abc7 news starts right now with breaking news. >> good morning, thanks for joining us. i am cheryl jennings. >> we will start with breaking news from san francisco. major bart delays for passengers in and out of the city right now. >> bart officials state delays are due to a structural issue with the tracks between 16th street and the civic center. we are over daly city bart. can you see the trains are stopped on the track. >> we will go to the sick center station right now. wayne is there with the latest. wayne? >> kristen this began at 9 pock and it is not getting any better the trains are stacking up.

the reason is they are only running one track into the city. bart confirmed there is a break in 9 track between this station at civic center plaza and the 16th street. the result is they have to do some work on it. they will be on it between four five maybe six hours. at a consequence service to the heat bay is either cut off or severely disrupted. we are trying to get a sense. a few moments ago they said there was no service. i went to the bart station and it appears there could be some service to the east bay but we don't know how much or what kind. it is early. bart said they are getting aid from muni and transit if you have a bart ticket show the bus driver your ticket and they will take you where you want to go. this is developing. four to six hours delays. they are fixing the track below. one track running through san francisco on bart. it is not going to be an easy day from the civic center plaza.

>> we will take another look at sky 7 over the bart station. you can see what wayne was talking about the single tracking which can mean huge delays. we go to leyla gulen with the impact on the system. are there alternatives? >> absolutely. sky 7 h.d. we are back over the daly city station and right now it looks like trains are stopping at that particular station. we are single tracking as wayne was talking about. the freeway just off to the side of 280 you can so how well the traffic is moving and that could be the best at not because with the four to six-hour delays expected, you and expect your evening commute to be affected. yes, indeed. with the major delays on bart you can use pew any and a.c. transit. they are honoring your bart ticket. if you need to head in and out of the city that is what you need do take ac transit through the east bay or muni in san francisco. also the yellow line, pittsburg

bay point line is the only line getting into the city. green line is stopping at mcad thursday and blue is turning back. this is limits service through the transbay tube. the red line service is not happening. we are providing shuttle service from sfo to millbrae. we will keep you updated on twitter. >> thank you leyla. east bay residents are buzzing of the three small earthquakes that hit the area. this map shows where each earthquake hit very close to each other all in the same neighborhood in concord. that is where abc news reporter joins us in pleasant hill. any signs of damage? >> well, look at this branch behind me this branch splintered off the tree this morning at the same time all of the earthquakes everyone hitting. the people would live here have moved it out of the way which wasn't easy. it was heavy. here is what it looked like inwith the residents first came

out this morning. they took a picture of the branch that landed on their cars and blocked part of the street in their pleasant hill neighborhood. the cars were not damaged. that was the good news. it has been very windy this week so that could have been a factor. however, there also has been a lot of earthquake activity in the past few days with three this morning centered in concord >> the earthquakes have been happening in the last...since sunday? the last three days? the tree is pretty old. it just, you know, gave away. with all the earthquakes that have been happening in the last recent few days. >> i am thankful i didn't have to wake up to a broken wind shield and i could move my car out of way. >> no other reports of damage have come in. no injuries have been reported. some people we have talked to are shaking all of this off saying the tremblers have been small just a little rolling.

others say they feel nervous wondering if the small ones are signals a big one is coming. there were three this morning three on sunday, and scientists to look to see if they are related to the big earthquake that happened last summer in napa. thank you. we checked with several agencies and did not find any major damage or injuries from the earthquakes. bart service was impacted around the same time but bart said that was due to an obstruction on the track. a separate issue. our spokesman said all bart employees are trained to act if an earthquake hits. >> they call the control center and we will stop the train very quickly and do a visual inspection or to log on and see how big the earthquake was. that did not happen. it was too small. >> bart has an early earthquake detection system and has spent a decade upx-raying to get ready for -- upgrading to get ready

for a big earthquake. >> now a deadly accident in sonoma that claimed the life one when two 9:00 this morning. one was taken to the hospital in critical condition. a terrible accident. police have not said if drugs or alcohol played a role in the crash. >> new details on the death of a wail days after it washed ashore in pacifica. marine biologists now believe the humpback whale was possibly killed by a ship. scientists ping an occupy found four broken vertebrae consistent with ship strike in the last week. they are still checking for broken ribs. the 42' adult female was found on the beach on monday. >> get ready to work harder on conserving water. the state pushed through some top -- tough new restrictions including a mandatory target forry agency. we are joined now from morgan hill on what we need to know.

