good afternoon, everybody, i'm larry deal. i'm am ma dates. local bliss and crimestoppers are offering a big reward to help solve the bhurd other of a young teenager. >> described as a star on and off the football field. avenues promising student and had a bright future ahead. laura anthony joins us live in oakland with the story. laura? >> reporter: hi, larry. this is a shooting that oakland police chief is describing as senseless. his family is struggling to make sense of what happened. >> hard hard, shocking, shocking and i'm sick of it.

>> reporter: todd walker is a long-time community activist in oakland at the forefront in the fight to stop the violence among the city's youth and he is the uncle of the 14-year-old high school freshman shot and killed saturday as he walked down a fruitville street with two friends. >> just a great kid. a great kid. wonderful mother. wonderful father. just a nice, humble kid, loved to play sports. >> reporter: sunday night the spot where ellis was killed friends and family members gathered for a candlelight vigil. just tragic. know you're not gonna see him no more. >> reporter: devon har san is a classmate of ellis and teammate where he was a star football player and excellent student. >> no reason. i was just shocked. why him? >> reporter: the mood at oakland tech is somber as students returned for the first time since ellis was gun downed just before 8 saturday night.

at tech and ellis' prior school mop terra middle school the district made sure there were grief counselors available for students and staff. give them tips on coping with the tragedy like this and equally or more important, giving them advice on how to help their students grieve and come to terms with this incident. >> reporter: police and crimestoppers are offering a $20,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in ellis' murder. laura anthony, abc7 news. the chp is trying to sort out a fatal crash on freedom boulevard that killed four young people from santa cruz county between the ages of 16 and 22. seven were actually inside the mercedes sedan that collided head-on with a bored f 150 pickup truck last night. three people in the mercedes died at the scene. another died at the hospital. the other three were taken to the hospital with critical injuries. none was wearing a seat belt and alcohol does appear to be a

factor. >> with add couple of witnesses reporting reckless driving, things like excessive speed things like passing over double yellow lines, had a witness say that there were actually females out of the windows like dancing and out of the moon roof dancing prior to the collision. >> the driver of the pickup truck, a 56-year-old man is in the hospital with major injuries. he is expected to recover. authorities haven't released the names of any of the victims. in san jose, investigators looking into what caused two garages to catch fire, destroying as many as five vehicles. it started around 10:30 on 9th and st. james streets. officials called for extra help because the fire was close to home but didn't spread to any structures and no one was injured. the weather, a wellcomed willa welcomed sight we haven't seen enough of, rain. people in san jose caught off-guard when the sudden downpour occurred east santa clara street, only a few people have um presently las with them.

snow in in the sierra what it looks like earlier today at heavenly mountain resort, received as much as a foot of new snow in the last 72 hours a couple feet since the weekend. heavenly helping them open seven new runs. >> boy do they need the snow. we had showers throughout the weekend and some lingering today. >> spencer christian here now with a first look at his accuweather forecast. >> it has been an interesting day. pretty quiet but several pockets of showers. live doppler 7 hd, light and isolated showers around the bay area right now mainly down in the south pay and one up around bill pete it is a, a little bit more moisture on the bay there, not much happening at the moment. notice the looped radar, more intense activity earlier in the afternoon, weakening considerably now. san jose did receive 300ths inch los gatos, 1500ths inch. live camera out over the bay and

san francisco, temperatures upper 50s, oakland, san carlos, san jose gilroy and half moon bay. a different view from the east bay hills camera see lots of clouds in the sky temperatures in the low 60s, santa rosa, fairfield, concord upper 50s, napa petaluma clouds over sfo, our first forecast showers ending this evening turning cool chilly overnight, tomorrow sunny, operate, a little bit milder, the mildest days yet to come. i will have the comp bloat accuweather seven-day forecast in a few minutes. >> spencer, see you then. authorities believe a man they pulled over for a routine traffic stop may have been involved in the shooting death of two men in a quiet livermore neighborhood. 28-year-old james wares resisted arrest last night so they had to bring in the k-9s to subdue him. authorities wanted to question him about the shooting deaths of two men in their 20s yesterday on at month creek drive. witnesses say three men got into an argument during what may have been an illegal gun deal when suddenly shots rang out. wares is facing only a gun

