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.

63 to 70 around the bay and 63 to 71 inland and the spread long the coast is 68 to sprung and warmer thanks to a southern breeze but mainly dry. now we have traffic from leyla gulen. >> 37 birth tea party running on time and ace train, a minute early. a lot of green out here so you are move along at top speeds so that is for news. we do have a couple of citizens. one is cleared in san jose. that is cleared. the roads are open. in walnut creek we have an accident northbound 80 headed up from stone valley. we have two lanes blocked out there and i will let you know when it clears. 580, tracy to dublin is 25 minutes. the richmond-san rafael toll plaza shows clear conditions, and when you cross the bridge it takes 13 minutes and this is what you will find, 101 southbound, the drive as you continue to san francisco, wide

open. >> developing news, the political future for state senator leland yee could be out of his hands. his colleagues could take action. we go outside his san francisco home with more. katie marzullo? >> good morning, matt. leland yee is not welcome here. those are the words of the senate republican leader to give you an indication of how this vote will go. it is scheduled for 9:00 a.m. when the senate will decide whether to suspend lie landee. he was arrested on wednesday morning accused of public corruption and drug and armed trafficking. a political strategist says this complaint reads like a movie script. san francisco has a long history of similar corruption but this takes it to a new level. >> it is an embarrassment, certainly, in the old days this may have been railroad deals and money exchanges but not

shoulder-fired mills and ak-47's part of the equation. >> following his arrest, federal agents raided locateses here in san francisco around the bay area and his office in sacramento and his home here in the sunset district. he posted bail at $500,000 and came back to his home on wednesday. we been here, and we have seen deliveries come and go but in sign of senator yee. the senator was then as one of the top gun control advocates. gun control groups are trying to minimize the damage done by the arrest saying it threatens to draw the focus away from the issue. >> it will be a big blow to the gun control movement, a big blow anyway for all of us when any city official who has done such great public service like senator yee on this, it is hurtful. >> he has two gun control bills

in the state senator and supporters are trying to fine another lawmaker to take the lead on their legislation. our reporting continues on twitter@abcnews with the entire criminal complaint against senator yee on our website at abc7news.com. >> pg&e is an first paymenting criminal charges in the fatal gas pipeline throwing some 2010. in a document filed yesterday with the securities and exchange commission pg&e expects the united states attorney to file charges against it soon for neglecting the safety of the pipeline and the customers. eight people were killed and 38 homes were destroyed when the gas pipeline exploded there is safety if everyone. >> a congressman issued a statement on the charges seared into her memory are distraught

families searching for loved ones, justice must be served. i applaud the united states tone for the exhaustive investigation. >> happening today, a preliminary hearing is scheduled for former santa clara elementary school principal charged with selling drugs. the 44-year-old was arrested after investigators found meth, ghb in his home, the principal of the elementary school in santa clara at the time of the arrest. he offered drugs to an undercover officer he met through an online dating site. he faces file felony drug counts. >> south san francisco police are looking out for a man seen running away from an elementary school playground on miller avenue. the students alerted their teachtory a man on school grounds yesterday morning, and he ran to the car and drove away. he is described as a white or

hispanic man between 25 and 35 years old at 5' 6" and slender. he was driving a four door toyota or honda, light or white in color with tinted windows. >> a new plan to overall the public transit system if the first time in 30 years. muni board will consider authorizing system changes including realigning of half the 81 routes. it will increase the frequency of some runs and decreasing others, with a goal to increase service by 12 percent. the project was developed in 2008 and has had dozens of community meetings. >> in san jose, construction starts for the bart extension. expect traffic in the area to be re-routed. the construction will last six months. the 15-mile bart extension to san jose will open if late 2017

