afternoon it will be cooler than yesterday but it will be dry, mid-to-upper 60's at the bay and near 60 at the coast. >> we have road work between belmont and redwood city and up to belmont northbound direction. c.h.p. is on the scene. some of the roads are slick from san francisco, mill valley own the golden gate bridge with limited visibility. outside, this the bay bridge toll plaza a couple of cars waiting to pay cash with reports of a bicycle rider on the western span to use caution. >> no damage reported after a powerful 6.9 earthquake off the northern california coast last night. the earthquake hit at 10:18 p.m.

50 miles west of eureka. the center of the earthquake was four miles below the pacific ocean. this are no injuries reported but the shaking was found along the northern california coast and oregon and some felt it in the bay area and southern california. more than 16 smaller after shocks have been recorded. >> in san francisco, officers scoured the neighborhood looking for an armed carjacking suspect. police say a man walked up to someone at 12th avenue at 1:40 and demanded car keys from the victim but the victim refused so the suspect pull add gun and fire add shot in the air before running away. officers searched the area but have not been able to fine the gunman. >> a san francisco man is in jail in connection with saturday afternoon shooting of a police officer. only on abc7 news we caught the

arrest of 50-year-old jeffrey ruano after he led them on a multicounty pursuit from richmond to san jose on sunday morning. he is accused of trying to hit two officers with his car on saturday. one officer shot at the vehicle and the other officer, 28-year-old, with six years on the force, suffered a non-life threatening wound to the shoulder and out of icu and is recoup operating and hat not been charged yet with the shooting of the officer. >> search teams from eight cups are scouring the gum -- gulf of thailand for a missing boeing 777 with 29 passengers on friday. terrorism has not been ruled out because two passengers bought their tickets told using stolen passports.

we have the latest in a report at top of the hour. >> a warning of a possible phony water district employee after a truck was stolen. >> bizarre 9 bizarre. >> residents have no clue as to who stole the maintenance truck on thursday. the utility says it hooked like the hundreds of other maintenance vehicles in the fleet, 2008 ford s350 with $5,000 worth of tools and a badge, hard hat and safety vest. the concern is whoever stole it will pose as an employee. a spokesman for the company was interviewed. >> owe crews will not come inside unless it is prescheduled. if you feel anything suspicious call us or dial 9-1-1. >> neighbors are shaken by this saying east bay mud crews have

been working in their neighborhood since october and have green to feel chestable around them. >> we had people knocking at our due so i knew they were part of the company but now it could be someone fake...we have to be cautious. >> the utility company says an employee spotted the stolen truck three miles arm at the community church but it was gone by the time the police arrived. >> the company is asking for help locating the truck and the person would stole it. 1285077 is the license plate number. if you have information call the police or east bay mud. a lawmaker is planning to introduce legislation to force electric utilities to benefit up security in order to ward off an attack. this is surveillance video of a pg&e substation in san jose where an attack knock out 17 tran follower in april.

someone cut cables at a vault and snipers fired on the site for 20 minutes. a state senator wants the utilities to develop plans to tell with security breaches, restore power faster and better coordinate with local law enforcement. >> highway patrol is trying to determine the sicks behind a crash on interstate 880 in oakland that killed one person. it happened after 3:00 yesterday and one person died at the scene. another person was rushed to the hospital. c.h.p. is looking into reports that someone may have run from the scene and a viewer sent us this photo of the scene after the accident. it snarled traffic for hours with no word on the victim or the identity of either victim. >> a fallen tree is to blame for a saidly accident when a driver crashed into a tree and it fell in the right lane of westbound

traffic near cherry green road accident. traffic slowed for a couple hours. >> three people in custody following a bizarre home invasion if hayward that began as a domestic disputes at a home when couple was arguing about money. the girlfriend called people to come to the house and there was a fight. the suspects drove off and caught a short distance later. >> we saw a few sprinkles and drizzle but if you leave later you may not encounter it? >> depends where you are. if you leave later you will miss it but if you leave later in the central and south you will run into it. most of it is drizzle. it could be coming down steady, moderate-to-heavy drizzle but the drops are very small so it is called drizzle.

