they did jump out of that second story window. three adults safely escaped the fair. they did sustain injuries jumping from the window. they were taken to the hospital. they also had to toss a 3-year-old child out the window. the child was taken for evaluation but we're told the child was fine. this happened before 11:00 on 7th street in hayward. there are four units and five people at home at the time when the fire started. >> oh, my gosh. i heard everybody screaming and it's just like, it was scary. fire, fire! then all of a sudden i see the red flames come from the top of the roof. it was terrible. the people jumped out of the window. i ended up with a baby. the black smoke came out of the window. it was really bad. >> reporter: the fire started in the kitchen. the apartment is a total loss. three other units have smoke and water damage so 12 people in all had to find another place to

stay. at this point firefighters still don't know the cause of the fire. live in heyward, amy holleyfield, abc 7 news. this morning san francisco police are investigating two more pedestrian accidents. the first happened around 9:00 last night at follow some and fifth street. this shows the force of the impact. an officer tells us the pedestrian suffered serious but nonlife threatening injuries. a few minutes later another pedestrian was hit by a car. that person was taken to the hospital. no word yet on their condition. the accidents came less than 12 hours after city leaders announced san francisco will spend $17 million on pedestrian safety including new sidewalk curbouts which extend into the street and traffic light timing changes at key intersections. happening this morning, a silicon valley area lawmaker will announce a measure to deter cyber bullying and sexual assault all blamed for a 15-year-old sara toga teen's

suicide. jim bell is introducing audrey's law following the 2012 death of audrey pott. she took her own life after three boys shared explicit photos of her when she passed out and was sexually assaulted at a party where drinking was involved. the boys received short sentences between 30 and 45 days in juvenile detention. if they had been tried as adults, they would have spent ten years in prison. authorities may be closer to solving the murders of five women on the peninsula. cases that go back 40 years. the fbi launched a task force to investigate the murders in san mateo county. they suggest the gypsy hill killer killed michelle mitchell in 1979. a woman named kathy woods confessed to mitchell's murder. she was convicted and is serving a life sentence. a law enforcement force says even though dna evidence led to

her conviction, they believe she had a male accomplice. detectives who worked on the cases are glad they're being re-examined. >> love it. it's going to be -- if anything's going to solve it, this will. >> members of the task force plan to canvass neighborhoods where the victims were last seen in 1976 and where their bodies were discovered. major change could be coming to your favorite grocery store. safe way is being absorbed by albert son's in a $9.4 billion deal. alan wong explains what it could mean for customers and employees. >> $35 right there. >> reporter: it got bob harvin one bag of groceries. now he's wondering if the $9.2 billion sale of safeway to the company that owns albertsons will lead to lower prices. robert edwards answered that question. >> after the two companies combine our customers will benefit from significant cost saving synergies and a stronger management team.

>> reporter: safe way headquartered in pleasantton has 100 locations. it will become the largest retail grocery chain in the u.s. the director of retail management says combining two grocery giants will phase out more middlemen. >> i think efficiency will drive the prices down and i hope shoppers would benefit from the lower prices. >> whenever you have cost cutting or cost-saving measures, it never really seems to make it to the shelf. it's all about the employees. >> reporter: both stores will be owned by sirbrus, a new york based capital management firm and that concerns union management. >> they bought everything in 2006. they sold everything that wasn't nailed down and some stuff that was nailed down. >> reporter: and there were layoffs too. they say streamlining is inevitable. how it takes place will decide the fate of this new grocery

store giant. in the east bay, alan wong, abc 7 news. a santa klara bingo hall is taking steps to stop a run of brazen lotteries. aqua made bingo has hired a security guard. last month a 78-year-old woman was hit on the head by a gun. aqua made's bingo decided to take action. >> securing the premises, making sure everyone's safe. >> the four nights a week bingo games raise money for the santa clara aqua maids synchronized swimmers. overseas today, russia and crimea are taking steps to solidify ties as pro russian parties in crimea are planning for a referendum to split from ukraine. president obama spoke on the phone for an hour with russian president vladimir putin. he's demanding russian forces withdraw. the kremlin says putin told obama that russia is unable to

