down in the problem can be fixed. amy hollyfield is at concord bart with more. amy? >> this is one of the stations, rather than cruising through at 27 miles per hour trains will go through here at 18 miles per hour. that is according to a report in the san francisco chronicle. the report said officials are doing this because they are worried about this happen derailments like this that happened in concord in february a year ago. this is one of two derailments that happened in the last five years and officials believe the deteriorating tracks are to blame and could cause another accident. the system is 42 years old and officials say it needs updating. because of this officials have already started work between oakland coliseum and fruitvale station so they will shut down the elevated section there for 11 weekends. they say they have a thousand degraded wooden ties to dole with along with 3000' of worn

rail. according to the report this is just the going with shut downs around daly city, san leandro and bay fair stations in the near future for repair work. bart is at a crossroads. the system is old and needs an overhaul. are people telling pay for it? a figure is $4.8 billion. that is how were they estimate is needed to overhaul the system. the question is going to be: who is going to pay for it? >> rain this week could be providing welcome moisture but it is nowhere near enough to put a dent in the california drought. the rain was falling in the east bay yesterday at the same time that governor brown was defending mandatory water restrictions for california. on abc this week brown said the drought called for drastic action and 25 percent reduction. 80 percent of the water goes toal and farmers are largely escaping the new restrictions

which brown defended. >> if you do not want to it off and hundreds of throughs would be dismissed. >> the governor said the drought conditions at this level water use by farmers probably will be reexamined. >> city of santa cruz is among those taking drought most seriously imposing strict mandatory measures which could be coming back. members of the water commission meet tonight and are expected to declare a stain three water emergency which means mandatory rationing which was lifted three months ago after december rains but only 3" of rain have fallen since. if the hedge is declared and city leaders approve rationing could go into effect may 1. >> a strange story from san francisco this morning a body found in a hoarder's home is believed to be the mother of the woman living there. investigators think it is an

elderly woman would had not been seen in years. >> maybes can not believe what went on in this home, a hoarding so bad that in the trash was a mummy filled >> the smell was horrifying like a movie. >> the body was found wrapped in a blanket believed in the home for five years and up up to the medical examine to determine the cause of death, the woman was around 90 and they received a tip about the dead body weapon the woman living at the hose revealed the information to a tax advisor. the supervisor represents the richmond district. >> i support people staying in their homes as long as possible but this is a nightmare where there should have been assisted living and nursing home and other support and health services for someone much sooner than five years after she has

died. >> the clean up will take a while. crews threw out what they could junk was piled as high as the ceiling. >> i didn't...it was piles of junk. i saw them cleaning it out. >> crews have to get a contractor to do the rest of the work with mold that possibly is toxic and rats and black widow are all over house n san francisco for abc7. marin county sheriff deputies are investigating a bizarre crime spree when a woman was arrested for arson and vandalism and now faces attempted murder. she set a home on fire, vandalized the drive next door and drenched a woman with lighter fluid. she tried to set a woman on fire who confronted her for spray paining vulgarity on the drive.

>> an altercation ensued and the suspect who i am told was in possession of lighter fluid and a lighter, sprayed the woman with the lighter fluid from head to toe. >> a marin county firefighter saw the two arguing on the street and enter veeps and deputies say she was targeting greg adams who is safe but no longer lives in the area. they not sure why show is fixated on him but believe she is responsible for several other arsons. >> gunman shot can killed a local musician with a a growing memorial for nevarz outside the golden bull bar playing bass for the lucky eejits. he was not the target, two men were fighting and another bystander was hit but will be okay. >> a rap artist is accused of human trafficking. police in san rafael pulled over dwayne ferguson early yesterday

morning. the man had a young girl in the car and investigator say he brought her from oakland to the north bay to work as a recent institute. ferguson was arrested and she was rund to her family. >> an official retraction and promises to make changes in reporting at "rolling stone" magazine after the scathing review that columbia school of journalism looked at the magazine article about an alleged gang rape at the university of virginia. roll rolling requested the review after other media outlets found mistakes in the story. the report fines that the. >> their did not contact sources or try hard enough to find the person accused of orchestrating the assault. no one has been fired. at 7:00 a.m., "good morning america" will have much more including what kind of effect the retraction may have on "rolling stone" credibility. >> >> sports fan are remembering a voice that connect them to some of biggest moments in local sports history after a hall fame

broadcaster lon victim mops -- simmons dayed year. >> lay back, play back play back for willie mays. >> what a great call fans can recall the signature home run call "tell it goodbye," and he called gales to the 49ers from the early days through the 1990s and we have more on the remarkable career of lon simmons and opening baseball at the top of the hour. >> the death comes as the giants and as on the season, and bumgarner will pitch face the diamondbacks with first pitch at 7:00 a.m. in phoenix. giants have a viewing party at at&t park starting at 6:30 and fans can watch the game on the giant video screen. the giants host the home opener a week from today.

