answers, after a fire destroyed four homes under construction in dublin. the added factors that gave firefighter as run for their money. >> making plans for a final farewell, what we are lending of the sane off for a san jose police officer killed in the line of duty. >> making the statement in the face of controversy, the growing push for indiana to change a law that many say is discriminating. >> thanks for joining us on tuesday. a lot is going on. >> leyla gulen alongside looking at traffic and meteorologist mike nicco is here with the weather. >> we will talk about the breeds. they are gusting up to 50 miles per hour through the altamont pass. what you are looking at is the same winds around 10 or 15 miles per hour and even on miles per hour on live doppler hd. they are only going to be faster this afternoon. as far as the day planner the next 12 hours we are 47 and 56, so the same this morning and warmer. by noon we are 56 at cost and 62 around bay and inland and 58 to 72 but most of us in the 60s at 4:00 and in the 50s and

60s and chilly this evening. >> thanks for the warning, mike. you have a warning, too? >> there is a c.h.p. wind advisory. a look at the tom toll plaza shows we are showing metering lights are on and traffic is backing up from the macarthur maze and we have a high wind advisory issued for this bridge and the san mateo bridge and that is a look at walnut creek which looks smooth and accident free and we have an accident cause heavy delays on the film and its i will tell you where coming up. breaking news in richmond, a person has died after being hit by a bart train at the richmond station early this morning. police say the victim was hit by a train as it was pulling into the station. train service is not affected. the coroner has been called to the scene to remove the body. >> in dublin, firefighters are trying to figure what caused four homes up construction to go

up in flames and what is more, was the fire set on purpose? our reporter is on the scene with the latest. kristen, fire officials say it is too soon for tell if the fire was "suspicious," but one frame structures behind us is still smoldering at this hour. four homes in the process of being built were burned and destroyed. it happened in this new subdecision at the reserve at 9:00 people. no one was hurt in the fire. multiple calms came in from people would live near and saw the flames shooting up in the air and people saw the flames from the main road and were taking cell phone video. crews were quickly when they arrived on the scene prevented the fire from spreading. >> we did defensive attack with all of the engines putting a lot of water on it surrounding it and to make sure the exposures which the hopes cross the street did taught catch on four. in a similar case in

pleasanton two new homes burn down and two others damaged and firefighters thought it was arson but later determined workers accidentally let copper pipes heat throughout the day and that started the fire. this five is "under investigation." a major show of support for a long time central valley firefighter critically injured in a house fire. >> may have seen this video caught on camera by a neighbor doshes say the 25-year veteran severely burned on 6 a percent of his body when he fell through the roof of a burning friends of captain dern led by example in dangerous situations. friends have set up an account hoping to raise $2,000 and they have surpassed that goal with people donating more than $18,000 for the fire captain in just one day. we have posted the information if you are interested in

contributing, that is abc7news.com. san jose police have finalized procession route for the funeral of officer michael johnson killed in the line of duty last week. the procession goes through three cities and starting if los gatos and through winchester and stevens creek and ends in downtown san jose where a memorial service will take place at the sap center. job son will be laid to rest at a private ceremony at ok hill -- oak hill cemetery with a collection of flowers and nets growing outside police headquarters and a suicidal man killed officer johnson in an ambush last week and, again, his memorial service will be held thursday at the sap center in san jose and we will have coverage on abc7 and stream it online at abc7news.com. san francisco's distribute attorney is launching an investigation into three scandals at police and sheriff

department. the sheriff said that he would prefer an independent agency handle it. the investigation looks into a series of racist texts sent between police officers and allegationthat sheriff deupties forced inmates at the county to fight a criminalist is accuses of changing d.n.a. evidence that toledo an conviction. they are examining thousands of cases to see if others are affected. >> there was a massive power outage across turkey including the capital of ankara and istanbul. many institutions are on backup subsequent rares and some subways are running again. major airports are open but local airports are closed. so far this is no that nation if the outage. 9 prime minister said that all possible causes are "under investigation."