ignore requests for protection from ukraine's russia leaning east and south. we'll have more on the situation in ukraine in a live report from washington at the top of the hour. in less than an hour the labor department will release the latest jobs report. analysts expect the unemployment rate to remain at 6.6% with employers adding 145,000 jobs last month. experts believe the nasty weather in the midwest and east coast froze much of the job market but analysts expect it will bounce back in the spring. salesforce.com operator is celebrating the fifth anniversary today by challenging fellow tech leaders to help fight poverty. the ""san francisco chronicle"" is announcing an initiative to raise $10 million to fund a new bay area antipoverty program. he says he's persuading 20 companies to donate $500,000 each is just a start. sales force will kick off the challenge at justin herman plaza

at 8:30 this morning. ♪ ♪ and r&b singer janelle monet will perform live. they'll pack meals for stop hunger now. the public can attend by donating 15 cans of food. 4:37. time for a check of the weather. mike? >> it's going to be a great afternoon. a lot of sunshine. you'll need to wear the sun screen if you're going to be out for a certain amount of time. the sun angle is getting higher and higher. you can see all of the temperatures. nevada for some reason, it's 7 degrees cooler right now than it was 24 hours ago. 10 in napa, 12 in concord, 11 in livermore. hayward and san jose, 9. oakland, 6. sfo, 4. you want to dress a little bit warmer than you did yesterday. here's a look at our day planner. notice, temperatures are cooler

in the 40s. mid to upper 40s. low to mid 60s. by 4:00 it will be around 60 az the the ñrcoast. mid to upper 60s. 7:00 it will be a nice, quiet evening for your plans if you're heading out just for temperatures in the 50s. moving forward through the weekend, we're going to see another nice day tomorrow. spring like if you like that type of warmth. increasing clouds with a chance of light rain in the north bay in the afternoon hours and then we'll have a chance of morning rain monday with afternoon sunshine. monday's morning commute may be a little tricky. not this morning so far weather wise. let's find out from sue how it's going on her end. >> from oakland, an issue with an earlier wrong way driver that came through the bay bridge and plowed through the toll plaza and ended up crashing in oakland. north bound 880 to 980. you can see the red sensors there. there are two un nets on scene there blocking the left lane. in san francisco we have a car in the center divide approaching the bay bridge.

eastbound 80 at seventh street. the winds sore area we have a full road closure. that should be opening at 5:00 this morning. a quick look at the bay bridge toll plaza, it is light here heading into san francisco. the headlights headed to the upper deck in the toll plaza. >> kristen, katie. >> 4:39. build it and they will play. how volunteers are about to make a dream come true for youngsters in san jose. also, a world war ii veteran receives a moving tribute a special honor decades in the making. an infant decides it cannot wait to be born. the dispatcher who talked dad through a specia

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>> announcer: covering loss al tows, antioch and all the bay area, this is nbc 7 news. good morning. it's 4:41. we made it to friday. a live look in downtown san francisco. the trans america building. all clear and it will be a warm day.

when will the rain come back this weekend and for whom? we'll check in with meteorologist mike nicco next. >> police in memphis tennessee are looking for a shooter in a shopping mall. the mall was quickly put on lockdown. four men were later detained. investigators say it appears the victim and suspect knew each other. officers say there was a verbal confrontation before the shooting. in massachusetts lawmakers are taking quick action to change the state's peeping tom law after the state supreme court ruled a man who took cell phone photos up women's skirts did not violate any state laws. yesterday lawmakers in both houses passed new legislation that says anyone who tries to photograph a person's sexual or intimate parts without their person consent would face a maximum penalty of more than two years in jail and a $5,000 fine. the day before the state's highest court ruled that photos were legal. they said the women were not

nude or partially nude. that ruling was based strictly on the way the law was written. the surprise of a lifetime for a fresno area veteran finally has a purple heart for an injury he received during world war ii. reporter rick montana has the story. >> i am proud to present to you your purple heart medal. >> reporter: this moment a long time in the making. martin madellon final bely received his purple heart 69 years 2 months and 6 days after being shot by a german sniper on the french battlefield. >> it feels great. really amazing. i won't be around too much longer, i don't think, but my son will have it. and it's real great. >> madellon's vfw post secretly planned the ceremony after his friend and fellow veteran a. michael de cesar wrote down

