cities and towns will get less waters a result. these actions will protect us in the long run. >> water releases scheduled to begin tomorrow. >> the state water project serves 29 water agencies large and small up and down california. some are more dependant on state water than others. two districts will be hard hit. zone 7 gets almost all water from the state. and a santa clara county water district gets 30% from state sources. and laura, let's start with you. >> i'm high abust tri valley area. several agencies with their water which most comes

from the delta. this will curtail state water allotment but managers here tell me they're wondering to get back because of advanced planning. >> if they cut it off we're going to get nothing. >> with this announcement allocation has been cut to 0, zone 7 is a difficult road ahead. >> it's more complicated. we have to control the rate in which we take water out to meet demands of the people and ab ware of our abilities to recharge it. >> zone 7 supplies water to various agencies. 80% comes from department of water resources now, will turn to the back up plan in a system to company tour ground water.

>> i come every friday. looks like three feet. >> about 60% belongs to zone seven. it's down about 15 feet right now which is normal. the question is, will it get refilled? >> soon we're going to be fishing out there by that buoy. >> the board declared a drought emergency asking for a conservation of 20% in tri-valley area. in livermore, abc7 news. >> pardon me, there we go. in campbell the water district is also dependant on state water. leanne? >> our apologies, some technical

difficulties with the report we'll try to get back to that but also, great water concerns there, as well. customers of the hetch hetchy regional system being asked to cut back. request impacts 2.6 million users in san francisco, sanlta clara, and alameda counties officials want them to reduce water usage by 10%. the san francisco public utilities commission says the request is just the first step to get people to conserve. >> if things persist, we may have to go to more stringent requirements. to a mandatory. so we'll know in a month or so if we have to ratchet this up. >> a public campaign being produced to get homeowners and businesses to use low-flow shower heads and toilets. we're all asked to do as much as we can. >> this state hasn't been this

in generations. take a look at the graph. this shows state wide precipitation since 1970. and in 2014 rain just a couple years ago, in 201 1shgs 30 inches. what is the best you can say? >> i'm going to start with what's happening now. it's nothing at all. things have dried at the moment. start agent 11:00 tonight we'll see clouds approaching us and then, this system sunday, which may be a grazing blow into the coastline. so there may be light rain for

us now, let's take it forward about ten days into the forecast. looks like earliest rain we can expect will be the following sunday, late on february 9thth. if this green we're seeing now computer model materializes this could be more significant. and it's going to take a lot of rainfall to get us out of the situation. >> thank you very much. >> and news is that state water project not going tiebl to send water to cities around california. we're live in santa clara county where people are concerned there. leanne? >> that is right. the valley water district gets 40% from state and water, federal supply.

now, state report is telling them here that they're not going to play ball. how much will come from the federal supply? we don't know yet. they have not released numbers but we're told that they're expected to be low. and now will have to relie on underground water supply the district is also asking customers to conserve. and have set a goal to reduce by 10%. >> we are relying on our underground water storage so we have water to get us through this year. >> and some restaurants no longer offer water to their customers unless they ask for

it. they told me they're discussing ways to conserve. >> leanne, thank you. now, of course dry conditions didn't help san francisco firefighters tasked with putting out a tree fire this afternoon the fire was set by a man who witnesses say was walking around dry terrain and setting trees ablaze. and a small brush fire broke out just after one burning an area behind the high skoochl officials say campus was never in danger. >> a real scare involving bart riders and transbay tube. there is concern a ship anchor may have struck the tunnel taking trains under the bay. vic lee is live with the story. this is a new one.

>> reporter: a ship hanker possibly hitting the tube? that didn't happen, but if it did, it will have a catastrophic affect on the bay area infrastructure. bart stopped all service throughout the tube when coast guard notified a ship dropped it's anchor. a concern is that anchor may have hit, damaging the underwater tunnel the tube is the back bone of bart carrying 150,000 riders between san francisco and oakland. a corridor hitting 70 feet under the bay. >> they tell everybody get off the train the train got changed to the bay and the san francisco train had

to wait. >> they didn't say too much. >> they just made us wait. >> trains were stopped inspectors took more chances. >> bart stopped traffic throughout the tube and found there is no damage. >> it was a containership berthed in oakland. coast guard says it began drifting. and later it was determined the anchor was dropped 1200 feet southwest of the tube. and this is some reaction when they heard what happened. >> yes. it's scary. but it's kind of funny. i would think an april fool's joke. >> starting was a good idea just to make sure.