a full year ahead of schedule and on budget. for now. bart says traffics are 50 percent installed through fremont and the work on the new warren springs station is underway. >> a bad week for construction workers, mike, and the weekend doesn't look better. >> it doesn't. good rain coming our way tomorrow. you can see it is spinning up here in the gulf of alaska where the area of low pressure is with a warm front today so the temperatures are up. as the warm front comes through it could trigger light rain across the northern part of sonoma county with the best chance of seeing anything measurable during the daylight. we will have to wait until the overnight hours before the rest of us start to see any of that other than a sprinkle or two. temperatures at 49 in novato and otherwise, low-to-mid 50's all throughout the north bay valley and pretty much everywhere else, and alameda at 57 degrees for the warm spot and san ramon and san jose at sprung and san carlos and san francisco at 55

with 56 in redwood city and cupertino is 53 and this is how it looks at walnut creek with moisture on 680 of the mostly sit dry quickly as people drive on it. a few wet spots. the day planner is 50 to 56 so very mild. you can see breaks in the cloud cover so we will call it sunny breaks at 60 to 66 at noon and a warm breeze pushing the temperatures to upper sent by 4:00 and measurable rain is likely up well into the north bay dug the evening hours at 56 to 62. you may get a sprinkle elsewhere but i would not take an umbrella. you will not need it. >> we had a couple of accidents which is cleared. we have 38 bart trains running on time and muni all running on time, so far, but the 53 and 54 and 55 lines are closed because

of construction in sunnyvale. check the schedule. it starts at 7:00 this morning and runs through monday. 80 from walnut creek to dublin is 15 minutes. through walnut creek, southbound, 680, down to highway 24, can you see it is clear. northbound, all lanes are reopened because of the early crash at highway 24. >> thanks, california drought is creating ad month everyone day gold rush in america's money report next. >> severe weather ponds the midwest against with tornado damage. >> forget dollars and cents at the pump, filling up could be worth

covering fremont, palo alto, north bay, and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> good morning, here is a look at the eastern span of the bay bridge and, yes, a dry start to the day, but, changes will come overnight and mike nicco will have the forecast ahead. >> this morning several homes are damaged in northwest missouri after one tornado tore through the state. yesterday afternoon, the national weather service said

that a tornado was seen on the ground by a train spotter. in addition to several homes being damaged, the roof of the county road and bridge department was damaged. crews are working do restore power to the area. >> in san francisco, tourism is billioning at 17 million visitors coming last year a new record. the tourists spend $9 billion an increase of 5 percent from the year before translated to hundreds of millions in tax revenues and thousands of new jobs created and major investments still need to be made to renovate and expand the mascone center with a cruise ship terminal. >> the search for missing malaysian airline continues, british airways is apologizing for an ad many consider insensitive that appeared at london train stations shows a sea of blue with the phrase

"escape the commute and cover the indian ocean." that is where flight 370 is believed it is again down. british airways spokesman said we are very sorry for of offense caused in an e-mail statement, saying that advertising campaign is being withdrawn which was planned months ago and we recognize its appearance at this time is inappropriate. >> toyota is launching a major recall because of a problem with airbags. >> and there is gold in the dry hills. here is america's money report. topping america's money, another recall because of airbag problems. toyota says the airbags in 120,000 decade old vehicles could inflate. flee son -- knee senator issued a recall. there is a new sign of slowing down in the housing industry with experts blaming the winter weather but say they expect the

rebound. >> now there is a gold rush in california because of the low water levels rutting from the historic drought you can pan if gold in areas that have been out of reach for decades. gold now sells if $1,300 an ounce. >> and "noah" could be $30 million to $40 million in ticket sales did enough for number one and might encourage other bible-based movies. >> facebook c.e.o. mark zuckerberg is giving new insight into the ambitious plans to bring intent connectivity to those who don't have it. zuckerberg announced the creation of a conductist laboratory a division of the company that is developing drones and satellites and lasers. facebook released the video showing a high altitude solar powered drones that delivers web access spilled out on his project website.

