>> sky 7 is over on an apartment complex. a police officer was shot and killed this afternoon. we've learned two bart officers were taking part in the search. >> the wounded officer was sadly pronounce dead just a short time ago. many police officers and sheriff deputies gathered outside of the emergency room. >> there were hoping for better news at this point. bart has not yet released the name of the wounded officer. we're going to stay on top of this throughout the newscast. >> and here is another live look at the scoot shooting scene.

>> a sheriffs spokesperson is on the line with us now. what can you tell us? >> well, the bart police officer came through this area to a probation search on a person and during that time, one officer was shot and transported to eden hospital. >> what can you tell us about the person the police officer confronted? >> that is what we're trying to find out. >> do we have that person in custody? >> the person is not in custody >> is there a search going on at the moment? >> the information is a little bit sketchy. and trying to find

out that information now. >> this area cordoned off at this point? >> they have an area cordoned off but it's a small area that doesn't involve public streets. >> what can you tell us about the area? >> we have people here that are already and at this point we'll have an grayings for it. >> we know all police officers and families, our condolences go out to the families and you today. >> thank you. >> all right. >> bart police officer shot and killed in the line of duty we'll continue to follow it. good afternoon. i'm dan ashley. >> i'm care yes lynn johnson.

happening now municipal transportation agency meeting to decide whether to approve a tech company bus using the city's muni bus stop to pick up employees. >> it's creating controversy and demonstrations. protestors blocked buses this morning. >> we have the story. >> about half an hour, mr. police moved in, protestors blocked two buses heading to google and facebook headquarters. for years, private shuttles used public stops to pick up and drop off employees, causing friction with muni riders. now, the city plans to charge shuttles $1 per day per stop. but that is only innocenced critics. >> $1? it's criminal.

>> but the muni director says they can only charge enough to cover the cost of implementing the program. >> it's paying for enforcement, establishment of the permit program, there will be signage at the bus stops, there will be decals. >> these protestors feel companies should pay more. for them, tech buss have become symbols of the growing class divide and affordability crisis. some feel that anger is misguided >> i don't see the problem. >> today, muni officials reviewed the details of the pilot program, allowing access to 200 of the 2500 bus stops. google employees willing to testify were reportedly given talking points by the company.

officially, google issued a statement saying we're excited to work with sfnta towards a goal of efficient transportation in, and around san francisco the program slated to begin in july. in san francisco, abc7 news. >> state assembly member nancy skinner introduced legislation following an abc7 i team report uncovering thousands of untested waste kits around the area giving five days to is send to a crime lab that would then have 30 days to upload the profile to the data base. >> we want every person who is a victim of sexual assault or rape to have the kit tested right away. we dmot want delay. >> the bill requires law enforcement to inform the victim

if they cannot meet the deadline. >> larry brinken pleaded guilty to felony possession of child pornography after a deal with prosecutor who's dropped a second charge. he will serve six months in jail, six months of home detention, and four years probation. and have to register as a sexual offender and undergo therapy. >> bicycle and pedestrian advocates rallied to demand changes after a string of deadly accidents. four cyclists were killed in san francisco, including a 6-year-old girl struck by an uber driver on new year's eve. along with greater police enforcement and education of commercial drivers >> the company that authorizes

the bike share program filed for bankruptcy protection after software problem was the bike systems in new york and chicago which prompted those stories to withhold payment. a different company actually manages bay area bike share system. >> a police dog captured a man officers say assaulted them. officers reported to a apartment complex and say the man tried to grab an officer's taser, then ran way inside of an apartment, trying to get away on a bicycle. the police dog stopped him. the suspect will be booked after checked out at the hospital. >> they're getting hit again. snow storm burying east coast right now, grounding thousands of flights a cording to flight aware.com, 3200 flights have been cancelled. a spokesman here

says 37 outgoing and 26 incoming flights were grounded today.s all three major airports have had minor delays we're going to show how hard east coast is getting hit in a rif report coming up at 4:15. >> mavericks surfing competition could take place as soon as friday. mavericks attracts some of the biggest names to the san mateo county coast. big swells forming and organizers expect bigger waves. this also draws tens of thousands of spectators. now spencer christian is here with a look at the forecast. >> mainly sunny skies, mild, dry pattern continuing high clouds around just about it. now, talking about our high fire danger. there is a fire weather watch from tomorrow evening until thursday morning for north bay hills and mountains winds gusting 25-30 miles per

hour. and there is a waves issued high surf i should say from thursday morning at 10:00 to friday night, 9:00. higher surf expected wave heights relatively normal range, 8 to 11 feet. a live view from our roof top camera, blue skies with just a few high clouds, temperatures mid to upper 60s from san francisco to oakland and 70 in half moon bay. a beautiful western sky, and 73 in santa rosa. 72 fairfield temperatures mid to upper 60 and our first forecast looking at lake tahoe, blue skies showing clear skies, bright skies in the morning. and another mild, dry day. we'll look later into

