♪ >> good after the noorng everybody, i'm larry beil >> caltrans opened up the new eastern span of the bay bridge today to reveal the latest problem with the new span, leaks. >> it has become more apparent with the heavy rains and laura anthony went inside to take a look at the problem. laura? >> hi, larry. this issue coming to light as lawmakers in sacramento are preparing to look at ways to reform caltrans. that is happening tomorrow. and another problem for a department that had its share, lately.

>> there is water along the bolt. >> caltrans >> we expected to have issues come up and this is not an a typical issue we'd find with unique features. >> the bolts about an inch in dia beater with plates every three feet the leaks have been found along the us suspension portion of the bridge >> water could be streaming in around the light standard, or through these openings built into the barrier rail on each side of the deck. >> we needed a good rain to get us into how it's getting in.

we're looking at how water is getting in. >> the agency acknowledges having a little standing water inside of a steel structure can lead to rust, and corrosion. inside of the bay bridge, laura anthony, abc7 news. weekend storm was welcome change considering the dry weather this winter. >> and we are live now things may look more promising than on friday. >> that is right. just days ago, carolyn, santa rosa creek was full, now look ate. there is cause for optimism. we want to show you a before and now picture of the russian river in

heelsberg. here is what i it looked like today. water levels higher and water rushing through there. still despite rainfall that drenched the area we're still in drought mode accord together sonoma county water agency. >> the drought still on. we need six storms to be close to where we normally be at this time of the year. >> the russian river is fed by lake mendocino. it's waters are lower than they've been. and this lake is at 40% when should be 98%. and means water agency is allowing to rereduce russian river flows now, telting me places like here

where i am, santa rosa needs six inches of rain rain to match 1977 which saw, perhaps worst drought in california. now, the director of the water agency told me we need a fabulous february and marvelous, miraculous march and awesome april to get us out of this mess. >> and marvelous may. >> that works. let's get a number on how rain totals are looking. >> yes. spencer christian joins with us a break between storms now. and what is coming up ahead? >> we'd like to see more storms coming our way. [ loss of audio ]

>> foremost of the day it's been sort of a cloudy, dreary looking day. no rainfall occurring right now. looking at rainfall totals from weekend, and last five days. quite a nice dose of rainfall. nearly eight inches in santa rosa. and almost ten inch but look at the small totals, weak totals in hayward and san jose. and redwood city. now with rainfall we've had, santa rosa needs 14 inches of rain to get back up to the average level for this point in the southbound. san francisco needs over nine inches of rain. you can see we have a severe rainfall deficit despite recent rain z despite beneficial recent

snows, and other regions we're well below normal. that is three times that it was a few weeks ago. so we need more rain here, more snow in the sierra. and i'll be back to tell what you is coming our way. >> thank you very much. >> a major clean up job underway in the north bay this, weekend's storm caused flooding and damage. >> the barge started filling up with water >> we finally had to say we're closed >> he took pictures and water forced him to shut down sunday until 6:00 p.m . it cost him dearly in sales,

but he felt worse for his neighbor, joe's tacos. >> joe's took it harder, they had to close business for the day. >> a crew tried to unclog a storm drain. >> here it's flooded all over the place. >> the owner says she's able to feed people sunday breakfast. >> thing flooded with water, people could walk through it. i tried to sneak up myself. >> this creek is moving now so high some are watching them nervously hoping they won't spill over banks they didn't. and people celebrated the soaking. >> i'm glad we had it. >> but those who did flood along miller avenue say they've seen this before and wondering when the city is going to address the problem. >> this city is ware of what is

going on. i don't know if it's politics or dollars but they haven't been aikt able to rectify the problem. >> this is in front of the high school. we've seen residents dodging puddles and cleaning up throughout the day. businesses were able to open today. >> abc7 news has another great weather resource for you to follow live doppler 7 hd on twitter whether rain or shine. >> yes. you'll get video forecast as well as spare the air alerts and power outage and tweets from the weather team. >> police arrested four teens accused of shooting an 81-year-old woman during a break in. this happened two suspects are 16 years old.

