was reported missing at 11:15 and police launched the search. you can see him being put not ambulance. he was found 90 minutes ago safe and he will be reunited with his family. >> if you live in the east bay and your water smells and tastes fund there is an explanation, it has to do with the drought. we are at alameda to explain. >> good morning this has become such a problem that east bay mud has received hundreds of complaints in the past couple of days. customers say their water smells and tastessed if. >> according to bay area news group east bay mud changed how they pumped water from the reservoir in the sierra foothills and workers want to sane as were cold water as possible for the sal upon run in the fall and the fish get that water which is in the lower part of the reservoir. people are getting water from upper part and the reason for

the odor and taste is there is moral gee found at the higher part of the reservoir affecting cause informs in contra costa county and alameda county. the change is temporary. early it is noticeable for many of the 1.3 million people who use the water to shower with cook with, and drink. it is still safe to drink. >> thank you. videoing news, this morning the alameda county fire department is investigating a two-alarm fire that destroyed four homes under construction in dublin. firefighters got there after getting several calls after 9:00 last night the homes were being built in a development called "the preserve," at sunset view drive and sunset view court. winds sparked spot fires. crews put them out. our reporter is at the scene with a report at the top of the hour. >> power is back on for

residents in pittsburg after a two car accident knocked out electricity for the night. the wreck happened when a car took out a tree and a pg&e power pole leaving people in the area without power. all the people in both cars suffered minor injuries were the cause of the crash is under investigation. >> police are looking for one shooter in a fail home invasion robbery in richmond. police say the victim was found inside a home on sutter and san pablo avenues at 10:00 last night. police got a call of a home invasion robbery in the area followed by reports of "shots fired." the person who was shot and killed was inside the house not one of the robbers. the victim's identity has not been released. >> san francisco police have detain add man who barricaded himself inside a residential building for four hours on monday night. the 44-year-old map was taken into custody without incident at 10:45 and told police he would

harm himself and he would not come out of the residents. the hostage negotiator property the situation to the end and streets have re-opened. >> funeral arrangements are made as family and friends and teammates mourn the detect a soccer play what died on spring break. eloi vasquez disappeared on saturday morning after looking a frat party at usc. his body was found along interstate 10. he was hit by a car as he tried to run across the freeway. the 19-year-old freshman recruited from the academy did not have any i.d. so it took two days to figure out who he was. the familiar said that the injuries were so gruesome that officers thought he was an older man. >> sometimes he was soft spoken he always had a >> when you combine his talent level and that mentality you

could probably say he was headed to the mls. >> the woman who hit eloi vasquez remained at the scene and told authorities there was no way to avoid him. >> it is 4:4. a twist in the bizarre kidnapping of a vallejo. would. the kidnappers have sent a series of e-mails since police came forward calling it a "hoax." one mail sent to the san francisco chronicle outlined a veiled net against the police demanding they apologize to denise huskins and her boyfriend by noon today. it is specifically naming lieutenant park a spokesman for the department. and the tomorrow for denise huskins said he received a 16-page male from her kidnappers >> to quote "who are deeply ashaped and regretful." the attorney is reading from a 16-page e-mail claiming was superintendent by the kidnappers of his klein 29-year-old denise

huskins, a message he admits is strange other than fiction. >> anyone could think this up. it would be so incredible the. >> he claims it was sent to the san francisco chronicle and he refused to let us look at the mail. it appears to be a long apology for the kidnapping last week from her vallejo home. the alleged kidnapper claim to be car thieves who wanted to go bigger with the claims. >> she was not the intended tar democratic. >> he will not say who the real target was. >> they are not willing to give themselves up they feel they have credit add secondary or tertiary harm hurting her during the kidnapping and now hurting her because she is a suspect. >> police called eight hoax and denise huskins refused to cooperate with authorities after showing up unharmed near her mother's home in southern california. >> now a new e-mail.

