had wings. when norton realized her friend was gone, she lost it. >> all of a sudden i heard this screaming. as soon as i heard the screaming, you know -- it's not the first rodeo for me. knew what was going on. i didn't have to look. >> reporter: now norton is on a mission. >> we need a light a new traffic light right there. we've lost two people. the first was a 9-year-old boy from upstate. >> reporter: in 2010 isaac rows alleys stepped bo -- rose alales stepped into the crosswalk and was hit. >> they didn't do nothing. >> reporter: today as the neighborhood mourns, many want to see the intersection change. >> it's dangerous. i stopped taking my kids to the waterfront because sometimes the cars won't even stop. >> we can't lose no more people. >> reporter: phone calls to the city have not been returned. the driver is cooperating with police. in vallejo, tiffany wilson abc7

news. a san francisco police officer was hurt in a car crash today. it temporarily sent a real panic through the department. i'll explain why. it happened just before noon at 8th and harrison streets in the city's south market neighborhood. sky 7 h.d. was overhead as more than a dozen officers responded because they couldn't reach the injured cop on his radio for some time. and they were afraid he'd been shot. the accident turned out to be relatively minor. the officer was injured and went to the hospital to be checked out. the other driver is okay. the winds are starting to pick up in the bay area. let's get to abc 7 meteorologist sandy patel to see how long the winds are expected to last. >> you're going to continue to see gusty winds through tonight and going into tomorrow. behind me the flags are blowing. let me show the wind gust at this hour. sfo just a short time ago was gusting to 40. now 39 miles per hour. 25 at concord. 31 out of the northwest in santa rosa. and 22 in san jose as we take a look at a picture behind me.

i was trying to show the kgo roof camera closer view of that wind. live doppler 7 h.d. will be tracking some showers in the not-too-distant future. i'll have a leak at the forecast coming up. dan? >> okay. thanks. the backlash against indiana continues to grow tonight. it is happening at the same time that the state's governor is asking for amendments to a law many see as anti-gay. oakland's mayor is calling for a boycott of indiana. today the san francisco supervisor introduced a resolution that includes a tough boycott, as well. abc 7's carolyn tyler is live at city hall with the story. >> reporter: dan a preliminary review shows about $2 million to $3 million is what the city spends each year with indiana businesses. those dollars would be pulled under a measure introduced today. san francisco aurp visor scott wiener wants higszean -- supervisor scott wiener wants colleagues to add their

voices. >> it is an immoral and bigoted through classifies lgbt people as second-class citizens. >> reporter: today indiana's governor called for a fix to the through has sparked protest from those who say it would allow individuals and businesses in the state to refuse service to lesbians and guy says. >> clearly there's misungz and confusion. >> reporter: only a repeal will satisfy critics. until then, wiener is calling on city departments to avoid new business contracts and discontinue current ones if possible with companies headquartered in indiana. city ad minutes administrator vs. begun re-- ad palestinian administrator vs. begun reviewing the roster. >> primarily medical supplies and transportation supplies. >> reporter: private businesses are also denouncing indiana. in a rare joint statement, san francisco icons levi's and gap call for a repeal of indiana's

measure. and any others that would turn back the clock on equality and foster a culture of intolerance. other ceos including apple's tim cook and mark beniof of sales force say their companies will boycott the hoosier state. sales force employees we talked with are proud of the move. >> hopefully it will effect change. >> reporter: the supervisor believes change can come from ordinary citizens. he's asking all san franciscans to steer clear of indiana. in san francisco, abc7 news. arkansas lawmakers today approved similar legislation despite intensifying criticism. republican governor asa hutchinson said he would sign the bill into law. its sponsors in the arkansas general assembly reject any clauses to explicitly bar discrimination of gays and lesbians. san bruno's mayor is calling for the creation of a watchdog group to keep a close eye on pg&e and the california public utilities commission. this morning the mayor said he

reports the $1.6 billion penalty proposed against pg&e for the deadly gas pipeline explosion in 2010. he want an independent monitor to ensure safety is top concern at the utility. >> provide much-needed assistance to work as a fact gatherer and audit data and flag potential safety violations and concerns. >> reporter: pg&e told abc 7 it does not see a need for an independent monitor. it wants the penalty it will pay to go toward gas pipeline safety. a day after a fire ripped through a housing development under construction in alameda county, investigators are saying the blaze could be suspicious. the flames destroyed four u four homes under construction at the jordan ranch. crews got lost trying to find the exact location into the new subdivision. a serial robber struck again in petaluma as police feared. a man similar to the one in the video from last week held up a

