good afternoon, and thank you for joining us. i'm ama daetz. >> a stubborn fire is out in san bruno, it started way 16-year-old girl on a joy ride crashed into building. >> a pizza place in san bruin pope vic lee is live on the scene with the latest. vic? >> reporter: well, one lane of el camino, south of the 280/380 interchange is still closed but traffic is moving smoothly now. firefighters you can see, are trying to stabilize the building. that's the seniore pizza hut a popular pizzeria here in san bruno more than a decade.

firefighters responded to 911 calls a little after 10:00. the fire went quickly to two alarms. a fire that was tough to fight. a ruptured gas line kept giving the stubborn blaze life, shooting flames to the attic of the pizzeria. this is the other than of the once thriving pizza shop i. woke up out of my sleep to run over here and see what eave been working for the last 12 years up in flames. >> reporter: firefighters brought in 18 pieces of equipment including ladder trucks and doused the fire with heavy doses of water hoping it would help. they clamped the two-inch metal gas pipe. fire fighters were able to stop the fire from reaching af= tattoo shop in the same ground-level building. >> they had to kick my door in, and to see if anything flames went into the shop. >> reporter: see this white mercedes-benz wedged into the

pizza shop? firefighters say that's what caused the blaze. a 16-year-old girl was driving the car erratically down a back street. police pursued her through several stop lights. joann wiggins saw the chase from her bedroom. >> it was like a if were you in a racetrack. it was so loud. and fast. >> reporter: the driver apparently lost control and plowed into the pizzeria, ruptures the gas line. the teenager escaped unhurt and was arrested. the fire was put out a little after 12:00 noon. vic lee, abc 7 news. developing news out of san jose. police have take tuan drivers into custody following a crash that killed a pa ennsylvania december snishgs pedestrian. they they may have been racing. they don't know if she was associated with the trucks at the scene pap crew is on the

scene and we'll brick you a live report on abc 7 news at 5:00. happening on the east coast. the blizzard of 2015 is underway. looking at a live picture of times square. not as busy as normala massive storm slams much of the northeast. live at times square, crossroads of the world, not very busy. snowfall up to three feet expected this evening and into morning. a national weather service issued a blizzard warning for a 20-mile swath of the northeast from washington, d.c. to the tip of maine, and as far west as pittsburgh. right now, new york is under a state of emergency. we'll have a look at these storms, the impact and a live report from new york city coming up at 4:30. the big storm is having a dramatic impact on air as well as ground travel. >> yes. at least 3,000 flights were canceled today. and roughly the same number expect ford tomorrow. >> and the bay area, 51 flights

canceled at sfo and one each at mineta san jose and oakland international airport. >> our reporter nick smith has a look at the effect on bay area travel. >> i know they can't help the weather. >> reporter: and you need look no further than the departure board to see how powerful airlines is when it comes to mother nanature. up and down the east coast. philadelphia, even chicago thousands of travelers stopped in their tracks. >> i was going in try pai toaipei through san francisco. >> reporter: and brenda mancuso is only half the way home. >> flight in new york cancelled. they put me on a noon flight. an e-mail said it was cancelled. >> reporter: she isn't the only one. dozens of negotiating with ticket agents passing time with apads or -- >> i'm trying to go to newark.

>> reporter: language this manike this man a voucher given to him by the airline to compensate for an unexpected layover in san francisco. a storm thousands of mile aces a way packing enough of a punch to be noticed state wide. >> booked me on a flight to dulles. i hope to a train to new york from there frrt you're. >> reporter: if you're expecting someone or leaving your yourself, call the airline first. incredible ripple effect around the country. >> absolutely. our weather here, though, spectacular yesterday. >> can't beat what we're enjoy enjoying. we have the forecast. >> a sharp contrast. showing how calm conditions are here, despite the increase in clouds but that's nothing compared with what's happening over in the north atlantic, the

coast a big storm building on the radar image and looks like we'll have we can expect blizzard conditions from new york to boston to bangor. 15 to 30 inches of snow with winds gusting 55 to 65 miles per hour, and away from the coast in the interior areas winter storm warning in effect, 18 to 24 inches of snow will fall. winds will gust from 30 to 40 miles per hour. follow the storm with the timeline. overnight, see most intense effects of the storm felt just after midnight tomorrow and continuing mid-morning hours before the storm finally pups way. meanwhile, back here in the bay area, calm conditions. the first forecast as we look northward from the tower calling for mostly cloudy skies and spotty sprinkles tomorrow. that's in the morning hours mainly spotty sprinkling by afternoon tomorrow mostly cloudy hazy and not much rain to speak of. high temperatures from 60 to 66 degrees. a long are look at the forecast late perp. >> spencer, thank you very much. a man accused of setting fire to his boyfriend house and

