-- from the surveillance video on tuesday. a man followed a 13-year-old girl from school and forced his way into her home and tried to sexually assault her caught on the family home surveillance video. he fled. schools have been notified and are alerting parents through mails and letters. >> we need to stop this immediately. we are concerned he will strike again. we need the public's help. >> this is a great neighborhood and this is...not expec happen around here. >> san jose police say april 2 the same man follow add 28-year-old woman into a restroom into a market at saratoga to try to sexually assault her. she got away. he could be riding a light blue ten-speed bicycle. he is not concerned aboutening caught because the attacks have taken place in birthday daylight in west san jose. police do not know where he lives or works. they are asking for everyone in

the bay area to look out for this man. police are depending on social media to help fine the suspect before there is another attack. we have the photos of the man on our facebook page and you can share that post to spread the word. >> and it is a crawl for bart. the system is up and running as we mentioned after a day of massive problems. check out the crowded trains all day after crews discovered a broken section of rail during the morning commute in san francisco. as repairs were going on, bart closed three stations because of a power outage in the east bay. it was fixed by late afternoon but the delays lingered >> a nightmare. >> delay coming here and delay coming out. part was real fund today. >> a lot of people got to the

giants game late. bart crews did before repair and technicians are trying to determine what caused the rail section to break down. >> police are investigating a collision that killed a pedestrian. investigators say a woman was hit by a car at 9 pock last night as she tried to cross the drive and was hit by another vehicle. the woman died at the scene. officials say she was not in a marked crosswashington. both -- crosswalk. both drivers remained on the scene of the it does not appear drugs or alcohol were a factor. >> a new report finds san francisco is making progress to improve pedestrian safety and walkability. walk san francisco annual report card shows the city has installed 23 count down signals that is more than the original goal laid out by mayor lee in 2013 but the city is failing to reduce the number of pedestrians killed or severely inyouyou

96 were killed or suffered serious injuries. the mayor hopes to cut pedestrian deaths and serious injuries in half in six careers. >> surveillance video shows the man who police think is burglarizing businesses in san francisco in west portal neighborhood. the man is breaking into the art of style boutique on west portal avenue april 21. you can see the man throw a rock at glass door and kick it in. in less than a minute he filled the bag and was out the appropriate door. >> you would think it is a sleepy neighborhood the there is a lot of crime on west portal avenue. unfortunate. >> i set the alarm. i don't have any money. that is it. >> this is a closer look at the suspect. police believe he could be responsible for a series of similar crimes. >> palo alto police are asking for the public's public after people in a car shot at five pedestrians with a paint ball gun. this is the picture of palo alto police sent us of a tree hit by

a payment ball in one of three incidents. monday after 8:30 someone fire add dozen paint balls at a couple walking. the man was hit in the hip. a few minutes later two women were hit in separate attacks. each suffered bruteses. the victims say the car was gold-colored sedan with rounded body that looked to be about again years old. >> a peaceful end to a protest at city college of san francisco. a group of students occupied the administration building for eight hours year. they want the resignation of the special trustee and her cuts to classes. police ordered the students to eleven thing. >> anonymous technical message to police led to the seven for a gunman on the campus of san jose state university. the emergency said there was a person with a gun at the school. police determined the report was unfounded. the investigators are trying to

figure who sent the text message. >> a man under investigation for poll fraud in connection with military credentials has closed down the gym he owns hiring a crew to remove exercise equipment from house of steel in san francisco yesterday morning. last friday abc revealed he has been lying about military service. he never was a marine. he did not earn the purple heart or bronze star he wears. the neighbors are shocked pit news. >> he is supposed to represent the best of our society and to let us down like this i am sure everyone...around here is puzzled. >> the f.b.i. and veterans administration are investigating whether he committed fraud using his phony i.d. >> a san jose man seen getting arrested by police now faces drug and assault charges. this video was taken by a bystander on the corner of white and story road last weekend. it shows lopez pinned to the ground and punch by several

