we are talking about in a few hours at 9:00 a.m., the senate will vote on low land -- vote on leland yee's suspension, and he is not welcome, they say. if he does notary sign, he will be suspended. senator feinstein and boxer have called for his resignation. we spoke with a political strategist who says that one way or another, yee is finished. >> his political year is over. his freedom is in jeopardy. and the bottom line, as far as spending time in the senate, i don't see it happening or stepping foot in his office. >> he returned home to his house in the sunset district after posting $500,000 bond on wednesday. we kept an eye on the house yesterday and we saw delivers but no sign of yee. he is facing public corruption

charges and armed trafficking. he was are ad -- he was arrested yesterday and 26 indicted in a series of f.b.i. sweeps in the bay area and sacramento on wednesday morning. >> this morning, two other central figures involved in the f.b.i. sting are scheduled to be in court. ray manned chow is accused of money laundering and keith jackson faces charges of being shopped in a murder-for-hire scream and trafficking guns and drugs. the original tar get was raymond chow for racketeer asking drug crimes. after the undercover agent gained the confidence of chow they expanded interest drugs and guns and that is when the agencies say chow introduced them to jackson a former san francisco school board president would brought in leland yee.

our reporting continues on twitter@abcnewsbayarea. the complaint filed against senator yee is revealing and all on our website. >> pg&e is waiting to get hit with criminal charges for neglect in the fatal gas pipeline explosion 3 1/2 years ago. in a document filed yesterday with the securities and exchange commission they expect the united states attorney to file the charges against them soon. eight were killed and 38 homes destroyed the pipeline exploded. a spokesman released an apology video. >> we want all families to know we have learned the tragic lesson: safety must always come first. >> i wish they would site the executives, the one that left with the $30 million severance package. >> pg&e says a criminal case with tough sanctions could seriously damage its continues and ability to improve its

100-year-old pipeline. >> a teacher accused of molesting students will be in richmond courtroom this afternoon. the 32-year-old was arrested at the elementary school in richmond this month. he faces 28 felony counts of kidnapping and sexually abusing 11 and twelve-year-old boys. he was fired from the academy in richmond last year after molestation allegations surfaced but he landed another job at an elementary without a background check because he worked there before. on weapons, the west contra costa unified board voted to change the policy to require fingerprint and background checks if new hires, rehires, and substitute teachers. >> we are learning of the man accusing of driving drunk and smashing into a motorcycle killing the rider. andrew silva just returned from serving to afghanistan only to die in fremont. family and friends of the victim

continue to gather at the crash scene. >> emotion is overflowing in the fremont bank parking lot as people remember andrew silva thrown from the motorcycle dying instantly on tuesday night. it is believed that alexander yonh was drinking and driving and charged with murder and hit-and-run accident. >> i hope he gets the justice andrew deserves. >> more revealed on the suspect: he was condition victimmed in minnesota for drunk driving and in an after date he admitted having a soft whiskey at a bar if fremont around 10:00 p.m. and then drove about two miles to mojo's bar where he had three more shots of whiskey. by the time a friend showed up around midnight he was belligerent and drunk. that friend told him not to drive. she called his roommate to come get him but the suspect ignored her and drove away.

>> 15 minutes later police say he crashed into andrew silva. >> an act of negligence -- why drink and drive, personally. think of your safety but the safety of others. >> knowing more their friend's accused killer is not helping. his wife was her with her family, and they had a lot to look forward to. andrew planned to finish college this spring and hoped to get a job to law enforcement. in fremont for abc7 news. the search for malaysia airlines flight 370 take as new direction, shifting 700 miles northeast from where they have searched for days based on a new analysis of data suggesting that the plan flew faster than thought and using more fuel cutting the distance it could haveful trade before going down which now is closer to australia where the weather is better. crews can get their faster and spend more time in the skies