vehicle in san francisco was in court today. david diaz pleaded not guilty to those charges, and another charge for possessing and incendiary device. last year he was found guilty of manslaughter for the death of a sexual partner. he set that man's body on fire. a jury found him guilty of arson in that case but the judge threw out the arson conviction. san francisco prosecutors say the judge's decision weighs heavily on the recent arson charges. kg4 >> add insult to injuresy what the judge did after the jury spoke in this case. but add insult to injury is the judges setting aside in dismissal the arson charge. >> police are investigating if diaz was also involved in several other arsons that happened since december in the castro districts. investigators are trying to determine the cause of a rare january brush fire that forced the evacuation of 80 to 90 homes in pacifica early this morning. the wind whipped blaze moved up a littleside in the rockaway

beach area. it broke out about 3:positive in30 in the morning. >> they were very nice. you might want to get out of here. you have 10 to 20 minutes. that's a fire. stunned. a fire? it's wintertime. isn't it? >> reporter: firefighters stopped the fire before it reached any homes and no homes damaged because of quick work by firefighters. it burned about six acres. a deadly shooting in east oakland that happened just after noon from around the dproern allendale elementary school. officers shut down the block to collect eford and talk to witnesses. this was the ninth homicide this year in oakland. add another business to the list of places visited by a please measles patient. the infected american visited dave & busters in mill peete ispitasmilpitas. visitors didn't see overly

concerned. >> i'm from the older generation. e you know we all had measles as kids. i don't flow if the strain worse, better or what but i'm not overly concern about it. >> dave & buster's has its own entrance and the man did flot go into the adjacent mall parentally. this brings to three the number of locations where people were possibly exposed to measles. he also visited a costco the day before. looking for symptoms of measles 21 days after exposure. contract negotiations prompting tough tactics by teachers in union city. teachers enforcing a work to rule action for the next two weeks meaning they'll do no more than the minimum required by the rules of their contract. when school ends teachers won't collect homework or exams outside of the school day. the teachers union hopes this will pressure the school district to meet their demands. and california nurses final

iced a contract with kaiser permanente. three-year deal covers 13,000 nurses increases pay by 14% over three years's time. the nurses planned to walk out for two days last unique week. ed the humane society is looking for who abandoned these puppies last week. they were discovered by a couple walking their dog. fortunately, these little dogs are okay, and being housed as a facility in clayton until they are old enough to be adopted. drivers in san jose are facing a new detour because of b.a.r.t. construction. this intersection closed to vehicles and pa december preensennsylvania december treens snishgs pedestrians the next nine months. running below the intersection. b.a.r.t. service to san jose could begin as early as fall of 2017. a north bay park that's become popular with the homeless

shut down today. boyd memorial park in san ra zell is closed for the next 30 days. mayor gary phillips reeves complaints from people in the community about the homeless presence there. someone set a fire in one of the bathrooms last week and reports of crime and drug use. during the closure, crews will renovate the park, trim vegetation and tear down those bathroom.

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plus for a limited time, get a free security camera call 1800 xfinity or visit comcast.com/xfinityhome. some terrifying moments for a pilot who took off from tracy forced to ditch his plane when he ran out of fuel about 250 miles short of hawaii. and it was all caught on coast guard video. abc news reporter ted rollins has the latest on a dramatic rescue. >> reporter: running out of fuel trying to get to hawaii this single engine plane with just the pilot onboard deploys its parachute. watch as the aircraft dives. then ledges off. the parachute keeping it airborne as it heads towards the water. this incredible footage provided

by the coast guard. the plane took off from northern california and en route to maui when fuel troubles about 250 miles out forced the pilot to take action. the coast guard instructs him to fly towards a cruise ship before using the parachute. after the plane hits the pilot emerges from the cockpit then deploy as life raft he had onboard. a few minutes later the pilot is drifting in the ocean towards the cruise ship that picks him up. >> roger. >> reporter: a few hours later, four people were rescued after another small plane ran out of gas 11 miles west of oahu. three adults and a child hoisted to safety in a dramatic ocean rescue by the coast guard. >> two survivors in the basket. >> reporter: parachutes for airplanes approved by the faa in 1993 and accredited for saving hundreds of lives. the plane in this instance was built with a parachute. >> that made all the difference. coming up at 5:00, abc 7