>> "lucky" may not come to mind when you fill up your gas tank but "play at the pump" lottery officials are looking over. drivers could buy lottery tickets while they pump gas, officials say tickets are available at 100 to 50 gas stations. 23 approved it could lunch in august. >> 72 percent to 73 percent of people pump gas and don't walk and a retail store so this a way to capture the business. >>? i win, free gas on me, everyone! >> see that? >> we hope you win. >> hope he lives near us. >> only quick pick tickets are sold if the mega millions powerball and super lottery plus with no one to punch up the numbers and you can only by a limited number and have to buy gas. >> do you get the free super big

gulp if this guy wins? >> generous guy. i am rooting for him the we all win. >> if we can't win we want him to win. >> are we a winner with the rain, mike? >> if you have outdoor plans...not so much but we need the rain and the snow. all of our deficits grew yesterday at 8.25 in san jose and 8" in moffett field and 12.5" at fog and 11" downtown and 19.5 in santa rosa. visibility is looking good. around six or higher. from sutro tower to san francisco we have a lot of moisture in the air. it does fall in the follow of drizzle. maybe a scattered light shower but mostly it is dry and warmer.

our best chance of steady rain is tomorrow and monday. we will still have a couple chances of rain next week. it is man. we are still celebrating hawaii so check out the temperatures there, there for the morning. >> let 60's on the coast. mid-to-upper 60's elsewhere. more sunshine to the east and south. we will milk a run at 70 in antioch, live more, fremont, palo alto and san jose. tonight, you can see the rain shield, the green, the yellow, light-to-moderate rain and mild temperatures in the low-to-mid 50's. for bet we pat of today, we will be very quiet and at noon or midnight you can see the steady rain developing across the north bay and from noon until 8:00 it is slowly sinking into the heart of the bay and at 8:00 tomorrow morning law noon you can see it

down in the south bay. at 5:00, then, the steady rain is starting to finally wind down and move to the south. we will have a stray showerer overnight but clearing will take place by sunday morning. the rainfall totals are 1.25 in the south bay mountains and in the north bay where we could pole get 3" of rains. sunday is a better day for outdoor activity and partly cloudy and cooler and tomorrow is 5- to 10-degrees cooler than today. more rain and cool again on monday with showers lingering on tuesday and another chance on thursday. >> friday light so far with a couple of accidents this morning but they have cleared. we have a big game at the arena where the war yours will take on memphis grizzlies at 7:30.

doors open at 6:30. expect heavy traffic along 880 and surface streets. take bart to help things out. at the altamont pass, 33 miles per hour, bumper-to-bumper traffic and it is friday. however, i don't think it take as vacation over here, so, 580 as we continue away from tracy to dublin is 62 miles per hour and jumped up at livermore and it is clear through castro valley and toward the nimitz. if you go define tracy and dublin it will take 25 to 20 minutes. san jose 101 away from the nimitz, moving along fine and 280 away from 17, a few extra cars but accident free. >> it is 5:20. as you start your day, seven things to know. we all have family photos we would rather forget about a museum exhibit highlighting the

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it's not for colds, it's not for pain, it's just for sleep. because sleep is a beautiful thing™. ♪ zzzquil. the non-habit forming sleep aid from the makers of nyquil®. whether you are just joining us or headed out the door, california senate will vote on a measure to suspend state senator leland yee if he does not resign before the 9:00 a.m. session. he was arrested in corruption on wednesday. katie marzullo will have a report on that. >> the richmond teach are accused of molesting students is scheduled to be in court. the 32-year-old faces 28 physical any counts of kidnapping and sexually abusing eleven and 12-year-old boys.

the accusations stem from a different school. >> search-and-recovery efforts continue at the site of the mudslide in washington. the did the toll of 17 will rise dramatically officials are warning. nine bodies have been located but not involved while the list of those unaccounted for is still at 90. >> president obama is on the way to saudi arabia take off from rome two hours ago and will meet with arab allies who have been unhappy over the handling of iran's nuclear ambitions and syria's civil war. >> few any directors in san francisco are expected to vote on a major plan to overall the city's public transit system with changes including realigning half of the routes and increasing frequency of runs and decreasing others. >> tracking scattered sprinkles with live doppler 7 hd but boy do we have a wet system coming in this week, and significant

