♪ finally, i have a manly chocolatey snack ♪ ♪ and fiber so my wife won't give me any more flack ♪ ♪ i finally found the right snack ♪ ♪ good evening. i'm in for ama daetz. let's head live to the scene of the investigation. sergio quintana is live at the muni station. what are you learning there? reporter: this incident basically stopped all muni trains between the montgomery station and the van ness station. san francisco police say the man was hit by a muni light rail vehicle headed round and was killed. the moments after this happened we talked with a few people who

say they knew the man who was killed. they say he is homeless and stores his backpack along the muni platform here. multiple team told us the man did not commit suicide but was trying to get to this back pac and was hit by a vehicle. paramedics arrived but the man was pronounced dead at the scene. this all has created a confusing situation for muni riders, special since martial is so congested right now because the chinese new year parade is about to start. >> we're trying to get to castro, and we don't know how to get there because we're not familiar with the area. >> did they tell you? >> she complained these complicated things and i just wanted a direct answer. >> light rail cars are not running between mont come and i van ness station. passengers are being told to use buses.

this is is an active situation o it will be affected for another hour or so. >> now to the weather. rain has arrived in the bay area. taking a live look outside from our mt. tamalpais camera in marin county. it's raining there. meteorologist leigh glaser is atop the abc broadcast center for the latest. >> hi there. the rain is going to be making its way across the bay area overnight tonight. it will not be as strong as the storms we encountered last weekend. live doppler 7hd right now showing you the rain in the north bay, from cloverdale down towards geyserville, a little light rain, and it's sweeping over towards the east bay. now, not all of this moisture is actually reaching the ground, but nonetheless, live doppler 7hd active from livermore, fremont, hayward, half moon bay,

coachella valley, and san jose, little light rain. the highest percentage in the higher elevations and builder creek reporting rain. those heading out tonight for the chinese new year parade, take the umbrella. make sure you remain dry because it does look like the rain will be developing as you are there, and temperatures, though, will remain mild in the mid-to upper 50s along the parade route. we'll talk about just how long this will be with us the a bit. thank you very much. breaking news out of florida where a mistrial has just been declared on a murder charge after an argument over loud musician. jurors found 47-year-old michael dunn guilty on four other counts, including attempted murder in the shooting outside a jacksonville gas station in 2012. dunn was charged with fatalry shooting 17-year-old jordan davis of georgia. the teen was in a parked car with three friends. dunn claimed he acted in

self-defense. he testified he fired after davis flashed a shot gun at him. police never found a shotgun in the teen's car. >> details on a massive beef recall linked to a petaluma slaughterhouse. nick smith talked to some grocery owners, now on a growing list of stores which may have received the bad meat. >> very frustrating. >> randy ericson is the meat manager at the market. one of almost 100 identified stores as having possibly received bad beef from petaluma based rancho feeding corporation. >> the beef council contact us the first thing. we get an e-mail or fax. >> the usda says the rancho feeding corporation has processed diseased and unhealthy animals without a full federal inspection. >> the market was listed because of one special order of ox tails by a customer, an order randy says was purchased months ago. >> we contacted the mump. she was very cooperative, and

she -- they contacted her and they dealt with it. >> last week rancho feeding announced is was recalling more than eight million pounds of meat carcasses. the usda has not said what the investigators found or what they alleged the company did, it's random. >> rancho says all of the bad beef is out of stores. but randy continues to get phone calls from customers concerned about what they're putting on the table. >> city of healsburg is trying to provide water during the drought. the city council voted yesterday to make treated wastewater available immediately for grape growers and ranchers. chittics claim the reclaimed water could contaminate groundwater. >> huge crowds are lining the secretes of san francisco for

the chinese new year parade. here's a look at the parade route. west on market street, to geary, down post, and to chinatown at 8:30 tonight. taking a live look at the crowds. marching bands, floats, lion dancers, and the golden dragon are among more than 100 entrants in the procession to celebrate the year of the horse. this is the largest parade of its kind outside of asia, and it's been taking place in san francisco for more than 150 years. saturday, 5:15 p.m. the chinese new year parade will start from second and market streets, traveling west on market street, west on geary, north on powell, east on post, and north on tierney street to columbus avenue.

two people escaped unharmed when fire broke out in an attic space in san francisco this morning. firefighters got the call to a three story home around 9:30 a.m. three engines responded. firefighters quickly determined the smoke where fire was accidental but they're still trying to pinpoint the exact cause. firefighters say the damage is minimal and average is safe. >> hayward police believe three stabbings in the city may be connected. officers responded to a fight just before 12:30 this morning. in this parking lot behind buffalo bill's brewery they found a man stabbed to death. investigators believe two other stabbing victims tried to drive away from the scene but crashed their car. they showed up at the hospital. their conditions have not yet been released. >> president obama is spending the weekend in california. we'll tell you what he is up to. >> plus, how a bus driver sprang into action and stopped an out of control bus on a destructive

path. >> couldn't have been in a better spot. >> pretty good attitude to have considering she was one of dozens of drivers stuck on an icy road for eight hours. see how it brought out the the best a lot of people

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today and no public events scheduled as he spends the weekend in southern california at sunnyland retreat. last night near palm springs he met with jordan's king abdul -- abdullah. mr. obama will seek a loan guarantee. jordan is dealing with a refugee crisis. yesterday president obama paid his first visit to fresno and announced more than $160 million in federal aid to help with california's drought. >> kind gesture during a storm crisis, and a muni station shutdown after a death on the tracks. >> we'll find out if the clouds will be sticking around for sunday. here's a look at what is coming up on world news with david muir at 5:30. >> coming up here the dramatic olympic moment, the new miracle on ice, the blizzard hitting again in the east.

