♪ [ male announcer ] spring is calling. get 10% off all in-stock composite decking at lowe's. ♪ >> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. good morning everyone at 5:00 a.m. i am katie marzullo here for kristen sze. >> it is thursday, the gateway to the weekend. mike has the forecast. good morning, everyone. nice to see this on live doppler 7 hd, a lack of radar runs. it is dry. the clouds coming from left side

or the west are the high clouds that are going to overtake the sunshine today. we are still going to have a mild day, if not temperatures before average we will have partly sunny conditions at 63 to 70 around the bay and inland it is tighter at 67 to 70 and tighter along the coast at 58 to 61 and not so breezy as yesterday. with the dry start we will find out if the commute is going well. >> it is going well. dry roads looking good for the commute. we have one accident in san bruno southbound along 280 but it does not appear to be locking anything or causing delays. drive time traffic 101 across the golden gate bridge is nine minutes. across the bay bridge it is only eight minutes from the maze to san francisco. san mateo bridge is 13 minutes from hayward to foster city. you can see how empty the toll plaza is on thursday morning and a view from emeryville camera along the eastern span to treasure island with a few cars

headed westbound and taillights with no delays reported into the city. thank you, developing news from the south bay where someone has struck lottery gold: the one and only powerball ticket was bought if milpitas. amendment is at -- amy hollyfield is at the chevron station. >> the nation is watching. these are national media: cnn, they have taken over the parking lot. look at the front door, it is like a television studio. customers have to get through it to get to the store, everyone waiting to report on who won the huge jackpot. although we you probably don't have the ticket it is fun to think about what you would do. here are the winners options: can you take all $425 million

over 30 years. each year they would get a payout of a little over $10.5 million. or, the winner can decide to take the lunch sum, get it all now, but that with only be $242 million. after taxes, well, only $182.6 million. something fun to think about over the breakfast. what would you do? the owner of this store in milpitas is also having fun thinking about he or she is going to buy because the owner gets a prize of $1 million for selling the ticket. who is the big winner? the person may not know they have the ticket but when they come forward look at the cameras, ready anding and excited to introduce the winner to the world. >> exciting. and scary. >> the numbers are 1, 17, 35,

49, 54. powerball is 33. when the winner or winners come forward we will treat it right away and post it on our website so physical us at abc7 news bay area and abc7 news.com . >> in the case of a giants fan would was almost beaten to death outside a dodgers home gay with a plea deal being discussed and a decision could be announced today. nick is at at&t park in san francisco. >> district attorney has been in discussion with the defense lawyer about a plea deal either guilty or no contest. all of this is to avoid a lengthy trial. this is what we know. the 31-year-old lewis sap collection and 30-year-old marvin norwood will be in court today where they are expected to accept a deal which would resolve the criminal case

against them. we have learned that members of the bryan stow family will be there to make victim impact statements. sanchez and norwood would still face weapons charges which carries an additional 5 1/2 years in federal prison. the march 2011 attack left bryan stow with serious head trauma and permanent disability. he will need care for the rest of his life. thank you. san jose mayor gives the final state of the city address this evening. he cannot run for re-election because of term limits. he will follow tradition and honor city employees and neighbor volunteer whose is worked to improve the quality of life in san jose. the speech is inside the grand ballroom at the san jose convention center. san francisco supervisors will get an update on an agreement that allows california pacific medical center to build the new hospital on van ness

avenue. the owner and the city reached a deal in march of last year that calls for sutter to guarantee jobs, build housing, and commit to keeping another hospital st. luke's, open. a coalition of 50 community and labor groups will attend the hearing. a month after a court battle to keep a 13-year-old on a ventilator and feeding tube, jahi mcmath mother is breaking her silence posting a letter thanking the public for their support. the letter did not give any specific on the 13-year-old's condition. she was declared brain dead in oakland at children's hospital, but she sees positive changes in her daughter" can tell you that she is much better physically since she has last children's hospital and i see changes that give me hope." >> fremont police hope someone will recognize a man who broke into a car using a golf club to break the windows out the 24

hour fitness on the parkway. a witness took the pictures with a small phone january 17. he was seen reaching into the car and looking through various items inside the vehicle the witnesses say he drove away from the fitness club this a ford s.u.v. >> a poll finds california voters are in favor of a state tax on sodas and other sugary drinks. two-thirds of those polled support a soda tax. 74 percent either strongly or somewhat favor warning labels on sweetened drinks similar to those on cigarette packs. the state senator carmel began pushing a bill to require the warnings on the front of all beverage containers with added sweetners that is 7 a or more calories in every 12 ounces and it would warn customers that drinking berages with added sugar contributes to diabetes