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a tough-minded retired judge is set to tackle what students claim is a hostile environment towards black students. after a black student was hazed in the fall that ex-judge will lead a task force expected to recommend changes. david? >> that will make it's rec men dagsz based on a review that will be due out next week. this is no a chair that is no stranger to controversy. >> la doris wants the task force to meet at least twice per month. >> what can we do? what recommendations can we make

that we want to be implemented by the university and set something >> one student had a chain around his neck. his roommates have been charged with a hate crime. students expressed skepticism about the president's leadership. >> i think the president wants it off the table. you know? he doesn't want to talk about it. and students are concerned. >> the president sent out four e mails to indicate what is being done. including students, faculty and staff. and members he missed his deadline to name them. only the chair is known. >> i want to have the report

done while students are here and school is still in session so that people understand that this is important and we're giving it a top priority. >> the task force will make recommendations but no power to implement them. for students this is his reputation on the line. >> i hope he proves us wrong and wants to see change on this campus and cares about the climate we're in every di. >> a ruthless computer virus discovered in september is still terrorizing users now, making millions offer them in the process. abc7 news has more. >> it's extortion, one of the oldest games in the book. the game that crypto locker plays, kidnapping your niles and holds them for ransom. among latest

victims. >> and it happened weeks after brian douglas opened an ex-mail that looked like a shipping alert but links to a web site that wasn't. >> i had a bad feeling. i forgot about it until a red screen said yesterday. >> the computer is infected with crypto locker, scrambling his photos and videos and only unscramble if he pays $400 before the clock runs out. >> i twoent google and looked it up. and wikipedia told me i was in trouble. >> it is called ransom ware, most well-written piece of software experts have come across. >> completely unpractical for all practical purposes. >> paul says crypto locker uses

security world's best encryption, and right. only good option is wipe your computer clean and resfroer a back up more than three weeks old. if you don't have one, lose your data or purchase the key. >> it's a business. isn't it? >> absolutely there is one rent estimate that perpetrators have netted somewhere around $27 million from this. >> one user did pay and got his data back but says not everyone does payments are in bit coin that is virtually unvase treysable. >> there is no way to know who is behind that address. >> for douglas, paying criminals is out of the kwechlt >> i personally dmot have $400 worth of files on this computer i can't recreate he lost grandmother's poetry he'll have to recopy he's careful about what he clicks >> they got me. >> he says your best defense is to back up regularly, and keep

several old back up going back at least a month. the users do pay to get their files back, he recommends you don't f you pay, you're funding criminals. >> thank you. boy that is a tough one. >> ruthless. >> it's still dry. we're looking for a little bit of rain coming in on sunday not going to amount to much. but we're just happy to see any rainfall. here is live doppler seven hd. dry conditions and clear skies. go fog get chilly into the sierra, still snow falling near lake tahoe. a change required on highways 50 and 88. this is winding down now. so let's go back to look at the snow pack. state wide hasn't been helped a lot but we're at 15% of normal snow pack state wide. two days ago a mere 10%.

recent snow has parts of modest improvement. rainfall totals 0 in most locations around the bay area. 1/100ths in half moon bay. and moffett field here is a live view from our camera, looking at driest january on record not only state wide but here in san francisco. by a wide margin. driest on record we had only 6/100ths of rain. this shatters old record in january back in 1920 there were 26/100ths of rain. here is a live view, current readings degrees. and looking at western sky, a little bit of after glow of the sunset. current readings mid-50s. and head peta luma

mid-50s and concord and livermore, and on we go to live view from sutro tower looking over san francisco we'll see sunny skies tomorrow. nice chance of rain sunday. and dry and milder all of next week. here is our satellite image. that shows us what is in control now, it's a dry ridge of high pressure giving us sunny skies tomorrow. but there is a system out to sea moving into our direction. it may graze the coastline on sunday. this is a system we expect to bring us rainfall. overnight tonight clear skies, low temperatures down below freezing in north bay valleys and mid to upper 30s in inland valleys and around the bay near the coast low 40s or around 43. tomorrow, sunny skies. and seasonal temperatures. not too mild or cool upper 50s to 60s around the way. low 60s inland. here is the

accu-weather forecast. slight chance of rain sunday. not going to be a drought buster but there will be a little bit of rain. high temperatures by mid week back into mid-60s again. but there is another chance of rain coming in for following sunday. >> that is quite a ways off. >> i know. >> thank you >> sure >> coming up next marin county teenager stole a celebrity lamborghini. >> abc7 news i[dad] [lau [boy] mom!ughs] [mom] yes? [boy] whoa,whoa,whoa... [mom and dad] [laughing] [boy] whoa,whoa,whoa...

