look at some of the video, concord police are vetting a hit-and-run vehicle and pedestrian collision on willow pass. the victim was struck while walking westbound on the sidewalk. the vehicle was driving eastbound on willow pass and this happened just before midnight. >> our investigation revealed that the victim was struck and killed by a vehicle which fled the scene. we have witnesses but the description of the suspect vehicle is vague. it is only described as a pickup truck possibly two tone pickup. >> police are still investigating exactly what kind of vehicle that may been so they can release the information to the public. the driver did leave the scene. the drive did not step. they are speaking to witnesses and looking at surveillance video they have collected in the neighborhood from residents and neighboring businesses.

they hope it can reveal more. they are being tightlipped about the identification of their victim but we have learned it was a female victim. they are still trying to notify the next of kin. this stretch of road has been shut down near 5th to 6th and will remain shut down until at least 6:00 this morning. >> we have developing news from the south bay where authorities are look into an overnight fire at a san jose home after the discovery of a marijuana grow operation that started at 10:30 last night with flames spreading from the garage the attic the crews waited for pg&e to arrive and turn off power before they could enter. own are said there were 70 marijuana plants and a smaller wanty outside and he has a permit to grow. >> the fairfield father accused

biting off his baby's nose is expected to appear in court today to hear the charges. the baby's mother said she has been at oakland children's hospital since thursday when doctors spent five hours reattaching the nose of the newborn. here is that story. >> he seemed so happy. he seemed so happy with ta'jon and me. we were all a family. >> heartbroken and confused the 16-year-old angelika riggins has in idea why her son ta'jon was. had by his own father. 16 years old she remembers getting ready for school on thursday and she went to the bathroom leaving the two alone and never heard ta'jon cry. >> two minutes later i come into a disgusting scene. 18-year-old old keep are said he bit off the nose because he could not get the baby quick crying but angelika riggins is not buying that. >> i didn't see no anger, i

didn't see no stress that morning, he was up playing with the baby. >> a third of the nose was severed and the doctors say if their efforts to retax it fail ta'jon could possibly need skin graftors a new nose entirely. there is more to the story than the nose, he also is suffering from a skull fracture and brain hemorrhage and a week and a half ago they treated him for swelling and bruising to the face. she denies having anything to do with the injuries but take john is now officially in cps custody. she will fight it in family court. >> he got one parent taken away from him. he needs me in his life. god knows that. >> depending on recovery, ta'jon could spend two months in the hospital. the mother says she has in insurance and no money to pay for medical expenses. she is planning a fundraising on april 5 at oakland children's hospital.

>> a man is in serious condition this morning after being hit by a tour bus in san francisco. the agree line bus hit the victim at 7th at 8:00 yesterday morning and the victim, a man in his 60's suffered life threatening injuries. the driver has been with the company if a none of years and the driver's record is clean. a combination of drunk driving and distracted driving is the cause of a crash that killed a music teacher and her mother-in-law. the two died instantly when a truck rear ended their car. she taught music in the union school district and c.h.p. officers say the suspected drunk driver told them he was looking at a text message moments before the collision. police in milpitas are looking for a driver who hit an elderly man and sped away leaving him with serious injuries at 8:30 last night on south park victoria drive.

the victim is a man between 75 and 80. he was taken to the hospital. investigators described the suspect vehicle as a gold chevrolet pickup with no description on the driver. airline officials believe the co-pilot the missing malaysia airlines spoke the final words before plane went missing more than a week ago. one of the plane's communication systems was shut down when the co-pilot said "all right, good night." then the transponder was also shut down 14 minutes later. the jetliner carrying 239 people was they programmed to divert from kuala lumpur to beijing. 26 countries are searching the southern indian ocean. ought european union will punish russia with economic sanctions today. the attention is escalate -- the

technologies ises -- the escalation is continuing after 95 percent of people in crimea voted to go with russia. president obama is urging president putin to resolve this diplomatically. >> friends and relatives of a missing teen are marking the second anniversary of her disappearance. the 15-year-old sierra ma -- lamar was last seen walking to a bus storm march 16 in 2012. a bench on the school grounds was dedicated to the teen. volunteers have searched for sierra each week since she disappeared. >> she has a right to be honored and raised in this community. >> it is important to be here because she means a lot to us.

she was on the cheering squad. >> 22-year-old has been charged with her kidnapping and murder although her body was not been found. >> a high surf warning in effect from marin to monterey county with big waves pounding the pacifica pier and all over the coastline. surfers and swimmers retreated after feeling the fury of the pacific. >> pretty strong, actually. i was in for a little bit and i was gone. >> there are rip currents and sneaker waves and it is easy to be pulled out. it is challenging. >> the warning will remain in effect until later this morning.