letters and it went nowhere. madellon served in the army for seven years in that time receiving several awards including the silver star medal, the second highest military decoration for valor. his battle injury came as he rescued 283 soldiers trapped by machine gunfire. even madellon's family had no idea this would be celebrated thursday. >> he'd always say, well, one of these days maybe before i die i'll get my medal he got today. and that's the only medal that he is missing. >> reporter: a special award for a soldier fortunate to have time to wear it proudly. rick, abc 7 news. it's 4:44. the oakland school district is trying to figure out how it will replace $35,000 worth of computers stolen from an elementary school. thieves broke into the computer

lab at joaquin miller entry school thursday night. they stole 23 brand new imacs and computers. more was stolen than the computers. >> when you take things from the school like this, you're really taking the heart of our students' work and their effort and their love, but even more, you're taking their safety away from them. >> the pta recently bought the computers from the school. the district is looking for funds to replace the stolen computers. happening today san jose sharks foundation is teaming up with the community to build a new playground in one of the city's under served areas. this is a picture posted on facebook by the sharks foundation of the location of the new park. the design is based on children's drawings created at a special design event in january. more than 200 volunteers will take part in the final construction phase including four sharks players. raffi torres, matt nietto, and

alex daylock. >> my playground was built by the sharks. >> good bragging rights. >> good day for the playgrounds. >> absolutely. warm temperatures. pushing the upper 60s in san jose. in the 70s tomorrow. let's take a look and show you what's going on with live doppler 7 hd. i've turned the satellite on to show you the high clouds are lurking to the west. they'll overrun the sky as we head throughout the day today. that won't stop the warm weather from coming in. it will dim the sunshine a tad bit. let's talk about winds. there's a good indication that high pressure is taking over. it's calm in nevada. hayward, mountain view and also san jose. temperatures when you're stepping out right now up in the north bay we're at 48 in bow dega bay. take it to about 50 in san

rafael. that's where it's coolest in the east bay valleys. mid to upper 40s. lafayette, 47. 46 in coop perfect tina. san jose up to the bay 50 to 52 degrees. now what's going to happen today? high clouds are rolling in. look at the temperatures, mid to upper 60s. even a 70 possible in fairfield. near the coast we'll be in the upper 50s to low 60s. we'll have a chance of fog. some fog forming there. the rest of us will have patchy fog. we'll be in the 40s inland throughout most of the south bay and bay shore. around 50 in oakland and san francisco. let's take a look at what's going on here at home. you see high pressure building in two areas of high pressure. they'll get overrun by the high clouds. they will push the jet stream and the storm track away from us for now. so enjoy this warm sunshine we have on the accuweather seven day forecast. low to mid 70s away from the

coast. increasing clouds and a chance of light rain up in the north bay sunday afternoon. monday morning we'll wake up to some slick streets because they'll be wet and it's even warmer. don't forget set your clocks ahead an hour before going to bet tomorrow night. oak land, the hot spot for the morning and hopefully not for much longer. we had an earlier hit and run and wrong way driver northbound 880 past 980 is where the crash ended up happening. it looks like already the road centers are improving here. chp on scene trying to clear that out. we go up to the windsor area. we have a full freeway closure for a few minutes. road work there past the airport. if you live up there, you know it's been ongoing for quite some time. southbound 101 before the dumps. we have a stall blocking the right lane. let's take a look at the san mateo bridge where we have nice traffic. everybody is moving at the limit.

katie, kristen. >> you have to love this story. a southern california man is a proud father of a new baby girl this morning after he helped deliver his own daughter. keith and kathryn arthur say they were about to drive to the hospital wednesday when her water broke. kathryn told her husband, we aren't going anywhere. that's when kathryn just laid down on the bathroom floor in their laguna nigel home and keith called 911. >> all the way out. >> i have the baby. i have the baby. >> great. good job. great. boy or girl? >> it's a girl. >> when paramedics arrived arthur was holding collette, his fourth child. he didn't think about it too much. he kept listening to the dispatcher and followed instructions. >> that gives me anxiety just thinking about it. >> right? >> coming up, a health alert. the easily treatable skin cancer that doctors say may be more dangerous in young people. also, how the dramatic roadside rescue of this infant may end up saving his life

again. and he's heard countless confessions. now pope francis has one of his ow

food morning, it's 4:52 from the embarcadero. we'll talk about when things will change for us again and it will be soon coming up. president obama and the first lady are honoring women's history month by showcasing women of soul. they hosted a musical celebration at the white house and were treated to performances by melissa etheridge, tess an chin and others but the woman who stole the show was the queen of soul herself, aretha franklin. ♪ you're no good ♪ heart breaker we've got dancing in the studio. you can see that concert in the studio when it is broadcast on

