willow. things back to normal soon there is no explosive in that pack.age looks like things are returning to normal in the next few minutes. >> good evening. a former stanford swimmer was arraigned today to hear the charges against him at the santa clara county courthouse in palo ale toe for allegedly raping a woman on campus. vic lee is live. >> reporter: sexual assaults a big issue on college campuses across the country and prestigious schools, dart mouth will university of virginia, vanderbilt cal poly san luis obispo and stanford two cases in two years. one last year and now this 19-year-old brock turner afathered palo alto courthouse this morning with his daughter and gather, who had flown in from their family home in ohio. >> like to enter pleas of not guilty today. >> reporter: turner stood before the judge as attorney mike

withal armstrong pleaded not guilty on his behalf. not guilty to five felony sexual assault charges. the stanford freshman and member of the swimming steam accused of sexually assaulting a woman after they met at a fraternity party last moment. the prosecutor told reporters this case is unique. >> there were two heros that came forward and want i want to say about them if they are listening, thank you. thank you for doing the right thing. >> reporter: those hero two grad students ridingby cycles who say they saw the woman lying on the ground with turner on top of her. the two said they chased turner as he ran, tackled him and held him until police came. turner told investigators he was fondling the woman but never had sex. the woman told police she was drinking heavily blacked out and doesn't a thing. >> i think it's extremely unfortunate for everyone involved. >> reporter: in this courtroom today was a stanford junior computer science student.

i just wanted to come by because he was upset over the incident. >> i don't know exactly how to prevent them from the university's point of view besides better education better awareness, better -- more sensible alcohol and party policies. >> reporter: turner withdraw from stanford after he was charged with a sexual assault. he's moved back to his native ohio but ordered to appear at all the hearings. next one in march. vic lee, abc7 news. you might want to think twice about the next time burr to drop off one of your digital devices for a repair a marin county woman took her smartphone in for a fix and later found her personal photos weren't so personal anymore. abc7 news reporter wayne friedman joins us live from the marin county shopping sent we are her problem dan. wayne? >> reporter: we are certainly trusting these days, aren't we in this era of technology take in a computer we bring in a phone, let them work on it, we leave it behind. have you ever considered what

those tech anything abouts might access? the reason the radioshack over my shoulder figures in not one but two pending legal cases. they have become a complication of the digital able, those pictures on your bone. you want to see the bacon? we carry them, share them, in marin county today, mark cooper joked about them, to a point. >> if you took them without my knowledge, yeah, i would be kind of upset. that's my bacon. >> reporter: according to the marin county district attorney, there was a lot more than bacon on the phone that christine porter took into this radioshack in corte madeira asked the employee to fix the cracked screen and told police later the now former employee had pulled 17 photos of her from the phone and texted them to himself. >> your private space your phone. so when somebody takes your private information it is a violation of your privacy. >> reporter: a felony for which 24-year-old jose robert miranda in richmond appeared in court

this morning. he did not enter a plea. he is out on bay. in addition to press the criminal case against miranda christine porter is now suing him and radioshack for trespassing, concealment negligence appropriation of name and likeness, plus other counts. in response today, radioshack released a statement. >> the way we prarkts everything is dat arc everything is online, our phones, where we keep information. >> reporter: ever assume how many of us trust too much? however the case resolves it is a lesson. from corte madeira, wayne freedman, abc7 news. san francisco police are investigating three separate recent home invasion robberies over the weekend. the first one happened friday at 8 a.m. on fair lot street 24 hours later, an elderly couple

was robbed in their home on amethyst way. their car stolen. sunday morning on buchanan street, two men tied a woman up taped her mouth will shut and ransacked her apartment. authorities do not believe the three home invasions are related. fortunately, all of the victims are okay. water remains shut off for several blocks in san francisco after a water main break this afternoon. crews are, woulding right now to fix the eight-inch maine break at union street and fill more. rushing water flooded parts of two businesses. officials say they could turn it back on within an hour. not yet known what caused the breaks but the pipe was from the 1960s. >> we have 100 miles of pipe here in the city some dating back to 1903 1900. of course, we are in process of upgrading and restoring or replacing pipes but base clay, lot of pipe out there that is age and we need to do these upgrades. >> the public utilities

commission aims to replace 15 miles of ageing pipe every year. bay area oil refinery workers have begun their first strike in 35 years. sky 7 hd shows you the target of that strike, the tesoro refinery in martinez. it comes after contract talks broke down between you united steal workers and tesoro over the weekend. workers shutting the refinery down slowly. it should be fully offline late they are we can. union leaders say the sticking point is understaffing and that but the reese finery workers at risk. tesoro said in a statement that it's bar gained in good faith and will continue to do so. a silicon valley college makes the difficult decision to end its football program. menlo college board members say that long travel distances and tripling costs make the football team simply unstable much the college president says the decision will allow the school to pour more resources into the school's other 12 athletic programs. all current football players can retain their scholarships, some will be offered roster spots on other teams at the school.