looking for debris. all the satellite images of possible debris are false. experts say it is possible the satellites detected real objects that were unrelated to the missing plane. >> nine more volunteers from bay area chapters of the american red cross are on the way to washington state to help survivors of the mudslide. search and recovery efforts continue in the rural town of oso where 26 people are known to have been killed saturday. nine of the bodies have been located but not recovered. those accounted for stands at 90. officials are warning the community that a higher death toll will be announced when they hold a briefing this morning. >> we will check with mike nicco. it looks like we have dry periods of we get become to the rain? >> absolutely. widely scattered light showers are possible. the hammer is here tomorrow,

during the morning hours. visibility is running well with fog not an issue. notice where the wind is blowing: from the south. that will be a mild flow today. here is the day planner the next 12 hours starting in the low-to-mid 50's with mostly clouds and a new sprinkles and drizzle. at worst we get a light, random shower for the morning commute. notice the clouds will open up as we head throughout the morning and into the afternoon. that will push the temperatures in the low-to-mid 60's by noon and low-to-mid 60 at 4:00 and best chance of steady light rain is into the north bay during the 7:00 hour and most of us will be dry during our evening festivities on this friday. it will be mime in the mid-50's to let 60's. now the friday morning commute. leyla gulen? >> good morning, everyone, we have a couple of accidents to get you going this morning as we take you to walnut creek we reported these in two separate

accidents: northbound 680 between stone valley and this area is where we have an accident blocking two lanes and slowing into pleasant hill southbound 680 to the 24 interchange it is moving along fine. as we head into san jose, you can so everything is looking nice and green but we have an accident northbound along 280 at the 880 connection. watch out for that. other than that we are looking at clear conditions and i will look at the drive time traffic and a picture of the bay bridge toll plaza just ahead. >> the government released new figures on the number of children with autism with research changing our understanding of the disorder. next, the common vitamin that could hold the key. >> time runs out for a unique emtheater in the south by with a final treat. >> a 12-year-old boy towns his love of baseball into a project

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>> covering los altos, petaluma and all the bay area this is abc7 news. >> good morning, at 4:41. made it to friday. the embarcardero in san francisco shows the road is dry right now. a few stray sprinkles are possible but our meteorologist, mike nicco, says tomorrow is what you really have to watch out for with the rain roaring back. >> there a possible system -- scam artist in san leandro when a mantles a truck driver the truck is sending out smoke, and when he inspected the engine he stole a cell phone. be suspicious of people trying to engage you in conversation for no apparent reason. >> the government is out with a startling new report on autism

in america. the centers for disease control says that 1 in 68 children have the disorder up 30 percent from the last major study in 2008. boys are five times more likely to be diagnosed. much of the increase is due to better awareness and diagnosis especially in kids with milder symptoms. >> researchers in the bay area could provide a possible strategy for treating behaviors associated with autism. there is a vitamin d connection. >> researchers have looked at the brains of children with autism looking for clues. among the findings, they have low level of an important player in brain development. now, scientists from children's hospital in oakland research institute believe they have uncovered the source of that imbalance. >> i thought, maybe vitamin d is

playing a role. >> the scientists compared gene sequences responsible for the key hormones linked to behavior am brain development and they found all three are regulated by vote minute d. >> this is major. it has been shown that this hormone is important during early development and it shapes the structure and the wiring of the brain. >> vitamin d is absorbed from sunlight and while had have been self theories recently proposing links to autism and other diseases, many researches are skeptical. still, they believe this calls for deeper research into levels of vitamin during early childhood and pregnancy. >> a pill that cost as few pennies. it is cheap. it is a pill. but measure yourself. >> getting the levels tested as part of prenatal care is extreme ly important.

