an upscale tourist destination in napa is now the center of a hepatitis outbreak. the first cases the county has seen in five years. thanks for joining us. >> health officials are warning customers who ate at two restaurants inside a posh hotel to watch for symptoms after a couple employees came down the hepatitis a. and they are not the only ones. abc7 reporter is live at the health department with the latest. amy? >> reporter: five cases in two weeks. they've got two clusters of people who don't know each other

and haven't intersected. the theory right now is that this probably came through -- if you stayed or ate at this westin hotel in napa between february 9th and 26th 45e89 authorities want you to closely monitor your health. >> it's a very slight chance if they ate in one of the two restaurants within the hotel, that they might have been exposed to hepatitis a. again, i stress very unlikely. >> reporter: two hepatitis a cases were detected here. both patients are restaurant employees. no kst myrrhs are known to have contracted the virus but symptoms don't usually surface until a month after exposure. it can be contracted through can a nated food andrey. >> we don't want people to over react. on the other hand, we don't want people to think their physician think they have something else. >> reporter: a worker told us management has asked them not to talk to reporters. they were talked to about risks. current hotel guests tell us they were not told about the hepatitis cases but they are not

concerned. >> i have my shots. you know i have kids. i get sick all the time. >> reporter: there have been a total of five hepatitis a cases reported in napa in two weeks. they do consider this a small outbreak. >> i've been here over ten years. the most we had in a year is one and the last one is five years ago. >> reporter: napa residents are worried about the visitors here during the exposure time frame. >> i feel bad because i'm sure they -- probably scared. >> actually no evidence what so ever there is transmission ongoing since theed of end of january. it's safe and fun and weather is beautiful, as you can see. >> the symptoms for hepatitis a are listed on our website at abc7news.com. we have new details about man charged with the murder of ak own land mother trying to protect her children. the family of anthony simms says the 19-year-old suspect does not own a gun but court documents show simms was convicted of

carrying a concealed firearm last year. authorities say simms admitted he took part in the gun battle in which the mother died. simms now has hired a private attorney to represent him. he was scheduled to be in court this morning but his new lawyer asked for more time. right now oakland police are search for additional suspects in monday's shooting on chestnut street. pierce was killed trying to get her children to safety. she was walking them home from school when she got caught in the cross fire. again, police are looking for more suspects. from sonoma county, police say two men are under arrest and search for a third suspect is under way after a man was abducted at gun point in front of his wife and two kids. officers say the trio took the 25-year-old man and forced him into a pickup truck in santa rosa tuesday night. investigators say the captors drove him to modesto and forced him into the trunk of another car. all the while, holding him for ransom. police say he managed to escape in modesto. back here at san francisco,

police released a sketch of a man who they say tried to lure a 10-year-old into his car. officers say on march 6th the man drove up to the student near cole street. the man then tried to coax the student into his vehicle four times. the child escaped to a nearby restaurant. the man is described as a 30 to 40-year-old man with swift back black hair and facial stubble. he was seen drives a toy oelt a taurus or honda civic type vehicle. bus driver of the biggest company of the bay area is being targeted again for unionization. the team ters want to unionize for another transportation company in an effort to increase wages and benefits. abes a abc7 news reporter. the teamsters hit the street to san francisco for a rally. they're handing out union cards for balance transportation, a company contracted to drive work is to bay area tech companies includeing cisco and google.

they're looking to unionize the drivers with a goal of increasing wages and benefits. >> their wage rates is arranged 30 to $35,000 a year. trying to live on that kind of money in the bay area, expensive, it's a struggle. so they need representation so they can all get increases in wages and in the benefits that they're offering. >> reporter: the teamster's successfully unionized company transportation attend of february which contracts with several tech companies like apple, ebay and yahoo!. drivers for facebook saw their benefits and wages increase by about $30,000 a year after they joined the teamsters a few months ago. not every driver is happy with the tactics by the union. >> i just believe in coming and talking to the employees rather than go in front of our clients. >> sherry mundi works a split shift. drives her bs from ebay at 25k a.m. seven-hour break and doesn't get off until 8:00 at night. but you won't see her complain.

she likes her job. she's hopeful to see a raise in wages and binen fits but she believes what will eventually come without paying hundreds of dollars of dues to the union every year. >> great increase. everybody wants to make a little bit more money but, you know, in today's economy, i'm happy to have a job. >> reporter: the teamsters say they were harassed yesterday while trying to talk to the drivers at the transportation headquarters and move to this location on van nuys avenue to directly reach the work irs. we reached out to bauer transportation but have not heard back. if the union gets enough shuttle drivers to sign the authorize authorization cards they could have a vote in 30 days. happening today san jose's latest group of rookie police officers will graduate from their training academy. mayor ricardo will speak at today's ceremony. he has more than 1,000 officers, down from 1400 six years ago. budget cuts forced police layoffs.