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19-year-old max wade is spending a day at san quentin prison. >> the authorities will evaluate which prison he should be sent to long term for attempted murder and stealing a lamborghini of celebrity chef guy fieri. >> dan noyes is here now with a look at that video evidence. >> the legend of max wade grew the year after he stole that car. no one knew who did it. tonight for the first time i can show you how he did it. i spent days going over the court exhibits in this case and making copies wade planned his crime,

including drive by shooting at a school mate dating a teen-aged girl he he liked. >> there was a delay he had time to look then delay, then, started firing. >> he didn't say anything? >> no. >> this is the video that got him arrested a surveillance camera caught wade buying a motorcycle helmet night before the shooting. one he wore in the drive by. we'll have the story tonight on abc7 news at 11:00. i can show you wade's personal text messages reveal his motive for the shooting. dan? care yes lynn? >> remarkable what you can find when you go through and study. >> it's a long haul but it's all clear now. >> interesting. >> sounds like something out of a movie. >> thank you. >> more still to come tonight here on abc7 news at 6:00. new evidence against new jersey governor chris christy. >> justin beiber's trip to the super bowl interrupted by police what. had officials sniffing

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>> pop star justin beeber's private jet stopped and searched when it landed in new jersey. officials thought they smelled marijuana but a search turned up nothing sources say they were questioned before being let go. the plane arrived from canada for super bowl weekend. >> first lady michelle obama wrapped up a two-day visit with an appearance at another fund-raiser. sky 7 caught up with the jet as it took off bound for washington this afternoon. she appeared in a democratic fund-raiser in san francisco. guests paid from 500ss today $32,000 and >> i she laughed so, very easy to talk tochlt honor to be there. >> the first lady called on the crowd to start writing checks to

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and kerry walsh also showed up to cheer her on. >> we wish her well. >> expect to hear a lot of fire works tonight to celebrate the start of a lunar new year. a small parade wound it's wau through ports nouj square the mayor was there, too, expecting it to expand well beyond chinatown. >> you'll be looking at communities all celebrating the lunar new year. >> including time for family gatherings and feasting. accord together zodiac those born in the year of the horse will have fame and fortune. >> just ahead tonight the germ-killing robot in use in a hospital. >> how kit help wipe out disease

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services rolled out. >> they claim it's cheaper and faster than taking a cab. so tonight michael finney puts them to the test. >> had is fun. it seems every couple month there's is a new network company ready to send a car to pick you up. latest trend to use a smart phone app to dispatch folks and their cars so how reliable are they? how much will you pay? i decided it's time to do testing. this used to be a challenge. >> all you had in the day was cabs and taxis >> a flood of new services legality you summon a driver by tapping a smart phone. suddenly it's not such a problem to be stranded at midnight >> important for a single female. >> are the services reliable? and which is least expensive sf

>> the different prices three companies set their rates and do add charges when demand surges also we tested flywheel, summoning the nearest san francisco taxi. raquel will use for a trip to at and t park. it was a nonscientific test. here is what happened we begin with lift the cars with pink mustaches the app says car is six minutes away. but ten minutes later no car. now, app says it's eight minutes away. >> hello? i requested you but time keeps changing. >> we counted 26 minutes before

the car pulled up. there is no mustache the driver says the fuzzy branding makes him a target for vandals the car whisks rack yil to the ballpark there is no charge for peak demand. next we call uber. the service slashed basic rates by 20% so it does multiply fares during peak demand. the price? $9.19. no surge pricing. now we try side car but it won't connect wex try again a half hour later. after several tries the app links up. a driver in a red prius pulls up, they're off. >> i got in the car he offered me candy, valentine's day candy. >> that ride costs $11 and no surge in prices. and finally we

tried flywheel app tells us it's contacting drivers, then, we return around, it's there. here is our results. then, side car at $11, lift, $12. flywheel, $12.20. these minus tip. >> you always know what the price is going to be. >> he says the pricing makes other services more expensive than taxis for timing flywheel fastest, uberx next, side car, ten minutes. lift wait was longest. lift tells us the long delay was a fluke. the owner got trapped in a construction zone and lift says the wait was 19 minutes not

