live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. hercules police are investigating the first homicide of the residential neighborhood in two years. a man is dead. a woman is critically injured. the suspect is under arrest. thanks for joining us. i am kristen sze. >> investigators believe it began with a fight witnesses saw between two men outside a home on buttercup court. amy hollyfield is at the scene with the special request police have for residents. they are asking for surveillance video for anyone in the flowers neighborhood that has a camera to check and it see if they got anything good define the hours of noon and 3:00 yesterday any images to help

police. they are asking people turn it over to investigators. a sleepless night for many in this hercules neighborhood knowing that a neighbor was murdered. >> did not sleep well. i woke at 1:00 o'clock and saw the lights still on with the police and the f.b.i. >> police made an arrest in the case. they say they have physical evidence and a witness that places the man in the driveway fighting with murder victim. >> he had blood on him when he was arrested and he was positively identified by our witness as the person who was seen attacking our victim. >> a woman was found unconscious inside the home. police say she is in critical condition. >> residents have a hard time believing it could happen here. >> it is a surprise. this is a quiet community. people here are keeping to their own business. we do not have much trouble.

>> police have not given a motive but the man behind the victim's home think it was a home invasion gone wrong pointing to a ripped window screen as the first clue. >> that is a possibility. we are not going to label it as that because we do fault know -- not know. >> at this point it does not appear the 50 something else victims knew the suspect in his 20. the victim's presence will be missed. >> when i saw him outside he would say hello how are you, like that. it is very devastating. >> police found a gun at the scene at the home. they say it turned out to be a fake gun. they do not know who it belonged to. thank you. we have an update on a large measles outbreak this california from the health department. new strains are reported.

there are 126 confirmed cases of measles in california since the outbreak started in december. half affect adult over the able of 20. in the bay area alameda has six, san mateo they santa clara three, contra costa has one, and solano has one case. >> a vallejo teen is in trouble for bringing a loaded and still were gun to school. police arrested the 17-year-old at the high school yesterday. officers got a report that specific students had guns on campus and they got there a teen took off and on officers chased him the he tried to ditch a gun and was taken into custody. police say the gun was reported stolen from san leandro. >> new details on a stubbing case in the north bay three men have new been arrested and are in jail accused of kidnapping a woman and brutally raping raping and beat her for weeks before she

escaped. now to the newsroom. >> woman was held against her will for two months but no one reported her missing and she escaped when a captor left a door open. the sheriff deputies arrested three men in connection withholding the woman hostage, beating and raping her all scheduled to be in court tomorrow in santa rosa for that the arraignment. in custody is 34-year-old jose barajas-mireles who is the mastermind behind this and is facing multiple charges including aggravate rape. they also arrested a 34-year-old avina and a 52-year-old cisneros accused of guarding the victim to make sure she did not escape. this is the home where the alleged abuse took place. it is a gated property on stony point road in santa rosa. the sheriff served a search warrant there and confiscated rot and questioned several people. the three suspects were arrested when they showed up at the

department yesterday to get some of seized items returned. it appears the victim did not know the men who were holding her. she told police she was kidnapped at gunpoint but detectives now say that is not what happened. she may have given that statement because she was so traumaized. in the newsroom for abc7 news. a candlelight judge sill planned to mark the two-year anniversary of santa cruz police officers killed in the line of duty. sergeant butch baker and elizabeth butler were shot while investigating a sexual assault suspect on this day in 2013. the city council passed a resolution on tuesday declaring today bayer-butler memorial day. flags are lower to half staff around the city. a vigil brought out the community in full force with people lighting candles and laying flowers to honor the fallen. the first and only officers kill in that city's history. today, the vigil runs from 3:00 to 5:00 this afternoon at the post office.

switching gears, we think positive things about rain. maybe coming to the bay area? shear a look from of clouds moving in toward san francisco. meteorologist mike nicco is tracking it with live doppler hd. mike? >> good morning from the top of the broadcast center it is another bright day with the high clouds dimming our sunshine. the warmest afternoon is upon us. to the north, that is where the storm system is. it is headed to vancouver. and seattle and portland. it is a cold area of, say, low pressure but not with a lot of moisture. you can see the radar returns are not that impress. the storm system slides toward us it will keep high clouds and freezes in the sky but dry until tomorrow that is what the light showers will be developing with snow in the sierra. the big concern is saturday with a possibility of a thunderstorm

or two and small hail and snow is heavier in the sierra. that is coming up in the big forecast. we have good news streets are getting safer, the most dangerous streets for pedestrians. a new report from the highway association says that less pedestrians killed than in 2013 for the first month. california is the second worse state for pedestrian deaths behind florida. hour numbers combined with the other three states florida, texas and new york make up half of all deaths in the united states for pedestrians. >> part of the plan do cut back on pedestrian deaths san francisco is hard at work on new crosswalks painting zebra lines to make them more visible. the crosswalks have been used near schools but the plan is to repaint hundreds of crosswalks on the busy streets. officials say it is a quick and

inexpensive way to improve state. >> union supporters of those who shuttle around apple employees are protesting outside the cupertino headquarters this morning ahead of the vote to join the team materials union. matt keller is at apple campus. matt? >> teamsters were successful unionizing the drivers at facebook now they are trying to take a bite out of apple and other silicon valley companies. >> teamsters truck into cupertino to protest working conditions for 120 full and part time shuttle bus drivers who work at apple and yahoo and ebay contracted through compass traps. union officials say that the drivers get low wages and benefit packages and often woring split shifts with long waits in between. >> it is about sharing the wealth. their workers are making a lot

