knife point from the parking lot of a safeway. >> occupants of the car described as african american occupants. and elderly gentleman, and possibly a 13-year-old girl. >> according to police a suspect was inside of the safeway on redwood road just before 1:00. he drew attention of store employees who thought he's trying to shop lift. >> police department called to lift this location. we have a report of some type of disturbance. possibly involving a shift. >> this is a still from surveillance video taken inside of the safeway store. showing the suspect holding an item in his hand he went outside, then got into the red or burgundy infinity suv. the suspect described as a black male, 35 years old, salt, pepper hair, about 56 or 57, 165 pounds with

a green shirt, blue jeans and armed with a knife. >> we usually don't have things happening here. we this is getting to be concerning. >> now, you can probably hear helicopter as above the parking lot. here one of them is oakland police helicopter. we have heard them making aannouncements on the helicopter. notifying residents of the area to keep an eye out for this red infinity suv. as for reports the suspect in this case was trying to steal lobsters inside of the safeway store, oakland police told me just minutes ago they do not want to get into that, they said, because their primary focus is to find the victims and locate them safely. in oakland abc7 news. >> laura, thank you very much developing news in san leandro. traffic on 580 brought to a stop

by a crash that injured a patrol officer. it happened on fairmont drive around 2:00 this afternoon. the chp was helping drivers of two cars when another vehicle slammed into one of the cars. it spun out of control, hitting the officer. two other people were injured. crews shut down all eastbound 580 during the response. we have a massive back up that followed. two lanes are closeed and could be closed for another hour. >> a 12-year-old boy is recovering after being hit by a car. the accident happened just before 3:30 on you stuart street here shattock avenue. you can see from sky 7 hd the driver did pull over the boy being treated for nonlife threatening injury sxtz cause of the accident is not known. police say it does not appear drugs or alcohol were involved.

>> there are reports a gunman fired on a driver in oakland. sky 7 hd took these pictures. police are trying to figure out what went down this, happened around 3:00 in oakland. there is a unconfirmed report one package was stolen. >> alleged vips of a suspected child molester are now suing him. joseph martin charged with 13 former students at woodside elementary school. today nine alleged victims filed two lawsuits, one against martin, the other against the school district and a dozen current and former employees. the second lawsuit claims district officials and administrators failed to report warnings of abuse by martin to authorities as required by law. this is due to go to trial next month. a richmond man who kept a female relative as a sex slave

was sentenced today to 22 years in prison the victim delivered a powerful ask he megsal message to him never theless. abc7 news is live in richmond tonight with the story. vic? >> dan, raul ochoa sentence and stood behind a glass window, expressionless, listening through a translator. the judge read the sentence. he pled guilty to a count of forcibly lewd act on a minor two counts of forceable rape. the judge sentenced raul ochoa to 22 years in prison. sparing the victim of having to face ochoa in court and relive horrors as 15 years as a sex slave. prosecutors say it was a fair deal. >> i'm not sure a number going to satisfy harm he did to this person. >> richmond police captain understands why the plea

agreement was made. but he also questions if the punishment fits the crime. >> when you look at only 22 years it's on one hand disappointing and if you really think about what she went through it's apalling he has a chaps to get out. >> the victim a close relative of ochoa had been sexual assaulted for 15 years, when she was only 126789 he built a plywood shed where he lived with his wife, children and victim. she said the shed is where rapes took place. today the yard is empty. the shack torn down after the victim was rescued. police say ochoa had a powerful control over the entire family. >> they had suspicions and did not act on them because of the fact they were also victims. >> august, 2012, the victim, now 27 escape with theed help of family members she wrote a statement which the victims advocate read in court

today she wrote about his control over her, but also, of her new life without him. i remember fear and anguish. and looking back now, i wanted to be free. so now, i am free. i know no one is waiting outside of the bathroom for me. you won't like this, but i know go out with friends and have fun. i don't need you. i hope you learn from what you have done to me. vic lee, abc7 news. >> students taken to the hospital after a gas leak caused evacuation of the skoochlt it happened this morning. the leak coming from a loose fitting in a science lab. 11 students check forward nausea and headaches. pg&e was able to fix the leak. the science wing remained close and theed school checked fittings in class. a catholic church in san francisco is praying tonight that a...