but why? >> why would they say this is what we did we really did it? thank you is an excellent question. the answer is, i think because they feel remorse. >> the lawyer denies his client wrote the e-mail and vallejo police have the latest in a very strange case. >> happening right now, authorities are searching for an escaped prison inmate in fairfax county virginia, who may be armed. this is a picture offer the scene outside the fairfax county hospital with lights and armored vehicle and a swat team in the shot. new, here is the suspect: he is identified at assiah arrested for robbing a bank but escaped in custody at the hospital overnight. the facility is on lockdown. the f.b.i. is now involved in the search and authorities say the suspect was last seen wearing a hospital down with no

shoes and is armed with a gun. believes transferring the inmate from a jail to the hospital when he overpowered aist security guard stole the gun and took off. >> in the bay area at 4:37 palo alto police are searching for a man accused exposing himself to three people at stanford shopping center. here is the surveillance video of the man, the victim contacted the mall security but the for misunderstood the victim and let the map go thinking he had detained the wrong person. >> this morning, the city of san bruno will talk about reactions and response for penalizing the peg for cause deadly pipeline explosion in 20. the -- in 2010 and will call for additional safety reforms. until be two proposals to punish pg&e one fining the utility $1.6 billion and require me peg shareholders to pay $850 million for safety upgrades to the natural gas system.

the other map includes a $1.4 billion penalty for less in safety upgrades. they are scheduled to issue a final decision april 9 if the item is not postponed. >> it is 4:38 and time to test the weather forecast. windy for 134 last night. >> for all of us today and tomorrow. the wins have kept temperatures pretty uniform crass san francisco mainly around 53 to 56 degrees and we have west postal at 51 and the ferry being at 57 and headed to downtown 54 and same in portrero hill and, also, coming across the golden gate bridge. you can see low-to-mid 50s for most of the bay shore line until palo alto and santa clara and saratoga upper 40s and we have mid-50s pleasanton and 54 and walnut creek and 50 in american canyon and 48 innd 52 in pacifica, check out winds on mount tamalpais, when the sun comes up it is heating the ground and the air will rise and sink in to replace it so we will

all be breezy to windy this afternoon. we will see the biggest drop if temperatures inland especially east bay, 67 in the north bay to 74 in the east bay along the coast, a brisk afternoon with temperatures in the upper 50s and around the bay, it will be cool and dry and you can see the dryness in the air 64 to 71. golden gate bridge winds are around 15 to 20 american right now cross wind and breezy in the these day forecast and it will be calmer with the warming trend starting thursday interest friday. leyla gulen? >> we have a c.h.p. high wind advisory soen careful on the san mateo bridge if you drive a high are foil vehicle across the east bay to the peninsula. we do have high wind over the altamont pass as well, and how is the traffic moving along? not too bad, with video a pocket of heavy slowing on 205 in the westbound direction, 39 miles per hour and at 205 merge with

580 you are up up to 50 miles per hour. 69 miles per hour through livermore and 680 through leften to sunol. with the high wind advisory through the altamont pass be careful there is an indication that traffic could slow down sooner this morning. a look at traffic it will only take you 28 minutes on highway 4, westbound antioch to concord at 13 minutes and 101 to san francisco is 17 minutes. >> 4:40. it is wrestlemania round two the action shifts from levi stadium to the s.a.t. center and we will take you ringside. >> the warriors are back in action after a two day break with a matchup giving the plans a taste of a blockbuster. stay tuned.

>> covering los altos, antioch pet launch and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> new details in the crash of the germanwings over the french alps. the airline's parent company said the insurers are setting aside $300 million to deal with possible costs associated with last week's crash. 150 people died when the co-pilot 27-year-old andreas lubitz deliberately crashed the jet last tuesday. officials have offered immediate aid up to $54,000 a passenger to relatives of the victims. the santa rosa city council will consider new regulations making it against the law to smoke tobacco or e-cigarettes or marijuana in attached housing units expanding the boundary beyond restaurants and bars and workplaces and add smoking

devices and any other combustible substance including marijuana to the definition of "smoking." the new regulations would take effect on may 9. >> excitement over sunday's wrestlemania at levi stadium is carrying over to the sap center. it happened last night in a weekly show from san jose before an enthusiastic crowd. >> our wrestling corps was -- correspondent was there. >> fans cannot get enough. thousands came to sap center for mop -- monday night raw the last in a series that started last week in the bay. who would not want to see more of these gentleman? >> it is positive action for the weekend, a percent around buildup. >> it is a sold out crowd for monday night raw with 13,000 people here at sap center.