investigators do not believe they knew the woman, but she was home at that time she was shot in the shoulder and in the hospital for the past few days >> oakland police arrested a had many side suspect accused of killing a 69-year-old woman on saturday police say the two knew one another and have not revealed what the relationship was. >> a vigil will take place to remember a student found dead inside of a dorm room over the weekend the unidentified student died in joe west hall yesterday the cause of death is still unknown officials say the death was not criminal in nature. and an autopsy will determine how the student passed away >> an alaskan airlines jet touched down safely this morning. by the way that is not smoke coming from the engine,

it's kond yensation. he says there was a temporary power failure in the flight deck of six navigation systems the jet returned to san jose and landed safely, then, 140 passengers and crew headed out to hawaii on another flight. >> redwood city police have launched a pinterest site in order to reunite victim was stolen property. police posted pictures of jewel sxri bicycles recovered by officers on duty. so far, two people have spotted their own stolen jewelry on the site. >> important milestone, construction of the new transbay terminal. workers finished the site the terminal covers four city blocks and soon, crews will finish laying down cement foundations. once done, we'll see the steel frames go up.

>> still ahead good samaritans being honored for rescuing a stranger >> and an unusual new coffee shop in los angeles called dumb starbucks. >> then at 4:30 abc's newest bachelor responses to backlash over his controversial comments about a gay, or bisexual bachelor. >> taking a look at traffic right now this, is the skyway. it's usual crawl for drivers trying to make their way east. and things good on 101. abc # news at 4:00 continues right after this.

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mark zucker scomberg his wife were america's biggest givers in 2013 the couple donated $1 billion worth of facebook stock to silicon valley community foundation, providing grants to the stock market for a surge in donations >> people are frantically buying up used phones just to get their hands on this game. the developer of flappy bird removed

it from google play and apple's app store after suggesting that he is grown uncomfortable with the sudden attention his game attracted. isn't that sort of the point? now some options have popped up on ebay featuring a copy of flappy birds. bids are as high as $99,000 we don't know if it's real. >> yes. >> san francisco mayor ed lee honored three good samaritans to risk their lives to save a tourist who fell into the bay. >> two men, two different backgrounds both brave. honored by stit for saving a life. >> she did something that we all kind of joke around you never want to do. step backward. >> mayor ed lee says the tourist from taiwan was taking pictures on torpedo pier near golden gate bridge in january. she fell into the frigid waters of the bay. aaron, who lives in the city and

sevalu, a student, jumped in. >> they acted as we would think san franciscoins would act with a big heart without thinking about the danger to themselves. >> i was trained as an ocean life guard for many years in south carolina. and i had a foot injury. when i saw the situation, kind of deteriorating i decided i needed to go in. >> i didn't think of it so much. it's a personal life. so didn't decide whether it was dangerous or not. >> jumped in. she was unconscious they got her nout a coma at the hospital. for a couple days and now, she's 100%

>> she's back living in taiwan. if you called them heros, you'd be right. >> do you feel like a hero? >> yes. sometimes he's a hero. >> adam lives back east and couldn't be here today. >> new details about who is behind a mysterious coffee shop poking fun at starbucks. >> the new shop called dumb starbucks cough yeechl the line to get in stretched for two blockses the servers only have been accepting donations. a flyer claims it's parody art allowing to use the name and logo. >> we're in line for isn't

coffee. it's a commentary. the cup. i'm excited to safety cup. >> real starbucks says it infringes on trademarks and today, film permits surfaced. dumb starbucks says there will be announcement about the situation shortly. >> i have a feeling real star bucks is going to make a decision bit, shortly. how about instead of dumb starbucks super intelligent weather? >> smart spencer? as the case may be. >> see if i can go to live doppler 7 hd. here is a live view here at abc7 locking

across the skyline. 57 degrees now here in san francisco. and upper 50s in redwood city. how about this view from sutro tower looking north? a finger of low clouds moving throughout the golden gate out over the bay. 62 now in santa rosa. 60 in napa. and ou tam camera, high-level clouds near the coast. sprinkles possible wednesday night. sheer will being at satellite image. you can see that we'll see high clouds tomorrow and wednesday. and storm track being deflected to the north. so taking a look

