>> it's happening mendocino county. a sheriff's deputy has been shot. this took place just afternoon after a car chase and ended with a shooting on highway one just north of fort bragg >> authorities have a suspect in custody. they say they have secured the weapon but they're still looking for a second person. highway one is closed in the area while crews investigate and continue searching for that second suspect they believe to be armed. we'll bring you more information as soon as we get it. you can get breaking news updates 24-7 by following us on twitter, good evening, everybody, i'm larry beil >> now, to the mystery of malaysia flight 370 and today's emotional news conference.

>> that was the scene in kuala lumpur. relatives of the missing growing more frustrated and pleading for help. >> investigators looking into the mystery of flight 370 say some data was deleted last month from the flight simulator taken from the pilot's home. >> teams from the u.s. and australia narrowed down an area in the south indian ocean they now believe the plane could be. >> we're finding that the level of cooperation with the malaysian government is solid. and we are working closely with the malaysians as well as our other international partners. >> 12 days and no sign of the plane or any of the passengers relatives are demanding more information about the search and tensions are running high. more now from the scene in

malaysia. >> one woman's desperate protest. she wails, "my son was on the plane". cameras and military move in. >> through a crush of reporters, police forcibly carry her to another room. we were here for the government's daily news conference. two other chinese women hold up a protest sign crying out to cameras. we need the truth, she says, and want the international immediate -- media to help get information from the malaysian government. >> pushing us, forcing us out of the way. >> back off. back off. >> i'm yelling because we're getting crushed. police also carrying those women

away. >> that is just one sense of the frustration mounting here not just in malaysia but in beijing. families extremely distraught. they just don't know what happened to their family members. >> once again, blocked by police. officials refusing to talk to us. lele's mother taken by police. don't know where. but she was still sobbing. cnn, kuala lumpur, malaysia. >> the scenes so disturbing for the families the nearly two-week search led to a bunch of conspiracy theorys >> a dramatic change in the search for the missing plane coming up at 5:30. >> ask sky 7 overhead, you can

see a house looks to be severely damaged. >> it's getting a lot of calls into abc7 newsroom about smoke on mount hamilton. we can tell thu is a controlled burn. you're looking at live pictures right now the burn is happening in the isabel valley. this is a back side of the mountain involving about too acres. >> the fbi calling it a huge win saying it's dismantled the street gang in the south bay. agents say the aest of two gang members means basically the end of the gang's activities in san jose. fbi says the men arrested this morning were trigger pullers for the gang. >> five san francisco police officers suspended without pay

after being indicted on corruption charges are about to get help from friends. >> carolyn tyler joins us wlif more on a series of fund-raisers >> according to the police officers association 2 or 3 of the guys have found jobs but it's nothing like the six-figure paychecks they were collecting here. >> they have mortgages and car payments like everyone else. >> martin is the president of the san francisco police officer association. he talked to us about what the poa calls a suspension release fund-raiser. this video is at the heart of the case against them, taken from security cameras in low income hotels, led to indictments on federal charges from extortion to drug distribution. chief sur suspended them without pay, a move halloran denounces.

>> san francisco is one of the only city that's will suspend the officers without pay. >> the public defender's office believes stopping the paychecks is appropriate given given the indictments. >> evidence that has been vetted to a grand jury or evidence prosecutors in san francisco have seen. >> the police union will pay legal defense for a case that could drag on for months. fund-rais fund-raisers will help with other bills. >> it's my responsibility to see that they and families are taken care of while this proceeds >> i don't have a problem with that. i do have a problem with the public continuing to pay someone

whose services have been tainted. and to this degree. >> the biggest fund-raiser takes place in may. offering a ravel with prizes including a trip to ireland and a flat screen tv. in san francisco, abc7 news. >> a search is on for a burglar accused of tieing up and roughing up a 66-year-old woman who caught him inside of her home on monday. he's described as a hispanic male, 30 years old. medium length hair with a wave at the end of it. police say he's armed. the victim was not seriously hurt. >> a wild scene in mountain view. sky 7 hd captured aftermath of a suspected drunk driver's ramp yang. police say it started when the driver hit a car, took off and crashed into two cars but kept going, driving his suv across the median heading the wrong way before crashing. police say it's remarkable no

