spilled out. it was working for a city project to improve the sidewalk along shell avenue. the accident happened around 1:00 this afternoon. they are speaking with the driver of the truck to figure out what exactly happened. neighbors say this was supposed to be a safety project to prevent accidents in the area and protect the dozens of high school kids who walk along this road. >> they're supposed to know what they're doing. they're contractors. my own feeling, i think they should have closed the road off. there's too many cars here. if you see how many kids have if to go on this road and drive up and down and walk up and down this hill every day from the high school then you'd understand why they're doing it. >> reporter: shell avenue and pine street will be closed off for several hours tonight as this investigation continues. now we did learn the victim is a 32-year-old hairdresser. she has a 4-year-old daughter. reporting here, abc 7 news. >> just awful. thank you.

police have surrounded the home of an elderly woman where a burglar may be barricaded inside. this is happening in the 900 block of elsinore drive right now. sky 7 hd was overhead a few minutes ago where the burglar was originally seen in the back yard of this house. he entered the home where a woman in her 90s lives. the woman got out safely and is now with officers, but police believe the burglar is still inside. they've been trying to coax the person out peacefully. but it's unclear if officers are actually making contact with him. officials say a female student escaped an attempted kidnapping on her way to school. the student told authorities a man in a car offered her a ride as she was walking on lonetree way. when she got out the man got out of the car and tried to grab her, but she got away. this is the second incident like this this month involving an

antioch student. a part of sea shore could be closed. 58 year old nancy blum was killed when arch rock collapsed. another person with her was seriously injured. last week the park service posted warning signs to stay away from arch rock after a fission first appeared. a 9-year-old boy is recovering after falling through a school's domed skylight yesterday. william wells and a few friends got on the school roof and somehow he fell through. he was injured. you can see the boarded up skylight there. abc 7 news reporter has more. >> reporter: she says her son is improving, but it's too soon to know the extent of his injuries. yesterday he was playing with friends when the ball went on the roof.

according to school officials, the boys found their way through the locked garden fence removed a ladder from the shed and climbed onto the school's roof. >> apparently the boys got up on the roof and they walked around and there was a domed skylight, don't know what they were doing on it but the boy who was injured fell through. >> reporter: from sky 7 hd you can see the piece of plywood covering the hole. one of the boys stayed with william while the other went to get his mom. she quickly drove to the school. too afraid to tell the school, william walked to the car. she then took him to a local hospital. but after finding out what really happened, doctors there quickly made arrangements to have him transferred to children's hospital oakland. >> he has seven fractures on his spine, a fracture on his head. >> reporter: doctors also discovered a pre-existing benign cyst on his brain. but they are focussing on his

injuries and describing his condition as stable. they are going over security measures to see how they can avoid this in the future at the school. residents of an oakland building are fighting to stay in their homes even after a fire ravaged through several units. we have video from saturday's fire that killed two residents. the blaze destroyed one unit. the owner is using the fire to push them out. >> the building can be lived in and our landlord refuses to turn on water, power. despite the fact that it would be very easy to have utilities come in, cap off the appropriate things and let us keep living here. >> a mixed media artist was killed in the fire and so was an individualvideographer videographer. you can find a link if you want

to help at abc 7 news.com. three high school students are in custody accused of shooting a man outside their school. teams of heavily-armed officers searched the area with police dogs. officers didn't find the suspects until today. a 16 year old and 17 year old from richmond and a 16 year old were arrested on school grounds today. police booked them into juvenile hall on suspicion of attempted murder and conspiracy. prosecutors are calling to reverse course and file charges against a man who was pointing a stun gun at them. they fired 59 shots at alex nieto almost a year ago. >> reporter: protesters had been calling for an independent inquiry of this case by the federal government. and today we've learned that the san francisco district attorney's office has submitted this case to the u.s. attorney's

office for review. this demonstration started bright and early this morning at 7:00. the aim was to mark the one-year anniversary of alex nieto's death in an officer-involved shooting. organizers question why four officers fired a total of 54 rounds when they confronted nieto. his father was at this event. he said there are a lot of people demonstrating, and there will be more to come. his son was shot near sunset last march 21st. police say someone called 911 reporting a man with what looked like a gun. officerings arrived and saw someone with what they believed to be a firearm. it turned out to be a taser. the chief showed the audience the weapon. >> this is the actual weapon that mr. nieto had. >> reporter: but organizers of this protest dispute that version of events. >> there are reports that the

sight was aimed at the officers. is that accurate? >> that is police version of events. and what we need to understand is that the version given by police is a version that is a naration aimed protect them from a lawsuit. >> reporter: the district attorney's office did not file charges against those police men. this morning's elaborate demonstration remained peaceful. >> we were just monitoring what was going on in front of the station. thankfully there were no services impacted by the demonstration. >> reporter: the protest wrapped up at noon. another busy day for staffers at the marine mammal center. experts were called out to pacifica to rescue a young elephant seal. the group of hikers noticed the pup.

