the people that drive the shuttle buses. >> reporter: the teamsters be out here in about a half hour. they want to union the drivers and get them better play and benefits. they had success. they've been able to unionize the two other shuttle companies in the bay area. this is a protest at apple headquarters in cupertino. 150 drivers are contracted by several bay area tech companies like apple yahoo! ebay, genetech and amtrak. apple announced it will be giving its shuttle bus drivers a 25% increase in hourly pay. in addition, people who work a split shift, that requires them to drive routes in the morning and the night, will get a higher hourly rate. this is loop concentration. they will be in union jackets

with signs, attempting to distribute union organization information to drivers. teamsters are hoping they will pass a bill later this month, urging the transportation agency to take into consideration the relationship between employers and drivers as they grant permits. teamsters planning to be out here for their rally through 9:00 this morning. reporting live in san francisco matt keller, abc 7 news. a man accused of shooting and killing an oakland mother, trying to protect her children will appear in court. 19-year-old anthony sims faces murder charges. police are hunting for additional suspects. sims got hurt in monday's shooting along chestnut street. gunfire broke out as chyemil pierce walked her children home from school. she died while rushing her children to safety.

>> chyemil she was a beautiful person, inside and out. always nice. loved her kids. very caring. always put her kids first. >> a memorial to pierce continues to grow outside her home. neighbors are doing all they legally can to keep a man who molested four, young women from moving into their neighborhood. and taxpayers would have his rent. we get more from fair field. >> the rights of these villains should not take precedence over the rights of our community, our neighbors, our lives. >> reporter: nearly 200 fair field residents are trying to prevent a sexual predator from moving in their neighborhood. >> it's been a beautiful, safe community. want it to stay that way. >> reporter: 51-year-old fraser smith was accused of sexually assaulting four, young women.

he's about to be released from a mental hospital. and liberty health care is handling the transition. >> they've looked at 1,700 homes for possible location. >> reporter: liberty health care selected this four-bedroom, 3 1/2-bath home with a swimming pool that rents for $3,000 a month. >> i'm a homeschoolteacher and a full-time teacher. i have students in my home every night. >> reporter: smith will have a gps ankle bracelet. but the alert will go to liberty health care first. and they will call 911. >> what kind of system is that? where it doesn't even go to law enforcement. >> reporter: if sheriff's office says it will assign a deputy to the neighborhood. but residents are determined to stop a judge from approving the home in a hearing. in fairfield alan wong abc 7 news.

san francisco police have released a sketch of a man they say tried to lure a 10-year-old into his car. on march 6th this man drove up to the student near karl and cole street. he said the man tried to coax the student into the vehicle four times. the child escaped to a nearby restaurant. the man is described as a 30-year-old to 40-year-old white man, with slicked back black hair. crime stoppers is offering a $300,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of this escaped inmate carter. it's been a week since the accused child molester got away from a sheriff's deputy in san jose. he overpowered the deputy. the highway patrol is trying to determine why a man was walking on highway 24 in oakland when he was hit and killed by a car. the accident stopped traffic after the caldecott tunnel. it was near the highway 13 exit. witnesses tell police, a man was

walking on the freeway right before the accident. protesters are calling for calm in ferguson, missouri, following the shooting of two police officers during a protest. the officers have now been released from the hospital. and authorities are searching for the gunman or gunmen. a crowd of about 200 protesters gathered to call for the resignation of ferguson's mayor. about 50 people gathered near the police station for a candlelight vigil. lawyers for oscar pistorius are in court today to challenge a decision to appeal his culpable homicide conviction. prosecutors want him charged for murder. in november, a judge convicted him to culpable merchandise shooting his girlfriend reeva steenkamp steenkamp. pistorius says he shot steenkamp because he thought she was an