april 7th. all right. the kids eager to play soccer and baseball, mike, this is the weekend they've been waiting for. >> oh, yes. it's going to be a great weekend. let's take a look at the seven day forecast for tahoe. mostly sunny today. a warm day tomorrow. the rain arrives on sunday. tuesday it's out of here. light showers wednesday and thursday. no new snow until possibly monday. sue? >> thanks, mike. back to oakland where we have a situation. step right in here. looking good on the weather. we do have an accident though in the oakland side of things. here we go. it was a hit and run and a wrong way driver that ended up crashing here northbound 880 past 980. chp on the scene. it is in the clearing faphases. and just a little farther south we have a stall in petaluma just before the dump southbound 101. it is blocking the right lane

there so take extra care. we have a stall on the bay bridge. take a live look at the toll plaza. the left lane before treasure island. that should be cleared shortly. minor delays there. a few cars stacked up to pay cash in the left-hand side of the toll plaza. otherwise, everybody is cruising along into san francisco. katie, kristen. >> thank you. a new study finds people with skin cancer at a young age are likely to have other cancers down the road. they followed 5,000 skin cancer survivors. they found those with a history of nonmelanoma skin cancer had a 46% chance of developing another cancer later in life. the study highlights the importance of early detection from screenings, especially those at greatest risk. we're learning the cpr that saved the life of a 5-month-old baby in miami saved him again. these are dramatic pictures from two weeks ago when an aunt was

performing cpr on sebastien de la cruz. he had stopped breathing after a car accident. emergency room doctors performed tests to figure out why. they found and removed three cysts from his throat. the doctors say the growth were making it hard for sebastien to breathe and now he is doing just fine. pope francis is revealing he violated the eighth commandment. he once stole a rose ri from the hands of a man who died. he was putting flowers in his casket, saw the rose ri and took it. pope francis says he carries that rose ri with him every day as a touch stone giving him comfort when he struggles with unworthy thoughts. all right. preschoolers are smarter than college kids, at least when it comes to figuring out gadgets and gizmos. a new u.c. berkeley study found that 4 and 5-year-olds can

outsmart adults when it comes to how gadgets work. researchers say children are more flexible learners and think in more abstract ways than adults. in the study the children were also less biased about cause and effect which led to figuring out gizmos that work in unusual ways. the adults tended to revert to preconceived notions about how things worked. researchers hoped u.c. finding's could teach machines to learn. >> the mind is more flexible. i can blame my age. >> me, too. 4:56. we're following two breaking news stories, fires, both of them. one breaking out in a san jose neighborhood. two people rushed to the hospital. another fire in the east bay forces three people to jump for their lives out of an apartment window. we are live on both scenes. caught on video, a police chief helps a police chief put an end to a violent armed robbery spree in the south bay.

♪ turn around ♪ every now and then i get a little bit hungry ♪ ♪ and there's nothing good for me around ♪ ♪ turn around ♪ every now and then i get a little bit tired ♪ ♪ of craving something that i can't have ♪ ♪ turn around, barbara ♪ forever i've been praying for a snack in my life ♪ ♪ and now i have a brownie ending all of my strife ♪ ♪ i finally found the right snack ♪ ♪ >> announcer: live from the kgo broadcast center, this is abc news. good friday morning. it's 4:59. i'm kristen zee. >> and i'm katie marzulo in for thomas. we want to get to weather. >> saturday morning. >> almost.

>> used to be watching you from home with a nice bagel, something for breakfast. no, we're here. it is dry this morning. no need for the umbrella today. you want to shade yourself from the sunshine. we're going to have a lot of it and high clouds are going to roll in this afternoon. the dryer air will warm nicely. won't feel as muggy as it did. mid to upper 60s in the bay. it will be right at 60 along the coast. hope you enjoy. here's sue. thanks, mike. oakland, an earlier wrong way driver. that accident has been cleared out of lanes according to the chp. they still may be on scene doing their investigation but for now the lanes are wide open north 880 in the oakland area. the windsor area, purple sensors, that's a full road closure. that was supposed to be picked up by 5:00 a.m. that's 101 from full tan to shiel low. a stall blocking the right lane.