toys were scattered around the yard. the girl and boy were adopted. the youngest is a biological child of one of the women. abc7 news confirmed craig worked as a prison guard. >> they are alive and have a chance to thrive we'll deal with issues and i hold hope they'll be able to recover but this is one of the cases that sticks with you for a long time. >> deputies showed up at the house, someone asked for a welfare check. neighbors told us they never saw the children outside the sheriff said she were home schooled the children been placed with separate foster families. this emergency room physician. a >> aside if psychological trauma they still have, will probably have longstanding problem was

their growth and cognitive development. >> the two women are being held in jail in lieu of bond >> a memorial will be held tonight for a santa rosa music teacher killed when her car was rear ended by a truck on saturday the 30-year-old is accused of reading a text on the cell phone and being high on marijuana when the crash happened he wept as he left the room today. the district attorney is waiting for a toxology report to charge him. the vigil will be held at san miguel elementary school. her mother-in-law also died in that accident. >> a veteran is getting $4.5 million from the city after being injured during this demonstration in 2011, hit in the head by a police bean bag filled with lead pellets. he said he had to relearn how to

talk, and suffers permanent brain damage. >> no amount of money. $100 million is not going to get me my brain back i'm not happy. but it's enough. >> in a written statement the oakland mayor says we regret mr. olsen suffered the injuries and hardships and i want oakland to know because that have evening's events we took determined, constructive steps to change procedures. >> and there is one more notable payout for oakland this, week the city council agrieed to a $3 million settlement with a cyclist after crashing in the oakland hills in she sued arguing pot holes made the ride dangerous. the settlement has to be finalized. experts say it could be the

biggest payout of its kind. >> four oakland police officers shot and killed by a wanted par yoely five years ago were honored in a memorial service this morning. >> today we commemorate the 5th anniversary of the tragic slaying of our four police officers >> law enforcement officers from agencies across the bay area came to remember their fallen colleagues >> it's important to realize that people lost their lives in the line of duty are never forgotten. it's important to remember them. >> the officers were shot and killed by a 26-year-old lavelle mixon who then barricaded himself in an apartment and opened fire. he was then shot and killed by other officers. >> family and friends of james

gris ondied one year ago today from wounds suffered in afghanistan. the 31-year-old was posthumously awarded the bronze star. >> and there is a move to try to sal money saying they will begin releasing salmon in rio vista. previously released fish in the sacramento river. advocates argued that because of the low level of the river the fish had a better chance of being eaten up river. >> state fire officials warning us to brace for what could be an historic wildfire season because of the drought. california facing wildfires outside1gáubounds, say officials

the fire season all but year round now we're off to a roaring start. and more than twice as many as same period a year ago. fire officials stress everyone must conserve water, including firefighters. >> we're cutting back water in lawns, washing fire engines and using water in trainings so we're trying to cut back on water. a gallon wasted now is a gallon we're not going to have to fight fires this summer. >> the drought monitor reports 70% of california saw in extreme categories. 60,000 patients in the department of public health have had their private data compromised. someone broke into the department billing vendor and stole computers. that means in cases social

security numbers officials are notifying those effected. >> a former san francisco supervisor went to court hoping to get out of county jail he got out of federal prison. and abc7 news reporter wayne freedman is live tonight. wayne? >> when ed jew showed up in court he was hoping it would be the last time. but it will not be the last time. he was also hoping that judge would set aside legal debt he owes to the city of san francisco. she didn't. ed jew said little when entering and leaving san francisco superior court his lawyer hoping to generate sympathy. >> he's happy to be with his wife and daughter. very scared for them about going back to jail. not scared for himself. he understands the county jail is a safe place in a lot of ways he's worried about his family.

>> it's the latest chapter in the story of a san francisco supervisor convicted of extortion and also lying about where he lived he served five years in prison but there remains a second, one-year sentence in san francisco county jail, one he hopes to avoid and the district attorney's office hopes to make stick. >> these are separate crimes. and that is why he's getting separate time. he has a federal sentence april politicable to his roll in bribery as an elected official. and the state court conviction is april politicable to his per jury case relating to election paper work. >> the judge ruled for the d.a.but about not specify how he might serve that time. she has sentencing options mr. jew read a statement asking forgiveness for the guilt. later his attorney paraphrased some of the statement. >> he had become a crook.

he had become a liar to his people. he doesn't like what he'd become. so he'd stop before he got more involved in politics >> the next time ed jew returns to court he hopes to know more about his fate. >> government officials call it largest scam of its kind. up next who is getting bilked out of $1 million and why everyone of us is at risk. >> a police dog is finding support here in the bay area. >> facebook, google. tech titans had a meeting with the president today. >> going inside one company's command center to see how they react to consumer comments k they turn critics into campins? abc7 news at 5:00 continues in 60 seconds

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crimia is now officially part of russia. president vladimir putin completed the annexation today. he and the u.s. went back and forth slapping sanctions on top officials. abc news has more from washington. fire works in moscow, celebrations in crimia. today, rush president putin made it official. signing into law the annexation of the crimyin peninsula. no longer a part of ukraine. this week has been marked by sanctions tit for tat between u.s. and russia. the u.s. slapped penalties on putin's inner circle including his chief of staff, billionaire friends and a bank so kind to putin associates it could be called put yip's piggy banks.