>> we noticed this barking sound, and there was this beautiful little animal coming towards us she was taking, moving herself up the sand a good 200 yards from the ocean coast. and so a few of us stayed there over six hours. >> marine mammal staffers say the people who spotted the seal handled the situation perfectly. they kept a safe distance until help arrived. there have been seals beaching themselves up and down the coast. most have been maltnourished. those of you with wood-burning fireplaces could end up paying a hefty price. and a big step for the nfl could be a help for raiders fans. what's changing for the first time in decades. and for the first time in history, the nfl's going to use something other than your tv to let you watch a football game. and apple's bite gets

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in san francisco, a gas line that leaked after this crash has been fixed. a suv hit a building on cabrillo street causing a leak. the building was briefly evacuated. one person suffered minor injuries in the crash. it is under vision. bay area air officials could require homeowners to get rid of fireplaces before they sell their homes. but one realtor said that would be a bad idea for business. >> reporter: well, the air

district claims that particulate matter wood-burning pollution is the number one cause of pollution in the winter. realtors dispute that. saying that causing owners to get rid of fireplaces could do more harm than good. they are fighting mad about a plan that would require fireplaces to be removed or converted before it could be sold. >> they're trying to put and find solutions to their problems on the backs of the real estate tranaction. and it's not right. >> reporter: the proposal is coming out of the bay area air quality management district which is looking at an ordinance requiring a home seller to make the change before a sale. >> it's very dit rimtal to people's health. indoors and outside the home. so the industry is looking to get input as to how we can

further tighten down the rules. >> eventually, you're going to have to run a gas line to the fireplace. >> reporter: this is a manager with a place and says that it ranges $400 for a log set. >> it makes it very realistic looking, and efficiency, we're talking in the high 70s low 80s efficiency. >> reporter: a workshop will start in santa clara. the board is expected to act one way or another by the end of this year. in walnut creek laura anthony, abc 7 news. a 3.0 earthquake hit 50 miles from los angeles about an hour ago. no one was hurt. here in the bay area a south bay school was evacuated this morning after feeling one of two small earthquakes. a 2.9 magnitude squak hit los

gatos this morning. and a 2.7 hit not far from morgan hill. no damage or injuries are reported. the quakes are a reminder to be prepared if a disaster strikes we have information for stocking a survival kick at abc 7 news.com. search crews today found a uc santa barbara student alive but injured after he disappeared in yosemite national park. michael dahl was spotted around 11:00 on the loop trail. that's about a quarter of a mile away from where he was last seen. the two people who found home are. >>s doctors. he had suffered several injuries and was taken to the hospital. the nfl is making big changes as to when and how its games are viewed. it's suspending the

long-established black out rule. that means fans in local markets will get to see their team play on tv regardless of whether the game has been sold out or not. this has been a problem for the raiders, although they've been selling out consistently for the last couple years. also they will use a source other than a tv network to show a national game. next october's game between jacksonville and buffalo will be streamed online for free by an undetermined provider. an analyst believes apple will become a trillion dollar industry. it would put apple at the valuation of $1 trillion. white believes it will continue rising thanks to apple's growth in china.

and future side projects such as an electric car. there are only 15 countries in the world with amy's kitchen sent out a warning after a notice included amys might have received their spinach products. the products were made between january and march. no illnesses have been reported. there's an effort to make gas prices much lower in the state of california. michael finney is more with that and a big birthday is being celebrated at the white house. >> they grow up fast. obamacare turned 5 years old today. president obama signed the affordable care act into law on this date in 2010. since then, more than 16 million

americans have purchased health insurance through the program which includes stand alone insurance. many younger adults are covered covered under their parents' program up to the age of 26. the future of the affordable care act however remains uncertain. the supreme court will rule this summer on the legality of subsidies under the law. today republicans and small business owners gathered to support a bill that would take transportation fuels out of the cap and trade program. californians are now paying increased gas pricing as part of a fee that went into effect on the first of this year. the group is pushing an emergency measure to stop what they call the hidden gas tax. >> so what california is doing is taking billions from every day working people putting it into a great big, multi-billion dollar fund, and we are unsure

where it's going and how it is achieving the explicit requirements of ab 32. >> opponents of the gas tax say gas prices have gone up more than $1 this month in many california cities while prices nationwide have risen only 23 crepts. move over starbucks. beer taps are being installed in gas stations and grocery stores. draft beer taps where customers can fill 64 ounce containers called growlers. they've been installed around the nation. one of the big providers in this is growler station. they're based inner vine inen irvine in california. none here in its own state. i wondered why. i checked with the california alcoholic binge control ikic beverage

control and found it is not legal here. >> fill up your gas and beer mug and drive off. >> what it is it's for craft beers, this is a new way they're going back to the old days, where you have a reusable container, bring it into the craft place and fill it up. apparently it's huge in idaho. >> one of the reasons i don't live in idaho. thank you michael. some areas of the bay area saw light rain this morning. here's a live look. it was only for a few minutes but you can see the rain coming down pretty hard. and earlier this morning drivers dealt with slick freeways. this is video. you can see conditions were very wet as well along highway 101 this morning through the north bay. our meteorologist joins us with more. and if we can expect any more rain today or this week? >> how about a few drizzly drops? it's not going to happen until tomorrow morning.