snow in the sierra all in the seven-day forecast. >> a few scattered showers from the bay bridge toll plaza but it is light traffic. a couple of early problems and they have all disappeared and we are look at dry conditions across the bay area and no accidents at this hour. >> it is not the first time someone suggested that a resort could be haunted but it is coming from two professional basketball players, two san antonio spurs player in town checked in and they hear the sound of a child coming from his room and the hotel offered a new key and he said it was "creepy." and other players heard a child running up-and-down the hall. >> it wasn't cussed for the spurs because they bet the warriors. >> thank you is right. >> southern california museum is

celebrating less than picture perfect moments, awkward family photos on display in santa monica. you can find everything from crying babies to holiday pictures you would rather forget. no. no. no. some will make you cringe and others will have you smile. they are inspired by photos that hung at the parents' hole. i thought i now realize. >> the man accused of killing an east bay marine in drunk driving wreck appears in court. >> pg&e faces criminal charges and the neighbors devastated by

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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> happy friday! it is 5:29. >> i am kristen sze. >> i am matt keller. >> we are not done with the rain yet. >> light-to-moderate rain coming your way for saturday so if you are have plans in the morning, find alternative areas or places to go or stay inside and ride it out. here is what is going on now, scattered light sprinkles across the north bay and sonoma county near the coast. san francisco shows it is quiet with the embarcadero drying out and, today, a nice one with warm

breezes and temperatures in the mid-60's to 70 inland and an the bay and upper 60's for the day. sprinkles through walnut creek, is that right? >> we will see a picture of that in a second but i remind you while the warriors take on the grizzlies at at&t park, they will be busy at 7:15 with the series between the san francisco giants and the ocean large amount's so expect heavy traffic from 80 to 101 leading into san francisco and the surface streets. you can see the streets are glistening and especially northbound direction you have head lights which are most away from highway 24 so you may still want to reduce your speed. >> the state senate will take a big step this morning to

immediately distance itself from senator yee who was arrested by the f.b.i. in a corruption sting. katie marzullo is outside his hope in san francisco with the latest. >> it appears senator yee has a couple more hours to resign and after that the senate is going to success spend him. they have scheduled a 9:00 a.m. vote. the senate republican leader introduced the resolution yesterday. also, senators feinstein and boxer have called for his resignation. hes with arrested on when morning accused of corruption and drug and arms tracking. an associate of his, keith jackson, is accused of murder-for-hire charges. the f.b.i. is just now turning their focus back from terrorism back to politics. what we are seeing here now could just be the tip of the iceburg.

>> if i were a politician in sacramento and i was hanging out with senatoree i would want to know if my voice is on tape. >> senator yee return home to his house on wednesday after he left court. since then we have seen people coming and going and dropping things off, including fedex, but no sign of senator yee. he has a court hearing of his own on monday to go over the terms of the release. he is out on $500,000 bond. this morning, two other central figures involved in the f.b.i. sting are scheduled to be in court, raymond "shrimp boy" chow is accuses of money laundering and keith jackson, he faces charges of being involved in murder-for-hire scheme and trafficking guns and drugs. the original target was raymond "shrimp boy" chow who has a hit

of racketeer asking drug crimes. after the agent gained the confidence of raymond "shrimp boy" chow and chow introduced him to jackson would brought in leland yee. we posted an entire criminal complain against senator yee at our website at abc7 news.com pg&e is waiting to be hit with criminal charges in the pipeline gas explosion three years ago saying in a document filed yesterday with the securities and exchange commission that it expected the united states attorney to file the charges against it soon. eight people were killed and 38 homes were destroyed when the pipeline exploded. year, pg&e spokesman released an apology video. >> regardless of what is next we want all the families to know we have learned the tragic lesson, that safety must always come first.

