california patrol members uniformed and nonuniformed have been suffering a severe loss today. >> the chp is mourning the loss of two officers after the squad car smashed into a guardrail while racing to a crash scene near fresno. both have bay area connections. good afternoon, everybody, i'm larry beil. >> the accident happened around 6:00 this morning just before sierra avenue in kings park. the officers heading to check out a crash reported on northbound 99 but turns out that crash was in

the southbound lanes where officers were traveling. we're live from fresno with the story. laura? >> i'm standing right next to highway 99. investigators are still piecing this together and tell us these officers were responding to an accident first reported on the northbound lanes and traveling on southbound lanes at a high rate of speed to turn around and go back another way. it turned out the accident was here on the southbound side, but the time they realized it, it was too late. >> california patrol members uniform and nonuniform have been suffering a severe loss today. >> reporter: fresno area patrol lost two of its own, killed while responding to a 911 call

on highway 99. they drove right into. >> the officers took he vase waive action to avoid striking parties, lost control, struck the guardrail and crashed. >> the officers are 34-year-old brian law and juan gonzales. chp confirms gonzales was at the wheel when it hit the guardrail. no one else was hurt in the crash gonzales leaves behind a girlfriend and family in tulare. law, married with three small >> chp officer brian law leaves behind a wife and three children. he grew up in clovis and started in oakland just a year ago. law has many friends and colleagues say he was into fitness and helping mentor younger officers.

>> graduated in 2008. trained here in oakland. he wanted to be closer to family. this is where he started and was trained. >> his partner officer juan gonzales grew up in fresno and worked in the bay area. he started in the chp san jose office. abc7 news spoke to an officer who worked with gonzales. >> i found him knockable. really approachable, nice guy. >> you can express condolences to loved ones by sharing this post on the facebook time line >> police need help catching a killer of a 16-year-old girl, naomi rojas. the body discovered along railroad tracks on phoenix

drive. today, the victim's family made a plea for witnesses to come forward. >> everybody is hiding. if you didn't do anything, why do you have to hide? she's innocent and didn't have anything to do with this. they took my sister away. the family says she was not involved in gangs but she started to hang out with the wrong crowd, they don't understand why anyone wanted to harm her >> today a march to protest a shooting of 13-year-old andy lopez in october. joins us live now with the story. wayne? >> reporter: the march is still going on. moments ago they were behind me. and have moved on

again. last fall, sheriff deputy eric gelhaus shot and killed 13-year-old andy lopez when he mistook a pellet gun for the real thing the death continues to anger the community. hence, the march we saw to the santa rosa police department. a little more than 100 people met downtown for a rally, they took to the streets and say this is not just about andy lopez but 56 police-related shootings since year 2000. in every case, the district attorney ruled them justifiable this, group wants the d.a.to charge gel rs -- geghaus about the shooting. she says she's being objective in this case. >> we believe she feels it's more important to look and

protect her special interests we believe is her endorsement through the sonoma county sheriff department, santa rosa police department and various police officer unions >> reporter: you're saying she can't make an objective decision? >> not at all. >> we did reach out the district attorney's office today, it's a holiday the office is closed. no one returned our phone calls. she has said in the past and gone on record to say she's looking at the facts in this case and that until she reaches a decision she will go public. live in santa rosa, abc7 news. >> thank you >> in san francisco police are hoping a surveillance video will help in their search for a gunman who fired several shots outside westfield mall around 7:00 last night outside of the mall near market and powell streets the gunman wounded a 19-year-old

man. police say that man is expected to survive >> police are now investigating a hit and run death outside capitol flea market as a homicide they say it started as a fight between two groups of people and spilled on to the street on snell avenue. a man was hit by a car and killed the driver left the scene. fire investigators trying to pinpoint the cause of a fire in an apartment complex. the blaze started in an upper floor unit, spreading into the attic of apartments. residents will have to find a new place to live >> check out this hillside in san pablo. three years ago, the hill gave way. since then, residents have been living in

fear it might happen again the city refuses to shore up the hill saying it's homeowner's responsibility. >> it's damaged. it's not draining correctly. it was never disposed to any private citizens from any documentation we can find >> homeowners say it let's water collect under the hillside. the city will not comment because of a pending lawsuit. >> a sunny holiday monday for folks today. >> yes. just next storm is coming n >> there is not much rainfall.