right now, skies have opened up. lots of sunshine. a few clouds out there. let me show you live doppler hd. and it's not going to be rain like we saw this morning, but we will see a few drops. right now mostly sunny across the bay area. a few clouds out there and our rain totals, about a tenth of an inch. .700 in oakland. where our radar is located, about a third of an inch. and in half moon bay .2100. here's our view from our golden gate bridge camera. wet spots? it's hard to believe. but there were some wet spots that picked up over a half inch of rain like danville cloverdale. couple inches of snow in the sierra. this does not come as a

surprise. 9% of average. our sierra snowpack was 25% of normal a year ago. so we're really in a bad situation here. and here's a live view from our lake tahoe camera, and you can see how bare it is there. how much snow we really need. 62 oakland currently 64 san jose. half moon bay's dropped down to 57 degrees. still high clouds coming in. 65 in livermore. and here's a milky sky from our emeryville camera. you're going to be seeing more clouds overnight. and sunny and warmer for your wednesday. record warmth looking likely for thursday and friday. here's a look at the system that came through, brought us rain this morning. enough so that you had to use your windshield wipers. a big surge of warm air is coming in, and that's going to result in a big spike in our

temperatures. you'll notice cloud cover tonight. it increases in the overnight hours and could see spotty drizzle for your morning commute. after that we'll pretty much go with lingering cloud cover, except to the north you could see a few sprinkles. san jose's average high is 68. tomorrow right where you should be. 69 degrees. but thin theen the numbers start to rise. near record for friday. 83 degrees. and by the weekend, temperatures drop off. tomorrow morning, not too cold. cloud cover will keep you insulated. mid-40s to mid-50s. and for the afternoon, i would hang onto a long-sleeved shirt. 69 santa rosa. 69 san jose. clear lake you may see a few drops. acuweather seven-day forecast, we'll go with a warmer pattern midweek. mid to upper 60s coast. we will be talking about the

potential for record highs around here with the cooling coming over the weekend. the good news about the rain we got, it did wash some of the pollen away. >> that is good. >> some of us are very happy about that. well, a giant from the 19th century gets resurrected. how a california redwood is coming back to life. and new at 6:00 a move by a food truck operator that's left

u.s. veterans who served in afghanistan were honored today for their service. ash carter, afghan president and others gathered to thank them for their efforts. guani also promises not to be a burden. >> we do not now ask what the united states can do for us. if i can play on president kennedy, we want to say what afghanistan will do for itself and for the world. >> last month, in an abc 7

exclusive, cheryl jennings had the incredible opportunity to travel to afghanistan to meet with the new president and see why he wants to work with the roots of peace organization. the women's organization has backed out of a deal with uber. they have been criticized for failing to protect female drivers and passengers. u.n. women canceled the collaboration following pressure from trade unions and women's rights organizations. >> i want to assure you that not only are we listening, we are aligned. i also want to assure you that u.n. women will not selfaccept an offer to collaborate with uber. >> they reiterated their commitment to jobs for women. a giant rid wood tree is being brought back to life in

england. the tree became known as field wood stump. tourists have been visiting the site for decades. the tree was 3500 years old. it was chopped down in 1890 reportedly so an american millionaire living in britain could make a table for 40 people from a single cross section. now the tree is being rejuvenated. the project focuses on california redwoods and sequoias because of their ability to absorb carbon dioxide. a bay area student gets a one on one -- >> really proud of you. >>

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tonight the u.s. supreme court takes up her landmark claim plus. i think it's amazing that we saved a life. >> we'll explain how a bay area family ended the search for a missing hiker who was injured in yosemite. it's all coming up 6:00. three bay area students were honored at the white house. >> reporter: they had the good fortune to personally meet the president to show off her research. the test she developed can identify key warning signs of cardiac arrest with a single drop of blood. >> it is 250 times more sensitive than what is traditionally used. >> she hopes to major in material science and get a job in silicon valley once she graduates. the other two were from

sunnyvale and san jose. world breaking news this monday, the fallout tonight after the explosive decision at a well-known university. police revealing their findings after the alleged attack, seven men and a female student. it divided the school and made national headlines. off and running. the first major candidate announcing he's running for president. promising no abortion, no gay marriage, no gun control, no irs. the deadly collapse. the scaffolding that gave way today in one american city. witnesses horrified. workers in a free fall. the beloved tv reporter, a young mother, who collapsed after her report. the sudden brain aneurysm that took her life, and our medical team on what you should know. and did pope francis perform a miracle? you'll see the moment after this kiss.