including trip. >> a major newspaper in indiana is making a bold statement on the state's new religious freedom law saying it makes it legal to skim -- discriminate against gays and lesbians. a message on the newspaper is clear "fix this now." protesters are calling for a boycott of state. san francisco supervisor went a review of all city contract with companies headquartered in indiana. the governor is end staying behind the decision to sign the bill and wrote an op-ed that will appear tomorrow in the "wall street journal" and here is part of it" if i were present add bill that legalized discrimination against any personal group i would veto it. the indiana law contains no reference to sexual orientation." >> there is evidence that former secretary of state hillary clinton used more than just her personal blackberry to conduct government business. the associated press said she e-mailed her staff on an ipad as well as the mack barry contradicting her statements she

used a personal mail account can smart then so show did not have to carry multiple mobile devices. this cast a cloud over hillary clinton who is the frontrunner for the d presidential nomination. microsoft admits human error is to blame if an e-mail breach that leaked passport information of 31 world leaders including president obama. we the leaders's information was compromised at the g-20 summit. microsoft said a a worker failed to chet outlook and sent the password to the wrong recipient part of the asian football tournament but the information was immediately destroyed. sales taxes are hitting double digit its in five east pay cities starting tomorrow shoppers will pay 10 percent sales tax in albany, hair, --

hayward and lawmakers passed the pills alameda and el cerrito voters to push it higher and they did just that. >> today the san francisco port commission wants your opinion on a form for the alcatraz ferry with the lease along the embarcadero expiring next year. if no deal is reached to keep it there the park service is proposing to move the stop to fort mason with leaders word about the crack traffic crunch and loss of business at embarcadero. >> and now you will get tonight what i got last night with the winds. >> i don't think that is good. >> you tell me. >> you said you did not sleep

well. >> it wasn't all of us but it will be all of us tonight. good morning, everyone. in the south bay we have 46 in saratoga and that is the cool spot and 47 in cupertino and santa later and campbell and 50 in mountain view and 54 in milpitas and alum rock a 55. lafayette is 57 and mild this morning. as we hold into the afternoon hours, the winds are chasing away the clouds and bringing dry air and tons of sunshine around the bay 64 to 71 inland and 67 in the north bay and a brisk temperature in the upper 50s along the coast. >> we start off with the exclusive a minor accident but it is in the of ho lane so the car pool lanes away from 880 you could find it. heading to another part of the bay area where it is packed. it is a full house on southbound 880 from their ton avenue

because of an act involving five vehicles. it is blocking one or two lanes. check out the lays headed away from union city the drive though; slow from hayward to 238 at 50 miles per hour and then it dips down to 20 miles per hour and it looks like the san mateo and the dumbarton bridges are nice and clear and still moving. happening today, san francisco police and the highway patrol are getting a jump start on national distracted driving month and it begins tomorrow on april 1, but today the department will announce the kickoff of the annual it is not worth it campaign to spread the message not to drive distracted. the national highway traffic safety administration estimates 3,100 americans were killed distracted driving crashes in 2013. >> when it comes to distracted driving using your phone could be the most obvious distraction but it is far from the only distraction. >> a study reveals the other

things people confess doing behind the wheel. 15 percent of drivers read while driving and 9 percent have changed clothes and 4 percent admit flossing and 30 percent apply makeup. >> okay. i cannot say i have done any of that. ever. >> good to hear. >> folks are always worried about being stopped at airport by security screens we have ways to make the airport security process a breeze. >> involving habits to kick now so you do not raise a red flag. >> a spy in the tv? "7 on your side" partners with "consumer reports" to explain how technology can watch your family and you may never notice. >> notice this: san rafael 101 heavy traffic headed outbound to the waldo tunnel and golden

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>> covering santa clara, san francisco, east bay, and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. good morning at 6:14 on this tuesday this is exciting, isn't it? >> very exciting. it shows the bay bridge and how breezy it is. watch the camera shake. mike tells us we will have more of this before it is over. >> new details over a massive december fire if downtown los angeles. investigators say surveillance video shows the suspected arsonist parking the reckon the 110 freeway and walking into the apartment complex under construction carrying several cans of fuel. new information at a community meeting was discussed but they did not release the video. several neighboring buildings were ruined and $175,000 reward, huge reward, is being offered lead to arrest. >> and what not to do wren going through airport security.