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the co-pilot of an ethiopian airlines jet is in custody accused of hijacking his own plane. authorities arrested the co-pilot in geneva, switzerland he took control of the plane when the pilot took a bathroom break. he told air traffic controllers he was running low

on fuel. nobody was hurt. >> is she or isn't she? homicide investigators may have a mass murderer in custody. or they may have a woman with a bizarre taste in tall tales. a pennsylvania woman claims she's killed 20 people and that has police digging into her past. >> reporter: for 19-year-old miranda it's a plea for redemption. newlywed mother who faces the death penalty now claims to be a serial killer. >> she says she's done this before i said what is the number? she said under 100. >> a jail house interview barber confessed to nearly two dozen murders, recent lit murder of 42-year-old, she and her husband, 22-year-old elliott allegedly lured the man with a craig's list ad for sex then strangleed and stabbed him. police called a thrill kill,

barber now claims is part of a pattern that began at 13 years old had she joined a satanic cult. i hit 22 i stopped counting she told the paper >> she never gave an impression of this was a rehearsal. >> the fbi and local police say they're investigating. >> she stated i killed 20 plus people, then, law enforcement will then go let's go through those, what location? what time period? what names? how disdispose of the body? >> if verified she would join likes of ted bundy and jeffrey dahmer. as for why she's speaking out, she says she doesn't care if people believe her. a judge granted her attorney request for a psychiatr

psychiatr psychiatric evaluation. >> jamie koots was bitten by a rattlesnake over the weekend during services in his church. he refused medical treatment. he died later that night. his son says his father had never seen such a reaction before. >> i watched it happen. you know? just standing there. i seen him get bit he dropped snakes and picked them up. he was a firm believer, he would not go to the hospital. he told me you get bit, you need to die at home or god brings you through it. >> coots spent years fighting with authorities over law that's ban the use and ownership of poisonous snakes. "national geographic" expressed condolences >> groupon says it's president's day mistake was intentional, putting out a news release

announcing a sale honoring alexander hamilton. he served as the first treasury secretary. groupon says it was intended to be a tongue in check marketing stunt it and worked there are 5,000 tweets about the kch's mistake. >> here we are, talking about it. >> it worked. or they turned it into their favor. >> golden gate bridge district look at a bo nanza in revenue >> yes. coming from fines from drivers that don't pay on time. it means drivers need fast track or get a bill in the mail. >> cornell bernard has the story. >> all electronic toll taking has been on duty at golden gate bridge almost a year. some drivers still long are for old days when real toll takers took cash. >> we like to see people be able to pay right there. that way,

you don't have to worry about something in the mail. >> data shows people aren't paying the tolls and that can add up if you ignore it. it's a $25 fine if you don't pay. for four months, more than 290,000 violations were issued. 11 #,000 paid, but 144,000 still outstanding. it would mean a wind fall of $50 comblinl for the bridge district. but spokesperson mary curry says not so. >> many of those violations that are going to be waved because we're being a kinder organization in terms of people who -- we want people to understand it. so if you call up, we going say, okay. we're also going to ask you join the fast track system. >> the car just got one of the fines in the mail. >> better pay it.

>> why did you wait so long? >> my son drove here >> about 60,000 cars pass through every day. if you don't way pay it could prevent you from registering at dmv. >> food service is returning to the famous round house building at golden gate bridge the building was a diner just after the bridge >> today was a nice day for that. >> yes. beautiful weather outside. >> yes. and spencer christian is

joining us. >> you can tell the son is shining brightly. sunshine. here is a gorgeous view. we'll see partly cloudy to mainly clear conditions tonight ask tomorrow with those thin and passing high clouds. a sprinkle possible wednesday morning we'll see warmer days at the end of the week. filtered sunshine today and tomorrow. a cold front brings us a slight chance of showers. we'll start at 7:00 tomorrow evening. notice that front sweeps south ward well see

moisture that there would be a sprinkle or two in northern sonoma county wednesday morning. and taking you ahead of february 27th, no rainfall expected here if the bay area. no snow expected in the low temperatures low to mid-40s. lows dropping just below 40 degrees. 65 in santa clara. 65 in redwood city. look for highs of 61 downtown and up in the

north bay, mid-60s in santa rosa. east bay highs 63 in oakland tomorrow. 64 san leandro. inland east bay, highs into chance of showers and mainly sunny skies. look at the warm up this weekend. high temperatures over 70 degrees in some locations. >> up next shoe that's will take you back to the future. when you can see these in a store near you. >> then, the big star on the bay area top-ranked high school boy's team he's never played before.