one was hit. >> it's lucky. we have schools here, too. him exiting onto the street has possibility of hitting children and things pechl walking to school and things it's there. >> police say the man jumped out of a vehicle but didn't get too far because he was drunk. he'll likely face several charges >> police dropped charges against a transient accused in a stabbing death of a 16-year-old boy. he says he was defending him when a group attacked him. that included ivan diaz, stabbed to death after a fight on sunday in campbell. >> it's the largest penalty in auto maker history the government's criminal investigation into toyota's safety problems ended with a more than $1 billion settlement. unintended accelerations linked to five deaths and led to recall of 10 million cars. coming up at 4:30 wall we'll talk to a bay area prius owner.

what he thinks about the settlement >> opponents of building high rise structures on the water front are celebrating a decision to put the issue before voters yesterday a judge rejected a lawsuit against proposition b. if approved the ballot measure would require approval for any project that exceeds current height limits. real estate developers in san francisco giants say it is illegal and that only port commission has a say on height requirements. >> it's not the big prize but a liquor store did sell a megamillions tick quit worth nearly $2 million. >> someone bought that lucky ticket that matched five of six numbers in the drawing. we were not close. >> no. no. >> the owner will receive $0,000. >> we've been hear about three years. and i'm fortunate time came

we got paid. and i'm excited. >> last night's big jackpot of $41 # million rb split between two winning tickets sold in maryland and florida. >> i theyed with had no winning numbers >> i hate that game. >> i know. i'm starting to join you. >> back from vacation enjoying sky deck 7 >> sunny skies with thin, high clouds on this final full day of winter. spring begins in the we'll take a look at the 24 hour temperature change.

half moon bay is four degrees cooler than it was yesterday. low to mid-70s in redwood city. 63 half moon bay. and at sfo, mainly sunny skies giving you a look at the forecast this evening. will be partly cloudy to mostly clear. mild. cool inland valleys. tomorrow afternoon, partly cloudy. mild to warm. temperatures mid-70s inland. >> still at home a message the tea party leader thinks libertarians might just be willing to accept a local school teaching kids a lesson on monthed wrern conveniences. >> new at 4:30

>> michael finney taking your questions will answer them here live just a little bit later. you can contact them on michael finney. >> a first look at afternoon commute. it looks grim in downtown san francisco on the skyway. bumper to bumper in both directions whether oncoming vehicles going towards bay bridge. stay with us. back with more on abc7 news in just a moment.

a big mess overnight in the east bay. a car carrier hit a fire hydrant in san leandro. nobody was injured. just a lot of clean up. >> it's so much water wasted. >> what do you get when one darling of the tea party ventures into liberal territory of berkeley? >> well, shockingly you get civilized exchange of ideas. nick smith joins us live from uc berkeley. senator rand paul just wrapped up his speech a few moments ago. >> >> reporter: people are leaving the berkeley forum now. to an enthusiastic thumbs up. everybody was receptive before he walked on the stage. he said you know nick this is less like him walking into lion's den, more like him greeting a group of kittens most people do want to hear what he

has to say. take a look at video we shot as he walked into the ought tore yim. he stepped on to the stage with a thunderous round of amaus the choice of cal as a place to try to win republican recruits to some may look like an effort fought in vain but the voter pool is only four.#% republican. senator paul says it's about issues americans of every political stride can relate to. government spying. uc berkeley political science professor says at some point the junior senator will need to expand his appeal. >> if you own a cell phone, you're under surveillance. i believe what you do on your cell phone is none of their damn business.