forecast future later >> today bart pulled cover off cars used in long-awaited connector the new cars have just a few seats as bart expects passengers to stand up for the short trip. passengers will board cars and the three-mile trip takes about eight minutes bart will be testing cars within a matter of weeks the connector scheduled to begin operations by late november. >> still ahead on abc7 news at 4:00 efforts to get young women to rise up and consider careers in engineering. plus... inside of a wind tunnel in morgan hill, today's research have new technologies to help them win. >> the bold move by a major motion picture studio that could make 2014 the year film exits movie theaters forever.

>> people getting back to work after the holiday. sticky in both directions and bad for folks on the left side of the screen trying to get onto the bay bridge

we're continuing our coverage of breaking news in dublin. a bart police officer has been killed in the line of duty. we've learned two bart officers were taking part. the wounded officer rushed to eden medical center where we're sad to tell you he has been pronounced dead. follow us for

updates on twitter. a bay area museum hoping to build more female engineers. 70 girls invited today to build a two-story structure with straws and paper clips they had the challenge to make the building withstand an 8.5 quake. it wasn't just for fun. >> there are few women that do end up being engineers part of what we would like to do is inspire them to think about that. they continue in their academics. >> the 8th graders from kit, bay view and burkes school for girls. the girls met engineers and geologists speaking about the challenges women face. >> feels like winter never started here but people in the northeast wondering when it's going to end. >> yes. more snow is making for dangerous driving. you can see one driver in va loses control, spinning out, and then, crashing into the guardrail.

>> wow. up to a foot of snow predicted in big cities including philadelphia. and on your right, white out conditions in washington, d.c. you can hardly see the u.s. capitol. just a shadow of it is there. >> it's been snowing now. >> it's a double punch. cool air, heavy snow. mid west now northeast's turn. here in new york city expected to snow all night. it's back. snow and frigid temperatures. white out conditions from new york to pennsylvania, illinois, indiana. >> i had an idea it's coming but i didn't think it's going to be this much. just looking out of the window. >> heaviest accumulations around

dinner time. >> it's going to be the biggest snow storm of the season for cities like washington, d.c., richmond down into virginia beach. with blowing snow, travel is going to be difficult. >> meft of washington, d.c. was shut down, offices and schools, closed. philadelphia dismissed workers early. in new york the mayor issued this morning. >> we want new yorkers to stay in this evening. >> blowing snow, heavy winds making driving conditions treacherous. >> just one accident right there a car ran into the bus. >> i slipped a little bit. i had to snow down. >> a large stretch of i-65 near indianapolis ordered shut down for the commute. also tonight another massive polar plunge. chicago will see a wind chill of 22 degrees below 0 and in minnesota wind chill is nearly

50 below. back here live, in new york people are still out here tonight playing. and walking their dogs and riding their bikes. it's sort of like a normal evening here. it's just very white. live in new york abc7 news. >> nice to see puffy jackets. it's coming in handy, i know. >> spencer this is incredible. they're just getting slammed, again. >> they are. the snow is coming and there is a polar plunge we're calling it polar vortex, stage two. >> yes. the sequel. >> high temperatures 15 degrees tomorrow. the high. last time it's 4 or 5, but still. >> we're in the 60s. >> base basquing in the glow of the warm california sun. a few high clouds around. mild dry spell going over. northeast and

mid atlantic, to boston the snow moving and pushing out to sea overnight. that cold blast comes behind the snow and it's just going to be frigid there the view from mount tam shows high clouds and anyhow that is mount tam. high fire danger from tomorrow evening into thursday morning. and still no rain in site for the next ten days. patches of fog near the coast. they'll continue to sweep along coastline and overnight. we're

going to be clear inland. patches of off shore fog. that shows a big ridge of high pressure anchored in. mild, dry patterns continue and that is a problem. the weather has been lovely and will continue to be. overnight, clear skies. chilly with low temperatures below freezing in napa and santa rosa. farther east in tomorrow, sunny skies and high temperatures low 70s from half moon bay to the bay to inland. we're going to have temperatures upper 60s to low 70s here is the accu-weather forecast. not much change coming our way. into next week, highs around the bay, inland mid-60s

on the coast. mid-60s inland. if there is a change it's very gradual. and we need clouds and rain. we need a series of rain storms, it does not seem to be a developing pattern, yet. >> up next, how would you like to win $1 billion? warren buffet is giving it away. >> i like to win. >> why the first lady went one on one with nba champions