intruder. cdoctors are trying to keep a case of hepatitis a from getting any bigger. anyone who ate at the restaurants between february 9th and 26th may have been exposed. but health officials say the risk is low. the hotel is sending out notices to guests. hepatitis a is a liver infection, usually transmitted person-to-person, or eating contaminated food. we will have a live report coming up at the top of the hour. happening today, san jose's rookie police officers will graduate from the training academy. the mayor will speak during today's ceremony. san jose has 1,000 officers. that's down from the force's 1,400 six years ago. budget cuts forced layups. san jose will continue to face staffing shortages as more veterans reach retirement age. union leaders in the refiery

in martinez have reached a deal to end a streak going on for six weeks now. the new contract emerged after negotiations by united steelworkers and shell, which represented a dozen oil companies. tasorro employees about 2,500 union workers. the other facilities across the nation, about 10% of all refinery capacity. the reopening of the plant should drive gasoline prices downward. water wasters, watch out. a vote will take place next week to boost temporary water conservation measures across california, now in the fourth year of drought. it could limit homeowners to watering outside landscaping for twice a week. and hotels may have to get a guest's okay before washing towels and changing sheets. violators could face fines of up to $500 per offense.

>> how much is water worth? well, it depends on who you are. rice farmers look to cash in by selling their water to thirsty, southern californians. that means more farmers won't grow as much rice this year. the district is one of several agencies willing to pay $71 million for water. "the sacramento bee" reports that 37 billion gallons will be heading south. no more additional water in the form of rain coming our way anytime soon, right? >> no. and the snowpack is so small. even worse than last year. 17% of where we should be. last year we were 30%. we thought that was awful. not getting better anytime soon. absolutely not. good morning, everybody. here's our temperatures. most of us a few degrees warmer than we were yesterday. coming into san francisco, mid-50s everywhere. golden gate into crissy field. 54 out in bayview. downtown ferry building 55.

financial district, 56. petaluma, 49. santa clara saratoga the cool spot. if you're in the east bay 56 in walnut creek. pleasanton about 50. and brent wood about 57. as we head into the afternoon, the clouds will be on the increase. we'll need the sunglasses more in the morning on the noon hours. check out our temperatures around the coast. 69 to 76. and inland, 72 to 7 here's sue. good morning, everyone. it's friday. we're hoping for friday light. walnut creek, south 680. the taillights making the turn all the way to 24 and 24 to the caldecott at the limit at this hour. the bay bridge toll plaza, the breeze coming into san francisco. no metering lights as of yet. we have one issue in the pleasant hill, walnut creek area by the embassy suites.

eastbound treat another buskirk. there are malfunctioning stoplights there. it's going to be busy later on this morning, for sure. coming off the golden gate bridge major construction as they're working on the new tunnel. and the lights are out there really bright and narrow lanes. slow down if you can and weave your way over to lombard street. >> thanks. beefed-up security at a major pg&e substation in the south bay hit by vandals. next the wall of protection anyone will bad intentions will encounter. and will ferrell takes the field for the orange and blockack. and looking outside, the bay bridge toll plaza. why do we do it?

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4:42. volunteers will hold their last organized search for missing teenager sierra lamar, almost three years to the day since she vanished from morgan hill. our media partner "the mercury news" reports volunteers have logged 50,000 hours looking for lamar. some have vowed to keep looking on their own. others plan to attend court hearings for her accused killer. the substation in south san jose is almost complete. a sniper attacked the power station in 2013. last year, thieves broke in. pg&e's work on a massive security upgrade started in 2013. a stone wall will enclose the entire security. and security guards