matt? >> in morgan hill every resident is facing some of the biggest water restrictions if all of the bay area 128 -- 28 percent cut. the reality is you will see a lot more brown than green. in a land of lawns some parts of morgan hill are all friend. the lush landscapes will soon be hit with the harsh reality: a state mandated reduction in water use average. >> considering the fact all of california is in the same problem we all have to do our part. >> what your part is depends often where you live. the state water resources control board approved new restrictions yesterday in response to governor brown's executive order mandating a 25 percent reduction in california. each community was placed on a tier depending how well they conserved in the past. san francisco is one of several communities on the bottom the scale. residents did a good job conserving and the restriction is just 8 percent. 16 percent cuts include petaluma berkeley fremont and

sunnyvale. san jose concord, san rafael pittsburg and others are at 20 percent. discovery bay is in the top tier and must cut 36 percent. morgan hill has a tough hill to climb. landing in the 28 percent reduction camp. this couple have lived here for decades and their yard gives $400 water bill every month. now they are looking to convert to a more drought friendly yard. >> $3 a square foot on rebate if you go to a more water efficient landscaping which we are willing to do. we are desperate. it is pretty bad. >> the goal positive the state is to keep indoor water use to no more than 55 gallons a day. it is easier for desert resorts to make the huge cuts by neglecting lawns. brown is the new green. >> we will never come back to california. we have to be realistic about

the landscaping we can do. >> this could make you feel better: beverly hills has to cut water use by 36 percent. in morgan hill, they are going to hold a waterwork shop on may 20. we have breaking news, a report commissioned by the nfl has concluded that it is likely the new england patriots intentionally deflated footballs last season. the 243-page report said that employees likely did it and that star quarterback tom brady was "at least generally aware," of the violations. brady is from san mateo and played ball at a local high school. there is no evidence that head coach belichick knew about it. the colts filed a complaint during the championship game in january. the new england patriots beat the seahawks in the super bowl two weeks later and we most add full report on our website at

abc7news.com. >> happening today, democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton is in the bay area to attend two fundraising events benefiting her bid for the white house. protesters planned to greet her. the former secretary of state was in nevada campaigning for immigration reform. in san francisco she will come to the home of a hedge fund billionaire and environmentalist tom styer and then to the cofounder of north face. protesters will be out front objecting to the keystone xl pipeline which would bring oil from canada across america to the texas gulf coast. >> the warriors and grizzlies are headed for memphis and are now tied at a game a piece. the point guard from grizzlies who did not play for 10 years because of fractures wore a mask and led memphis with 22 points and outshined the warriorsmvp

steph curry. the worries made only six of 26 three's and turned the ball over 20 times. they had the 21-home gain winning streak snapped. game three tips off saturday at 5 o'clock p.m. right here on abc7 followed by "after the game." join our sports director and mike shumann in memphis. were more ahead at 11 o'clock by area residents ban together to help victims of the earthquake in knee patch and we will have details on how you can join in. >> the co-pilot who deliberately crashed the germanwings rehearsed the scene before the fatal plunge. >> terrifying crash into a california liquor store. caught on camera. the driver acted like it was no big deal. stay tuned.

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police caught up with him and arrested him a short time later. we don't know if he finished the beer. >> on to other news of the day, french aviation officials say there is evidence the germanwings reversed the sent -- rehearsed the scenario that led to a crash. andreas lubitz practiced a descent on a different flight earlier that day from germany to barcelona. he intentionally crashed the return flight from barcelona to germany killing all 12350 people on board. he was undergoing treatment for severe depression. >> a vigil is held at san jose state university for anyone impacted by the devastation in nepal. the student organization of nepal hopes to provide support and condolences for bay area families affected by the massive 7.8 earthquake. the government said that more than 7000 people have died. many are still missing in rural areas of the country. the vigil runs from 7:00 to 9:00 people tonight at san jose