>> the texas rangers are hosted tonight with opening night festivity including two recent as players former third basement and second baseman throwing out the first pitch of 2015. board making it to the post-season the last three seasons the as hope for better luck on opening night losing the past ten season openers in a row. we will be this for the home opener tonight against the rangers. we want to see how you celebrate where you live and you can share your continue photos with us by posting them to the social media with # whereyoulive. got to find out what the weather is going to be. leyla? >> i will have that ahead. not in this report but the next report. first, current conditions. radar satellite shows we are not showing any returns at the moment and we are seeing some cher conditions with a little bit of spotty clouds coming to the bay area that will bring

some rain overnight and temperatures are chilly in the low 40s in the east bay and we are up to 37 degrees in fairfield so it is chilly indeed, and 36 in santa rosa, and 49 in san francisco and 39 in los gatos. that is going to change and we will see a warm-up but we have decent visibility before we get there. 10 miles unlimited visibility everywhere with a little bit of fog along the coast and a little bit of fog in santa rosa. we are going to have some rain and we got a little bit of rain earlier yesterday for easter and we are going to have some rain coming if overnight. occur e wind conditions are calm at five miles per hour at sfo and it will be a southern wind later today and, in fact of course gusty conditions up to 30 miles per hour. the next three days if we look at the embarcadero you can see nice and dry but it will be wet starting tonight into tomorrow and the temperatures are ramping up drying out by wednesday. new a look at traffic. what is happening on roads?

not too much. we could see folks are taking more time off for easter and passover weekend. as we look at the golden gate bridge you can see traffic is slow and steady and not too much going on right now. as you come into san francisco we do have some construction and this is going to take place on the lower deck of the bay bridge and at treasure island we have more work done until 6:00 this morning with drive time traffic 580 westbound from tracy to dublin is 26 minutes. light across highway 4 and 101 southbound from san rafael to san francisco at only 18 minutes >> leyla is here for mike. closing arguments in the boston marathon bombing trial and what the defense is expected to tell the story before deliberations. >> the white house biggest public ever vent is about to begin and what the first lady helps the kids will earn in the easter egg roll. >> highway 101 showing light

traffic. early on this monday morning. stay tuned.

>> covering daly city, dublin, los gatos and all the bay area this is abc7 news. >> the view from the exploritorium camera showing a glassy looking bay and particularring lights on the bay bridge. we will find out if there are any trouble spots traffic wise an the bay area with leyla gulen coming up. >> closing arguments scheduled in the boston marathon bombing case with jury deliberations possibly underway by this afternoon. the how is not the question of guilt but if the defendant lives or dies. >> after a month of disturbing evidence and heart womenning moments on the witness stand, all of which is pretty powerful

stuff, today closing arguments begin in the boston marathon bombing bombing trial. the prosecution summing up what they claim was the role of dzhakhar tsarnaev in the planning, execution and after mat that left three dead and 260 others injured including heather abbott. >> he is guilty. >> his attorney admitsly guilt but are expecting to re-cap the defense that tsarnaev was influenced by his older brother the mastermind of the attack would later was killed if a shoot out with police. the younger tsarnaev did not testify staying silent through the trial. >> i was surprised at the demeanor. i would think that he would have some sort of reaction. i cannot understand how a person hike that thinks. >> defense team spent six hours presenting the case pushing not for acquittal but to spare tsarnaev from the death penalty if he is convicted. the case is going to the jury as boston prepares to honor the

victims next week on the second anniversary of the bombing. stanford graduate and ambassador to south korea lippert is talking about the new brace he is wearing after being attacked with a knife. he posted the pictures on facebook say people are expressing interest and the submit was custom-made and it is making a huge difference if his recovery. he said it allows hip to hold things in his hand. the ambassador was giving a lecture in seoul last month and a man slashed him in the face and hands. the suspect was against joint united states and south korean military drills. >> at the to which the hour 35,000 people are expected to participate in the 137th annual white house egg roll and the theme is "give me five," challenging families to show first lady five ways they are leading healthy lives. there is an egg hundred -- egg hunt, live music and story

telling. this is designed to encourage children to stay active and support the "let's move," initiative. >> sacramento effort to have world's biggest easter egg hunt took a rotten >> two and three-year-olds were crying and the parents were scooping up the eggs for the older kids. it was horrible. >> the hunt featured half a million plastic eggs hiding an the capital with more eggs than any other egg hunt in the world but did not qualify because they arrived past the deadline for certification. >> a san jose earthquake celebrating easter sunday with a hunt and fundraiser for fallen police officer michael johnson hosting the event for young fans at the stadium. the event raised $3,500.

the community fund match it and the team owner and daughter. a total of $10,500 will be given to johnson's family. >> we had rain move you there here like it had a place to be in a hurry. do we have anymore? >> we do. there will be a second wave. now, it is clear at the moment. we will have some increasing clouds later today and that is a look from the east bay hill camera to san francisco and emeryville and the bay bridge and a beautiful start to the morning. it is chilly as well, so bring the extra layer today. it will move back by noon but you will need the rain gear as we head into the afternoon hours because of this, looking at our satellite images and you can see the low pushing in over the park northwest and the storm system is off the coast of oregon and it is going to be making its way over important california into our neck of the woods by

tonight. midnight in the north bay is when it should see rainfall. our game day forecast we want to know what is it going to feel like for the opening day game between the rangers and the as, the coffee will have -- cove will have us at 55 degrees with rain expected and some thunderstorms. thunderstorms tonight or tomorrow night are as well. from the sutro tower camera clear and beautiful start to our san francisco morning and temperatures are currently in van at 49 degrees 4 in oakland senator carlos is 45 and lower 40s for san jose and upper 30s for morgan hill and 39 for half moon bay so chilly, indeed of the highs today are in the south bay are going to be expensing some 60-degree temperature readings in santa clara and milpitas and 6 in cupertino and moving along the peninsula upper 50s for san mateo and 59 down downtown san francisco and 59 in petaluma and