it turns out this are things that make you a bull's eye forgetting flagged by the t.s.a. open left include excess of yawning. whittling and laughing too much. that is according to the referral report of screening of passengers by observation techniques. according to abc news, the report was leaked and factors divided into categories such as stress fear, and deception are usually considered closely guarded t.s.a. secrets. >> if you yawn and you are flagged and we are all all in trouble. >> have to wire the jaw shut to get on the airplane. >> too much laughing? >> you are troy tock cover -- to cover up being nervous. >> i can see that. >> not exactly laughing but we do lack the sleep because of winds, some of us much. >> slaphappy this morning? >> that is our story.

6:17 a necessariy united for some of us. the winds have chased away any thought of fog. we do have clouds clinging to the coast. they are slip through the san bruno gap and creating 41-minute flight arrival delays into sfo. this is how it looks from the exploritorium and the water is looking churned up and it will be a prick morning on -- a brick morning on the ferry. sunshine and cooler and dry breezes today. calmer and warmer thursday to friday. the weekend is trending cooler. and dry. we talked about yesterday do not get too worked up over the chance of rain on sunday with mohammeds trending dry. sfo this morning shows the ragged clouds and we are going do have tree pollen everywhere because of wind. cedar the

>> cold prompt is -- front is developing the winds this afternoon when the cold air moves in behind this prompt. look what it does to the temperatures along the coast 58 in bodega bay and 66 in santa cruz. could be blowing sand here. we will have mid-to-upper 60s from san rafael and richmond down to palo alto and san jose and morgan hill, low 70s and nearly 70 in napa and santa rosa and low-to-mid 70s is the warmest weather inland east bay but that is ten degrees cooler than yesterday but five or maybe to ten. we will have mid-40s to around 50 degrees. cooler than this morning and the breezes will keep our temperatures up. our winds gusting around 20 to 30 miles per hour and i just tweeted out some gusts in the altamont pass at 50 miles per hour so check those out. as we head to the overnight hours we will drop 15- to

25-miles per hour and that is where we will stay. tomorrow. our cool of the day is losing another degree or two and my seven-day forecast shows calmer and. with are weather for thursday and friday and a cold front passes us to the north and keep away the rain but the sea breeze comes back and our temperatures are back to average if not cool for easter sunday. have a good one. >> mass transit has 53 bart trains on time and bart is system tracking those through richmond because of the police activity. ace trains 3, 1, 5 all running but 1 is five minutes late. 280 away from highway 17 and traffic is building away from highway 17 into cupertino. further to the south we have a new stalled vehicle blocking one lane a pickup truck so be careful away from 680. walnut creek is now starting to slow down as you make your way around to highway 24 and nine minutes from highway 4 to the 24

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be a small price to pay for knowing that what you are watching remains private. the abc morning news continues at 6:30 with the top stories. >> listen up, the efforts to conserve water in east bay that has customers sounding the safety alarm. >> another twist in a bizarre kidnapping case and putting police on alert as they try to hash out if there really was any cry. >> tracking clouds along the coast they are trying to spill across san francisco from our sutro tower and talk about how the cold front will move this away and bring us cool and dry air. that is in the seven-day forecast. >> in the traffic center a look at the san mateo great where there is a highway wind advisory and 15 minutes from hayward to foster city but behind this camera the damage is done. this was an early accident if

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news. 6:29 on tuesday morning. thanks for waking up early and a look at the bay and a little bit of sun rising. i am eric thomas. >> i am kristen sze. can you feel the winds of change with the weather. thanks for joining us i am here with leyla gulen and meteorologist mike nicco who knows about the winds of change the. >> it is a dry cold front unfortunately. live doppler hd shows sustained winds are from 7 miles per hour to 17 miles per hour. over the water, though, it is fatter at 20 to 25 miles per hour so a brick ferry ride from the explore inform. we are wild, low-to-mid 50s and we do not warm much by noon at mid-50s at the coast and low-to-mid 60 bay and inland and upper 60s to low 70s around the bay and inland at 4:00 but the pres are faster and through the evening wherein we are in the mid-50s to low 60. grab a coat.