charge at this time. sewn nome ma county authorities don't know why an 84-year-old woman was targeted and killed last night. she was found dead inside a chair in her home on thursday. deputies in riverside county spotted two of the suspects in a car seat. they led deputies on a high-speed chase all the way into arizona. police put out spike strips and the car crashed. 27-year-old victor silva from marin county surrendered. deputies shot and killed the other suspect after she pulled a gun on them. a third suspect 27-year-old john brown know martinez was arrested in richmond on saturday and expected in court tomorrow. two investigations are already under way into yesterday's fatal police shooting of a homeless man on skid row in los angeles. >> the lieutenant county district attorney and the independent inspector general are now looking into the shooting which was caught on videotape.jf abc news reporter ted rowlands has the story. >> oh my god!

>> oh! >> reporter: dramatic video ending in gunfire starts with ada scuffle between a homeless manñi and lapd officers as two officers handcuff a woman in the foreground, the scuffle continues in the background. you can hear at one point a tírñixd as poliseç yelly/6 "drop the gun." but it's unclear if the suspectçó h=b÷tua÷l?d hasñi añi anthony blackburn is the person who recorded the video. >> seep him take his last breath, everybody hollering, you killed that man, the man is dead. >> reporter: lapd police chief charles beck displayed photographs at a monday afternoon press conference which he says showed the suspect grabbing at an officer's gun. he also showed a photo of the gun later that he says shows it was fought over.

>> the individual not grabbed the officer's pistol, certainly we would not be having this discussion. >> reporter: whether or not the suspect had the officer's gun could make a pig difference in the investigation's outcome. >> until that gun got out of the holster, if it did then you're gonna have trouble justifying shooting him. >> reporter: a total of five gunshots can be heard on the videotape.ñi two officers and a sergeant all discharged their weapons. all three are on administrative leave. ted rowlands, abc news, los angeles. the federal investigation into the police shooting death of michael brown is expected to allege patterns of racial bias within the bergson, missouri police department, but it will likely not include any criminal charges. the department of justice is expected to release its report as early as this week, while today, president obama met with his newly created task force on policing. >> the more there is trust between communities and law enforcement, the safer it is for cops, the more effectively they can do their jobs the more cooperation there's gonna be, the more likely those

communities are to be safe. >> the task force recommendations include independent investigations and special prosecutors on cases involving fatal interactions with police as well as more police training on how to deescalate confrontations and increase diversity within police departments. the wife of facebook founder mark zucker persian gulf was honored today at san francisco city hall. >> mayor ed lee recognizing pricilla chan and three others as part of women's history month. chan did not attend the event. she and zucker persian gulf recently made a $75 million donation to san francisco general hospital. the other women honored include sherrilyn adams from larkin youth services gail gillman from community housing partnership and debra peralta, an advocate for special needs education. a gamer's paradise this week in san francisco. 24,000 people expected to attend the game developer's conference at moscone center. abc7 news was there as coders show off the games they created on their way to the convention.

they made them as part of train jam. those who participated in the challenge met in chicago and took the train to san francisco. they spent the 52-hour journey creating games. the power of the video game, why i do it make someone feel happy, sad, interested, curious, loved, so many powerful emotions that you can bring to people. >> 120 people took part in the moving hack athochbl the 40 games they created being shown at the game developer's still ahead on abc7 news at 4:00, an answer over who will cover oakland'sçó bigçó minimum wage hike. the nasdaq roars to life. today, near record close that hasn't been seen in almost 15 years. new at 4:30, uneasiness at twitter's san francisco headquarters. what they that is drawing death threats from isis. 7 on your side's michael finney is taking your questiona4w on twitter and facebook answer them live a little bit later.

a five-year legal battle over illegal hiring practices in

silicon valley could come to an end this afternoon. a u.s. district judge is widely expected to approve a $415 million deal to settle alleged no poaching agreements among the area's leading tech companies. some 64,000 tech workers filed a class action lawsuit in 2013 claiming companies refusing to recruit and hire each other's workers stifled their wages and their mobility. industry experts say the settlement could end a lot of back room deals between top executives in the area. a banner day on wall street as the nasdaq closed above 5,000 the first time since the dotcom dub bubble. here is a look at the closing numbers, nasdaq which includes dozens of silicon valley companies, closed at 5,008, up nearly 45 points. this is only the third time the nasdaq closed above 5,000, the last time being xdi15 years ago. a day gains for the dow, up 156 points while the s & p 500 picked up 13.