news report laura anthony looks at the plane's fume system to see how the pilot ran out of gas so quickly. enjoy the super low gas prices, because they may come to an end. predicting at price of gasoline may have hit bottom and may start to rise soon. the survey points out wholesale prices which rose in the past ten days. the average price of regular $2.07. drivers filling up at this arco station, knew a price hike was coming. >> going to go back up? >> probably will. >> what are you going to do? >> guess taxes and death. you know? >> i live for lift and uber and deliver food for caviar and am using gas all day long. prices definitely affect me. >> the price of gasoline is still at its lowest level since 2009 plummeted by $1.247 from this time a year ago.

and pressure to shut down a tracker. realtime traffic guidance and warnings about issues including congestion, car accidents and cops. sheriffs nationwide believe the user committed reports about officer's locations make it a danger to police. police also say it could help criminals safely guest away after robberies. the company thinks carefully about police and security. looking for a little help to save his partner. a canine diagnosed with limb foam mae. the 7-year-old german shepherd recently became sick before a patrol shift. his handler took him to the vet when the discovery was made. the treatment is expensive but can allow him to live out a happy life. without it he'll have just two months to live. >> he comes home with me every day. he's like a member of the family, and it was pretty sad

when we found out and we'll do everything we can to keep him around for as long as we can. >> the city will help cover some of the costs but not all. the sergeant start add gofundme page to raise money. donors pitched in about $4,000 of the $10,000 goal. a new york woman could not save her dog sadly, so she spent their final days together living life to the fullest. this is lauren watt and her 160-pound mastiff giselle. the two have been inacceptable since they met on a tennessee farm 17 years ago. last summer giselle noticed she was limping. turned out she had cancer and lauren decided to hit the road every weekend and celebrate their friendship, through the fall and winter they went on several canoe trip hit the beach. sweets doughnuts and ice cream. had a great time. giselle passed away january 7th. lauren poefrted the story online to inspire other animal lurchers to embrace life even with death staring you in the face and

received thousands of e-mails from others thanking her for the inspiration. she'll never regret that time spent with giselle. >> no. time to turn to the weather and what's ahead for the week. >> spencer christian, outside live with us with a look at the akook weather forecast. hoping for rain? a chance? >> hoping and watching. inging we see clouds increasing but they don't look like they're promising much in the way of rainfall. an increase in moisture as clouds thicken overnight. the storm producing these clouds is down to the south. just off the southern california coast where it's producing light rainfall right now. showers around l.a. and other parts of southern california, but under 1/10 of an inch. back to the bay area clouds increase. current temperature readings mainly in the low to mid-60s, although cooler in napa and petaluma. temperatures dropped into the mid to upper 50s. a live view from the roof top camera. forecast pictures. cloudy skies tonight.

a !sprinkle, that's all we'll squeeze out of the clouds. we're not, but alldrz÷ the clouds will dpliver erdeliver and dry and mild the remainder of the week. that system a weak disturbance moving northward off the southern california coastline and it's driving some clouds and moisture up into our area early tomorrow morning. we may see light showers in monterey bay and parts of the south bay. later in the day notice rainfall and shower activity and spotty sprinkles diminishing and tapering off to nothing by early tomorrow evening. so don't expect much in the way of measurable rain out of this and not much in the way of measurable snow in the central sierra. little ifny accumulation expected especially near lake tahoe in the central sierra. however, farther south the valley southward, maybe a little more than that but no major accumulations expected at all. overnight back in the bay area look for increasing clouds. low temperatures mainly in the mid to upper 40s. a few low 50s. san francisco 512.