that is nothing compared to the crowd that showed up for wrestlemania 31 pro wrestling equivalent of the super bowl 77,000 people attending the event shattering the tendency record at levi stadium. for some person from england it is memorable. >> it is a mix of soccer and a mix of theater. you can drink beer. it is perfect. >> the fans are giving the south bay high marks for host the string of events. tony is from delaware and traveled extensively for billion mainia. >> san jose has treatied us well easy to get around, good people very nice. very nice. >> they return to the south pay in august on a smaller scale but it is enough for the fans would will want the favorites any chance they can get.

tonight the warriors are back in action against the division rival clippers at staple center in a second help round playoff review. >> year steph curry was named the western conference player of the week averaging 30 points and eight assists as golden state wins 4-0 last week and now won nine straight and have nba best record of 68-13 with only nine games before the playoffs. the clipers have won seven straight since the player has recovered from elbow surgery. first round of nba playoffs is april 18. >> and abc is the home for the nba finals with coverage june 4 right here on abc7 9. >> we cannot wait that long. former warriors all star chris mullen agreed to coach taking over at his alma mater, st. john's university in new york city. mullen group up in brooklyn and

only memoried on the scene in the 80s. the 51 year only was drafted by the warriors in 1985 and spent 13 years playing for golden state and becoming g.m. he was work as an advisor to the kings and will replace we cannot wait. >> he certainly has the credentials for it on-and-off the court. >> now a check on the forecast. >> we will show you what is going on, live doppler hd is showing a cold front moving through and only a few high clouds and low clouds along the coast and the breezes at 22 miles per hour shooting through the san bruno gap of daly city to sfo and 20 in fairfield so you have a very strong onshore breeze. here is what is happening look at the cold front shoving away the area of high pressure and the cold front is developing the gusty winds that will pick up

and push through all of our neighborhoods as we head and the afternoon and bringing a cool and exceptionally dry air mass. your lips could be chapped. your skin dry. keep windows open. definitely going to push the pollen into the house because it will stir up all of the tree pollen hanging around. >> look what it does to the temperatures today: along the coast, 59 at half moon bay and mid-to-upper 60s around the bay shore until you get to palo alto and some the south by and low 70s and upper 60 to federally 70 in the north bay and low-to-mid 70s i lap east by and at look at tonight, sheltered valleys cooler like napa and santa rosa this the san ramon valley but all of us will have temperatures hell up because of the presses that continue overnight and although we will have a mostly clear sky and dry air with mid-40s to about 50.

in the morning, at 7:00 our higher elevations we will be gusting around 20 miles per hour to 25 miles per hour and headed into the afternoon 25 to 35 with the fastest winds right along the coast with blow, sand possible and as we head to midnight we are going to drop a limit bit to see livermore and napa dropping a little bit but we will pick up headed to the morning hours at 20 to 30 miles per hour and tomorrow we are around 15- to 25-miles per hour so not so gusty as today. tomorrow is the cool of the day and thursday morning, that will be the cool of the morning with some 30s possible because of the dry air and by thursday afternoon we are starting to see a warming trend and friday, it looks like it will be the warmest and the cold front aetch brothers we will see a cooling trend for the weekend but notice, the rain is out of the forecast for sunday. we have 30 bart trains on time right now and we do have some single tracking that is happening near the richmond station and this is due to an

earlyier accident in the area. it is not affecting service but it is single tracking with all trains running on time. now the golden gate bridge shows traffic is moving kuwait nicely. we had a zipper truck in view headed to the north end to widen the southbound lanes and northbound traffic is moving without any problems and we do have construction here that will last until approximately five o'clock this morning on the bay bridge eastbound side lower deck from treasure island to the meter rights and when you head beyond the islands you will find slowing as the traffic is bottlenecking and up to the east bay and you get on to 880 southbound marina boulevard to davis street another project is lasting until 5 o'clock and northbound traffic is looking great. thanks 4:50 an icon ice restaurant is back in action and reservations could be easier to

get but impossible to get a street at french laundry. >> how hard is it to find an apartment in the bay area. ask this oakland a's pitcher striking out trying to find a place to live. >> live weather and traffic life's the food that brings us together. and kitchens where every meal is the most important of the day.

