live from the kgo tv broadcast center this is abc 7 news. >> rain moving back into the bay area tonight. you can see heavy patches heading our way. let's take a live look outside where you can see more rain starting to come down right now and standing water affecting tonight's drive. earlier today it was really coming down. you can see the rain and fog on our camera. abc 7 news meteorologist is live with the first check of weather and live doppler. >> we are starting to get a wave of moisture moving through the san francisco bay area. wet pavement here. most of the rain has been north of the golden gate bridge. this has subsided.

but more moisture has developed just off the coast there. let me show you some of the heavier cells to the south and west heading towards the sunnyvale area as well. you can see returns in the shades of yellow. san jose picking up rain. even down towards santa cruz and check out what is going on out towards livermore valley area. they had quite a bit of rainfall move through that area. in the north bay not that much at all. things will start to pick up a little more overnight tonight. i do want to emphasize this is a very weak system and tomorrow we will enjoy some sunshine. back to you. >> good deal. the rain is causing minor problems around the bay area. here a steady rain combined with

wind. the chp has issued a warning for flooding along 101. you can track the rain in the bay area by using live doppler 7 hd on our abc 7 weather app. our weather app makes it easy to share photos of how you are welcoming the rain tonight. you can download it on our website. we are learning more about a san jose firefighter arrested. 53-year-old mario quest s is accused of multiple crimes as well as selling meth to kids. lisa spoke with some parishioners tonight. >> reporter: being held without bail tonight. he has been here since thursday. tonight members of his church got this letter about him from the diocese. as parishioners left mass they

read the church bulletin and saw this insert stating a background check was done before he started volunteering in 2012 and nothing had been flagged. >> of course, we just got to pray. >> reporter: he worked in the ministry of music and sang regularly at saint leo the great. on thursday under cover agents from a special task force which included the department of justice arrested him at the fire administration building. they seized his computer and searched his home. the 53 year old is accused of selling meth with high school students as well as having sex with a 17 year old. >> he was a member of our church. god will judge him. we can just pray. >> reporter: he was a community

outreach officer for the fire department and worked with neighborhood associations, schools and church groups. >> very unfortunate being a firefighter because lots of young people want to be firefighters. >> reporter: he will make his first court appearance tuesday. in san jose. >> service will shut down after a man hit and killed by a train. it tied up riders efforts of getting to the chinese new year tonight. >> reporter: service was restored after the victim's body was removed from the track. a man was hit by a train as it approached the station. we talked with this man and three other people off camera who say they were friends with the man who died. they told us he was homeless and stored a backpack under the

platform. he got hit while trying to retrieve it. he couldn't confirm details of this incident but said it is tough to keep an eye on every nook and cranny. >> for reasons both fire laws and security some of the doors and some of the rooms must remain open so occasionally we find people who put belongings where they shouldn't. >> officials say they try to clear out any homeless empcampment they find as quickly as possible. police shut down four stations after 3:00 p.m. which was the time lanes started to get diverted in preparation for the chinese new year parade. >> we are trying to get there and we don't know how because we r: did they tell yowith the >> reporter: did they tell you how to get there? >> not really. >> reporter: one person was also injured in this incident.

the station agent was hurt when it came to an abrupt stop. and huge crowds lined the streets of san francisco tonight for the annual chinese new year parade. headed west on market street and down post and ended in china town. more than 100 entrants took part in the procession to celebrate the year of the horse. dozens of floats, marching bands and lion dancers along with city officials and ms. china town usa. some spectateers have been coming to the parade for more than a decade. >> never gets boring. it's the best. >> the parade ended with the golden dragon that is 268 feet long. it takes a team of more than 100 men and women to carry it. this is the largest parade of its kind outside of asia and taking place for more than 150

years. streets were packed for the china town community street fair. street closures continue tomorrow. you see them highlighted on the yellow map. they include sections of grant as well as jackson and washington street. the homeless in san francisco can access city's shelters by dialing three numbers, a new system where dialing 311 reserves a spot at a shelter. the reservation is for three months at any homeless shelters. a florida man convicted. jurors found michael dunn guilty of shooting into a car at a gas station in 2012. dunn was charged with shooting jordan davis of marietta, georgia. he claims he acted in self defense. mistrial was declared on the first degree murder charge.

two hunters accused of shooting a game warden. a shot was fired hitting him in the hand and neck. the hunters gave the warden first aid. new figures show 243 people have died from the flu this season. authorities are investigating an additional 41 deaths this year as possibly flu related. in the bay area 51 deaths reported. authorities say it is still not too late to get a vooaccine. a group of stores linked to outbreak. the business is just one identified statewide as having po received tainted beef from rancho feeding corporation. brown's meat manager questions the recall itself. >> it goes from january 1, 2013

through january 1, 2014. this is a year worth of meat recalled. 99% of the people have eatent that. what is the point? >> the usda says rancho recalling 8 million pounds of products processed disease animals. recalling egg product made between february of last year and this year. it was shipped to military installations nationwide and carry the name brand ova easy. a new storm pounding the east coast right now. the effect it is having in the bay area this weekend. a new plan to help bay area farmers during the worst drought in state history. happy everyone is happy about it. i have never had to put boots on for a date. usually they are high heels.