the bay area was well represented at super bowl 49. first, there's patriots quarterback, tom brady, the bride of san mateo how about the guy he is hugging, you see him right here on the field? everybody is learning his name today, but for years, he has been a big deal in the san mateo county town of woodside. abc7 news reporter tiffany wilson is live at woodside high school with the story. tiffany? >> reporter: well, alma that man's name julian edelman better remember it certainly know it here at woodside. when he was a player, his coach called him a heat-seeking missile, he always wanted to be a part of the biggest game and the biggest plays in those games. last night was certainly no exception. >> the kid makes the cash. >> reporter: sports memorabilia crowds steve's deck. julian edelman's presence everywhere his photo on the wall helmet on the shelf, highlights on tv. >> he was here and the rest of them were here, you can see there was a difference. >> reporter: he coached the former woodside standout in

2004. the team received high school championship rings after the season. last night, edelman won the real thing. >> knowing julian and how hard he works we knew about that good things were gonna come his way. >> reporter: but it almost didn't happen. the patriots were behind much of the game, until this moment. >> played day, caught, touchdown, julian edelman! >> reporter: current woodside football players dream about being in edelman's shoes making a similar game-winning catch. >> that would be the best feeling in the world, i would think. >> reporter: during that play, brady connected with edelman and woodside united with sera high school in san malt te'o. grade graduated from there in 1995. >> tom he having to us a great person, great alum, and brett pretty good quarterback, too. >> reporter: the school wanted to rename it in his honor. he asked them to rename it for his family instead. a great man, a great family

man, he gives back to his community. >> reporter: in 2004 brady donated his super bowl mvp cadillac to the sarah ravel. it raised more than $130,000. no word on if that could happen again. >> it would be awesome. we would welcome it. but we are not really counting on it or banking offen that. >> reporter: what they can bank on is this, a super bowl championship brought to the patriot buys two bay area boys. in woodside, tiffany wilson abc7 news. well, the countdown can now begin for super bowl 50 which will be held at levis stadium, 369 days from today. san francisco mayor ed lee says he is excited that san francisco will be the host city for next year's big game. he says he is looking forward to hearing from members of the super bowl 50 host committee who spent the past week studying in arizona. >> we need to manage people. we need to make sure it's all safe and fun and i'm looking forward to kind of listening to ideas that we can demonstrate hopefully some new ones that will be family friendly and

educational as well as enjoying the game of football. >> gonna be a huge deal. organizers expect super bowl 50 to draw 1 million people to san francisco. they say they have raised more than $40 million to help pay for the events and expect to donate some of that money to local non-profits. chinatown and carbon dating. >> law is the law just follow the rules. >> coming up what one of san francisco's top tourist destinations has to do with a dna and poaching. visitors temporarily forced out of the bay area park. what state officials are trying to protect. and why this insect is prompting a quarantine in one bay area county. plus the newest fight over plastic and ten pennies. how amazon.com is coming to

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firefighters are looking into the cause of two fires overnight at a vacant vehicle repossession and tow business in east oakland. the first fire was around 2 in the morning, firefighters doused the flames in half an hour. four hours later a second fire was reported inside the building on 105th avenue. unclear if the fire had rekindled from the first or sparked by something else. damage is estimated at a half million dollars. donations keep streaming in for dozens of people displaced by this fire at 22nd and mission streets in san francisco last week. the website, go fund me shows more than $100,000 has been raised so far. this's up from $60,000 on saturday. the fund-raising organizers says the money will be divided among the victims. well part -- san francisco lawmakers debated today whether to throw their weight behind a state measure calling for a total ban on the purchase or

sale of ivory. it would strengthen a state law already on the books that is designed to prevent the animal's extinction. abc7 news reporter carolyn tyler reports. >> reporter: what do people like about ivory? >> the craftsmanship. the craftsmanship. >> reporter: this merchant in san francisco's china town is one of dozens selling i havery. did he not want us to go inside his shop because of the controversy. critics say 96 elephants are being slaughtered every day for their ivory tusks. >> on the, the elephants are -- the tusks are taken while they are still alive. they are not always dead. it's very barbaric. >> reporter: california passed a law decades ago banning the import or sale but created an exception for ivory imported before 1977. and that has allowed illegal sales to flourish. san francisco's china town is said to be right behind new york and los angeles in the sales of