>> i think for him, at this stage being a part of conversation is at least, you know an element of a victory. >> the professor says he's likely to find success by focusing on the message of privacy and restrained foreign policy saying the idea of being less involved is a thing that seems to resonate with young voters. i can tell you auditorium was filled with 400 students, faculty and people from around the community that wanted to hear him speak i'll have a live report at 6:00 to tell you about press availability days to ask tougher questions around the affordable care act and his plan for 2016. at uc berkeley, nick smith abc7 news. >> there is a big opportunity tomorrow for bay area residents with mortgage issues crews spent the day setting up american dream event.

hundreds of bank representatives will be on hand to help people try to reduce their mortgage payments. >> important part is that you'll be able to ate sit in front of a bank face-to-face let them know your situation. why are you behind on the mortgage? so you can restructure. >> hours are 8:00 to 6:00 at oakland marriott. you can go to our web site for information under see it on tv >> you can't get much for a dollar these days. that is all you had you need to buy at a home in southern california. 4800 square foot victorian that needs, well a lot of work. the city bought it a few years back with develop plans to develop the new homeowner will have to move the house or buy the land.

they must restore it to its original condition. some estimate $1 million to relocate and rehab the home. the city has one interested buyer. 4800 square feet i'm thinking more than $1 million. >> the california drought has everybody talking about conservation how can we save water? >> today they had to learn how to wash dishes and keep themselves clean with just one gallon of water. >> that is how much people used in the gold rush days each day now averages 49 balance ones per day >> average faucet uses three gallons per minute. so they're going to use one gallon to do tasks.

>> this class being taught at 22 schools. >> and looks like some are getting rain this week. >> i like the way you say m. we're high, dry. sunny skies with a few thin high clouds beginning to push in, as you can see. there is another view of the mainly blue skies looking over the bay, we'll see high clouds continuing to move through the area overnight. this is a final full day of winter. we have a possibility of rain this week.

no rain in clouds. often called them harmless clouds. another mild day, forecast animation, rain arrives by wednesday but at the moment looking like only a chance of rain if anything measurable at all. overnight tonight, partly cloudy skies. low temperatures dropping to low 40s in north bay valleys. mid-40s inland east bay. then, tomorrow, look for another sunny

74 mountain view. mid to upper 60s on the coast. downtown san francisco, will almost reach 70 tomorrow. up in the north bay we'll see mid-70s from santa rosa to napa. east bay highs 72 oakland and san heand droe. inland east bay, highs into mid-70s. 75 in concord. here is the accu-weather forecast. remaining pleasantly mild throughout the weekend. cooler, breezier on friday. change there partly cloudy skies next tuesday then a chance of rain and a cool down wednesday we would like to have more than light rain. we need it. but that is all we can find in the forecast for you now. >> thank you very much. >> up next we remember this. the big faceoff between 49ers head coach jim harbaugh and the

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you can say for certain toyota intentionally concealed information, put simp hi, conduct was shameful. >> now, toyota agreed to pay a billion dollar fine to settle charges of sudden acceleration dating back to 2007. this case may serve as a model for future defect cases. >> abc # news business reporter david huey joins us with details david? >> the fine includes admission that it misled consumers about a break in accelerator problems

toyota began recalling cars in 2009 the problem surfaced two years earlier. we spoke to nancy in 2009 when her prius was recalled and talked to her again, today. >> to them it's just money. >> the problem is linked to at least five deaths including a chp officer and its family. this is the chilling call for help. >> we're in trouble. there is no brakes. oh, oh! >> hello? >> toyota's top lawyer released this statement, quote, we're committed to continuing improvement in everything we do to build trust m the company. to that end toyota says it's improved customer responsiveness and extended the new vehicle

development process to reliability and safety. >> i bet that today it's a more responsive money. it starts with toyota employees you've got to empower them to say hey we've got a problem here, we should fix that. >> officials say boeing's design is safe despite problems since the roll out. in a joint report faa and boeing say the government had processes if place to correct issues before and after certification.

