>> one day after a violent clash on the city college campus, students continue their protests and moved to san francisco city hall hoping to get attention of city officials. good afternoon, everybody, i'm larry beil. >> we're live now with today's develop manimeny -- developmen. >> reporter: remember, city college has been under the direction of the accrediting committee. many people believe it's time to take city college back.

>> an exhausted and hungry group of students chanted before leaving the administration building. things quickly changed and when students started entering the building city college and san francisco police officers tried to stop them. a spokesperson for the college said one student had to be pepper sprayed. >> within the building refused to come out. asked to leave the building cooperatively. he refused to and then, he made a threatening gesture towards police. >> the school allowed some students to sleep in the lobby. others camped out in front of the building the students are mad about a new payment policy requiring students to set up a payment plan before signing up for classes >> we just want the school for

run fairly and affordable. >> but the college maintain that's is not sustainable. >> at city college at one point there was a deficit of unpaid tuition >> we want our board back and we want it now. >> students and faculty found support in the assembly man tom amiano. most are behind a proposal to bring back the elected board of trustees. >> immediately restore the dually elected board of trustees the right to convene, discuss and make decisions regarding direction and progress. >> the college has been under the direction of a special trusty who makes uni lateral decisions >> more than a dozen students from four schools have been dismrined for sharing sexually ex-accomplicive photos. one student is accused of

coercing one of the girls into sex on campus and could face charges a parent contacted the district after hearing a rumor of the photos being shared. >> the police department have hosted classes and we do that in our schoolses well. >> the district attorney is reviewing this case to determine if charges should be filed oochl more new twists in the search for that malaysia airlines flight. >> u.s. and malaysian officials say the flight may have taken 12 of paths northeast off the coast of india or southeast into the indian ocean. officials are exploring whether it crashes or perhaps a remote chain of islands. >> malaysian authorities say they have yet to search the homes of the pilots and we're

learning a 27-year-old usc grad was among those on the plane. >> nearly a week since the night vanished. two clues could indicate someone with experience took the plane off course the first clue the final data transition sent at 1:07 a.m . the second transponder shut off. after that, it could have flown four hours, as far as 400 miles from malaysia. that explains the massive expansive search area. farther south and into the indian ocean. officials say only options are on the table. >> can you explain if you have evidence you can confirm how the transponder and systems were shut down system matticly? >> there are 4 or 5

possibilities which we're exploring that could have been done intentionally. it could have been done under dures. >> that is why i do not want to go into the realm of speculation. >> reporter: saying they want to eliminate the possibility plane can be used against us in the future. officials are looking closely at everyone on board. at the mosque a co-pilot attended friends tell bob woodruff he was a great man. >> great human being. we hope the people come back safe. insahallah. >> the mystery has congressman eric spalwell calling for tighter scrutiny, asking the department of homeland secretary for assurances that every

passport used in international travel whether to, or from the u.s. be checked against the interpol data base. >> san francisco officials are on the scene of a massive fire on tuesday. >> investigators could be foeb foekusing on one particular cause. >> yes. streets are still closed. firefighters still dousing hot spots. we're smelling smoke in the air. they're trying to find the cause of the fire and focusing on this corner of the building. this is devastating and shocking. >> this is the burned out rubble of what used to be a luxury apartment complex under

construction. sky seven captured the fire fight as the six-story building crumbled >> i thought it's just crazy. it's just going giant. looked like, well, just burning up. >> firefighters still putting out hot spots and investigators searching for a cause. abc # news learned they're concentrating on the northeast corner of the building. observing the spot from a ladder truck because it's too dangerous to go inside. you can see where it was. it might have been able to see what they'd needed to see. >> officials say construction workers were using welding torchs but can't say if that was a factor the construction firm took out this ad, thanking firefighters and police for their rapid response. in san francisco, abc7 news

>> we're getting a look at a house that collapsed in oakland last night. take a look at this video. officials say one of the walls in the home investigators say it will have to be torn down >> pacific steel filed for bankruptcy in the hopes of restructuring. the company has been operating in west berkeley since 1934. this view shows us the eight-acre site. this after the company lost a third of its work force after a immigration audit and earlier it settled a $5.4 million loss. >> san francisco based uber is implementing a new policy for drivers. the company making changes to

address concerns of reliability for accidents involving drivers that are working but don't have passengers in the vaek. this after a driver hit and killed a 6-year-old. uber claims he wasn't covered because he didn't have the sign on its car at that time >> tough new water restrictions going into affect the water district board declared a shortage emergency last night. that means lawns can be watered just once per week and there are some exceptions for parks and schools. continued violations could result in termination of water service >> spencer christian has the day off. >> sandhya patel has a look at

