>> it's happening oakland a 14-year-old murder suspect accused of killing his teen-aged sister turned himself in. police say mario toliver surrendered to police headquarters. investigators have been talking to his family and friends for hours today, arranging this surrender. >> mario toliver is accused of killing his sister during an argument over laundry. nick smith will join us live with what led up to the development. that is coming up in one hour at 5:00 and our breaking news continues now on twitter, good afternoon, everyone, i'm larry

beil. >> other top story is the weather. it's dark and drizzly around the bay area this, is a live picture towards san francisco. we're getting a first rainfall in sometime. >> that does look ominous the storm system bringing snow in the sierra. live look now, forecasters say 1 to 2 feet of snow is expected. >> it's the most significant rainfall we've seen, seven and a half weeks ago. let's check in now with spencer christian. spencer? >> we're all smiles about the weather, happy to see rainfall. most of the bay area is not receiving significant rainfall, there could be areas of mist and drizzle the rain is to our north but will be moving into our direction during evening. in the seera, around lake tahoe,

rainfall at the moment a little snow, patches of snow and higher elevations but that is going to change overnight, and into tomorrow. so back to the bay area, rainfall totals very, very light. a trace amount in san francisco. oakland, hayward, 1/100ths in san jose. mount st. helena, higher. wetter, also, with 17/100ths. rain start you are forecast animati animation. rain pushing from clover dale to santa rosa. we'll see the cold front sweeping through at 2:00 in the morning moving through san francisco into the bay area with steadiest rainfall out along ahead of the frontal system by 5:00 in the morning beginning of rush hour, most rain and steady rain will have pushed south and east. there will be wet pavement for the morning commute. and a winter storm warning until 7:00 in the evening we'll expect 8 to 20 inches of

snow. gusts to 40 miles per hour, no doubt, driving conditions will be treacherous. >> thank you, spencer. >> take a look at the flooding in mill valley. cars at the highway 1 and 101 interchange had to drive through several inches of standing water not caused by rain, however, but the result of a king tide peaking around 10:00 this morning. expect more of this until saturday. >> you can track the rain in the bay area on our weather app that makes it easy to share weather photos. you'll find information on abc7 news.com. >> and take a look at what supposed to be rush hour in atlanta. hardly any vehicles. georgia and five other states under a state of emergency after a winter storm blasted through the deep south. last night, thousands were stranded with out food, water, gas or blankets meteorologists and elected

officials have been pointing at each other. officials say meteorologist dz not provide accurate information for storm planning. >> police and national guard troops rescued hundreds of people from stranded vehicles. a man rescued a mom and baby stuck in traffic for 18 hours. >> he parked his truck on top of the bridge and walked down to the highway where i was. and got me and my daughter out i just thank god for him. he was heaven sent, not having food or anything to eat no, diapers and no milk for her. >> take a look at these pictures from home depot in roswell, georgia. >> it was a drive home few will

soon forget. an ice, snow storm griping the region, turning commutes of 20 miles into oddities of 20 hours. >> this is absolutely ludicrous. >> in atlanta, a thousand crashes due to icy roads backed up traffic for miles, hundreds just abandoned their cars. the mayor says those empty cars are now the main problem. >> our focus right now is to assist in any way with getting our freeways cleared. >> both mayor and georgia's governor are coming under criticism for not being better prepared for the weather. >> i've always had emergency plans in place, sometimes, they're adequate, sometimes, they're not. >> folks have not made it home and others stuck for hours. >> how far have you gone? >> a mile. >> one woman gave birth while stuck in gridlock. >> we couldn't go forward

anymore i knew contractions had gotten so strong, i knew the baby was coming. >> in birmingham a jackknifed tractor trailer shut down an interstate 24 hours. thousands of kids slept in their schools, because roads were impassible. these lucky kids catching the last bus home. >> i was super scared. like if i don't get home to my parents, i'm going to freak out. >> back here in the bay area, thousands gathered to say goodbye to sargeant tom smith. >> sargeant smith killed by friendly fire during a search of a dublin apartment. the 23-year veteran is the first bart officer on killed in the line of duty. officers from across the country saluted as his as ket arrived the state attorney general told smith's 6-year-old daughter her dad is a hero.