51, half moon bay. 50 in oakland. tomorrow, mostly cloudy day with the best chance of spotty sprinkles or light isolated showers in the morning hours. by afternoon, clouds still lingering. it will be a hazy day, a little sun peaking through, but not much at all is expected later in the day in the way of sprinkles or showers. high temperatures generally in the low to mid-60s from coast to inland. here's the accuweather seven day forecast and notice what is shaping up this week bp another mild dry pattern much like last week and temperatures increase towards the end of the week, into the weekend, high temperatures saturday and sunday right around 70 degrees much like this past weekend. we'll see upper 60s on the coast. might be another great weekend for getting out enjoying the beach or other outdoor spring-like activities as we coast into midwinter. dan and ama? >> craig spencer. and a big win at the s.a.g. awards for viola davis. and new amp 4:30 a hot new

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>> "birdman" was a big winner at the s.a.g. awards. >> the cast of "birdman." >> the award for outstanding cast in a motion picture. netflix series "orange is the new black" won two awards for best cast and female actor in a comedy series and a big win for a new show on abc. viola davis took the award for outstanding performance by a female actor in a drama series for her role in "how to get away from murder." they return this thursday night right here on abc 7.

and mark your calendar for oscar sundays. the big awards show is february 22nd right here on abc 7. your oscar station. talking about honors coming off a historic performance, warriors guard clay thompson wins the wrchs conference player of the week. friday he scored an nba record 37 points in a quarter. in the third quarter against the kings he went a perfect 13 for 13 from the field. and 9 for 9 from three point range. he followed friday's game way mere 31 points in a win over boston. so you can see he slumped after that. >> right. >> this was thompson's third player of the week honor. this season. he's hot. wwe is using one of the biggest action heroes ever to promote its wrestle mainian event this month. the professional wrestling organization announced today it will induct armed schwarzenegger into its hall of fame during a ceremony on saturday march 28th. the event is open to the public, and comes the night before

wrestlemania at the stadium. a wwe press release says schwarzenegger has big a big fan since the '70s and made several appearances over the years. just ahead, a monstrous storm blowing into the east coast. preparation underway as the storm closes in. plus the series of threats for air travelers over the weekend and why experts say they're almost always hoaxes. and a disturbing discovery this morning. what was found on the white house lawn? and taking another live look out at your traffic. san mateo bridge, as usual, traffic on the left-hand side coming towards us is a little bit heavier. that's traffic coming

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confusion or abnormal behavior. the most common side effects are mild to moderate nausea and vomiting. call your doctor right away. don't lose another moment to the flu. when there's flu, tamiflu. in news making headlines at 4:30, a pizza shop in san bruno went up in flames after a car slammed into the building starting a gas leak. covering the story tweeting, "police say 16-year-old girl drove a white mercedes erratically, led police on chase and crashed into the pizza shop. she was taken into custody. and a third list of places where people were possibly exposesed to measles.

dave & bufrt erster's and went into a costco and a walmart a day earlier. he tweet fundamental 100 unvaccinated people are exposed to measle 90 will get. from an interview i just did with abc's dr. richard besser. amazing tale from a pilot. ditching his plane near hawaii. crewing from a nearby cruise ship pulled pilot to safety. we have a close are look at the pilot's dramatic emergency landing. a live report on abc 7 news at 5:00. >> be sure to tune in for that. travel around the country severe because of weather hitting the east coast. times square. not what it usually looks like. people are bundled up and few and far between.

abc news reporter marcy gonzalez has a look at this monster storm moving in. >> reporter: the flakes already falling, and the worst is yet to come. >> it is a serious blizzard. it should not be taken lightly. >> reporter: from philadelphia through new england, this massive blizzard is expected to bring up to several feet of snow. >> i'm hoping for less but ethink we're really going to get hammered. >> reporter: a key concern, the wind, with gusts predicted to be above 50 miles an hour, bringing whitesout conditions and the potential for widespread power outages. >> this will most likery be one ryly lily be one of the largest. >> reporter: only salt trucks snow plows and emergency vehicles will be allowed on the roads toint. the same in connecticut. >> i have signed a travel ban for the entire state. >> reporter: also in preparation, lots of cancellations from flights to votes on capitol hill and nba games postponed, and with so many schooling and businesses closing tomorrow, now the

last-minute lines. >> hot chocolate here. thank you for waiting. >> reporter: and this scramble to stock up ahead of the storm. >> you should stay home if you can. you should only go out in the case of an absolute emergency. >> reporter: and the worst of the blizzard is expected to start aaron 10:00 tonight and concentrate through 10:00 tomorrow morning with some areas expecting two to three inches of snow every hour. in new york marcy gonzalez, abc 7 news. there will be no jury selection tomorrow when the trial of boston marathon bombing suspect tsarnaev because of the impending blizzard. wednesday's session could be cancelled as well. the 21-year-old tsarnaev faces the death penalty for a bombing that killed three people and injured more than 260 others. the feb febbi is leading the vin