>> wish they would site the executives especially the one that left with the $30 million severance package. >> pg&e says a criminal case with tough sanctions could dam the finances and the ability to improve their 100-year-old point line. >> a teacher accuses of molesting students will be to richmond courtroom this afternoon, the 32-year-old was arrested at elementary school in richmond this month and faces 28 felony counts of sexually abuses 11 and 12-year-old boys. he was fired after molestation charges surfaced and he then landed a job at another elementary school without a background check because he worked there before. when, the school board voted to change their policy to require fingerprint and background checks for new hires, rehires and substitutes teachers. >> we are learning more of the man accused of killing a

motorcyclist in fremont. andrew silva just returned from afghanistan only to lose his life on tuesday night. letter yonh was charged with d.u.i. and murder and hit-and-run accident. he was condition victimmed in minnesota for drunk driving and three admit she'd a heroin addict. >> i help he gets the justice that andrew deserves. >> andrew landed to finish college in the spring and is survived by his wife and two-year-old son. >> man held up a woman at an a.t.m. armed with a baseball bat. security cameras captured the terrifying encounter on wednesday night. the robber was if his 30's, approached a woman at an a.t.m. and demanded money. the robber took her cell phone and last seen driving away from a red sedan. >> the search for malaysia

airlines flight 370 take as new correction shifting 700 miles northeast. the decision is based on analysis of radar that suggests the plane now faster than thought and used up more fuel which would cut the distance it could have traveled before going down in the indian ocean. the new search area is closer to australia where the weather is better so crews can get their faster and spend more time in the sky looking for debris. all the satellite images of possible debris that gave searchers hope 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 way to washington state to help end survivors of the mudslide. search and recovery efforts continue in oso where 26 are known to have been killed in the mudslide. nine of the bodies have been located but not recovered. the list of those unaccounted

for still stands at 90. officials are warning the community that a hire debt toll will be announced this morning. >> mike nicco has the forecast. a big storm overnight? >> tonight through tomorrow we will get our significant rain. here is the northwest corner of sonoma, and bodega bay, just a few random sprinkles. we could have a few others at any time in the morning. it will be dry. we will have hardly anything for. the lowest visibility is concord at six miles per hour and eight at half moon bay, but the winds are from the south. that is going to be a mild and moist flow so it could feel humid compared to our standards today. sprinkles through the morning commute and temperatures are mild, and at noon, there will be sunshine and low-to-mid 60's from the coast to our inland neighborhoods and by 4:00,

temperatures are above average in a few areas with low 60's at the coast and money 60's bay and inland and wrapping armed your evening there is a chance of light rain mostly across the north bay and a few sprinkles of possible for the rest of us when the sun goes down. have a great friday. >> frizz factor has increased? >> are you okay, today? >> i think. so far, so good. >> it looks good. >> the day is still young, right? >> good morning, everyone, in south san francisco we have a stalled vehicle in the bay shore boulevard off-ramp blocking the off-ramp and if you are headed in the north direction to business became, it is the last friday of the month. that means critical mass and everyone will take to their bicycles at 5:30 all converging on the plaza at foot of market street so expect to see plenty of bicyclists out had. as we take a look at drive time

traffic along i-80 westbound, four minutes and from fremont to san jose is 14 minutes. this is san mateo bridge headed across the water to the peninsula, about 12 minutes to get you there but, city, friday light. >> thanks, at 5:39. time is running out for a unique theater in the south bay with a final treat this welcome. >> a 12-year-old turns his love of baseball into a project to honor soldiers overseas. >> the pain at the pump returns. how much folk in california are paying

it gives you options based on your budget -- it's a piece of cake. i was told there would be cake. get a free quote at progressive.com. covering walnut creek, burlingame, campbell and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> good morning, a look from the sutro camera with a beautiful shot of the city this morning. the change coming overnight and another storm is headed our way and mike nicco will let you know in the forecast. police are warning the public to be alert for a scam artist, a man flagged down a big rig in san leandro and said the truck was spewing out smoke. when the driver went to inspect the man stole a cell phone and police are saying be cautious if those who engage you in

conversations. >> toyota is recalling 120,000 vehicles because of a problem with airbags that could inflate when they are not supposed to. recall affects 2003 and 2004 sedans and toyota says this can cause seatbelts to tight were without warning. owners will receive notice in the mail. toyota says dealers will fix the problem by adding electrical noise filters to the modulates. >> final weekend when movies shown as the century dome theaters unless the state resources commission intervenes. this month the san jose city country decided not to deem as left am site the 1960's domed movie theater. several residents are trying to save the century 21 domed theater. the theaters will be vacant until the fate is decided. the final showing is sunday night at 7:00 p.m. with special

