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the breaking news is in the east bay where police have made an arrest in a disturbing attack. >> and an 8-year-old girl was molested in an alameda county store just steps from her mother. >> good evening. i'm dan ashley. >> i'm ama-daetz. there is disturbing new details about the suspect. alan? >> investigators had suspected it this guy had done this before and tonight they say their suspicions were confirmed. meanwhile customers and employees in the store say they were happy to hear of the arrest. the identity of the suspect has not been released, but the alameda county sheriff investigators say they positively identified him on surveillance cameras. they say he is a 33-year-old man who sexually assaulted an 8-year-old girl in the toy

aisle of the 99 cent only store. we are finding out more of the suspect when investigators hold a press conference tomorrow. reporting live near hayward alan wang abc7 news. >> thank you. and now to the weather. the storm that is set to soak the bay area. let's take a live look from our tower camera. there is no rain just yet but it will be here soon. sandhya patel is tracking the system and she is here with live doppler 7hd. >> the rain that we need and deserve will be here soon. let's look at live doppler 7hd. we have the cloud cover that is watching the moisture off the coastline here. it it does bring with it the first storm and some risks. we are talking about urban flooding which is pretty high risk. river flooding is slight. it is up to 10 inches of rain expected in the north bay mountains as you look at what potential problems we may have flash flooding in the north bay 10:00 p.m. thursday

through saturday at 6:00 a.m. rapid rise of creeks and streams and poor drainage areas. watch out for that. the wind will be kicking up and it means gusts 50 to 60 miles an hour and it could topple trees and power lines. the rain does president -- doesn't end on saturday. the details on the timing. >> thanks very much. we need this rain desperately but no one needs the damage it brings. cornell people are getting ready. >> getting ready in a big way. we haven't seen sandbags in quite awhile. they are making a come back. several dozen in mill valley. tonight the north bay is ready for rain. >> let it come. we need the rain. i hope it rains hard. >> they are hoping for rain. the bay area needs it. but two blocks away debbie mason is worried about the approaching storm. >> does that make people around here --

>> nervous. >> she leaves near the creek that flooded last year. >> what do you do to take precautions? >> sandbags. there is not much you can do. >> just sit and wait. >> sandbags are not making a come back. mill valley posted this weather alert on its website and e-mail alerts have been sent to folks in low-lying areas. >> it is possible that we will get greater rain amounts. we will watch this through the weekend. >> alexzander showed us how high the water got at his dry-cleaning business. this day spa was hit hard by flooding and two months later a sign says they are still closed for repairs. add goodman lumber, there were tarps and roof patches going fast. during the last big storm flashlights were in demand. they sold 8,000 in just two days. in mill valley, cornell

bernard abc7 news. >> you can track the rain on live doppler 7hd anytime with the abc7 news weather app. it is free on apple's april store or google play. we have more information at abc7news.com/apps. >> san francisco police are looking for the three men who pulled over a takeover-style robbery at the tiffany and company jewelry store in the westfield shopping center. police say the robbers flashed guns and ordered everyone on the ground. they forced the store em plo iy to open -- store employee to open the jewelry cases. no one was hurt. >> anthem said they were the victim of a cyberattack and the personal information of 80 million customers and employees may have been exposed. hackers got uh hold of birth dates, home addresses and social security numbers. the fbi is investigating. anthem that offers blue cross and blue shield plans in california says it will pay

for identity theft protection for all affected customers. >> look at that. the pilot of the plane that crashed into a taipei river said there was an engine flameout moments before impact. the death toll stands at 31. 12 people are still missing. taipei's fire chief is not optimistic more survivors will be found. developing news now. pressure is mounting here in california to make vaccinations mandatory. senators dianne feinstein and barbara boxer urged state health officials to repeal the law that allows parents to opt out of child vaccines. governor brown's office indicates he is open to revising it. the call comes as the measles outbreak grows. currently there are 99 cases in california, 14 in the bay area. to put that in perspective the state reports 58 cases

during the first four months of 2014. the highest number since 1995. moving on, the sports illustrated swimsuit edition gets a lot of attention each year but this time it is making news. for the first time you will see a plus sized model on the pages. there is a catch. meet ashley graham. she is a size 16 model, and you will see her in a bikini in the 2015 sports illustrated swimsuit edition. >> it is an advertisement for swimsuits for all. we showed it to shoppers in san bruno. >> with all of the skinny models, this tells girls with curves that it is okay to be thick. i think it is showing and portraying a positive body image. she looks cute. she looks like a woman, a regular woman. >> the president and ceo calls it a big step for the curvey girl movement and to represent that idea with such an

impactful image feels like a huge achievement. men we talked with like what they see. >> she is beautiful. >> i would admire something like that. >> the catch? men aren't buying the swimsuits. they call it a publicity ploy. >> they are so-called challenging the concept of what america considers to be beautiful, but they are not really because women aren't reading that issue. it is a men's issue primarily. >> the magazine hits stores on monday. in san bruno, abc7 news. tread wearing thin, but can't afford new tires? >> there may be a solution for you. michael finney has details. >> you do not pay cash. you have to finance. what i found out is coming up. >> thanks michael. plus, she conquered chemo and is inspiring millions. the super shoutout that is going viral. >>