>> she said he was a beautiful child and her father was a hero. >> smith died after being shot by a fellow officer during that apartment search, killed by a single shot in the vest in an area in the covered by his bulletproof vest. the emotional police chief told mourners smith will never be forgotten. >> this constructional deputy juan carrillo is now an inmate in the jail where he worked for 14 years the sheriff's office arrested carrillo after searching a search warrant in his home, investigators believe he let known criminals live in his house in exchange for free illegal drugs. three other people were also arrested on drug possession charges. >> san francisco announced it's third flu-related death today there have been 33 flu deaths >> the increase is causing a surprising shortage and forcing a change to one of the most

commonly-used treatments in hospitals and dialysis centers. >> we are live in san francisco with the story for us. carolyn? >> yes. there are some unintended consequences. as far as san francisco health department and that latest flu victim, because of federal law, they cannot tell us very much other than that the person was under age 65, and had under lying health conditions. on this day, josie wong decided to get a vaccination to try to protect herself. experts say it's not too late. >> if you remember when h1n1 first hit it hit in spring of 2009. there is no vaccine. now we have something we can give to prevent this. and so our message remains the same. getting vaccinateed. >> the spike this year is having

unanticipating impact. dehydrated patients are coming into hospitals and they're given a saline solution. >> we probably have enough to last 2 or 3 weeks we're just, you know, trying to get what we can. >> jeanette is administrative director of pharmacy services. she says a combination of increase in patients and their manufacturer shutting down has been using alternatives to saline. >> so it's not normal. and it is worrysome. now, it's manageable. >> other hospitals say they're not experiencing shortages but with others reporting limited supplies, the fda is on notice.

abc7 news. >> a brief scare for southwest airlines passengers flight 4479 hit a bird no, one was hurt. the boeing 737 returned to gates so mechanics could change the damage. >> officials in san jose investigating what led to a gas leak and prompted evacuations in that area around 8:20 a crew working on a bart construction project hit a two inch line. two homes were evacuated and police redirected traffic in that area while crews capped the leak. closure lasted about three hours. >> three years of construction along cesar chavez street has come to an end the $28000000 project reduced

lane s from three in each direction to just >> starting on monday, golden gate bridge district will be charging $two per day to park at larkspur terminal. drivers will need to register license plates and pay by phone or smart phone app. there will not be ticket machines in that lot. they can cut the price in half if getting a monthly pass. >> aggressive doth caught after an attack in a popular tourist spot. >> credit card fraud the government's promise to fight thieves who steal personal information of americans. >> the question that led to a threat to a television reporter

that had a politician's apology, today oochl michael finney taking your questions and will answer them here in just a few minutes. you can contact michael on facebook and on twitter. >> and taking a look at the san francisco skyway. it's gray and slow going for drivers in

animal care and control caught an aggressive dog

involved in an tack in golden gate park, 12 of dog that's went after a man last night prompting police to shoot ask kill one of the animals. >> san francisco animal care and control officers caught this white pit bull wednesday morning after a full scale search for the aggressive dog throughout golden gate park. in four by fours and on foot. police say it followed a vicious attack overnight the dog and another pit bull attacked a man believed to be homeless in the park. his friend, the possible owner of the dogs tried to help, the animals turned on him, too. neighbors heard cries for help. >> this one guy hadded a backpack. he was, between he and the dog. and like i said, this guy was just trying to get away. >> the attack sent a victim to the hospital. animal control arriveed and tried to catch the dogs but could not. police say they had no choice but to shoot and kill one of the pit bulls.

but the white dog ran from the area, people this morning got a warning to be cautious. >> any dog not trained can be a problem. right? but it's a wild animal that we have domesticated but pit bulls perhaps a little more. >> we are hoping someone spots him. between gardeners and workers, ask call, right away. >> the white pit bull spoted and captured not far from golden gate park golf course the dog's fate remains unknown the dog is in custody and will be quarantined ten days and a hearing will be held after. that the owner, we're told tried to help during the attack could face possible fines. in golden gate park abc7 news. >> trying to avoid a phone shall tragedy major league baseball pitchers will have a modified cap offering betteder protection for heads the manufacturer provided this video and it features safety

