we begin with spencer christian with the latest. spencer? >> down pours and thunder, strikes of lightning. a calm weather picture now. but not calm down in the south bay, we have widest area of that rainfall now. and some very heavy down pours. bright yellows and oranges showing up. down towards the coastline so we've got heavy activity at the moment. and a forecast animation at this evening, we have pockets of it. evening hours, that pattern tens until 11:00. we have another line of steadier rainfall. possibility of some isolated

thunderstorms. so what is still to come next. cheryl? >> thank you >> thunderstorms not that common so you might imagine one woman's surprise when she found her house had been damaged by lightning. >> well, you know, you can see we're having a break in the rain now. earlier it was coming down. now that is a welcome site here in dry marin county but came with something extra. it was electrifying. it was a call from a neighbor that sent elizabeth rushing home to find this. >> you can see a big tree. that is what is hit. >> splintered wood, glass after lightning strike this redwood with such force it slammed into the house, shattered windows and blew out electricity. i've been through a lot of earthquakes but never lightning

strike. >> firefighters ripped open walls to look for shouldering wires how well did the door survive? >> not well. >> it's a testament. >> according to the neighbor there is a giant light flash. >> sounded like a bomb went off. >> eli and her husband thought their house had been hit. >> i was on the phone with someone in new york and thought oh, my god. what is that? >> our board members asked our customers to cut back, how. >> inspite of the down pour they're still in a drought.

>> it will take extra rain to change that picture. >> and having the strike here was probably a once in a lifetime event. >> i wish i'd seen it but i'm glad i wasn't here. >> now weather caused problems for a cruise ship in san francisco. authorities believe the wind and rain snapped a line that attached a queen victoria to pier 35. no one was hurt. >> and if berkeley is where news joins us live. >> neighbors are stopping by they just cannot believe what happened here. that picture is once good 80

feet tall and huge brafrnls. if you can imagine something exploding, that is what happened at about 1:22 this afternoon the wood throughout the neighborhood. cars were damaged and glass, everywhere. a neighbor looking at down pour when it happened. >> i was looking at the tree because there had been strikes. so this light the size of the sun, this flash so huge, so powerful the sound is the loudest thing i'd heard. >> now, a chimney also suffered

damage. pieces landed on the lawn. the lines leading to homes were affected but pg&e acted quickly to repair them and restore power. when picking up one of the pieces that landed just across the street, you can imagine how extent of the damage, and also, think for just a moment that people could have been hurt or perhaps killed. >> scary. a bolt struck an alaska airlines flight today from portland of officials say most didn't know what happened. it's not actually a big deal as scary was it sounds. the weather is causing major

delays and cancellations in san francisco international airport. 102 flights had been cancelled. others delayed two hours. now you can track the rain on our weather app. >> faling tree limb sent a park ranger to the hospital. the ranger cutting tree limbs when the branch broke loose and hit him. moving on, there is a manhunt under way in benicia.

they say it spun out this afternoon the driver was not hurt. the shooter's car crashed and witnesses saw him jump and run into the neighborhood police are trying to track him down. take a look at this sketch. police say this man used a gun to force his way into a home near santa ana drive. the white male in his 30s with a dark beard, you can see and investigators say he forced his way in. police say it's a silver volkswagon

a former firefighter charged with felony driving under the influence is free on bail. the 43-year-old turned himself in last week. video first obtained by the i team shows hem hitting a motorcycle. prosecutors claim his blood alcohol was 1.3 hours after the accident took place. leland yee had his second appearance in court since his arrest on corruption charges. and tonight his attorney is questioning the sting.

>> senator leland ye ex-mad a brief appearance and left talking to his attorney. he spoke about the felony charges facing. leland yee is saying nothing but today his attorney questioned time, and money the fbi had spent in this case. yee has been under investigation since 2011. >> what took so long is that they thought there was wrong doing on his part. why did it take three years? >> the attorney says there is also a question of fairness to yee and the public. iet raises a question of they did nothing. they started pushing this idea

of the arms dealing. >> they allege the main target approached keith jackson. jackson got his friend involved >> are you alleging entrapment? >> it's a defense we have to consider. >> the complaint alleges he was a willing accomplice saying people want to get what they want to get. do i care? no. i don't care. people need certain things. >> peter king at golden gate university says entrapment defense rarely works. >> mun saying the devil made me do it. have you to show you would not have been inclined to commit the crime had it not been for the government conduct. that is

impossible for dedefendants so show. >> yee due back in court april 8th. in san francisco, abc7 news. >> and there is >> rain in the bay area usually means snow in the sierra. >> taking a look at live doppler 7 hd. spencer

