>> good afternoon, everybody, i'm larry beil >> we've got light rain around the bay today but it did nothing to ease our drought situation. this is a live look from our camera, and there are clouds out there. a lot of sun poking through, as well. >> yes. >> a little bit of rain was enough for drivers to use windshield wipers. chp responded to people just driving too fast. the storm brought much-needed storm to the sierra. >> you can see the difference compared to today. take a look at pictures from kirkwood people are excited to see snow on trees and cars again. let's

go live. and hi, carolyn, it's just starting to snow a little bit. fresh powder brought out skiers. this is providing a mental lift. for the first time with no dirt on the ground. >> it's the first time they've had the groomer out in weeks in efforts to maximize new snow the resort received overnight. >> looks like a regular winter day. >> what is your guy doing? >> he's preparing snow. hopefully we'll get another foot, foot and a half to fill in. >> what is not on on the hill will push over to it. it's nice

to see, it's still short of what they'll need to reopen. across the road it's an opportunity to open more runs in what has been a disappointing season. >> it's been challenging but we do the best we can. and have fun out there when we go skiing. >> for sugar bowl and resorts, it will supplement what they're continuing to make. >> this wasn't a snow day, i'd be at school, being bored. >> hope is to get more out of the system. what they need is more feet. near donner pass, laura anthony, abc7 news. >> well, today the man taking the season's second snow survey

said oh, dear when pushing his measuring pole under the ground. snow pack just 12% of average. it's critical because it supplies a third of california's water. previously was 21% of average this, month is on track to be the driest january going back to 1895. >> he could have used a toothpick. >> i know, right. >> spencer christian is live. is that it for rain? >> that is just about it. we're looking at moisture off shore now. that may provide some showers for us later into the evening. light, widely scattered showers is what we can expect. so that is a an for back country areas in effect

until 8:00 in the morning and we have a winter weather advisory for central sierra from 8:00 until noon. could be more snow maybe 4 to 6 inches. but not a significant amount expected. how about rainfall totals from 0, no measurable rain to around a tenth of an inch.. for drier areas getting rainfall we haven't had enough to have any affects and last week we had extreme drought. now we have exceptional drought. at the moment we don't see more coming. >> thank you, that is exceptionally bad. you can track our weather conditions using

live doppler seven hd on our abc7 news weather app. >> today governor brown spread the word about water conservation because of our severe drought. >> the governor says it's going to take all of us to get through dry times. >> don't flush more than you have to. don't shower longer than you need to. turn water off when shaving or brushing your teeth. >> the governor promoting water conservation, he says the state has to be united in the effort. >> this is unprecedented i'm going to ask to look at all available tools to work with the state in response to this. >> governor brown counting on help from the white house.

>> we're working together on a long term set of investments that will enable california to continue growing and continue to have high quality of life. >> he skfd californians to use 20% less water but says that could change. >> every day this goes on we're going to have to tighten the screws on what we're doing. >> southern california is offering efforts on how to cut back. >> this richmond man will spend 22 years in prison after pleading guilty to holding a relative as a sex slave saying he repeatedly raped the girl from the time he was 13 years old in a plywood shed it and went on 15 years until she escaped in 2012. >> police arrested a convicted sex offender for charges of

molesting a girl. they don't believe there are more victims at this time. >> prosecutors say a 14-year-old boy is accused of shooting and killing his 17-year-old sister will be charged as a juvenile not an adult. police say he was upset because she bleached some of his clothing. the first court aappearance is set for monday afternoon. a house fire in a mobile home park injured a woman, dog and firefighter this morning. sky 7 was on the scene. firefighters took the woman to an ambulance, she remains hospitalized in critical condition. firefighters also pulled a dog from the home and revived it with cpr. a photographer provided these photos to abc7 news, one

firefighter suffered minor injury sxtz cause of the fire is under investigation. >> first lady is in san francisco right now for two days of fund raising for the democratic party. sky 7 hd was overhead. police escorted her motorcade into san francisco the highways are not shut down but she has plenty of security surrounding her. abc7 news reporter carolyn tyler joins us now from her first stop. >> reporter: you can see streets still blocked off behind me. michelle obama is in a restaurant where that officer is standing. you know she was supposed to be here in october, but the federal government shut down postponed that visit. she's making up for that today the first event brings supporter who's paid $10,000 to $32,000 to see her at the restaurant here on pacific. as mentioned she was