24/7. >> i'm hoping that they will do what they say they were going to do. and that they will complete security. with pg&e, it's been challenging to expect them to do the right thing. >> pg&e promises to spend $100 million to secure its substation by 2016. a small group of major leaguers can say they played for the giants and the a's. >> indeed. comedian will ferrell can say he played for both bay area clubs and eight others all in the same day. >> is it possible to win a gold glove in spring training? >> absolutely not. >> ferrell's baseball odyssey took him to five different parks to play five games around phoenix. buster posey's job is probably safe, after ferrell put on the catcher's gear. ferrell might be a little score this morning. he played all nine positions in the field and served as

designated hitter. >> i don't know if i need it. i already signed up for rotator cuff surgery. i'm just going to go in and say cut me open. i'm pretty sure it's all shredded in there. >> ferrell's baseball blitz raised money for cancer research. >> he's so funny. be careful what you say about shoulder surgery. >> he told the a's short stop he might be on a bus back to toledo because he's not doing so well here. >> did he say that? >> not so sure about that. >> you're right. 4:45 now. let's look at live doppler center h.d. some of the many areas that would be dealing with quarter-mile visibility. that's dangerous. and it looks to be highly localized. but it may slip up towards santa rosa as we head through the

morning. i'll keep an eye on it. here's a look at san jose. the airport is clear. but you can see haze around 280 and 17. and here's a look at n the east bay as we look at a clear sky over 680 as we head south toward the 24 connector and into the san ramon valley. we'll have increasing clouds and above-average temperatures. and we'll see temperatures not quite as warm. but still dry all the way through the rest of the extended forecast. today, look out for juniper, oak, pine and cedar. we'll be sneezing now if tree pollen is your kryptonite. wheat start at the coast. 67 today. and santa cruz at 74. 69 in san francisco. you're the exception for most of the day. low to mid-70s as you head into the south bay. 76 in san jose. sitting, sipping some wine in

livermore it would be even warmer. looking at tonight. clouds will hang around. they won't give up the rain. but will keep us mild. low to mid-50s. i'd be surprised if the heater runs at all. i had to open the windows just to warm the house. here's a look at a couple of areas of high pressure. the jet stream will be just to our west. and storm systems are going to travel across that. that's while we'll have thinner clouds today. and friday the highs will be similar. saturday's will be the warmest, near 80 around the bay. above average next week. have a good one. what's going on? right now, just some road work out there. take you live outside to san rafael. the taillights past the mall and civic center. light other the golden gate bridge here. you see the new zipper machines here taking the median

barriers. you have four lanes in the southbound direction, two lanes heading northbound. if you've driven the golden gate bridge and seen that happen, it's really cool the way it works. we have an issue with roadwork out in lanes for a few minutes. north and southbound 880 between davis and the marina. both directions. and eastbound 580 the reverse commute, from greenville to north flynn. we have roadwork there. that's a paving project that will be picked up about 9:00 this morning. and we also have this really cool app we're going to tell you about. our waze app. about the big parade coming to san francisco on saturday the st. patty's day parade. and there's a new addition to the waze app. for any major event the parade is happening on saturday. and it will begin at 11:30. so, second and market is where folks are going. the waze app will direct you if

you're going there. if you're trying to avoid it it tells you how to get around there. it's a neat thing. about 100,000 people are expected along the route. from second to market. it takes a left on mcallister and over to polk. and down to the civic center where the parade will be ending there. your abc 7 waze happen helps you navigate around the parade. >> we have so many big events in san francisco. that's great to have. abc 7 is a proud sponsor of this year's san francisco st. patrick's day parade. michael finny will host the parade here beginning at noon. you can use it on our free abc app. friday 13th made me say it wrong. google unveiled its newest laptop. and paula deen is coming to

your smartphone. here's this morning's tech bytes. >> the pixel two features an aluminum exterior and up to 12 hours of battery life. the internet-powered laptop has a starting price of $1,000. a major competitor to uber is getting a lift. the ride sharing company has raised $530 million. >> $300 million of that comes from a japanese retailer that gives lift a value of $2.5 million. uber's value is at 40. also, there's a new free paula deen game app. it's called paula deen's recipe quest. >> deen says she's, quote, a gamer at heart. and never leaves home without her ipad. recipe quest is available from apple. and the android version will be released monday. >> happy cooking. happy playing, everybody. >> those are your "techbytes." >> happy weekend. the community of petaluma is the star of a new mcdonald's