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once again turned violent. in southern california three marines were stabbed yesterday trying to break up a fight between dodger and angels fans three years ago on opening day that giants fan brian stow was beaten. it's like i got kicked in the stomach. that left an impact on tim flankery he posted this video to remind fans about that attack. hez band raised 200,000ses today help the stow family. >> this is opening day foremost major league baseball teams. a's hosting indians tonight tonight. with two key words, weather

permitting. >> the game is sold out. it's sunny now but the coliseum is infamous for drainage problems. is this game on? as scheduled? >> well there is two pieces of good news i have for you. first being i can see san francisco from here. the second is that this game being played at night not during the day like asaturday. low tide helps drainage here on the field here is some video we shot early in the day. it did not look good. a's telling me the game is still scheduled to start. first pitch at 7:05. if they do, there is no contingency set for a makeup

date. here is the manager discussing the plumbing. >> not as bad as the other day. from what i heard it was better today than we saw. just wondering how they might be holding up today any issues? >> i have seen them. good to go. i'm proud of our guys they have fun with it. so we do have issues here, they deal with it. you know? they look at to place as our place. so, i think they handle it the right way. >> other problem is that they had to cans quell the game. cleveland only coming here once

this year. so making the game up would be difficult. how this could affect starting pitcher well, i'll have that story later in sports. >> thank you, collin. sports, science tonight into the water table situation more hater in sports, so stay tuned. >> breaking news. >> we're trying to educate, dan. >> thank you very much. >> storm is bringing lots of new snow to the sierra. take a look at traffic camera on interinterstate 80. you can barely see the road, right? snow falling and forcing chains. joining us live now is blue canyon. hi, dave. >> look at it coming down.

it's just almost like a blizzard, really. adding about three inches in the last hour and a half. so folks are slowing down. take a look. folks just really surprised and grumbling a little bit saying aren't we into first week of spring? so some folks showing up in shorts we wanted to show you two kids here in the snow. that were learning how to make snow balls and is to forth. >> in nevada i don't know how long controls are going to be in >> i have chains just waiting for the gentleman to help me.

>> he's going to put them on? >> yes. yes. >> it's tough, it's been dry ask we get used to it >> just take a look at conditions here. you can see these people going too fast. they need to slow down to avoid skidding out. it ices up there, the clouds are hitting and going by over and over again. and folks heading up this way coming up to ski or just go through the pass know it's serious. bottom line is if you can avoid, do. if you plan on coming plan on serious winter.

>> thank you. stay dry. >> winter white out conditions? >> best way is to go we're getting much-needed rainfall. this is live doppler 7 hd. thunderstorms now you can see much of the area experiencing rather calm weather. we've got a wide spread pass of down pours. meanwhile, snowfall increasing and that is going to continue.

looking at snow on the ground, more snow falling on the ground 51 in oakland. another live view of the beautiful presunset sky. 51 degrees in santa rosa. a live view from our camera here at abc7 looking over the bay. we can see lots of blue skies for now. these forecast features we'll see scattered showers overnight and through the day tomorrow. a slight chance of thunderstorms. and some colder air moves in. satellite radar shows passage of that frontal system. it's brought us today's active

weather. there are showers behind that system. 7:00 this evening, waves and areas of showers and rain throughout the day tomorrow. and maybe some thunderstorms. it will fall overnight tomorrow night into wednesday morning by 7:00 rainfall looked impressive. we can see 1 to 2 and a half inches of rain. half an inch to an inch in lower elevations. a winter storm warning. snow in the valleys a foot or more in highest peaks. back in the bay area, low temperatures mid to upper

highs into mid to upper 50s tomorrow. showers linger then partial clearing. slight chance of showers thursday. by weekend we'll take a look at sunny and mild to warm conditions into afternoon in mid-70s. >> regular spring service. >> right. >> assuming there is still regular >> coming up a dramatic rescue >> coming up a dramatic rescue at sea.jennie-o w where every a where every thursday people ride 10 miles for tacos. we thought wsurprise them with a better kind of taco made with jennie-o ground turkey cooked thoroughly to 165. i feed my kids turkey tacos over regular tacos any day.

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dramatic pictures from on board a yacht in the pacific. this crew is ta miles from land when it happened. after an hour and a half of searching the crew spotted taylor's life jacket. that is why they wear those.

>> that is okay. >> the original six rosie the riveters were in washington today the six women worked at kaiser ship yard during world war ii. one of them, a 91-year-old wrote vice president biden asking for more credit for efforts hug, which she got. >> wonderful. >> what a great day. >> for the first time asiana airlines makes a key admission. but also points a finger at spun else.

>> a green is rain. we'll have the storm moving through today with more wet weather coming this evening. stay with us. we'll be right b

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>> you may have noticed skies opened up, causing heavy rain, thunder and lightning. not efb came prepared people were watching without their umbrellas. it was almost impossible to stay dry and check out this video. just floating down the street. so you can follow live doppler 7

hd on twitter. spencer christian will be back with an update >> tonight, asiana air lines admits the pilot of flight 214 coming into sfo too slow last july, when it crashed but the company is pointing finger at boeing. abc # news is live in san carlos to explain. david? >> whether it's like this for a newer 77 # it gives crews option to engage auto pilot function. the complaint is what happens when switched off. a simulator helps layout what asiana says happened.