[ cheering [ president clinton big birthday today for yahoo!. 20 years old. they celebrated by ringing the bell to open the nasdaq trading day. yahoo!'s chief financial officer, ken goldman was in new york to do the honors. the yahoo!.com domain debuted in january of 1995 and you see there, abc7 news reporter david lieu which profiling them and founders jerry yang and david file low when they were grad students at stanford. they launched it from their dorm room. 700 million people visit the site every month. workers in oakland woke up this morning feeling a little bit better their jobs. oakland's minimum wage went up $3 in one day to 12.25 an hour. but many small businesses may have to raise prices in response. abc7 news reporter lyanne melendez is live in oakland to explain why. lyanne? >> reporter: hi, al marks it is only a matter of time emeryville is considering increasing its minimum wage to

$14.03. berkeley will certainly surpass oak lands by 2016. berkeley's minimum wage by then will be $12.53. monty whitney got a 35% pay hike. he was earning $9 an hour. now he makes 12.25. >> it feels cool. it feels good. maybe a little more appreciation. i mean it's nothing -- it is not major but definitely cool. it feels good. definitely feels good. >> reporter: it was what most people here wanted after 82% of voters in oakland approved the minimum became increase. the small businesses are concerned about the impact of this hike. some had already warned clients that prices would go up in response to increasing costs.

>> reporter: for now oakland's minimum wage is higher than san francisco's. wages there will go up to $12.25 an hour in may and then to $15 by july 2018. >> it will improve the quality of life for everyone getting paid more. they want to spend more invest more in their community. >> reporter: cities like emeryville and berkeley are expected to follow their lead. in oakland, lee ann melendez, abc7 news. çó workers at san jose's -- san jose's mineta airport will see a bump inñiñi pay wages. it will go up july 1t(stçó means0lñi airportxdñi workers will= less than 14.53.

the increase is a result of the living wage ordinance. today was read across america day. >> yeah, and kids at one san franciscoâ!==1 got a special treat courtesy of our own abc7 news weather anchor, spencer christian, and some local actors. >> you should not be here when our mother is out. >> you can see, spencer and screen actors guild members didn't just read "a cat in the hat," they perform it had for students at an elementary and spencer was the fish. >> he wasn't shy about flopping around for his role. read across america honors children's book author dr. seuss. that's great. >> spencer will bring pack his role right now as he does the weather two other cast. was i a fish or a ham? >> a little bit of both, i think. >> terrific kids, i want to thank them for inviting me to participate. okay, let's talk about our weather shall we? live doppler 7 hd.

had unusual weather today a few isolated showers, some of which remain but they have weakened considerably as you can see, a few spots of moisture. ñi in southern california, weather much more active this afternoon. check out the radar loop showing thunderstorms moving through this area south of los angeles today, hitting long beach and 4%- huntington beach and many other areas. huntington beach looked like this accumulating hail on the beach. looks more like a winterçó scene from a new jersey beach.huntington beach. partly cloudy skies, forecast features, showers ending this evening. string of sunny days ahead, see mild to warm conditions through the weekend. satellite radar composite image shows that cold upper level low diving southward, although path is southward, circulation has been kicking showers from south to north in our direction. showers and thunderstorms. but again, they are tapering off now. so, here's our forecast

innovation, notice overnight into tomorrow, clouds will disappear, a sunny day tomorrow and big warmup begins on wednesday. in fact, so warm that for the week ahead projecting high temperatures in san jose reaching low 70s thursday and friday mid-70s saturday, sunday and monday. and that actually will be the high temperature trend for virtually all of our inland locations over the week ahead. tonight though we will see chilly conditions, especially in inland valleys, lows dropping into the mid-30s, santa rosa, napa upper 30s to low 40s inland east bay and inland south bay, mainly throw mid-40s around the pay, tomorrow, sunny, milder than today but not so mild going to be later this week, see mid to upper 60s inland tomorrow upper 50s low 60s at the coach check out the accuweather seven-day forecast low to middle 70s inland and around the bay, thursday and friday. mid-70s through the weekend. 70 on the coast by sunday, don't forget, we spring forward to daylight saving time over the weekend. so, by sunday morning we should

