hour. >> we expect important new developments in the debt of a three-year-old girl. the mother and the mother's boyfriend could be charged with murder of the girl the. >> the result of the autopsy are not released but kayleigh slusher's body will be released to her father's parents much the father is in prison. her mother, sara krueger, and her boyfriend, are expected to make the first court appearance this afternoon in superior court. police are asking the district attorney to charge the two with murder. police arrest them on sunday because of help of alert citizens. a woman was on social media and saw pictures of the couple and recognized them in the restaurant. the manager also recognized them from tv and the police got several calls and put the word out to law enforcement and bart police found the pair at the bart station. later, we talked with the grandfather of the girl.

>> the most proudest moment of my life is gone forever and there ain't nothing we can do or say to bring her back. i hope no one ever has to go through this. >> the three-year-old was found dead in her mother's apartment on saturday afternoon during a welfare check. investigators say it looked like she was beaten and possibly sexually abuseed. >> an assault suspect is in custody following a list shooting that shut down interstate 80. officers opened all lanes of i-80 in dickinson at midnight after closing them for several hours. police say the c.h.p. officers spotted a man suspected in an armed assault and a truck theft in concord. he was driving the truck last night at 8:00. he charged the officers when they pulled him over. >> the other officer fired a round from the shotgun.

the suspect went down. then the officers used caution to approach and removed the subject from the lane of traffic and provided first aid or attempted to provide medical first aid. >> the suspect was taken to the hospital. no word on his condition this morning. >> the santa clara board of supervisors will consider declaring a breach of contract against the san jose fire department that is meeting this morning. the county pays san jose fire to be first on the scene at medical calls within eight minutes, 90 percent of the time. in the past 14 minutes they have met that goal only 80 percent of the time. the supervisor wents to take action. >> vulnerable citizens including seniors are dependent on the response times. >> more fire engines on the street, more personnel. that is the big elephant in the room. >> san jose firefighters say response times have suffered because of budget cuts. abc7 news reporter cornell bernard will have more at 5:00.

>> police are looking for a man who slashed two teen girls and this man pull up next to the girls in the car while they were walking on california street on saturday afternoon. he was touching himself and the girls got into a different car and took off. they say the man followed them for a few problems before they lost him. police made the two drawing based on each teen's description. >> a social site is facing legal trouble for accused of endangering teen users promoting interaction between strangers. san francisco city attorney has sue the meetme.comby revealing children's personal information and their location to strangers. they responded to the suit saying and i quote, "we review hundreds of thousands of know theys posted each day and we compare the information provided by our users to a sex offender registry. >> vallejo is looking if a new

police chief. year, the chief crane announced he is retiring from the department but will stay on until a new chief is selected. crane was appointed as the interim chief in july of 2012. san jose state university released a report investigating an alleged racial hate crime on campus last fall. the 53-page report was put together after four white students were accused of bullying a black roommate. the incidents were going on for weeks because the victim did not want to come forward. the staff did act quickly to contact authorities. however, the university president and chief of staff were not notified of the severity of the incident for a month. the task force says the lack of internal communication did not violate university policy but impeded the university's ability to ensure student safety. the task force will use the report to make safety and response recommendations to the university.

we posted the report on abc7news.com. a big news antismoking campaign is launching today designed to scare off teen smokers by appealing to what really matters to them: their looks and losing control. >> smoke causes wrinkles and aiming prematurely the. >> the $115 million effort by the f.d.a. aims to reduce the number of young smokers by 300,000 in three years. the ads are not for the faint of heart. a boy pulls out a tooth with ate service pliers for a cigarette. the f.d.a. says 3,000 teens try their first cigarette each day the. >> it lookings like star wars creator will not get to build a museum near san francisco's crissy field. the trust voted down all three proposals to develop the eight-acre site including the lucas plan. others wanted to build a cultural center or environmental

institute. the property is used by a sports basement store but they will offer lucas another site near the main post to build the museum. >> mike has the forecast. >> we have cloud on the way but first the coolest temperatures are setting up. we have frost inland with temperatures in the low pressure 30's. upper 30's elsewhere. increasing clouds today. that will keep the temperatures below average again. we will go around 50 or 52 at noon the low-to-mid 50's at 4:00. at 7:00, you need a coat in the mid-to-upper 40's. moving forward, starting tomorrow we have a chance wet weather in the evening and the commute could be wet thursday morning and it will be wet and thursday is a cooler day low-to-mid 50's and same on friday as we are in between storms and another one will come in, this welcome. we talk to leyla gulen and find out about the commute.

>> we have a stalled bus in san francisco blocking a lane northbound 101 so it is causing a little bit of slowing in the nobody direction 280 with a slight slow down southbound to 101. in san jose area it is quiet. 101 at 71 miles per hour leashing san jose airport and southbound is clear. 280 is accident-free and 85 does not have a single problem. drive time traffic 680 to dublin is 15 minutes and 51 minutes southbound 101 santa rosa to san francisco, highway 17 through the santa cruz mountains. the drive across the bay bridge leaving the maze and to san francisco it is empty at this hour with construction wrapping up. >> thank you. >> next, tributes pour in to remember philip seymour hoffman. now broadway will honor the late actor this week.

