live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. we lending new details about the criminal past a criminal sex offender and known cross dresser who made his way on a school campus. >> the parents are grateful the convicted sex offender was stop asked want to know if there are other victims. cornell? police want to know with respect the sex offender has

been. quit thinking preventing him from getting close to children at the school. >> the school is responsible for my son's safety. they took care of it. they caught hill. >> parents react to news convicted sex offender theodore lorigo walked on to the campus of the he drew day school and tried to blend in wearing the principal was suspicious. >> something was off. we decide who is near the kids and who isn't. this is a guy not getting near the kids. >> theodore lorigo was arrested because sex offenses can not be on school property. we found him on the web site. his criminal records spans decades. we covered his 1994 arrest and police say he kidnapped a nine-year-old girl and tried to abduct two other children in san jose. at the time, one of the young girls wrote a school essay about

the attempted abduction saying the man would lured her said he need her help to find his lost puppy. the santa clara d.a. says that theodore lorigo served aid years in prison and police say he often dresses as a tee mail and recently challenged by police for having a driver's license with a william's name on it. theodore lorigo mug shot from the past shows appearance can change dramatically. school staff members leadershipped of the status after other members in the community spotted him at churches and synagogues dressed as a woman. >> i didn't see him dressed as a woman but people who did said they were shocked to hear he was a man. it is frightening way of preceding and a good reminder to be cautious. police say if theodore lorigo wants to be identified as a female he has not taken legal steps to do so and will be in court next week. if you have any information about the suspect get in touch with sunnyvale police. thank you, new this morning,

belmont police say that a 16-year-old autistic team has reunited with his family after reported missing last night. according to investigators, a citizen spotted tyler simmons around 6:30 in sap -- san carlos much he has the mental capacity of an eight yearly they were concerned for his safety. he was reported missing from belmont but was found safe in neighboring san carlos. >> san francisco police arrested a man in the delegate of a 48-year-old woman. a 30-year-old san francisco resident is in custody and the woman was fund dead on a sidewalk at 15th and san bruno avenue. officers familiar with the victim provided information that led to the suspect's arrest. bay area postal workers are protesting in front of a san francisco staples store and are upset of a deal between the office supply chain and the postal service. amy hollyfield is on van ness avenue. amy?

they have geared on the corner behind me and they are wrapping up an hour-long protest. the employees are worried about losing their job. can you now mail your packages and buy your stamps at staples stores and this is the first profit in the nation. they promise there will be more. they are upset about what is a pilot program with staples allowing staples employees not postal employees to sell products and offer services people usually get at the post office. officials say this makes sense to go where people are already shopping and point out that almost half of the transactions already take place away from the post os anyway. it makes these workers nervous about the future. >> obviously, if staples is successful in stocking the units with workers, it will make it easier to chose the post offices located in this area. a statement, the postal says

says they are doing everything they can to stay in business and saying in is better for our business and employees so we can stay viable. the post office points it is $5 billion in the red and says it already makes sents to use an existing company and employees like at a staples store. officials say this is nut finding to cost any employees their job but they are we ared it will eventually and they have a protest scheduled for this afternoon in san jose. in san francisco for abc7 news. thank you, amy. the public is invited to attend a viewing for the bart police officer shot and killed last week. sergeant tom smith died when shot by fellow officer michael maes dug an evidence search at a robbery suspect's home. an investigation has caused bart police who already change their search policies and now they need written approval from the deputy chief before serving warrants or searching homes. they have to have expanded

training. >> sergeant tommy smith's viewing begin tone -- tonight at 7:00 and the funeral is tomorrow at the neighborhood church in castro valley which is known as three cross church. we have nervous on the services and how you can contribute to memorials for sergeant smith at abc7 news.com under "see it on tv." >> in los angeles courtroom opening motions in the lawsuit brought open by the family of giants fan brain stow against the dodgers' organization. his family is suing the dodgers for $50 million to pay the medical needs saying the cost cutting measures left dodger stadium with inadequate authority. stow was attacked in the paing lot in 2011 by two dodgers fan. he is paralyzed from brain damage. >> rebound is giving the "state of the union" address tonight and the promise independent bay area politician will be in the audience. san francisco mayoring what invited to watch the speech with the first lady, and he is not