hold on to the steering while with high wind advisories on the bridges. >> it is cooling down. the golden gate bridge shows traffic is cool as you make it in from marin to san francisco with no delays as we move over to san jose the drive on 87 beyond the tank we have a big concert near sap center and it looks like the traffic is light this morning but could get busy later on and we have major delays on the anyone its and i will tell you where and why. bart service is back on schedule after an apparent suicide at the richmond station. police say they discovered a body on the tracks at the station after 1:00 o'clock a.m. when they were performing a final sweep when the last train pulled in. they believe the victim jumped in front of a train. the tracks now have been clears

and normal service has resumed. >> people in the east bay are sounding the alarm about baddist water and the drought could be partly to blame. we are in emeryville with what the water district telling customers. >> good morning customers from emeryville are noticing the water smells and tastes different. some describe it as metal and some as bitter. according to news groups east bay mud changed how they are pumping the water from the reservoir to the foothills requiring to save enough water for the salmon run in the fall which is the colder water. they are using the warmer water from the upper part of the reservoir for customers. there is moral more of the found there but it has a

noticeably different taste that many customers do not lake of the hundreds have called east bay mud to come plain in the past few days. the water serves 1.3 million customers in contra costa county and alameda county. it is 6:33. a man is reunited with his family soon after he was found safe overnight. authorities found the 22-year-old deaf and blind man at 3:00 a.m. after a four hour search overnight. the man was reported missing after 11 o'clock p.m. he has mental capacity of an 8-year-old and they were especially concerned. >> in the east bay police are looking for a shooter in a fail home invasion robbery in richmond and the victim was found inside a home on sutter avenues and this began at 10:00 p.m. when police got a call of a home invasion robbery after reports of "shots fired."

>> someone would was shot and killed is someone inside the house, not a be woulder and the identity has not been released. >> funeral arrangements were made as family and friends and teammates mourn the death of a cal soccer layer who died on spring break. eloi vasquez disappeared on saturday morning after leaving a party. his body was found on interstate ten hit by a car trying to run across the freeway. the 19-year-old freshman recruited from marin academy did not have any i.d. open him and it took officers trough -- two days to figure out would he was. >> sometimes he was soft spoken he always had a way. loi did...excuse me. >> you combine the talent level and that mentality you could

probably say safely he was headed to the mls. >> woman would hit eloi vasquez remained at the scene and said there was no bay to avoidly. >> a new twist in the bizarre kidnapping after vallejo woman and the kidnappers have sent a series of e-mails calling it a "hoax." an e-mail outlines a veiled threat against the vallejo police demanding they apologize to denise huskins and her boyfriend by noon today and it is naming lieutenant park a spokesman for the department. the san ramon for his husband said he received a 16-payment e-mail from her kidnappers saying they claim toking car thieves who wanted to go bigger with their crimes. >> was so will with researched. so well planned by individuals who claim to have a college education. they have written a 15--page e-mail. it would get an a at stanford.

>> we asked to seat message sent to the lawyer but he denied the request and said his client had no part in the e-mails. >> authorities are searching for an escaped prison inmate in fairfax county, virginia, and he could be armed. he was arrested for robbing a bank but escaped at the hospital overnight. the facility is often lockdown and the f.b.i. is involved. the suspect was last seen wearing a hospital down with no shoes and armed with a gun the police officers transferred the inmate from a jail to the hospital and he overpower add private security guard, stole the gun, and took off. >> influence details in the crab of of the germanwings plane lufthansa said the insurers are setting aside $300 million to deal with costs associated with the crash.

150 people died when the 27-year-old andreas lubitz deliberately crash the jet. officials have offered immediate aid up to $54,000 a passenger to relatives of the victims. ing althoughing on -- locking on at light next speed that allows people to use the intent like never before. >> landing a spot on an exclusive list and how it is easier to get a reservation at the french laundry. the bay bridge toll plaza shows traffic is stacking up as the sun is ready to rise. we will show you weather and traffic. stay tuned.

