live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> the search for answers underway into the devastating crash that claimed the lives of five high school students and five adults turning a school bus and a fedex truck into a ball of hours two hours west of chico. >> northbound interstate 5 through orland is still closed as crews remove the wreckage. ten people were killed and half were high school students from the los angeles area. they were headed for college campus tours yesterday when a

fedex truck crashed into their bus. the ntsb arrived in the last two hours and the c.h.p. just held a news conference moments ago. >> parts of the investigation will include looking into the human factors that could have caused the collision. we do not know if the fedex driver fell asleep or experienced mechanical failure with the vehicle or if there was a separate collision on the southbound side that caused him to lose control. the crash happened 20 miles west of chico and 100 miles north of sacramento. >> we will go back to the scene with abc7 news reporter who is going to be with us in a few minutes. san francisco police announce an arrest in a deadly hit-and-run accident where officers say the driver double backed and looked at the victim on the ground before speeding

away. a surveillance video caught a picture the white dodge after the driver hit an asian woman in her 80's three weeks ago. the woman was in the crosswalk and had a green light. witnesses say the driver made a u-turn, slowly drove by the woman lying on the ground and sped off the victim died at the scene. under arrest is a 31-year-old woman taken into custody yesterday facing felony hit-and-run and vehicular manslaughter. >> we are getting our first response report on 49ers' quarterback colin kaepernick one of three san francisco 49ers dealing with issues taking their attention off the field. nick joins us with kaepernick's response. >> one of 49ers had the court case moved and today we hear from 49ers' quarterback colin kaepernick in response to an incident in miami that the

police are just now starting to investigate. >> colin kaepernick made the comments about the investigation and the alleged incidents on twitter. the charges i have seen are completely wrong and make things up about me that never happened. i take great pride in who i am and what i do but sometimes you have to deal with someone who makes things up. i thank all who share statements and i assure you your faith is not misinflationed. >> miami police are investigating a report of a woman who blanked out after drinking and smoking weed at an apartment in the company of 49ers' quarterback colin kaepernick and two seahawks player and woke up the next day in the hospital and filed a report to find out what happened. the report does not allege any crime. >> kaepernick has been doing off season work outs at center in miami. he is only the latest 49er to be under the glare of the media

spotlight. one will appear if court this afternoon. 49ers corner back culliver is facing hit-and-run accident after hitting a bicyclist with the car and leaving the scene. last september, outside linebacker am -- aldon smith went into rehab over discussion mission of drunk driving. the hearing today was pest pointed. >> both cases were put over to april 21 so we can figure out what to do. the misdemeanor could be sent down to the trial courts to set a trial date and the felony could be set for preliminary hearing. we will know more on the 29th. >> we have place add link to the incident report naming kaepernick on our website. to read it in its entirety goes to abc7news.com.

we have another protest against those private google buses that carry employees from san francisco to the silicon valley. protesters claim that high-tech workers with their big salaries driving up the rent. eric thomas is joining us and targeting specific people. >> using the buses as a tool accuses google employees of driving up rents and evicting people in san francisco. to show the displeasure they go after one of google's major perks. >> protesters have gone after google buses before but today was a case of hide-'n-seek with the bus not stopping at 19th as urge but at 18th but they found it. they did not demonstrate against google but critical of a google executive for evicting tenants from a building he owns. they say two of the tenants are teachers. >> we hope they realize there are a lot people who are not going to let them soviet -- get

by with this. >> obviously there is a problem. i don't think that blocking google buss is the way to get it solved. >> a necessariy protest in a neighborhood that is used to them. we contacted google with a request for a response from the executive who was being protested against but we have not heard back. the google bus protests are nothing new but usually it is about a problem the people have with the company itself. targeting individual workers or executives by blocking the buses could be the start of a trend. ladies? the 46-year-old sailor knocked overboard in the middle of around the world yacht race will dock in san francisco today. andrew taylor was in the water if 90 minutes a he was swept into the middle of the pacific ocean. this is video of the dramatic rescue. the crew mates fought to

maneuver the boat closer to taylor but the waves pushed him further and further away. taylor will vote at pier four at noon. >> now we know how much it cost to rescue the san diego family off the coast of mexico: $663,000 and could go higher. the family arrived back on shore on wednesday. the family has take were heat for taking their children on a year-long sailing trip. >> back to the 207 story a deadly bus crash west of chico on i-5 and mary has the latest from the scene. mary? >> good morning. as you can see behind me they are hauling away the wreckage from this deadly crash and investigators are investigating what caused the truck to cross over the median and crash head on into the bus.