>> next, russia's turn. a ban on travel to russia on top u.s. officials including top white house aides and republicans john mccain and speaker of the house john boehner. but in a signal that tensions may be cooling down putin said he doesn't see an immediate need for further retaliation. is it too late? russian stocks have been feeling the pressure. two top credit rating agencies put russia on notice of a potential down grade in visa and hafter card stopped serving two russian banks president putin down played the impacts but the british prime minister is disagreeing. >> we've seen a $0.10 wipe off the value of the russian stock market this month. reports of capitol flights and down graded credit ratings the >> president putin is not welcome in a meeting of world leaders saying the u.s. is leading international support

for ukraine. >> irs is issuing a warning over what it's calling a large phone scam ever seen. saying people posing as agents are calling taxpayers and demanding money with a prepaid debit card or wire transfer. reports indicate 20,000 people have been scammed so far. official says real agents will contact people first by mail and never demand payment by credit or debit card or wire transfer. >> a judge today struck down michigan's ban on same-sex marriage. two nurses sued saying the ban was un-constitutional. it's not clear how soon marriages can get underway. ten years ago a majority of the voters in michigan approved a constitutional amendment recognizing marriage only between a man and woman. >> california's unemployment rate continues to fall. latest numbers show state wide average is 8.5%. but that is more than the national average of 6.7%.

here in the bay area, eight counties among those with lowest rates. san francisco, just over 5%. >> bay area police agencies tweeting support for an anaheim police dog shot in the face bruno is seven years old arcs sifting police during a search in orange county. two men ran from the scene. according to police it lodged in his chest. surgeons had owe remove part of his damaged lung. his prognosis is said to be iffy. oom people social networking sites are the perfect platform to vent anger. big corporations are paying

attention. one is wells fargo. created a social media command center. >> when you hear this, come on. big brother comes to mind wells cargo says sometimes that isn't a bad thing saying for years they've been talking and talking. now, using social media to listen. first reaction is holy hash tag. it looks like something out of a tom clancy spy fiction novel. big screens with global information. and people monitoring others through their computers. it's all of that, done by a banking institution. >> and it's a cool factor. >> that is the senior vice president and director of social media at wells fargo

she flew from charlotte, north carolina to show us their san francisco center. consisting of about 12 employees. focus to find out what you, and others, are saying about wells fargo across social media channels such as facebook and twitter. >> there is nothing wrong with venting. just stress relief. >> okay. every time someone uses the wells fargo handel or hash tag on twitter or posts on facebook, or any other outlet, wells fargo knows where, on the globe, it's coming from. athat number 3173 represents number of mentions so far today. they get more than 1 million per year and track public sentiment. red lines represent negative comments. green, ps tiff ones over a seven

day period. >> this will say sorry you're having an issue. offer you noernl channel. whether e mail or phone canal. >> this person tweeted overtraft fees are the bane of my existence. that day, one care banker responded please consider visiting a wells fargo station or calling. when the san francisco folks go home, their center in manila picks up where they left off. >> how many people do you hi respond? what they want clients to know is that if there is a problem, they're on it. everyone realizes these social media channels are very powerful. >> they are.

thank you. >> sticking with tech leaders met with president obama today. the subject, privacy. hads in atentance was google's eric schmidt. yuckerburg says he called the president to express frustrations over internet surveillance you might remember when the president was elected he was fighting to keep his black berry phone. >> i'm still clinging to my black berry. they're going pry it out of my hands. >> that is five years ago the president uses an ipad he still uses his black berry for e mail. now, "wall street journal" says white house is testing new smart phones because the military unit prefers other phones. and one more note about the

president the white house tweeted this picture of a boy asleep in a formal function. wow. >> quite breezy today oochl we're looking at the first weekend of spring. >> going to be a little bit of a warm up. and it's still breezy right now. talking about what's happening now and coming for the weekend and beyond. low clouds with us pulling away from the coastline now. temperature are down. check out the wind bringing us cooling today, gusting to 24 miles per hour out of the southwest. 20 at sfo. 22 oakland.

beautiful view. blue skies over san francisco now. it's 56 degrees 61 in oakland. it's into 60s for redwood city and san jose. look at this view. heading up to tahoe fog to be nice and sunny. clouds around saturday. temperatures mid to upper 50s for afternoons there is a possibility of snow. 69 fairfield. 70 degrees in livermore. our warmest lobings only into low 70 cooling off with a chance of rain. looking at the set up here, high pressure, low pressure, steady sea breeze. we're going to see dry conditions continuing throughout

monday, then changes are coming up our computer animation starts monday night. and take a look. a little bit of green showing up tuesday morning. this second part of the system which is a wednesday overnight we're looking at cloud cover along the coast. parts of the bay. tomorrow morning if you start off plans make sure you've bundled up. holding temperatures about the same as today into the 50s away from the coast lots of sunshine. so we're warming up a little

bit. 72 in santa rosa and concord. nice mild weekend for bay and inland. you can call it warm. warmer monday returning to work. much cooler tuesday, wednesday. and changes in the works for next week. just a little reminder we do get showers here in the spring. >> up next ever heard of a sconell? it's something you can get free. up next. >> and google's saved road

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welcome to "world news." tonight -- new information in the mystery of flight 370, what we're now learning about that part of the indian ocean, why it could be one of the worst possible spots for the search. plus, your questions here tonight. why no submarines, why no gps on the black box, and why are pilots able to turn off the tracking system in the first place. what it means for everyone who flies. your tax refund. stolen. tonight, the major warning about a scam just in time for tax day involving tens of thousands of refunds. how to protect yourself right now. the best sunscreen and the burning question tonight -- if you could buy it around the world, why is it so hard to find here in america? getting answers. and solved. the real story tonight about how he got this puzzle right with just two letters.