united states embassy official. he said the soldier opened fire, right after the united states official left. american troops returned fire killing the afghan soldier. it is the second insider attack this year. after afghan soldier killed three american contractors in january. >> rains have not changed california drought situation and people are not conserving water at the rate they are supposed to. now this there could be consequences for bay area cities. our reporter is with that story. amy hollyfield? >> marin county, get ready. the state said we have to save water and marin has responded with a big meeting at the water district last night. the board voted unanimously residents and businesses can now only water three day as days a week. no watering is allowed 48 hours of significant rain this is in response to mandatory restrictions the state announced last month. we caught up with governor brown

in san francisco yesterday and asked him about the new demands. >> a lot of people would wastewater, it is no big deal. just being smart. don't water your lawn until you have to. maybe in some cases do not water at all. >> how much water you will be asked to conserve depends where you live and how much area your water has been saving. if your area has not been saving much expect deep cuts including morgan hill, get ready. you will be looking at cutting up to 35 percent of the use. new restriction for the state are expected to go into place in may. >> this morning in sacramento the state energy commission will meet to consider a proposal establishing efficiency standards for toilets and false oats. if adopted the regulations

prohibit the sale water applyans that do not meet minimum efficiency requirements. it would prohibit the installation of fixtures starting january of 2016. >> we had a few sprinkles overnight and there could be more in the afternoon. this is after much needed rain yesterday where the morning commute was soaked. it was the first rain in a month. c.h.p. said it responded to on accidents, far more than average. >> we have damage from the wind when scaffolding blew over in san francisco's jordan park neighborhood yesterday. crews say they rescued a worker. no one was hurt. >> we saw hail in the bay area. this is from petaluma. we got reports of hail in vallejo and pleasant hill and pacifica. the storm left us with an extraordinary view of a rainbow over the san francisco skyline yesterday. look at that, it was one of several spotted in the bay area. >> storms have dumped up to a foot snow in the sierra.

here is video from kirkwood mountain resort making it hard for the skier to see the it was near white out conditions. the chains are required on interstate 80. you can see an eye on the weather any time with live doppler hd on the weather app it is free at the apple app store or google play or go to abc7news.com/apps. >> a santa clara inmate who escaped from custody a month ago is behind bars this morning in mississippi. accused chide molester johnell carter overpowered deputy on march 6 and took off and led police on a manhunt through the city. officers searched for hours but could not find him. the marshals arrested carter in mississippi yesterday. the sheriff will offer details of the arrest this morning. his brother faces charges for helping him escape. >> woman escorted off alaska airlines plane is back home this morning. the mother of two has cancer and

she tried to return to san jose from hawaii on monday, she was told she could not fly without a doctor's nurse. here is that story. >> being on the mainland never felt so good for elizabeth and her family. this is what happened on alaska airlines flight. >> my family was forcibly removed from the airplane because i have cancer. >> i was heartbroken. how could i be treated like a criminal. >> elizabeth has battled cancer for five years put on a surgical mask. people were sick and an agent asked if she was okay and this is what she said. >> i get weak so she said well in that case, i will need to call the doctors that we consult with. >> when the airlines' determined she could not fly she was take were off the plane. this is travel expert's take.

>> this is fairly typical of airlines conditions of carriage that they have some kind of clause which at left purports to allow them to make the decision of who to let on the plane. >> the airline overstepped after her own doctor said in an e-mail it was okay to file. alaska airlines apologized and said our employee has the customers well-being in mind the situation could have been handled differently and will refund the tickets. a white south carolina police officer faces murder charges this morning in the shooting death of a black man month was running from him. this video could be difficult to watch. bam. bam. bam. bam. bam. >> cell phone video shows the

officer pulling the gun and fire eight times hitting the 50-year-old walter scott in the back. scott appears to be unarmed. the officer stopped him because a brake light was out. the state investigators reviewed the video yesterday and immediately charged the officer with murder. the officer can face light in prison if convicted. >> breaking sports news this morning, indiana pacers forward is in the hospital after being stabbed outside a new york nightclub. his wife and another woman were also injured. former nick, player was stabbed in the abdomen. all are in stable condition. a 22-year-old man was taken into custody. two hawks players in town for a game were arrested for refusing to move as police set up the crime scene. >> today the san francisco branch of the naacp will appear at a police commission to discuss the controversy of some of the city officers exchanging

racist text saying the san francisco police have failed to take measures to eliminate racial violence. the chief suhr recommended seven officers be fired but the group said they are being allowed to resign with full retirement benefits which they believe is unacceptable. >> today a bill that no longer allows parents to opt out of vaccinateing children starts the trip through the legislature with a hearing before the senate health committee today that only allows children who have been immunized against measles and whooping cough to enter school. exemptions are only for medical reasons. similar measures have failed in washington and oregon because of opposition from parents and anti vaccine groups who consider it government meddling. the bills followed a measles outbreak in december at disney. you will likely pay more to buy bart planning to best fares .4 percent -- 3.4 percent