>> a student trip turned tragic in an insaint. excited teens from several different high schools on their way to a college tour and a fedex truck suddenly crossed the center divider and slammed head on into their bus. >> upon arrival it was fully engulfed in flames. >> video captured the horrifying ball of fire that erupted when the two vehicle collides with massive flames devouring the vehicles as they struggled to put out the place. high school student jonathan was sleep on the bus when he woke to screams. what followed was mass panic. >> it was hard to breathe. i panicked. smock -- smoke was everywhere. you could not see where you were going. >> students scrambled to escape through windows and watched helplessly as many of their friends perished inside. ten are dead. five are students. dozens more were injured. >> this was one person when we

arrived on the scene that was on fire. >> national transportation safety board is rushing to the scene to investigate. >> people want information regarding the investigation. we may not have some answers for months. >> in addition to the five students, three of their chaperones died and both the drivers of the bus and the fedex truck were killed, as well. kristen? >> thank you, mary. we will follow this story on air and online and you can follow our developing news reporting on twitter@abc7newsbayarea. >> trouble for a fedex plane in oakland. airport spokesman says that a crew reported the plane had hot brakes which can lead to bigger problems if nothing is done and it happened before 7:00 this morning. they parked on the tarmac to check it out and firefighters

were called to be on the safe side. it was cleared 15 minutes later. leading tech companies just made a massive commitment to san francisco, a who's who of business and political leaders gathered to reveal the biggest office lows in city history. amy hollyfield is in front of the future transbay tower. amy? >> kristen, this just happened, city officials say the hose was just signed yesterday. i am sure you have seen this construction here before at mission and fremont but new we know who and what will be here. take a look at model just released moments ago at a press conference at headquarters, with house minority leader pelosi on hand to applaud the announcement of this if you towers, sales forces will lease more than half of the power at the center. it will be called the sales

force power and they will add 1,000 jobs here in san francisco. i asked the mayor how he brokered this deal? did he promise tax breaks? he said no, he just found out this week. >> it was a surprise announcement to us in san francisco government. we didn't know they were going to expand until they told us. we received it with, wow, really? the staff explained that "this is our home, we feel so comfortable here." >> whether it is the ripple effect, really strong ripple effect this will all have, we are very, very blessed to is sales force in our midst going to the big hightower in the cloud but nothing cloudy about the thinking. >> it is a cloud computing company with an urban campus on this block. three buildings will be here and

they onlily looked at mission bay but changed their mind and decided to come here because the executives say they liked this area better, the transportation options and the restaurants. this tower opening in 2017 and they say it will be the tallest building on the west coast. notwithstanding you. still to come, the day of silence taking place an the country today to encourage students to speak out about a big problem affecting them. >> wait this will you see how hillary clinton deflected a protester on hurled a shoe at her. >> the social weedia breast taking place to get drop box to drop another former secretary of state from its board. see you in a moment.

>> already recycling -- what was that, a bat? >> she made a yoke. the show must go on. former secretary of state hillary clinton went on with the speech after a woman threw a shoe at her in las vegas yesterday. the protester was taken into custody. clinton ducked just in time and didn't miss a pete while speaking to recycling industry group. you saw the jokes. >> my goodness i didn't know solid waste management was so controversial. thank goodness she didn't play softball like i did. >> the potential presidential candidate got a big round applause and the shoe thrower did not say why she did it but was not preden shuled for the