the forecast >> yes. >> if you have plans this weekend that include out-coors you're going to love the weather. so mild up here and we'll talk about what is going on. clear skies, you might be hearing drummers entertaining the crowds a gentle breeze now. 66 in oakland. 71 livermore 72 now. this evening, clear skies and breezy. stepping out for plan

to low 70s. >> sandhya has her own band playing. >> yes. >> thank you. >> still head surprise presentation the san jose students got today. plus.... >> i was angry people would think that that person was me. >> a mother's personal pictures put on a revenge porn site. >> then tearing down old eastern span of the bay bridge. not easy. we'll give you a look at how that demolition is going. >> michael finney taking your questions right now and will answer them here live just a little bit later. get away friday you're not getting anywhere on interstate

80. left side is bumper to bumper in both directions. back

a wildfire broke out near gorman. crews attacked from the air and ground. so far the flames haven't reached homes. it's burned about 30 acres so far. firefighters positioned themselves between the blames and no evacuations have been

ordered. >> that loud white noise is the sound people in san carlos woke up to this morning as pg&e crews worked on a gas line you can see pedestrians with fingers in their ears crewed had to bend the line. the work wrapped up this morning, thankfully. >> a utah mother is warning others about a growing threat on the internet. she has 3,000 photos online. two weeks ago learning photos from her blog had been stolen and posted on a porn site next to someone else's body. and her name and facebook page were there as well. >> you're pretty. those pictures are really

interesting, i'd like to get to know you more. some got more graphic. >> then she became the target of attempted cyber extortion. she contacted the fbi. at this point she's done all she can short of paying the fee, which she says she will not do >> an east bay center celebrated opening of the new headquarters today. the new center has a expanded panry and an exercise room. most items were donated by local businesses. >> the center serves over a million meals per year

>> great news for one class at burnett middle school in san jose. they've been asked to show their draft >> today is pi day. yes. it's the number that you get when you divide the circumference of a diameter. they just go on and >> that is accurate. i don't think have you to check that. >> that is confidence

he memorized this to 63 digits one of his high schoolteachers challenged him to break another student's record. he had 16 points for ohio state. they're in a big ten game in a tournament against purdue. so way to go on our level. >> it's pi day. he was able to echlsel. >> i'm sure there is a coralation. >> yes. >> etc. check on the forecast now. >> sandhya patel on the sky deck. >> it's amazing here on the sky deck. i have numbers, too, but not 3.14, blah, blah, blah. i have warmer temperatures. we had high clouds today. most just disappearing we're transitioning to a water

pattern. here is satellite and radar. high pressure bringing a front coming closer to the coast this weekend. sunday you're going to have to be careful if you go to the beach. monday, westerly flow could see a bigger risk of rip currents. 9:00 a.m early plans it's clear ask sunny. warming up quickly. most of the area 70s and 80s temperatures rising more sunday. morning starts out low 40s to low 50s. and afternoon, it's going to be

warmer. 78 in san jose. 76 redwood city. 70 half moon bay. sunset district upper 60s in the north bay. just mild, sunny and 66 degrees. upper 70s in santa rosa and napa. oakland, newark 74 looking at the accu-weather forecast, low 70s to low 80 and st. patrick's day cooler weather, more cloud cover

still a beautiful weekend ahead. >> thank you. i like it. 3.14, blah, blah, blah. a stray dog cinderella story. he wandered on to a baseball diamond during spring training. >> that is a 6-year-old. she has an idea to

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down the train the husband became sick and couldn't get out either. the horse needed to be tranquilized then put into a harness and attached to a chopper. >> a very young entrepreneur about to swim with the sharks >> tonight she'll pitch an idea on abc's show "the shark tank". >> they're tough. >> there is no chance this deal could close >> and merciless. and tonight they're coming face-to-face with something they've never seen before. >> i'm going to be on shark tank. >> this pint-sized prodigy will become the youngest inventor ever to pitch her bright idea. just six years old, she's hoping

one will invest in the product, boo boo goo. a revolutionary invention . >> i never liked band aids. i didn't want people to see that i had something. there is residue and a band aid. which do you like best? >> great sales lady. >> the stroke of genius hit her when she was just four years old >> i looked down on my knee i had a band aid on it. i said daddy, what if i can just have skin that i could paint on? >> her dad is an inventor. he says he knows how to spot a bestseller. >> i thought that is a great idea. i feel proud. i think it's an early age for someone to be passionate about a