26 and average is just 3.8 minutes as for trouble connecting with side car, the company says it just upgraded the you'll find side kwar's price. you can find out estimated cost of your ride before you request it. we thought it as easier than it was calling a dispatcher. >> yes. >> choices are remarkable. >> that is fascinating. thank you. >> more trouble tonight on the highway seas. >> another cruise ship forced to return to port. caribbean princess docked with 170 sick

passengers, all confined to rooms three day buzz a spokesperson says heavy fog not aling passengers was the real reason. >> a hospital is using high tech weapon ynz to fight an enemy often is difficult to kill. super bugs these germs can spread in hospital rooms with deadly results. hospitals had a most wanted list, mrsa would be at the top. according to a report 2 million people per year are now infected by the so called super bugs, germs developing resistance. and killing them as become a priority. >> in the hospital our mission to ensure we don't transmit organize yims. but the threat is considered so serious, now there

is a hired gun. a germ-killing robot that looks like a meaner version of r two d two. >> the top raises up. it's rebuilding bulbs that flash. those flashes kill the bacteria. >> the robot is moved into rooms only after patients are moved out or discharged. because of the danger from the light, technician says they'll leave the room. >> you don't want to get close. >> after raising it head it bombards theed woman with uvc, killing bacteria. the light works by damaging the cell structure of micro organisms and roughly 0 times effective as bleach. >> kills those hearty bugs and

probably one of the hardest to kill is the seal. >> after 15 minutes the inadvisable carnage is complete. it is about $80,000 a unit still, with 23,000 deaths a year blamed on super bugs stanford believes it's worth it. >> if we're able to reduce 1 or 2, it's worth it. >> stanford still cleans with traditional chemicals the light used as an additional measure. >> it works well. >> let's talk about the weather >> spencer christian is here with that for us. >> here is live doppler seven hd. clear skies over the bay area now. and do expect sunny skies. 55 in monterey. upper 50s

to low 06s in the central valley. here in the bay area, sunny skies and about 60s around the bay. low 60s inland. bouncing across the country now to new jersey. big game played on super bowl. game time 6:30 eastern time, it's 44 degrees. mostly cloudy there. winds about 5 to 10 miles per hour should not be much of a factor during this game. temperatures dropping into upper 30s in the game. here is the accu-weather forecast. a slight chance of rain by mid week, temperatures back into mid-60s into afternoon. back in that long, mild dry spell again. >> there we go again. >> thank you. >> a state of the union address.

>> 34, 31 seahawks. >> wow. >> just write it down. >> yes >> commissioner held an address during super bowl week among those with questions niners tight end.

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good evening, you know football season ends on sunday. tomorrow, at ask t park is free l all players are going to be there. like majority of teammates romo looking to bounce back and times last year frustration spilled over and he told us he feels like it's he's a changed man. >> i want to be more open. i like to be someone they can count on not just on the field. i want to be a better man. this

is why and feel i can do more than just throw a baseball. >> 49ers tight end concerned about nfl health care. >> why doesn't the nfl offer free health care for live for those suffering from brain injury? >> we had discussions about that in collective bargaining process we approved a lot of our health benefits. to the point i think health benefits are the best in the world. >> for the record they danced around the economy. fred couples bought super bowl tickets. and

he made the cut. not going to the super bowl. he said call me stupid. tiger woods and rory mcelroy also playing in dubai. mcelroy still the leader. 11 under one up on brooks kepka. next week returning to pebble beach coming back with a ever-growing fan base thank tz a faster card commercial. >> this guy is hunting like. that >> how often do you hear that? >> daily. almost

>> home quality my wife still calls me that, sometimes. it's been a lot of fun to see that grow. >> with victories last year the 33-year-old has six wins. just as they did last year. >> everybody has to win at some point. seeing those three guys do it realize it's not any different. the hang your nerves the right way. just being able to withstand. i'm ready to take the step. >> the flop shot is about the

putting. this is worked great for me. now we're going to understand what i need to do. >> same goes for winning a major. in monterey, abc7 sports. >> abc7 sports brought to you by orchard supply, hardware. >> on purpose. >> i just like the defense. i think they're going to have more read option. >> a bizarre twist artist using teeth and snouts to add a touch to jewelry. >> then, only on abc7 news at 11:00 surveillance videos of max wade committing crimes.

>> and thoughts about what matters. thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. second super bowl sunday. and certainly by core characteristics. super bowl is a day we tend to gather with family and friend. ask like most holidays a big part of that is the food that we prepare and enjoy. the game won't be the same without the petesa, wings chips, and salsa. right? more than 110 million americans are expected to tune in sunday. the super bowl, the last remaining mass media event. we would have loved to see our 49ers but what matters isn't the game so much as the chance to join others for a uniquely american sport and a spectacularly american event.

enjoy the game and especially enjoy the day with family and friends and the holiday that is the super bowl. i'd love to hear from you. follow me on twitter and facebook. that is our report. i'm dan ashley. >> remember, our coverage of breaking news continues now on twitter at abc7 news bay area. >> from all of us here, thanks for watching. we appreciate your time we'll see you at 9:00 and 11:00.

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