event at the hotel casino. >> search officials are confident signals detected in the indian ocean are from the missing jet's black boxes raising hopes that they are chess to solving one of aviation's most perplexing mysteries. several sounds have been picked up and there is only enough battery power to last 30 days and that time has come and gone. >> happening now, thousands of student across the country are taking part in the 19th annual "day of silence" to raise awareness about bullying. the public service announcement is encouraging tolerance they will keep quiet unless asked to participate in class. the goal is to put an end to name-calling and harassment. >> the addition of condoleeza

rice to the board of directors of the san francisco start-up is now leading to an interpret protest. a through website called "live dopplerdrop, drop box," to force condoleeza rice off the board. they said her role in setting united states policy in iraq and her role in surveillance makes her a poor choice for the start-up. drop box is not commenting. >> now, meteorologist mike nicco is not here but we have leyla gulen. >> how does it look? >> rain and drizzle. we have a few holes in the low cloud but it is a cloudy start. the clouds will persist down the day and down for the better part of the weekend with drizzle in the forecast. the seven-day forecast is ahead. >> thank you, the bay area college campus statue comes

underattack and the piece of history that the vandals

covering cupertino, concord, wine country and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. happening now, police in san jose state university are trying to figure who vandalized the famous campus statue overnight. vandals stole the the medal off this statue, smith raised this when the national anthem played.

security will be reassessed. the medal is not actually made of gold. look who is here for meteorologist mike nicco. >> good morning, everyone. did you bring sun or clouds? >> cloud, sorry. it is going to be more sunny by the end of the weekend. we have something to look forward to. from emeryville to the eastern span of the bay bridge, it will be cloudy for most of the day today and we had thick fog along the coast and that will persist and it will bring us drizzle tomorrow morning. right now live doppler 7 hd shows radar satellite with returns there that continue to bring the cloud layers up to the coast and will continue to blanket the bay area. who are down to five mills visibility at half moon bay and mostly unlimited visibility but breezy conditions including 12 miles per hour at sfo with

flight arrival delays at an hour because of the low ceiling we have. as we take a look at what is happening our highs today across the state if you headed out of town, expect to see thundershowers through lake tahoe, and 87 in fresno and 95 in palm springs under mostly sunny skies but the scattered clouds are with us the better part of the weekend and the highs around the bay area are 68 at san mateo and 71 in san jose and will top out above the mid-70's for inland areas including antioch and concord and 80 degrees in clear lake so. er there along the coast and going to be just about 60 degrees. lows are going to be chilly and we down to the 40's, 46 at half moon bay and under dense fog, again, that will bring the drizzle that will last through the morning hours and burn off with a low at 48.

52 in san jose for a low. now, the area of low pressure coming in from the pacific is going to be touching down in the bay area right now and tonight you can expect to see the coastal drizzle through the morning with a brief high and, then, we will see the sunshine by sunday and warming conditions by monday. the giants are taking on the colorado rockies with first pitch at 7 clean -- 7:00. you can expect to see the drizzle bringing the temperatures down and then, guess what? we have possible showers on wednesday and thursday with temperatures right back down, again. >> leyla gulen, thank you. >> next, the perfect pet: a perfect mix.

at 4:00, the expensive cost of the flipped smart cars and how owners are dealing with the damage to their vehicles from this week. >> new fall out over the heartbleed security bug. >> and now, friday's perfect pet. leyla gulen? >> i am here with annie and elizabeth from the humane society of silicon valley. today is a perfect day for perfect pet because it is "national pet day." tell us about annie? >> a five-year-old pekingese mix. her owner passed away and available for adoption at the humane society silicon valley in milpitas. she is family friendly and a sweet companion and during her

favorite thing: sitting with us and inning petted. >> she has a wonderful temperament and is gentle. she need as loving home. that ball has her attention that joey is squeezing. she seems like a sweet and dear dog. children? >> she has been approved for families, yes, great with kids and just loves riding in the car and wants to go everywhere with you but wants to be someone's best friend. >> and pekingese are known to be popular among chinese nobility but you don't have to be royalty to own this little baby. slow is a sweetheart. she is known as a lion dog? adorable. more information on your website which we will post. >> thank you. call now!

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