>> crews are still here. not only three homes destroyed but seven displaceed. i want you to see how much the damage did not only to property but to the homes. firefighters tried to put at the fire. part of the problem was a gas line fueling the fire after the walls of a home burned to the ground. the house where the fire started is destroyed and flames spread to two other houses. the neighborhood is full of what are called ickler homes, built in the 60's, a reputation with firefighters. >> it is so open it allows more airflow so that helps with the fuel production and heat in the fire in the structure. >> the homes can burn so quickly

they are called seven-minute ickler's and pug pug -- pg&e cut the gas two hours later. at the peak it went to three alarms and a dozen residents were evacuated to the middle school. the cause is still under investigation. you can see the damage. when daylight comes i will show you more beyond the fence. in san jose for abc7 news. >> a los angeles liver has a bullet-proof vest for savingly life when he was shot seven times. a man walked into the lap traffic -- lapd traffic division and opened fire hitting an store seven times. the suspect was hit and the officer we was hit suffered only minor injuries. >> shot seven times at close

range by a semi-automatic pistol and to be talking to me and textingly friend on his mobile device which will remain unnamed is amaze. >> the suspect is hospitalized in critical condition. in word on the cause of opening fire. >> suspended state senator yee is due in federal court this morning for arraignment in an f.b.i. corruption case. senator yee and two dozen others were arrested in an f.b.i. sweep two weeks ago and named in a federal grand jury indictment. the charge range from political corruption to gun trafficking. senator yee is charged with seven counts of agreeing to import guns and arrange preferential treatment if undercover agents posing as campaign supporters. >> a judge decided to allow a prominent consultant charged with corruption in the case to remain free on bail. a judge yesterday rejected a firm prosecution demand to

revoke keith jackson's $250,000 bail. the judge gave him a knew more week to fine more collateral for the bond to ensure he will attend his court hearings. the former school board president is accused of conspiring with senator yee in traffic weapons. another suspect to be arraigned is raymond "shrimp boy" chow who hired a new legal team including local defense attorney tony sara charged with laundering millions from drug sales gambling and other crimes and is held without bail. happening today a concord police officer is arraigned on charges of burglary and elder abuse for stealing prescription drugs from senior citizens. the 38-year-old, a 12-year veteran who works as a k-9 for is accused endeavoring a sear beyond housing complex and stealing prescription pain medication from residents. he is held at contra costa county jail in martine does.

resentment grows if san francisco toward tech workers. some activists are angry of the changes. they believe the high-tech types are bringing changes they don't like to the city. >> he posted this video, plucking a raccoon off his dog and throwing it down the stair well and now kevin is in the news again for instagram post showing a flyer that was distributed in san francisco. >> it is offensive flyers. the neighbor received one of the flyers which calls him a pair side and rose is a google venture partner and according to period of times the start-up said he funds and brings swarms of young entrepreneurs that ravaged the landscape of san francisco and oakland. >> it is unfair to come here in the morning and shout at his

house saying he is a parasite. >> this is the latest in the escalating war against tech workers blamed forrizing housing costs. >> demonstrators in oakland climbed on a yahoo bus and vomited on the windshield the he said "i agree with need to solve rising rent and crackdown on landlords." i have had my host protested multiple times but i am an elected official. >> a supervisor has been outspoken on the issue saying demonstrators have a right to protest their approach is misguided. >> trying to demonize technology workers is not going to make housing more affordable. >> we tried to reach the people behind the we flyers but we are waiting for their response. >> tech resentment is a new possible motive in the car flipping incident that we first

reported yesterday on morning news. vandals tipped over four smart cars and towed away yesterday evening. witnesses say vandals wearing hoodies upended three other smart cars and one victim was living here for 20 years and said there is an association between smart cars and new wealth coming into the city. >> the smart car and this is linkedin people's mine but we only have owned this for six months but you get negative comments. >> others believe they targeted because they are small can easy to tip over. this was overturned in vancouver in 2011. >> hard to believe it is it will early april. >> a rebound from where we were with the rain for about ten days. here is live doppler 7 hd, it is dry this o and a few low clouds along the coast and high clouds

starting to roll in and we are city going to have a prosecute of sunshine today and a high u.v. index so you forgot the sunscreen yesterday and working outside a little red today better fine something stronger. mold spores are moderate and grass and weed pollen are low but the tremendous pollen will get you today in the high category. the next 12 hours we have fog along the coast and otherwise it is sunny by 7:00, and the sun is coming up at 15 minutes before then and we will be in the mid-50's to 60 so mild this morning and as we head through noon we will have high clouds and sunshine and mid-60's at the coast and low-to-mid 70's for bay and inland neighbors and stay in the mid-50's at the coast at 4:00 and the mid-70's to low 80's as the kids are getting out of school between 3:00 and 4:00 so have a lot of water if they are headed to practice. enjoy the day. leyla gulen? >> we have the giants' home opener if san francisco at at&t

park so we will see plenty of traffic around at&t park. gates open at noon with first pitch scheduled at 1:35. expect lots of traffic around king street and off of 280. always use mass transit. mewly is there to help you out with bart. now, the drive time traffic headed to work right now, westbound, from antioch to hercules it is 30 minutes and 80 westbound to the pays is 15 minutes, and in san jose, northbound, from highway 85 to the san jose airport it is a short seven-minute commute. and the other east bay areas and other parts of the bay area for the morning traffic are coming up. kristen? >> coming up next, potential set back in the search if the missing malaysian jet as searchers have a new game plan to find the wreckage. >> launch of a ground breaking project to find cures for debilitating brain diseases with the only hurdle is the brain regular city needs to overcome.