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he keeps his tires nice but -- his car nice, but his tires were warn. he lives in salinas and a good paying job was over the hills and above santa cruz in a small town of scots valley. it is 40 miles each day and 80 miles a day and 400 miles a week. his tires couldn't do it. >> i was going through hard times. i barely got the job. >> scots valley had the dream job and he was stuck in salinas with no money to buy the tires and no credit to finance them. >> i decided to come here. it is a low monthly payment. >> tires tires with no payments payments and no interest, really? >> yes. >> he didn't finance the tires. he rented them here. >> you have to make the payment every week. >> a weekly payment. not monthly. rent a wheel which rents tires and rims is a major new player in a financial world more

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with long contracts and high prices. they want them to regulate rent to own businesses. the florida-based r and r tires is eyeing the bay area they would like to have a store here soon. renting has its advantages. >> if they change their mind and say i don't like this and they bring them bar. we uninstall them and they president do owe anything and they have no debt. >> in the world of tires, what goes around comes around. if the customer doesn't make the rental payment the tires can be repossessed. he is an r and r customer and he didn't need tires. he wanted cool rims. >> i just had heart surgery number one and i didn't have the money i wanted. i just relocated for apartment. i wanted the wheels for my new

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look at this. what do you think about this one? that's how it comes up. it is casual like it is no big deal. >> even more sensitive, two teachers accuse the principal of showing them a racy video involving a reardon high student. the school said it investigated the claims twice and they are false. the i team looks at what happened thursday night at 11:00. students received an important life lesson before tonight's warriors game. the warriors posted a panel discussion for local students in honor of black history month. carolyn tyler emceed the event. high-profile leaders took part and they spoke of african-americans who had courage to dream big and inspire others to achieve you are that dreams. >> what a wonderful event. >> absolutely. >> and rain is a wonderful event for us. >> atmospheric river is raging our way. >> atmospheric river is our best friend right now because that's exactly what we need to soak the bay area.

live doppler 7hd is showing no green on the screen. that's all going to change as we head toward friday and saturday and sunday and monday even. here is the first storm. there is a second storm due in and the two of them will soak the bay area. let's start first with the atmospheric river. a high moisture content and there is a deep plume of moisture that is collected right at us on friday. that's when we are going to get drenched in the bay area. it will start to shift more to the south as we head toward saturday and it will turn to showers for your saturday plans. right now we are seeing the temperatures in the 50s. 46 in petaluma. we are seeing a view of san francisco with the cloud cover and even seeing fog toward livermore. rain in the north bay tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow evening. heavy rain and strong winds for friday. we are looking at wet off and on this upcoming weekend. if you look at what is really changing this is a pattern we

have been waiting to change up. it is the ridge blocking the storm track. it is edging eastward as it loses ground. the first storm comes in friday to saturday and the second storm sunday into monday. this one is not as wind ay and this is not as wet. but we will get the much needed rain. let's start our computer animation for tomorrow morning. fog will be a problem in parts of the bay area. watch out. a lot of cloud cover out there. spotty showers for the morning and afternoon. and then by 5:00 p.m., some steady rain starts to approach the north bay during the evening commute and slides southward. 5:00 a.m. on friday we see the wet roadways around san francisco and then shifting east and southward. lunchtime, heavy rain is slicing across the bay area. 5:00 p.m. it looks nasty for your friday get away. wind and heavy rain and look at this at 9:00 p.m. we are just getting soaked as the storm sits over us. and then it eases up.

saturday scattered showers and you may get a sunny break. wree will see the second storm sunday into monday and that will bring us more rain. up until saturday afternoon, almost a foot of rain in the north bay mountains. the santa cruz mountains half a foot is possible. two to four inches the central bay and south bay, we are looking at one to two inches of rain. a healthy dose, not a few hundredths. up to a foot of snow in the sierra nevada. this is going up to 10:00 a.m. on saturday. the wind will be problematic. wind advisory switches to a high wind watch late tomorrow night and into tomorrow night. traveling up there, watch out. the temperatures first thing in the morning mid40 tots low 50s. it is definitely going to be a cloudy gray start tomorrow. and it will stay cloudy for your thursday afternoon. except for a few spotty showers that could develop. we are watching heavy rain and wind on friday. wet on saturday with sunny

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he is a human atmospheric river sandhya. he is making it rain. he finds area 51 right there. the warriors win it 128-114. here is steph. >> we have enough talent on the team. to come off the back to back it says a lot about who we are. >> a balmy 28 degrees in calgary. traffic and weather together. >> he is counting goals and going by him. chris russell in the second period. the goal makes it 2-0 and mason raymond max it three goals in a 9-minute span as the flames beat them 3-1. the super bowl patriots held their victory parade with 7 tift,000 of their best -- with 750,000 of their best friends. rob gronkowski is making friends. reality show waiting to happen

right there. tom brady is soaking it all in. >> thank you guys. thanks for all of your support. look at this! let's go! >> let's go indeed. and an amazing shot on the victorian open in australia. richard green with the tee shot and it is so far off line the ball hits the rim of a green side bunker and then bounces back into the hole for the eighth on a par you are -- on a

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