of money and it is zoning that drivers also have a living wage, good health care and rights. >> the steam materials unionized 90 drivers at facebook in november. loop transportation which contracts with the social networking company made a through deal with the drivers recently. the teamsters say the contract increased the value of the workers health care, pentagon and wage package by $33,000 a year per employee the same goal they have for the workingers at apple. >> it is behooving of the companies to be a good community partner. they can improve things across the society by raising people up that do work for them to at least make a decent living and decent benefits for their family and have a future. >> apple had no comment. i reached out to the compass transportation and have not heard back. the election of the union is

tomorrow. thank you matt. the fcc is moving forward with new rules for internet service providers voting 3-2 in favor of what is called "net neutrality." this is a victory fore small entrepreneurs and consumers. providers including come past and at&t and verizon will not be able to block or slow down apps or websites or online service for reasons such as slowing down competitor content or blocking political opinions they disagree or just making monies from companies that can afford to pay for fast lane privileges. >> a's co-owner wolf said if his team would build a new ball work he would surrounds with acres and acres of packing and saying there is not land around the complex and to include homes and a shopping center and hotel and believes it can only work to build multilevel parking garages leaving fans waiting in long

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>> a water main leak blame as gaping hole in the side of a building in florida. check out this video the hole is 50 foot wide and 25 feet deep. the start was giving way by 5:00 this morning and then part of the building collapsed. no one was inside. >> that is good news. >> this is amazing, developing news, the isis person known as jihadi john has been identified. the masked man who has appeared in go heading votes released by isis in syria is thought to be mohamed emwazi a muslim who grew up in london and the british intelligence services knew about him before he traveled to syria in 2012. california's drought has a lot of folks would live here saying yes to water rationing. a poll finds support for mandatory rationing increased by

a third since last spring and many who favored the policy are from the bay area and other areas in the north of california. mandatory rash oning is gaining steam. a majority of those polls prefer the current approach, asking residents would voluntarily curb their use. >> california lawmakers are helping parents save money by making diapers tax free. democrats and republicans are supporting the bill. politicians say diapers are a health necessity and should be treated like food and prescription health products which are tax-free. if approved it is estimated it could save california families about $100 a year for each child. that is significant. >> clear skies now. hope is on the way. >> meteorologist mike nicco is next to tell us when and where showers may roll through. >> then it is time to celebrate the lunar new year and the special event happening where you live. >> a new twist on the traditional cup of joe and kfc

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covering santa clara, san francisco east bay, and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. lunar new year is here bring bringing so much to do this weekend. >> leyla gulen has ideas on how to explore where you live. >> action coe bats and dancers and our very own christian -- christian will ring in the new year, with something for the

whole family including arts and crafts. the year of the ram festivities take place downtown. 100 united states and international films will be presented at the 25th film festival in silicon valley. through march 8 audiences are treated to a variety of types including innovative technology. black history month closes the wine and food festival has ghosts -- has guests indulging. there will be top chefs with their intention of classics of african-americans with cooking demonstrations. for more information go to abc7news.com. i am looking outside just to see if i see the rain clouds. >> i hope. >> hopefully. >> we will check with meteorologist mike nicco to check on the timeline. >> these are not rain clouds.

>> no? >> okay. >> fine. be that way. >> these are high clouds. they do indicate that it is an old wives tale, these do indicate a change is on the way. today the change is warmer weather. tomorrow we will get the chances of scattered showers. looking at live doppler hd the breezes are already starting to pick up in some areas and you can see novato is 12 miles per hour, and 14 at half moon bay continuing to increase as we head through the afternoon hours and stir the tree pollen so you have allergies that could be an issue this afternoon. notice, it is a pretty quiet day across central california up to the high country and you can see from the east bay hills there is haze out there and the lower elevation is extra moisture in the air not because of an increase in pollution. you can see the same thing from sutro tower and a beautiful shot of the coast from mount tamalpais this morning. high clouds in our warmest afternoon becoming breezy. unsettled pattern friday and saturday and that is when we get

scattered showers and possible thunderstorms with hail and brief heavy rain. right new wear are on the warm side of the system and you can see the warm front, the red there with the semi circumstance colds and that is an indication of the leading edge of the warmer weather over the to which us right now. that is why we are going do see temperatures in the mid-60 to upper 60 along the coast to upper 60 to low 70s this afternoon. one of the days where i want to find some yard work just to get outside. upper 40s to mid-50s the mildest night ahead and a stray shower across the north bay. the low slides down and the prior is ahead of us and we wake up to a few light showers and snow showers developing in the sierra and that is where the greatest amount of moisture is tomorrow, in the hills or the high country and out over the ocean but once in a while one or two storms could come our way. waking up saturday the slow on top of us and step add some sunshine stir the atmosphere and make it more buoyant and the scattered showers and thunderstorms develop and the heavier snow in the sierra up to

10" possibles and headed to saturday evening dry air pushes in. if you are caught under a shower or two or three, locally we could get up to .5" and in lake tahoe 6-10 inches of snow starting tomorrow so take your chains or dust them off. we have not had to use them in a long time. much cooler tomorrow and friday with the brisk breezes and low-to-mid 60 and calmer on sunday and a small chance of showers on monday and warmer on tuesday and wednesday. we have a good chance of scattered showers but they are not going to drop a lot of rain or drop it over a wide area. >> we will take anything. >> and we take the world series champions with a huge fan base now the new face of major league baseball. drum roll...the new face of major league baseball is is...buster posey. >> congratulations, giants

catcher buster posey was one of the final two in the mlb social media campaign running against met' third baseman and buster got 52 percent of the vote thanks to the rabid fans and giants led the blitz on facebook and twitter and he will receive a plaque at a home game. he thanked the fans for helping him get this. >> a lot of media helped too a whole new spin on coffee to go. >> shout out to buster. the new face of the mlb.

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