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covering los altos antioch, petaluma and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. we are over at&t park right now where the giants are getting ready to play a 12:45 game against the padres. the team is out there doing batting practice before the game

hoping for a sweep. there is a problem. there are major bart delays right now so that may impact people trying to get to the ballpark on time. >> bart officials say this is a structural issue where the track between 16th street and civic center so bart is having to single track if that area. this is not going to be fixed for five to six hours. the original line fully running right now is pittsburg and bay point to san francisco line. they have to bring a lot of patience. >> leyla gulen suggested the ferry. >> all you need is a good cry. a luxury hotel in tokyo is offering a women a chance to stay in a specially designed room that allows them to cry all night. for $83 united states, the dollar offers female guest as dozen tear-jerker movie and emotional illustrated books to

wipe away the tears with luxury tissues and steam eye masks and help them reduce puffiness and swelling the following day and want to offer private space for women to destress and overcome any emotional problems. interesting concept. >> cry in private. >> now outside because this weather is nothing to cry about it is beautiful, but we do need the rain. >> it is beautiful. go have some showers on the way and the possibility of thunder. goodgood morning from the broadcast center it is sunny. this morning, from the east bay hills camera to the south you can see we have a southwestern wind pulling in the marine layer and the few clouds that were actually around during the morning commute and they have cleared out and the winds have let up a little bit and the only double digits with video are at half moon bay at 13 miles per hour. check out the visible satellite

the clouds are pulling away and pushing into monterey and into the salinas valley and will be more stubborn to leave there. hazy conditions but not a "spare the air" day as we look from sutro tower and san jose the temperature is one or two degrees cooler than 24 hours ago. we will end up at the same if not a degree or two warmer this afternoon because of all of the sunshine and a slower breeze. as we head to tomorrow a chance of showers, possible thunder more likely thursday than friday and we will dry and warm the air mass just in time for mother's day. nice picnic weather on sunday. upper 60 in sunnyvale and low-to-mid 70s for the rest. los gatos is warmest at 73 and up to 70 in palo alto and everyone else is in the mid-to-upper 60s but millbrae is 62 or 63. the breeze is fastest at the coast and temperatures are in the upper 50s and nearly 60 in the sunset and mid-60s in downtown and south san francisco and sausalito and upper 50s

along the coast and upper 70s in the valleys until cloverdale the warm spot at 78. narrow temperature along the east bay shoreline like yesterday, 66 at berkeley and 69 at castro valley and low 80s as you head from the san ramon valley out highway 4 to antioch and brentwood. speaking of the game take your broom, it could be another sweep, two in a row. take the sun scream, u.v. index is high, low-to-mid 60s this afternoon. we will look at tonight's temperatures we are in the mid-40s to around 50 degrees so a lot like this morning. here is the area of low pressure we have been talking about all week and now it is making the move to the south. because it is a cold core system nothing is going to happen during the overnight hours but look at tomorrow at noon through about 7:00 an isolated shower a thunderstorm is possible, and snow down to 6,500' in lake tahoe starting at 5 o'clock tomorrow morning through action

friday morning. we could have travel issues. leyla and i will watch that for you. our two coolest days are thursday and friday and we will be nearly 60 at the coast for mother's day and low 70s around the bay and 80 inland. enjoy the sunshine and get ready for an interesting day tomorrow and very isolated chance of a shower or thunderstorm. >> if you look to expand your volume cab later, dictionary.com added a thousand new words. >> brogrammer a man who works in computer programing and crash blossom a headline that makes you cringe. and revenge porn when sexually suggested images are posted and smart watch is defined as a computing device resembling a wrist watch. >> still ahead, what does it take to help a pet in need? an animal shelter is employing a twist of edge to help the pups

>> coming up, this is warning of a potentially devastating wildfire season. go with firefighters as they prepare for the flames. and what it days to be fire ready. at 5:00, for eye for facebook, a move by some in the gay

community to ban people from next month's pride parade. >> a new adopt a pet campaign is too much for some to resist the look at this clever interactive digital billboard. it features a cute puppy looking for a forever home. when you move, the doc moves. that is right it is sneaky volunteers hand people a plame met and there is a sensor that activates creating an illusion the dog is trying to swallow them home. who can say no do that? >> we leave but a final shot of the bay bridge pretty busy with people driving into san francisco with bart single tracking because of track

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