camping with other family members at fiddle creek. tuesday the family was leaving fiddle creek. he planned to take the kids four-wheeling in a toyota tundra and texted a friend the map of his route. he told his parents he'd be back by tuesday night in the bay area. but never showed up. >> it got really cold. >> don emerson with the downeyville search and rescue team. >> hopefully, if there is a truck, they're going to be okay huh? they get outside, it's going to be a little chilly for them. they've been missing for a couple days now. >> by all accounts, he has some experience as an off-road driver as shown in this instagram video. a truck well within equipped to handle a rough ride. >> bring them hope. >> we've been lucky in the past and successful: >> within the past hour, again, the national guard has joined the search. the ose, the office of emergency

services in california. we have search and rescue teams arriving from surrounding counties. meeting at this hour to decide how to proceed going into this evening. one thing that's working in their favor at this point the weather is pretty good here today. they had a little bit of snow last night overnight. they said rain/snow mix. nothing too serious. nothing too cold. they're hoping it stays that way into the evening hours tonight. live in sierra county, laura anthony, abc 7 news. thanks so much, laura. as you can imagine friends and co-workers of the family are waiting anxiously for good news tonight. keeping track of the search in oakland. nick is a well-known barber. we were at the barbershop where they're all staying positive. the business owners are shocked to hear about his disappearance. >> he's a really really nice guy. so it's really sad to hear that we don't know where he is right

now. >> he worked at pixar as a production assistant. the family was in good health and has plenty of food and water. >> it's not snowing where the crews are searching. but the snow was falling earlier. it's closed tioga road and glacier point road in yosemite park. the winds knocked down power lines near highway 116 outside petaluma. crews were on the scene to repair the lines and get the power back on for more than a dozen customers who were without for a time. most of the power has been restored. now, let's take a live look from the mount cam camera. a few clouds in the distance. dark clouds on the screen there. taking a look at the camera, also shows some dark clouds in the distance hanging low and covering a part of the area around the bay bridge. >> we were in san jose earlier today where a light steady rain and wet roads slowed down drivers on saratoga avenue near

prospect road. a lot of windshield wipers getting a springtime workout. the rain from up in the air over santa clara county. the raindrops covering the lens on sky 7 hd this morning between san jose and morgan hill. that's a good shot. >> a mix of everything today. meteorologist sandy patel is here. >> a few showers on live doppler 7 hd. at this hour, they're mostly concentrated to the south bay and the monterrey bay. i'm going to take you closer here and as we take a look at a few of the returns showing up around the evergreen area quimby road san philippe road. taking you down to street level we do have hef dwreravier returns. some returns are moderate in intensity. moss landing seeing heavier showers. as i loop this here you'll see where the showers are coming from. not in the typical fashion.

they're actually moving in and moving southwest ward from the northeast. we'll continue to see the showers rotate in to that area. the past 24 hours .400 at moffitt field. low man, about ..07. reports of hail in the fremont area this morning. i'll let you know how long you have to hang on the umbrellas today. sandy, thank you so much. cornell bernard is where there's a scare from a possible funnel cloud today. cornell? >> reporter: cheryl, definitely a scary sight to wake up to. something that looked like a funnel cloud just north of downtown. chances are it wasn't. >> it wasn't a peaceful sunrise that greeted folks early thursday morning. it was this. >> there was a lot of cumulus clouds and they were forming into a big head. >> david my rick showed us what it looked like to him.

a swirling mass of something which looked like a funnel cloud forming north of saah baas poelt near lake sonoma. he was startled. >> i was wordy about my greenhouse blowing over. there was wind all kind of directions. >> luckily, there was no damage at david's place or anywhere else in the city according to police. bob jones took notice too. >> scary to think about it. because i have been in tornadoes. >> the national weather service says despite the ominous appearance, it wasn't a funnel cloud. instead, a downdraft of precipitation known as verga. david says it was still impressive whatever it was. >> i've never been around funnel clouds that you can tell me right now that it was definitely to be -- to consider. >> a strange weather day around here for sure. cornell bernard abc 7 news. police are looking for more possible victims following two sexual assaults in san rafael. >> they happened on the san

francisco bay trail on shoreline parkway. both victims were pushing their babies in a stroller along the path when a man approached said he would hurt the child then assaulted the women. >> police only learned about the attacks last week after the women were told a -- had told a health care worker to let them know what happened. meantime you're about to see a man who is not a sexual o. he -- they're worried he'll try it again. the man talks his way inside 139-year-old girl's home. -- 13-year-old girl's home. david louie is live in west san jose with the surveillance video. david, it's sickening truly. >> reporter: dan the 13-year-old was able to get the attacker to stop. as you'll see in this video. she was surprised to see how well-dressed he was. her parents and san jose police are hoping that you can help to identify who the suspect is so watch closely. >> the surveillance video shows the suspect walking behind the