7-eleven on washington street this morning. investigators believe the same guy has now robbed five convenience stores in petaluma since last wednesday. in each case, the robber claims to have a gun and demands cash. he has yet to display a weapon. vacaville police arrested three men who you see after one accidentally called 911. when authorities answered the call, there was no reply. police went out for a welfare check. the men consented to a search. police tell abc7 news they found more than 29 pounds of marijuana. a state-funded preschool in the east bay city of antioch will be forced to close. the school district is a landlord and refuses to extend their lease leaving hundreds without a free preschool. we have more on the impact to the community. >> reporter: hi, cheryl. you know the lease is up in july, and the school says they really can't find another

location like this one. they say this is perfect for their 300 kids. ironically, it's the antioch unified school district that wants them out. liz landon has been teaching at kids club preschool in antioch for six years. she says her students leave ready for kindergarten. many of them learn english here. >> if this school isn't here, they're not going to learn that english before nay go to kindergarten. so they're going to be behind. >> reporter: the preschool head been leasing the space from the school district for ten years for less than $5,000 a month. the preschool is entirely dependent on grants from the state. >> we do currently serve about 60% of the state preschool kids in town. if we're eliminated, that is going to be a major blow to the subsidies of the town. >> reporter: a year ago, the district notified the preschool it wanted the space back for their special needs kids. >> we need a central site so that all the students can come

to one location, and we can assign our support staff to those students at one central school site. >> reporter: the school says finding an appropriate space for preschoolers has been nearly impossible. >> for example we'd have to make classrooms put natural lighting in, windows, skylights and commercial kitchen, office space. >> reporter: that's money they don't have. parents are worried that if the preschool closes they won't have a place to go. >> not private preschool for us. if this wasn't here, then we would have to just stay home. >> reporter: parents aren't ready to give up yet. tomorrow they'll hold a meeting to try gets the community involved. in antioch, abc7 news. homes advocates in san jose are calling on city leaders to stop clearing homeless encampments and start building affordable housing. this is coming four months after official closed down the jungle. that was a massive homeless encampment at center and story roads. abc7 news was there as the

homeless and supporters returned to the site today for a rally demanding permanent housing that people can afford. >> silicon valley prides itself on being progressive, but the facts remain that 7,600 people live on the streets here. the strategy that i've seen over the years has been move them around, you know, push them from place to place. >> san jose alcated thousands -- allocated thousands of dollars for those displaced from the jiangle when it closed in december. homeless advocates say it wasn't enough to help everyone. from fresno to san francisco, coming up why farm workers have a bone to pick with local lawmakers. apartment owners play hardball with an oakland as pitcher and his girlfriend. when they asked us for the remay and told us they wanted -- resume and told us they wanted it to be three pages long -- >> how your new tv may be spying on you. we'll have the story. a live look, eastbound on

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an early start to fire season in southern california. a fire threatened homes for a time this afternoon in san bernardino county. the blaze broke out in a dry riverbed in spring valley about 90 miles northeast of los angeles. it spread quickly to 60 acres and burned a fence and outbuilding. authorities evacuated a handful of ranch homes in the area. crews were able to douse the flames before they got too close. a major intersection back open in fremont following a

one-truck accident this morning. sky 7 h.d. was overhead shortly after a tractor-trailer loaded with scrap metal overturned on mission boulevard near stevenson boulevard about 10:30. police had to shut down mission from walnut avenue to stevenson for several hours to investigate why that truck tipped over and to clean up the mess. the driver was not seriously hurt. hundreds of people marked cesar chavez day by marching through the streets of san francisco. abc 7 was there as the marchers reached the civic center. they were accompanied by several supervisors. this afternoon the board unanimously passed a measure to support the united farm workers in a 25-year struggle to unionize workers at the fruit producer in the central valley. >> the company has used every legal effort they can to really prolong the implementation of this contract. >> they're new to the claim. in a statement it accuses the union of waiting 20 years to negotiate a contract and says

workers voted to decertify the ufw. an administrative law judge will decide on the dispute in the coming months. we'll see what happens. you may not know it but your new tv can spy on you. >> how creepy is that? there's a way that you can prevent it. "consumer reports" is partnering exclusively with 7 on your side to explain. >> michael finney's here. remember, this was in "1984," the novel? your tv may be watching you. "consumer reports" says new models of popular brands of smart tvs can record and share information about everything you watch. it's likely you don't think you've invited a spy into your home when setting up a new tv. this samsung can record and share everything that's viewed. whether it's a broadcast or streaming from the internet. some smart tvs could even track what dvd you're watching. >> you're viewing had been ritz valuable to marketers who might want to use that to recommend new shows, offer extra content on shows you're already