escorted by a massive motorcade a trelis, very pretty prohibited us from getting more than a glimpse the money goes to the democratic national convention. >> eem an obama supporter and a democrat. i love things they're doing that she has two girls she has really paid special attention to. and raised very realistically. like her mom is taking care of them, i'm a grandmother, too. there are a lot of things we like about her. >> mayor ed lee sat with the first lady at tuesday night's state of the union address. and he will introduce her at the second fund-raiser, tonight. >> i think everybody loves the first lady and knows that while she's here to raise money for democratic party to talk about other thing that's we can be

doing together is exciting. >> thank you. >> now, mrs. obama will overnight here in the bay area and has a final fund-raiser tomorrow, with congress woman nancy pelosi. live in san francisco, abc7 news. >> thank you. >> congress woman jackie speier hosted a public forum in the controversial dog management plan for golden gate national recreation area. at issue is a proposal that would ban dogs at chrissy field in san francisco where they're now allowed off leash and most of ocean beach, as well. >> basically what's happening is that feds are coming in and telling local people that they can't do things they've been doing on their land for 50, 60 years. >> dogs dig holes, going for gopher, chase birds, run over flora and fauna. so there is a problem with individuals with mer than one dog. >> would it require the use of

leashes at five places in marin county where dogs currently can run free including part of stintson bech the public comment period runs through mid-february. >> still ahead moving day for puppy rescued from a recycling conveyor belt. >> plus, unloading on richard sherman following that post game rant. then, new at 4:30. >> abc7 news is the only tv station on hand as a toy company gets super news about the super bowl. >> our first check of traffic is in san jose. guadalupe parkway runs through 101 and 280 this, is the exit to the left here, traffic moving nicely in both

a young woman who has been trying to get away from her abusive boyfriend has been acquitted yesterday. she gave us permission to show this photo. last september she and her ex-boyfriend came to san francisco for a weekend get way. they had drinks and later at their hotel he beat her through her against furniture then later threatened to kill her, she drove way. police stopped her for dui. the jury found she was a victim not a criminal. >> we're learning new details about a 20-year-old after school

tutor facing charges of selling marijuana to two students >> the tutor may is been selling pot obtained with medicinal marijuana card. david? >> the nonprofit group says this is the first incident of it's type in a 20 years history. applicants are expected to undergo background checks but not drug tests. teachers at willow glenn middle school found the marijuana the marijuana, they said came from a 20-year-old edward diaz from san jose the teachers acted quickly >> they called 911 the san jose pd responded and my understanding is that the individual admitted to selling drugs to the kids, immediately. >> the program operated by the group think together. the

organization says he passed background checks before he was hired on a part time basis. >> we pride ourselves providing for the community and this is really part breaking to us >> clark said he was studying to be a counselor. >> i don't think he would sell marijuana to a child oochl is this out of character? >> yes. definitely. >> two students have been suspended. analysts say he will be facing tough prosecution >> they're going say a last place a student should be able to buy marijuana is from his after school counselor. this young man is 20 but facing serious charges and could go to prison because of the age of the individuals who bought the

marijuana. >> now, san francisco based zynga is laying off 15% of its work force. today's announcement comes less than a year after the last round of staff cuts when the company laid off more than 500 employees and face book introduced a news reading app called paper letting users organize feeds into sections like sports, photography, food design like in a newspaper. people will be able to flip through stories by tilting and swiping their phones. if i can get rid of the ads in the news feed. >> the poodle res res cued from a conveyor belt went home with its new owner today. patricia alemand helped rescue the dog nicknamed gem. badly injured pup ended up in the trash but plucked out just in time.

>> my reaction, i saw pictures and it's just a miracle to see she made it through. and alive. >> 250 animal lovers wanted to adopt gem but animal care said the dog deserved to go home with someone with ties to recology. >> president obama signed an order aimed at coming up with ways to improve federal job training programs. the president said he also talked about need to help women succeed. >> i don't know about those guys here but when michelle is doing good, and happy, i'm happy, too.