>> >> shoppers get more than they bargained for when the shells drop like dominoes. first, the tech bytes. >> apple is working on an overhaul of the we software used on their computers that could include siri and is expected at the developers conference in june. the navy is working on software to remotely pilot a helicopter and is controlled by an a operator with a smart pad with no word on when the technology will replace actual human pilots. this could be the answer to director battery power problems a new charger from israeli company that can fully charge your cell phone battery in 30 seconds. will device is two years from hitting the market. >> those are the tech bytes. have a great day,

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burlingame, campbell and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. fremont police have now contacted a woman seen on surveillance video stealing a package from a home. police released this video on friday showing a woman walking her dog and circling back to a him where she picks up a package left on the front porch and walking away with it. >> we are getting information from citizens and when the video was shown to the police officers a couple of them recognized the suspect. >> the package contained s.a.t. preparation becomes. most of the property has been recovered and working with the district attorney to file charges much the suspect is not in custody. researchers launch a ground breaking online project to help to treat brain diseases and disorders, hoping to promote better understanding of brain health and make clinical trials on brain diseases more efficient and less expensive.

the project will target conditions such as alzheimer's disease, parkinson's disease and post-traumatic stress disorder. the first to sign up will take place at a swim and registration drive on jefferson street this morning. >> crews are marking the one month anniversary of the disappearance of malaysia airlines flight 370 scouring the floor of the indian ocean and hope to locate the signals of the jets' black blockses before they are last never. we are in australia. >> you recall the strainian ship "the ocean shield" using this pinger locator, detecting two signals over the weekend consistent with signals sent by a flight data recorder. in the last 24 hours officials say they have not heard anymore of the pings. >> if we can get more ping, more transmissions, we can get a

better "fix" on the ocean floor which will enable a much more narrowly focused visual search for wreckage. >> if they do detect more pings the team will then deploy this underwater tore tore -- torpedo-looking device and would reveal the wreckage of the boeing. this new zealand airplane is one of a dozen on the search today. the problem, the weather. if this is wreck average it will be harder to see. >> officials admit there is doubt about whether the pings are coming from the malaysia airlines flight 370 blacks boxes but expect several more days of intense action to track down that signal. today the day that millions of computer owners are more susceptible to hackers. microsoft is ending support for

the windows xp operating system. the 13-year-old old platform is used on a third of all computers around the world and thousands of bank a.t.m.s and the no longer have system updates to protect against viruses. you will not be able to call microsoft for help on this. they want to move customers on to end withs 8 which started at $100. >> eight people were injured and seven seriously when shelving units toppled over on shoppers at a 99 cent store. witnesses said packed shelves came down one after the other burying shoppers under discount merchandise. the victims which you two children. most injuries are break were bones the. >> the shelf came down lick a domino effect. we her the ladies screaming and the man behind me, his leg was caught i helped him get out and he helped me.

>> fire crews started pulling merchandise 50 of the victims and taking it out on to the street. officials do not think there is structural damage but are trying to figure the cause of the first shelf to collapse. >> maybe it was a 99 cent piece. >> of shelf increasing all. >> we can joke because no one was seriously sure. >> all right, we will turn to happier news... >> absolutely. you will be singing "seventh inning stretch." >> that is for sure. >> good morning, everyone. if you liked yesterday you will love today. the coast will be cooler but everyone else the armth peaks with high pressure over us and most of us are calm this morning on live doppler 7 hd and fairfield, san jose, and sfo have a fee, three, and six mile

winds respectly. coming to across-the-board golden gate bridge, it is 53. and ocean beach is 51. through the ferry building, 58 headed to downtown and 57 in the mission district. that is what we are seeing on the peninsula and the east bay sure from vick at richmond and san leandro at 58. santa clara is 54 and beam is 59 and we are in the mid-to-upper 50's around walnut creek and tracy and 48 in petaluma. right now, you can see how clear and calm the tuesday morning is. it will be mostly sunny with high clouds and lingering low clouds near the coast where it will be localized sea breeze today so the temperatures are slightly cooler. the sea breeze is going to spread the cooling inland tomorrow through saturday and if you look for rain, it is at least ten or 14 days away so sprinkler systems and irrigation