bringing in $15 million a year for capital improvements. the increase is part of the automatic fare program implemented in 2013. bart is taking comments on the hike through april 28. caltran plans to close san mateo bridge on the second and third weekend of may and the weekend after if necessary. this is a look at bridge. the closing starts at 10:00 friday night and through 5:00 a.m. monday morning allowing resurfacing of the bridge and install new joints for seismic safety. and this morning at the san mateo bridge i got rain on the windshield. >> the rain is isolated. we will show you much of the bay area is dry. but a spot where you have a shower popping up, you can look at the light rain, and the path

of yellow showing more moderate rain. everyone does have the threat of at least a hour through the afternoon. stepping outside on wednesday you will need the heavy jacket and chilly 37 degrees and 39 in santa rosa and around the bay right now, it is warmer with temperatures in the lower 50s. this afternoon, everyone has the threat of an isolated shower and we will call it a mixture of sun and clouds. around the bay upper 50s to lower 60s and inland in the low-to-mid 60s with a chance isolated shower and right along the coast. temperatures are on the cool side. we will see 55 to 58 and the threat of an isolated shower still in the forecast. how is the traffic, leyla? >> better than year. right now a picture of the golden gate bridge you can see the crews are starting to make their way on to the golden gate bridge so the zipper truck can expand the southbound lanes.

always make sure to slow for the tone cone. we are going to take you into san jose where we have road work. southbound side of 880 between dickinson road and for the avenue is where we have the protect. it will last until approximately 5:00. we have the northbound 280 to 880 connection and that will be taken away just until 5:00 this morning we are doing plenty of construction around here so if you live in the area or work in the area you know that. 101 is clear as you make it up to mineta san jose international airport. next, downtown crime wave, the warning for business owners and shoppers in the east bay. thieves are making a quick get away with your stuff. >> the bay area th stadium. stay tuned.

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covering santa rosa, berkeley, san jose and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> dramatic images from los angeles, where firefighters rescued one person from the burning building. fire broke out on the 5th floor of the six-story commercial building. 170 firefighters battled the flames and one person is being treated for burns. in millbrae a man is recovering from serious burns suffered in a fire. it started at a home on helen drive yesterday afternoon. flames were shooting from the garage and front room. firefighters had the fire under control in ten minutes. he was the only person in the home. the san jose police are investigating a death threat by a pro wrestler against hulk hogan days before wrestlemania.

scott steiner grabbed hogan's wife and said he told her he planned to "kilterry when he landed." hogan's real name is terry. the two filed a police report. theallys are called "lies." he told tmz he approached his wife to talk smack about the wrestler and never put his hands on her. >> rise in crime is seen in walnut creek with shoplifting and other petty thefts downtown mostly happening in department stores. our reporter has the details. >> such a low crime area people would not expect it, that people would commit petty crime here for drug abuse. >> that could be why walnut creek is seeing the increase in shoplifting downtown. police say that many of the people are transients who use bart. >> we see a lot of folks coming from san francisco, a lot of folks that are addicted to

heroin or other narcotics. >> they steal to support drug habits. local restaurants say more of their customers are getting purses snatched. >> absolutely. we are all talking and there has been a lot% snatchings. people are putting their purrs on the back of the chair. >> police are keeping close contact with per chaps and maintaining high visibility and dug undercover operations but the same criminals keep coming pack. >> when proposition came about we have seen more of the folks coming in and stealing in our city. >> the proposition 47 passed in the fall and reduces nonviolent property crimes from a felony to a misdemeanors. in some cases police are citing and releasing criminals who return to steal again. now police are asking residents to help by reporting any suspicious activity in the downtown area.

in walnut creek for abc7 news. 1.5 million pounds are dumped on the live stadium for the monster jam. football field is covered with plywood to protect the surface from the dirt and the monster trucks. >> warriors' fan will spend $700,000 lottery win on playoff tickets. he matched five numbers last in in the mega millions drawing and won $672,000. he and his dad but the the winning ticket and they checked only last wednesday. in addition to the playoff tickets, he will buy a new truck for his dad and set aside money for his daughter's college. the dad is being very generous say that is your ticket. >> exactly. >> dad you are a good guy. i know a lot of dad

--. drew? >> no lottery here. >> my daughter is very happy. >> she got a new car. >> weather-wise, we have showers and live doppler hd is not like yesterday but still tracking some moisture. you notice the majority of the bay area is dry but one place we are seeing where there are some showers, right around boulder creek to the north at 9 and 236 that is moderate and the theme is isolated showers, not a widespread event. with the fog we have issues in the north bay, santa rosa has visibility down to quarter of a mile with thick fog in the north bay. elsewhere, we are doing okay. a look outside sutro tower showing it is a quiet morning across san francisco. we have clouds above and the forecast calls for a few left over sprinkles and turning warmer for thursday and friday and we have a dry pattern after

