♪ [ male announcer ] spring is calling. save 25% when you buy two scotts fertilizers -- one to use now and one for later. live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> sensitivity or training, something could be property to the classrooms. this is horrible. >> a hercules middle school parents wants something done to stop the violence against transgender students before it is too late. police say this attack is a hate crime against a 15-year-old transgender student, the second incident at same school involving a transgender student. amy hollyfield?

they had an emergency staff meeting this morning before school started. officials wanted to tell the staff they are safe here and to communicate that to their students and try and get students to come forward with any information they have of this crime. no arrests have been made. >> the school district brought a crisis team to hercules middle high school if students needed to talk about the attack. parents are still processing the news. >> it is appalling. this community should be open minded but it is showing it is not. coming from kids...it's upsetting. >> hercules police are on campus trying to figure out would attacked a transgender 15-year-old who was born a girl but identifies as a boy. the teen was sexually andinglily assaulted using the boy's bathroom. a california law allows the students to use the bathroom of the gender they choose.

>> this is a story of the past. >> this is not the first case of violence because of bullying. this video was posted online a trans gender student seen fighting says she had to defend herself from bullies. >> they need to do something quick. >> we horrified this could happen to any of our schools. >> the superintendent says they have plans to teach tolerance to the student. >> antidefamation league program we are bringing in, no time to hate, will help with the climate. we are not only doing it here but all of our schools. >> after taking a closer look they have found some areas on campus where supervision could be improved. they do have a land to install security cameras in a year and a half and now they could accelerate that. the superintendent insists that the school is secure. >> i have three skids i would be delighted to have all those go

to this school and be totally safe. >> police say the victim is doing okay, has checked out of the hospital and is at home recovering. they have interviewed the victim a couple of times and the victim says that he does not know his attackers. new this morning, a suspected drunk driver from berkeley is being blamed for this mess on san pablo avenue with broken windows of a car dealership left behind after a 25-year-old drove up on the sidewalk and hit the front of several businesses. police say he was somebodying and drunk when he jumped out of the car and took off running. he was arrested on several charges. the woman in the car was not seriously hurt. >> a driver was taken to the hospital after driving the car down an embankment near the 280 connection ramp to eastbound 380 around 5:00 this morning. the car plunged 50' over the hill. the c.h.p. had to close a lane

while on tow truck driver pulled the car back up to the road and took the car away. if san francisco, police say the driver of a car lost control on wet tracks and crashed into a middle school at 16th an 2:00 this morning. the car hit some trees and a pole. a short time later police say a bicyclist crashed on the same wet tracks but was not injured seriously the. >> these have been driving home the need for a program being enforced on the peninsula. eric thomas has the big crackdown on distracted driving in burlingame. >> it is dangerous enough when weather is perfect ben when the roads are slick as they have been you are asking for trouble if you are using one of these while you are behind the wheel of one of these. >> it is the monthly crack down in central san mateo county on people who use their mobile

devices while driving. ten motorcycle officers are out here making that an expensive proposition. >> they know it is illegal but they don't want to bother with the blue tooth. >> cops say the danger is at thrive miles per hour your car can travel hundreds of feet while you look away to t or check e-mails for a few seconds. >> you have for idea what is in front of you, you could hit anyone, injure others and roar sell. >> safety checks are not new. what is new is a ruling from the fifth circuit court of appeals in a case from fresno that gives drivers some wiggle room. >> looking at your cell phone for purposes of reading your g.p.s. isn't illegal. that being said, that case was in congested traffic and i don't know if the gentleman was not moving or moving but we discourage any kind of distracted driving. >> cops will be here all day and they could write more than 100

very expensive citations. >> the first time it is $16 is plus fees. court fees can bring it above $200. >> for a second offense add $100 and you are talking the neighborhood $300 so the message is: it is just not worth it. if you do manage to squeak through this group of officers using your mobile device, don't get comfort they will be repeating this in such a few weeks in san mateo county. >> good to know. now the crisis in ukraine. rebound says russia's military invasion of ukraine could end up driving countries away from russia rather than closer. president putin is not backing down. today he called the ukraine government illegitimate saying it took power as a result of a coup. rebound says russia is on the wrong side of history. >> if they continue on the

current path they are on, we are examining a whole series of steps -- economic, diplomatic -- that will isolate russia. >> secretary of state john kerry this morning arrived in the capital of kiev in a show of support. the united states is promising $1 billion in ukranian aid. can you stay on top of the rising crisis in ukraine by following our twitter. >> open pents of the plan to build a high-tech surveillance center will protest in oakland at the city council meeting which will vote on the establishment of a building they call a domain awareness center. the $10 million center is funded by homeland security and would integrate the existing cameras and mapping systems all under one roof. while fours say it is about keeping people safe opponents say it will allow law enforcement to spy on the public >> mardi gras in new orleans is in full swing on this fat

tuesday. in the french quarter the wet and dreary conditions are not stopping the celebrations. the parades started on schedule with plenty people in the wonderful color costumes. the festivities take place on the day before ash wednesday when christians observe fasting and the start of lent a 0-day -0 -day period. >> an ad is raising a stink for people in one state. >> the honor student suing her parents over the education that she wants it receive. >> and the san francisco mint could have a vested interest in the gold a couple found on their property buried.