>> today is the -- >> a simulator helps layout what asiana says happened saying the auto pilots caused the jetliner to float. >> aassumption appears to be auto throttles were on and functioning they had brought them down to 0 thinking the auto throttle automation was going to adjust speed when the engines were idling. >> the aircraft was slowing down. red warning flights r lights signalled glide path was wrong it smashed into the sea wall, tore apart the fuj lauj and triggered a fire. asiana says there ought to be an audible alert to warn of the

landing. >> pilots shouldn't need. that we talk about what passengers deserve is an easy thing to provide that sort of >> it gave evidence of the training. one key document says fly first were captains and pilots. however, last july 6th was it a failing or technical issue? >> did the crew allow the situation to boeing has not responded for comment. today is a dead line for signing up for the affordable health

care act without paying a fee the obama administration says at least 6 million people have signed up. that is 1 million short of the goal. if you miss the deadline, you can have to pay. some people took to streets to get the word thr reports the site has been slow because there are people trying to enroll. officials urging those to be patient. >> now to global warming and a major study that came out today. that study suggests a warning going to get more dire as we move forward.

she's in the a household name. one of hundreds helped write this study. >> science telling what facts are. >> and facts are less than encouraging. >> they're being felt in every part of the world. >> the 90s were warmer than 80s and 70s >> it will paralyze people if they know how bad it is. >> you want smoke stacks? we have smoke stacks you want affects? you have them. >> we're on a trajectoy.

if with you we do that, we're going to lose half of the species on the planet. we can't imagine it yet. >> if greenland melts expect a rise of nine feet. within decades it could become obsolete >> we have shaped our societies for a time we don't have a lot of varibility in our climate. >> plan on more droughts. along eastern seaboard expect more storms like hurricane sandy. the solution is have governments drive for change

have them do it, soon. >> what government needs to now is act on what we're telling them >> still head a major decision

impact of the drought prompted cal fire to hire more seasonal firefighters across the state. they started hiring several hundred in central california, the bay area and the sacramento foot kills. the drought changed that despite the rain. >> to be here in march starting large firing is unheard of. it's to meet dry conditions all winter long and above potential for fire season this year. >> cal fire will open fire stations in california.

new fires will staff fire engines needily. >> apple and samsung accusing each other of stealing ideas and features. samsung ordered to pay $900 million but is now appealing this decision. >> officials issued new safety rules requiring rear-view cameras in many new cameras. the nation will require the new vehicles to include rear visibility technology if they're manufactured on, or after, may

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>> it begs a question can you get a decent car for $25,000 or less these days? >> jennifer stock berger says the answer is yes. >> whenñr how much you'll pay in costs. it's how much in insurance costs. >> some of the cars include several that make consumer reports picks for best cars at any price. >> when they came to the country, it's a joke almost, hyundai. now, there are beautiful cars. >> consumer reports like kiario.

all cars on the list have good repair history. >> in the long run it may end up costing you more. >> you can see the list out. >> more rain coming up >> yes. doesn't look like more rain. >> now. you can see there are expansive areas now and calm we'll have a little bit

precipitation. bay area, showers in the morning and perhaps isolated thunderstorms. here is the accu-weather forecast. after that, partial clearing. and look at the weekend warm up high temperatures mid-70s into the weekend. continuing into next week. thank you very much. >> a strange opening day in oakland. >> a successful coach in the

>> a's will open tonight at home against indians. so sunny gray will get the start tonight. a team decided to repeat.

>> you're referring to jared parker. so in steps sunny gray. first game of 2014. first pitch just minutes away, looking good. will the chaefrng cause more nervousness? >> this stuff shows up. it might help a little bit.

and it doesn't matter, it would be a tough day. >> so i mean when you don't you have to find a way to make them up, if you can. with us, it seems we expect the teams this year. you don't want to play towards the end of the season. you might need an off day. >> a's lost nine straight on opening day. can you believe it? thank you. you hook sunny there as well. >> geents underway in arizona.

good night, game over, drive home safely. another walk off, bottom line, this is ahowing tyler collins to score. a's won that gunmen. spent six years at calorie building a program lagging on, and off the court. he said help is not a problem. his record is enincludes only

one losing season. 18 years spent at stanford the search begins now. >> i wanted to retire on my own terms. i wanted to go out making my own decision not someone else telling me i couldn't coach anymore. et scary. i don't know what i'm going to could do at 4:00 in the afternoon skshgs iefl miss that. >> that is a lot of years. asked if he had regrets he said i could have been warmer in front here but that is just not me >> another storm system headed our way. we're tracking rain.

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