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another round of deadly avalanches where teams are on alert. two more skiers killed in colorado over the weekend a third died in idaho. abc news reporter has the latest. >> reporter: this is the aftermath of a large avalanche in colorado that came crashing down on seven skiers. amade mid trees keems recovered bodies sunday. other five escaped. some with serious injuries. >> this area is pretty lucky. has claimed 15 lives this season. >> we're seeing wide spread avalanches some running bigger than they

have in decades >> over the weekend, another avalanche killed a man and injured a woman. in montana five people were partially buried but survived keeping the teams on their toes. >> every second counts. >> if you do find someone, it means a lot to the family >> colorado avalanche center says experienced skiers are at risk. >> you need to reevaluate the places you've gone and consider save. >> that danger continues into washington n oregon, killed >> the use of concerns about

helmet mounted cameras. saying they're investigating why the helmet shattered when he fell and hit his head on a rock. he wants to know if the camera weakened the helmet. >> if a hole were drilled into the helmet and that were the method of mounting the camera it could cause a problem with the intig teg gritty of the helmet. >> they're popular but some say they could be encouraging people to take >> a united nations panel is warning a north korea leader kim juning un he may be held accountable for wide spread crimes against his people >> into allegations against sxhim his government accusing

north korea of starving and torturing political prisoners, as well as state sponsored abductions, publicly motivated executions and live long indoctrination. >> violence in syria continued today after a breakdown in peace talk that's the secretary of state is blaming on the syrian government kerry's comments after two rounds of talks dufring which the syrian government continue add tacks on rebel-held areas >> right now, bashar al-assad has not engaged in the discussions. >> right now he is in the united arab emirates for discussions on the situation in syria. 100,000 people have died in the nearly three-year conflict. >> many others are fleeing violence, including this 4-year-old boy found wandering in the desert crossing the syrian border into jordan. aid

workers for the united nations spotted the little boy. he was carrying all of his possessions in a plastic bag, he's holding in his hands they were able to reunite him with his parents >> former neighborhood watch man george skippererman is opening up about the trayvon martin murder case. a jury found him not guilty seven months ago. he told cnn that he should not have been brought to trial. >> you don't think it was about the law? >> i know it wasn't. yes. >> what does that make you? >> like a scapegoat. >> a skait goat for? >> the government the president. the attorney general. >> they would be scapegoating you why? because they're taking a position on something that matters to a lot of people? >> i don't know. all i know is

that they're doing i i don't know what agenda they have. >> zimmerman won't answer the question as to whether he regrets killing martin. and says he apologized to the family and says woe like to do so, again >> an asteroid the size of three football fields set to fly by the earth tonight. an online space camera going to track the asteroid about 885 feet in diameter. it's flying miles per hour. just go to abc7

news.com. >> a biggest one this weekend never breaks before. >> a stuntman tries a insane reverse car jump. >> tonight i'm still taking questions. i'll answer your questions live later. >> looking northward, lots of blue skies and not a hint of rain. i'll have the accu-weather forecast coming up. >> another live look at interstate 80. right hand side of the screen is clear at this hour. still to come at

these are exciting teams for bishop odoud high school f dragons do win, you might see what happened during friday night's game. it's right here. the team manager suffers from a rare heart defect got the play. and they became

>> that is knocking it down. that left many fans in tears. after the game the coach said he never been so excited about a moment in his live in basketball. >> that is one of the top recruits in the country. look at him this, kid is going to be a big time player at the college level. >> high school hero with down's syndrome getting his chances to play. this weekend he signed a

two-day contract with the philadelphia 76ers yes. before the game they'll join sixers for three-game activities. >> that is awesome. >> yes. >> two nice days but any changes? >> i don't think so. so there you're split in half. >> probably will be most of the next several days. you can see we have hazy sunshine today. national weather picture we'll see snow and rain off shore, dry and sunny skies throughout the central part of the country. except snow showers in the upper mid west rainfall around seat and portland. some will work down

into northwestern corner of california tomorrow around eureka. and that includes the bay area. we'll see mid-60s around the bay and inland remember, it's overnight into wednesday that we might see a sprinkle or two. after that, it's dry and mild. and getting spring like. >> team usa on a role in russia. you don't have to be an athlete >> is it football or basketball? >> that is okay. anything that you're passionate about. send us

your videos. >> yes. i'm a hoops guy at heart. yes. >> i played it for you >> still ahead at 4:00 a woman reunited with world war ii love letters and how she found them. >> incredible recovery of a soldier who became an inspiration for a salute around the world. >> why are san francisco residents adding a charge to your bill though the federal government health care program has

we have an update about a soldier that came to be known as the salute seen around the world. you may remember this photo. suicide bombers blew off his legs. he saluted his

commander, now walking on prosthetic legs. and he is even working out in a gym, writing a hand cycle on the street. other soldiers started a walk to raise money for josh and other soldiers. >> good for him. >> a woman in north carolina says she's thankful a family treasure is home again. linda lou honey is back in possession of a suitcase of love letters that her dad wrote her mom before he died in world are war ii. in 1987 her mom die and theed suitcase was lost until now. >> priceless things we had believed were hopelessly lost. >> turns out the suitcase ended up in a storage auction

the person who brought bouth it turned it over to the veteran's administration in reno. the folk there's conducted a search that turned out to be her dad's brother who she hadn't seen in 42 years. now, the letters and family, are back together again. >> you've got to see this. a former professional skateboarder broke a record, but not for a skate jump. take a look. crazy. he set a world record for farthest ramp jump by a car the sonic soared 89 feet, backward he is no stranger to world records, setting 22 in his life most on a skateboard. >> i'm going to venture and guess there aren't a lot of chevy sonics. >> i don't think so.

