live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. kids loved him. i have run into athletes who think they own the campus that ricky was a gentle giant. >> a coach of a fallen sheriff deputies republicans him as a humble and compassionate man killed in a shoot out with a carjacking suspect. deputy ricky del fiorentino grew up in napa and a star athlete at napa high school a community shaken this morning by the traumatic loss. we are at the school.

>> i spoke to his former football coach. he, understandably, is extremely emotional but shared memories of ricky and pictures that we had not seen before. >> del fiorentino is seen as a star football player at napa high school. >> he was real gentle giant on the campus. people loved him. >> the coach was devastated by the news. >> the way he went is nonsense. >> the 48-year-old sheriff deputy was a 26-year veteran of law enforcement. officials say the deputy tell definitely was killed on wednesday in a shootout with 32-year-old ricardo antonio chaney from oregon. >> he didn't have a chance is the thing. he had the guy cornered and he pulls out a semi-automatic and sprays him with bullets. >> he sprayed the officer's car with an assault rifle before

running away. later, ricardo antonio chaney was found dead with a self inflicted gun wound. he has a record five arrests dating back to 2002 and the cop has heard from another member of the same football team. he is pictured here and the coach pictured here. tom is also a law enforcement officer and sent this message to the coast. >> a range of emotions to keep in touch. >> the coach describes the napa that was such a tight community in the 80's when del fiorentino mayed football here at the high school. he now is on the way to mendocino county to spend time with the family. >> we express condolences to families, friends and colleagues deputy del fiorentino on facebook. you can share your thoughts there, as well. happening now, the marin county sheriff is investigating

a homicide north of point reyes. officers responded to a 9-1-1 call at 2:30 this morning after a report of a verbal domestic disturbance at a trailer in a campground. they found a 19-year-old from marin county fatally shot by one of the residents. his name has not been released. two people are being questioned. >> in berkeley investigators say a burning cigarette is to blame for an early morning fire near the cal campus that break out outside a building on university avenue forcing more than 100 people to evacuate. most are students. investigators say the debris caught fire after someone knew a lit cigarette butt out of the window. >> i woke up at 2:13 and i smelled electrical fire. usually the building you wills are very thin so i thought it was someone else. but it was going everywhere. no one was seriously hurt and you heard ashley took this

photo of someone being treated for smoke and shared video of people standing outside after everyone was evacuated. >> more on the mystery of malaysia airlines flight 370 that disappeared march 8 with 239 people on board the satellite images have prompted new searches and hope. katie marzullo is here. >> lanes and ships will resume the efforts tomorrow. it is nighttime right now in the search area complicating things. the weather ahead for poor visibility so at this point we still don't know if the images in the satellite photo are debris from the many. it is the best lead in two weeks. >> the images provided so much promise and we learned it was a denver based company that turned them over to australian officials. the pictures launched multiple ships and aircraft to the area 1,700 miles off the coast australia. a norway car carrier arrived if debris was found.

>> this is the first tangible breakthrough. >> the united states navy sent a submarine hunter. it returned to australia empty handed. david wright was on board. >> expectations were raised and disappointed. we got there and it was clear that image is probably a freighter we spotted in the water. there were two other radar contacts that seemed promising while searching that area for three hours but they turned out to be pods of dolphins. >> the officer in charge of the mission. >> you go out and you can search the area and determine it is fought there, you still have done something. you have eliminated a particular area for consideration. >> experts say this could still be something, the images are a few days old and it is possible whatever it is, has drifted elsewhere. >> if there is something here most important is to recover it. we can go back and do what we did in the days before block

boxes and old fashioned crash forensics with a piece of metal we can look for burn marks and how the airplane broke. >> i talked with another aviation consultant and he says he is hopeful but pessimistic. he says the larger object which is almost 80' long is too big. it would be something that wouldn't float this long. >> national transportation safety board could release the preliminary report on the fatal news helicopter crash or sister station in seattle as early as tomorrow. the ntsb tweeted this picture of the chopper's wreckage stored at a secret location in washington state. investigators are reviewing several scenarios to determine the cause of komo helicopter to crash near the space needle on tuesday. the wife and daughter of one of the two men killed say that he was a great husband, father, and photographer and he, worked for

komo for 30er crews. >> everyone get to know and love bill but i get to marry him! i was the lucky one. i am so grateful for that. >> family of the helicopter pilot would was also killed is holding a public memorial on saturday. >> president obama is delivering a warning to russia. he is delivering on that warning to russia after it refused to break down from the actions in ukraine. the president says that the u.s. government is moving forward with additional economic sanctions against now. this time, the sanctions are targeting senior russian officials and a bank where they do business. the president also signed a new executive order that would allow the united states to panellize sectors of the economy and russia said they were adding sanctions to members of congress. >> bay area residents in danger of losing their homes are attending a free mortgage relief

event in oakland. our news anchor was out there this morning and joins us from the newsroom. despite an gooding housing market there so more than 6,000 bay area homes in foreclosure. some of the homeowners have hope at this event the neighborhood assistance corporation of america is fonsorring this project at the ago land marriott and brings together struggling homeowners, lenders and the company as the go-between. lenders are authorized to make on-the-spot decisions for people what have tried and failed to get a loan modification on their own. >> i thought they were going to help me. >> we can bring the interest rate to as low as 2 percent, sometimes principle reduction. our savings are from $500 to $1,000 a month and sometimes more. >> what organizers are calling the "american dream tour," going on from now through monday at the oakland marriott from 8:00

a.m. until 6:00 p.m. and a link is on our website. it will tell you what to bring. >> ladies? a big real estate transaction taking place in the south bay. in san jose, city hall moves forward with a biggest developments in silicon valley history. the only thing bigger is the mystery as to which company will be moving in. a birthing trend ahead pop hard by celebrity moms gets a stern warning from doctors this morning. a look outside our meteorologist, mike nicco, has the accweather forecast