>> our medical editor will have more on the increase in the diagnoses of autism coming up on "good morning america" after 7:00. >> toyota is recalling 120,000 sedans because of a problem with the front airbags saying the airbags may inflate when they are not supposed to. the recall affects 2003 and 2004 sedans and says the defect can also cause seatbelts to tighten without warning. owners of the cars receive notice in the mail. toyota says dealers will fix the problem by adding what are called electrical noise filters to the airbag control modules. >> this is the final weekend when movies are shown at san jose century domed theater unless the state resources commission intervenes. this month, the san jose city council decided not to deem as historical site the 1960's dome theater. several residents are trying to save the domed theater with the

property owner ready to sell. the theaters remain vacant until their fate is decided and the final showing at the century 21 is sunday night at 7:00 p.m. with indiana jones and raiders of the lost ark. >> the san joseers are celebrating a milestone in the construction of the new stadium, with earthquakes of construction at 11 a.m. workers will place a final beach at the top of the stadium signed by hundreds of fans with the ceremony followed by a flow community barbecue with the new stadium opening next year at going of the mls stadium. >> baseball is back in the bay area eager fans crowding at&t park to watch the san francisco joyants and the oakland a's in an exhibition game last night. the visiting a's beat the giants 4-0. they play again tonight in san francisco. >> it is still spring training when the weather is like this, just kind of soggy. will they say rain?

a now sprinkles but i am more worried about what will happen overnight and how the field conditions will be for saturday in oakland. they do a great job of keeping the field in top shape. i would not say there will be teach of a worry for saturday's game but tonight, yes, there is a chance of light rain toward the end of game, maybe some drizzle on-and-off throughout the game, and temperatures are mile, 60 at 7:15 dropping down to 57 by the end of the game. here is a look at live doppler 7 hd, we have a few radar returns on the sonoma county coast, otherwise, sprinkles, maybe a patchy drizzle for the commute. low-to-mid 50's up is document peninsula and foster city and palo alto at 52 and redwood city and belmont and san mateo at 53 and menlo park is 54 and san bruno is 56 and san carlos at 54 and same in mountain view and money fists -- and 49 in fair

familiar right now and napa is at 53. from emeryville a beautiful picture of the bay bridge right there, prominence in the night sky, and it will be mostly dry, and warmer. kind of human. steady rain will be saturday and monday and we have a chance of showers on tuesday and later next week. we will try to end march with wet weather. we will begin april with the same type of pattern. 70's around fremont and palo alto and san jose and antioch and livermore. everyone else in the mid-to-upper 60's until you get to the coast at upper 50's to low 60's. tonight is steady rain moving through and temperatures immediate like this morning at low-to-mid 50's. at 5:00 this afternoon, any light steady rain is around cloverdale and north and we could get sprinkles in the evening but notice the rain rolling through from about midnight until, say, about noon tomorrow, and it could slow down

a little bit in the south bay during the early afternoon hours which is good because you usually get the rain fade if it slows down and you will get the healthy rain at a quarter to three-quarters inch. santa cruz mountain, three-quarters to 1.5". tomorrow morning, watch out. tomorrow afternoon, we will have clearing in the north bay and the clearing will take over on sunday for all of us. more steady rain on monday. scattered showers on tuesday. wednesday, we get a break. thursday, another chance rain. >> it is dry. it is friday light. it is also friday get away. that means folks will be traversing the bay bridge all day long as they usually do but more in the eastbound direction. we have construction that will last until 2:00 this afternoon. it could slow things down leaving the city and headed into emeryville, so a couple of lanes are shut down and that will last

until 2:00 this afternoon. in the westbound direction we have lanes shut down and that will re-open at 5:00. we are looking at a few minutes. we have an accident blocking two lands northbound 680 at highway 24 because c.h.p. is reporting between stone valley and there will be a couple of lanes blocked with a nasty accident involving one vehicle that hit the center divider. hopefully no major injuries. in san jose, northbound 280, two-car crash, blocking a right lane at 880, but no delays so far. southbound along 880 we will be seeing a few slow downs as you make it up to 280 but the bay bridge toll plaza shows it is clear away from the maze into san francisco. a 12-year-old boy in new jersey is hitting a home run with an idea to support united states troops overseas, he thought it would be cool to san baseball to the troops with

