san francisco police sergeant told me the man was crossing van ness in the crosswalk toward city hall and he was struck by a vehicle headed south on van ness. the vehicle described only as "dark colored sedan," or "s.u.v.," left scene and has not been found by police. the victim was pulling a recycling bin across the street and there are lots of recycleables and shattered glass in the intersection. the man is listed in critical condition. he is fighting for his life. >> thank you, cornell. the accident is on the he will of a fatal pedestrian collision in the sunset district yesterday and a meeting to push for major improve to street safety. we have that part of the story next. >> whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. this is what it can be like trying to cross near the faith

accident site. a woman had a hard time getting to the other side to leave flowers. she want as stoplight. >> it is very dangerous. a car hit an elderly man, the 78-year-old was crossing sunset. we captured the aftermath when the victim want through the windshield. three women were not seriously hurt. the crosswalk has yellow lights that flash when pedestrians push a button but police don't know if the victim was in the crosswalk or activated the lights. a man who walks his dogs here does not bother with the crosswalk. >> it has always been dangerous, this lights for a couple of blocks and people speed. i avoid it. >> the group "walk san francisco," wants reduced speed limits and. turn restrictions.

>> we want to make the pedestrian more visible when they cross. >> three new traffic signals were added and now there are calls for another one here. >> a developing news from the east bay, a 62-year-old hayward woman died when a confrontation with police at her apartment building. amy hollyfield is on the scene at foothill boulevard and ash street. >> we are learning more of the police officer who was involved in the shooting, the hair police -- says he has, worked at the department for a year. they are not releasing his name. police say the 62-year-old woman did have a gun. she ignored officers' demand to drop it and vanned toward the officers. one of them felt threatened and slot and killed the woman. the neighbors say it was

terrifying. >> it seems like five shots. it scared me to death. i felt like i could feel them because it was so close. my safety was my concern, getting the kids safe and getting on the ground and staying away from the window. >> police have not released her name and they say she made several calls to 9-1-1 and they were here to check on the welfare at the summerwood apartment on foothills boulevard. the police department and the district attorney will investigate this shooting. there were new daze of a police chase that ended with a deadly wreck. it started in the city and headed west on interstate 80 officers saying the driver lost control and crashed near highway 780 and rammed interest a tree at portrero parkway just after

7:00 with vallejo police chasing the car although we don't know why. all lanes are now re-opened. >> east oakland store had a large fire and will be a vacant lot. it started 59 9:00 and the fire eye to three alarms with so sequence for the flames, and it took two hours to bring under control the fire so intense that firefighters had to take refuge outside the bidding with no word on what sparked the place the. >> the story of the murder of a three-year-old napa girl is more disturbing, she was stored in a suitcase and freezer for several days. police found the body of kayleigh slusher in her bed on saturday. they arrested her mother and her mother's boyfriend on sunday and the two appeared in court yesterday on murder and assault

charges. sara krueger and ryan scott warner could face the death penalty if it is determines she was sexually assaulted. the police checked the apartment on thursday but didn't report anything unusual. >> we have a child who died and i don't know...everyone i know at this point says this was nothing that was done incorrectly but that doesn't mean the system didn't fail. >> sara krueger and warner will return to court in two weeks to enter a plea. >> san jose police are sending for three men who pistol-whipped their victims in a string of robberies and they believe this is one of the suspects caught on surveillance video. the robberies happened october 27 around 3:00 a.m. and police say the men carjacked a victim and robbed the other victims in the stolen s.u.v. over the next few hours. >> the california public policy center has launched a website sharing the largest salaries and pensions paid in the state.

the site shows that alameda administrator was paid $720,000 in 2012. in santa clara county, four doctors at the medical center if san jose each made $500,000 to more than $750,000. two fire captains in richmond collected more than $400,000 each half in overtime. as for pension payouts, five retirees with piedmont police and fire pension system collected over $300,000 in 2012. more than 95 former government workers in the state took home more than $250,000 each in total pension payouts. >> now a check on the weather. we have rain coming to the area. >> finally. and the east coast, too, there will be flight canlations and delays with snow from chicago through detroit, cleveland, into new york and boston. it turns and freezing rain and sleet around baltimore and

washington. colorful sunrise and temperatures are cool this morning from the 30's inland to low-to-mid 40's at the bay and clouds by noon and low-to-mid 50's and hold in the low-to-mid 50's at the clouds increase through the afternoon and when the sun sets the showers will start pushing through. most of the evening rush were, the sooner you get there, the more dry it will be. by 7:00, we will see more rain developing. >> through the next three days the heaviest rain is tonight through tomorrow morning with scattered showers tomorrow afternoon and most of friday is dry and when the sunsets, again, scattered showers will develop for friday morning plans ahead of the system that is going do bring us significant rain saturday and sunday. >> now we will check with leyla gulen. >> the roads are quiet but for the construction. in the east bay we have this project working in the northbound direction along 880, we will have lanes shut down and

it will last until 5:00 this morning in the southbound direction as you make the commute out of oakland to san leandro and southbound 880 from 98 to marina we have another project with the cones being picked up at 5:00 this morning. in the east by, walnut creek, southbound, 680, traffic is running smoothly as you make it to 24 junction between highway 4 and 24 will only be nine minutes >> it is 4:38. >> a slow messy morning commute on the east coast and the dangerous condition wills of people on the east coast are facing from a major new storm. >> a big day for twitter and what investors will lock for when it releases the first earning report.