>> breaking news out of aurora, colorado. a plane plane crash and fire is out officials report from the fuselage. >> investigators plan to reconstruct wreckage of a deadly helicopter crash to determine what caused it to go down near seattle space needle. a pilot aboard the helicopter were both killed and a man still on the ground. it could take up to a year until the investigation is completed. >> ukraine planning to hold joint military exercises as ukraine begins to draw up plans

to evacuate what is outnumbed troops from >> authorities determined owe find a man they say pretended to be a secret service agent in order to ride boston transit for free the fake agent gave the conductor a hard time. >> don't interrupt my investigation. all right tough guy? >> they're unclear when to took

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hurricane the president makes a pick but a brother sister duo may have a better method. >> and a daredevil stunt makes me light headed. >> so i'm still taking your questions on twitter and face wookbook. >> mainly sunny skies now from our east bay hills camera. clouds around, but no rain for a while. i'll have the accu-weather forecast coming up. >> and northbound traffic is moving.

take a look at this heart stopping stunt. a british man does a hand stand on the edge of a 0-story building. >> you have to have confidence >> or stupidity. >> yes. both. >> performed by scott young. >> oh, gosh. >> awful. >> his mom refuses to watch his stunts. >> i can understand why. >> yes.

>> it's march madness. and time for men's tournament brackets. >> michigan state going all the way. >> there is, as he gets together with andy cats like michigan state to win it all he had been beating louisville. florida, arizona are his other final four teams. not a ton of luck but it's difficult and confusing. >> yes. >> to choose a final four. now, check this out. >> max who is your final? >> pittsburgh. thomas. snoopy. chelsea. >> snoopy. >> i love snoopy. >> 3-year-old max is the son of dan levy.

he thought it would be pun to have max and zoey fill out a bracket and give rationale for picking the winners. >> joey chose gonzaga because it has a z in it like zoey. max? well, he got max right but he's only three. okay? good job. max. >> that is very fun. >> let's get another check on the accu-weather forecast. >> spencer christian. >> winter sunlight now. let's go to live doppler 7 hd. you can see sunny skies and thin, high clouds around. national weather picture looking mainly sunny.

light snowflakes across 48 contiguous states. in california high clouds moving in along the coast. here in the bay area, mild with highs into mid to upper 60s on the coast. low to mid-70s around the bay, mid-70s inland. and spring arrives tomorrow morning at 9:57. happy vernal equinox. >> thank you. >> still ahead at 4:00 why are the women in your family twice as likely as men to get alzheimer's disease? >> a high school student face-to-face talk with president obama. >> i'm michael finney. why do you keep getting phone calls if you're on the do not call list?

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a mattress falls off a truck then a bicyclist goes off of his bike and lands on top the mattress cushions his fall. look at it, again. looks like a movie that was planned out. this is surveillance camera footage. the bike seemed to disappear the guess is that it's on the underside of the mattress there. the rider had no idea what happened it's unclear when and where this took place. >> strange. >> well, checking healthy living news a study shows women more likely than men to develop ales himmer's disease a report estimates women over 65 have a one in six chance of developing the disease. that compares to a one in 11 chance for men. researchers theorize it's because they live longer. around 5 million people in the u.s. suffer from alzheimer's disease. the report also finds that women

are twice as likely to develop the disease than breast cancer. >> doctors have put this 44 pound baby on a special diet the weight is more than double the median weight for a baby of his age according to growth charts. his mother says it's hard for him to move. doctors trying to get him down to 17 pounds. by weaning him off formula, adding more fruit and vegetables to his diet. >> meeting the president is a big deal that, is the case for one senior from texas. john co hen visited the white house part of a make a wish request the 18-year-old got to spend ten minutes with mr. obama. he looked forward to the meeting because he want toed make a special request. john is in the vuner rotc and wants to serve his country he suggested there should be a corps in the military with bem

with disabilities his rotc instructor loved this idea. >> he lacks physical abilities he compensates using his mind and anything else he can in miami a man of many talents, you saw him on the field there. he got offered scholarships for football as well as musical ability of he plays nine instruments. piano, trumpet, tuba and drums and is a one-man band himself he will be able to pursue his

talents >> too bad he can't do more. >> michael finney answering questions sent to him by facebook and twitter. isn't it false advertising to show mouth watering food on tv then when you get the item it doesn't look like what it looked like on tv? >> there is a rule if you advertise it can't be a bait and switch. however, that said, the ftc never busted any of these restaurants for this. the thinking going that the cost of the product is low. and generally we know what it's going to be. if they show two pieces of meat and there is only one, ftc will be all over it. yeah. squashed apparently sh everybody is okay. >> i get the same reaction from people without makeup.