commercial. coming up, why not everybody is lovin' it. do you have hillary clinton's new e-mail address? i can't share it with you. i don't think she'd want you to have it, frankly. >> president obama becomes the guest in chief on jimmy kimmel. his take on mean tweets next. as we go to break, abc 7 news now. a live look from our rooftop

welcome back. it's 4:53. a new mcdonald's commercial features the city of petaluma. but apparently, not all of the locals are lovin' it. >> the commercial bills petaluma as a quaint town where people come together for a great sandwich. you think they're talking about a mom and pop until it's revealed it's a mcdonald's promo. social media has lit up. some saying it's great publicity

for petaluma. others noting that the mcdonald's franchises are nowhere near downtown. president obama helped jimmy kimmel make millions of people laugh. >> the comic in chief discussed some of the perks of his job with the late-night funny man. he reveals to kimmel that he doesn't test. and the biggest laugh came when he became the latest celebrity to take part in the mean tweets segment. >> is there some way to fly obama to some golf course around the world and leave him there. well i think that's a great idea. >> you actually cook? >> mr. obama's appearance came while he raised money for the democratic national committee in los angeles. you can watch kimmel right after abc 7 news at 11:00. his policies about high-tech is one thing.

he had to fight to get his blackberry away from him. >> that is true. blackberry is sort of making a comeback. 4:54. the warm temperatures making a comeback. >> absolutely. they'll make everybody green. you will enjoy it if you're going to the st. patrick's parade tomorrow. we'll be in the low 70s from 1:00 to 3:00. under a partly-sunny skies. so, grab the sun glasses. you'll need them. wind advisory today. look at what they're doing to the temperatures. 90 degrees in l.a. 92 in palm springs. 68 but cloudy in monterey. we'll have low 70s to 80s in the valley. and my seven-day forecast is tahoe. it's too warm for them to make snow. that's unfortunate. especially for someone like you, sue. >> i'm headed up there later today. i think we'll bring the bike instead of the skis. here we go. 80, the east shore freeway is

getting busy here. no major stalls or accidents. roadwork in the eastbound direction should be picked up by 5:00 this morning. no delays at the bay bridge yet. taking a close uplook at san jose. the crossing up here is 8 we will look at roadwork out there in lanes. this is signal lights. an eastbound treat in the pleasant hill area. those are malfunctioning. a four-way stop there. >> it's 4:56. thanks sue. just like you, tony "iron man" star robert downey jr., is a part-time hero. in the eyes of one 7-year-old boy. >> ready? >> yep. >> great. >> this one looks the same. >> actually, i think yours might be better than mine. >> the actor teamed up with enabling the future to present a new robotic arm to alex who was born with a partially developed

right arm. he loves superheros. and told his mom he was so quiet because he was freaking out inside. they actually built and donated 3d printed bionic limbs to children around the world. >> and having it delivered by iron man has to be twice the thrill. >> very special, right? if you need an excuse to stay in bed longer this morning we have one more you. >> it's world sleep day. it's organized by the world association of sleep medicine. the goal is to highlight the benefits of proper sleep and draw attention to the health issues caused by not getting enough shut-eye. more than $100 million around the world are not getting enough sleep. and in the u.s., 22 million americans have sleep apnea. that's 1 in every 15 people. show of hands if you get enough sleep. that's what i thought. >> i'm sleeping. don't talk to me. shots are fired at a highway

patrol vehicle at night. new video of the damage the gunfire caused. and the lingering impact of the napa earthquake. the house of worship that may not recover from damage it suffered. >> a quick commercial broke now. we leave you with abc 7 now. not much fog here. no fog in our house, we do just about

everything online. and our old internet just wasn't cutting it. so i switched us from u-verse to xfinity. they have the fastest, most reliable internet. which is perfect for me, because i think everything should just work. works? works. works! works? works. works. live from the kgo broadcast center, this is abc 7 news. >> good friday morning to you. it's 5:00 a.m. on the 13th of march. >> we're all feeling very lucky