ahead of it, week ahead starting today, rolling into weekend you can see saturday and sunday we'll see moisture that is giving us a chance of rain this coming weekend. tonight, partly cloudy skies. and low 40s inland. tomorrow's highs, low to mid-60s in the south bay. peninsula. low 60s. north bay highs into low 60s. low 60s east bay. 61 oakland. 62 fremont. inland east bay low to mid-60s. 63 walnut creek. and here is the accu-weather forecast. sprinkles possible wednesday into thursday. valentine's day looks like partly to mostly cloudy day

and a chance of rain saturday into early sunday. mostly sunny skies on monday. notice how mild towards end of the week. high temperatures around the bay and inland into upper 60s despite clouds so. looks like a good week ahead. >> sonoma county got soaked this weekend. viewers sent thus photo of standing water in a soaked barn. >> check out this photo of little caden having a great time in the >> up next, journal 101. always prepare for your interviews. what happened when one actor

mistook samuel l jackson with someone else >> a look at the training of the new panda cub.

actor chris kattan says he's fine after being charged with driving under the influence in encino this morning in los angeles county. chp says he was weaving and driving in a slow rate of speed. officers believe he was under the influence of a drug. he suffered a bloody nose.

a cop offered to drive him home. >> actor shia leb statement on his twitter page. he stormed out a news conference after answering only one question about the film i'm sure producers feel great b >> yes. we send you there, you answer one kwechlt >> a los angeles news anchor is feeling the burn of embarrassment. he mistook samuel l jackson for lawrence fishburn >> did you get a lot of reaction from the super bowl commercial? >> what super bowl commercial? >> oh. you know what? my mistake. >> you know what? you are as crazy as people on

twitter. i'm not lawrence fishburn. we all look alike? all black and famous people look alike? >> you're guilty. >> i'm guilty. guilty. >> jackson said do you know what? sam was in hollywood jackson is in atlanta. but anyway, jackson giving an interview to ktla promoting a movie "robocop". >> he said there was an ad for he was too embarrassed to bring that up. >> more still to come at 4:00 white house weighing in after a college football player comes out. >> i am a gay man. >> a look ahead to what this means ahead. >> incredible support this

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player. the white house is applauding his announcement. >> he become the first openly gay player in the nhl. >> i came to tell the world i'm an openly proud gay man. >> they're historic words from michael sam. this 24-year-old all american football player from university of missouri shares his personal story. >> why is now the right time? >> because i want to own my truth. no one else should tell my story, but me. >> the standout will enter nfl draft. >> he will be the first openly gay player in the history of the nfl. what about the teams that might draft you? >> they see not just a gay athlete but an athlete who knows how to play the game.

>> growing up in the small town of hitchcock texas. >> seeing my older brother killed from a gunshot wound and seeing my sister die as a baby is nothing compared to that. >> he was gratified by the response. >> they support immediate from day one. >> have you thought about what this will mean to players right now in grade school? high school or college? afraid to make the statement you're making today? >> they shouldn't be afraid of who you are. you know, i am a football player. i am a college graduate. i'm african american. i'm gay. >> michelle obama calling sam an inspiration to us all the first lady wrote she couldn't be prouder. >> and stanford grad jason collins tweeted tweeted i can't wait to cheer for whatever lucky

team that drafts sams. collins has not been signed to play for new nba team this svenlt he's at the tail end of his career. you can't necessarily cause and affect. right >> but in this case how do you think this is going to affect his pros snekts >> he was projected as let's say a third, fourth round pick. does it help him? hurt him? i think the important thing is that he's got to go to the right team with the right leadership. you don't want him with miami dolphins after what they went through last season. that could be a disaster. but you have to find the right situation. and is important to note i he told his teammates last season so. this day is coming. it's a question of, you know when that is in the nfl. >> do you think nfl has a plan to make this work?