>> covering santa clara, san francisco, east bay and all bay area, this is abc7 news.

>> good morning, everyone, it is 4:40 on wednesday morning. a look from the rooftop camera to san francisco with a tall building that will be west this time tomorrow with the rain system moving in. mike will have more. >> new details in the death of actor philip seymour hoffman. police have arrested four people in new york, they men and a woman, are held on drug chances tied to the friction-year-old's death with 350 bags of heroin found in the apartment and are trying to determine if it is the same batch as the drugs found in hoffman's apartment or whether it was not. he was found dead of an overdose. the actor withdraw $1,200 from a grocery store a.t.m. before his death. >> twitter has the quarterly earnings report and the first since it went public. the social immediate can company stock has purchased strongly since it made the debut on the

new york stock exchange in november. shares of twitter subjected from the initial public offering of $26 to the current price of $66 with the report giving investors a look of how quickly they are adding users and growing revenue after the close of trading today. >> up to a foot of snow is expected to fall across a large part of the united states from the rockies to new england as another major storm threatens to send many into a deep freeze. in chicago you can see it is moving really, really, really slow because of the snow and ice. there is accumulation and abc7 news reporter is in new york city with the story. yes, it just won't end: another winter storm. the second one this week. it is blasting two dozen states.

it is dumping heavy snow and freezing rain on 160 million members. >> it feels leak a lot. >> across the midwest the plows are out in full force with crews working around the clock. >> we push the snow all the way to the right. >> kansas city has the biggest storm in 20 years up to 12"s and many have declared a snow emergency. ♪ school is cancel ♪ school is canceled ♪ because it is cold >> we had a situation where people thought they were in a four wheel drive vehicle they were invincible. >> in texas a truck went into a sheriff deputy and bystanders and the winter is having a huge economic impact in the midwest with a salt shortage. >> it is difficult getting salt. whether it is bagged or bulk salt. >> if can you get it you are paying a lot more.

yesterday the price doubled. if it costs $300 to fill a truck now it is $600. >> in the northeast communes are running out of snow remove money. >> we are $66,000 over budget because of the storms. >> new yorkers wake up to this: winter storm warning up to 8" of snow and ice expected. another winter storm is due here this weekend. southwest airlines jet was stuck in the snow moments after landing in scans -- kansas city strands here on the taxiway. passengers took the buses to the terminal and put on later flights. final preparations are underway in seattle for the biggest parade ever to take place if that city. it is to celebrate the seahawks super bowl championship at 11:00 this morning stretching from the space kneeled to downtown to the

field for a rally. barricades are set up and loyal fans have put out their seats for the perfect spot. seattle schools will not close to let the kids attend but they admit they are expecting lots of absences. if the par. s say they are sick, what are you going to do? wink, wink... >> teachers would throw a surprise quiz, we have seen that happen. >> no rain up there. a lot sunshine and temperatures in the 30's. that is cool for them. the flood gates are opening. we have significant rain coming our way. the rain this weekend could double the total amount of rain we have received so far this rain year which began july 1. wrap your head around that, we

could get more rain in two days than we have had in nine months. fog in napa and everyone else is okay. you can see the plume when it comes in from the southwest and the west you know you are getting my apple pipeline or a push of more tropical air coming in tonight. >> if you are stepping out now it is dry. it is freezing. knits santa rosa and napa and 32 in novato and mid-to-upper 13 around fairfield, hayward, san jose, los gatos and if i didn't mention you, oakland, late, then you are in the low-to-mid 40's. from mount tamalpais, sausalito shows thickening clouds and dry in the day. the rain will move in when the sunsets hanging around for the commute tomorrow. it will be unsettled and west. maybe a chance of a thunderstorm

or two that is how heavy the rain could get. today, we are in the low-to-mid 50's along the coast and mid-to-upper 50's under the ever increasing cloud cover with tonight, everyone is under the green and yellows, moderate rain is possible and we will be in the low-to-upper 40's. at action, a stray shower is possible and the north bay by 8:00 everyone is getting wet weather and it is getting heavier through midnight through 7:00 tomorrow morning and by noon it stars to taper to showers and by 5:00 it is about over. friday we have a stray chance of a shower in the north bay but at 7:00 the unsettled pattern re-develops and plans friday evening could be wet. the storm is blow down and moistening and we could get up to half an inch in the east bay and half an inch to 1.25" in the

