process. >> it's a necessary evil. it impacts the local people but you have to do it. >> the family hoping to visit the church on hyde's street wasn't as understanding. >> unfortunately we can't go there today. it's closed because we found out that president obama will be in town for a party. >> they're just a couple everyday people paying the price of the president's visit but far from being able to afford seeing him in purpose. a ticket costs between $10,000 and $32,400. the dnc says the event is sold out. >> the average voice of the american is not being heard. >> pam tracks campaign money and says it's only going to get worse heading into 2016. >> our democracy is basically rotting. all this money that's going into the political system is actually serving this youth. >> and if you're curious about tonight's host sandy robertson

is a tech venture capitalist. he and his wife hosted a fund-raising dinner for the ready for hillary super pac in 2013. tiffany wilson, abc7 news. >> for the second day in a row, the presidential visit is making the evening commute a big mess. look at that. my goodness. this is a live picture of the san francisco skyway. it is just crawling along. >> and here's a look now the an our drivetime traffic map. you can see that area around lombard and van ness is a bit sticky. and you can see certainly on 80 the reds there going across the bay. and it's moving along but there are some real slow patches. >> the president issued a call to action against cyberthreats today calling them a challenge to u.s. national security public safety and the economy. president obama spoke at stanford on what was billed as a white house summit on cybersecurity. the president proclaimed cyberspace as the new wild west with daily attempted hacks and

people looking to the government to the act as sheriff. today he called on the private sector to do more. >> there's only one way to defend america from these cyberthreats, and that is through government and industry working together, sharing appropriate information -- as true partners. >> the president signed an executive order to encourage the private sector to share information about threats with each other and with the federal government. tonight at 6:00 -- reporter david louie has silicon valley's response to the president's ideas. >> president obama picked a good time to visit the bay area. beautiful weather. stunning outside. what an afternoon it has been on lake merritt in oakland. people enjoyed a peaceful day in the warm and in some cases record-breaking temperatures. abc7 news meteorologist sandy patel is live outside. it is the place to be. >> it is indeed. that's why i had to cop out here to soak up the sun and enjoy the warmth. it really feels good out here.

lots of sunshine. barely a breeze. records to tell you about. let me show you those high temperatures. san jose a new record for today. 77 degrees. moffett field a new record 75 salinas airport shattered its old record of 78. 70s popular today. 74 san francisco. 74 santa rosa. livermore in the low 70s. 82 in santa cruz. oakland, fremont mid-70s. 71 in half moon bay. valentine's day forecast, that is sure to warm your heart. we'll take a look at your holiday forecast coming right up. >> thank you so much. in the north bay, people were in san rafael out enjoying a beautiful afternoon. sandy just told you the temperatures are expected to remain unseasonably warm all weekend long. and there you go. that's a beautiful look at the weather there. central san rafael, the church right there on fifth street. the ocean you might want to take a dip.

might be tempting in the warm weather. abc7 news reporter wayne free man has a warning for us about sneaker waves. wayne? >> why is it when -- hello. why is it everybody talks about the beautiful day then they come to me and i have to warn you about the beautiful day. we're at ocean beach. it is beautiful. seemingly idyllic and perfect. then again, there's the question of what happens if you go into or near the water. >> be careful what you wish for when shooting a story about dangerous surf. also known as sneaker waves at ocean beach. >> there's no mistakes in the ocean. >> you know, you can drown. most people drown two inches from the top of the water. >> hold on. was that one there? >> we'd been talking to mark arnold, a surfer one of many people who took to or near the water on this beautiful winter day. the difference, mark snows about sneaker waves and rib currents. most others here do not. >> well, stupid is as stupid does.

>> that was conrad duncan after he and buddy toby moss felt a stronger rip current than they expected. >> we were not that far out and feeling them. >> barely up to your waist. >> yeah. >> and they were strong? >> yeah. >> how strong? >> about a nine. >> a warning from the national park service for the golden gate national recreation area especially at ocean beach and rodeo beach in marin county. at this time of year, sneaker waves and rip currents become a potentially lethal combination of high cro drolg, high waves might surprise you. more water than usual accumulates on shore to drag you out in a rip current. tom kendall studies ocean beach and says rip currents are often a product of one or more high waves. >> coming in, it's relatively uniform. you have the same wave along its crest length or whatever surging up the beach. and then as it starts to draw back these concentrating points occur and then you have the higher velocity. >> like a funnel or a hose. >> exactly.