>> there are rumors that the nfl had been meeting with four professional players. guys in the league now and planning a joint announcement so one guy doesn't have to bear the burden of dealing with it i believe the plan is still there. and a new day has dawned but it's going to take place. >> yes. makes sense. >> let's check on weather now. people in georgia bracing for another round of weather this week. this is two weeks after two and a half inches of snow paralyzed the atlanta area. today the governor issued a state of emergency for north georgia county was plenty of warnings.

>> we should all use caution we're trying to make sure resources have been restocked and they're located in places where we think they will be. >> now, atlanta public schools will close tomorrow and wednesday, people are making plans to work from home and stay off the roads this time around. >> officials at copenhagen zoo say they're receiving death threats after the zoo killed a 2-year-old giraffe and fed the remains to lions. the zoo says to prevent inbreeding the animal killed and skinned and fed to lions in front of visitors including children. the killing triggered a wave of protests and debate about zoo conditions the zoo defending the feeding as a display of scientific knowledge about animals >> new opportunities are opening up in the construction industry for veterans looking for work.

first lady announced this morning 100 construction companies throughout country committed to hiring more than 100,000 veterans over five years the move part of the joining forces campaign. an initiative started by michelle obama to get more veterans employed the president playing host to french president making it an official state visit to the us thus week. he joined the president on a tour of thomas jefferson's monticello estate in virginia this afternoon. and he met with representatives from twitter and mozilla as well. he's expected to bring up unpaid french taxes >> niner ask sea hawk fans rarely agree, however, they've come together to raise $26,000 for a homeless 49ers fan

the 15-year-old first spotted in a sea of seahawks fans during seattle's super bowl victory parade last week. after seeing video a bay area woman contacted him, then find out he was homeless. and set up a go fund me account just to try to help him out. just passed $26,000 this hour. that money will go to the boy once he turns 18. >> still ahead on abc7 news at 4:00 uncle ben's rice product you should not be eating. >> first, it's happened again. more problems for an american athlete. >> low clouds and high clouds give twieg sunny skies. when we will we see rainfall? the accu-weather forecast is coming up. >> taking a look at traffic right now, this is sort of a

different vantage point. you can see traffic moving in both directions now. slower for folks heading towards hayward on the left side of the screen. stay with us. abc7 news at 4:00 continues right after this.

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yes, spencer give us more rain. >> this moment, at least until i'm back inside. sunny skies now, high clouds throughout the day that thinned out. and there are will he clouds moving in. showers in the deep south and near new orleans from northern georgia into western carolinas. and rain around seattle and portland. tomorrow partly to mostly cloudy skies from top to bottom. 70s and 80s down south high temperatures low 60s around

the bay. so pleasant day tomorrow, next rainfall looks like later this weekend. >> still ahead abc bachelor speaks about controversial comments he made about having a gay or bisexual bachelor >> how an ingredient in red wine helps fight off cancer >> up close with a cute attraction of the national zoo. a play date with this panda cub z a look at its training.

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grilled meats or pizza. french researchers found that mice engineered to have bowel cancer were less likely to die when given red wine and aspirin saying it destroyed cells that are consider abnormal and often tied to bowel cancer. >> abc's newest bachelor is responding to backlash over controversial comments about whether a gay or bisexual bachelor should start on the hit show. known for sweet talking the ladies he finds himself apologizing this time on "good morning america" for comments made last month. >> it was misuse of a word. like i said people don't understand it. >> a reporter asked if it would

be a good idea to have a gay or bisexual bachelor on the show. >> to me the show will be too harsh. >> in a facebook apology he explained english is his second language. adding the word pervert is not what i meant to say. i am sorry bit. >> he caught me off guard. >> he says he meant to say gay people are more affection knit and intense >> he called me and said he was sorry saying he knows about parents and did not mean to say what he said. >> i have a cousin who is gay. his sister is a nun. >> the 32-year-old is no stranger to drama on the dating show. >> he hopes to put this controversy behind him. >> juan pablo says everyone

needs to respect each other for who they are because he says they're born that way. >> and you can catch the bachelor tonight at 8:00 here on abc7. >> 150 oscar nominees hosted the event. lead actor nominees and to be able to be a part of this two years in a row? i just keeping for her to take me away. saying sorry. what are you doing here? >> i mean, i get to do things i dreamt of. >> remember abc7 is the only place to see the oscars, oscar sunday will be here before you