other officers left for better paying jobs. san jose will continue to face staffing shortages as more veterans reach retirement age. massive manhunt under way in ferguson, missouri, for the gunman who shot two police officers. fortunately they are recovering. abc news reporter gonzales sdwroins us now from ferguson where that community is really feeling the strain of months of conflict. marcy? >> reporter: police still aren't saying how many shooters they're looking for or if they even have a description. and while police are following up on leads we're told they are not close to making an arrest. on this rainy day in ferguson missouri, police are still out searching for the gunman. they say took aim and shot two officers wednesday night. last night protests outside ferguson police headquarters a calm contrast to the night before.

one officer was shot through the shoulder the other in the face. president obama sharing his reaction last night on abc's "jimmy kimmel live." >> whoever fired those shots shouldn't detract from the issue, they're criminals. they need to be arrested. >> reporter: police trying to track the gunman down closed in on this house yesterday just a few blocks from the shooting season questioning three people but still making no arrests. while last night a small group gathered by candlelight to play for peace and for those two officers. >> we must pull together. we must heal together. >> yes. >> reporter: who are now home from the hospital and recovering. there is a $13,000 reward for information leading to an arrest. attorney general eric holder says the justice department and the fbi may join in the investigation. live in ferguson, missouri, marcy gonzales, abc7 news.

back to you. >> marcy, thank you. we're going to shift gears now and talk about all systems go for a band preparing for big performance for st. patrick's day this weekend. ♪ the irish pipers are putting the finishing touches on routine for san francisco's st. patrick's day parade tomorrow. the group has been around since 1932 and includes more than 30 bagpipers along with 20 drummers. and it is going to be a great day, we think, to watch that parade outside. >> yeah. let's get the scoop. a abc news plrt is here to look at the st. patrick's day forecast. >> yeah. we've got the luck of the irish tomorrow. here's the parade route. down market and over towards -- look at that beautiful picture right there. what we're dealing with, 66 degrees at 11:00. and then from 1:00 to 3:00 to 5:00 we will have high clouds sunshine, temperatures in the low to mid 70s.

so there will be plenty of green beer to go around. take it easy and enjoy the fun festivities here in san francisco. now, obviously we have dublin that's going to have festivities also this weekend. i'll have that forecast coming up and record high temperatures possible tomorrow. >> thank you so much. abc7 is a proud sponsor of this year's san francisco st. patrick's day parade where all irish for a day, right? so then mike is going to host that parade live here on abc 7 beginning tomorrow at noon. you can also catch it on the go using our free watch abc app. ahead, the v.a. hospital at the center of a nationwide scandal get the checkup one year later. plus, turning up the volume on chevy's volt. how the automaker says its hybrid is putting people to risk. and why the upcoming release of harper lee's "to kill a mockingbird" sequel has sparked

gm is recalling the chevy volt for being studiotoo quiet. some car owners say they forget to turn it off because it's too quiet. this can be dangerous if it's in the garage. more than 64,000 cars are effected beity recall. a software update will keep the car quiet but will automatically shut it off after 1 1/2 hours of it addressinging. president obama is visiting the arizona hospital that

triggered a wide spread investigation into mismanagement at va facilityies across the country. the president is expected to announce the creation of an advisory committee tasked with developing best practices. for administering care to veterans p this is his first visit since the scandal. the phoenix skapdle was one of the worst xwamples offed a my straighters hiding lengthy wait times for vaeteteraning looking for care. this morning the state of alabama's securities commission is closing its case into complaints that peninsulaulitzer piz winner harper lee was coerced into releasing her next book. the complaints came after her publisher announced a follow-up for "to kill a mockingbird" last month. at the time lee released a statement through her publisher saying quote, i'm humbled and amazed this will be published after all these years. many were spectacle whether the

88-year-old who reportedly suffered a stroke in 2007 was even capable of consenting to the publishing decision. alabama investigators say they visited lee and they're comfortable she's able to make decisions on her own. we're in for a spectacular day. with have the forecast. plus, an iron hand from iron man himself. the project that has robert downey jr. fist bumping arms with a little boy. late night laughs with the president. the mean tweet he actually agreed on with

just like tony iron man stark, robert downey jr. is a

part time hero, at least eyes of a 7-year-old boy. >> ready? >> yep. >> great. >> each one looks the same. >> actually i think yours might be better than mine. >> maybe just a little bit smaller. the actor team up with limitless shugss to present a new bionic robotic arm to alex who was born with a partially developed right arm. the non-profit was started by college student to make afford affordable 3d printed bionic limbs for children. robert downey jr. had fun staying in characterer. >> as you might see my light isn't working half the time. you know i designed one of these that winds up breaking on me. what i do is i keep working on it, kind of like you're working on it. >> it keeps working and working until he gets it right. >> yeah. i think yours is still a little bit more right than mine because at least, you no weknow -- >> the lights work. >> the lights work, yeah. >> well those kids who develop that are from the university of central florida. alex loves super heroes later told his mom he was so quiet