career. >> i want to tell kids you can be something. though you're small. >> well said a young man from the bay area will appear on shark tank tonight. >> jason lee. he's the founder and ceo of his own company and helps to save the planet by electronic waste he'll explain what it's all about. >> that little girl is so mature >> right. >> amazing. >> still to come the latest view of the deconstruction of the old bay bridge. why you better get a look in a hurry if you want to see what is left of it. >> troubling allegations against

general motors. >> and later virgin america's decision to abandon

cal patrol is investigating

how caltrans handled new welding problems >> the sacramento bee reports this is not a criminal investigation but looking at concerns are from an engineer stationed in >> sky 7 hd showed us a ru of the bridge the difference >> how many times have we stood here and talked about expansion? today, how about the opposite? deconstruction. sometimes one story raises questions about another.

today's pressure and what we call a situational update andrew gordon. >> we need to close this path up to a week. >> and that would spell the end of what we might call a 20 second reader. if you're into bridge deconstruction there has been plenty to see from the bike path. >> what is it like being that close? >> it's cool. to be a part of history. >> here is the latest view of a $40,000,003 to 5 year project to clear the bay of it's once-iconic

you can see from the bike path. >> while demolition is taking place that will be locked. >> to translate the views being taken apart. >> troubling allegations against general motors. saying 303 people died after air bags failed to deploy in cars recalled last month causing cars to shut off while driving. recently-released documents say gm became aware of the problem in twun, three

>> today, secretary of state john kerry met with the russian foreign minister in london saying he offered several ideas how to respect the sovereignty and made it clear the u.s. and international community will not recognize the outcome of the referendum. >> we believe the referendum is contrary to international law and in violation of the law. >> ra cording to kerry he made it clear russian president vladimir putin will not make decisions until after sunday's vote. this afternoon saying anyone in the ukraine-russian border

region should be prepared for phone shall violence. >> a former police officer initially in charge of the oscar pi pistorious case was on the stand trial. if convicted pistorious could face up to 25 years in prison. >> a report from a washington think tank says young americans face the toughest job market on record. only 26% of had a job in 20 and 61% of 20-24-year-olds were employed in 2011 the study partially blames the education system saying high

schools need to better prepare for students for college course work and other forms of training do need to be made available. >> coming up, backyard pool you'll want to buy after you see what it does. >> i'm michael finney. so still taking your questions and you can contact me i'll answer your questions here live in just a few minutes. >> some people enjoying beach in santa cruz we'll take a look at numbers straight ahead. >> another look at the afternoon commute this, is the san mateo bridge. traffic heading back to the east bay. it's heavier than right side of the screen going to the

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the sausages. >> so cute. >> adopted by a family and will head to milwaukee on sunday. >> yes. yes. >> bernie slides down a slide. >> look how cute he is. >> affordable. >> he is. >> let's go up to the roof top right now. >> faringo state wide, warmth from chico and sacramento. fresno into 80s down to los angeles, 80

and san jose, the weekend of the st. patrick's day parade sunday. couldn't be better weather. look at this. mild to start off, upper 60s, warming up to above average numbers enjoy the st. patrick's day parade. we'll see cooler weather heading into next week. i'll be back with the accu-weather forecast for the 5:00 p.m newscast >> thank you sandhya. >> still ahead at 4:00 murder for hire. inside of an under cover investigation see what happens when an atf agent poses as a hit man. >> a warning for costco shoppers

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a rare look at the dark under world of murder for hire. david muir went behind the scenes with under cover officers who actually posed as hitmen. in every corner, people with black hearts are plotting. husbands want their wives dead, women want their husbands taken out. children plotting against parents. >> they want it done, and quickly. >> i'm not playing any kind of games. >> this woman wants her husband gone and doesn't care how.

just not in the house. >> and for the first time, ever, a group of men hired to kill and on their way to sit down with abc news. but these men are under cover federal agents posing as hit men they meet us at atf headquarters we have makeup artists waiting. their appearances changed. noses, cheeks and facial hair. we've never seen an entrance like this. >> how many of you are in a disguise today? >> any of them could be in the middle of a case now. just like this one. right there on surveillance that is a soccer mom and a scorned lover sitting in a supermarket parking lot. shoppers and workers pushing carts past her.