screening of indiana jones and the raiders of the lost arc. >> san jose earthquakes are celebrating a milestone on their stadium, with video showing at 11 a.m., they will place the fine ad -- final beam at the to which the stadium. the ceremony is followed by a free community barbecue and new stadium will open next year at going of the mls season. >> baseball is back. fans crowded at&t park to watch the giants and the oakland a's last night and will play in san francisco and then at the oakland coliseum tomorrow, they beat the giants 4-0. >> watch any of the game? i watched through the fourth before going to bed. >> pretty good. >> i watched stanford. >> another good one. they didn't match up well

against dayton and neither would kansas. >> a dole like kansas host twice and stanford beat them and now stand for lost. >> you want your team to boat you to keep winning but, no, it didn't matter. >> another baseball game tonight how is it looking? >> like last night. maybe milder. a sprinkle is possible at end of the game we could get drizzle developing before the light rain moves in. 57 by the time the game ends. you can see the best radar return to the north and the east. and the humidity is coming in from the ocean keeping us feeling like spring today with sunshine breaking through the clouds on the exploritorium and dew points higher than we are used to and it will be a muggy day at times. you can see how calm the water is as we look on to the bay area and to the port of oakland if you take a ferry, not bad,

mostly dry and warmer today, maybe not this warm, and upper 70's to low 80's in the island and we are close to accident in some areas and steady rain is saturday and monday and unsettled next week. here is the temperatures today, in the mid-60's to nearly 70 degrees and areas with more sunshine are the east bay valley and the south way so you are the warmest and the upper 50's to low 60's along the coast. tonight, we are very mild low-to-mid 50's in most areas like this morning but you can see the green and yellow. that is light-to-moderate rain overnight. at 5:00 this evening, a sprinkle is possible in the north bay but the steady rain is if mendocino county as we head through the evening the light rain moves in, and the rest of us have drizzle anding super els but nothing too heavy in the evening. from midnight through 8:00, the rain moving into the heart of the bay and the south bay from 8:00 2:00 when the

heaviest rain is rolling through the south bay and then the system is so slow we could have light rain in the evening but most of that will be south of us and as we head to sunday, we are looking at clearing and not bad. temperatures will rebound a little bit. rainfall amounts with the system slowing down and we will be highest in the highest elevation at 1" to 3" up north, and up to .75" for the rest of us. the "seven on your side" shows sunday, a rebound in the temperatures, it will be cool rain. monday has rainfall totals robust as temperature. morning showers on tuesday. another chance of rain on thursday. leyla gulen? >> it is friday height. nice continues this morning as we head into san jose and everyone is running at top speeds. 101 between the nimitz up to the san jose airport and beyond and

the southbound direction 50 miles per hour with a pocket of slowing around the airport and otherwise we are wide open and at look at 280 away from 680 into cupertino that drive is moving along fine and the southbound direction no delays and highway 85 is clear and accident free. to the north if your travels take you to the sunol grade we have traffic building as you try to approach highway 84 southbound traffic away from dublin, still moving along fine account nimitz through fremont not bad and young city and hayward and castro valley, you name it, 880, 580, nice and cheer. the toll plaza shows bay bridge, cash paying lanes are building up and from emeryville camera to the eastern span of the bridge, more traffic bidding, however, everyone is moving along. >> you will like this story a 12-year-old boy in new jersey is hitting a home run with a unique

idea to support united states troops overseas. billy cook thought it would be cool to send baseballs to the troops signed with notes of support by friends friends and neighbors. it was the public service project for the bar miss ask -- for his bar mitzvah but it was growing and growing. he senator out 1,500 baseballs. >> you ericing consider life for us. it means a lot to me. and a last people. >> i have met so many people who are complete strangers to me and have become my friends because of this project. they tell me how great my son is. >> a unit in afghanistan showed appreciation by displaying their billy balls on the first day of hanukah last year. billy and his family vowed to continue sending the baseballs even after his bar mitzvah has passed. >> marriage could be a life saver, the new research suggests that tying the not could literally be good for your heart. >> first twitter and turkey is

now taking. action against youtube. >> from sochi to the states four legged friends from half a world away are looking for new homes in the united