investigation. this delta-bound aircraft from los angeles diverted to dallas-ft. worth. two other planes in seattle also evacuated and searched because of online 73mthreats. all three cases, the flights were searched and cleared. all incidents were apparent hoaxes. >> we landed on the runway and immediately stopped and then the captain came on the speaker and told us there had ban threat specific to our own flight. >> the creased vigilance came after authorities with guns searched two flights following a threat on social media. experts say threats like these are invariable hoaxes because real terrorists don't usually give a heads up. and a civil serviceman responsible for the drone that crashed on the white house grounds overnight. agents recovered the two-foot copter dleen went count on the southeast side of the executive mansion just after 3:00. the white house was locked down until the device was examined and cleared. the man reportedly told the

secret service he was using the broen recreationally and did not mean to fly it over the white house. president obama and the first lady are in india. state senator mark leno is the latest politician to try to regulate the use of e-cigarettes. he says they're designed to hook another generation, but users say they're a healthier alternative to traditional cigarettes. abc benews 7 reporter join us. >> reporter: san francisco has already enacted restrictions as have more than 100 city nationwide but california only state law bans the sale to minors. today state senator leno offer adds new bill. along with this shop in san francisco a map indicates customers from all over the world have been here. they come to buy the battery operated devices that heat liquid nicotine that's inhaled or vaped. state senator leno says the

e-cigarettes rn tobacco products that should be regulated. >> amazingly, a multibillion dollar industry wholly unregulated, untaxed operating on its own and we know there is great risk to public health to individual health of these users users. >> reporter: that risk is, is debatable. a study published last week in the new england journal of medicine found users who turn up the heat on the vaporizers are exposed to high levels of formaldehyde, but this shop owner says that's not what regular users do. >> it's kind of like saying, you know cars are dangerous. if you drive them at 800 miles an hour around the curve when eating a bagel. yes, the same thing. if they test it in a manner they're not supposed to, of course it's going to be dangerous. >> reporter: the fda called for a thorough review. nothing finalized. uc-berkeley scientist says he

supports the fda getting involved but also thinks the devices may be useful in helping traditional smokers quit. >> it's better:y think healthwise, than smoking cigarettes. even though it's probably not totally safe. >> reporter: this former pack a day smoker is now vaping at a low level. senator leno wants to make sure he and other users can't do it in bar, restaurants, public transportation or anywhere smoking is banned. in san francisco, carolyn tyler, abc 7 news. well still to come here at 4:00, it's been standing guard outside candlestick nearly 40 years. tonight, the possible fate of this iconic statue. i'm michael finney. today on the q&a just ahead. i'm taking yores on twit around facebook, which means you can contact me at facebook.com, and over on twitter @mfinney. i'll answer your questions here live in just a little bit.

i'm spencer christian looking a look live from the east bay hills. clouds at various levels of the atmosphere and maybe a sprinkle or two tomorrow. the accuweather forecast is coming up. and a live look at traffic on this monday 4:37 your time. through walnut creek. this is 680 on the right-hand side, traffic is flowing moothly soundbound. your northbound traffic is where it is tied up a little bit and cars are moving slower.

it's been blessing sports teams at the iconic candlestick park for decades. commissioned in 1973 soon removed from the middle of the stadium's bus zone. over candlestick park earlier where democrat politician beginbegins in the coming days. it's not clear where st. franzcis will end up. maybe in a neighborhood. a quick sneak peek of behind the scenes of "the bachelor". >> mud is my thing. i like getting my hands dirty and being outside. >> whoa ooh! >> find out what lengths these bachelorettes will go to do win chris' heart. what happened when everybody came to the bay area and everybody got dirt pip we have the dirt on what everybody had to say this seize. join us for "the bachelor" and

news at 11:00 for a look behind the scenes. and spencer outside enjoying the weather. >> our weather hunk outside with the forecast. >> not getting dirty. not in that fashion. although that looked pretty interesting. a camera view, showing clouds from the south. i mentioned earlier the weak storm in southern california kicking clouds in our direction and these are those clouds. not much in the way of rainfall is likely to occur tomorrow. a live doppler and clouds increasing. long range setting our maps in motion. notice next chance of rain after tomorrow's drizzle may occur in about a week. perhaps by next tuesday and then after that we dry out again. this is a very dry pattern in which we are locked. nationwide tomorrow, most of the country sees calm weather, but up in the northeast, that blizzard pounding the north atlantic coast from new york to bangor. paralyzing travel conditions not only in the northeast but nationwide. back across the state of

