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things don't go as planned when police say a man hired a prostitute to come to his home. >> he says he was drugged, tied up beaten and then robbed. and now the search is on for the call girl crook. good evening. i'm dan ashley. >> i'm ama daetz. fremont police are looking for this woman who called herself chrissy. >> alan wang is live with the story. alan? >> dan and ama if there are more victims police think they are too scared or embarrassed to report the crime. now there is a picture of the suspect and police want to know if you know who she is. >> he admitted he solicited a prostitute on a casual encounter website. she e-mailed the picture and says the same woman showed up at his home in the area of fremont. she thinks he drugged him and when he woke up his hands were tied behind his back. three men were in the house and they along with the woman beat him until he told them

where his cash and valuables were located. >> it doesn't surprise me. all of these things that are all on-line and you are hooking up on-line you have no idea what you are walking into. >> this man said his friend solicited a prostitute from a similar website that openly advertises for. it -- for it. >> i don't think it is safe. >> and now police want your help in finding the female suspect. she is described as italian or hispanic, 18 to 22 years old. 140 to 160 pounds with red highlights in her hair. she has tattoo on her back, wrists and arms as well as three stars on her chest. in fremont, alan wang, abc7 news. >> a popular volleyball coach in santa cruz is accused of trying to have sex with a minor. they arrested -- they announced the arrest and they say he has been in contact

with the girl since he met her three years ago at club shoreline volleyball. >> fire burned through a vineyard storage building. it started after 8:00 just southwest of downtown napa. the fire destroyed tractors cars stored chemicals and propane tanks. they had to redirect traffic in the area. firefighters now have it under control. tonight we are getting a good look at the gunman responsible for killing a san jose security guard on valentine's day. manny zuniga was shot after men stole $20 worth of cigars from a liquor store. the tapes you are watching are a crucial piece of evidence for investigators. lisa amin gulezian is live with the latest on this story. lisa? >> dan the video shows exactly what went down before the shooting. the victim wasn't even working for the liquor store at the time. he was simply nearby and trying to help. tonight family and friends want answers.

the group of suspects walked into liquor for less. they didn't stay long and they all left. but then a man came back in grabbed a display and ran out. he tripped and fell. the security guard was standing nearby when he tried to help he was shot and killed. >> i feel nervous still. >> he feels uneasy about working the night shift. the bullet hole in the window is a clear reminder of what happened. outside the liquor store the memorial keeps growing. tonight the victim's family visited the spot where the 34-year-old died. zuniga's mother and siblings didn't stay long. it was all just too emotional. but many are hopeful that the surveillance video will help police. >> at least they -- at least the family can know that the person that took their special person away is now serving for

the crime they did. >> there was no security tonight. the restaurant club zuniga worked for at the time of the shooting and the entire security team quit last night. his funeral will take place next wednesday. in san jose, lisa amin gulezian, abc7 news. a santa clara university student faces attempted murder charges for stabbing his roommate near campus. dillon kim was booked into the county jail and he was also injured. you can see stitches on his neck. police say kim's injuries were self-inflicted. the roommate was cut several times, but his wounds are not life-threatening. >> a broken beacon that helps ships move safely has been fixed. the beacon has not worked for nearly five months and attempts to repair it have failed. hundreds of ships have gone through during that period of time. two other beacons were okay. the state transportation

authorities blame a manufacture er -- manufacturer defect. meantime, operations resumed at the port of oakland after the labor tension forced a weekend shutdown. the u.s. secretary of labor joined the contract talks in san francisco. tonight he said that they have been positive and productive and will meet with both sides tomorrow. the on going dispute will cost american businesses however hundreds of millions of dollars. >> if you are an hourly worker in california new legislation would require your boss to give you more stability. assemblyman from san francisco wants a food and retail establishment with 500 or more employees to give a two-week scheduling notice. workers would get additional pay of last-minute schedule changes. california would be the first state to require these work changes. here is a question. would you be willing to live forever in history books but perhaps never be here to see it? the pool of candidates willing to go colonize mars has been