this is a very small part of the forecast but it affects a lot of us because it is hitting during the commute. through 7:00, drizzle light rain and mild at mid-to-upper 50's. dry bien -- dry by noon. not so warm as yesterday. i don't see san jose hitting 81 today like yesterday. at 7:00, we will have temperatures in the mid-50's at the coast and low-to-mid 60's around our bay and inland. it is a morning commute event. on wednesday and thursday we hit the low-to-mid 70's away from the coast. now a morning commute. >> nothing happening right now but the drizzle on the road you just mentioned. we have road work and this is between san carlos to the

belmont area holly street for most of the morning. antioch area, the green cells is where the weather is affecting your roads not necessarily rain coming down now but slick roads and rank is getting out of antioch fine. we will hook at san rafael where traffic is flowing smoothly. at 3:00 this morning the roads were bone dry but at golden gate bridge thick fog and limited visibility. >> a new twist in the resignation of oakland city administrator and why she could be coming back to city hall. >> the crisis in ukraine may make the morning commute more expensive. >> a popular tech conference is sparking political controversy with calls for pulling

covering dalai daly city ans gatos. >> investigators will be at the scene of a collapse at a stage at a high school in anaheim caught on cell phone. 25 students were injured during a performance on saturday night. 250 students were on stage at the stage. they are checking the permit to see if there was a weight restriction. >> foam oakland city manager santana may fault leave the city payroll and may be kept on as a paid consultant after months of applying for similar posts leaving the job and clashing with the mayor. officials offered her a package that would bar santana from talking publicly about her time at city hall but she refused to

sign it. later, the city hall offered her the consultant job. she will "consider it" as long as she has in dealings with the mayor. >> the insurance program for california has a program: people are not paying premiums. roughly 15 percent of those who enrolled have not sent in their first month's payment. california enrollment closed in on a million but if people do not buy or pay up, they will be dropped along with enrollment numbers. health plans are calling and e-mailing people but thousands may end up uninsured again. >> the prime minister of ukraine is coming to walk this week to meet with president obama and vice president biden over the country's conflict with some. the kremlin beefed up military presence in crimea part of the ukraine since 1954. pro russian forces are pushing for a vote in favor of reunification in a vote scheduled on sunday.

the prime minister vowed not to give up a single bit of land, of their territory, not one bit. >> in san francisco, a pro ukraine crowd gathered downtown on the plaza waving signs and asked for help. they want united states to create a plan to provide ukraine the economic stability. >> higher gas prices because of the crisis in ukraine up 22 cent a gallon jumping continue cents in two weeks per gallon. russia flows gas that flows interest ukraine that is piped to europe. nervousness sent crude oil subjecting in two weeks over fears the political tension could slow global supplies. >> we will learn about security measures for the boston marathon. local, state, and federal law enforcement will release benefited up protocols. all runners have to be

registered, will not be able to carry a backpack and costumes have to be toned down in response to the deadly bum attack that killed three people, 36,000 runers and a million spectators are expected to town out for the april 2nd race. >> natural security agency whistleblower edward snowden appear at south by southwest festival in austin and the speech is upsetting some. he will speak by video conference officer somewhere in russia where he sought asylum after disclosing secrets that united states intelligence gathering operations. lawmakers including many in texas are not happy about the video appearance at festival and consider the actions illegal. >> popularity of the festival has skyrocketed sins it began as a music festival. it now incorporates him and technology drawing thousands world wide. this week, jimmy kimmel was showing off the action from

texas. our reporter has the details. >> get ready, austin, the first of the cast of characters for jimmy hit the texas capital taking a spin in a go-kart as super mario. the ban is hitting the road broadcasting all week from south by southwest. the music policemen and interactive festival draws hollywood a-listers but he will be focusing on big named texans. >> this has great music artists coming to town so we will get the people would live here, hopefully willie nelson, those types. >> it is not all 9 celebrities. jimmy and the crew will be eating, drinking, and making new friends. >> people in texas are very friendly and nice with the best barbecue and like to have fun and work but they like to have a good time. >> the guest this week includes

robert duval and texas governor rick perry. >> you can catch jimmy from austin this week after abc7 news at 11. >> i didn't find any precipitation until the bay bridge and then, bam, it was there. >> but mostly drizzle. mostly it is drizzle. in santa report it looks like it is rain but just clouds out there. look at the live doppler 7 hd and put it in motion it is a narrow line best chance heavy rain is going to be north of sacramento headed to lake tahoe and reno and that area. hopefully we can get a couple of inches of snow. behind the system there is dry and sinking air and that is 9 afternoon forecast with a lot of sunshine but not so warm as

yesterday. in the south bay, it is mild stepping out from mid-to-upper 50's and mountain view is 61 degrees. most of us are in the mid-to-upper 50's and 63 in brentwood and a few areas are cooler, at calistoga and 56 in san francisco and for an idea of how light the precipitation is on a normal day when it is raining we cannot see anything from mount tamalpais but we can see something this morning, a sunny afternoon, building warmth for the rest of the week and we will have record warmth. it is possible this weekend as temperatures various to nearly 80 and the mid-80's. the highs today are in the upper 50's to low 60's and mid-to-upper 60's around the bay, close to average. it will be five- to ten-degrees cooler with upper 30's around napa and santa rosa and most us in the mid-to-upper 40's and palo alto at 42. here is what is happening, a weak front, falling apart as it

moves to us and the bulk of the energy is to the motor and moisture stream not so deep but it is coming through at 9 right time. this was coming through in the daytime and this will evaporate and in the only it is easier to make it to the ground because the ground air is more saturated in the morning than in the afternoon. at 7:00, you can see the back edge hitting san francisco to vallejo and by 9:00, gone, by noon we are breaking out in a lot of sunshine and partly cloudy this afternoon. a stray shower, sprinkle, popping up in the higher elevation and less than .1" from this system. today is the cool of the day, two to four degrees warmer, and holding steady on saturday near 80 inland to near 80 around the bay sunday to mid-80's inland to mid-60's at the coast, from spring to summer in a couple of days.