california, lots of clouds in the northern two-thirds of the state. mainly sunny and warm down south, highs in the throw mid-70s. see low to mid-60s in the bay area. mild conditions. we expect spotty, sprinkles, or perhaps light isolated scattered showers tomorrow in the morning hours tapering off by mid-day giving way to cloudy, dry, mild conditions in the afternoon. you may see a few rain drops early tomorrow but we don't expect much measurable rain. certainly no significant relief from our drought conditions. >> spnser thanks. all right. stit ahead on abc 7 news at 4:00, a warning for women battling breast cancer. the problem that may you have going back to your doctor. and michael finney. just ahead questions and answers about holding people responsible. including who's at fault when a= package is

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imagine this predicament. doctors in canada may shoon have to make a heart wrenching choice that could determine which 3-year-old twin survives. the sisters of ontario canada

are battling a genetic disorder that affects liver function. their adoptive father mike is a match and can donate liver tissue, but he only has enough to save one of his daughters. the wagners are desperately searching for another compatible doan brer it's too late. if not doctors decide which one gets their father's life-saving transplant. >> oh man. all right, well salt may not affect the risk of heart disease after all. >> in fact skeptics are on the rise. jane king is at nasdaq with today's wellness report. >> reporter: a new study suggests salt may have little or no impact on the risk of heart disease for older adults. a study in internal medicine studied people 74 and older all free of heart disease. followed them ten years and found in significant difference in rick for heart disease between those who consumed more salt. skepticism about vaccines is worrying public health officials. large outbreaks of infishs

deceasing like the measles in disneyland has become more common in the past two years. many parents are worried about a possible link between vaccines and autism, debunk by science. others don't like multiple shots for a child and what it may do for their system. and sign up for a new drug from a pharmaceutical company that invects into the fat under the clin. ed fda is scheduled to rule on this drug in may. meanwhile, breast cancer patients know little about their illnesses. many women didn't know what kind of tumor they had. they didn't impact the outcome, knowing more could help them understand their treatment. here's to your health. andancy p answering ges by facebook twitter or e-mail karen g. asks, i asked my landlord to fix something. can i not pay next month the

rent? >> yeah you can. a lot of rules. either buy hold rent or repair it and then deduct those costs from your rent, but you can only do this for problems that affect your health and safety, and they're serious about this. it's like you've been without heat for a month and get the heater fixed. items like that. you might want to move forward with this. i'm not telling you not to, but prepare yourself so you should talk to a tenant the union in your county or a -- you know, an attorney, think about talking to an attorney. you don't want it to just do it. if you just do it it can ricochet back hard. >> okay. danielle via facebook asks my employer maim immediate my w-2 using a window envelope that showed my social security number. what should i do to hold the company responsible? >> it's legal. can't take them to court. there's nothing to be done,

other than you should ask them. point out, hey, this happened. i think you should give me credit monitoring for a year. maybe two years. and then if you want to if you really wanted to go for it talk to your local d.a., maybe the attorney general and say hey, they're doing this. tell them to stop and see if they'll jump in doond that or also just edukate themselves as well. >> you can't do that. >> no, no. completely illegal. a twitter users tweeted, can i sue the people who dliv elder my package damaged? >> whew. well if it is the posts office no. specifically it's illegal to sue the post office because of a damage package a late package, anything like that. u.p.s. and fedex, for instance you can probably go to small claims that only up to 100 on them, also you bought insurance they oent go up to $100. contact them first and then file a report and go through their procedures, if it doesn't work

you might want to try small claims court. >> thank you michael. >> sure. and sports. patriots touched down in arizona ahead of the super bowl xlix sunday. the team arrived in phoenix a short time ago. there they are. coach bill belichick and several players will meet with the media tonight. this morning tom brady and other members of the team addressed a crowd of well-wishers at boston's city hall before they took off for arizona. no one at the rally made any reference to the deflate-gate controversy. the seattle seahawks met with the media a few moments ago. coach carroll says no adjustments to its game. tomorrow both the seahawks and patriots address thousands it of reporters for the nfl's annual media day. you can bet there will be deflate-gate questions then. >> yeah. contingent of more than 60 people to the bay area on the way to arizona. second year in a row they've traveled to the host city in an effort to put on the best event possible in the super bowl held

at levi stadium next year. super bowl rtxlix fans meet with the proing, tas part in skills events like distance running and field goal kicking. >> fun. coming up next the world of high-tech and pot clubs combined. why hundreds bathered in san francisco's knob hill neighborhood and it could mean big bucks for the marijuana industry. and in the newsroom, new at 5:00 and havings attack buss in san francisco. and defaced and get this, some people are happy about it. we'll explain. and a former 149or among three super bowl champs taking on the nfl. what they're

and let's look at tonight's primetime lineup here op abc 7.