watching or serve up advertising. >> reporter: the ads are primarily pop-ups like the ones on your computer. you may not realize that you allowed this data collection when you agreed to the lengthy privacy policy during setup. 47 screens of texts with samsung. lg and vizio also ask you to sign away your privacy in thousands of words in fine print. when people find out what they've been asked to agree to many are upset. >> i think it's a modern-day peeping tom. >> makes me uncomfortable. i don't like it. >> it invades privacy. >> reporter: when "consumer reports" e-mailed the manufacturers and asked how they're using the technologies spokesperson for the companies didn't comment. a spokesperson said it isn't using any data to serve personalized ads and has no current plans to do so. "consumer reports" says that could change at any time. >> you might think, why don't i turn these marketing features off. well, it's not always so easi. to do so you have to fight

through settings. >> reporter: on lg's sets, go through options and live plus then click off and close. with vizio, it's three menus to turn off the box smart interactivity. with samsung, a similar trip to find the box, plus and marketing and disable it. you should know that disabling the marketing feature may cause you to lose offers of extra scenes or commentaries related to the shows you're watching. that may be a small price to pay for knowing that what you're watching remains private. and this remind me of beth gibbons from the privacy rights clearinghouse. she said you don't have to worry so much about big brother as a whole bunch of little brothers. >> true. who knew? >> yeah. >> thanks. listen to this -- too's not enough for you to fill out an application before you try to rent a place these days. you may not know that if you have a pet landlords want pet resumes. the latest to get caught up in the hunt for housing is pitcher for the oakland as, sean

downhill dolittle, and his dog, stella. how a joke backfired. >> reporter: poor poor, gill began. not the man the dog. the man, too, parsley because of the dog. >> they asked how old the dog was. if it had its shots. >> reporter: welcome to the new san francisco for renters at least. >> competition's tough. >> reporter: so said genie zimmerman, a real estate agent specializing in rentals. this threeble road loft -- three bedroom loft, $6,900 a month. >> a seller's market. >> reporter: it's tough for renters and even tougher for those with pets. enter the pet resume. >> they actually told me to should be longer than a normal resume that i would write for myself. >> reporter: proud owner of stella a rhodesian ridgeback, and girlfriend of oakland as' pitcher sean dolittle made a resume for stella. >> she's a 5-year-old rhodesian ridgeback. her power point could use work.

i shoongthink she types 100 words a minute. >> reporter: she graduated from depaw university and completed grades k through 9. could you believe they got turned sdploun. >> i was shocked. >> reporter: blame it on supply and demand and litiginousness. landlords became much more careful. so ferocious. in san francisco, abc7 news. >> untin dating. a popular airline has a new plan to ensure you and your pet have a happy, stress-free flight. delta passengers will monitor pets in real time with a gps device. for $50, you can keep track of where your pet is, the temperature, and if your furry friend is standing up. the gps will be available starting tomorrow on flights from l.a. and nine other u.s. cities. it could come to the bay area very soon, from what we're told.

let's get outside to the accu-weather forecast. >> sunny and breezy? >> absolutely. a great i do fly a kite. if your kids are out of school for spring break, absolutely. it is definitely on the cool side out here as well, with that onshore breeze. let me show you live doppler 7 h.d. we'll talk about what could be showing up in the not-too-distant future. now it is clear our radar could be tracking showers as early as this weekend. here's a live picture from our east bay hills camera. you see how shaky the camera is. we have gusty winds. 59 in san francisco. 67 in oakland. san jose not far behind at 66 degrees. 57 in half moon bay. highs so far, mid 50s to the mid 70s. and here is another view of how windy it is from our mt. tam cam looking toward sausalito, richardson bay. 69 in santa rosa. currently in the low 70s around napa.

74 fairfield. livermore, 71 degrees. small craft advisory inside and outside the gray our emeryville camera. you see why -- it is choppy out. there gusty winds, sunny and breezy again tomorrow. we're looking at calmer and milder conditions for your thursday and friday. here's a look at the cold front that has set the winds into motion. they're cool on-shore winds out of the northwest that will remain as we head into your wednesday. here's a look at the computer animation. :tonight, close to 40 miles per hour gusts along the coast. point reyes. as we take you through time into your morning commute, keeping it on the breezy side. 31 mile-per-hour winds in san francisco. half moon bay, just about up there. 3:00 p.m. still breezy. not as windy as today. but we're going to keep it breezy to windy for your wednesday. and then things will change up a little bit. we'll fast forward to friday. getting out of town? your friday is looking fine except in northern california where you're going to be seeing showers. as we head toward sunday, there

is a chance of showers here in the bay area. now looking like easter originally. it was monday, now it's coming in earlier. keep that in mind. upper 30s to the low 50s tomorrow morning. it's going to be cool and breezy. make sure you pack on the layers. then for the afternoon occasional high clouds and sunshine in the south bay. 71 gilroy. 70 san jose. cooper tune oh. 67 in milpitas on the peninsula. upper 60s redwood city. loss altos 58, staying on the windy side. downtown san francisco, mid 60s. north bay, temperatures in the upper 60s around calistoga, sonoma. 70 in napa. east bay communities, breezy mix of sun and high clouds. 68 richmond, oakland, union cities, spots on the mild side. 71 in concord. 72 in livermore. the accuweather forecast breezy and me? . -- and sunny. cooling off over the weekend.