>> from antioch to pittsburg and westbound highway four the green sensors, and everyone is moving at the limit at 14 minute drive from antioch to concord and not bad. we have slick roads, you see the green cells where the roads are affected by the weather but not rain. slick roads and slow traffic from tracy up and over the altamont pass and it picks up in the dublin/pleasanton area and road work between san carlos and belmont this morning and northbound mostly today you can expect delays. at correct yes, south 680, on the curb by highway 24, everyone and moving at the limit from pleasanton hill to the walnut creek area. >> family and friends gin together in the celebration of the life of a berkeley firefighter when a tractor rolled on him, a giant american

flag was draped in front of the pavilion on the berkeley campus where the celebration was held. he was a graduate of san jose state and 28-year veteran of the perk become fire department. >> a medical breakthrough holds promise of changing the lives of millions, with a new test that could determine if you are at risk of alzheimer's disease. >> new locations the a's are considering if they cannot reach a dole at

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good morning, everyone, at 4:52. you can see the pavement is wet and mike says there is drizzle. we will find out more on what is going on with the weather in a few minutes. >> a plan for a rail plan is getting underway with crews

clearing brush and trees and vegetation along a stretch of right away in san rafael today. tracks for the rail transit line will be laid. sections of old track are there and will be removed. the line connects downtown san rafael to santa rosa by 2016. the work will happen between 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. amtrak has a new program for the trains that sets up residents on board. the company is looking for credittive professionals who have a passion for train travel, write, blog, or work any craft on amtrak's long distance route and each is given a private car with a deck, bed and window. we have detail on the program on our website at abc7news.com. they are waiting on the platform and it could be drizzly. >> absolutely. you can see a few snow showers

developing and the big picture shows more rain and the possibility of snow showers going around and around and around i-80 through the morning. we have temperatures in the mid-to-upper 70's around san diego and los angeles and palm springs at 86 and low-to-mid 70's at sacramento and 50 in lake tahoe. no chain restrictions on the sierra freeways. from tracy to livermore and over the altamont pass, starting to bunch up on the eastern side of the pass and on the western side, livermore and dublin and castro valley is looking at 40 minutes and westbound 580, and mass transit off to a great start on monday morning with no delays and the drive times 580, we saw this part from tracy to

dublin at 34 minutes and highway four is ramping up and from san rafael to san francisco looking good under 20 minutes and there is thick fog on the golden gate bridge and heavy drizzle so you need your windshield wipers and visibility is limited. >> oakland a's co-owner is weighing the possibility of a temporary baseball stadium and looking for alternate sites if he cannot extend the lease at the coliseum. that includes san jose municipal stadium and candlestick park. he hopes to stay at the coliseum. >> and a medical break you it with alzheimer's disease, researchers have developed a new blood test that detects

alzheimers years before a healthy person is diagnosed with the disease. results are more than 90 percent accurate. we explain what republican -- researchers are looking for. >> they are looking for ten levels of fats and people what go on to develop alzheimers have lower levels of fats that normal. >> it will take a couple more years to develop the test and go through trials. this is the third leading cause of death in the united states behind heart disease and cancer. >> state regulation could come to the medical marijuana industry with legislation bagged by the police chief association has been introduced that regulates everything in the multimillion dollar industry for the first time from how the weed is green to doctors would write recommendations for use. doctors would need to be certified in substance abuse training.

>> we are following breaking news in the east bay where separate fires have crews scrambling. >> also, we are learning more of the police officer shot in san francisco and the questions investigators are waiting to ask. >> new details in the missing malaysia airlines hearing from an american mother agonizing after her son's flight vanished.

abc7 news begins with breaking news. good morning, thanks for joining us. >> we have breaking news from fremont where firefighters are dealing with a hand full of suspicious fires. two involved schools. matt? >> firefighters left the seen in the past 15 minutes and it is in the hands of arson. the damage is done. the building is a portable building that school workers say is a ymca daycare center. the building is closed because of the damage to the bottom exterior of the building. the first fire was at a shed at a little league field in warms springs elementary school used as a snack shock and damaged. a third and final fire call followed the two at schools and that is at warm springs park inside women's bathroom blocked off by firefighters, as well. firefighters are concerned this could be just the beginning