narrowed to a hundred people and several from the bay area. lilian kim spoke with a couple of them tonight. >> imagine leaving the comforts of home to live here. mars is a cold and hostile place. once the colonists arrive there is no coming back. 50-year-old peter felgintreff is happy at his home and enjoying his career in tech. he is willing to leave it behind. he is one of a hundred people selected to begin to train to colonize mars. they were narrowed from a pool of 200,000 men and women from all over world. >> ultimately it has to do with working with people and being able to be in an environment that could be monotonous at times but still stay engaged. >> the nonprofit mars 1 foundation will be setting up out posts on remote corners of the earth to train the 100 candidates this fall. it will include scenarios of what could happen during their time on mars like running out

of water or dealing with a malfunctioning air supply unit. she doesn't feel phased by any of it. she was one of the 36 selected. >> to be able to go to mars is not only just for me, but it is for the whole human race to move forward in the universe. >> after the fall training session the candidates will be narrowed to the final 24. the first group could be on mars in 10 years. it is a one-way ticket. so if he makes it to the final round he will have to say so long to his wife. >> i love my wife dearly and she has been a supporter of this adventure. i am not there yet, am i. >> the 24 men and women will be announced by the end of the year. lilian kim abc7 news. >> that's incredible. forget breaking a sweat. the key to losing weight may be to chill out. >> up next, the cool, new way to combat fat but does it really work?

>> and trapped in a car sinking to the bottom of the bay. the dramatic rescue as water was rushing in. >> and parking lot pin ball. real life bumper cars caught on camera. >> i am abc7 news meteorologist sandhya patel. cloudy in the morning. i'll let you know when the overcast skies may be replaced by rain. packing should be simple like nature valley nut crisp bars. let's see if hikers are keeping it simple too. what's happening here? pack inspection station, just got to take a quick look in your bag. a tape measure?

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gained weight. but wasn't the only reason. >> michael phelps would need to do about 10 hours of continuous butterfly strokes to burn 12,000 calories a day. >> the uc irvine professor believes it was triggered by the chilly temperature of the pool and its affect on a substance in our body known as brown fat. to take advantage of the effect hayes designed the called shoulder. it is an ice vest developed to help patients lose weight. >> it enduces comfortable mild cold exposure and our trial shows it burns 500 calories a day twice a day for an hour each. >> for awhile they know that you produce heat as you burn calories and the same is true for human babies. lowering the body temperature can trigger the same calorie burning mechanism in adults. >> your body has to maintain 98.6 to be healthy. your body will go to whatever measures are necessary. >> in fact, several major

research groups are interested in harnessing the calorie burning power of brown fat. the team at san francisco's gladstone institutes are looking for a drug that will turn common white fat that stores energy to brown fat that burns it. >> basically the brown fat when activated can burn energy stored in the white fat. so that actually has an indication for treating, for example, obesity or diabetes. >> he believes a drug to enduce the fat-burning effect known as thermo genesis could be on the horizon within a decade. back at uc irvine they have documented results from the freeze vest in early trials. the test subject says his ratio of body fat dropped from 15% down to 12% during the trial. >> i was a little skeptical. oh wear a vest, lose weight. sure. >> the challenge for most people is being cold for two hours every day. but for the motivated,

professor hayes points to a colleague who employed even more extreme methods. >> he would drink a gallon of ice water. he would take cold showers. he basically tripled his rate of weight loss. >> well, a commercial version of that vest is now available on the internet. for those willing to warm up to the idea of chilling your fat away the vest will cost you $159. >> i'm shivering just watching it. the entertainment industry is getting everything ready for the big night. the oscars are five days away. crews are working to transform hollywood boulevard for the highly anticipated red carpal arrivals. crews are moving equipment into place but there is still a lot of work to be done at the last few moments. parts of the red carpet will be laid down tomorrow. >> we are getting ready to welcome the world to hollywood. we are so excited. as you can see what is apparent, the red carpet. we have hundreds of workers here. >> this morning one of the

giant oscar statues arrived on the boulevard. his mate is already standing outside the doll be theater where the award show will beheld. >> this sunday is oscar sunday on abc7. our live coverage starts at 2:00 p.m. on -- with live on the red carpet at the oscars. first see what they are wearing and then watch who wins as neil patrick harris hosts the oscars. for a list of the nominees go to oscar.com sthie. and how is this for an assignment? katie will be in los angeles this weekend with live reports from the oscars and an inside look at bay area connections to hollywood's biggest night. coming up tomorrow night at 11:00, a new cheaper way to park. >> one day i drove in and it was a world series game day with the giants. every parking lot was like $60. >> how to find a spot in the city for month more than $15. we will show you tomorrow night on abc7 news at 11:00. here is somebody you don't