plates fitted to a pitcher's head. designers hope to avoid injuries like this one when a drill then a's pitcher in 2012 season, mccarthy needed emergency surgery and suffered a fractured skull and brain contusion, he is now okay, though. >> hackers defaced web site for angry birds today. that attack two days after reports u.s. and british spy agencies might have accessed the personal data of the users. rovio denied it shared information with intelligence agencies and says the attack was caught within minutes and created immediately. >> attorney general eric holder says justice department is committed to tracking down the thieves who stole information from millions of target customers. today, target revealed hackers appeared to have used financials stolen from a vendor and told senate

judiciary committee the government will hunt down anyone who exploits the stolen data >> the department of justice takes seriously reports of data breech especially those with personal or financial information. a hacker stole 40 million numbers and took personal information from 70 million people. >> a good sam mayor tain continue came to the rescue of stranded drivers this, man dressed in a tank top jumped out of his truck to give people a hand. drivers unsure how to scale a hill, then, many jackknifed. this is a pretty big boy. like billy. >> yes. i like his outfit, too.

>> yes. >> we're getting a lot more rain. >> we're excited about it. snow in the sierra is a bigger precipitation than it is for us, let's go to live doppler seven hd. we don't have measurable rainfall now. there are probably pockets of mist. let's take a look way up north. it's moving into our direction we're going to get wet weather. here is a look at the dreary looking sky. 59 oakland. mid-50s in los gatos. 55 in half moon bay. sfo had slight delays because of low cloud ceilings. it's 55 in petta

luma. low 60s in fairfield. another live view from our camera across embarcadero from abc7 from over the bay. periods of rain, showers will linger tomorrow. a cold front moving into our direction bringing rainfall with it. much-needed rainfall. the front bringing rain overnight. so napa and marin and solano county and beyond. it's going to be a wet commute. showers, rainfall will still be fairly well organized through mid morning hours. we'll see pockets of showers throughout the day and into tomorrow night and beyond into

2:00 friday morning. and a quarter inch into lower elevations about a tenth to quarter inch but it's a start. we'll take what we can get from this. upper 40s to low 50s for the bay area and will be rainy overnight. tomorrow, showers and rainfall. by mid day, looking at some breaks of sunshine, mostly cloudy day. pockets of showers, high temperatures upper 50s to around 60s here is the accu-weather forecast. so friday, after some early morning showers at least partial clearing. milder, low 60s continuing into saturday with low 60s and sunny skies. cloudy on sun. then, next week, monday, tuesday, wednesday, sunny skies and mild high temperatures into mid-60s but we'll get rainfall in.

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photo and said the parents were encouraging the bad behavior. officials say they checked and the sculpture was not damaged >> don't touch the art work. >> more problems for the beebs. now facing an assault charge after allegedly hit a limo driver last month. he's expected to turn himself in, tonight. >> things could get worse. the young pop star is on a temporary work visa in the united states and this morning a petition to deport beiber reached 100,000 signatures, the threshold to receive an white house response. >> his attorney filed a written not guilty plea to charges in florida where he was arrested in miami beach. >> participants in the puppy bowl have been coached by a

famous dog. >> michelle obama helped the pups get ready for the competition here they are. >> the puppy bowl is like a football game but the players need loving homes, dogs smoer touchdowns when crossing the goal line with a toy and then bios show how to find them for adoption. it airs on sunday on animal planet. >> to use marshon lynch's mode thashg dog was in beast mode not fair. still to come a look at starter retirement accounts the president is busy with. >> politicians behaving badly. what this congressman is saying after this video is captured of him. >> hundreds of horribly sick cruise passengers return home.

hear what they said, coming up. >> and later bay area teacher being recognized by the white house. the

a stem cell research break through is giving hope to

families >> it's giving billions to advance stem cell research. >> abc7 news reporter wayne freedman was there as the new grants were being awarded >> reporter: this study shows by shocking or stressing existing cells, scientists may be able to engineer them into any kind of cell we find in the human body and do so cheaply this, happened to be good news. you've seen political lobbying. now, the medical variety. california institute for reagain ra tiff medicine gave roughly $25 mill

michael is has a newer logical disorder. >> in this room, the hope. a 10-year-old state mandated organization seeded research with more than $1 billion. >> we believe a number of these things will hit. >> dr. samantha butler received funding to restore stem cells to people who might restore a sense of touch for those with paralysis. >> imagine not being able to touch your child, our spouse how devastating that would be. >> the key in this research is to make these changes to cells while they're inside of the human body making treatments more affordable. a word of caution this new study looked at stem cells in mice experts say we're a long way from human trials.