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yet another snow storm is pounding the northeast tonight. forecasters calling up to two feet of snow in parts of massachusetts. in rhode island officials asking for people to stay off the roads for the next 12 hours. abc news reporter has the preparations for the storm. >> reporter: the latest snow storm comes with renewed fears over the damage all that piled up snow can do to buildings. the average home can withstand about two feet of snow before the roof becomes susceptible to collapse. that is more than what some parts of the northeast have gotten. much more than that this week. this 17 year old didn't need a roof over his head, his dog kept

him warm. >> the dog kept me warm. >> reporter: the fast and furious snow storms have depleted or exhausted the supply of road salt. >> under these condition it really isn't possible for us to keep the roads clear and safe given the rate of snowfall. >> reporter: the state of connecticut has just taken delivery of 30,000 tons of salt from south america and they will spread it around in more ways than one. >> the dot will afor the town to come to one of six facilities across the state to provide with sufficient salt. >> reporter: another big casualty has been air travel with the highest level of flight cancellations in 25 years. >> they say this flight is going and then cancels. >> reporter: and if nature gives you snow, make snowboarding. this dare devil had a novel way

of getting around new york city and didn't get a ticket. even so, don't try this at home. >> pretty cool. the storm is still having a big effect here in the bay area. flights have been delayed up to 90 minutes throughout the day at sfo. delays at oakland and san jose have been minimal. we are still facing a major drought. one bay area community is taking emergency and controversial measures to help. the city council has approved letting grape growers and ranchers use highly treated recycled wastewater. despite the recent rain you can see on this map how dry the state still is. the brown shows where plant growth is below normal. the green shows normal vegetation growth. the past year has been driest since record keeping began.

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area. >> hi again, everyone. what is falling in downtown san francisco is the very misty, fine droplets. it is enough and heavy enough to wet the wavement out here and start to look at a little bit of puddling in some spots. live doppler 7 showing you the northern half of the cold front has more than you can tell and has pretty much fallen apart. the southern edge has started to inflame a bit in the last couple of hours bringing moderate rain in the last 15 or 20 minutes. if you cross over today reporting moderate rain and look to just the east -- to the west, rather. the moderate rain starting to move and to the north of tracy. and those of you short changed

last weekend with the heavy rain. it looks like this weekend with, very weak frontal system is giving you all more moisture than the north bay. just a few sprinkles here and there. heavier rain earlier this afternoon. and in the high sierra, blue canyon has seen the rain decrease and move on towards the east. higher elevations at snow level sitting at about 8,000 feet. the snow that will fall will be above that level. a roof top cam showing a misty night in the city. san francisco 56. and looking out over the bay hazy sky as the low clouds are with us as well as the mist and drizzle. napa 55 and 55 in concord. here is a look at our forecast. we are going to go with areas of light rain overnight and maybe a mist and drizzle. it will be breezy at times as

rain bands move in. is a very weak storm and very fast mover. get ready for the nice rest of our holiday weekend. i want to show you the pacific satellite. north of the golden gate bridge pretty much falling apart. from the golden gate bridge and out over the waters where you see the enhancement. here is a look at the timing of the frontal system. you can see from this vantage point that the front will continue to move on bringing us light rain and also fog in the valley areas. here is our timing. you can see the moisture band, the north coast falling apart from san jose and east bay where we see more min the way of rain by 10:00 tomorrow we see the clouds part and bring on plenty of sunshine. not a lot of moisture with the system.

a quarter of an inch in the north bay as well as central and southern part of the viewing area. highs tomorrow get ready for lots of sunshine, mid to low 60s across the bay area. seven day forecast president's day will be dry. next chance of showers tuesday night and wednesday. warmup next weekend. live from the roof top cam. back to you. sports time with a little hoop action. >> it's all star weekend in the nba. slam dunk contest. warriors seth curry involved and i think his mom's expression says it all. results coming up next in sports.