>> now, the rest of the forecast with mike. >> mike? >> the current waves are 10' from bodega but monterey is at 14'. this will last until 8:00 this morning and that is when the wave heights will drop below the thresholds. here is what will happen today. our day planner has a few clouds with the frontal path that shows not much rain. low-to-mid 50's so it is mild the only in the upper 50's to low 60's by noon, but, sunny and the breezes will kick in and that will make us significantly cooler in many areas in the afternoon from the upper 50's at the coast to the mid-to-upper 60's around the bay and inland and dug the evening hours it will be breezy with temperatures at 56 at the coast and low-to-mid 60's if the rest of us. moving failure, it will not be so windy tomorrow at two to four degrees warmer and a few high clouds and sun and morning clouds on wednesday but mostly

sunny and the same temperatures and warmer, then, as spring begins on thursday with 60's at the coast and low-to-mid 70's for the rest of us. sue has the commute. >> we have breezy conditions and high wind advisory for the san mateo bridge. we have an accident, a fatality in concord with the best way around it because willow pass road is closed, take concord boulevard to get around this. we have debris in san jose southbound 280, a couch is in the lanes which is shattered with bits and pieces all over. >> now, at look at san rafael, and the headlights headed southbound beyond the marin ymc a and lucas valley road, looking good and no wind advisory for the golden gate bridge. >> a major irish beer maker

pulling out of one of the biggest st. patrick's day parades in the united states. >> several people are injured after a jeep barrels through a crowded restaurant during the dinner rush. >> ready for march madness? the ncaa tournament will begin and a teen is likely to

covering san rafael, south bay, pleasanton, and all bay area, this is abc7 news. st. patrick's day, happy st. patrick's day to all of you. this is a picture of the bay bridge and embarcadero with in problems. we are monitoring the situation around the bay area to let you know. >> if you are celebrating st. patrick's day you may want to have a ride home with marin and santa clara and san francisco all having checkpoints through

tomorrow morning as part of the program aaa will offer free one-way roads and tow services for customers. >> irish brewer guinness is withdrawing from the new york st. patrick's day today for rules banning lgbt families from participating. >> a big deal for the lgbt community because we have been fighting homophobia for long time. begin necessary has been a long-term sponsor withdrew sponsorship because of the refusal to allow gay and lesbian groups to march. they said today "we were hopeful the policy of, collusion would be reversed for the parade as this has not come to pass, we have withdrawn our participation. we will continue to work with community leaders toen sure that future parades have an inclusionary policy." >> we have been fighting this for the 23rd year in new york city it and is not over until

every irish lgbt person can march behind a banner of who they are as an included member of the community. >> some involved with the parade say it is not the place to display sexual orientation. >> the parade is to recognize st. patrick. people can march in the parade with their groups but without any political signs. that is appropriate. >> at mayor will not march but some think losing the sponsorship is even bigger because it hurts the parade in the purse. >> it is a massive, massive response over. it is a lot of money. heineken knocked out. others will feel the pressure. >> in chicago, look at this: st. patrick's day celebration has everyone seeing green today. the plumber's union dye the chicago river green a tradition going on for the past 53 years. they were worried about the ice not spreading the dye but it

worked out. >> quite a sight to see. it was dinner they will never forget for customers in north carolina when an unexpected guest plowed into the dining room. police say the driver was going at least 50 miles per hour when she lost control of the jeep, knocking out the frond window of the charlotte restaurant and injured five people including a couple and their baby. several victims were rushed to the hospital with serious injuries. the driver declined medical help and was charged with speeding. >> forth korea has fired 25 short range rockets into the sea off the east coast. south korean officials say the rocket fire on sunday is in protest against ongoing united states and south korean military drills. short range rocket tests are asked routine opposed to long time or nuclear tests which are considered internationally as provocation. south korea says their tests are routine and defensive in nature but the north says they are in preparation for an invasion.

strong after shocks continue to rattle northern chile after to powerful earthquakes hitting yesterday afternoon. they were centered in the pacific about 37 miles northwest of the city of 100,000 people that remain evacuated because of concern of tsunamis but it was only a small tsunami. the earthquakes caused only minor damage. >> forecasters are want friends to the east, brace themselves for another winter blast waking up to snow on the ground, which is falling, again, from atlantic city to washington, dc. officials warn drivers about slick roads and wind chills are expected in the 20's until the afternoon. >> a friend in st. louis posted on facebook she loves four seasons but not in the same week >> 60's or 70's a couple of days

ago. >> even 80. >> 80...that is funny. >> now, 4:47. all four seasons in one week, we get that once in a while, maybe three. but four? that is impressive. visibility is eight miles at half moon bay. unlimited elsewhere. morning fog is not out there. the winds have overturned the manufacture and have not let the boundary layer set up so we have a strong onshore wind at 18 in forward and 14 at oakland and san francisco and san carlos around 12 or 13 and because of that, it is significantly colder today than yesterday. we starting off mild, woodi'd is 48, and palo alto, you both have 49, and redwood city is 52 and belmont and foster city and san mateo 53 and oakland, san carlos, fremont, all at 54 and antioch is the warm spot at 55