>> yeah. >> that is bait and switch. >> yes. it is. >> deannae mailed i have heard rumors every hotel has low rates they don't advertise. >> this is one of my favorite tips. hotels are marketing to a large group of people. they have a rack rate. that is the expensive rate hopefully you've never paid then those that are booking through a web site or something like. that then they have a bunch of little ones you you call the property directly. at their local phone number. and then, you just talk and talk and talk. because you're trying to find the magic words so you say i want the weekday get away. weekend escape. i'm a union member. just go on and on. best one i ever had i wanted to stay in a hotel every room had a pool for an anniversary $850 a night. i wasn't going to pay. that i

called down there in palm springs. finally i said what are the magic words? >> don't you know the magic words? she said keep going. then, i got it. i said is there something in the times? she said "bingo". >> how much did you get it for? >> $125. >> call local. keep talking and talking. sometimes, you can tire them out. >> that is what it sounds like. >> i did. >> sue g asks i have been on do not call list for years. so why do the calls keep coming? >> okay. politicians allowed to call you. charity as loued to call you. real survey guys allowed to call you. then, anybody you've done business with over 18 months is allowed to call you. >> my take away from this, finney never pays retail.

>> up next, reductions in water use what contra costa county wants residents, and businesses to do to cut back. >> in the abc7 newsroom, coming up at 5:00 reverend jesse jackson is in town talking on one of the -- taking on one of the founders of silicon valley. >> how a squirrel up let set lives of a thousand people in the bay area today. and mystery of the skies that has a neighborhood talking in sacramento. that more at 5:00. the news at 4:00 continues in just a moment.

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are you in? go to 1st deadline. before the march 31st deadline. tonight on abc7. then join us tonight at 11:00. >> pineapple express, jet stream of rain that comes in not not making its way to california in time to save our rain here.

and laura anthony is live with what the water district plans to do tonight. laura? >> well, contra costa water is expected to ask for voluntary conserve vacation tonight homeowners pulled out their entire backyard and hundreds of square feet of lawn. >> part of the plan is asking to look at their urban water management plans. iets not the 20% the governor wanted. he's expected to ask for a volume teary cut back by 15%. >> people are turning their systems back on. and so taking a look how much water they're using outdoors. >> the calls comes though contra costa primary reservoir is still

nearly 80% full. but, it's being drawn down noer slowly. the delta has more salinity this year. >> this landscaper about to rip out this lawn. and replace witness river rocks and drought resistant plants. >> they don't want to you put lawn back? >> no. the lawn requires a lot of water. and that, we don't have that much water. >> contra costa water will consider doubling it's current rebate that is resumed. >> and thanks for joining us for abc7 ins at 4:00. >> thank you.

all owe-out manhunt the shooting of a deputy in mendocino county. >> and guns, rifles, barrel bombs how police found explosives to blow up a city block. >> i'm abc7 news sandhya patel. we're ending winter on a warm note. what spring will bring tomorrow, coming up. >> it's happening in mendocino county. thanks for joining us. that deputy shot just afternoon today following a car chase we're waiting for the she have's office to tell us more in a news

conference scheduled to begin any moment now the incident began on highway 101 ending with a shooting down highway one just north of fort bragg. right now authorities are searching for a second one that got away and considered armed and dangerous investigators say they have secured weapon in this shooting the sheriff's office has sent it's special operations unit as well as a helicopter to assist in this effort. highway one closed around the area now. again we're going bring you information later in the newscast as we get it. you can get breaking news updates by following us on twitter abc7 news bay area. >> two homes burning off la

salle drive. sky 7 hd is over head you can see one house looks as though it's damaged. now there are no reports of injuries >> abc7 news is under investigation for one of the biggest explosions ever. vic? >> it's good police work putting all pieces together and of course, as luck would have it, there is security video giving investigators a lead. we'll show you that video but let's begin the story from the recent arrest of two men. >> mark and sean arrested march 6. police say they were involved in making and selling explosives large quantities found in one home in pacifica. >> we believed it could have levelled a house and taken out neighbor's house s.