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a little bit of an impact the form of breezy conditions. 20 miles per hour in the east bay hills much the low clouds will not last when the cold front moves through at 10:00. we have high tree pollen and dry air. to the sierra, lake wind advisory until 11 gusty winds in southern california and 96 in palm springs. low-to-mid 70s through the central valley and born dry in lake tahoe. 6 percent of average is the snow

pack. leyla? here is a look at san jose. we have a picture here of an accident from 280 near 880 and 17 in the middle lanes that is where we have the two or three car crash and the patrol is on the john trying to tow the vehicles out of way with middle lanes block so causing heavy delays at nimitz. to the east bay where you have damage done, southbound 880, thornton avenue, multiple vehicle crash, we have massive backups from hayward and it will take you an hour to head from hayward to fremont. homes destroyed in dublin but could the fire have been worse? quick thing that stopped it from spreading. >> facebook's new campaign giving employees a one of a kind expense.

>> we have a look at the san mateo bridge and jam packed with traffic and weather during the entire commercial break of

>> fires will try to get to the bottom of a fire that destroys four homes unconstruction. we are at john with the latest.

yes fire crews are not sure how this fire started. the homes are framed structures. you can see one behind us is still smoldering. it happened in the new division at jordan ranch preserve. no one was hurt in the first. the four homes are single family homes were destroyed and films were shooting up in the air. several calls came in from people who witnessed it. they captured this while it was happening on their cell phone videos. crews work quickly to make sure it did not spread to more homes much the wind was a factor. it caused embers to fly. even the fire department got confused this was happening because it is a newly constructed unable. >> they had a difficult time finding out where it wasp the first officer arrived and he called for a second alarm due to

multiple hopes on fire and the volume of fire. >> if a similar case two new homes funded down and two damaged last fall and fires thought it was arson but it ended up being caused by workers would left copper pipes heat throughout the day and it started the fire. this fire is under investigation today and obviously a big set become for developers and construction workers arriving here to work this morning. if you have a radio shack gift card buried in your gift you are running out of time to use it. >> how about egg mcmuffin for dinner? mcdonald's is testing all day breakfast. jane king is here with the money report. >> lower start the final day of the first quarter and if we say close, it will be close whether we have a positive quart we or now but the dow is down 107 and

nasdaq and suspect -- s&p 500 is lower. the radio shack gift cards expire. there are two crediters trying to get their assets one will likely take over starting tomorrow. at&t has super fast internet service in cupertino that delivers speeds up to seven times faster than what comcast offers. facebook employees are moving into the new campus architect geary and 34,000 square feet, custom art work and large improve art in the hallbays. mcdonald's testing all day breakfast only in san diego with customers asking for this for years. they have said the grills are not big enough for breakfast and

lunch so trying to figure out a way to make it work. what sort of wine goes with mcgriddle? >> i don't think so you have to answer that. >> well >> just do not super size it. atwo -- two >> mike has the weather. >> now i will show you what is going on everyone. we have clouds and the cold front is entering the northwest corner of sonoma county and they will be short-lived but around for the rest of the morning commute. by 10:00 we are going to see a rapid change to breezy conditions and clear are and more dry air. temperatures are held up because of the winds on the peninsula and woodside is 52 and palo alto is 48 and everyone else is

around 53 to 56 degrees. same on the other side from oakland to hair and fremont, 50 in san jose, and 46 in los gatos and 48 in santa rosa and low-to-mid 50s inland east bay valleys and the winds are keeping the microclimates from developing. a clear start and calmer area south on 680 from walnut creek to the 24 junction to the san ramon valley. grab the sunglasses, it will be sunny this afternoon with cooler and dry presses lasting through tomorrow and calmer and warmer on thursday and friday and check out the weekend, trending cooler and dry. do not get too uptight about a chance of rain in the forecast open sunday, the chance is starting to full apart. look how fast this cold front is racing through, and it will take less than three hours to move through the bay area and that is why we are going do get the gusty winds pushing it as the singing heavy cold air filters