want parking your car. a wisconsin man said his foot was stuck on the accelerator when he hit nine vehicles, nine, in the parking lot of a piggly wiggly grocery store. the 92-year-old slammed into several cars and then backward into more. on his way out he clipped a car ripping off its front bumper. but he wasn't done. he slammed into a pick up truck and that happens. all of this mayhem and at least no one was injured. a lot of cars damaged. call the insurance adjuster. >> absolutely. well the wisconsin weather, nothing likee what we have here. it cooled off but it is much better than what they are dealing with. >> it is brutal. sandhya patel ising traying the weather and here we did see some real change. >> we did. it was a dramatic shift in the weather with temperatures dropping. the marine layer is returning. it deepened so much it never cleared the bay area. it is here on live doppler 7hd. just to put things in perspective we went from spring-like warmth to

summer-like pattern and still waiting for winter. take a look here tomorrow and the next day watch out for the king tides. could still see some flooding and around the bay front high tide at the golden gate, excessive high tide. over six feet on wednesday and thursday morning. that's one thing you will have to watch out for if you have driven down the embarcadero you can see the waves crashing. the kgo roof camera gray skies and that's exactly why those temperatures tumbled today. 18 degrees cooler in santa rosa. went from 74 to 56 today. san francisco dropped 12 degrees. look at oakland. you were at a record 75 yesterday. a big difference. 17-degree temperature change today coming in at 58. san jose was cooler at 59. the temperatures right now are mostly in the 50s. here is what it looks like. it is just a beautiful view looking across the bay from our exploratorium camera. cloudy and misty morning. sunshine returns and mild con dieciouses are spec --

conditions are expected. the high pressure is the dominant feature and so we are going with the dry pattern continuing until about 10 days from now. the long-range forecast shows you what is coming. sunday the sierra has a slight chance of snow showers this upcoming sunday. rain chance here in the bay area . friday february 27th. if you continue to look at the long-range models the end of february and into march it is looking wet. it was showing the possibility of rain for february 27th. let's see what happens. widespread low cloudiness first thing in the morning and may be a little misty out there. make sure you bundle up. mid40s to the low 50s to start off your morning. and really the cloud cover we will have tomorrow morning will preel away most of the bay area and you will enjoy a milder day. the sun will be out in the 50s and ict ises for your wednesday afternoon. specifically in your neighborhood 67 san jose and 63 san francisco and 68 in santa rosa.

oakland 66 and 68 in livermore. the aing could you weather seven-day forecast -- the accu-weather seven-day forecast will be warmer. award-winning forecast. it is your official station. it will be thighs for any outdoor plans. but who will be outdoors? dan and ama? i'm sure you will be glued to the tv set. >> thank you sandhya. >> next on abc7 news, dancing with big bird. >> the first lady got moving with this

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you have got to see this amazing rescue in new zealand. her car was submerged and she

tucked her head in. they grabbed a large rock and smashed in the window. the water rushed in as they pulled her free. the woman was taken to the hospital and we are glad to say should recover. >> ♪ don't want to close my eyes ♪ ♪ i don't want to fall asleep ♪ ♪ cuz i miss you babe ♪ ♪ and i don't want to miss a thing ♪ >> yes that is first lady michelle obama slow dancing with big bird to aerosmith's "i don't want to miss a thing." she is promoting her let's move initiative. big bird will be on fruit and vegetable packaging. mrs. obama did it to the comedy website funny or die. >> we have to get big bird on "dancing with the stars." >> oh yeah that's thinking. >> he is not that anymore bell. nimble. >> half of the people on there aren't. >> good point. tts -- it is one of the longest running sport events

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51 seconds later and he beat him with a rough night. he won 15 of the last 17 games and basically standing on his head and then on his oblique. he is the best goalie and the sharks fall 5-1. meanwhile in santa clara, the ice is down at levi stadium and the sharks will host them in the stadium series. they have the technology to keep the ice frozen even in 70-degree weather. slush is not gonna get it done. and it will be a frozen pond. gathering of former 9er coaches. michigan is hosting michigan state and look brandon dawson dwoing up to the rafters. look at jim inspecting the pepperoni pizza with his daughter and not doing it with enthusiasm unknown to mankind. what is in that pizza? missy franklin is ready for more gold. she will leave school at the end of the season to get ready

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