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second year in a row. curry bounced in the first round. he eneeds someone in his face to make shots. won the competition defeating in the final round. 24 points, at least a former warrior won the event. in the dunk competition harrison barnes missed the first two and dunked in the third. hurdles over shaquille o'neil. the best jump so far until john wall of the wizards up and over, kind of a thick move for the slam. he is your winner. big fun for all. college hoops. washington dominated early. for the finish. cal ended on a 19-2 run.

34-29 at the half. wallace takes it all the way and lays it in. he had 20. the alley-oop. calwins 72-59. stanford hosting washington state. he had a career high 30 points. led by 15 at the half. josh houston to put back, wins it 69-56. we'll explain why matthew is back in st. mary's. stick around.

it's rare when a college athlete gets his or her jersey retired. st. mary's hosting byu got his number retired, only the second

men's basketball jersey retired in school history. led by as many as 14 in the first half. kyle collinsworth. 35-22 in the second half. they sweep the season series 60-57. santa clara hosting usf. apparently there weren't enough shirts in the gift shop. ties the game at 68-68. a career night. misses, tips it in. 26 points, six boards. twohanded jam. usf wins 69-53. packed house in berkeley. kyle facing british columbia. both teams undefeated coming in. hall of famer jack clark's team had the edge. kind of pulls up and finds his way into the try. cal wins it. >> playing a team like this you

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breaking news out of oakland where police and firefighters say a burned body has been found at red wood regional park found about 10:15 tonight. stay with abc 7 news for the latest. you can get the latest on twitter. tonight a storm is dropping rain on the bay area tonight and this video came into us just a few minutes ago from san jose. parishionerst at a san jose

church are struggling with the news of an arrest. questest is accused of selling meth to high schoolers and having sex with a minor. he was a community outreach officer for the fire department. a man believed to be homeless when he fell in front of a train in san francisco. friends say he was reaching for a backpack stored under the platform. the annual chinese new year parade makes its way through the streets of san francisco tonight. it has been around more than 150 years. a cruise liner hit by hurricane force winds and giant waves in the english channel returned to home port tonight. an 85-year-old passenger died after a huge wave hit the marco polo. a second passenger was treated after being air lifted from the

cruise ship. two people have died as strong winds, heavy rain and huge waves battered britain this weekend. the problems caused by wide spread flooding. roads and railways systems flooded. even royals pitched in. prince william and brother harry helped soldiers position sand bags. now to another kind of danger. we know the risk of driving while texting. the dangers of distraction aren't limited to cars. tonight a woman is recovering after falling on to the tracks in front of an a on coming subway train in new york while texting. here is ryan owens. >> reporter: days ago a woman accidently fell on to new york city subway tracks and a train was approaching. the train stopped but not before hitting the woman.

take a look at the video shot by a producer. according to police witnesses say the victim was using her phone at the time of the accident. a friend disputes that telling abc news she may have been feeling dizzy. a family member declined to comment. as authorities try to piece together what really happened this could highlights what police say is a growing danger, texting while walking. >> pedestrians watching aren't where they are walking. >> reporter: the number of mobile phone related pedestrian inju injuries have doubled. another study shows how hard it is to walk in a straight line while on the phone. >> you were texting. >> do you feel like you are a

little distracted when you do it. >> definitely. president obama played golf here. president signed two pieces of legislation. one lifts the federal debt limit and the other restores cost of living benefits for military retires. president obama announced an initiative to help california farmers. good news for wine livers. the california agriculture officials say last year was a record harvest of wine grapes. growers brought in a bumper crop thanks to expanded acreage and favorable weather. wine grapes are one of california's top commodities, worth more than $3 billion last year. farmers aren't just hoping for good crops this year, heading indoors, going online and looking for love. the new wave of online

connections. as reported a whole new kind of farmer's market. >> reporter: 26-year-old ash lynn is sick of being a single girl in the ecity. she is over city boys who have broken her heart. >> over-confident. >> i am looking for somebody down to earth and grounded. >> reporter: she is ready to take drastic measures. >> i would find it fun to sit and look at the stars and lose myself in conversation with the guys. >> reporter: she is about to drive 160 miles to nebraska in hopes of falling in love with farmer joe. >> kind of has this johnny cash look. >> my name is joe. >> reporter: the two met on farmersonly.com, popular match making site for single women

looking for men who favor overalls. >> i think you are cute. he replied you are easy for the eyes. i never had to put boots on for a date. driving 120 miles to meet a guy. >> and then a knock at the door. >> how is it going? >> on their first date they get right to it, feeding the cows -- >> come here girl. >> hauling hay. >> i think i'm a little -- >> and breaking the ice the way you do on the farm. >> can i hit ice, too? >> go for it. >> reporter: when we check in this match may just be working. >> how is it going so far? >> good. she's actually curious. she is not like the typical girl that i'm used to. >> he helped me up and down getting off the tractor he puts

his hand out for me. little things like that are nice. >> reporter: and then no city boy could match, introducing her to his babies. a man in his element and a city girl who has kissed her share of frogs but may have finally found her prince on the farm. >> just adorable. i love it. >> a date is a date, right? hundreds of bay area farmers male and female have signed up for that website. a special president's day weekend freebie. a new procedure and why some are calling it a facelift in a bottle. and yes the rain not very heavy here in the bay area. it is with us overnight tonight. ewe will take a look at the forecast and