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warren buffet ready to share wealth with someone but going to take skill the company is teeming up with the ceo of quicken loans to offer a cool billion dollars to anyone who can fill out the perfect bracket for the ncaa men's basketball tournament. payments in 40 installments of $25 million. millions fill out these brackets including president obama but before you start thinking about how to spend the money odds of having a perfect bracket are roughly one in 9.2 quintillion. >> it's a bummer. >> a couple bay area women spent the day working on their equipment and their craft before the start of the competitive cycling season. >> you know training involves a lot including yoga and

technology the team getting support from sponsors specialized and lululemon. these women are members of team specialize lululemon. and their back grounds may surprise you. evy stevens was an investment banker. >> my sister introduced me to biking. i got on a bike and loved it. >> she quit her job and set the goal on competing at olympic level in london, never looking back. >> there is something about going after something whole heartedly. knowing you can fail but so alive about taking that mask. >> the racing season begins in two weeks in qatar on the

persian gulf. they won 60 races and the world championship breaking into smaller teams. they need a plan b. >> you need a back up after. i'll use my background in biology and physiology and do something in sports medicine.. >> i hope that a young girl sees me compete and thinks wow, she can do that, i can do. that i can get on my bike and go ride to school. you know? i can go sign up for this soccer game or i can try something that maybe i was nervous to do just by use sooeing us on bicycles. >> stay with us. there is more still to come in our continuing breaking coverage. we have surprising new details after the fatal shooting of a bart police

officer. new details about the terror threats about the sochi games. >> a wanted man thought he was taunting police on facebook but ended up helping them catch him. >> oysters are a shell of their former selves what. a

an important update on the bart police officer shot and killed in the line of duty this afternoon was accidentally shot by a fellow officer. >> the shooting scene is inside of an apartment complex. the two bart officers went into the apartment to do a probation search but the suspect was not home. >> now let's check in with jonathan bloom. >> actually it's a hospital. eden medical center here where a very large number of alameda county sheriff deputies are gathered here at the back service entrance. the sheriff's office provides security with the hospital. we can count ten sheriff cars in and around the grounds the mood here seems to be

somber. security personnel have been telling media to stay off of the property. we've stationed ourselves across the street in case they decide they want to say any words to us. officers in the parking lot there into formed a circle. very quiet, a large number of deputies here at the hospital. >> we understand that they did go inside of the apartment and the suspect wasn't home at the time. what are you hearing about what happened inside of the build something >> i haven't. they're requested he not come out at this point. and so we're not receiving information from officials here. >> just about a moment we have heard two officers were inside of the apartment and now one

officer fired his gun. >> we're going to continue to follow this on twitter police hunting two more black widow suspects. a third woman was killed in a weekend gun bat yes. officials say the so-called black widows generally affiliated with islamic extremists and launch attacks after their husbands have been killed in the insurgency. now, more on this heightened state of alert. >> the hunt is on for this woman, hell-bent on a deadly mission. wanted posters identify her as a 22-year-old rosanna

whose husband was killed in a shoot skrout with police last year. >> the fact she's there shows a small group of determined individuals can infiltrate the russian security apparatus and get into the heart of sochi. >> so called black widows played a role in previous deadly tacks in rusha, leading experts to believe she's part of a larger team of potential suicide bombers the >> people whom terrorists recruit are used for the bombings, often, people with emotional conviction. >> this weekend the terror group behind last two attacks allegedly showing two men responsible building bombs and heading to targets. the men said the group had more attacks planned surprise package, they said especially for tourists come together olympics officials say they're working

with the state department and law enforcement. this weekend, u.s. senator says it's too dangerous to travel to the games >> i would not go. and i don't think i would send my family. >> but there is no talk of the u.s. pulling out athletes due to security concerns. abc news, washington. >> parents of american olympian tucker fredericks will be watching from their living room. the speed skater's parents told abc news he wants them to stay home because he's worried for their safety saying he's concerned about security at the event. >> blade runner is reportedly negotiating with the family of his deceased girlfriend whom he's accused of killing that could avert a civil lawsuit. he claims last year's shooting on valentine's day was a tragic

mistake but prosecutors say it was premeditated f a deal is reached he could end up paying her parents up to $275,000. >> the cloud hanging over new jersey governor chris christy's administration broke today. >> congratulations governor. >> he took the oath of office officially beginning his second term and did not address the fire amid allegations amongst local democrats >> taunting police on facebook was not a smart move by a wanted man. police in pennsylvania posted a foet yoef a 35-year-old assault suspect on the facebook page. within minutes he shared the wanted bulletin on his page and taunted police for not being

able to find him. not very clever. officers had an officer posing as an tractive woman message him,' dwreeed to meet her. officers then arrested him. >> 2013 was one of the warmest since 1880 with temperatures 58.1 degrees. nasa says 2013 was the seventh warmest, temperatures of 58.3 degrees. both agencies say nine of the ten happened in the 21 century. hottest year was 2010. >> plenty hot around here, warming is not the own consequence of rising cash yn dioxide levels there is impact on oceans and shell fish. >> researchers have been trying to predict consequences.