have that clock set ahead. enjoy some extended daylight in the evening hours. >> i can't believe you didn't give us a "cat in the halt" rhyme or something about, i want to see you in the rain i do not want to see you in spain, some kind of ridiculous -- >> i tried to do this a couple weeks ago, nobody reacted. i said i predict the weather with a feather, i hold it in the air, i do not stick it in my hair. of course, i don't have no hair to stick it in anymore. >> there you go. >> we like it. all right. well, up next, gimme five. astronauts deliver an outerspace fitness promise to first lady michelle obama. and new after 4:30, the israeli prime minister's contentious congressional address. what d

mt. hood was left off the list. so was the oregon coast, the columbia river gorge and the painted hills.

smith rock and the wallowas are all missing. whoever named the seven wonders never set foot in oregon because even crater lake was left off their list. so we see your wonders world and raise you seven of our own. the seven wonders of oregon. see one, or better yet see them all. it was a busy weekend for actor william shatner who spent most of his time tweeting, defending his decision not to be at his dear friend leonard nimoy's funeral. here is what he tweeted. shatner said he couldn't make it

because he made a promise months ago to appear at a charitable fund-raiser for the red cross. he told twitter followers to go ahead and tell him off. now, that wasn't good enough for devoted trekkies who called on shatner to make the flight from florida to los angeles. shatner says in this message, he just comment pull it off given his commitment. s and the limits of airline schedules. his twitter posts then turned into a conversation with nimoy's fans sharing memories of spoke on the "star trek" show. shatner sent this tweet, at the end of the online people more yum, thanking everyone for celebrating the life of leonard nimoy and you see that llap for live long and prosper. meanwhile "star trek" begans in canada paying tribute to nimoy by spoking their $5 bills. take a look at what they are drawing on their currency, a sbok-style bowl haircut with pointy 1960s sideburns and, of course, the pointy ears, drawn on the likeness of former

canadian prime minister. trekkies long compared his likeness to leonard nimoy's. you be the judge there. well there's a new mystery today over that supposedly unaltered photo of supermodel cindy crawford. turns out it may have been altered after all but not in the way you'd normally think. now, remember this picture, it went viral last month before it allegedly showed the real cindy crawford, now the photographer who took the picture claims those weren't real after all. the picture taken for "whatry claire" mexico in better it was stolen and doctored. crawford has remained silent on the photo, however, right after it went viral, her husband posted a bikini-clad picture of the model on social media and shows her well, looking far more toned. the u.s. crew on the international space station is accepting a challenge from first lady michelle obama. >> thank you ms. obama for the dimmy five challenge. just like on earth, exercise is

an important part of the daily routine for astronauts aboard the international space station. living in space can weaken bones and muscles so we exercise for two hours every single day to stay strong. we are delighted to accept your challenge and happy anniversary. let's move! >> yeah. that's u.s. commander barry will more accepting the first lady's challenge to do five zero gravity somersaults, does them well. mrs. obama is challenging everyone to do five things to eat better, be more active and lead a healthier life to celebrate her program's fifth anniversary. >> i wonder if it's much easier to exercise in zero gravity. the somersaults -- >> maybe. >> i don't know. >> got to be easier. still ahead in our next half hour counterterrorism experts weigh in on the latest threat from isis. what has twitter done to land on the terror group's radar? back-to-back security breaches on white house grounds puts the secret service on high alert.