officers. san jose police say lopez attacked an officer with a bottle and fought officers when they tried to arrest him. in court the prosecution flyer charge of assaulting an officer with a deadly weapon. lopez was charged with drug possession and resisting arrest. his mother said her son suffers from mental problems. he is expected back if court next beak. >> this mornings residents in the nation's heartland are dealing with clean up and flash flooding, 50 tornadoes reported in texas, oklahoma kansas and nebraska. here is the latest. the storms injured at least a dozen people. >> sirens playering across the heart lap as the storm system spawned dozens of tornadoes across four states. >> we have a plume through th air. >> near oklahoma city, the fire department was shredded. residents were forced to evacuate damaged buildings.

>> my gosh. >> whoa. >> the tornado on wednesday afternoon also touched down in kansas nebraska and texas. dozens of hopes were destroyed and farms and anything in the path. >> i am telling you please, stay at work. do not get on the highway. >> meteorologist gist warned rush hour drivers to avoid getting caught if this situation. this driver in kansas is dodging debris. power poles toppled. >> it was scary and crazy. >> winds followed by hail and record rainfall. the deluge stranded dozens of drivers in oklahoma and in texas and this morning, the flash flood warnings continue. >> the storm that mike has been tracking is bring spring snow to the sierra. look at this you can see the dusting along highway 267 with more snow expected today. a winter weather advisory is if

affect at 6,000 feet this morning through tomorrow morning. can you track the rain on live doppler hd any time with the abc weather app. it is free on the apple app store or google play. we have more information at abc7news.com/app. >> now mike has the weather of the. >> in the sierra we have a winter weather advisory so we will have up to 4" of snows above 6,500' and 4-8" of snow above 7,500'. to the east napa and american canyon, we have radar returns showing up there. if something is reaching the ground, let us know because we have not heard of anything. that is i-80 and it is very busy in the next couple of hours. 101 and san rafael as we look southbound, we are going to have thunderstorms possible today inland and an the bay. notice they are best in the inland areas of the east bay and, also, the south bay. temperatures today are 71 to 77

inland like year, and 58 to 64, the coast and san francisco and a lot like yesterday up to 71. around the bay, just like yesterday. san jose is quiet right now compared to what it could be later this afternoon. we have a lesser chance of a sure tomorrow and calmer and warmer conditions as we head through mother's day weekend. i will give you an hour-by-hour look at storms as they march across our neighborhood in the big forecast. >> of course, after it has not rained for a while we have oil buildup on the road so if it is raining, proceed with caution. it can be very slippery. this morning traffic we have an accident in los altos. right now as you look at the north bay, that is 101, tail lights pushing to 580 and traffic is moving nicely and we do not have delays when you get to up -- up to the golden gate bridge. heading over to los altos we have an accident that was

reported a car was traveling and flipped and rolled into a field southbound 280. we do not have delays in the area. maybe a little slow-and-go traffic coming through woodside and 101, also a few extra vehicles pushing to mountain vow. >> are you feel creative? >> no. >> yes. >> yes. >> you can name one of the oakland zoo's baby baboons. >> which little guy was born alongside his sister last month. the flee named obligations are all swahili names. this is the first ever male baboon born at the zoo. to vote visit abc7news.com. >> it is now 4:40. on the rebound member why the warriors think they have the edge in game three of their playoff matchup with the grizzlies. >> until you put a president hours into it, shut up.

>> also ahead what got the governor so fired up at a meeting about water. >> a look with abc7 news now this is the bay bridge toll plaza. remark is moving fine.

covering novato, oakland sunnyvale and all the bay area this is abc7 news. >> welcome back at 4:43. lawyers representing a transgender prison inmate say she could have sex reassignment surgery by next month if correctional officials approve the procedure. officials say they are working to schedule the surgery but need more time. last month a federal judge in san francisco ruled the state has to provide the surgery for 51-year-old who was born as jeffrey. her attorney said in a court filing that a qualified surgeon is available as early as june