>> better not get hungry because dr. sanford cull ti vats oysters they're not for eating. >> you can see the drill hole there >> it isn't much bigger than the head of a pin but work of an invasive snail called atlantic oyster drill. looks like an engineer proing jekt. >> snail drills this hole through the oyster shell. once through, it consumes and kills the oysters. >> not the big oysters you and i eat. the native olympia oyster. you can find a few but they're at risk due to carbon dioxide falling into waters. >> oceans become more acidic it's harder to make their hard shell. >> dr. sanford growing oysters

in the kind of water we'll see in a few decades. this goes farther looking at the interactions between them and what the possible affects might be. >> what happened is that oysters were smaller. and those smaller oysters were more vulnerable to being drill by the snails. >> condition that's make one species vulnerable could affect oysters that we eechlt >> we expect oysters to grow slowly. >> in other words, costs more so, if you love experiences of eating fresh oysters... >> the taste. nothing like it. amazing. >> you may look back and think of these as the good old days. >> coming up on abc7 news, first lady brings heat. why she's

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lebron james and heat coach eating apples and filmed during the visit last week. >> that is neat. >> let's update the weather forecast. >> yes. that is impressive. live doppler 7 shoes sunny skies and high clouds. ninth day of records in the bay area. 76 degrees today down in salinas airport. tomorrow, calm in the western half of the country and because it will be so cold and remain stationary. this is going to follow the snow storm. back to balance balance tomorrow, no

sur pris there high temperatures up to about 83 down south. here in the bay area, a sunny day and nice, warm afternoon and conditions. maybe patchy fog tomorrow but not expected to bring temperatures down into coastal areas like half moon bay. high temperatures 72 degrees. just amazing. we're still having late spring, early summer like weather. >> heat goes on. >> up next voluntary dress code doctors and nurses should be following to stop spread of germs to pash yevenlts >> i'm michael finney. never ending frustration for thousands of unemployed californians. why should you be careful if you get

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>> here is a look at the prime lime line up and join dan and me after that for abc7 news at 11:00 f you like going to movies you're probably too focused to notice what is going on behind you. and there >> it doesn't matter what you think of will ferrell's performance, anchorman 2 will go down in history to be the last paramount picture to be shown on film. >> i love the way film looked

and, you know you're in a movie theater. >> reels replaced by hard drives. >> this is about 22 minutes of film. here is the movie. >> in 1950s it was state of the art with stadium seating. >> these cost >> do me a favor. save the theater soit won't close down. >> they gathered to upgrade three of the four screens thanks to a mystery donor, dropping in $5,000. >> wow. these hundreds in this box. >> but projection can become a

touchy topic among theater owners. this is designed to save studio money. >> how much gets passed on to you. >> none. >> that is why we're not happy bit. >> allen owns grand lake theater. they're showing the first release. >> the hard drive ships on might cost $100 compared to several thousand for a studio print but studios charge the same amount. he has no choice but to pay it. >> i love 35 mm film and i miss it. but it's progress there is nothing we can do. >> thanks for joining us at 4:00. the news at 5:00 begins right now. >> the police officer in this area doing a probation search during that time one officer was

shot. >> the officer has now dieed and we're learning he might have been shot by another bart officer. >> also tonight what would be the first bay area community to impose mandatory water conservation. >> strong swells mean big wave surfing could be here by friday. >> breaking news coverage continue continues now in the east bay. the dublin apartment complex for a bart police officer shot by his own partner. and sadly, since died from his wounds. good evening, i'm dan ashley. >> bart police say the shooting happened about 1:00 this afternoon and the officer was conducting a probation search. >> abc7 news begins our coverage on this. allen? >> the iron horse biking and hiking trail runs in front of the sierra park apartments where this happened around 2:00 this

afternoon. this is what this scene looked like. two officers conducting what is called a probation search and both were inside. one shot the other and killed him. the suspect was not there but because he was on probation, these officers are allowed to make forced entry. >> is this a case of the gunfiring? you know? with, you know, unintentionally? or was it a situation with targeted isidentification? >> let's go live down here on the ground. they're going to set

up what will probably be an extensive investigation into this shooting. we're told the suspect was never at the apartment complex or in the apartment when this happened when they made that forced entry. two officers were inside we're told just a moment ago we don't know whether this is accidental or a missed target. live in dublin, abc7 news. >> thank you. and in any case just a terrible situation. let's check in now with john alston. john? >> we're waiting from bart officials and perhaps a board member might be here in light of whachld police are waiting to find out what is going