and tooth decay. >> facebook c.e.o. mark zuckerberg is involved if a $19 billion deal for whatsapp. the two c.e.o.'s have agreed on a price on valentine's day as the zuckerberg palo alto home and is expected to help facebook agree an the world. >> what's app has 450 million users all over the world and they want the users, and whatsapp wants the information, the contacts, the social grasp. it is a data play and a potential revenue play. >> whatsapp is the number one messaging app in europe and brazil and russia. google wanted to buy whatsapp for $10 billion before facebook upped the

offering. the paperwork was signed at the former north county social services office in mountain view where he stood in line to get food stamps. >> 15-year-old polina edmunds will try to repeat her performance in sochi. she placed 7th in the lady's first skating short program in her olympics debut. these are pictures. polina edmunds skated a personal best score in the short program with friends and other young skaters cheering her on in san jose at the ice facility. today she will perform her 4 1/2 minute free skate against hoping for medal. >> if you are wanting polina edmunds skate and you want to get the news at 11:00 download the abc7 news app and you can watch us on the ipad, ipad

or droid device. >> now the weather forecast. >> thank you. good morning, everyone, well on the weather window looking at the glass like bay water especially around the toll plaza with the lights reflecting back to emeryville. temperatures are warmer today than yesterday and with an increase in the cloud cover, we will be three to six degrees warmer with a lost mid-to-upper 60 today and 11 hours and two minutes of sunshine. 35 in the north bay valley and the clouds are thick are by noon and we will hang out in the low 60's and then the sunshine will dim in the afternoon and upper 50's at the coast to upper 60's inland and get ready for a mild evening with temperatures warmer than this morning. in the mid-to-upper 50's and friday, saturday and sunday forecast, it is layed out right

here with high pressure dominated the weather bringing sun and passing clouds from time to time and low 60's at the coast and upper 60's to 70's around the bay and inland. a town of spring for the weekend. we will pay for i with wet weather next week. hope everyone has a good week. we have a couple more days to go and so far on to a light start. if you are leaving the car keys at home we have 40 bart trains running on time and ice train is running on time and no delays on muni. with have an issue that is now reported east bay bridge a stalled vehicle near the bay bridge toll plaza and we have slow-and-go traffic approching pressure island in the eastbound direction leaving san francisco westbound traffic in the clear with a few extra cars at the maze but all in all in great shape. this is going to be the drive through walnut creek southbound 680 away from highway 4 to the

24 junction. it will only take nine minutes. you are accident free. uncle sam wants his cut of olympic gold. >> a mom takes dramatic action to protect her family from burglars and it is all caught on surveillance video. >> a generous gift

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hour this year and $10 next year as many states and congress consider raising minimum wages. >> the question if capital one may not be what is in your wallet but who is at your dear? buried in the fine print of the credit card agreement is the company can contact you however it wants even with the personal visit and that has some customers upset. >> each olympic medal comes with a cash cry and that is considered earned income and they may have to pay up to 39 percent in taxes. >> groups are lining up to drive the google bus out of san francisco. union members, housing and gay rights activists have filed an appeal with the municipal transportation agency over the decision to charge the technical giant a collar per bus stop. they say the city failed to consider how the buses block traffic and that google workers are displacing low-income residents. the board will take up the issue with the decision expected in the next 45 days.

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wind is breezy this morning. the temperatures are cooler when you step outside. live doppler 7 hd shows dry air but high clouds streaming in so hopefully we will have another colorful sunrise that has been our calling card. 53 is the warm spot to the north and a lot of low-to-mid 40's from 101 to mill valley and up to santa rosa and we have 47 in san rafael and the napa valley we have temperatures in the upper 30's and american canyon at 37 and napa at 39. 50 in alameda, and san francisco is 49 and redwood city and newark is 43 and san carlos is 44 and san jose at 43 and lafayette is 40. at sfo, remember this time yesterday we watched the drizzle move through and now nothing but clear conditions and a too high clouds. that is the case through the afternoon. it will be bright and dry and our warmest day is friday, saturday, and sunday just in time for the weekend and a series of storms possible next week with the computer models

coming interest an agreement. will it be an atmospheric river event? we have to wait to find out. upper 50's to low 60's along the coast. we could reach 70 in cloverdale and napa and forward and antioch and morgan hill. probably on the car when you are driving around in some of the areas today. temperatures in the mid-to-upper 40's around the bay and to the coast and we will be mostly in the mid-30's to low 40's and it will be as cool as this morning. the high clouds coming in, high pressure dominate and that is steering the high clouds near us but it is also pushing the storms to the north. as we head to wednesday next week, we can see the rain moving into the north bay and as we head to thursday interest friday a couple of series of storms, all desperately needed. until we get there, 70's is the norm from inland today all the way through monday, and tomorrow and saturday around the bay and low 60's at the coast.