5th. the state has asked the circuit court of appeals for a stay while appealing the judge's order. >> governor brown is not backing down from critics of his $15 million delta tunnel plan with characteristic bluntness. the plan is designed to stabilize water supplies for cities and farms south of the delta. the bay delta conservation plan calls forking two underground tunnels that would send water from the sacramento river around the delta. the governor claims the state put a million hours into the project. >> okay until you put a president hours into it shut up. you don't know what the million you are talking about. >> that seems plain enough. >> critics say they will not shut up and claim building the project destroys the most important estuary on the west coast. >> tesla batteries are picking up speed since they unveiled them a week ago they have received 38,000 buyers for the

home version. it is reserved 2,500 orders overseas for the more power will battery for businesses. tesla crow may need to expand the battery factory being built in nevada. it starts at $3,000 and allows people to store energy for use at nature if you have solar panels. >> the warriors will run to practice as the team prepares for the game three in memphis of the western conference semifinals. >> they lost to the grizzly on tuesday in a rare loss at the arena. they hope to regain home advantage in the series and rebound and head to tennessee with confidence. golden state only lost back-to-back road games twice all season. the worries are scheduled to fly to memphis tomorrow morning.

>> became three is saturday right here followed by "after the game." our sports director and reporter mike shumann are in >> we want to see with photos often air by using # dubson7. we will find your photos. >> sometimes the basket seems this big and sometimes that bag. >> the jump shooting team cannot win the nba championship and we help to prove it wrong. >> we have a good chance. >> three days before games is killing me. >> there is baseball. >> this this is baseball. >> now, right now, you can see the counter-clockwise rotation of the low moving through the central valley all the thunder

boomers out there are getting an early wake-up call in the central valley to the western slope and all the way into lake tahoe this morning. that is what is going to back a few thunderstorms our way this afternoon. until then look how calm and beautiful our exploritorium weather window is this morning. we use that as a backdrop to talk about scattered showers today and tomorrow and thunder is possible and calmer and warmer for mother's day and when we get beyond that it will be calm and quiet next week. as far as temperatures today they will look a lot like yesterday. upper 60s to low 70s through most of the south bay and los gatos at 73. one of the areas that has a better chance for the showers and storms. partly cloudy on the peninsula. a stray shower may work its way to you. a lesser chan as you head to the north. it is cooler at 63 in millbrae. upper 50s to 60's near the coast. through the north bay, the least likely area to see storms today until you get to napa at 75.

we are in the low-to-mid 70s in most neighbors. along the east bay shore, good bet we. see scattered showers and storms upper 60 to about 70 degrees and the best bet for showers and storms inland east bay with low-to-mid 70s until brentwood at 77 degrees the tomorrow, it tapers as we lose the energy of the sun a stray shower is possible, most of us wake up milder tomorrow and upper 40s to mid-50s. the low pressure is backing its way toward us as we talked about and this is an unstable air mass because it is a cold core and you get warm air under it so it is buoyant and unstable. at 7:00 in the morning, pretty quiet. by noon you can already see the scatter showers developing at the higher elevations in the east bay and south bay rotating to the southwest through the south bay through the afternoon hours. overnight, looking pretty quiet and tomorrow we will have a chance again in the afternoon hours in the north bay and along the higher elevations of the east bay and the south bay but

they are less than what we are dealing with today. they will fall apart by evening plans on friday. saturday we will see more sunshine, temperatures the same as today and tomorrow and warmer on sunday and the dry cold front will knock our temperatures back monday, tuesday, and wednesday. keep the weather eye to the sky this afternoon. >> as we look at bart, we have 26 trains running on time so the massive problems we had yesterday is a thing of the past. we will have more on that coming up in a few minutes. if you are using muni or a.c. transit we are not fining any delays, we do have an accident in los altos traveling southbound on 280 where a car blipped and rolled. we have emergency crews headed there. northbound traffic is moving nicely moving into woodside and the rest of the south bay is of into along without problems with slowing on 101 coming away from the 280/680 but clear to mineta

san jose international airport and a lot of construction on 580 in the east bay, oakland eastbound and westbound 580 various lanes are blocked. traveling in the when westbound direction, cones are out and eastbound cones are out until 7:00. be careful. >> boosting your brain power could be as simple as what you eat for breakfast. >> also look out below, the close encounter between a plane and a boat that almost ended badly. >> high definition figure from our camera of a cruise ship in port in san francisco. stay (music) hey! let me help with that. oh, thank you! (music)