ivory. a report by the natural resources defense council found 80% was likely to be illegal but this merchant says he is not one of the bad guys. >> leftover. leftover from the '70s. no new pieces. >> reporter: now protests like this one last fall, state lawmakers will consider a blanket ban on buying or selling any elephant ivory and rhinoceros horns. today a committee of san francisco lawmakers debated whether to support that measure. new york and new jersey already have strict laws. this tourist shopping in chinatown says legal or not she would not buy ivory. >> there's lovely lovely jewelry, but there are things that are better that are safer for animals. >> reporter: under the proposed bill if you already have ivory objects, you can keep them. in san francisco carolyn tyler, abc7 news. part of mount diablo state park is now off limits to the public through the end of july.

rangers closed the castle rock and pine canyon areas yesterday to allow american per grin falcons to breed. the falcons were once endangered and now fully protected in california. the falcons nesting in the parks since the late 1800s. signs are posted in the park to educate the public about these predatory birds. a quarantine to solve a dangerous pest that attacks fruit trees in santa clara county. agricultural officials found them in an area north of an existing quarantine zone in san jose. the pets can carry a disease that can cause a tree to produce bitter, misshaped fruit before the tree dies. the new quarantine area adds 61 square miles to the existing quarantine of 150 square miles. residents with backyard citrus trees are being asked to not transport or send citrus fruit or leaves out of this impacted area. some state lawmakers think california is going too far to encourage conservation. >> 7 on your side's michael

finney is here with that and other consumer headlines. >> this first one is super interesting, california made history by becoming the first state in the country to ban plastic bags the grocery stores that ban begins in july much the two pieces of legislation aimed to repeal the ban. one would repeal the 10 cent fee on paper bags. another would cancel out the legislation all together. supporters of the bills argue conservation is good but government should not get involved in how taxpayers should conserve. >> you go to trader joe's do they offer plastic bag, no. whole foods, they offer a plastic bag, no. go to cost coe offer a plastic bag, no. my thing is that retailers should be able to make the decision themselves. >> in at dig to the pills, a referendum effort is under way to repeal the plastic bag ban as well. the bad guys have discovered a fake texting can be as profitable as fishing on e-mail and a whole lot easier to pull off. at&t is the latest company to be called out.

privacy experts say the text sent by the telecom giant can be easily spoofed and that it is replicated boy the bad guys with e-mail. graphic have to look legit and grammar perfect to fake out most of us with e-mail with texts there are no logos and the abbreviated speech make it hard to spot bad grammar and therefore fakes. the advice here is don't click on a link from a text ever. the production of college textbooks is a $10 balance year industry and now there is a major new player. amazon is striking deals with universities setting up co-branded textbook websites. university of california davis is on the program. schools of that size can expect to receive around $300,000 a year gore participating in the partnership. amazon says students could save nearly $400 each per year and in some locations, actually receive their books the very next day after they order. this could start a textbook

price war with other textbook sellers, that, of course a wonderful, wonderful thing. >> could get more expensive. >> amazing. >> thank you michael. federal auditors are coming down hard on an alameda county health center that is an important safety net for thousands of people. reports obtain pitd abc7 news i team under the freedom of information attack show the problems at west oakland health council. the number of patients served is plummeting and there are calls for the council's director, dr. robert cooper to resign. >> this is no personal thing dr. cooper i just think it's a time where you're no longer effective. >> are we better than we were in the past? yes. that's dr. cooper. they take the complaints to the man in charge and gets the answers that so many patients and employees of the clinic have been waiting to hear that is tonight on abc7 news at 11:00. hope you can tune in for that report. >> for now though we have a lot

to talk about with our weather. gorgeous outside. sandhya patle is here with a look at the forecast. >> yeah, we are going to be seeing a big change in the weather to around here. right now, just some high clouds and haze. we will get rid of all of that we will bring on the rain. let me show you live doppler 7 hd and we will talk about those big changes that are going to come very soon here. only clouds right now up to the north. we are tracking some rain around crescent city. we look at the big picture what we are interested in the moisture headed back north of hawaii? we are tracking it for you high moisture content nope as the atmospheric river, headed in our direction, most of the energy aimed at northern california, a branch of this. we will be seeing significant rain across the bay area could add up to half a foot in our wettest location the course of

several days of course bhoupt tam cam, right now we have to suffer the air qual tharkts is until we get that rain in. poor air qual i willity in the north bay, notice the forecast, better air quality thursday and friday and coincides with the rain coming. from our south beach camera just a spectacular shot looking toward san francisco. mid-60s, oakland 62. 59, half moon bay. today's high temperatures in the 60s. oakland 72 unseasonably mild. high snow levels, there is a chance of rain and snow up in the tahoe area between friday and monday. temperatures, santa rosa, 61 petaluma. a beautiful shot from our sutro tower camera. get those pictures of the is up society and send them in you are going to get beautiful ones. take a look at this shot. like to sit on. this i can't.