enjoy the weather. >> is that crickets i hear behind new that is what we have across our bay area roads, nothing but crickets. it is quiet. you can see a lost grown on our maps and that is inaddictive of the entire bay area no crashes to report. excellent news. we do have areas of construction, eastbound highway 24 from fish ranch road to whiler road we have lanes blocked off and that will last until 6:00 this morning. as we take you over to the bay bridge toll plaza in the eastbound correction from the tunnel to the tower that is where we will see lanes blocked. that will last until 2:00 this morning so if you do plan on heading away from the city to the east bay, you can expect to see some delays, certainly a bottleneck as you make it in the eastbound direction. the richmond-san rafael toll plaza is the bridge that takes you to san rafael is a quiet ride. let's keep it that way and stay

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bought by one lucky player at a milpitas pass station. amy hollyfield will join us from the station in a few minutes as the world waits for the winner to come forward. >> two, developing news, the dodger fans accused of beating giants fan brine stow into a coma could take a plea deal three years after the attack. we have learned that the two men are expected to plead guilty or in contest in the attack. >> two dozen employees with rural metro ambulance company in santa clara county are without a job this morning. according to our media partner they were fired for getting cpr recertification cards without going through the mandatory training. >> more violence in ukraine and 20 died this clashes between anti-government protesters and police much the chief of the government hit his post in the hope of stopping his violence in the ukraine. >> 15-year-old polina edmunds

will try to get a medal in sochi. she was cheered office at the russia olympics. >> this is how it looks from the camera, it is dry for the only commute and i have above-average temperatures through the weekend and possible big dumping of rain in the seven-day forecast. >> we will have to be careful with that, mike. as we look at the bay bridge toll plaza it is an easy commute. we have cars coming through the bay bridge toll plaza but it is quiet. we did not have accidents to report. i will let you know where the hotspots are with congestion. >> you think of football players you could thing of big appetites and that is how three players break ncaa rules, the sooner players landed in the doghouse

for eating too much pasta last spring and face fine of coming the cost of the extra food. they each had to pay $3.83 to get their eligibility re-instated. that money went to a carety of their choice. >> designers are working on a yet liner to provide everyone on board with a when seat. boston based spare approach space provided pictures of the proposed supersonic jet with display screens replacing ones, and there will be live images laced outside the plane carrying only 18 people and it will get you from new york to london in three or four hours rather than the six to seven hours on conventional airlines. >> that was the concord but it wasn't cash efficient. >> more efficient to go slower. >> the morning news continues at 5:30 with the top stories.

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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. good morning, we are coming up on 5:30 and i am katie marzullo here for kristen sze. >> i am eric thomas and mike nicco is here for mike nicco with the forecast. >> big shoes to fill, see what you can do. >> thank you for the opportunity. it has been a pleasure.

radar satellite shows live doppler 7 hd tracking the high clouds with in need to worry about wet weather. 101 at 880 in san jose, yesterday, it was wet. today is dry. it is moving well. we will talk to leyla gulen in 15 seconds about your commute. 67 to 70 with high clouds and dry air inland, and through the bay and 63 to 70 your temperature spread and upper 50's to low 60 at the coast where it will not be so breezy as yesterday. here she is. as promised. good morning, everyone, we are starting off on a quiet note. we have not had any accidents to report but for one long 280 in san bruno but that is cleared. it is no longer there. what go have, areas of congestion coming from tracy over the altamont pass, at 30 miles per hour for a top speed and it jumps up slightly to 36 closer to vasco road and then there is a nice clear commute continuing in the westbound

direction. through castro valley, top speeds approaching 238 and pleasanton to the sunol grade, 680 is fine. at look at san jose, everything is running along fine and accident free along 101, 280 and highway 85. thank you. america is watching one south bay city as we wait to the lucky person holding the one winning ticket for the whopping power ball drawing to come forward. amy hollyfield is in milpitas looking for someone smiling and living large with a wallet this big. amy? >> keep in mine, there are two winners in this, the lucky person that has the ticket, but, will, the owner of the store, the dickinson landing chevron here in milpitas. the clerk says he is now the lucky winner, he is not the owner. he says his owner is excited.