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what the weather holds coming up. >> today home depot and recruit military are teaming up for a free career fair for military veterans. home depot has openings locally and around the country in various fields including instore sales and i.t. and customer service and you can discuss opportunities available for job seekers with a military background. >> eating plenty of fruits and vegetables could be the secret to keeping your mind sharp. a study fines that healthy diet could be the first line of defense in warding off alzheimer's disease. researchers tracked 28,000 people age 55 and over over five years. they found that people would ate well had stronger reasoning skills and were 24 percent less likely to experience memory problems. doctors say poor nutrition usually problems your body and brain of essential vitamins and minerals. the study appears in the general of neurology. >> we are in trouble because we

had bacon rather than apples this morning. that is the message. >> shaquille is still trending on twitter because of what happened last night during the half time show. >> it is obvious. >> oh! >> what? shaquille got tangle in the wiring and took a huge tumble as he and smith were racing to the big board behind the set. he lost the shoe, tore down the tv monitor and had to deal with charles barkley's comments. that was the worst part. he was not hurt. >> terrible. terrible. >> a big thud. he is big. >> the bay area, that sho fit a family of three. >> exactly. >> mike, how is the weather?

>> that cast is great. >> here is a look at the forecaster, we did not get the sweep but we got the marlins in town so if we take two out of three...the storms will stay away from at&t park. right now they are just to the east right along 80 heading up into the high country. they will build around monterey and interest salinas valley into southern california as we head to the afternoon. it will be very active day across the state. including lake tahoe where we will have snow and thunder today and to a lesser extent tomorrow sunshine and temperatures in the mid-60s this weekend. leyla? >> walnut creek is in great shape as we head south from pleasant hill along 680 to highway 24. you can see how speedy the traffic is northbound. as we move to drive time traffic over the altamont pass, it is decent at 31 minutes tracy to dublin and antioch to concord is 14 minutes, and san rafael 101,

headed into san francisco is 18 minutes and we are dealing with one accident in los altos with the details in a few minutes. >> a dangerous driving stunts caught on camera and the opinion behind the wheel is a 78-year-old woman. cell phone video captured the car during rush hour in mississippi changing lanes and turning with the woman's son riding on top. police say the man was walking home from the doctor's appointment and his mother went to pick him up and he decided to ride on top of the car. police say they will not charges. for some reason. >> a car was stuck if a sinkhole. water from the gushing hydrant created the sing hole and caused the car to become stuck in the ground hood first. it took crews two hours to get the water turned off the fortunately, no one was hurt. >> a chose call for three

fishermen in argentina after a small plane looked like it was going to crash interest them. >> the men were taking part in a fish tournament and air show when the plane descended out of nowhere. can you see how the plane missed the boat by inches. it is not clear if the pilot lost control or if it was part of the air show. >> finally, an apology to giants fan brain stow who -- bryan stow would was beaten what a man who was convicted hopes will come from the letter of apology. >> changes that could come to wine tasting events after a deadly accident in livermore. stay tuned.

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this is how i'll do it. sarah: there you go. live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. 5:00 a.m. on thursday morning. we are almost there. just a day to go. thanks for joining us. >> i am eric thomas. >> i am kristen sze. with leyla gulen and meteorologist mike nicco. this is the day that mike has been waiting for possible showers. >> could be bumpy. you can see the showers pulling away from us so plenty of lightning line the western slope and the sierra where we have thunder snow. from the east bay hills camera, the 12 hour day planner, it is chilly, 40 to 52. increasing clouds. 58 at the coast. 68 inland. by 4:00, we are tracking scattered showers through the east bay and south bay. that will continue through 7:00. this is just