>> viral video. a florida motorists filmed an irrat tailgating driver who overtakes her. watch what happens. the man driving the truck loses control and runs into a ditch on the other side of the road. she is laughing. laughing. the woman titled it "instant karma," when they uploaded it to

youtube and racking up two million views so far. >> happening today, president obama is on the way to saudi arabia after leashing the european continent and took off from rome three hours ago and is shifting the attention from talks with european hers of the situation with the russians in ukraine to middle east issues. president obama will meet with saudi king and arab allies who have been unhappy over the handling of iran's nuclear ambitions and syria's civil war. the president wanted to reassure them that despite troop withdrawals from iraq and afghanistan the united states is not abandoning the arab world. >> a danville teacher is not giving up hope to get the favorite actor, will ferrell, to help chaperone the high school prom. ♪ let it go ♪ let it go >> the choir never likes me

anyway. >> this video is the second attempt to get will ferrell to come to the high school on may 10. the determined teacher goes around the high school asking students if they would lick the comic to chaperone the prom. he has not heard back. >> he is a funny guy with his own little will ferrell. >> i hope he succeeds. maybe the hollywood celebrities are now drawing a line in the sand and saying, well, enough of that. it was fun the first type. 76 in fresno, and upper 60's to low 70's with partly sunny conditions to the south and we will talk about what is happening headed to the high country this welcome. we have a winter storm watch tomorrow morning at 5:00 a.m. and sunday at 5:00 a.m. and lake level to 10" and 1' to 2' on the slopes and it will be tough to get there with snow legal down to 4,000' from midnight tonight

influence 5:00 a.m. on mound and 1' to 3' of snow on the when slope at the highest elevation. look at all the chances of snow for lake tahoe: it will be a good one. >> don't need the chains today if you are headed out to the snow today you will not need the chains but i have the full lake tahoe report if a little bit. at home, we did have this at the arena, warriors are taking on the memphis grizzlies at 7:30 and doors open at 6:30. expect to see plenty of traffic long the nimitz and surrounding streets so use bart today. i will be headed out this with drive time traffic tracy to dublin loading up 34 minutes in the westbound direction. 101 from san rafael to san francisco is under 20 minutes. >> a startling new report of autism from the centers for disease control. one in 68 children live with the

disease up 30 percent from the last major study in 2008. boys are five times more likely to be diagnosed than girls. it is believed. of the increase is because the doctors are diagnosing autism more frequently especially in children with milder symptoms. >> is marriage good for your heart health? people who are married seem to have a lower risk of several types of cardiovascular disease. researchers. say the difference is modest but most notable in those under 50. married people do better after undergoing surgery to clear blocked blood vessels in the heart. maybe because they have someone to take care of them. that study was in the american heart journal. >> we have good news for people up at this hour, mcdonald's is giving away free coffee for a limited time as competition for the breakfast crowd intensifying. they announced participating

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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> decision day for leland yee. his colleagues are hours away from deciding whether to suspend

him if he doesn't resign. >> this morning, pg&e is ready to face criminal charges for its role in the pipeline disaster. live doppler 7 hd shows clear skies in the bay area but meteorologist mike nicco says get ready for a wet weekend. good friday morning. thanks for joining us. we will check in with mike nicco to see if this is the rain that could change the plans. >> i think so especially in the morning and early afternoon. if you are headed out you can see the radar and the satellite are cloudy with some sprinkles and some drizzle but that is it. you may find a wet spot with moisture on the roads this morning. but it is not wet. we will talk about drizzle at 7:00, the bay day planner with 62 and clouds at noon through 4:00 and at evening, 59 degrees.