>> happening today a new jersey family is headed to court in a case of daughter versus parents. the 18-year-old honor student is suing her mom and dad for financial support. she says they refused to pay for her private high school education and college next fall. she claims her parents kicked her out of the case when she turned 18 in october. her parents say she left because she didn't want to follow rules like curfew and chores. her 19 is a former police chief and says this ordeal is tearing the family apart. >> we would be healed if she was

home and she is being steered the wrong area and it is killing us. >> he is living with a friend. today's hearing is the first time she has seen her family in months. >> real housewives of new jersey star have leaded guilty to fraud in federal court, charges include lying on mortgage and loan applications conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud and conspiracy to conceal assets. authorities say any illegally obtained $5 million in loans to support their lavish lifestyle. they -- one is an italian sentencing. >> remember the $10 million in gold coins find by a couple? they may have come from the bay area, the sfo minute, which is identical to the stolen coins described in an article written if a paper called identity

bulletin back in 1900 from a heist at the san francisco mint. one of the coins found by the couple an 186 liberty $20 gold piece that did not have the words "in god we trust," was part of a private collection and directly ties their find to that inside job at the mint. the couple found the coins in old cans on their property and they planned to auction them off but that could be on hold for now. >> this morning, dove is canceling a new deodorant ad calling new jersey the "armpit of america," after a consumer threatened to boycott the brand. here is an ad, dear new jersey when me call you the armpit of america, take it as a compliment. thank you, dove. >> the company now is not going ahead with the ad after all.

>> clouds and rain earlier. will it continue? our meteorologist is next with the forecast. >> it is cloudy here with the fog lingering in the east bay and we have some sun, as well, and more rain is on the way. that is what you really want to know, right? we will look at the entire forecast and two opportunities of rain. >> and why a bay area law enforcement agency has a special interest in that star insteaded selfie taken by ellen at oscars. >> and the lineup stepping out on the dance floor found one of abc's biggest

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>> covering fremont, palo alto, north bay and all bay area, this is abc7 news. >> it look like oscar hopes ellen degeneres collected enough money to pay the pizza guy who delivered some pies to the stars . the deliverer delivered the pies to the oscars on sunday night and yesterday on her talk show she gave him a fat tip including the $huff she -- the $600 she collected from the stars, and she add the her own money of $400. he said he was shocked to be handing out slices to the

biggest stars in hollywood. >> a bay area police department is challenging the oscar host, old ellen degeneres after herselfy made history. you saw that she got bradley cooper taking the group picture which has been re-tweeted three million times of the a-listers and the police department tweeted this saying let's see how many retweets public safety can get. help us beat hollywood: best public safety pick ever. it has been retweeted it 300 times and kristen just re-tweeted it. >> it has been re-tweeted 341 times so i call that viral. >> now, the best forecast, ever, and our meteorologist, what can you do today for mike? >> we will see ever the next couple of days which is good news. some of you would like to have

it dry and others would like to see more rain. we will have a mix of both right through the weekend at live doppler 7 hd with the showers offshore, and we could see a few rotating knew so i am keeping a tray shower in the forecast, and here is emeryville camera with lots of clouds and temperatures ranging from the mid-50's los gatos to the low 60's in san jose but depend on where you are, san francisco and south there is sun and mount tamalpais has fog and chilly in the 50's. concord is 55. there is fog in the east bay, and it should continue to improve throughout the next couple of hours. here is san jose. the bulk of the day is clouds with the possibility of a slur and more rain late tomorrow and late afternoon in the north bay, perhaps toward the end of the overnight hours and the rest of you feeling like spring on friday and saturday and then we

have the next wet weather maker on way on sunday with lows in the 50's. another mild night and plenty of cloud cover and it should be dry. our water vapour images shows the moist river of air that is bridge the humidity with us and the dew .s are high, the hair is not behaving and that is the energy that is wringing out the moisture and we had a little last night up to quarter of an inch in san francisco. we sit in between systems now and we will be dry for the most part throughout the day today were afternoon and tomorrow we will have clouds but by 3:00, cloverdale and santa rosa could see a few light showers and through the evening hours, getting a little bit bitter as the night goes on and at 11:00 everyone will see showers and maybe a quarter of an inch bay area and maybe a few have a 50's if you get sunshine. a stray shower and the bulk of

the day has clouds and tomorrow is warmer, with clouds and rain late that ends early on thursday and sunny and warmer friday, saturday and sunday. both systems, perhaps, if we are lucky are quarter of inch wednesday into thursday. >> thank you. the waiting is over. get ready for another season of "dancing with the stars" with the cast revealed on "good morning america" today and we show you who is vying for the mirror ball trophy. >> they are dancing and twirling and strutting their way for season 18 of "dancing with the stars". >> game show host drew carey will kick up the heels. >> there are two blasts from tv's past: from "wonder years"

and "full house." >> i am a great wedding dancer. that is when i dance. >> several athletes made the cup including a former hockey star, and record breaking swimmer, diana nyad and former olympian ice dancers will compete against each other. >> and an olympic snowboarder and with new twist. >> we are all going to switch partners and it is up to america, they will vote who they want to see together paired up. >> a new co-host, with the finalist from season ten, honor andrew z erin andrews. >> nothing has changed since i was here last. >> and billy d. williams and real housewife and singers all

ready to hit the rehearsal room. >> i don't have two left feet. >> with two weeks to rehearse see how the stars perform when they hit the dance floor march 17 on abc7 news. >> what a season. the website folking fun at john travolta's academy award fub. >> what your name would be changed to if john travolta

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>> he missed pronounced the name of the singer of "frozen" and now we are giving a way to change our names. >> kristen sze becomes karens stone and cheryl, had he would call you campbell jerkens or something like this. >> as long as someone calls that is all i scare about.

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