hooir are today's headlines where you live at 4:30. family friends and classmates are remembering the life of 14-year-old devon ellis, known as an excellent student at

oakland tech and is a star receiver on the football team. he was shot and killed saturday night. l.a.'s police chief says officers fatally shot a homeless man on skid row after a man grabbed an officer's holster during a struggle. abc news tweets that the video is part of the investigation of this shooting. civil rights leaders are calling for an independent investigation. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu spoke to a pro-israel lobby group in washington today. he said u.s. leaders worry about security of country as israeli leaders worry about survival of country. we will have more on netanyahu's u.s. visit coming up in a few minutes. the islamic state has declared a new target twitter's co-founder. the san francisco company has recently shut down at least 2,000 accounts linked to isis and its supporters and twitter is now investigating. our reporter is in the newsroom with more. >> reporter: twitter and other social media platforms are the

primary way terrorist groups like isis have spread their message, you the social media giant has recently been shutting down those handles associated with isis over violations of twitter's terms of use rules against violent contempt and that's why isis is retaliating. at twitter headquarters, security officers were on alert throughout the day but no one talked to us on camera about the threat. a spokesman replied to my questions with a short email. our security team is investigating the veracity of these threats with relevant law enforcement officials. for security professionals, this is a possible threat that has to be carefully balanced. >> i think the fbi has to determine whether the veracity of the threat and whether it comes from isis itself or just a message to followers to do something. that's the key. >> reporter: rick smith is a retired fbi agent and private investigator. he doubts that isis has sent or can send anyone to san francisco immediately to carry out these threats. but there is a possibility of a

lone wolf trying to mount an attack. so twitter will have to tighten security at their downtown sfwraeps offices. the threats against twitter ceo jack dorsey were posted online sunday on a website called just paste it. the problem with online threats of any kind is their authenticity. threat seems legitimate, posted to a site anyone could have posted to the reality is that it could have been a 12-year-old in wisconsin. we don't know if it's a real terrorist or someone making a joke. >> reporter: what is clear, twitter and other social media giants cracked down on violent posts and videos from groups like isis. removed twitter handles and profiles. social media has become their primary tour for recruiting followers and encouraging attacks. other security breach at the white house, this time two men in separate incidents. secret service says the first incident occurred last night when a man hopped a pike rack

encircling the white house. the second one occurred this morning when a man tried to go through a white house entrance by walking in quickly behind an authorized pass holder. that incident led to a temporary lockdown of the north lawn. both men are in kug toddy. secret service upgraded protocols last year after a man jumped a fence and made it into the white house before being arrested. some prime minister benjamin netanyahu is in washington trying to play down tensions between his administration and the obama administration. today, netanyahu addressed the situation during a speech before a pro-israel group. tomorrow, netanyahu's controversial address to congress. and news reporter karen travers has the story. >> reporter: israeli prime minister benjamin netanyau acknowledged today his visit to washington has gotten a lot of hype. >> never has so much been written about a speech that hasn't about given. >> reporter: that speech to congress tomorrow is proving to be a major test of the u.s./israeli relationship.

netanyahu is expected to continue his strong criticisms of the long-term nuclear agreement with iran that the obama administration's negotiating. it is coming before congress at the invitation of republican house speaker john boehner who didn't involve the white house. >> by speech is not intended to show any disrespect to president obama or the esteemed office that he holds. >> reporter: the obama administration's called boehner's invitation destructive to u.s./israeli relations but today, the president's spokesman took a dismiss sive tone. >> it is the prime minister of israel who is able to determine his own schedule and takes the steps he believes are necessary to communicate or to represent his country. >> reporter: prime minister netanyahu wants more sanctions on iran and adamant that anything short of completely ending iran's nuclear program is a threat to israel's existence. >> the same iran vows to annihilate israel if it develops nuclear weapons, it would have the means to achieve that goal.

we must not let that happen. >> reporter: secretary of state john kerry's in geneva this week for the latest round of iranian nuclear talks. today, he said the administration would rather no deal than a pad one. karen travers abc news washington. hundreds gathered last night for a tribute to former university of nevada las vegas basketball coach jerry tarkanian. at the memorial for the man northern as tark the shark took place in the original shark tank, the thomas and mack center where the team played. family friends and former players showed up to remember the coaching legend who died last month. they even brought out the chair that he sat in the night the rebels one the national championship and the towels that the always-anxious tarkanian would chew on every game. >> jerry tarkanian was one-of-a-kind. definitely a father to me. he taught me the game of life

