact only to be run over and killed by two san francisco fire trucks. it captures the chaos moments

after crash. a spotter seized the 16-year-old and alerts one of the first trucks to arrive but her attorney says emergency responders failed to assess her, communicate her location to command or even to mark her location. >> not one of the firefighters took her pulse, not one of the firefighters checked if she was breathing, she was covered by foam and run over by two different trucks. >> fire chief is on vacation. her spokeswoman said the chief wouldn't comment anyway with a federal investigation still under way. this morning dozens of officers trusted with the world's deadliest nuclear weapon stockpile are accused in a cover up that's rocking the united states air force. abc news reporter mary bruce is in washington with the latest on this nuclear scandal. >> reporter: they are responsible for the world's most dangerous weapons, the u.s. air force nuclear command. now rocked by a cheating scandal. nearly three dozen officers in

montana caught sharing answers for a monthly recertification test. possibly the largest breach of integrity in the nuclear force. this is absolutely unacceptable behavior. and it is completely contrary to our core values in the air force. 34 officers have been charged, removed from their post. their clearance suspended. military officials say some of them texted answers back and forth. others knew about the cheating but did nothing to stop it. >> regardless of an airman's level of participation, cheating or tolerating others that cheat runs counter to everything we believe in. >> reporter: now all 600 officers are being retested. >> there's no room for mistake. >> reporter: the cheating was uncovered during a separate dug investigation. it's a latest in a string of embarrassing stories. a top commander was fired last october after being drunk at a conference in moscow. four officers were also disciplined last year for

falling asleep on the job. despite the troubling pattern the air force maintains confidence in its nuclear force. >> this was a failure of some of our airmen. it was not a failure of the nuclear mission. >> reporter: all of the nation's missile crew members are expected to retake that proficiency test by the end of the day. mary bruce, abc news, washington. >> it's 4:44. a california appellate court rejected conrad murray's appeal of his involuntary manslaughter conviction in the 2009 michael jackson's death. the former cardiologist was convicted of administering a lethal dose the pop star. his medical license has been suspended. his lawyers will appeal the decision to the california

supreme court. murray was released from jail less than three months ago. a warning this morning about dating websites. a growing number of scam artists are using them to find victims. the santa clara county district attorney's office said in a recent case a suspect who lives out of the country met a 66-year-old woman on christian mingles.com and coned her out of half a million dollars. much of the money came from refinancing the victim's home. she eventually got $200,000 back. the d.a. says don't loan or invest money with anyone you only know from a website. 49er fans, abc 7 needs help to win the battle of the bays "worldwide exchange" have a competition with the abc station in seattle to see who has the best fans? the all you need do is go to abc 7 news facebook page and like this post. seattle thinks they will win but we plan to clobber them on the

field and on facebook. whoever has the most likes by kick-off on sunday wins. let's show seahawks fans that nobody has got it better than us. you can continue to send your 49er fan photos and we're loving it. check out baby leo, one of the team's youngest fans. he thinks the niners are number one. actually that's just one finger. niner fans are every where. watching a game in germany. e-mail your photos to us at youreporttv.com. >> rumors are not true i was arguing with a seahawks fan on twitter. he was making fun of us because we lost last year. and i said well it's better to have tried to fail than to have never tried. >> it's better to be in the super bowl than not be in the super bowl. >> that's all i said.

it's all in fun. let's move on to weather information. >> good morning, everybody. 68 in kentfield and that was the coolest one. 72 in napa. 77 in oakland at the airport at the museum 76. sfo 73. warmest temperature ever recorded in january. you know, the day before on tuesday it was 72. that was the warmest ever recorded in january. let's head down the south. we're not the only ones. we're sharing the warmth. santa cruz 82. 83 in salinas. 85, look at that for salinas, downtown reporting station at 75 in gilroy. right now same old live doppler. it's so dry outside. temperatures they are kind of all over the scale, we'll start at 57. there's warmth in the hills

waiting to settle into the valleys. 40 pleasant hill. lafayette 45. low to mid-40s in pittsburg, antioch and livermore. san jose and los gatos 30. so some frost possibly forming. 33 in napa. 54 in san francisco. 66 in half moon bay. here's your emeriville camera. talk about sunny, warm and calmer conditions. fire danger not as high but we'll have to deal with it as i don't see any rain once again for the next seven days. 73 in san jose. 76 in gilroy. the record highs down south. santa cruz 78 will be the warm spot. low to mid-70s on the peninsula. 74 today in half moon bay to a record 71 at record time, 71 in