he says the owner will be here between 6:00 and 7:00 this morning so we hope we will meet him he will win $1 million for setting the ticket which was sold at this store on california circle in milpitas and it is the only one with all six numbers. it is worth $425 million so the lump sum if the winner takes a lump sum gets $242 million. this is the second time in two months a winning ticket has been sold in the south bay. lottery officials say that is amazing. you cannot wonder if the person with the ticket knows he or she has won. the owner of the store knows and so do all of the customers. hook at the cameras at the front door of the store covering the story with lots of excitement and everyone ready to introduce the world to the winner and the store owner would should be here soon. we are excited to meet the

owner, mr. singh, and share the good news and maybe his luck will rub off on us if we rub up next to him and touch his shoulder it will be like the magic lamp. >> the numbers are 1, 17, 35, 49, 54 and the powerball is 33. we but the winning numbers on our website at abc7 abc7news.co. >> when the winner or winners come forward we will tweet it right away and post it on our website. follow us at abc7 news bay area and abc7 news.com . >> a possibly development in the men of two men accused of beating giants' fan brine bryan

stow. the prosecution said last night they may plead guilty or "no contest," to avoid a trial. bryan stow suffered a serious injury when attacked outside the stadium in 2011 at the opening game. he is permanently disabled. he expected in court. we will have coverage from court. in the south bay, there has been a shakeup this morning at the santa clara county rural metro ambulance company. two dozen employees have been fired for getting cpr recertification cars without going through the mandatory four-hour training according to our media partner. rural metro says it was notified in late john of a state investigation involving a cpr instructor who trained some of the ambulance workers. after reviewing records some employees were shown to have falsely obtained the cards.

the union representative said they will appeal the job action. berkeley student has been arrested after attacking his roommate in a possible hate crime much the 19-year-old is charged with robbery and aggravated assault. police say he punched, kicked and choked the roommate tuesday night. police say that he demanded the other student's cell phone and made anti-gay comments. donor is held on $130,000 bail. >> governor is roping a relief effort to deal with the california drought. they want spend $687 million for emergency water supplies and water conservation technology that includes funds for housing and food for workers directly affected by the worse drought in state history. the bill will be expedited because the of wants the money made available in a few weeks, and republicans plan to introduce their own legislation today which they say addresses the state's long-term water needs. east bay santory district

officials want a slice of the emergency funding pie with the treatment plant recycling sewage water for nondrinking purposes such as firefighting. last summer they saved seven million gallons of drinking water from being used each day. it is highly efficient but costs keeps it from expanding. >> we have a lost projects we planning but it takes funding to convert the facilities to use recycle water. >> the sanitary districts hope the new fund will jump start a trend toward recycling more sewage water usually being poured into the bay. >> the governor says an antigun law will not stop violence on the streets of oakland. the "san francisco chronicle" reports that the governor plans to veto a law aimed at lacing more restrictions on gun owners in oakland. the city leaders are pushing to make oakland the first city to require gun owners to register with the city. the governor believes the city council should provide better support for the police

departments. high senators as oakland mayor until 2006 and also is a governor owner. >> the family of a woman attacked in the emergency room at san francisco general hospital is questioning the hospital security this is a story first on abc7 news on tuesday night at 11:00. the family of the 93-year-old mary peres say she suffered cuts and presses in the attack at the sheriff deputies got this it was too late. >> they found her bloody. she was bleeding from her head. her body was bruised. her arms were bleeding. >> the suspect, oren zebest, is accused of attacking peres with an i.v. pole when three was told he had to be placed in psychiatric care. peres is in good condition but remains in the hospital. safe way, the biggest

employers in the east bay is in talks to sell. they confirmed they are in talks to sell off,300 stores. they are not saying would the potential buyer is but "wall street journal" reports they have been talking to capital management which owns albertson's. safeway is the second largest grocery store chain and has been downsizing because of competition. mike? >> it will be warmer closer to the welcome with spring like temperatures outside, and here is a look from mount tamalpais with the winds blowing out at ten miles per hour can that is why the cameras are not shaking and you can see unlimited i visibility, nice, clean air mass over us right now and that will yield temperatures about two to seven degrees warmer-than-average and 63 in san francisco to napa at 70 and sunrise is 6:53 and high clouds are coming this right new and sunset is as colorful.