>> his cause of death: heroin. more americans are using it and dying from it. >> the controversial contestant shaking up sketch difficult -- shaking up jeopardy. >> anger over angry birds, a free yap called flappy birds is take over. apple wants to revolutionize how we charge devices. "new york times" says they are looking into solar and wireless charging operations. apple released a new ad in honor of the 30th birthday for mac making technology more accessible shot entirely using the iphone

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covering daly city, dublin, los gatos and all the pay area this is abc7 news. >> good morning. it is 4:41. a look from the roof camera checking out the ferry building with the embarcadero looking dry. it is cold. it is windy. we will talk to mike nicco about the forecast which contains rain. autopsy result could be released in the death of actor philip seymour hoffman. a memorial outside his manhattan apartment continues to grow with fans leaving candles and flowers to pay respects to the late actor. tomorrow, the broadway community will pay tribute to the 46-year-old hoffman by dimming lights for one minute. hoffman was an oscar winter and three time tony award nominee. he was found dead with a syringe if his arm and dozens of bags of her reason and bottles of pills. >> after the death a survey finds heroin use is riding in --

rising in the united states jumping 80 percent between 2007 and 2012. heroin-related deaths are up by 55 percent between 2000 and 2010 heroin is part of the same family of drugs as oxycontin but it is cheaper and more abscessible compared to prescription drugs. >> california's ban on conversion therapy aimed at turning gay youth straight is on hold while conservatives ask the supreme court to overturn it. the appeals court in san francisco reaffirms the ban last week but the chronicle reports that yesterday it granted a request for a stay while opponents seek supreme court reviews. the law bans therapists from trying to change the sexual orientation of patients under able 18 through hormone treatment or nausea inducing drugs. psychiatric and medical groups say the treatments are dangerous. opponents say it violates free speech and the rights of parents

to make decisions for their children. >> online bidding in an auction to benefit patients at san francisco general hospital. people checked out the hearts inside a window display at macy's union square. this is the 10th year the heart is being auctioned to benefit the sf general going to the winning bidders at lunch held at at&t park next thursday. if you would like to check out the heart auction go to our when at abc7news.com and look under see it on tv. >> a controversial contestant on subsequent difficult is causing frustration with the fans the way he plays the game has some upset although it is not again the rules. nick has the story. >> this is jeopardy! >> this is the arthur, the jeopardy champion getting attention if the big cash winnings and the way he is playing.

>> it is a game. it is what we are there to do, to win. >> he won $100,000 from four appearances and each time he has picked the high stake answers first and then find the daily doubles so he builds up. >> i felt like the goal for me is to be comfortable, but to win the. >> it is working. >> the sketch difficult champion has had continue appearances on the show and with another slated she will be part of the battle of the decades tournament and says he is getting an early advantage. >> he obviously is trying to build up a host money at the beginning so he cannot be caught. >> the way he has played is in the rules and according to leslie not a bad strategy. >> you want it to be competitive. it is not how much you know but how much you know in a split second. >> he has gotten the attention of college students who say there is a lot to learn from the nontraditional style of play. >> it is not against the rules.

if he gets the attention, that is cool. >> and he is winning. >> it works! >> i would be traditional and question down the line. >> in the end, to win, there is no big secret. be prepareed. jeopardy's battle of the decades continues today at 7:00 p.m. and arthur will return february 24. >> traditionally the game is played you start with the lowest number questions first, $200 and whatever, but arthur seems to go right for the big money first and work his way back and that is unusual but not against the rules. >> some would say it is smart. it is working. >> other people do it but not to the extent he does it. >> congratulations, arthur. >> in the weather department, we have not seen this cold weather in such a long-term. >> absolutely, forecast out

there. you may have to let the car warm longer or drive it slower. fog not an issue so far with the high clouds coming in, it will probably cap the chance and napa has gone from a mile visibility to four with the high clouds streaming in. we will talk about what is going on temperature-wise. we are 32 in santa rosa and novato and 30 in napa, and in the mid-to-upper 30's in the east bay valley with 36 in concord and san ramon and livermore at 34 and mid-to-upper 30's around los gatos and san jose and hayward and san carlos and low-to-mid 40's fremont and mountain view and oakland and half moon bay. from our camera you toward the embark day and ferry building you can see the bay bridge with lots of visibility because of the clean air. clouds are increasing today and partly sunny this afternoon and not is much sun as yesterday. that keeps the temperatures below average. we will have wet weather tomorrow evening through