i'm just saying. >> the president also said he had planned to start the speech by saying the state of the union is cold. around heeshg co have said it was dry. >> yes. >> the storm was not exactly what we're hoping for. >> not at all. the most rain received was around a tenth of an inch. and it's sat when the rainfall gets worse. rainfall has grown because we're not getting enough rain. so we just have to hope for more. our current dry conditions around the bay area looking at live doppler 7 hd. this is

miles from point reyes. we're just looking at mainly blue skies with some broken high clouds. 56 in oakland. redwood city, 58. half moon bay another live view from our camera looking at clouds out over the bay. we have temperatures in low to mid-60s. upper 50s in napa. another live view from our mount tam camera, scattered showers possible tonight. and mild pattern next week. the cold front moved through the bay area last night and now way down south of los angeles. there is another disturbance that could

produce showers tonight. so we'll start at 7:00 this evening. and scattered showers are possible. we'll be looking at mainly sunny skies so when is the next chance of rain? another system off shore will just graze the coastline on sunday and could provide light rain but we don't expect from that system. so low to mid-40s around the bay area overnight but maybe low, upper 30s in the north bay valleys. tomorrow, sunny skies with a chance of showers afternoon will be dry with high temperatures or near 60 degrees. the next chance of rain sunday but not nearly enough to affect drought situation. next week, sunny, mild conditions with high temperatures coming into

mid-60s. >> strange pattern. >> it is. >> never has such a sad little snowman been such a beautiful sight. this guy is a product of eight inches of new snow in the sierra. better than nothing. >> these twin girls, and their letter got nationwide attention. >> then, after 4:30 studying beyond state. a course al one of the besis that millia is that millions of people will qualify for financial assistance. it's important to remember that the lower your annual income, the greater financial assistance you will receive. enroll today at coveredca.com.

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collin kapernick blasted richard sherman in several interviews now, kap making an appearance on espn >> i think it was ridiculous and overblown but if you have to tell everybody you're the best corner back in the league, you feel that way, go right head. at some point it's going to catch up with you. >> when speaking to the new york post he unloaded towards sherman for making a choke sign toward him saying did that make you feel better about yourself? then go ahead because i'm not worried about you. he says he will be rooting for broncos sunday but not watching the game. one thing was nice we saw

kap kap kapernick more expansive. >> nice to know he has it in him. >> yes. >> a member of the seahawks is rewarding two young fans for the kind things they had to say about him. >> are you really? >> it's me. in the flesh. how are you doing? >> great! >> that is so precious, that is derek coleman meeting the 9-year-old twins they wrote to him telling him he is their inspiration. >> like coleman the twins are hearing impaired coleman is the first legally deaf offensive player in nfl history with a gift for the girls >> we want to invite you and your family to the super bowl.

your little brother, mom, dad to watch us play. >> seriously? >> yes, ma'am. are you down to go? >> thank you so much! >> he gets another hug as he should. >> this is the best story of the day. and they're in such awe of him. >> they're -- is it really you? >> they don't don't know. then we're going to the super bowl? that is just fantastic. great job. >> yes. >> we've got more still to come here on abc # news at 4:00 including a critical decision against the suspect charged in the boston bombing case. >> the south thawing out today. drivers trying to find their abandoned cars. >> and incredible video from a >> and incredible video from a war-to[ sports announcer ] here's another one, alyson dudek. hales corners, wisconsin. nice pass by alyson dudek. and she does! e does! [ male announcer ] with the u-verse wireless receiver, your tv goes where you take it,

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georgia's governor is apologizing to dryers >> he took responsibility for the failure to be ready to the storm that led to an epic traffic jam in atlanta. the police and national guard represented drivers retrieve so many car that's drivers were forced to abandon.

>> ashley bridges is live with more on the massive clean up. >> reporter: carolyn and larry thousands of cars were abandoned and thankfully have been cleaned up. kids back home from school. but this massive mess left a lot of questions and people saying who is to blame? first, leaders pointed fingers and now starting to admit too little, too late. in an about face, georgia's governor admits the state was ill prepared. >> i think we did not respond fast enough. we did not respond in the magnitude at an earlier enough time. >> two days after the rare winter blast crippled several southern states, the clean up is underway. the national guard is helping drivers reclaim their cars official says all cars and trucks have been cleared. >> i took an aerial view of the

interstate system around the city. there are a few spots that required action by end afternoon, but those spots were cleared. >> hundreds had to leave cars on tuesday after two inches of snow and ice caused a massive gridlock. some trapped nearly 24 hours. >> going to the airport. we got a stuck >> the guard handed out food and water, others were kept warm thanks to kindness of strangers >> we brought soup then said spend night with us. >> officials are facing heavy criticism. >> i've been on the road 16 hours. >> eyeicy weather closed school and grounded flights and now is

blamed for a dozen deaths leaders say there is a lot of lessons to take out of the storm going forward. first is that those school children have to get home, safely to their families and that has to be their top priority. for abc7 news in atlanta, i'm ashley bridges. >> ashley, thank you. >> attorney general eric holder announced federal prosecutors will seek the den penalty against 20-year-old brother was captured. he faces 30 charges, and pleaded not guilty. >> and an italian court is convicted a man amanda knox of murdering her room rate. she was nouned not guilty in the second