13-year-old girl. he approaches her only after she unlocks the door of her home. at first he asks her name and age. then he started asking what the girl said when inappropriate questions. that's when she tried to get away from him. we're not identifying her or showing her face. >> i tried to slam the door on him but i couldn't. he gets inside then he tries to grab me. so i push him back. i try to get him off of me and then i slam my hand into his face and that's when he decided to git off of me. >> the middle school student's mother released the video because she wants the man caught. she's angry. >> very angry. >> very sick person. >> it's only -- she's only 13 years old. how can you do such thing to a child? it's just very sick. >> san jose police describe the suspect as about 30 years old white, medium height thin with a beard.

he may be riding a light blue 10-speed bike. these are surveillance videos taken at a swand witch shop minutes before he attacked another girl. he attempted to attack a 28-year-old woman on saratoga avenue a month earlier. this happened during the noon hour. the attack on the 13-year-old happened about 4:00 p.m. >> i'm really, really scared and really want him caught before something else happens. >> the student says she's afraid now to go outside by herself. in san jose david louie abc 7 news. disgusting. san jose police are asking everyone to use social media to find this guy in the video. we've posted the story on abc 7 news.com and our facebook page as well. we're just getting this video into our newsroom. a 71-year-old woman accidentally drove her car into a san mateo building this afternoon. authorities say she hit the gas instead of the brakes and she was trying to park.

>> amazingly nobody was hurt. police plan to suspend that woman's license. in walnut creek, a driver was going the wrong way when police say he crashed into a fire hydrant. this was the result. it happened on north main street in front of the chrysler jeep car dealership. he was not arrested saying it was an accident. the police texting scandal at the san francisco police department expands. we'll have that story coming up next. plus why the taste of the water in the east bay is about to change again. >> also -- >> cars are like computers on wheels. >> can they be hacked like your desktop? >> michael fine i has some answers. why president obama's visit to san fra just can't seem to escape... another sneeze attack...

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the san francisco district attorney george getz is expanding his investigation into the actions of 14 police officers accused of misconduct. he's called in three retired judges to review arrests made by the officers linked to racist and homophobic text messages. >> the judges from outside san francisco -- gas cone says some cases have been dismissed and another 60 to 70 have been identified as problematic. a landscaping crew made a grim discovery this morning. they uncovered a body in morgan hill. that body was found in a field near cochran circle and the road just before 10:00. sky 7 hd was over the scene during that investigation. police say the body had been there for some time. it appears to be that of an adult male. the cause of death is not yet determined. >> a man who seriously injured a giants fan in a beating outside dodgers stadium will spend three

more years in prison. he was sentenced to six years on unrelated weapons charges. the sentence will take effect immediately. he will serve half of it finishing his eight-year term for beating bryan stow. in an effort to get a lighter sentence, sanchez gave a letter of apology to the judge for the 2011 attack. writing, unfortunately, mr. stow got hurt. and i extend my -- i pray the court to show mercy. suing the oil companies from dumping waste into the soil to get them to groundwater in the central valley. state regulators acknowledge they give oil companies permits to dump the waste. >> the state's plan for stopping the contamination is moving too slowly. starting sunday, that bad smelling and tasting water in the east bay coming back. the water district is changing the source of the drinking water. it's trying to stretch supplies from the reservoir which is

below average. some of it must be set aside to prevent famine. there's morrowe -- it's unfortunately a necessity. >> it's not ideal. but it's related to the drought. the alternative would be not having enough water next year or the following year if this continues. the water also tasted funny in march. but officials are planning to change over more slowly this time hoping to give people more time to adjust to it. this map shows the areas affected from richmond to the north, south to oakland and castro valley and east to walnut creek. >> coffee giant starbucks will no longer get bottled water from the valley. the company has a right to tap into a nearby spring. they donate 5 cents from each -- the company is still looking for a new water source. shares in the review site yelp reported the company is exploring a sale. stock closed at $47 up 23%.