thursday and another chance this weekend but how far south will it go? we have low-to-mid 50's along the coast and 55 to 58 degrees around our bay and inland neighborhoods. we should be around 60 to 62. we are close. we are freezing in the north bay valley and east bay valley with profit and mid-to-upper 40's around fremont and san jose. sound like this morning? it is the way it will be. we are jumping ahead to wednesday morning at 7:00 with the clouds increasing by 5:00 when the rain starts to break out in the evening, the wet weather will be moving from west to east across our neighbors and the evening should be wet. after four or 5:00 on thursday morning it is more scattered in nature and in the afternoon only

our highest elevations will see the lingering showers. rain fall amount is not impressive but good news we have .1" to .25". temperatures are cool all seven days until the weekend. then the warm air will come in bringing heavier amounts of rain. where will it fall? we will tweet that. >> where the roads are starting to get busy, what is san mateo? that was the daily double? >> how much money do you winst. >> that is my "jeopardy" question. no one who is known that. we have a hit-and-run accident in san mateo 101 northbound with one lane blocked and it sounds like the cars have moved on their way and not blocking any lanes and it is looking clear. 280 is busy as you make your way

from 101 to san francisco and we have a stalled bus northbound 101. over the altamont pass, the drive is building but still decent speed into livermore and dublin with top speed from there. in oakland, 580 stays clear up to highway 13 and beyond the nimitz, quiet and accident-free. >> thank you, leyla. this morning, the senate will vote on a controversial farm bill that contains big cuts for food stamp recipients and cuts $hull million from the food stamp program and clear the way for testing new work requirements for recipients in ten states. lottery winners, convicted sex offenders and murders are not eligible for food stamps which contains generous federal subsidies for farmers. >> five more technology companies have released previously confidential information that confirms the u.s. government has been snooping on the digital libs of

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the state has fined two subcontractors over a power plant implosion that injured several. osha has fined two companies

$14,000 each for failing to properly evaluate the dangers of the august demolition of the pg&e plants. five people were injured when shrapnel influence into a crowd of a thousand spectators. a man's leg was severed. >> san bruno is suing the state of california over the deadly pg&e explosion in 2010 where eight were killed and 38 homes were destroyed, saying the state regulators have a cozy relationship with pg&e and wants the court to order the release of documents to prove that led to the lax oversight. the city claims the public utilities commission repeatedly ignored a request for documents. the committees has not responded to the lawsuit. >> we will see what is going on with the weather. mike? >> a beautiful morning from emeryville to the new span of the day bridge.

temperatures are within a degree of each other. we get ten hours and 26 minutes of sun shoe with the clouds increasing you can see the slippery northwest slope. traveling to the south we have low-to-mid 60's with a few scattered higher elevation showers and upper 50's through the industrial valley and 54 in monterey and 35 in tahoe. when we get rain they will get snow, and same this weekend. that is great news. leyla gulen? >> as we take you over to the antioch brick it should re-open so we did have a full closure here but we did have construction crews starting to pick up cons and you can take the antioch bridge. 580 tracy to castro valley is 34 minutes and 101 northbound is

looking good. we are seeing a buildup of traffic. in the east by, southbound along 680, through walnut creek, as you make it up to highway 24 you can see the traffic is moving smoothly, quickly, and only taking you nine minutes. there will be smiles around san mateo county because dentists offer free service to children from low income fridays, with 11 dentists offering 112 free appointments to residents 1 to 18 who otherwise could not afford the care. the number is 650-616-2002. a young boy in alabama is sending valentine's from the heart, the nine-year-old is writing valentine's to sick kids in the hospital. he as a life threatening heart

condition and understands how welcome kind words of support can be. >> kids in the hospital don't get to go to school and do things i can so i am making a valentine's card is they don't feel left out or forgotten. >> he is writing the cards as part of a community service regulate to get something he was told he would never achieve: a black belt. he said this about the doctor: he was wrong. >> perseverance. >> fans are talking about an impossible ending to a college game in sacramento. >> he knocked down with .7 -- my god, my god! >> love that. teammates and fans love sack sacramento who nailed the 75' shot winning the game with .7 second remaining. he tied the game seconds earlier

and that kept the game from going to a second overtime. >> the luckiest fan in the world or he can see the future, tim connors was so confident the seahawks would win he got the logo champed open his arms in august. the tattoo landed him on jimmy kimmel and went doritos heard about the love for the seahawk they gave him tickets to the game and flew him to new jersey. until a day ago the tattoo seemed foolish, but not anymore. this picture of connors says it all. >> did you see the tattoo? it said "chump." just kidding! >> san francisco 49ers humor. >> san jose's fire department feeling the heat from a county leader: are paramedics too slow to respond to calls? >> facebook is all grown up celebrating a decade in

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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good morning, everyone, on which chilly morning. >> so chilly i texted to the kids, do not wear short sleeves. >> sandals and shorts are out? >> totally. totally out. >> it has been a wardrobe shuffle now that it is dealing like winter.