trial but under today's ruling the 26-year-old knox case faiss a sentence of 28 years. this after six years of rulings and reversals in a written statement knox says she's frightened and sattened by the verdict saying they she will not willingly go back to serve the sentence. >> the tsa has no plans to arm the tsa after an attack that left one tsa officer dead the head of the tsa says is he looking for ways to improve communication saying every issue is on the table except guns for officers >> in syria a infant was bury add live in an air strike on her family home. an activist took this video of the 14-month-old gina khalil. rescuers dug her out she did not appear to have

serious injuries. there she s the air strike killed ten people, including five children. warring sides are taking nart peace talks. >> russia's counter terrorism agency arrested two brothers suspected of assisting suicide bombers in volkarad last month. a top u.s. official says there has been an increase in reports of threats officials say they're ready with personnel everywhere. along with closed cameras and a security blimp over the city. >> and abc news investigation uncovered information about a russian who played a major role in wing the games for sochi seven years ago. u.s. and other law enforcement say he's a key player in a huge organized crime network that smuggled heroin

through russia into europe. >> he is wuvent 4 or 5 most person people in the trade in the world he's a major and very dangerous gangster >> the russian journalists are reporting people in his circle boasted of making cash payoffs. he did confirm he helped win the games because of good relation was olympic officials >> coming up, beyonce in a classroom where you can get an a if you study queen bee. >> i'm spencer christian looking towards ocean beach, blue skies but more clouds and possibly showers on the way. i'll have the accu-weather forecast coming up. >> and taking a look at the san francisco skyway, it's a rough commute now if you're trying to make your way into, or out of, san francisco and heavy traffic for those on the left side of the screen heading east across

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beyonce is now the focus of a college course. >> yes. department of women and gender studies at rutgers is offering a course called politicizing beyonce saying he's using the career to explore

american race, gender and sexual politics he says he wants to help students think about media consumption. >> that must be a fun class to think. >> spencer and i wondering if this is available online? >> here is live doppler 7 hd. there is patches of moisture off shore that are getting closer. we may have showers out of the moisture this, batch here is about 35 miles off shore from the area. so may have scattered showers, looking at national weather picture, calm, dry day for the 48 contiguous states but cold in the upper mid west. showers likely interior northwest over parts of montana, idaho, women women and tomorrow, a mainly dry day, but another dusting of snow is possible, likely in the sierra. may not be a big snow but any snow is

welcome there. most remainder of the state under dry conditions. here in the bay area, after a chance of showers we'll have a mainly sunny afternoon. upper 50s to low 60s. super bowl sunday in new jersey. weather conditions about a week ago looking fiercely winter like. game time is 6:30 kick off time. that is dropping into upper 30s later in the game. snow no snow. those who pay big bucks to go will probably not care just bundling up to enjoy the game. >> do we know what the situation will be like, wind wise? >> it keeps changing because winds tend to make passing game crazy. you know by tomorrow

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there is one less nominee vying for an oscar statue today the kad my is rescinding the nomination alone but not alone saying it discovered the composer e mailed colleagues asking them to consider voting for him. he served as academy

governor 18 years. in a statement academy president says no matter how well inventioned using one position to promote one's own submission creates the appearance of unfair advantage. bratten says he's ready to fight the decision. abc7 is the only place you can see the oscars live, sunday march 2nd. >> teenager in pennsylvania is having an especially difficult winter. it turns out she's allergic to cold. the condition is called cold indooes duesed and the 14-year-old discovered it two years ago. after 30 minutes in the lake she broke out in hives then passed out. her body wasn't processing oxygen correctly and she suffered a seizure. she's now on four different allergy drugs and forced to carry an epi pen. >> one first thing that happens is fingers and toes swell up.