notes of support. it started as a public service project for the bar mitzvah but it was grow asking growing. he sent out 1,500 balls in five months. >> you are risking your life to us have our freedom and it means a lot to me and a lot people. >> i have met so many people who are complete texas rangers to me and have become my friends because of the project and they say how great my son is. >> a unit in afghanistan showed their appreciation by displaying their billy baseball on the first day of hanukah last year. they continue to send the balls even after the bar mitzvah has passed. >> a marriage could be a life saver, new research that suggests tying the knot could be good for your heart. >> instant karma, a tailgateer caught on camera. 8t

>> this could be a lesson to mores. a woman pulled out her cell phone over an irrat driver, and he loses control and ends up in the ditch. >> it was instant karma when she uploaded it to youtube racking up two million views so for. >> rebound is on the way to saudi arabia after leave be the european continent. the president boarded air force one and took off from rome shifting attention from talks with european leaders over the russians in ukraine to middle east issues now. president obama will meet with saudi king and arab allies would have been unhappy over the united states handling of iran's

nuclear ambitions and syria's civil war. the president also wants to reassure them that despite troop withdrawals from iraq and afghanistan the united states is not abandoning the arab world. >> a teacher is not giving up hope to get will ferrell to be a chaperone at the prom. ♪ let it go ♪ ♪ the choir never liked me anyway, anyway ♪ >> this is the second attempt to get him to come to the school on may ten in the video, the teachers goes an the high school asking students in they would like the comic to chaperone the prom but he has "not heard become." ♪ it looks like >> keep going. >> he would say "yes" if you were singing. >> very creative.

>> good morning, maybe snow in the sierra will make your day if you can get there before the heaviest dumps. it is quiet. we have rain to the north and here is what we are looking at as far as today's forecast, 64 in chico and low-to-mid 70's in sacramento and fresno and upper 60's to 70's around san diego and los angeles and lake tahoe will get some snow. winter storm watch from 5:00 tomorrow morning to sunday at 5:00, up to 1' of snow. now i know why you were singing in the coffee room. leyla gulen? >> she is always singing. what are you talking about? >> at 4:55 we are lacking an accident in walnut creek northbound 680 at 10 or 15 minutes for a tow truck to remove the vehicle blocking two lanes before you get to highway 24. northbound along 680. back in san jose, good news on this, it looks like the crash is cleared and the road is open and

northbound 280 at the nimitz, the slowing southbound along 880 has cleared and the rest of san jose is quiet and the drive time traffic. report is ahead. >> is marriage go for your heart? people who are married seem to have a lower risk of self -- several times of cardiovascular problems. the difference is modest but especially noticeable if those under 50. married people do better after undergoing an unblockage of the vessels in the heart. san jose boy severely injured in a car crash is now helping other families, the six-year-old boy was ejected from a car when he was though. the accident killed his per and left him with traumatic brain injury. he did not walk until he was 4 1/2 and the team of therapists say his progress is a result of

his determination. >> he wanted to do everything the or kids were doing, and he were whats them and when he saw someone else walking he wanted to walk, too. >> i can do this. i can do this. he don't hike nobody to do anything for him. >> his us prompted his father and friends to create a foundation to raise money for children with similar injuries. the focus will be on his parents' native country in africa. >> the fallout from state senator leland yee expands as colleagues in sax men to threaten to force him out. >> admission from pg&e and why they are on the november of facing criminal charges because of what happened in san bruno. >> the vote expected today that could launch the first major change in san francisco muni service

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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> it is friday. it is 5:00. i am kristen sze. >> i am matt keller. we have possibility of a few scattered showers but the big news is this weekend. >> that is a cold front, slow moving cold front. expect pretty significant rain tomorrow morning in the early afternoon for the commute this morning, just scattered drizzle and a light shower so light they are barely showing up with showers last night