they're hoping they return a stained glass window stolen from the church. st. boniface serves the poorest of the poor. church staff noticed someone stole a stained glass window that features st. boniface, the church's pay trot saint. it's is irreplaceable. >> it's a strange, odd feeling to realize someone would take a stained glass window. you can see a statue, candle buzz to take a window out of the church, that is pretty amazing. >> and it's just wrong the church's windows date back to 1908 when it was rebuilt after the earthquake and fire of 1906 >> in orinda, workers spent a second day cleaning up damage after a oak tree fell on to a historic building. it is the oldest commercial building in

orinda village dating back to 1920s later a bunk house for workers building nearby golf course now, used for offices yesterday an oak made a slow motion tumble right on to the roof. >> we have damage done by a 200 plus year old tree that fell in and crushed the building. in rather slow motion from what i understand >> this caused about 20,000s ndz davenlth we're glad to tell you no one was hurt n san francisco, north beach crews have been clearing away part of a tree that fell and damaged three parked cars a large piece of a 60 foot tall ficus fell around 8:30 this morn. no one was hurt. >> east bay municipal utility district appears to be ready to step up efforts the board took a step towards asking customers to reduce water usage by 10%. officials say

despite the dry conditions, more drastic action is not needed now because over all, water consumption is down 17% in recent years. caltrans has a message for drivers. this message was displayed today that read serious drought, help, save water. caltrans is doing it's part, cutting use for roadside irrigation by 50%. >> the bay bridge has a new name tonight. willy l brown junior bridge in honor of the former speaker of the state assembly and former mayor. two sign was the name went up during the bridge-naming. supporters of the change say brown is now the first african american in the state to w.a bridge or any type of public structure named after him. several family members were by his side with lawmakers and those who made it into the world of politics because of brown's

influence brown told reporters he's honored. >> we'll continue to be delighted and i do, and i will, practice, bragging rights every time i get a chance. >> the state legislature approved the name in september that only applies to western span of the bridge not the new eastern span. >> have you gotten a flu shot yet? if not a study might convince you that is coming up next. plus... >> president roosevelt thank her for smiling face. this helped america through the great depression. >> america's little darling the child star knew when to grow up. >> and take a look at the back up on 580. we told but accident that injured a patrol officer. two lanes shut down. we hope, what we expect them to open in the next hour or so. abc7 news at 5:00 continues in 60 seconds.

>> from dancing, acting and singing, shirley temple could do it all, scratching the surface of a star who became more in later years. president roosevelt said as long as we have shirley temple the world will be all right fans left flowers outside of her home in

>> she died here surrounded by family and friends. most famous child star of them all. shirley temple began her career at age three, in 1932 when america was mired in the great depression. san francisco state cinema professor says the right child at the right time. >> shirley temple was so charming and delightful, she lifted spiris yits when we needed it. she was absolutely wonderful. the good ship lollipop. >> former secretary of state fondly remembers the movie star, later becoming shirley temple black the diplomat. an

ambassador to gauna, saying temple volunteered to teach others. >> she'd tell about all of the little problems that you're going to run into maybe you didn't think of. it isn't all going to cocktail parties. you've got an embassy to run. >> she and her late husband lived in woodside many years. she was often spotted grabbing coffee or grocery shopping. >> i'll miss sure, she was great. loved her, lived her. >> her family says donations can be made to the common wealth club. she was elected president there in 1984, active until her death at age 85 n woodside, abc7 news. >> amazing woman. flu cases in north carolina are an indication it pays to get a flu shot. researcher interests downing university found out of dozens of patients, many of them have

not received a flu shot. among the 55 patients seen just 13 had shots. most of them were in their 20s flu vaccines around 60% effective. doctors say they're the best prevention. >> now to new concerns about a popular form of yoega. participants exercise in heat and humidity. we're talking about temperatures in the triple digits. consumer reports is partnering with seven on your side to reveal some of the risk. julien has been taking traditional yoga classes for years, but then decided to try a bikrum hot yoga class >> i felt light headed, fatigued and weak. >> normally she feels energized but not after hot yoga. >> i was exhausted just depleted. >> julien had taken a class like this one, requiring heat of 105

degrees and humidity around 40%. consumer reports doctor suspects julie an became dehydrateed and beginning to suffer heat exhaustion. >> there is little research on hot yoega. we do no exercising in extreme heat can cause uncomfortable and dangerous symptoms. >> warning signs are feeling light headed or dizzy or excombreernsing nausea. or muscle cramps. >> if you suffer more serious symptoms during or after go to ab emergency room. >> practitioners say it promotes health. the studio owner says he hasn't had complaints of heat exhaustion and touts benefits. >> heat allows you to bend safely and be more flexible.