>> when you can't see or expect till you find yourself inside and then it could be too late from ocean beach, wayne freedman, abc7 news. >> moving on a few new details tonight in the police shooting of a man in oakland this morning. they say he had a knife and would not put it down. one of those at the scene was a police recruit in field training. abc 67 news reporter laura anthony is live at oakland police headquarters with the latest on the story. laura? >> hi, dan. police have confirmed that one of the officers in the patrol car was in training but they would not say if he was the one who actually fired the weapon. at this man with a knife. at last word that man is in critical but stable condition. >> no matter what the situation was, they didn't have to shoot him. >> janae told us she doesn't think police had to shoot her cousin on an oakland street this morning. a man she identified at 28-year-old cory pollard. >> and they seen my cousin with

a knife. he had gotten into an altercation. i guess he wouldn't put the knife down. so they shot him three times. >> the officers were flagged down about a man armed with a knife acting erratically in the area. officers located that person and approached them. confrontation ensued and one officer discharged their firearm at the subject. >> police police said the two officers were in one car. one was a training officer the other a recruit. a recent graduate of the police academy. >> investigators wouldn't say which officer fired, the veteran or officer in field training. both officers were wearing body cameras but plus could not say if they were turned on at the time of the shooting >> it's a dynamic situation. if you have to jump out of your vehicle and you can turn that camera on then you canning >> though she declined to speak with us, according to a witness, the mother begged the officers to tase her son not shoot him. >> i don't see why they had to take it there. he couldn't be too much in

harp's way pooh both officers at the scene are on paid administrative leave. laura anthony abc7 news. >> san francisco's district attorney said the officers involved in a fatal shooting in the bernal heights neighborhood will not face charges. the new report on the incident found alex nieto threatened multiple people before police arrived. he pointed a taser in a way that made it appear as if he had a handgun. officers fired a total of 59 shots. at least ten of them hit nieto. the wrongful death lawsuit is still pending. >> the san jose police say the man who officers fatally shot wednesday wanted to be killed. investigators say officers shot at phillip watkins after the suicidal man charged at them with a knife. police said this morning watkins was the one who called police reporting the intruder. the incident remains under

investigation. >> a problem with the golden gate bridge's new barrier brought traffic to a stop this morning. cell phone video shows the presidio parkway at a near stand still on the south side of the bridge. the spokesperson says a 14-inch pin that connects each barrier unit worked its way loose. she says there was no danger. the barrier units did it not move noticeably and they were protected by that zipper truck. the crew spent 30 minutes replacing the pin. tonight they'll be back out for a previously planned series of tests to make sure the tension is right so the pins do not slip loose again. >> barrier truck goes back and forth over the barrier checking the tension all along the way making adjustments as needed. >> the company that made the barrier will come out to test it. >> jim harbaugh is parting with the 49ers apparently was not at all mutual. he told it the "san jose mercury news" he was told on the monday after a loss to the seahawks he wouldn't be coach anymore. he says he opted not to leave at that point.

he wanted to finish what he and the players started. the former coach says maybe he'll write a book about exactly what happened one day. he never seriously considered any other he nfl jobs before attacking the head coach position at in issue gan. >> an interesting revelation. yen net particularly modified apples. the government makes a big decision. >> plus, campus protests. the issue that had these students walking out of class despite a possible punishment. >> building bodies one organ at a time. how stanford is cutting costs and raising hopes. >> i'm michael finny. coming up, we're going to get you spiffed up for valentine's day. >> plus remembers the view master. well, it is

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this is abc7 news. >> 3-d printing is not just used for making car parts and smartphones. it's being used more and more in hospitals and medical schools. news reporter lisa shows us how stanford is using the machines to save lives. >> it's extraordinary. it is transformative in terms of what everyday medical practice can be like. >> it is a 3-d printer and it's changing lives at stanford. the machines aren't just made for tv envengs as seen on "grey's anatomy" where organs, prosthetics and tissues could be made in a few hours. at sanford's bioengineering lab, science and medicine intersect and create things like this. >> you can see all of the different tubes and veins that we have. >> it's a detailed life sized model of a heart. surgeons can practice technique, approach and options on this before operating on an actual patient. >> to get an engineer to make