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something to do this weekend good time to check out a national park, entrance fee free days. it does not cover other fees such as camping or tours. abc 7 news meteorologist is tracking the storm moving through the bay area tonight. she is on the roof to tell us how long it will stick around. seeing rain tonight? >> we are. we are starting to see heavy mist and heavy drizzle. seeing very moderate rain. there it goes. the ju moisture just raced across the peninsula and the south bay. that has started to decrease just a little bit. that is just probably the tail end of this very weak. i want to emphasize weak cold front making its way across the bay area. we'll look for occasional periods of light rain and maybe

a heavy mist and drizzle. the system will be out of here by tomorrow. get ready for sunshine. much of the country will be sunny and starting to warm up. dallas looking at snow and ice. tomorrow sunshine, 72 degrees. it will be 30 with blowing drifting snow for new york. 31 for washington, d.c. and look for 63 for denver. 85 for phoenix. southern california warms up nicely. los angeles 75. a little bit of fog and tahoe 60 degrees. we get through the heavy mist and drizzle tonight. tomorrow morning, afternoon sunshine. president's day holiday on monday, dry conditions. next chance for showers tuesday night early wednesday mainly in the north bay and then looks like temperatures warm up for us

here locally. joining us for sports. hard to believe we are talking about baseball. >> i know. you won't believe how good pablo sandoval looks. donaldson using all star snub last year as motivation this

this abc 7 news sports report brought to you by river rocks season. >> a's hoping to win the third straight american title. for 2014 is josh donaldson. we talked with josh before he left for arizona. >> 0-2 pitch and that's the ball game. >> reporter: josh donaldson had a career season in 2013. he played in 158 games and a .301 average. he was an mvp candidate but left off the all star roster. >> i don't play for individual

goals. i play for our organization and my teammates. >> reporter: josh transition from catcher to third base. claims it isn't that tough as he always considered himself an infielder. >> i enjoy football, basketball, anything that has to do with running, jumping and stuff liket that. and to me i think that has been a huge part of my success. >> reporter: josh wants to be the player that makes everyone around him better. he likes what he sees on this year's roster but just winning the west won't be enough. >> you have to focus on what the goal is early. once you accomplish that goal try to move on. we are looking forward to hopefully being successful this year. >> a bit of a sad story to start spring training for the angels. mark malder attempting a comeback tore his achilles tendon today. he is probably over, the

36-year-old's career that is. hudson with a big pickup for the braves this season. pablo sandoval needed to keep the weight off if he wants to earn a new contract. he looks great and talked about his offseason regiment today. >> swinging, all of those things to get ready. so i feel great. >> did it in 2011. now it is a matter of him being consistent with the changes that he has made in order to stay in the type of condition that he is in. i'll be honest. i mean, we are talking about right now. you know, he has unbelievable talent to do some things on the baseball field. >> i will be heading to spring training tuesday.

the nba staging all star weekend. we tip off with the three point contest. seth curry representing in the competition for the second year in a row. curry bounced in the first round and made 12 for 25 for a total of 16 points. the spurs won the competition. 17 buckets for 24 points. at least a former warrior won the event. in the dunk competition harrison barnes missed his first two attempts. and then hurdles over shaquille o'neil. that was the best dunk so far until john wall went up hovering for the slam. big fun for all. after a week at pebble beach the pga tour headed to l.a. for the northern trust open. this is a great track capable of

going low. today was no different. he knows you have to take it up and bring it back down to get it close. how about in the hole? yes. 30. even on the day. tied for sixth. his approach. eagle has landed. he is four back out of leader. shot a six under 65. long birdie putt. 12 under on the tournament. he is leading by two strokes. this sports report brought to you by river rock season. >> thanks so much. have fun at spring training, by the way. >> never a problem. >> that is it for tonight. abc 7 news continues tomorrow morning at 5:00. thanks so much for joining us. the news continues online, twitter, facebook and all of your mobile devices with our new

abc 7 news app. we hope you are having a fantastic weekend. thanks for joining us. good night.

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