>> she avoids eating popsicles and cannot spend long amounts of time outdoors, especially during winter like this one on the east coast. >> federal officials warning fans everywhere to be on the lookout for super bowl fakes. saying there is a record $20 million tied to sunday's big game. one agent says if someone offers you an item for $40, you know it's worth $150 that should serve as a red flag. >> toyota announced several popular late model vehicles do not meet fire safety standards. >> you know toyota didn't find i authorities in south korea did. toyota then notified regulators

here and announced selling cars. the problem? padding in the heaters doesn't need flammability vehicles. there have been no reports of fires or injuries. no woshd on whether there will be a recall. fred and friends is recalling 200,000 pacifiers because babies can choke on them the chill baby pacifier with a mustache and beard, volume control has a knob and a ventilation holder too small on volume control and same with panic button pacifier. cool looking. no injuries have been reported. parents can return

pacifiers for a $12 refund. >> prosecutors want bank of america to pay $2 billion for selling bad home loans during the housing boom. that is more than double the fine the government wanted and here is why. a jury found bank of america and countrywide sold bad loans to fannie mae and freddie mac. now, the governor previously onlied b of a to cover losses but now, now prosecutors asking for $2.2 billion based on total revenue made. now, bank of america said it should only cover losses and government is asking for too much. >> porsche's first car may have been ahead of its time. >> what looks like a horseless drawn carriage was debuted in 1898. it was electric. >> oh. dubbed as a p one, could chug along at 22 miles per hour.

it's a first was rediscovered in a warehouse in austria. it's interesting. >> looks modern, really. >> yes. >> up next a bay area toy start up encourages girls to be engineers is about to get national exposure. >> yes. big break for goldie blocks. >> coming up new at 5:00 a story anyone when a young male needs to hear. and california's clout on capitol hill takes a hit.

here is a look at tonight's prime time line up..

a bay are start up is encouraging girls to build and is about to go global. >> the winner gets a tv spot during the super bowl. >> yes. and oakland's own goldo blocks won. >> the story only on abc7 news. >> they wish they had this growing up and so excited to offer it to their girls. >> in this office we're keeping a secret. >> goldie blocks is one step >> the intuit president had a stunning aannouncement. >> congratulations. i'm here to tell you and goldie blocks on

behalf of all small businesses you're grand prize winner. >> news spread quickly first to debbie's husband. >> the contest was his idea. >> you never think it's going to be you. it's like i think we should enter this. debbie is like, i think we should win this. >> what they've won is an opportunity to garner an audience. >> we have stories with our engineer. >> out of disappointment in what is called pink aisle at toy

stores. >> it's our little product but a huge message and opportunity. to inspire girls and parents i had one math teacher telling me to check out engineering. it changed my life this, is what this is all b i want every girl to know she can. >> that gave goldie blocks the edge over the >> the father, two daughters thank you for sending that to the world ask a generation is going to be different. you have put a dent in the universe, so happy for you >> i can't -- words can't describe how excited i am. and

how proud of this opportunity it's a dream come true. >> in oakland abc7 news. >> it's a small company and now, this. >> they've gotten a lot of notoriety. >> yes. a 30 second spot going for $4 million and coming up at 6:00 a preview of the commercial. >> you might have heard about goldie blocks in the news the company found it's snefl a legal tangle with the group "the beasty boys after changing lyrics to the song" girls "lawsuit filed back and forth then withdrawn and any wau you look they're going to have a bonus.

>> thanks for joining us >> the news at 5:00 begins right now >> thank you. a bay area man pleads guilty to a case that is similar to that of jaycee dugard >> a drought has a farmer digging in for the long haul. >> i'm sandhya patel. live on the roof of the kgotv broadcast sent yes, sun is out but don't ditch umbrellas yet. there are showers coming up. >> white house motorcade in the bay area. how much people are. >> a deeply disturbing story in the east bay. this man abused a young girl as a sex slave more than a decade. police only describing the victim as a relative >> the abuse started in late

1990s and ended when she was able to escape. abc7 news joins us live now with details in martinez. that is where the man pleaded guilty. leanne? >> for some reason we don't know why, police did not consider this to be a high profile case, therefore it got very little media attention until yesterday. raul ochoa pleaded guilty, admitting to this horrible crime. this house on alamo street was where the 52-year-old raul ochoa sexually abused and kept one of his relatives 14 years the abuse started when the young girl came to live with them at 13 years old. >> in that home, she was basically through the use of emotional and psychological pressure as well as sex abuse forced to participate in horrific acts >> she was not allowed to go to

school. when old enough he taught her how to do landscaping work. a neighbor knew something was not right. >> she didn't go to school she was, they were always together. she never had any friends. >> investigators say he built a shed where most sex abuse occurred. it has since been torn down. there were other people in the house, including his wife ask children. the d.a.says they, too, lived in fear of him. but in august, 2012 at the age of 27, she told others she wanted to escape. >> on the last day she set up, she indicated that she said she was going use the rest room and had a relative down the street. and at the time she went to use the rest room she twoent a vehicle and able to get to the richmond police department. >> yesterday, ochoa pled guilty to a count of forced lewd acts on a child and two counts of