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>> the french laundry is re-opening its dining room a week from today. it has been closed for renovation since december. the improve presidents are finished in the small. the restaurant is supposed to be making it easier to actually score a table by taking reservations up to two months in advance now. we checked for the next two months andry table is still backed. >> of course. can you never get a table. >> another indication how roughhouse hunting is in the bay area, oakland a's pitcher said at an apartment he had to fill

out a three page resume for his dog stella. saying his girlfriend got creative and listed her school as depab university and employment as "king do," the landlord not impressed and they have noun another home to take them through the season and possibly through october. >> he is a famous pitcher. >> they may sound familiar to you because we mentioned them yesterday, do little. >> they are getting a lot of publicity in the bay area. >> pitching, helpfully is up to it. >> now talk about where he was last might and others not so were. >> they will be everywhere today. we can see gusts up to 20 miles per hour in the berkeley hills there we find our east bay hills camera looking down to san francisco and cedar and juniper and oak and almost as fast as

lake tahoe where advisory from look this morning to 11 o'clock this evening with gust up to 35 miles per hour and 2-3' waves and no more report highs, at 55, and mid-to-upper 70s sacramento and fresno and 69 in san diego to 96 this palm springs and this is the last day of 90's. >> we do have an accident and we had an accident yesterday, as well in dublin interchange a four car crash maybe one lane, the slow lane is block. that is westbound 580 right at the 680 connection and we have had accidents yesterday, several of temperature during the morning commute. make sure you are careful through that area. drive time traffic southbound walnut creek to dublin on 680 is 14 minutes is southbound 101 from santa rosa to san francisco is 15 miles per hours and through the santa cruz mountain it is quiet at on minutes to los gatos.

>> you know the saying an apple a day keeps a doctor away, now it is more complicated. a study shows it is more like a apple a day keeps the pharmacist away. people who eat an apple each day take fewer prescription medications but they are as likely to go to the hospital or visit a mental health professional. the study is published online in the journal of the american medical association interim medicine. >> it is still worth eating apple. still good now. >> two good samaritans are chased down a guy who took an elderly woman's purse. >> you can see the accuse the purse snatcher running down the street and then an 82-year-old woman chasing after him and the victim was heading home from church on sunday and a man ran up to her and grabbed the purse and two men saw what was going on and stopped the suspect as he made his way through the used car dealer help.

>> picks him up slammed him against the door and he drops the purse the good samaritan and his buddy throw the purse to the side the perpetrator moves out the other side down beach boulevard. >> he did not get far. miss arrested 25-year-old man a knew blocks away. the police are alonging for the two good samaritans to thank him. >> a greening community honors a fallen hero and next at 5:00 new details of the memorial service for murdered san jose police officer michael johnson. >> what a difference a day can make the bay area communities where people will save a few dollars if they shop today. >> stay tuned.

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that's why your best shot is to check for a spot. follow through and check your skin. go to spotskincancer.org to find out how. live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. it is 5:00 a.m. on tuesday morning. thanks for waking up early and joining us. i am eric thomas. >> i am kristen sze along with leyla gulen and meteorologist mike nicco. >> doors open. fan on last night and i slept good for the first type in a long time. it will be noisy in all neighborhoods today. you will be joined by the rest of us tomorrow morning sleepy eyed. live doppler hd showing the winds are around 10 or 20 miles per hour and many neighborhoods but our deepest valleys and weapon the sun comes up the winds will pick up. look at walnut