today through the weekend and including monday. the heavy jacket needed in the north bay calistoga at 38 and san francisco is warmer at 54 and 51 in newark and danville at 48. satellite show as storm system soaking showers yesterday morning and it is still trying to influence our weather in the form of less oversprinkles today. high pressure is building off the cost. that means dry weather and a warm-up is on the way. today, sun and scattered showers. pop-ups here and there in the morning, continuing through 10:00 in the morning, not everyone is seeing the wet weather but the threat is there. in the afternoon we have isolated showers. on thursday, then high pressure will build and we dry out the skies with the sunshine is back and we warm up our temperatures. highs today are warmer than yesterday, a mix of sun and clouds and 61 in san francisco and 64 in oakland and 65 in san

jose. overnight we will see mainly cleary skies, a few clouds, cooling in the north by at 37 in napa 44 in san jose and richmond dropping to 47 degrees overnight. sunshine and showers today, a drying trend on thursday and mainly sunny and mild on friday and our next chance of rain is next tuesday. leyla? >> good morning, drew, if you want take mass transit today we have 30 bart trains on time with no delays reported on muni and ace train 1 is two minutes early in san jose, near the tank, julian street we do not see too many cars but it is quite early. you are in good shape on the roads. drive time traffic is 31 minutes from tracy to dublin and we have a few extra cars over the altamont pass, and highway 4 antioch to concord is 14 minutes and san rafael to san francisco

is 15 minutes. with the snow, that means chains are required. chains are required on highways 88 and 50. matt? eric? >> green is the new ugly in california's drought. having the ugliest lawn in one community could win you. >> good news for netflix and hulu google's plan to save us from spillers on sole media. -- on social media. >> stay the answer to treating your

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>> this morning, the metropolitan transportation commission and committee will consider a proposal to expand the bicycle share program in the bay area. it would bring the number of bicycles in the bay area from 700 in the pilot program to 7,000 over the next two years. it will expand the program into

oakland, berkeley emeryville san jose and san francisco and would not cost taxpayers any money. next in, the proposal is slated to go before the full commission for a vote. >> san francisco is holding a unique competition, a con toest to fine the ugliest lawn in the city. >> according to the rules green, well manicureed yards are considered the ugliest and the idea is to redefine what is an attractive yard in an effort to conserve water. if you like to enter you have any may 15 by uploading a yard photo and the winner receives a lawn makeover with drought-tolerant plants native to san francisco. >> yesterday, the lawns got watered. drew, today maybe a little bit of a watering as well? >> folks are excited to get the soaking rain. we had not seen that much rain in two months. today there is a threat of isolated shower. seven-day forecast is not so active as yesterday but a couple

of hit or miss showers and one along the peninsula along highway one. just like drizzle. as we look at the afternoon on the way everyone is fair game for a light shower. the next 12 hours are a mix of sun and clouds. through the afternoon there is a chance of late day shower through the forecast. that is weather. now traffic. >> good morning as you take a picture the bay area you can see the green on this map so we are all running at top speeds and it is looking clear for the most part and we do have some areas of construction so that could slow you down. heading over to the altamont pass in westbound direction you will find some slowing out of tracy over the pass and at vasco it is clear into livermore with a couple of areas of drizzle. drew can tell us if there is rain falling near dublin but it looks like the roads are drying. >> thank you.

a study finds more women in the united states are choosing to go childless. nearly half of women between the ages of 15 and 44 did not have kids in 2014 up several between 25 and 29 half do future have children an all-time high and the study found women between 40 and 50 who were in manager or professional occupations were more likely to be childless than the same age women in other occupations. >> twitter stock opens higher than northerlial after speculation it could be bought by another company. san francisco's company stock climb 5 percent over rumors that google have expressed interest in buying twitter. twitter hired goldman sachs advisors to fend off a takeover. >> viewpoint biden and his wife are expected to arrive in san francisco tomorrow for a political fund-raiser. with no details on where it will be held. on friday, the couple head to a

pg&e facility in oakland to discuss job training programs. his wife plans to visit a college in cupertino to highlight the white house commitment to community colleges. >> tour bus operators will fight a move by san francisco supervisors to ban drivers from narrating while driving. in october, a tour bus hit and killed a 60-year-old city employee walking a crosswalk outside city hall. the supervisors say the ordinance is needed to prevent the pedestrian deaths but drivers say they may not make so much money if the duties are split. good news for the netflix lovers. >> the frustration of accidentally reading spoilers posted on social need could could be a thing of the past. google is awarded antispoiler patent that suggests that the system would track your tv or movie viewing progress and filterness on what you not watched. do not celebrate yet companies

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good wednesday morning thanks for joining us. >> i am eric thomas here with leyla gulen, drew tuma is here on the widely scattered rain this morning. it is not anything like 24 hours ago. >> this video is from early to morning from san jose, you know it is not the pounding rain of yesterday morning, it is light shower activity and live doppler hd will show you right now it is widely scattered and the bay area this morning is drive but pressing in closer you notice around boulder creek shows light showers developing. the forecast is going to call for isolated shower until 4:00 with temperatures topping in the upper 50s to mid-60s. >> if we get just a little bit of rain it can cause havoc on the roads. how is it looking. >> it is looking good. we have had several