next 12 hours, temperatures are in the 30's inland and some areas, mainly low-to-mid 40's and by noon we are seeing low 60's but the clouds are thicker and temperatures are hanging out in the upper 50's to upper 60's. this evening it will be milder and you will not need so heavy a coat at mid-50's. friday, saturday, sunday, three of the warmest days if you have those days off, congratulations, do something activity. next week, we could be socked in with rain. this weekend is going to be one of the dry and warmer days. leyla gulen? the bay area starting to wake up because we now are seeing accidents. in the east bay we have this crash involving what was a tire in the road and now it has turned into a bus crash. no passengers are on board the bus but possibly a solo spinout.

northbound 880 at 29th, it is an active scene in oakland and outbound is nut affected. drive time traffic a 80 from tracy to castro valley is 46 minutes and 101 northbound from highway 85 to san jose airport is 12 minutes and 280 northbound through daly city into san francisco under ten minutes and a look outside from the bay bridge toll plaza there are more cars funneling in away great the maze and we have a ten minute commute on our hands. >> a truce between protesters in the ukraine and the nation's president falls apart after a few hours. the toll the fighting is taking. >> a terror alert from washington, the flights being targeted by shoe bombers. >> a teen gathering towns to

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to accident when they veered off the road. they were trying to avoid hitting a pedestrian who was involved in the original accident. another round of blood shed in ukraine with 20 people dying in clashes between the police and protesters on the streets of kiev. this is a picture of the were by center of the violence, independence scare in the capital square. 28 others died when police moved in on a protester encampment on tuesday. a truce was called last night between the two sides but that fell apart. the smoke was rising when the protesters re-captured the square they are pushing close are ties to the west while the government wants to align with russia. a continue official resigned from the ruling party in kiev. >> the homeland security department issued a warning of a possible terrorist threat. the concern is one we have been warned of before, terrorists

trying to hide explosives shoes but did not outline a specific plot and it is not related to an early alert before the winter olympics of possible devices concealed in toothpaste. homeland security officials say this is coming from abundance of caution and the department regularly shares relevant threat information with domestic and international partners. >> homeland security department has reverted course and now is stopping a proposal to ask a private company to give government access to a nation-wide listen plate tracking database. yesterday, secretary johnson decided to cancel a contract proposal issued last week which would have allowed immigration and customs enforcement to use the database to traffic down criminal immigrants and others sought by authorities. >> do not be alarmed it is only a drill. at noon today on the peninsula, emergency responders will test six emergency notification sirens for the first time. an official said the whaling sound will replace the previous

sirens that sounded like an ambulance. there is a radio station to turn to for information of a real emergency snap 840 a.m. reaching a larger geographic area and will stream online in the near future. >> all the hits, all the time. >> now mike has the forecast. >> you love your old deejay ways. >> i do. fun. >> great background to do what we do. good morning, everyone. live doppler 7 hd shows i have not dialed in on the pacific northwest where that is where we are fining the rain and the mountain snow where the storm track is and where we are, we are under all of that is we are getting high clouds rolling over the high pressure that is now taking control of our weather and the reason why it is dry and cooler. one of the areas is about 15 degrees cooler is danville and san ramon and pleasanton ton in

the upper 30's with 40 to 41 degrees to livermore. over the hill and headed to by burst and antioch and brentwood it is warmer. 46 in pittsburg and 50 at antioch. fairfield is 42 and a lot of mid-40's and oakland and hayward at 44 and fremont and san jose at 43 and los gatos is cooler at 40 and mountain view is 47 and san car lease -- san carlos is friction. this is how it looks at walnut creek, you can see the traffic is headed south toward 24 and the lack of fog or any low clouds out there so it is an easy start. we have increasing high clouds and bright and dry and warm through the weekend and storms possible next week? i hope so. it could be an atmospheric river event a week away but something we are watching. and the high clouds are coming in today on the jet stream which is well into the gulf of alaska

and will keep our storms across the pacific northwest with temperatures like this, upper 60's to low 70's inland. tonight the temperatures are as cool if not cooler than this morning and mid-30's inland and home 40's is mildest and 47 degrees. next wednesday you can see the rain starting to move in and another system is behind that for thursday and possibly another pit of energy on friday. that is the wet weather we have. enjoy the spring warmth and get out there and do some chores and get the yard cleaned up and the gutters cleaned. you will have gorgeous weather. low 60's at the coast. upper 60's to low 70's around the bay and inland neighborhood. >> excellent advise. like the weather hour traffic is starting to heat up. we have a few accidents to get to. we will get to it. this is through the altamont pass, eastbound 580 it is a