the big buzz in shows is which technology company is going to move into an office park that is twice the size of facebook's menlo park campus? a monster complex near san jose international airport with room for up to 10,000 employees approved by city officials. matt keller joins with more on the big secret. matt? city hall is celebrating this as a big win for san jose. thousands of jobs and potential for millions in tax revenues. the question now: who is moving in? >> this is a field of dreams groomed by the city of san jose for about a decade. now the owner of the 31 acres at 101 is ready to play ball. developers is an administration

rubber stamp away from the site development permit. the estimated $700 million project is the largest in the city since the "dot.com" boom went bust. >> it is good. especially in san jose. why go to mountain view we can make san jose better? >> a silicon valley business journal puts this on the web site, seven tour two million square feet of space accommodate 8,000 employees one of the largest employers in san jose. >> i am sure a lot of good people could use working over here rather than traveling all the way to maintain view or redwood city. the city is giving away millions but will make up for it with add add tax revenue providing $7 million in property taxes not to meant the utility, sales and other taxes that come from new workers. the mayor says this is a huge

company but stopped short of saying which company is moving in. >> i could be the only person at city hall knows, but i think i am the only one at city hall that knows and they have asked me to keep it confidential and i will. >> thank you is in timetable when the building begins. the mayor says several other projects are in the works for north san jose. this morning, a teen is facing trespassing charges after climbing to the very top of one world trade center. the 1-year-old was dressed like a construction worker and took the elevator to the 88th plaintiff but he climbed to the 104th floor and want through a 12" hole to gain access. this happened before 6:00 sunday morning. the port authority in new york runs the world trade center says it takes security very seriously and will prosecute all violators. >> not to mention dangerous. >> my goodness.

>> mike nicco, not quite so dangerous. >> not quite as high on the roof. i am feeling the winds change, cooler this first day of spring, and i will update the drought, it got worse, i will show you where and we have a chance in the seven-day forecast. if you thought the sleepless needs dull your senses there is new prove that catching up on sleep or catch up sleep will never be enough. the new wheel of fortune winner is a local man in a game of a

covering santa rosa, berkeley, san jose, and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. obstetricians are weighing in on the practice of women giving birth underwater. it could be heaviful to the mom but it can actually lead to health problems in the infant including infection and breathing problems and seizures. the study is from the american college of ob/gyns. >> we have troubling news for our friends who do not get any sleep during the week like kristen and eric and the crew here. you cannot catch up on the weekend. long-term sleep deprivation can destroy 25 percent of brain cells even if you cash up later. the study was continue in mice. university of pennsylvania

researchers say it is the first evidence showing that sleep loss can lead to irreversible damage to brain cells. they put laboratory mice in an unstable sleep schedule mirroring the schedule of shift workers and cells deteriorated rapidly. the results are likely in people, as well. >> that is why i can never solve the wheel of fortune puzzles but someone can. can you any out this puzzle we are showing you with two letters showing. >> ten seconds. keep talking. >> new baby buggy, new baby, new baby --. >> wow...so lucky. the contestant...of daly city solved the puzzle. he won $45,000.

>> you can catch "wheel of fortune" right here on abc7. for moments like that. >> now he needs to boy a lottery ticket. that was incredible. mike, i don't think we could have done that. >> not with the amount of slop i get, no way. good morning, everyone, hard to sleep on a day like today. on the roof temperatures are cooler because of the wind coming off the ocean where we are tracking a few low clouds but we start off with drought and this is the latest, up north, in the north bay, we had lowered to a severe drought because of the rain and we have not had any lately you are in the extreme drought and the exceptional drought takes over 2 percent of state with the extreme drought at 49 percent of the state. that is 71 percent of the state under the top two worst scenarios and live doppler 7 hd

shows clear other than high clouds over our neighborhoods and a few low clouds along the coast signifying the sea breeze is back and the reason is we will be cooler today along the coast. yesterday was 68 at half moon bay and we are all in the low-to-mid 60's and san ramon is 68 and antioch is 68 and from emeryville you can see the wall of clouds lurking to the west of san francisco and that finger of fog rolling through the golden gate and falling apart as it heads to alcatraz with high clouds and sun and above average temperatures the first day of spring and warming trend begins on saturday into sunday and the first spring it seems to me into wednesday. two areas of high pressure split by the cold front which is inducing the on shore flow and the upper lows are creating the clouds off shore and we will keep the high clouds and the sea

breeze today and tomorrow. temperatures in the mid-to-upper 60's along the coast into san francisco and low-to-mid 70's if you headed out in other neighborhoods the tonight you can see the low clouds semiing into the bay keeping up in the upper 40's to low 50's and inland we have low-to-mid 50's not really affected by the low clouds. next tuesday, you can see the cold front barreling toward us and the low developing is something new a wave that is developing. to that happens, it increases the energy and possibly the amount of rain that this storm system could break out, hoping .1" to ..25". that is all the rain we have to look forward to. oneone to two degrees warmer on saturday and sunday and tuesday and wednesday, temperatures could be average or a bit below with the next much needed chance of rain. enjoy this first day of spring.

winter is over. we didn't have much. it is gone. back to you. >> still to come if there is of a day to be happy or get happy today is the day. we will have the "happy" details when we come back. ♪ happy ♪ if you feel happy ♪ i'm

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♪ crazy what i am about to say, sometimes you can smile ♪ >> we have posted the video on abc7 news so check it out. i am staring at that vehicle, some of those gives are doing a little twerking. ♪ happy >> have a "happy" day. ♪ come along ♪ if you feel happy ♪ i'm happy ♪ come along ♪ i'm happy ♪ come

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