i have to move it along. hazy and mild tomorrow. we are looking a at series of storms thursday through sunday, exactly what we need. high pressure for the time being holding on. keep it dry and mild, the rain staying to the north. all going to change, a series of warm systems headed in our direction, what is going to set up from thursday through sunday, possibly monday. wednesday night, sprinkles in north bay have to wait until the morning commute, that's when thursday at 5 a.m. the rain reaches the north bay. the rain will stay north bay can't rule it out on thursday, shift buys friday. long range, the rainfall totals are going to add up. by sunday, two to four inches in the north bay and the south bay, three-quarters of an inch to an inch and a half of rain. tomorrow morning watch out for the fog, temperatures mid-40s to the low 50s, it is going to be a murky morning ferry ride if you do take it in or out of san francisco. 70 degrees tomorrow afternoon in santa rosa, san jose concord,

72 livermore, 67 oakland, 66 san francisco. high clouds and haze spare the air alert as you look at the accuweather seven-day forecast, but we will switch it over to cool cooler and wet on thursday, continues through the weekend and a slight chance of a few showers monday morning lingering, exactly what we need. could see up to half a foot of rain when all is said and done. we will have to track it all for you with live doppler 7 hd. >> stay with us here. >> yes the government's geek squad, who are they and why they are getting a financial boost from the white house. that's next. >> new at 6:00, a san francisco book store is closing for good ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

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congressional republicans don't like the tax chances in the president's $4.5 trillion budget. they want to boost taxes on corporation and republicans say the deal is dead on arrival. the president's budget puts serious money behind government tech, call forced 105 million to create new digital strike forces in 25 different agencies. the goal is to manage technology in-house relying less on independent contractors. the idea is being push pieded by former google engineer mikey dickerson, known as the guy who fixed healthcare.com after its disastrous launch that you may recall. the city of burlingame will consider a proposal to make it more like palo alto lining the broadway corridor. merchants along the street want the city council to lift a decades old restriction on the number of restaurants on road way. right now, there can only be 28 of them. merchants say eaters create foot traffic and helps all businesses along the street. >> look at palo alto, university

avenue's restaurant row, very successful. food businesses bring people to the street. we can use a bakery, we can use a wine bar. >> the proposal before the burlingame city council would also limit the am of time drivers can park in the area. well the menu seemed to be the last thing anybody cared about at today's hollywood lunch. >> it is great to speak up what i really think is you've got to do something. >> coming up oscar

?e coming up tonight at 6 clock, the look of bay area transportation 30 years from now. tonight, the trend and choices commuters could be facing. also from 7 on your side's michael finney, the abrupt bankruptcy of a laser skin care company s there any chance of an about face with customers getting their money pack? >> all coming up in half an hour on abc7 news at 6:00. >> see you then. finally here hollywood's biggest stars come together for a luncheon this afternoon in

beverly hills before this month's oscars. >> an opportunity for the more than 150 nominees to mingle and take a class picture of sorts. those nominated for their acting spoke their unforgettable experiences. patricia arquette talking about the process of making the movie "boyhood" over more than the decade. >> we are in the movie business and the concept of asking a financer to give you money 13 years before they can get is it is impossible. >> i just want to do stuff that's good. i think that's everyone -- every actor's hope is just be part of something that's good and that people respond to, whether it's a comedy or drama. so, i don't have any pretense about doing drama over comedy. >> that'steve carol 24078 nated for his very serious performance in "fox catcher." >> watch the oscars live on february 22nd the big show starts at 4 p.m. >> now world news tonight with david muir is next.

>> we appreciate your time. >> see you at 6:00. on this monday night breaking news. the massive storm hitting 23 states. 100 million americans, and the new worries tonight. the dangerous pileup in chicago. drivers trapped for miles. the explosion in new york. we're also in detroit and boston. snow for the record books. and what's coming tomorrow. meantime, the scare in atlanta. interstates shut down, drivers stuck in their cars. breaking now. the new and concerning numbers coming in on measles. late details on whitney houston's daughter and what happened in that bathtub. and the super stunner. was this really the worst play call in super bowl history? jesse palmer standing by. will you agree with him? good evening.