and everyone else is an the upper 40's to mid-50's and san ramon is 48 with santa rosa. downtown, you can see the clouds rolling through, unfortunately, though, the moisture with the system it moved to the east before the cold front could come through and turn it into some rain. while we will have a few clouds in the afternoon it will be sunny, breezy, and significantly 8:00er. clear and breezy tonight and temperatures will not drop too far below where they are this morning and if we did not have the breezes it would be cold tonight but we will stay up where we are with 40's and 50's. spring starts this week but it will be dry. no spring showers in the forecast and you can see all the moisture moving through washington, oregon, idaho, and as we try to move into atlanta and california it fell apart with high pressure moving in tomorrow and that will bring us a little bit of a warming trend deeper into the forecast. today as far as temperatures we be in the low 60's along the

coast and mid-to-upper 60's for the rest of us and tonight temperatures mostly in the mid-to-upper 40's and a few 50's around oakland and richmond and san francisco. now, the seven-day forecast shows calmer tomorrow, and temperatures are two to four degrees warmer and well stay that way through wednesday and thursday, a warmer day as we bring in spring, temperatures will fall back to near average but dry through the weekend. >> sue? >> we do have the high winds for the san mateo and the benicia bridges and other than that, there are no delays for those commutes into concord from surface streets, with an early fatal accident at willow pass and 6th. you can get around it by take concord boulevard and by 6:00 that area of the road should be open. a car flipped over the embank ment at 680 but there is still debris in the lanes and they are working on getting a

clean up crew at northbound 101 at 280. and there is a couch in the lanes at 280 with cruise on the scene. to the bay bridge toll plaza there are no metering lights with an early statute beyond the toll but that is gone and traffic is flowing nicely into san francisco. eric? >> the ncaa basketball tournament, march madness, begins this week and stanford is the only bay area team inviting with the 21-12 record celebratedy on the farm the first time under the coach and to the big tournament since 2008. they are headed to st. louis as the 10th seed to face 7th seed until on friday. cal, usf and st. mary's got invited to the n.i.t. turn mate. >> road rage technology with

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>> good morning on st. patrick's day. we will go to dublin, ireland, where a huge celebration is underway as you can imagine. there is a sea of green.

>> dublin, california? >> not that dublin. >> no, no, not that dublin. ireland. good luck. no rain this morning for the parade. >> teens are more likely to drive drunk if they ride in cars with others who drive while intoxicated. a study shows that more than one in seven high school teens say they have driven while impaired but the odds are higher for teens would have been a passenger in a car when the driver was drunk. we are talking ten times more likely toen gage in risky behavior themselves. this suggests that teens tend to do what their peers do. >> more and more members are taking doctor's advise about getting 5:-- colon

cancer deaths. researchers say part of the deline is traced to a big jump in the number of middle able americans who get screenings up from 19 percent in 2000 to 55 percent in 2010. we will see if the luck of the irish could bring us rain this week. >> i wish the that is not the case, though, with spring starting. but we do not have spring showers but this morning but they fading quickly moving through reno and parts of san francisco. it is along interstate 80. 53 in eureka. 54 in lake tahoe. upper 60's to low 70's in chico and sacramento and fresno. 71 in san diego and 77 in los angeles and nearly 90 in palm springs. for lake tahoe, the temperatures are well above the average high of 49. no new snow expected. sue is shaking her head.

>> a sad year up there. >> back to the roads here checking with bart they have 27 trains all run on time, and ace run from the central valley is working their way toward san jose and it is on time, as well works no other mass transit problems and back to concord, we have this hit-and-run accident, or, rather, a fatality and will let pass is closed that will open later this morning and concord right now is the best way around that. northbound 101 a car over embankment with debris before 280 and in san jose, 87 northbound there are a few headlights moving north with traffic flowing nicely. >> the chicago studio complex where oprah recovered the talk she for two decades is being sold. a developer is buying the 3.5 acre campus for $32 million. under the deal her production company would still be able to

use the property foe -- two more years to produce content for her network which employs 200 people who have produced oprah from 1990 to 2010. >> the next hotspot in the united states could be from a chinese company which is considering going public, a combination of ebay and google and pay pal in one. they attempted to go public in hong kong last year but the deal fell apart. the i.p.o. could raise $15 billion and value the company at more than $100 billion. >> next at 5:00 a.m., more on breaking news from concord where a thoroughfare is shut down after a fatal hit-and-run accident. >> crews put out a fire in san jose, and what firefighters found inside the home. >> a last meal, the popular san francisco eat friday that is

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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> top of the morning. 5:00 on monday, also st. patrick's day. >> thanks for joining us, i am kristen sze. >> i am eric thomas. >> here is mike with the forecast. good morning, everyone, on the st. patrick's day we have the winds of change blowing through our neighborhoods. a weak cold front kicking up the clouds and they will be out here in the next couple of hours with a lot of sunshine on the way this afternoon. it will feel