>> wayne, thank you. us department of justice says it will fund tracking devices for children with autism the proposal prompted by disappearance of an autistic new york teen found dead in the east river. a similar program exists for alzheimer's patients. >> president ordering creation of a new starter retirement account. he signed order to create the my-ira program. americans who don't have work retirement plans could contribute $25 from paychecks into this newly created account letting people begin saving the president says every working american should be able to feel some security. >> because i want more people to have the chance to save for retiefrment through their hard work. and this is just one step that we can take to help more people do that.

>> the president also visited a costco store in michigan to tout his call for increase to the federal minimum wage, exemplified costco where enry level employees start at $11.50 an hour. >> a new york congressman is apologized to a reporter he physically on camera. it began when the reporter from ny 1 tried to ask michael grim about a federal investigation into grim's finances he threatened scotto. today, grim called the reporter to apologize. >> bottom line is that shouldn't have happened. and my italian

mother is going to be yelling at me saying you weren't raised that way, and she is right. >> cruise ship passengers stuck on a royal caribbean ship during an outbreak of noro virus is now back on dry land. >> they're talking about the nightmare cruise. >> royal caribbean pulled into port. 600 people violently ill from a stomach bug believed to be noro virus. the symptoms, disgusting. >> violent vomiting and diarrhea at once. >> the sick were quarantined, fear spread >> i was worried and managed not to, somehow. >> officials told passengers to seek care before heading home. royal caribbean apologized and

promised a 50% refund and half hoff the fare for a future cruise. >> this is the first time i've had a bad experience i want to see what they're going to do. >> this vessel about to get a scrubbing before heading back out to sea, again on friday. >> and speaking of new jersey you can call marshon lynch who is barely tolerating the media. today he almost made it to seven minutes. a former teammate jumped in to help. >> just direct your questions to me. >> michael how is marshon feeling about this? >> he just wants to play ball.

>> michael how are you feeling about that? >> it's a life style. ball. >> how does marshon feel about it? >> he loves the game. >> lynch, every sentence ends with boss. lynch does open up occasionally, he spoke with mike silver, a fellow cal grad and marshon trusts him and he provided powerful insights on his life saying the lowest point when growing up trying to figure out what we're going to eat at night. my lowest point came when i washed my jeans at night and hopefully, they're dry by morning so i won't have to go to school in wet jeans. there is another side to him the rest of the national reada doesn't know. he doesn't open up but because he -- he's from the bay area and oakland you know? we know him he talk was us. but he doesn't

like the rest of the media. >> yes. >> coming up, we're going to show you a wet -- set of rare newborn pandas. >> also, a bay area man's unusual musical inspiration. >> today's 7 on your side q and a just ahead. so i'm still taking your questions and you can contact me on facebook.com/michael finney and on twitter at mfinney. >> i'm spencer christian. check out this view. clouds at various levels soon to be followed by rain i'll have the accu-weather forecast coming up in just a moment. >> this is the golden gate bridge. you can see drivers moving in and out of the city with ease but it's foggy and it looks like rain is either right there, or on the way. stay with us. abc7

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animal lovers buzzing over the birth of these rare red panda twins. they're an important edition. there are only about 10,000 left in the world. >> very cute. >> an east bay musician making

music using only bicycle parts. take a listen. flip baker recorded this song using parts salvaged from a bike. >> doesn't seem possible. >> yes. wild. >> took seven months to record for each note, he tuned spokes to the same pitch and created a mel peri melody. >> that is remarkable. >> yes. >> let's check on the rainy forecast. >> yes. spencer christian making beautiful music with live doppler seven. >> we're going to have rain, yes. we've had scattered pockets of moisture as you know. and we'll have periods of wet weather tomorrow, taking a look at the national picture, snow melting in atlanta. high

temperatures reaching 42 degrees tomorrow. and showery weather on the west coast including state of california, we'll see areas of showers and pockets tomorrow from top to bottom. so much-needed snow in the we'll see marshal clearing here and there. mostly cloudy skies and areas of showers and sunday, super bowl sunday in new jersey, new jersey, new york jets and giants play there regular season games. denver versus seattle. game time 6:30 eastern time, will be chilly, mostly cloudy. temperatures dropping to the low to mid-30s later in the game. it won't affect those of us watching in living rooms. or television rooms because i'll be here, working sunday.