55 in lake post and under some mostly cloudy skies in napa headed into the east bay and 64 in oakland, and pushing inland, the temperatures are only going to get up to 65 or 67 degrees if live more, so, it will, cooler today. the lows with the rainfall and cloud cover the temperatures are going to drop again to 47 degrees in san francisco and 43 in fremont and 41 in fairfield and to the lower 40s for napa. 42 in cloverdale and 41 in santa cruz. the seven-day forecast shows the rain chances are going to happen overnight and into tomorrow night and dries out by wednesday and we are going to see a warmup in temperatures by thursday and friday and the clouds are back for the weekend start of more rain on way. now the traffic. what is happening in mass transit is starting off with bart we do have 30 bart trains on time. no delays reported on muni and ace train one is on time. san jose and 87 as you pull past

july ran street and traffic is light with lighter conditions pus of the holiday. we are at 47 miles per hour and good do go as you pass vasco and livermore and pleasanton and 680 accident free and a breeze into the sunol grade. >> apple is giving a guided tour for the new smart watch. here is the technical -- tech byte. >> tour of the apple watch. everyone is excited there are a series of instructional votes showing how it works with the device on sale april 24 but you can pre-order starting friday. the drones could be used to transport blood and medical supplies. >> a blog shows the unman

aircraft could be used to move supplies to smaller hospital and disaster areas. >> what was an april fool's prank will now become a reality. >> there will be a manufacture of smart voice allowing you to play classic titles on the smartphone that will be available for the iphone 6 and iphone 6 plus. >> game by. >> love those days. i was if. >> of course. those are tech bytes. have a good monday. >> the electric cars are out of many people's price range but that is about to change. >> a good problem to have where a high school senior was selected by all eight ivy league universities. >> now the abc7 news a look from our roof in san francisco you can watch weather and traffic where you live through the entire break.

>> good morning, a look from the east bay hills camera, maybe a few sprinkles today. the possibility of rain this week. but right now it is looking calm and nice as we lack over -- look into the city. >> fully electric cars will be more affordable is the word from a new study that finds the cost of the expensive battery is going down. the operating costs of an electric car could beat gas powered cars in five years. according to an estimate a full charge for a 300 mile range car could cost less than $10. compared to $30 to $ gasping which is a quarter of all carbon dioxide emissions. >> a big crowd in san francisco for the byob celebration, bring your own big wheel. yesterday, dozens of rateers

hopped on three wheelers to roll down the hills of the city reaching speeds up to 25 miles per hour. >> here is a guy in an electric car. away the corner there he goes. >> now a check on the >> it is dangerous. quite the traffic jam. here is live doppler hd showing not picking up the runs yet. on the corner of the screen you can see we are seeing a little bit of wet weather that is starting to come and the bay area and we will see increasing clouds as the morning wears on and it is not until this afternoon and later in the evening we will see rain. from the roof it is clear, and the cooler start to the work week with heavy wind and rain tonight and then we will see thunderstorms by tomorrow with the full seven-day forecast shortly ahead. now the roads: that is a look at

the not bay 101 southbound and it is pretty everyonety. no jams to get in the way this. as we head to the south, away from 580 you can see a top somebody through mill valley into larks spur at 61 miles per hour at the golden gate bridge and that is a look over the richmond-san rafael bridge at top sped and accident free. nothing but green here so we are at top speed on highway 4 i-80 from 4 to maze and into san jose. >> thank you, leyla. a high school senior in long island, new york, is facing a tough choice about picking a university because he has been accepted to all eight of the ivy colleague schools. >> tough decision, harold was accepted with full scholarships with college preparation mentoring and winter of the science search and parents emigrated to long island from fly clearia so he and his brothers could get a better education. >> i just think that through

hard work and perseverance and dedication you can accomplish anything. >> harold is leaning toward yale. he wants to be a neurosurgeon. >> not a bad choice. >> save lives and make money. look harold, not your father but there is a great school on west coast called stanford. i would put it up against any of eight ivy school. >> and the weather is better. >> much better. >> what ellen pao is saying against losing the discrimination suit against her new employer. >> a new offensive by the president on the iranian nuclear deal. stay tuned.

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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. it is monday and 5:00 a.m. >> i am eric thomas. >> i am matt keller here for kristen sze. >> winter ends and new we get winter weather? >> that is right. >> go figure. >> a hook at our day planner, helpfully everyone had a beautiful passover easter holiday weekend we are going to have rain coming back to the bay area starting tonight and tomorrow. thunderstorms are expected.