down. we'll have 69 sausilito. 69 at brentwood. low to mid-70s in east bay valleys. here's your accuweather seven day forecast. the air will modify to the cooler side and have a few high clouds and that's why temperatures won't be quite as warm this weekend but near record highs. tuesday and wednesday we'll have more clouds and onshore flow won't get those temperatures back in the 60s. have a good day. >> we have some construction in the east bay. first as we take over to i-80 traveling between highway 4 and the westbound direction to 580 that's where we have a few lanes blocked off. that will last until 5:00 this morning. you might see some crews and always seeing cones out. this highway 12 east and westbound between highway 29 and red top road is a big project. they are trying widen that highway so all lanes will be blocked. that will last until 5:00.

this is going on until tomorrow. expect to see those same closures starting at 11:00 tonight until 5:00 tomorrow. if you're coming away from sfo into san francisco that drive smooth sailing there. nice and clear as you make it right up to i-80, nine minutes will get new to the city. 4:50. fit and ready to go. the panda's new look as he gears up for spring training. also the danger of hi-tech convenience of buying a cup of coffee with your smartphone could put your personal information at risk. bat kid behind the mask. he stole our hearts while afg san francisco now we're getting a

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is. welcome back. there's a warning about a popular smartphone app. a new report by computer world says the starbucks mobile app

leaves customers open to attack. the app saves information in plain text which means a hacker could easily recover the password if he or she gets access to phone. starbucks acknowledges the vulnerability but says no customers have been reported being hacked so far. apple's itunes pulled a barbie inspired app after a wave of complaints. the game allowed girls to perform liposuction on a cartoon named barbie and players could also perform plastic surgeon. this morning a new thinner look for san francisco giants pablo sandoval. the panda is showing off his new bod. he has the outlines of a four back almost a six-pack. he post this photo of himself on instagram along with note in spanish that says when you work hard nothing is impossible. there were reports he lost up to 42 pounds but sandoval said he's keeping his total weight loss

secret posting he won't reveal how much weight he lost until the day before spring training. that's not for another month. we got numbers going the other way temperature wise. >> chance of rain late in the day so that at the end of the game there's a possibility of some showers as we take the nfc championship up to seattle. temperatures in thor 40s dropping down in the mid-40s by the end of the game. high fire danger from san diego, l.a. all the way through sierra up to about truckee and around here we still have that red flag fire warning will 8:00 this morning. temperatures running low. monte ray we still have low to mid-80s down in south cal and near record high temperatures again in tahoe. hit 58 yesterday which was a record time temperature. we'll get there again today and possibly hit 58 again this weekend. no snow at all. let's talk about some mass

transit. see what's running, what's rolling on time. right now b.a.r.t. 32 trains running on time. train number 1 is off and running. muni that's on time as well. our drive time traffic 80 albany to mesa, four minute commute. 101 >> san francisco is taking a big step to eliminate thousands of pounds of waste that go into the city's landfill every hour. the my is launching an initiative called zero waste. this program is the first of its kind and allow businesses and residents to take their old clothes, shoes and linens to dropboxes around city.

it expands partnerships with local charities. several retailers are joining the initiative. bat kid took on evil doers here in san francisco and there's more proof we just can't get enough of him. >> we've done it again! >> no! >> bay area make-a-wish foundation released a ten minute behind the mask documentary of bat kid's big day and you can watch it on youtube. bat kid also known as miles scott is a 5-year-old leukemia survivor who wished to become the cape crusader. he didn't know it would bring so much eye to the entire nation. san francisco city leaders kicked off the annual safety campaign ahead of celebrations for the lunar new year that began at the end of the this

month. safe is short for safety awareness for everyone. the year of the horse begins january 31st. two week long celebration ends after the annual chinese new year parade on february 15th. it's 4:57. new this morning a bay area base company tops this year's list of "fortune" magazine's best companies to work for. internet giant google is number one in the nation. work at the mountain view base company means you can enjoy free wellness center and seven acre sports complex. net apple made the list as dpr construction in redwood city. salesforce.com in san francisco and mountain view base intuit also made "fortune" magazine's list of best companies to work for. finally relief for san jose homeowners on edge from a string of arson fires. we're live with what police are saying about the arrest of a suspect. also a challenging night for

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