through the game of basketball. >> tarkanian won 761 games in a career that spanned five decades, good enough to earn him a spot in the basketball hall of fame. jerry tarkanian was 84. federal police are crediting the intuition of a border patrol agent for a massive emergency bust at the otay mesa border cross near san diego. the officer stopped a truck with a shipment labeled as mattresses. you something didn't seem right. agents opened the cargo doors and found pot wrapped in plastic stacked from there are to ceiling 1300 packages in all. the shipment weighed nearly 32,000 pounds with an estimated street value of $19 million. it was the second largest marijuana bust in history at a u.s. border crossing. still ahead a brazen museum heist that was pulled off in a matter of minutes. we will tell you about the priceless pieces of article the thieves made off with. i'm michael finney. ask finney is just ahead. so i'm still taking your questions on twitter and

facebook. you can contact me right now. facebook.com/michael finney abc7 and on twitter at bhchl finney. i will anticipate your questions here live a little later. i'm spencer christian. east bay hills, see clouds following today, cold storm, skies will soon be clearing and we have got a warmup coming our way. you will have the accuweather two other cast

french authorities are investigating the theft of some priceless works of art stolen from a museum near paris. thieves stole 15 items from the chinese museum at the fontainebleau castle before dawn on sunday. authorities say the raid lasted less than seven minutes so they knew what they were doing. the stolen objects were assembled by empress eugene think about, the wife of emperor nap polian iii for her chinese museum in 1863. among the items stolen, a replica crown of the king of siam given to france's emperor in the mid-19th century. >> wow. time for a check on our weather. and we finally got a little bit of a change. a little bit, some sprinkles, right spencer? >> a few isolated sprinkles, a couple of brief downpours, didn't last very long. right now the showers are tapering off, the skies are clearing. live doppler 7 hd we have some lingering clouds and lingering spots of moisture, but that should all be gone pie tomorrow. meanwhile, our climb what the toelogical winter has ended and this was the warmest winter on record for much of the bay area.

santa cruz its old record high record warm winter, 1893, the warmest winter weatheri] before this year in san jose and half moon bay 1939. san francisco, in 1875. so quite a warm and fwhush winter. tomorrow, very winter-like mostçó of the u.s. snow in the great lakes and northeast, showers in the ohio valley. the mid-atlantic, across the state of california tomorrow, mainly sunny andw3 dry, up north, which includes the bay area snow showers over the sierra rain showers over san diego. and here in the bay area tomorrow, sunny and dry, a little bit milder, highs in the upper 50s to low 60s near the coast. around the bay and inland, mid to upper 60s tomorrow bigger warmup coming later in the week. lar rained alma? >> thank you very much spencer. still ahead on abc7 news at 4:00, uber's latest product and not meant a for the public. their new publication by uberfor uber. and the craze over healthy eating, the bay area city newly named organically obsessed.

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listen up now listen to too much music using headphones may cause hearing loss. nikki beale. new world health organization report recommends listening to a music device using headphones for less than one hour per day. the w.h.o. says less than half than 12 to 35-year-olds have unsafe devices or spending time in nightclubs or las vegas. once you lose your hearing, it's not coming back. >> that is low. more parents are pressuring doctors to spread out vaccinations for their children. san franciscans sure like to eat organically according to a new study. here's jane king with today's wellness report. >> how many parents are asking doctors to spread out vaccinations over time and those doctors are saying okay. the university of colorado study

says they had agreed to do that even if they fear it had would be harmful. recent u.s. survey found 13% of american children had their vaccination schedule changed due to a parent's request. yogis in colorado are pallinging at regulations. there is a proposal that they be certified like truck drivers and pauschers. the rules, which involve hundreds in fees and paperwork will cut in their already tiny profit and limit their yoga creativity. organic good is big on the west coast. campbell's soup and sterling rank portland, oregon the most organic-obsessed city in the u.s. san francisco was number two. seattle and sacramento were also in the top ten. nationwide, the study found 81% of families already choose organic foods at least sometimes and more than half regularly include organic food in their diet. one doctor thinks he found the answer as to how long we will live. a physician at the division of cardiology at st. louis hospital says if you have trouble getting