during the meeting iron man because he was freaking out inside, he says. >> he was so star struck. >> you know what? wouldn't it be great if alex made a cameo in the next iron man movie? >> perfect. >> i like that. >> mini-me. >> exactly. all right. weather. >> marvel. >> yeah. >> let's plan this. >> yeah. slight connection there. perfect weather for st. trtpatrick's day parade. we have sunshine and near record high temperatures. so i notice it will be flowing. just be careful. have that designated driver. loob at live doppler. showing you how dry it is outside. look at the winds. less than ten miles per hour. and they're all blowing from water to land because the land is warming up a little bit quicker. you look over fairfield and cochran, a little bit of an offshore breeze there. here's the way the satellite looks from about 1222, 23,000 miles out in space. you see the low clouds and high

clouds that are going to be the mainstay of our forecast over the next couple of days. they haven't done anything for sfo other than make it a beautiful flight in and out the peninsula. high clouds right now and temperatures running already near 60 degrees. from there, you can see it's hazy out there. a little extra humidity in the air. no pollution. nothing to worry about in that respect. today, partly sunny and temperatures above average by about, say three to eight degrees. warmth, it peaks. in records. tomorrow it won't be quite as warm next week. it will still be warmer than average. it won't be quite as warm. looking dry. here's the way it looks down in san jose. 280 and 17. tree pollen continues to be high. let's look at the temperatures. let's start with the warmest. antioch and livermore. 78 degrees. can you imagine sitting on livermore or sitting in napa this afternoon drinking some nice wine and temperatures in the mid to upper 70s.

that sounds relaxing. 69 in san francisco. mid to upper 60s along the coast. santa cruz, 74 degrees if blanket effect the clouds will keep us mild tonight. low to mid 50s. now as far as what's happening, two areas of high pressure keeping the storms out to our west but we're getting the blow off. we're getting high and mid-level clouds. underneath that a very warm pattern shaping up. that does unfortunately extend all of the way to the sea air. it takes overdub blin today where we're going to have the green and white gala at 6:00. temperatures will still be in the low 70s. look at saturday start at 9:30 in the mid 50s to low 80s by 5:00. sunday, if your doing the 5k i'll see you there. hopefully we'll run into each other. well, not really. you know what i mean. 8:30 to 5:00. i'm not running this one. i'm going to walk this one. i was veto'd on that one. quick look. 17% of average snowpack. oh, i was talking to sue hall and he's going to take her skis and her bike up to tahoe this

weekend because it's that warm. seven-day forecast. 80s away from the coast. 70 there tomorrow. mid 60s will be a mainstay at the coast sunday with low to mid 70s around the bay and inland. >> mike, thank you so much. president obama helped jimmy kimmel make millions of americans laugh. being a good sport about people saying bad things about him. the comic in chief became the latest celebrity in kimmel's mean tweets segment. >> is there any way we could fly obama to some golf course halfway around the world and just leave him there? well, rwsurfergirl, i think that's a great idea. >> there you go. you can always watch jimmy kimmel week nights at 11:35 right after abc news. coming up next we meet this week's perfect pet. >> the humane society introduces those two little guys who would

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coming up at 4:00 more buses more often. ac transit set to debut expanded service and it could be a sichb of things to come. and fear over fire. abc7 news at 5:00, a fire department wants to cut expenses but critics say saving money could cost lives. you know what you need for this friday? a perfect pet. we have a couple of wonderful friends. >> somebody to take to the park

with you tomorrow or even walk in the parade or something. how are you? >> doing great. thank you. >> great volunteer. >> thank you. >> tell us about barry. >> this is barry. et cetera like blackberry. and he's 8 years old. he's a pomeranian mix. we have dna tested him but he's pomeranian. i think teddy bear in there too. look at his ears. >> so precious. >> yeah. really good dog. >> great with other dogs. came in as a stray? >> yeah. we don't really know the history of him. but he's fabulous with other dogs. he likes to play. debbie works with him a lot in second chance. sit, do a lot of -- he does all that stuff. rollover. >> have debbie come over here. she's camera shy. she's off camera right now. >> yeah. >> that's usually who the perfect pet is staring atlanta the time because she's got treat. >> and she's got the treats

right. but he rode in the car beautifully. likes to ride in the car. likes to cuddle. perfect dog. if you like a little lap, cuddly dog but he's got a lot of energy, too right debbie? runs all around. >> very fun. you guys do such a great job. we sure appreciate it. call us if you want. running a little bit out of time. there's a goufl tournament coming up that's going to help benefit the humane society. you can see that on their website as well. i'll post it on mine. >> thank you very much. >> lady, back to you. >> that is a huggable little puppy there. >> he knows the lines are lighting up right now. take me home. from all of us here, thanks so much for joining us.

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