the only guest with local ties. katie marzullo has the story. as the first asian-american san francisco, mayor lee is outspoken advocate of immigration reform, a topic president obama will focus on in the "state of the union" address. mayor lee is pushing to raise the minimum wage if san francisco, another timely topic for tonight. the white house says president obama is signing an executive order to raise the minimum wage for workers on government projects, all new federal contracts will make $10.10 an hour up from $7.25 bypassing congress to make it happen. >> mine will of congress' reluctance to cooperate at times, the president is going to exercise his authority. >> some worry the strategy could make republicans less likely to compromise on other issues. kentucky senator rand paul. >> it sounds vaguely like a threat with a certain amount of arrogance. >> the president faces a tough sell with americans with the

latest washington post/abc news poll showing only 37 percent believe he has the ability to make the right decisions for the country. but the president will still aim to inspire with boston marathon bombing survivors and two stanford graduates, jason collins, the first openly sports player and the mayor of ft. lee new jersey the center of the chris christie bridge scandal. abc7 news will broadcast president obama's "state of the union" address and the republican response tonight beginning at 6:00 p.m. soon, san francisco residents value to cut done on their wall street use -- on their water usage with a 10 percent voluntary reduction in water use at a meeting happening now. san francisco residents have the lowest per capita water use in the state but the drought is prompting folks to call on more conservation. the water reduction which disasters on friday will impact

2.5 million customers in san francisco. a meeting referred to as a drought summit is underway in marin county. the drought has cut the resolution various levels in half and dried up 95 percent of the pasture land. according to our media partner, the marin independent journal it will address the decompletion of the local water supply and what to do about it. >> napa valley winemakers are holding a news conference to talk about the effect the drought is having on their crop. grape growers say they should receive 15" of rainfall between july of last year and now but they have had only 3" for the driest growing season since 197 1976. there are showers in the forecast and they are glad but they need more. >> we need rain, we have a lot, we can still do it, we are not finished yet, and if we saw another 6" to 8" we could be in great shape. >> the quality of the grips should be as good as last year's

quality as long as there is enough ground water but if it stays this dry it could reduce the quantity and the quality of grapes next year. >>. coming up, hillary clinton's confession about something she has not done in two decades. >> also, the legal case that could make you think twice before posting your personal opinion on a yelp review. a petition against pop star justin bieber that is going all the way for the white house. >> the look outside shows rain on the horizon and meteorologist, m my dad has aor afib.brillation,

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>> police are asking those in belmont to check their surveillance video because there is a problem with mail theft with disregarded mail found throughout the area. detectives believe that thieves take the mail, pick through it to get what they want, and then dump the rest. >> right now the dmv is holding a public hearing in sacramento over a hot button issue: driver positive license for endowmented immigrants. battles are expected over the requirements over who needs to get the listens and whether they will look different from those of legal residents. the state needs to issue the license by next year. >> a petition to deport singer justin bieber to his native

canada is on track to earning an official white house response. more than 74,000 people are now calling open president obama to revoke justin bieber's visa which was posted on white house.gov starts by someone in michigan. someone from modesto has launch add counter petition saying it is unfair to target the 19-year-old pop star. >> alec baldwin is sounding off after his baby daughter was patted down by airport security. the 55-year-old star, his wife and their baby carmen have been vacationing in the bahamas and shared these photos saying it happened year as they boarded the flight home. he tweeted that flying from bahamas, and the t.s.a. random selected my five-month-old da daughter for a patdown the i am not kidding. traveling in the united states is a disgrace and the t.s.a. say