one of those things could cost thousands of dollarses. whereas we could go to a 3-d printer we may get it overnight and may cost a few dollar zplooz that's right. creating this heart cost less than $100. but it's not just stranford's cardiology department printing plastic organs. the oology department is too. >> using 3-d printing you can make a perfect mold of that patient's prostate and put it in here and you can use it to section the prostate very accurately. >> it's a research project to help cure prostate cancer. while stanford is using the 3-d machine to create a model of live human tissue, many say having something tangible like this to work with takes things to a whole new level. >> what is it worth to be able to hold something the right size and shape in your hands. i think it's -- it's immeasurable. >> each printer costs roughly $10,000 to $30,000. lisa amin ga leashian abc7

news. >> a new policy at kaiser permanente led to a dramatic interest in the cost of hiv drugs. the medication is classified under the category of specialty drugs instead of a $35 to $50 copay, patients pay 20% of the cost of the drug which adds up to hundreds of dollars a month. several insurance providers are doing the same thing. the supervisor is calling for an oversight hearing to address the decision and what can be done about it. >> canadian scientists found a way to stop apples from durning brown. the fruit has been genetically modified turning off the gene that causes the browning. they call it arctic apple. the usda approved them for u.s. growers. they could be available sometime next year. >> police are calling this a terrible accident. a 10-year-old girl shot her -year-old sister in the stomach with her father's police gun in fresno. the girl's father is a county

sheriff's lieutenant. police say he left his loaded handgun on the bed. the 10-year-old picked it up and it accidentally went off. >> it was loaded. there was one in the chamber. i don't think there was a clip in the magazine. but he was close to the gun in the bathroom right off the bed getting ready for work. >> the -year-old is expected to make a full recovery. the fresno county district attorney will determine whether the father should be charged. >> i an small group of students at riordan high school is takened a protest today. the ash be bishop's proposal includes lebbing public and professional lives consistent with church teachings on same-sex marriage and birth control. >> students believe in acceptance. >> god gave us this free will to live how we want to and make our own decisions. the archbishop is not giving the teachers the ability to do that. >> i want teachers to be called teachers and not ministers.

they should be able to express themselves however and wherever they want. >> the archbishop is still in talks with the teacher's union. the archdiocese says the ruleses are only guidelines and insists fact members would not be fired for being gay. >> a local company sharing their story what happened on the san mateo bridge more than a year ago. the husband served time for domestic violence after prosecutors say he tried to throw his wife off the bridge. >> i want people to know i'm not a victim and that this man has never ever hurt me. >> nadia and xavier mcclinton sit down to tell their side of the story. dan noyes has the interview and new video from the criminal case file tonight on abc7 news at 11:00. >> childhood toy of decades ago is getting a new hi-tech makeover. mattel teamed up with google to create a nut virtual reality view master that uses aps on an

android smartphone to simulate 3-d images from movies or tv shows. there will be view master reels to enchance the experience. it will go on sale later this year for about $30. >> san francisco based pinterest is rolling out a big change to tempt online shoppers. bloomberg reports the scrapbooking company is working on a buy button to allow users to purchase some items without leaving the website. >> the big chill comes 0 levi stoudemire. a week away from a temporary hockey rink on the top of the field. this will be the first ever outdoor nhl game in northern california. the san jose sharks will host their rivals the los angeles kings on saturday, february 21st, at 27 p.m. and if it's like it is now, it is clearly great hockey weather. >> who's going to give us the answer to that? sandy sandhya pa he will tell. >> i wouldn't give you anything else. it's going to be fantastic

weather. let me just show you the view behind me. so nice out here. live doppler 7 hd. we'll talk about the warmth for upcoming weekend, it includes valentine's, your holiday weekend. just a few passing high clouds right now on our radar. here's what you need to watch out for while it is so tempting to head to the coast beach hard statement remains up till 7:00 p.m. tonight. there is a risk of strong rip currents sneaker waves and large breakers. you can see the current wave heights between 6 and eight feet. don't ever turn your back on the waves. here's a view from our mount tam cam. you can see the waves. temperatures pretty warm. low 70s from san francisco to palo alto oakland san jose, gilroy 76. half moon bay 66 degrees. beautiful view from our camera with high clouds passing through. 73 in santa rosa. 70 degrees in livermore. i mean these temperatures the currents are higher than the highs for this time of year.