know it. >> nasa accepting applications for company that's may be interested in mining the moon. yes. proposals are introduced today. the agency will provide it's expert ease to company that's want to send robots to the room. i'm looking for beach front property. >> not going to find it >> they're looking for helium three. and also believed to be plentiful there. the possibility is already triggered a debate over lunar property rights. >> now up close with one of the biggest stores in washington, d.c. >> not a person. talking about six month old giant panda cubs. >> claire shipman has a look inside of that the habitat. >> reporter: her name means

precious in chinese. and she's the most celebrated furry creature in the world right now this, came with a host of rules. is she stretched anded toeled around, cute factor was unbearable. owe we came to witness the early days of her training program. juan rodriguez uses stick was balls on the end and sweet potato to teach her skills. good girl >> sometimes, it works sometimes, she just wants to play with everything at once. the training isn't about play or learning tricks. her father shows us one of the many things bow bow will master. he offers up arms through a slot in the cage. >> vets can come take blood

while he's awake. >> marte says it's a huge help for his doctors. chin chin knows he'll be rewarded with honey water. and will scoot over for lie down on command and bow bow will learn to do the same thing this, also helps bears get comfortable with human contact. like her parents, bow bow will spend life among specialists and age four will live on a panda reserve. trainers know they can't too comfortable. they want to support but not domestic indicate. >> how can you not want to cuddle all the time some >> it's excruciatingly hard. remind yourself they're endangered as much as you want to cuddle them have you to respect the fact they're endangered we don't want to make them into pets. >> as cute as she is, claire shipman abc news, washington. >> i wish you can hear carolyn

screeching look at little bow bow >> newest honor to willie brown >> then, coming up at 5:00 a family in need gets a helping hand in the bay area. >> making mist yakz on the fly. why airport confusion is a big problem for pilots. those stories and more coming up in just a few minutes at 5:00.

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posthumously. a structure will be named after him. 000s see the namer day. >> willie brown is getting a sign. two of them. one for each deck of the bridge named after him, tomorrow, paid for by private money. the man among those responsible for the new eastern span will have the older western span named for him thanks to the efforts of the naacp. >> and in their research they discovered western span was probably more significant z already, established as a permanent engineering feet. >> in 40 years of lawmakering, where do you think this ranks? number one. there is nothing i

don't think that could compare. >> brown is 79 years old now he says he never thought the honor but could the an inspiration for african american youth. like being the first black and longest serving asem bli speaker and first black mayor. they say state guidelines discharge naming sate property after theys that are still alive. brown has a favorite tale. >> he couldn't do anything about it. he's going to enjoy rolling offer me on the bridge. >> and thanks for joining us for abc7 news >> why people are happen yes to

clean up after being flooded out, just ahead. >> i'm januaried patel. live from the roof of the kgotv broadcast center how much rain the storm brought and when you might need umbrellas again >> why pilots are preparing to land at the wrong airport in the south bay. >> a state senator and prime ocean view property. >> sonoma gets drenched but city leaders have a message tonight. >> we need six storms like this one to be close to where we normally are this time of the year. >> it's a good good evening, thanks for joining us.

>> weekend storm brought rain but that did not wash away the fierce about the brought. there is some relief for will yits today, state approved emergency funding so the city can tap into ground water supply. we are live where some businesses are still cleaning up. >> well, business owners we talked to like one with sandbags propped up against the door there say this hz been a recurring problem in this flood prone area. department of public works told us it's rare. we know that this has been a mess. it's a frustrating ritual. trying out his mill valley restaurant this,

is what miller avenue looked like yesterday. and blamed a clogged storm drain >> city knows about it z they just drag their feet and let us get flooded >> next door 2:00 a.m club became 1:00 a.m club. it had to close sunday morning. >> there are people wading in to get a drink. >> mill call valy says they've just completed a flood study. >> there is some alternative buzz they're really expensive. we have to look at the projects