at 8:00, the bachelor followed by castle and abc 7 nupz at 11:00. a giant asteroid is heading our way today. the asteroid which meshes about 1800 feet across will miss us by poor three times the distance between the earth and the moon. it will be the closest nine ent couldn'ter by a giant space rock in another asteroid flies by in 2027. some bay area venture capitalists are venturing into new territory. marijuana. today it was something like an episode of "shark tank" as people pitched ideas hoping to get funding to are their pot projects. abc 7 news reporterer is live in san francisco with a closer look. >> reporter: ama a report put out earlier today that says they estimate legal pot sales in the united states jumped 74% last

year to 2.7 billion dollars. that growth possibility is one of the main reasons why all of those venture capitalists were hanging around with those pot industry entrepreneurs here at the fair montd. >> thank you very much. >> reporter: josh hill is an entrepreneur from emeryville pumping hi product. refined hemp oil. >> move on to your next table. >> reporter: as part of what looks like a speed dating session he goes from one table of potential investors to another to get them interested in backing his company with capital. the active ingredient in these v.i.p.s is cb did is something that has an array of uses. >> great treatment for epilepsy. a lot of parents are moving to medical cannabis states to get medicine for their children. >> reporter: the refined oil can be useed by manufacturers of other products like marijuana edibles but these days much of the growth in this booming industry doesn't have much to do with the marijuana plant or its sale anymore.

>> we're you would call an ancillary industry. go back to the gold rush people said, who made the money in the gold rush? the guy selling the picks and shovels. not so much the guys digging up the gold. >> this man is here to help sell something that will grow at home or wherever. >> water for you. sets the light for you. all you need to do make sure there's water and food. >> reporter: the legalization of recreational marijuana in states like colorado and washington helped boost this industry last year. troy dayton is one of the organizers of today's event. >> the market grew 74% last year. making it the fastest growing sdrip in america. >> reporter: much of the rest of the country is still in a legal gray area with a risk for investors and with risk a big possibility of a reward, why they are all here. for abc 7 news. >> thank you so much for joining us for abc 7 news at 4:00. i'm ama daetz. abc 7 news at 5:00 begins now

with cheryl and dan. a pedestrian killed in the south bay. learning about arrests and talk turned to industries rating. in the peninsula. a popular pizza restaurant up in flames. it started way teenage driver in an expensive car chased by police. if you've been to the great mall recently you may have been exposed to the measles virus. we explain what's going on. plus -- >> have you handled other emergencies like this before? we're hearing from the pilot who used his parachute to ditch his plane over the pacific. and the police dog who needs a little protection of his own. a terrible crash in the south bay. two cars collide and a bystander is killed. good evening. i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm cheryl jennings. in police custody may have been

racing in the street. where this happened near edenwood drive where abc 7 news reporterer davis louis joins us with the latest. >> reporter: cheryl, can see eastbound is still open to traffic right now but police have the westbound lanes closed right now because they're still actively investigating what happened this afternoon. sky 7 hd was overhead shortly after this accidented happened just after noontime today pup can see, two cars involved. two silver vehicles traveling westbound. police are saying they were speeding but the two drivers apparently lost control, collided the two vehicles and then smashed into a guardrail along yerba buena road and hate paedestrian walking along the ss complained for a long time speeding cars is a problem. one woman said she's really having problems trying to

communicate to city hall it was really like a traffic signal. you see what happened here. she pointed out previous accidents about a year can or so ago, another accident along here in which one or two can killed. we can see what a serious problem this is and how bad the consequences can be. that's the situation here. live in san jose i'm david louis, abc 7 news. >> thanks very much. another mishap involving cars. a popular san bruno pizzeria went up in flames blamed on a teenager's careless joy ride pap call just after 10:00 this morning, a call from 911, at seniore's pizzeria. the scene earlier at the el ka nino royale the 380 turnoff. a 16-year-old girl was driving erratically down a back street. police started chasing her and she apparently lost control plowed into the pizzeria rupturing a