>> no snow. >> should be a decent game. >> spencer is pumped up about the rain well. invite to you share your puddle picks with us. you can post them on our abc7 news facebook page or share them with us. >> still ahead on abc7 news at 4:00 a heist worth millions and how a robber got away with a rare violin. >> and social media connecting mother and daughter. the reunion, next. >> certain apps store your pass word. what happens to that information if you cancel subscription to the

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thank facebook and skype for reuniting them after 20 years. >> i can't believe it. everything i went through. all of these years, i finally get to talk to you. >> i know. i'm sorry i wasn't there. >> you can feel emotion there she went into foster care after her mother was arrested on a drug dmarj spokane, washington. palmer was just seven at the time. >> our separation happened on april 27, 1993. i'll nevering for get that day. and at the time i just got involved with the wrong crowd. >> another family adopted palmer, palmer had been looking for her mother but never had luck until she discovers gray's facebook profile. she reached out to a few friends, that ended their search. >> wow. >> michael finney is here now

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line up. modern family at 9:00. at 9:30 super fun night. then nashville atting 10:00. >> a teacher heading to the white house in mark. >> sunny park will receive presidential award for excellence and math and science. it made park want to help students achieve. >> sunny park loves to engage with her students and admits being goofy and loves to play while doing science with her class at east side college in east palo alto. >> get a chair, yes. >> 40 degrees. >> park is teaching about latitude and longitude and to use that information.

>> she does funny things. >> it's easier to understand >> a science teacher nominated her for excellence in math and science teaching. her students worked on a project similar to this one. only two awards are given per state. she and her students had doubts. then, made a deal with them. >> we're going to have a steak dinner. >> she learned that the hard way just 11 years old. >> i moved to korea in sixth grade and failed everything. >> that made her want to teach students at awe disadvantage. east side created to help students under served and under represented at four-year

colleges. the school opened in 1996. two graduates wanted an education. we're there when first group of students graduated in 2000. park says she won't want to teach anywhere else she got an e mail from the white house and had one and will go to washington in march. >> it's going to be cool. my kids are like what are you going to do? give him a hug and a fist pump. i said i don't know yet. >> and she knows she has a debt to settle. that dinner she owes her students. >> what a great teacher. >> yes. i love it. >> thanks for joining us. >> abc7 news at 5:00 begins right now. he will be arrested

for murder. >> he's not on the run anymore. a 14-year-old accused of killing his sister over a fight over laundry turns himself in. >> car by car, thousands turn out to pay respects to a sargeant. >> live on the roof of the kgotv broadcast center, live doppler seven hd is tracking the >> manhunt ends six days after a police say a brother killed a sister over the way she did his laundry. thanks for joining us. i'm cheryl jennings. >> let's show you a picture his sister. justice toliver was 17

years old. >> we can confirm that that 17-year-old woman was a teen mother and know the man accused of shooting her is her younger brother, 14 years old. after six days he's now in police custody in that building behind me, speaking with investigators. this is what we know. police have been investigating the death of the 17-year-old justice toliver, naming her 14-year-old brother has the suspect in the killing. police say the teen walked into the oakland police station with family, friends and his attorney. the teen was handcuffed. according to an officer the 14-year-old was visibly upset. detectives credit the family for encouraging the 14-year-old to turn himself in >> i want to thank family and friends in contact with this young man trying to persuade him to turn himself n i want to take my hat off to them

they did a great job. >> the family has been emotionally devastated since the killing of the 17-year-old some told me they found out from social media telling me her killing was tied to an argument over bleach used on laundry the brother ask sister lived in a fifth floor apartment with their grandmother andfather. very been in touch with family members since the beginning. they told me they're not ready to go on camera but do tell me they stand by the 14-year-old and think this has been upsetting for the family. detective s tell me they're not ready to discuss the weapon. whether or not it's recovered or where the 14-year-old had been hiding wech know the district attorney has the option to charge that 14-year-old as an adult. nick smith, abc7 news. many police officers had the day off today to attend a funeral