>> just doing shopping and then comes after me as a hit man. >> authorities say plotting revenge on another woman the father of her child has another girlfriend and another family. two children. >> i played every scenario a million times do i want the car to go off the highway? do i want someone to just take her out? do i want me to go into the house with my silencer and take them out? >> murder for hire. >> i couldn't care if she's in a horrible car accident and mangled up. >> she wants proof. >> i want to go to her funeral and spit in his. >> i will be happiest when this woman is dead, buried ask six feet under >> but nicole is digging her own grave. >> my goodness. what happens the moment money is

supposed to change hands. >> costco recalling 60,000 cases of fruit. oregon freeze dry initiated the fruit. each case contains 20 single serving of pouched fruit. there have been no confirmed cases of poisoning at this point. >> dannon plans to do something with a popular yogurt product, to take out the amount of sugar and fat in yogurts for children in two years, and plans to boost either nutrients and not just for children but hoping to make products low fat or fat free by 2016. scrabble is looking for a few good words. >> there is a facebook contest

to determine which new word gets into the next edition of the hallowed scrabble dictionary. >> twerk? photo bomb? selfie. i think it's going to be selfie, or bromance. fans have until march 28th. what do you think? . >> i think selfie. >> okay. >> michael finney is here to answer questions and the first comes from kathleen we mailed i want to ache maik sure i'm included in class action suits against target. how do i do this? >> this are several web sites out there. you can see which one.

one i like is consumer action. and there is a link there. >> linda asks why are they charging us $0.10 per bag in san francisco? where does the $0.10 go? >> they're charging you that because by law they must the city and county of san francisco passed an ordinance that said they cannot give out free bags they also told the stores they must charge $0.00 a bag they don't want stores to say a half penny. who keeps the money? the stores.

>> there you go. >> i just received a discount pharmacy card. is this legal? >> there are a lot of legitimate cards out there. but what you've just told me about i've received some in the mail. we've done reports they're tricked. how this works is that they charge you more. and extra money goes to the company. >> there is no discount? >> right. >> so i want to be very, very careful. don't assume it's good. >> how do you check? >> ask the pharmacist. >> thank you. >> sure >> coming up next barely took off. now, it's departing.

>> why virgin america is stopping service out of one airport. >> i'm dan ashley. coming up at 5:00 new beginnings and how crunch time is ending for a bay area crisis center. and if you ever wanted to take out an alternative energy car now is the chance. and... a bay area professor that has done so

virgin america made a lot of noise when it moved into mineta san jose airport. today, it announced it will be moving. >> virgin america isn't the biggest airline but appears to be very popular. eight flights to and from los

angeles will go away permanently may 14th. this morning a broke the news to loyal passenger casy, and asked what he'll do. >> i didn't know that until now. so, i am not sure yet. but... it is depressing. because i did like virgin america. >> virgin america started with fanfare, but in a statement virgin america said despite our improving performance at mineta san jose international airport, demand in the market hasn't met expectations and we made the decision to focus on more lucrative, long-haul flying opportunities. officials say the route is a competitive one and seats are sometimes left empty. >> probably about half, three quarters full.

i can kind of understand. >> passengers will have to decide if they'll head to sfo or switch for the convenience of san jose. . >> i would probably go with a different airline and fly here just because of the convenience. >> i still think we have enough options to offer people that they don't have to drive to l.a. >> if you purchased a ticket to fly after may 14 virgin america will offer an alternate flight out of sfo or refund the ticket. >> thanks for joining us for abc7 news at 4:00 the news at 5:00 begins right now. >> there there are threats of black mail. >> now, word of clim nal charges >> hads tonight changes at uber.

a new policy after one driver killed a little girl. >> a warning for drives on the new span. >> up here on the roof temperatures fell today have numbers coming up >> a school sexting scandal is growing tonight >> a student is expected to be charged with a felony, accused of black mailing a female student into performing sex acts after receiving an explicit photo of her. 16 other students face charges as well for sharing sexting

photos. police sorting through evidence and collected over a dozen phones. police say the sharing of the photos involves 16 four schools. investigators say it started out as girls texting to male students which then got carried away. some of the images were exchanged with other students >> pictures were taken perhaps body parts and so that is when the principal contacted police. they say a male student threatened to use a photo he acquired of the female victim if she failed to engage in sexual misconduct with him. >> police say the sexual

activity took place if one of the bathrooms. investigators say the boy will be arrested soon on a felony charge. parents were notified by e mail. >> i'm shocked. that they're doing things like that on campus >> it's was affecting everyone. you know? victim of course. and then, themselves for their future, and their parents. >> other boys will be arrested likely as well but police say they're working on collecting evidence. it's a process that could take days if not weeks. >> a major change of direction for chuck reid now abandoning his effort to put a state wide pension reform measure. reid said time has run out, just yesterday,