>> no. >> he had a special one, i think >> 7 on your side's michael finney is here. hi, michael. >> they should do it normally then show it in reverse. >> maybe they did. >> see? see? tonnald y said i had 278,000 miles on united airlines never supposed to expire the program guidelines changed and united airlines says i forfeited miles when i didn't fly. is there recourse? well, first they didn't say never, ever. if you look at small print it said this is our program. we can do what we wish rment. a majority of the programs i don't know, 5, 6 yearsing ayes said after two years we're going to take miles way. then dropped to 18 months i don't remember if united airlines off the top of my head during 18 months if you spent miles and reset the clock, if

you added miles, that reset the 18-month clock. i don't know how old this is. if this is done recently very a good chance of getting them to take a look and think about redoing this. so, what i want you to do is go on our web site, go to the form i have there, give me information tlchl we'll put you in que and take a look. hopefully we can give you miles back if you have miles getting ready toechl pier what you want to do is use them. if you're feeling generous give them to charity. it's better than losing them. richard de mailed we now have obamacare where are restaurants still adding 4% to the checks? >> that was a political statement from get go. most didn't add 4%.

they paid money they're supposed tochlt others told you they're going to add it and added it. that is what happened to you. >> thank you. >> thank you >> sure >> up next if you have your bicycle stolen there is a new way to help find it. >> then, at 5:00 no hay for horses the law of supply and demand meets up with the drought. >> a squirrel problem so bad in one park, local authorities are planning a mass extermination.

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and nationwide. today a salute to barack obama. a san francisco program launching last week has a lot of people getting on board this, is a new way for bicyclists to try to detour thieves. >> you know we hear about cell phone thefts but bicycle thefts are a bigger problem, now, the city and bicycling enthusists are helping a program will help. four people are riding bikes in san francisco. 75,000 per day. that meant a rise in rippoffs 4,000 stolen in 2012. according to a city report, that is a 70% increase from 2006. >> i've had two bicycles stolen

in 3 to 4 years. >> a nonprofit hopes to register everyone in the city. >> this is painless. >> they came in with contact information we understand that. that is why they're going to do this. >> now, police are only able to return about 16% of the stolen bikes recovered this, is where the rest are stored. >> just on the warehouse. actually help them make a difference in neighborhoods around the city. >> the supervisor wants to formalize a recent practice of giving away bikes to community organizations one group shared this individual yef how low income recipients are learning to repair and care

for their donated wheels. >> i love it. i feel like i'm flying. >> so now, there are efforts on both ends of the spectrum to keep bikes in hands of owners, if not to, make sure this isn't the end of the line. >> and thanks for joining us for abc7 news at 4:00 the news at 5:00 begins at 5:00 with dan and cheryl. >> he kim to work with a smile, two patrol officers have ties to the bay area. we're classmates and became friends. >> no hay for horses the law of supply and demand runs into the drought. >> i'm sandhya patel. live on

the roof of the kgotv broadcast sent yefrment a cold front is heading into our direction the forecast is coming up. two patrol officers became friends after going through academy together. sadly today theshg died together responding to a call. the officers took evasive action to avoid striking anyone from the previous collision and crashed. >> and as you can mackin, the patrol is in mourning. >> investigators have more to learn about what caused this crash and know a miscommunication ply aid key role the accident happened about 6:00 in the morning as officers drove south.. they were facing towards a crash scene that wasn't where

they're told it would be. abc7 news joins us now tonight. laura? >> hi, cheryl. i'm standing next to highway 99 here. they're trying to get this highway fully reopened down to just one and in the northbound direction initial call said that accident was in south of the accident. it turns out the traffic was on this side southbound side of highway 99, north of the accident. investigators believe that confusion contributed to the crash. >> the patrol lost two of its own, killed while responding to a call on highway 99 for another collision. they mistakenly drove

into. >> officers took evasive action struck the guardrail. and crashed. >> the two officers killed are shown near a television interview from confirms gonzales was at the wheel. law and gonzales graduated together in 2008. dustin lives near the scene ask was just accepted to the chp. >> to hear about this just, it's just too real. feels unreal. >> no one else was hurt in the crash. gonzales leaves behind