north bay. we have a break on thursday evening into friday is it until monday and tuesday afternoon when it will be wet all weekend. >> mike, in novato, we have an accident but we have closings in san francisco. you can see where van ness is shut down at grove avenue where we had a pest -- a pedestrian that was hit this morning. the lanes will be blocked off. avoid the area around city hall at van ness and grove. >> as we continue back to our map, this is in novato with the accident involving a couple of vehicles westbound highway 37 it looks like we have one lane that is blocked. it appears there was slowing and that has already dissipated with more information coming up in a little bit but for now, over to kristen and eric. >> in iraq a wave of bombings

today with 16 people killed in the bombings that struck near the fortified green zone. officials say the deadliest blast was outside the foreign ministry buildings where two parked car bombs went off simultaneously and shortly after a suicide bomber set off his explosive laden belt in a restaurant and a car ball went off in the commercial center of the city. >> north and south korea have agreed to hold a reunion month for families separated by the korean war. the reunions will be held the westbound of february 20 in the north. the two sides have been struggling to resume reunions since they ended in 2010 over tensions with 70,000 south koreans have been seeking to most lost family members living in the north. >> a major drugstore chain is snuff out a popular product and what you will not be able to

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>> good morning on wednesday at 4:52. downtown san francisco from the sutro tower camera a great shot and a dry city but that will change soon and by tomorrow morning it looks different with meteorologist, mike nicco, more ahead. >> in the last 30 minutes the largest drugstore chain announced an unpress determined move to snuff out tobacco products and will stop selling cigarettes and other tobacco products october 1. the company c.e.o. says it is making the move to help the customers stay healthy and launching an antismoking cam page in stores in the spring.

>> c.v.s. says it will cost the chain $2 billion a year the. >> girl scout cookie season and the treats are going to confident you more if if -- in the bay area. the san francisco business times reports the northern california group is raising the cost to $5 a box the only chapter in the country to increase prices. officials say the cost of business has gone up including baker fees and facility expenses the first time in five years the local girl scouts have raised the cost of cookies. they are introducing a gluten free chocolate chip shortbread cookie. >> neighbor in newark helps police reunite a lost dog with the heart broken owner and the officer was able to recover the six-year-old female huskie when a transient was spotted the neighbor was suspicious and called police. she escaped from her yard and

the man who found her was trying to sell her. the officer tracked down the man, arrested him and returned chloe to her home. >> now the forecast. mike? >> in the state the first thing, really, this sticks out is this freeze warning in the valley at 8:00. we have a winter storm watch for the western slope of the sierra that starts on friday and goes through the weekend. if you are trying to head to talk show the sooner you get there the better off you are. we will be out of here by the afternoon hours if you are headed down that way and low-to-mid 60's around san diego and los angeles and upper 50's and near 60 and several feet of snow in the sierra is coming this weekend. hope you can get up this. >> leyla gulen? >> as we take you to novato, we are still tracking this accident westbound on highway 37 we have

an accident that is blocking one lane so be careful of that as you get closer to 101 it clears and we seeing nice and clear as we continue on 101 into mill valley and to the golden gate bridge. in ago land, eastbound 580 at grand avenue we have this stalled vehicle that is blocking one lane and we have construction northbound 880 headed between 16th and flood way, that is going to last until 5:00 so construction crews are wrapping things up. >> thank you, 4:55. the port of oakland is advising the boards to reject three maritime proposals for howard terminal that would pave the way for a new waterfront stadium for the oakland a's. they say if the port directors grow to reject the proposal they could recommend negotiations with an oakland business group that want as waterfront stadium at the site: a's co-own are said the site isn't viable. >> people would attended the

super bowl must have been if a hurry to get home because look at all the stuff they left at newark airport in new jersey. there are cabinets full of cell phones, laptops, keys, jewelry, and a closet of coats. there are nine more b it ns to go through. t.s.a. keeps it in lost and found for 30 days and if it is not claimed, the hard drives are destroyed and collect are sent to local shelters. >> store clerk in virginia took on two would be problemers all caught on video. the surveillance video temperatures the story. josh sat down to eat a hotdog and two masked men burst into the store, nothing over a display case and tried to take the cash register. josh said he acted on instinct but didn't know what to do so he wrestled with the men and got the cash register back. the thieves took off. >> we are following break news in san francisco where police

are on the scene of a hit-and-run accident involving a pedestrian. we are there live with the lead police are following to track done the vehicle. >> an attack on a power station last year could have been a wanting sign of a much bigger attack? it is raising a red flag. >> the grim news a water district is getting from the state regulators.

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abc7 news begins with breaking news. >> the breaking news is in san

francisco this morning, the search is on for the hit-and-run accident driver who ran over a man and last him fighting for his life outside of city hall. abc7 news cover is on the scene. cornell? >> southbound van necessary is -- van fess is -- van ness is closed after a hit-and-run accident left a man in his 50's fighting for his life. he was crossing van ness in the crosswalk toward city hall and he was struck by a vehicle headed south on van ness. the man was treated by paramedics at the scene and transported to the hospital. the vehicle is described "dark colored sedan or s.u.v." the car last the seen and has not been found by police. the victim was pulling a recycling bin cross the street because of the bottles and cans and