what sweating does eliminates toxins the >> the heat can help you stretch further can also causing to overstretch. >> whatever exercise you do, stop if you feem pain and be sure to drink plenty of water. >> workers in a san francisco store are turning over part of their paychecks to help victims of typhoon philippines. >> this is coming out of the workers' profits. so workers are individually paying for this. >> very generous. this effort got attention of several supervisor who's did their grocery shopping at the store today. rainbow grocery will cap donations at $30,000. typhoon

hiyan killed 6,000 people. >> what a great gesture. you can expect delays if you're flying out tomorrow, another storm bearing down on atlanta. airlines cancelled 1200 flights. and another 1300 have been cancelled for tomorrow. >> they're going get hammered >> here in the bay area, gorgeous day. we're still waiting for a little bit more rain. >> that is what we're hoping for. >> yes. we're going to enjoy it. and know, it's chillier. looking towards east bay hills, fog is in there. and going to be thoord see. checking out live doppler seven hd. tracking fog, still hanging tough along the coastline. and parts of the bay. it runs until 10:00 a.m

in the morning and covers north, east bay hills, santa clara valley towards monterey bay. visibility going to be low. less than a quarter mile at times you'll have to give yourselves extra time just a heads up for morning commute, it's going to be murky out there. tomorrow morning make sure you grab a coat or jacket. look at temperatures low to upper 40s cool and a foggy ride in the morning and here is what the ride looks like 50 degrees. to mid-60s. high clouds moving over top of the fog now. it's into upper 50s in santa rosa now. 56 napa. here is a view from our south beach

camera. sun trying to peek through cloud cover here. expect light rain for the north bay and more rain is possible hitting the weekend take a look at our atmospheric river this, is last weekend wex had a pineapple connection. this tracks moisture in the atmosphere, you can see stretching from hawaii into our direction. that petered out towards sunday night, then, we started to see a new river developing. aimed at pacific northwest today we're watching it work towards that area. they're going to see rain and snow continuing to intensify. they're seeing some now. tomorrow morning, we'll see a few showers developing around u -- 2:00 p.m . going into thursday morning 5:00 a.m start of the commute we can't rule out drops thursday morning across other parts of

the bay area. so this is not a big storm, north bay mountains could pick up a tenth to quarter inch. south of the golden gate, nothing to maybe a couple hundredths of an inch. tomorrow afternoon, make sure you have umbrellas if you work in the north bay and live in the north bay. that is the best chance of showers. temperatures into low to upper 60s, more sunshine towards south bay. a look at the accu-weather forecast, valentine's day is dry if you have plans if you don't have plans we do have another storm coming in saturday afternoon, through sunday morning on the accu-weather forecast. that is when we may need umbrellas again. rainfall about a quarter to three quarters of an inch. it's not a dry accuweather forecast. rain chances in the forecast live from the roof of the kgotv broadcast center i'm sandhya patel. back to you. >> thank you. >> and still ahead on abc7 news at 5:00 the plea made by california university to the

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making. >> the president suggested france is as much of an ally as britain. >> i have two daughters. and they're both gorgeous and wonderful. and i would never choose between them. and that is how i feel about my outstanding european partners. >> the president of trance is in the united states on a state visit, coming to san francisco tomorrow, and will visit with silicon valley executives >>. fresno state soft ball team started a twitter campaign to get the president to throw out the first pitch at their home opener on friday. the president and first lady will be in town to talk about california's drought, the team spokesperson says it would be a relaxing way to spend their valentine's day. >> yes. on that subject, you know what they say, roses are

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>> and you can watch abc7 news at 11:00 every night on our web site on abc7 news.com or on our mobile apps. and at 11:00 use your ipad or smart phone to watch us. go to abc7 news.com/apps. >> in case you haven't checked a calendar, valentine's day is just day as way. >> if you're thinking of giving roses wholesalers say prices are not affected by the drought. >> 95% of the roses sold in the u.s. are now imported from south america. >> there was good production this year. they didn't have freezing over there in columbia or ecuador. so it's on time. >> if you want long stem expect to pay $50 >> beautiful and pricey.

>> from all of us here, thanks welcome to "world news." tonight, ice emergency. a crippling winter storm ready to strike. 100 million americans in its path. new warnings for drivers as the south braces for power outages that could last for days. white out. america's biggest star at the winter olympic, shaun white, comes up empty. love and money. more women outearning their husbands. why the biggest obstacle to their happiness may be the men in their lives. the startling new report tonight. and, america's darling -- ♪ on the good ship lollipop >> shirley temple the original curls, her stardom skyrocketing at the age of 3 was just the beginning of a remarkable life.