down and off the floor and up it is nothing to laugh at. he says unlike a treadmill and biking, the sitting and rising test shows strength, balance and flexibility. he said if someone scores low on this test it increases their risk of dying in the next five years. from the nasdaq, i'm jane king. here's to your health. ride sharing ñiáq)vice, uber, says it has a new way to connect with its drivers much the $41 billion san francisco-based company todayúñ print magazine for its own 150,000 drivers. momentum's launch issue includes stories about how to get exercise while you're behind the wheel, best places to eat on the del and were to find restrooms. right now that magazine is available in six narcets including san francisco. the company will shift the issue to drivers the next few days. google has a bold new plan to revolutionize your cell phone service. the company announced it is getting into the wireless phone business. it will launch a mobile network using a combination of existing

cell towers and we guy hotspots. phones on the new network will switch seamlessly between cell towers and wifi connections. it is not yet clear when google will begin selling its new service. hewlett-packard todayñi announced plans to buy a sunnyvale wireless company, the tech giant will purchase aruba who make wifi network systems for shopping malls universities and hotels. hewlett-packard those purchase will help it adjust to a recent decline in computer sales, is the palo alto-paced company's first acquisition since its disastrous purchase of a british company in 2011. time now for ask finney. 7 on your side's michael finney answering questions sent in by facebook, e-mail and twitter. joe an what says i'm receiving postcards in the mail to refinance. they have my approximate loan amount. how do they know this? >> suspect that irritating? they have got two ways. one, they might be just simply guessing pause when you buy your

house, the figure you paid for it or its market value, it goes to the assessor's office, public information, anyone can go look at it. as a matter of fact, counties make a ton of money selling this information. that's where they what i have got it i guess. the other is your mortgage company sells that information. or as they like to say we share it with associates. >> share? >> yeah. share. affiliates. yeah. you can opt-out of that, by the way. look for the mail, once a year, got to send you the thing i don't want to share. >> michael asked via facebook, can i politely refuse a store's request to check my bag in the store but still shop in the store? >> i hate that you show up like there's your cubbie, like you're in kinder garth.put your stuff in your cubbie. no, you can't really refuse that. no law surrounding this anywhere at all. if you are being singled out, if they are watching other bell go through and think you are being singled out because of your gender or background or anything

like that, not allowed to do that, if they are telling everybody leave your stuff or we are gonna take it they are allowed to do it. a twitter user tweets when and howi] can i have my sprint lockedism phone unlocked so i can use it for a trip overseas? i have completed the two-year contract? >> they changed all of that like a year ago. about a year ago. now you can unlock it every company, every phone manufacturer and every cell company now allows to you do it. give them a call. tell you how to get it done. >> you got to pay. i just did it >> did you really? how much does it cost? >> over $100. >> what? >> yeah. unless you want to go to like joe on the corner. >> go online and try á do-it-yourself. >> you can follow the instruction it is you're technicallyçó inclined. >> so you can do it you just can't do it if -- >> theoretically i could do it but i can't do t >> great info. >> yes. >> thank you so much, michael. up next surf sand and

hail? we will show you the weird weather beachgoers encountered in southern california. i'm dan ashly, the abc7 é@ newsroom coming up new at 5:00, a pig ruling on sex offenders, california's high court decides where they can live and where they cannot. plus san jose's pothole problem. half a billion dollars and counting. so, who's gonna pay for all the fixing up? those

here is a look at tonight's primetime lineup, at 8:00 the new season of the ñibachelor coming down the stretch on the bachelor followedñi by the new limited series "secrets and lies". and then abc7 news at 11:00. a reminder customers of comcast, dish and now directv can use watch abc to see abc7 news live along with new episodes of all of your favorite abc shows on your smartphone, tablet or computer. you want to get started visit

abc7news.com/apps or download the free app by searching watch abc in your app store. oh, a whole lot of chilling out at the beach at surf city in southern california today and we are not talking about some laid back surfers. a closer look from reporter greg lee of our sistert(ñi station in los angeles. >> reporter: cell phone video from abc witness ryan bullock captures a thunderstorm hitting hunting ton beach this morning. once the pea-sized hail stop falling a blanket of white covers the beach, a rare sight in surf city usa. >> all of a sudden, it started hailing and snowing, amazing. never seen anything like it. >> reporter: twitter users shared this video getting in the storm on the hail-covered pier. others hit the beach to play in the white stuff some even playing hooky to take advantage of it. >> my parents pulled me out of school because they told me that