in behind it and brings us the sunshine. upper 50s, a brisk day at the coast and we have 70s and palo alto and san jose and low-to-mid 70's inland east bay and napa and santa rosa at 70s degree also. tonight the wins are keeping us up mid-40s to mid-50s but sheltered areas could be in the low 40s. by noon we are around 20 to 30 miles per hour and we could gust up to 35 to 40 at times today and 20 to 30 tomorrow and that why tomorrow is the cool of the day in the heart of the cool air and thursday and friday with calmer conditions and the dry air and sunshine can warming trend and a cold freeway passes to the north with cooling sea breeze and more clouds for saturday and sunday. >> the delays are growing in san jose. 280 northbound at 880 and 17, in

the mimed of the roadway is an accident and the tow trucks are trying to move things over to the shoulder and we have folks in and oft their vehicle doing traffic breaks homing traffic back and we are looking at solid bumper-to-bumper traffic coming away from highway 87. we have an hour's drive to head from hayward to fremont because of an early accident in newark which is cleared but left with the big backups and eight miles per hour as you approach highway 92. on the altamont pass, c.h.p. has issued a high wind advisory and gusty conditions. from the develop to livermore slow speeds and some of the traffic is dissipating and moving over to palo alto northbound highway 101 at antonio road a crash clearing but leaving us with backups. >> latest celebrity to get booted off "dancing with the stars" is responding to a controversial remark made by one of the judges.

>> charlotte mccondition mckinney did her best and was all smiles until the judge gave his two cents. >> you will never win the nobel prize for physics but you are easy on eye and you produce --. >> boo! >> smooth, huh? >> sole media said the judge who often said wild and funny things went too far and she said the comment was uncalled for. here is what el the 23-year-old has to say on "good morning america" at 7:00 which and in eight minutes. >> is he embracing the thought there is no such thing as bad publicity? >> okay. back with seven things to know before you go. >> we will keep weather and traffic during the entire commercial wreck so you can see

things like this, the big backup at the bay bridge toll plaza

here are seven things to know before you go: residents in the east bay complain of bad tasting water. there have been hundreds of complaints the water is pungent. they say it is because of a temporary change made to conserve the cold water for

salmon in the fall. water has moral -- more of the algae than expected. >> funeral procession route of officer michael johnson killed in the line of duty has been finalized starting at chapel in los gatos and end in downtown san jose where a memorial service will take place at 11 o'clock a.m. at the sap center. >> another deficit in the bizarre kidnapping kiss involving a vallejo woman. according to the newspaper several e-mails from the kidnappers have surfaced claiming responsibility for taking denise huskins and threatening violence on police if they do not apologize. >> video from virginia where a daring police chase came to a dramatic end this morning several police cars rammed the silver pickup on interstate 95 in fairfax county and arrested the driver. miss say there is no connection to the search for an escaped inmate in the area.

>> stanford plays old dominion at made son square garden. the guard needs only 11 points to become the all-time leading scorer and you can watch the game on espn at 6:00 p.m. our sister network. >> it will be winds as we head to lunch and the afternoon with gusting 17 in novato and 18 in half moon bay and 20 to 25 in the east bay hills. brisk and upper 50s at the coast and mid-60s to 70 around the bay. >> san jose has stagnant traffic away from highway 87 because of an early crash that is cleared at 17 the if hair, a brand new action involving a motorcycle southbound 880. thank you for joining us.

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good morning, america. breaking news. on the loose. the desperate search for an escaped prisoner considered armed and dangerous. the inmate overpowering a guard and stealing his gun. a hospital in virginia on lockdown. the fbi on the scene. >> roads shut down. the manhunt underway. >> a blast of winter weather this morning. in the northeast. dangerous roads with up to half a foot of snow and severe weather moving into the plains bringing hail and damaging winds. >> kidnap plot. the lawyer for the california woman who claims she's taken hostage now saying she's no "gone girl". the letter claiming she was the victim of a ring of criminals about to go on a high-profile crime spree. ♪