a disappointing first quarter report had sent the stock plummeting last week. it would likely sell more than $3 billion. mcdonald's is revamping the menu. the biggest burger chain says a new breakfast bowl will include kale as an ingredient. for now, it's only available in southern california. it's trending down the menu to focus on fresher and less processed food. bay area residents asked for help after losing housing. they accused the man of taking their money and leaving them out on the street. >> he's capitalizing on people in crisis. people who can't fend for themselves. >> dan noyes investigates the man in charge and sits down with him to get his response to these allegations tonight on abc 7 news at 11:00. b.a.r.t. passengers this weekend, there will be no service between the fruit vail and coliseum stations between saturday and sunday. a project will close the tracks

between the two stations. a bus bridge will be set up. it will cause significant delays for riders. another closure happening this weekend. the san mateo hayward bridge will be shutdown until monday morning at 5:00. crews will be resurfacing and street treating the deck structure. a similar closing will happen over memorial day weekend. hackers may be able to control your car while you're behind the wheel. >> sounds scary. 7 on your side consumer report for an exclusive report. michael finney is here. >> this is an interesting one. i've done stories on criminals hacking into cars and getting past the security system. in an effort to steal items in the car. could a skilled hacker take control of your car? consumer reports investigates. jake fisher director of consumer reports auto testing says most of the systems in your car are actually controlled by a

computer. >> cars are basically computers on heels. they control everything. the engine, the suspension the seats, the air conditioning. >> with all the computers, could the security of your system be compromised? consumer reports got to experience a controlled hack by the national highway traffic safety administration as researches car security. the demonstration showed how auto editor was left helpless at the wheel by franco owe with the laptop hard wired to the car. he took control of the horn, seat belts and even the car's brakes and steering. >> my hands aren't leaving the wheel. >> seat belt pretensioners going. the horns, the windows going up and down all at once. it's the haunted car. >> i believe it is a matter of not if when someone could do something nefarious to the vehicle. >> this may sound unsettling, consumer reports says this isn't a reason to panic.

>> the benefits of the computer far outweigh the risks. this is not a reason to buy a computerless 20-year-old car. >> consumer reports will follow the research as the government tries to stay ahead of hackers. making sure that something like this will never happen to you. >> wow. there we go. >> the experts at consumer reports stress that at this point hacking can only be done with a computer hard wired into the car and by someone with intimate knowledge of the car's software. they've been working on this quite a bit in europe. they're finding they can do just cars driving by. >> we'll see -- how this all ends. >> thank you michael. let's turn our attention to the interesting weather we had today. >> our weather watcher's dream. it is indeed. >> it was nice to smell the rain when it first started. >> right. >> right now we have spotty

showers on live doppler 7 hd. let's take a look at them. at this hour, they're really focused down towards the south bay and the monterrey bay. look what's showing up in the east bay as well. taking you down to street level here we're seeing returns right around san jose central road evergreen, edenville area. up around the antioch bethel island discovery bay. remember the moisture is coming in from the east. don't be surprised if you run into wet roadways. moderate returns around watsonville and around hollister. >> state route 88 and 4 up to the tahoe area just keep that in mind. it is snowing as you can see all the way to yosemite village. here's a picture i want to share with you sent to us. it looked like a funnel cloud. let me explain what's going on. verga. precipitation as it's falling is evaporating. as it descends you get a

narrowing towards the bottom making it look like a funnel. the national weather service is not confirming that this was a funnel cloud. wanted to pass that along to you. that was in is he baas poll. >> quite a bit of cloud cover still. 60 in san francisco. 67 in oakland. 52 morgan hill. from the camera, you can see pretty clouds over san francisco right now. temperatures in the 70s around santa rosa, concord. 60 degrees in livermore and here's another view from the east bay hills camera. i would hang on to the umbrella if you're going to be out and about. it doesn't hurt. you won't see showers everywhere. they'll diminish overnight. mild weather is expected for the um coming mother's day weekend. the cold low pressure system will keep showers rotating in. at least for the next several hours. so tonight if you are stepping out, keep that in mind. here's a look at the computer animation. 7:00, notice the returns are east of gill wie a. a few returns show up heading