he is there a snow and then they sent me pictures and there was. >> reporter: pictures and videos like these from eyewitnesses keith butler and courtney marie. laura fennel and her 5-year-old son, dominic waited for the storm to pass then did something he has never done on the peach, made a snowman. >> it was completely covered but we just missed it, starting to melt, but it's pretty awesome we don't see it like this. >> reporter: once the sun came out, the hail met withed quickly, ending a very unusual day at the beach. >> it's crazy to see in southern california for me, 'cause i've never seen snow. so, for me this is a shock a culture shock for sure. >> reporter: that was not snow today but don't tell the people here. show you what is left of that pea-sized hail that fell today what hasn't melted here in huntington peach, again, a fun day for people to make snow angels, play out there, even a couple of snowball fights that we saw. reporting in huntington beach greg lee abc7 news. hail in l.a. is wild.

bay area restaurant known for its youth-run bistro getting a taste of the national spotlight now. the old school cafe in san francisco was featured on today's episode of "the chew" on abc7. the restaurant helps troubled youth realize their potential. they run every aspect of the cafe from cooking to hosting to serving. many go on to college or trade school. customers come from all over the city to enjoy the soul food entertainment and support what is really a great cause. reminder, catch "the chew" weekdays the noon here on abc7. thanks for joining us for abc7 news at 4. i'm larry beil. abc7 news at 5:00 begins right now with alma and dan. that opening is narrower than it used to be. >> a rise in crashes at the golden gate bridge. is a narrower opening at the toll plaza leading to a wider problem? some point, they have no rights. >> outcry after the court rules in favor of sex offenders. why some say the restrictions never protected the public. plus, finding the money.

san jose's pothole problem and the half billion dollar fix. >> it doesn't get any cheaper the longer that we wait. >> i'm abc7 meteorologist, pockets of showers are moving out, and now tracking warmer air moving in the week ahead. details in the accuweather forecast. you see them there tens of thousands of people drive the golden gate bridge every day. tonight, they are actually hitting the new safety barriers like never before. abc7 news has found a design issue may be causing it. good evening thank you for joining us. >> the new guardrails are protect the toll booths from being hit by cars but now drivers are hitting those guardrails just about every day and we found a pretty clear reason for that abc7 news reporter wayne friedman is live at the golden gate bridge with the story. wayne? >> reporter: good evening, dan,

the district says they are hitting the barriers as much as they ever did. the difference is there's more damage to cars and there's more damage to the barriers. look over my shoulder, stood here friday, the bridge district told us the lane sizes never changed and technically they haven't. you see that piece of metal sticking out there in front of that volvo? there's now less room outside of the lanes. and that could be a cause of the issue. this has become a common sight in the dpg bridge toll plaza, work crews repairing barriers between the old toll booths they did it again today after three more reported impacts since friday. who do you blame? >> myself. i wasn't paying attention. >> reporter: last friday john wilson became the 29th of what are now 32 impacts since january 12th. he hit this barrier which forms an opening 10 1/2 inches narrower than previous versions which used to be flush with the concrete. those smaller openings may have contributed to a five-fold

increase in incidents compared with the same period last year. >> we did not anticipate that we would have more people hitting the par years than we did in the past. in fact, not sure that's actually the case. >> reporter: bridge manager carrie witt blames drivers going excess of 25 miles an hour through openings designed in a day when people stopped to pay tolls. despite these barrier overlaps the district insists lane widths remain the same at their narrowest points. >> it is narrower right in the middle where you used to stop and pay your toll. still. >> still? >> doesn't look that way though. >> it is that way. >> reporter: the district describes the new par years as not complying with the federal highway guidelines. they have also cost the bridge $187,000 for repairs in less than three months. no price on safety the district told us. >> it comes to the potential for loss of life or serious injury in a head-on collision with a