systems will probably need to be turned back on. >> a lot of low-to-mid 80's through here with 84 in san jose and los gatos at 87, a warm spot, and 75 in millbrae and 79 in san mateo and low-to-mid 80's from redwood city to los altos and the upper 60's to nearly 70 along the coast and mid-70's in downtown and south san francisco, and sausalito, also, low-to-mid 80's through the north bay valley and upper 60's at the beaches and along the east bay shore we will top out in the upper 70's and a few 80's from san leandro south and mid-80's in the east bay valley and the house was getting toasty. if you cannot on the windows -- you need to get fresh air in. low-to-mid 50's tonight and high pressure anchored over the to which us and that will steer the storms away and you can see we drop tomorrow and we level off on thursday and we drop on

friday, saturday, and level off for the weekend. what you will notice is we will have a steady dose of clouds at the coast with the cooling trend. >> western exposure at my room it was like an oven. >> bart trains are running on time and we have construction project going on for quite some time, a full closing of both lanes, northbound and southbound of highway 84 between stanley boulevard down to this area where we have a paving project being done there. it looks like all lanes will re-open at 5:00 this morning and you can get an it. if you can avoid it, try. as you travel along 580, there is a buildup of traffic over the altamont pass. at the bay bridge toll plaza you can see it is empty for tuesday morning commute the right now we don't have too many cars making

it away from the maze and into san francisco. >> at ft. hood in texas, the rampage that left three dead and 16 wounded last week was related to the shooter's request for leave from the army post. an army spokesman did not indicate dug a brief news conference yesterday whether specialist ivan lopez was granted the leave but a friend said he learned ivan lopez may have been upset because he could not return home after his mother died in november. authorities have said the shooting was preceded by a verbal altercation epa van -- ran van had with other soldiers. he took his own life. four survivors will be honored by president obama at a memorial on the base tomorrow. boston has unveiled a new country to remember the city's deadly boston marathon bombing at the public library with edges written in the days after the bombing scribbled on thousands of shoes, notes, t-shirts and cars. the mayor and senator warren

attended. >> exhibit is a moo-ing -- a moving tribute to those affected by the tragedy and an insiring dislay of how our community came together to heal and to support each other. the april 15 bombing last year killed three people and injured more than 200. >> the marathon this year is april 21 and organizers say this will be increased security. coming up, airline travelers are squeezed again and we do mean squeezed. one carrier has grounded a certain fruit from the plane. >> a local dad is putting sack lunches to

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>> a hike, trail is closed at yosemite after a massive rock

fall after 16,000 tons of rock fell from a hill into a creek. some crushed trees and 400 streets of the trail were ruined. >> a lot people want to head over this because the weather so nice. >> absolutely, it has been warm this, as it will at at&t park. stake the the -- take the sunscreen. it will feel ten degrees warmer than this. 74 at first pitch and dropping down to 70 by the end of the game. have fun. 64 at lake, 78 in yosemite, and through the central valley, mid-to-upper 80's and 92 in fresno and 98 in palm springs. 88 in los angeles. the seven-day forecast for lake tahoe is absolutely warm up here with temperatures running at ten

degrees warmer-than-average and not a single chance of snow the next seven days. safe travels. >> 9 degrees, like the band? >> you are a fan. >> you remember that? >> as we move into the north bay southbound 101 at lincoln avenue we have three lanes blocked and that will last until 5 o'clock this morning. we are r have a stalled big rig that is fully loaded westbound on 92, so, watch out for that. at look at drive time traffic shows 680 and 101 and 17 all move along at top speed. >> thanks. consumer news shows a consequence of rising lime prices and some airlines are not offering lime in beverages. united is offering lemon,

instead, abort some flights. the average price at super markets has jumped 20 cents because of the california drought and the mexican drug war are to blame. >> a local dad is taking lunch to a new level. look at this: bo spends sundays making lunches for the three children. but you will not see pb&j sand wishes are,s would of art. >> he gets the themes from the kids. he says the creations are a way to show that he misses them while they are at school. happy valentine's day. he posted pictures of the lunches on his website www. launchboxdad.com where he hopes other parents are inspired >> overnight developments in the oscar pistorius taking the stand

against with a new defense strategy. hillary clinton barn storms in the bay area where she will speak today and who she will speak to. >> plus, we are excited: opening day at at&t park with the grand fanfare planned for the home opener for the giants.

live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. it is 5:00 on tuesday. thank you pore joining us. eric thomas is up, i am kristen sze. but meteorologist mike nicco, how are we waking up? >> warmth is not taking a day off. it may later on in the seven-day forecast but another warm one especially away from the coast. live doppler 7 hd shows it is dry and showing low clouds and a few high clouds that will vietnam in as we hoof through the day. that is the difference compared to yesterday but we will have high clouds. temperature-wise, cooler at the coast 66 to 70 and warm inland. 74 to 85 and around the bay, 80 to 87. temperatures are well above average, almost 15 degrees above average. leyla gu