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from a muni platform has been pronounced dead at the scene. police say the man appears to have fallen in front of the train and was hit. the investigation is ongoing. powell station is closed. we'll have a live update at 6:00. reporting continues on twitter. follow us@abc7 news bay area. >> the bad weather in the northeast is bringing out the best in some people. dozens of cars and people were stuck for eight hours along the pennsylvania highway. following a snowstorm, but the weren't left high and try. good samaritans turned up coming from all directions bringing stranded drivers food and water. >> you tend to see the worst of people in these times. and seeing folks climbing down steep hills with food on their shoulders for people 0 -- who are stuck here. >> win of the good samaritan was a stranded driver herself. she is six months pregnant and

walked from her car, up the overpass to bring sandwiches back for people parked reasons -- parked around her. >> now here's meteorologist leigh glaser with live doppler 7hd. my rain yet? >> no rain here but we'll show you what is going on on mt. tamalpais. looking down on the folks heading to the chinese new years parade on the embarcadero in san francisco, and a lot of them are carrying the umbrellas. a good choice as the reason will be moving across the bay area overnight tonight. let's get to live doppler 7hd. most activity developing to the north, sliding south, and we have another branch of energy bringing moisture to san jose, east bay, livermore, and even out towards stockton and tracy. cloverdale, reporting a little light rain since 2:00 this afternoon. that is headed south.

there is a batch of rain on 101, just south of roanoke park there. and it is heading towards the petaluma area. also picking up radar returns in the east bay from livermore, fremont, hayward, san jose, even half moon bay, and santa cruz. this stuff bill we rotating in overnight. we'll take you to the mountains and south lake tahoe has been reporting light rain today. and here's a fun fact for you. reno today, record high of 71 degrees. you see incline village, it's coming down in the form of snow above 8,000 feet, and looks like for the continuation of this holiday weekend, they'll look for a lot of snow in the high country. here's my view from our rooftop cam. san francisco, 55. 61 in san jose. a muggy day today.

here's that mt. tam look at the higher elevations seeing the mist and drizzle. petaluma, 57. san jose, bright skies there although the dark clouds will rotate in. north to south overnight. look for sunshine. this is going to be a fast mover so look for brightening skies for sunday afternoon, and the holiday monday looks dry. here's a look at the pacific satellite. you can clearly see the cold front very close to the bay area and will move from north to south overnight. 5:00 tonight, pretty much right on with most of the rain in the north bay, and then as we head to 8:00, starts to fill in toward the golden gate bridge, 10:00, much of the bay area seeing the shower activity. 1:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, more of an east and south bay area, and then by 5:00 a.m. tomorrow morning you can see the clouds and patchy dense fog tomorrow morning, otherwise get ready for

a nice sunday afternoon with sunshine. not a big rainmaker, maybe a carter to half inch. a ten inch of an inch central bay and the south bay. it's going to not be able to produce that much in the way of rainfall. overnight lows tonight with scattered showers. upper 40s to low 50s, and sunday, upper 50s near the coast with brighter sky, and sickness. the next chance of showers on tuesday and then we start to warm up. i'm meteorologist leigh glaser. back to you. >> have to find my umbrella now. you can trap the rain using live doppler 7hd on our abc7 news weather app. it also makes it easy to share photos how you're welcoming the rain this weekend. now can download it on the web site, abc7news.com.

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giants' and the a's camp. should be fun. >> college hoops. cal in salt ocean's host evidence by the huskies, a dangerous team. washington doom nateed early but the bears came roaring back. wallace with the steal, solomon for the finish. cal ended the half on 19-2 run and led 34-29 in the half in the second, wallace lays it in. he had 20. cobb has seven assists, including on this alley-oop. cal wins 72-59. improving to 8-4 in pac-12 play. >> nba all-star game sunday night in new orleans. seth curry starting for the west. practiced. shooting shots hit not one, not two but three from the halfcourt line. also competing in the three-point contest tonight in the skills competition. >> cal and stanford facing off in the big splash, taking the

rivalry to the pool. freshman and olympic star won three individual races for cal and stanford pulled away in the end, winning 167-131. after a week at pebble beach these poor pga players slumming. this is a great track and capable of going low. we have seen some amazing shots all week. today no exception. jim furyk out of the rough. watch this. rolls back into the hole for a birdie. 6-under. then a 4-under 67. tied for six at 8-under. on the nine hole. four bounces and an eagle. he is four back of our leader, william, long birdie putt on 13. its it's in the hold. leading by two strokes.

i'll be back at 6:00. we'll see you then. >> see you then. that green, check it occupy, on live doppler 7hd, showing a lot of rain coming to the bay area right now. leigh will let us know how long the rain wilt last. that's coming up next.

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site kick start is asking customers to change their passwords and how google plans to make the average internet connection a thousand times faster than its current speed. join us at 6:00. >> now a final check on the wet weather from meteorologist leigh glaser. up on the abc7 broadcast center. any rain yet? >> no rain here but we are picking up some returns south bay and north bay. looking at the live doppler 7hd. you can see the moisture swinging in. i want to reiterate, this is not a big storm. it's a very weak cold front that will make its way across the bay you're overnight. bringing us light amounts of precipitation, and if you're heading out for the chinese parade, take the umbrella just in case. the moisture will move in. >> thank you so much. see you back here at 6:00. and that does it for us at 5:00. we appreciate your time.

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