san jose cam where they had a record-setting day today. a beautiful view there. warm valentine's day forecast. records are possible this weekend. and gradual cooling is expected. next week. here's the pacific satellite picture. it's this ridge of high pressure that is providing us with the warmth. it's going to hold on through the weekend. forms will remain far offshore. i know we need rain and snow. might as well as enjoy what we have. here's the forecast. it does not bring a single storm through the area over the next ten days. so outlook remains dry right on through monday february 23rd. when you take a look at the tahoe forecast today it was another record high temperature in tahoe. record warmth expected again tomorrow. the holiday forecast a little bit cooler. sunday and monday in the upper 50s. temperatures in the 30s in the morning. so we need the snow up there.

that's not exactly the kind of forecast you expect for tahoe. tomorrow morning starting out with some patchy fog. temperatures in the 40s, 50s. high clouds, as well. tomorrow afternoon, quickly those numbers rise. a warm day in the south bay. 79 in gilroy. 78 in morgan hill, 78 san jose. santa cruz 77. peninsula mid-70s. los altos, pacifica, 70 degrees. don't forget the sunscreen. downtown san francisco 72. north bay warm enough to get you up close to 80 in santa rosa calistoga. 75 in oakland. yoonl city. inland spots, up in the 70s, as well. 77 livermore. 75 degrees in fairfield. accuweather seven-day forecast it's a sweet one for valentine's. spring like warmth holds on for sunday. even presidents' day just a little bit cooler at the coast. we'll bring back the fog pretty

regularly tuesday on and the temperatures will start to fall a few degrees. but still remaining it well above average. so take your plans outside for valentine's day. if you don't have them yet the weather is going to be fantastic. a sweet forecast dan and cheryl. >> nice. thank you. >> just ahead from office health to dry cleaning it is finney's friday coming up next. >> new at 6:00, the holy grail of today's technology. now there's a touch bulldog: what what? mattress discounters presidents day sale ends presidents day? but mattress discounters has the largest selection of memory foam mattresses under one roof! comforpedic... icomfort... posturepedic hybrid... and wow! get up to four years interest-free financing on the entire tempur-pedic cloud collection! and, get a queen size serta mattress

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the national park service also wave entrance fees tomorrow through monday in honor of presidents' day weekend. longest free period of the year for our wonderful national parks. that's great. >> the all right. this is the time we've been waiting for. michael finney here to spruce up the weekend. >> michael's free stuff. >> dan's free stuff. >> i'm going to start with the free dry cleaning, to get spruced up for valentine's day. purple tie $20 worth of dry cleaning. purple tie there you go. right there. they are green and have cutting edge technology. they're super convenient. let me tell you how it works. you schedule your pickup and delivery at purple tie.com. place your clothes in a bag on your doorstep. they pick them up dirty, bring them back clean. a $20 value. enough money for you to check it out and see if this is a service that would work for you.

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their nests. >> americans are expected to spends nearly $19 billion on valentine's day this year. >> some of them will drop nearly $1,000 for a romantic dinner at san francisco's michael mina. >> offering couples a seven-course dueling concept tasting menu. each course includes two different dishes based on the same theme. >> we both love the idea that one person gets one, the other person gets the other. chances are there's definitely not a lover's quarrel that happens during the menu. usually people love to share. >> the menu features dueling caviar seafood and fois gras dishes. the food alone costs $185 a person. >> tack on an additional $109 each if you want the wine pairings. that brings the total bill to nearly $600 per couple before any other drinks. the dinner is already sold out. plenty of people happy to spend that money there. >> those who didn't get in, feel good about it. save your money.

i'm cheryl jennings. >> i'm dan ashley. from all of us here we'll see you again at 6:00. on this friday night, 60 million americans, the brutal cold, and the blizzard. bracing for hurricane-force wind gusts. the national weather service warning that travel will become nearly impossible. the american sniper trial. the ex-marine accused of murder. why he allegedly took aim at chris kyle. and, the fbi investigating. three muslim americans killed. tonight, the president weighing in. the school bus swerving, the driver with a medical condition. the children panicked, calling 911. and our person of the week. the image seen by thousands. reminding us of one of the hardest things we face growing up. can you guess