they are required to screen everyone. >> a virginia woman sued for $7 50,000 after post negative reviews for her contractor on yelp and angie's list after hiring an old high school friend to work on the house after she had the contract and they reconnected on facebook. she was not happy and posted negative reviews online. he now is suing, claiming that she defamed his business. she is counter-suing saying the rebuttalling called her a liar. so, what do you think? should you be held liable in comments posted on online review websites such as craigslist? gin the conversation on our facebook page. speaking of licenses, hillary clinton says she has not driven a car in him 20 years. she made the revelation in a speech at the national automobile dealers association in new orleans yesterday say she

had driver when she was first lady and later as senator and as secretary of state and not being able to drive is a request she has about public life. it didn't take lock for republicans to jump on the comments and the g.o.p. group posted a video of the speech under the headline "out of touch." or just being safe, right? >> got to protect the secretary of state. >> meteorologist, mike nicco, ahead with the forecast. >> driving could be an issue on thursday morning when we have a storm. we are mild out here right now but we will tack about the dip in in temperatures and how much snow we going to get in the sierra this weekend. look at this, the unusual know storming and the arctic blast blowing through parts of the midwest and wired from the beginning, the tech headlines kids making before they can even

covering dalai dublin, los , and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> the latest blast of weather in the plain states is fell as far south as the gulf of mexico making driving conditions very dangerous on the roads. you can look at the ice coating the freeway in houston with those flying today, cancellations are over 3,000 nationwide right now. locally there are over a dozen cancellations at san francisco

and half that at oakland. >> in ohio, residents are in aw. of a rare weather phenomena with wind creating dozens of doughnuts like snow balls in fields and backyards called snow rollers. they look like doughnuts. some have holes. some are solid. they are formed when chunks of snow are blown along by wind and pick you material. >> i have gone from a winter cold straight into a spring allergy situation. >> kristen is struggling. >> you see the cherry blossoms. >> few of the early ornamental trees are out there, a sign of spring and we are just new getting a winter storm. we have king tides with the highest the 28th, the 19th, the 30th and the 31st around 7' which is impressive.

we will see more flooding like the embarcadero deeper toward the end of the month and around february 1st. here is how it looks from live doppler 7 hd, tracking the fog this morning and it wasn't quite as thick as it was yesterday, half moon bay is where it was thickest and we are up to file myselfs and we hat -- had flight arrival delays and here is the big picture, with a little bit of rain up north up to ukiah drying. temperatures are milder this morning than this time yesterday. we have 60's out there but for oakland and hayward at 59 and san francisco is 56 and san carlos is 55 and half moon bay and napa and santa rosa at 57. this is how it looks from the east bay hills, it is clear, and it should be green. we will try to change that as we head to wednesday evening interest thursday when our weak rainstorm comes with stray

sprinkles to the north and milder temperatures and this willedly the drought. san francisco, during the month, should average .15" each day so we get a third of an inch we will slow the drought if two days but it will pick become up. as far as temperatures, low 60's near the coast and low-to-mid 60's if most of us and more sunshine in antioch and live more and santa cruz upper 60. we are mild tonight with mid-40's to low 50 and patchy drizzle in the north bay. as we head through tuesday afternoon a few breaks in the cloud cover and sunshine from time to time and you can see the best chance of drizzle to the north and that is where the scattered sprinkles stay. when we get to midnight you can see the cold front push through and at 4:00 it is pushing through the heart of the bay and then the south bay but it is tapering and by 9:00 it is again. the moisture is nut hookup with the guest energy and you can see the clouds coming in at 7:00 and that is the best part of energy

headed to the sierra where quebec to be pounded with feet snow and we get . 1" in the south bay and half an inch. there could be up to 2 feet not of fresh wet powder above 8,000 feet and there will be travel problems on thursday but by the time you head up there it will be if. the seven-day outlook shows a slight chance of rain along the coast sunday into the south bay but otherwise, we are drive through most of the weekend and temperatures staying well below record legals closer to where we should be. thursday morning we have to worry most about rain for most of us. back to you. >> we have british news for you in the danville area: this is an accident at crate northbound and you can see all but one, most lanes are blocked because of an

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