crash that involved one vehicle and hit the side of the hour table and now blocking two lanes and westbound traffic is bumper to bumper and from tracy to dublin it takes 45 minutes. in san jose, northbound 101 at the nimitz, 25 miles per hour is the top speed approaching this accident blocking one lane and in oakland, northbound, 880, closer to 23rd just north of there you can see the red is coming through with delays because of the accident involving a bus with no passengers on board but it is blocking one lane. southbound traffic is fine. san mateo bridge is going to be the drive from hair to foster city and clear at ten minutes. it is now enough that pope francis fights nonbelievers but now he has to path the weather. the wind was the biggest adversary in the general

audience yesterday. he was having a wardrobe malfunction. this pope was not phase one pit. he kept on going. >> he wasn't. it was like it wasn't happening. >> that is focus. >> focus. >> are you doing too much sitting? a new study reveals the serious damage you could be doing to your health as you get older. >> should your kids go a concert even if they like mile sires' music? parents are demanding she cancel her tour days before she comes to the bay area.

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welcome back. there are growing demands that miley cyrus' tour be canceled. she stimulates sex acts throughout the concert and they are flooding the management team with complains. she is scheduled to play oakland on monday and the arena if san jose on tuesday. the lit of goodies in the oscar bags are getting longer and more expensive each day. each bag is filled with more than $80,000 in freebies, considering a consolation for the losers. the everyone wins basket includes we fine after the, wine, jewelry, a pepper spray gun, lessons and meal

>> we are the only place where you can see the big oscars show on march 2, right here on abc7 news. katie will be seeing it from a different point. >> i get to go on the red carpet on sunday, we are there all weekend. i have been watching a lot of movies. research. you know? important job, research, watching the movies. >> what are you wearing? >> no hints but it is gorgeous. too bad for me i will not did it justice, hope i don't ruin it. >> you will make it look goooood. >> can't wait to see you, it will be fun. oakland, good morning! the average high is 62. check out the next seven days, temperatures in the upper 60's until we get to wednesday next

week and that is when the chance of rain rolls in. high clouds and sunshine across northern california today and we will have temperatures near 70 in the central real estates and upper 70's in palm springs and warm this weekend skiing in shorts and short sleeves? maybe of the maybe not. wednesday it will be cooler. leyla gulen? >> will the dress be worthy enough for katie, that is the question. speak of lake tahoe i have the toyota lake tahoe report coming up but first we have an accident over the altamont pass in the eastbound direction along 580 at north anyone road, solo spinout blocking two lanes but the traffic is bumper to bumper and san jose 101 away from the nimitz before you get to 880 is where we have a crash blocking one lane so slow-and-go apporaching it but 280 is moving with. eric and katie? >> if you rely on closed caption, while watching tv, you

know better than it is not always totally accurate. improvements could be coming. the "los angeles times" reports that the fcc will adopt new rules that hopes to improve the quality of closed captioning. for example, the captions must match spoken words and convey background noises, also, they cannot block other content on the screen. the improvements come 10 years after the commission first said they wanted to make overhauls in response to complaints. >> a study finds that too much sitting is bad in older people and can increase the risk of disability. according to researchers, health problems associated with sitting disease or growing. the study show people over the age of 60 spend two-thirds of their time awake sitting, the risk of being disabled doubled for each additional hour not moving. we have heard about angry birds, the game, and now here is a real life one. in georgian owl is attacking an

eagle would was sitting on her egg with the owl swooped in. the attack was brief but the female eagle is aware of the danger. researchers who monitor the camera say the baby eagles are expected to hatch any day now. >> gold be state voters share thoughts on whether they want new warnings on soda. >> first, check your pockets, this is the store that sold a powerball ticket worth $425 million. >> "7 on your side" looks at the growing frustration drives are having with their gadget filled

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we are at the story that said it. developing now, the man accused of beating giants fan today are expected if court with a blow deal that is about to happen. >> in san jose polina edmunds is an hour away from getting back on the ice. we have the friendly rivalry he is facing at the games. >> the costumes so pretty. >> i am katie marzullo here for kristen sze. >> can you say "warmer." >> in afternoon. but not right now it is cooler this morning, we have the last two hours were watching the high clouds from west to east but before that happened we dipped into the 30's and 40's this morning so don't be surprised when you step outside, a look at day planner, the next 12 hours 7:00 this morning it will be dry at 46 degrees and around 60 at noon but already partly sunny and limited sun shine and 64 and