as you'll notice on easter, we do have a chance of showers with a second opportunity for seeing showers on tuesday. i know timing is not great. but when you need the rain, you got to take it when you can. >> yeah. absolutely. no complaints here. thank you very much. >> yeah. from mudslides in washington state to an escaped inmate captured. "world news" has it all tonight. breaking news. two bombshell discoveries. word of a 15-second video the final moments of that flight that crashed into the alps. the captain tried to break into the cockpit. also, that airline admitting it knew that the co-pilot suffered a serious bout of depression. how did they allow him to fly? armed and dangerous. a fugitive hiding in a woman's trunk. a famous nfl owner called into court to testify. what did a star player tell him? we'll have more. >> you're also following severe weather in the west. >> we're in the northwest. homes teetering on cliffs.

we'll take you right to the scene. we have a lot to get to. see you shortly. >> "world news" coming up after this newscast at 5:30 on abc 7. in the heart of the valley. the crowd-funded reaction to ellen powell and her high-profile gender discrimination case. new at 6:00 from michael finney michael breaks down the new "consumer reports" vehicle reliability report. it's important information for anyone considering a used car. female narrator: for over 60,000 california foster children a pair of shoes is a small but important gift. my shoes have a hole in them. i can barely fit in these anymore. i hope no one would notice. they hurt my feet. i never had new shoes before. to help, sleep train is collecting new shoes of all sizes.

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if it helps to level the playing field for women and minorities for venture capital, the battle was worth it. >> a group of female tech workers believes ellen powell's kay against a former silicon valley firm was worth it even if she didn't win. the female tech workers raised money to buy a full-page ad that says "thanks ellen." it's featured in the "palo alto daily post."

a free magazine distributed in a thousand silicon valley locations. women said even show powell didn't get the verdict she wanted, it did inspire a greater discussion about divest in the industry and could inspire -- diversity in the industry and could inspire other women to take a stand. the effects of climate change on the world's seas could be felt thousands of years from now. until now it was thought that marine ecosystems would only need hundreds of years to pounce back. researchers made their conclusions after looking at sedimentary fossils from the california coastline that date back 16,000 years. a public meeting is underway in san francisco to decide the future location of the alcatraz ferry. currently the ferries take off from pier 33 along the embarcadero. the national parks service which operates alcatraz has not been able to reach a new lease agreement with the port of san francisco. it's considering moving the ferry terminal to land it already owns at ft. mason. that has residents there worried about an invasion of tourist.

>> to think that ft. mason would have an influx of over 1.5 million more visitors per year is simply impossible. >> the national parks service told abc7 news it knows about the traffic impact of moving the alcatraz forry to ft. mason but wants a semi permanent home for the ferry terminal. you could call it a cocktail chronicle. >> how a couple of back tenders are serving up some

coming up in the newsroom new at 6:00, another strange turn in an already bizarre case tonight. the demand the alleged kidnappers of a vallejo woman made to police and how officers responded. also the sales tax hike coming to several bay area cities. see why you may want to buy that big-ticket item now.

and a major advance in reconstructive surgery. a lot of the work is being done even before the patient reaches the operating room. that's coming up in a half-hour at 6:00. >> thanks. see you then. here's a new idea to help with the drought. two san francisco bars -- sounds like a joke right? two san francisco bars say they're offering a discount to customers who order drinks neat. >> yeah. bond bar and wish bar and lounge say they will give customers a dollar off if they order a drink without ice. that means beer, wine shots and more. >> bond's bar owner estimates more than 60% of hard liquor drinks are shaken, stirred or on the rocks. >> we're not trying to solve the drought problem with ice cubes. it's really just about raising awareness. instead of having your tequila on the rocks, have it straight. just shoot it back and get on with it. >> all right. andrea says glasses of water are welcome, but don't waste it. >> okay. sounds like fun.

thanks so much for joining us. "world news now" is next. i'm cheryl jennings. >> i'm dan ashley. see you at 6:00. breaking news tonight, reports of a 15-second video, the final moments on board that jet that crashed into the alps. also tonight, the airline now admitting it knew about the co-pilot, that he suffered a bout of severe depression. how was he allowed to fly? armed and dangerous. the escaped prisoner, the fugitive and the wild chase. hiding in a woman's trunk, then carjacking her. landslide. the homes teetering on the edge tonight. plus, the breaking news, the images coming in right now of this wildfire dangerously close to homes. the high profile murder trial and the surprise witness today. the owner of the new england patriots called in to testify about what one of his star players told him. and jumping ship. the stunning video coming in of the rescue in th