towards the san jose area at 9:00, 10:00 this evening. tomorrow morning, still during the start of the commute if you're coming up from the gilroy watsonville area, light showers as the low continues to move down towards southern california. a sunnier day is expected. can't rule out an isolated shower well to the north of bay area tomorrow. a winter weather advisory is up for the tahoe area. the sierra, nevada from 5:00 a.m. 2 to 4 inches of snow expected above 6,000 feet. so far, some of the locations up there have received several inches of snow. tomorrow morning temperatures upper 40s to about the low 50s around the bay and the coastline. it's going to start out with some cloud cover and maybe a few damp spots towards santa cruz watsonville, gilroy area. you will see a mix of sun and clouds and temperatures in the 60s. 70s around the inland communities. accuweather seven-day forecast is dry. it's comfortable for the

upcoming mother's day weekend. we'll bring in a little bit of sunshine for all the plans for moms outdoors. next week a cool dunedown for the start of the workweek. thanks so much. good news for a young man. the future is looking bright for a bay area sixth grader. how his geography skills are taking him to the nation's capitol. neighbors think it's nuts. new at 6:00 see how a company is ♪ ♪ ♪ it took tim morehouse years to master the perfect lunge.

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exciting news for a bay area sixth grader representing in the national geographic bee next week. we're joined from lawson middle school in cupertino with the details. chris? >> cheryl, this kid is super smart. not only that, a good head on his shoulder.

let's introduce you to him. he'll be heading to washington, d.c. this weekend. you know he'll be competing against 53 other contestants ages 10 to 14 representing all 50 states. the district of klum ba.columbia. >> the 11-year-old student is a little worried about having to compete with the older kids putting in extra studies sessions hoping to make up ground. >> take breaks between studying and trying to calm down to prepare myself for the bee. i need to stay cool. >> it's very very fun. it is exciting. it is also kind of -- [ inaudible ] >> take a look at this video. he has been at this since he's been a toddler. this video has more than 1 million hits on youtube shows him at the age of 3 naming all

50 state capitals. his parents said he showed a interest in geography shopping at a walmart store and he locked his eyes on a globe that was for sale and president rest is history. this year's geography bee is sponsored by google. the champion receives a $50,000 college scholarship. we know he's watching tonight. so we wish you the very best of luck. reporting live tonight in cupertino, i'm chris nguyen. the golden state warriors held their last practice today. in game 2 green hit conley in the face during a scramble for the ball. green says he won't play timidly because conley is playing with a protective mask. >> if i have to go after the ball i will do it. there's no intention to hit him in the face. you don't play with intention to hurt anyone.

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president obama visits south dakota this weekend meaning he will have visited all 50 states during his two years. >> pete souza is releasing one photo taken of the president in each state. >> souza chose this one looking back at the beautiful golden gate bridge. >> spectacular isn't it? >> finally imagine spending hours creating a work of art to watch it disappear moments later. >> that's what brandon anderson has done nearly 100 times. he made this beautiful sand design at ocean beach. >> he started doing this after an accident left him with chronic pain and contemplating suicide. the repetitive motions are therapeutic. >> seeing his art wash away is good fortoo. >> that's my favorite part. i'm out there and thinking about whatever the catalyst for the design and letting the waves kind of come and take it away one bite at a time. >> it makes one of the designs about once a week and gets his

inspiration from his dreams. >> he could start a class with that. >> thanks for joining us. i'm cheryl jennings. i'm da we have breaking news tonight. straight from the fbi. the terror threat. the fbi just now warning there are hundreds of isis followers here in the united states right now, being told to, quote, kill, kill americans. fresh off that deadly gunfire in texas. pierre thomas standing by. the scare in the sky tonight. the flight taking off from the south, headed to new york city. smoke filling the cabin. you can hear the alarms. the severe weather threat tonight. major storms. >> oh, my god. we're getting hit so hard. >> deadly tornadoes already. 48 reported twisters. firing back tonight. superstar tom brady, his agent calling it a sting. his own father calling it framegate. and the intruder caught on video. the man following this middle school student home right into her house. she fights back. and now, the manhunt tonight.