and that breaking news is happening in freemont. this man, 22-year-old adam shoffe is accused of trying to travel to syria to join a branch of al-qaida. he was arraigned in federal court to on one count of a foreign terrorist organization. >> he was arrested on june 30 thd after he tried to board a flight to istanbul. prosecutors say they have recorded phone confers where he said he would be willing to spill blood for allah. sme good afternoon and thank you for joining us.

>> now, to another terrorist threat. san francisco schools announced today that it did receive a threat overnight similar to the one that shut down the public schools in los angeles earlier this week. live outside galileo high school with the details. >> reporter: that threat is being labeled a hoax tonight. it certainly got the attention of a lot of people. no specific threat against galileo high school here or any other school in san francisco, but police will be maintaining a presence around schools for the time being. >> listening to a voice mail sent to parents about a threat of violence against san francisco public schools. >> for how long are they going to be this way? what are we going to do tomorrow? >> at this point in time, we have no reason to believe that the threat is credible what so ever. >> reporter: san francisco school superintendent says the threat was almost generic.

sent by e-mail overnight to five distriblgt employees. no specific schools were named. >> the e-mail threat, i can say, is very similar, almost identical to the e-mail threat that was mailed to new york city and los angeles earlier in the week. same kind of description about bombs being placed in schools, people with guns, et cetera. >> los angeles decided to close this week after a violent threat. after consulting with police and the fbi, san francisco chose to keep schools open. >> all education sites in san francisco unified school district have now been swept or scanned and nothing suspicious was found. >> yeah, i just heard about it in class. one of the students was looking at her phone and she saw an e-mail that there were threats. >> parents don't want officials to overreact to a hoax, but

robbie kooner says he would have cancelled classes for the day. >> i am numbed, you know: some people, you know, they love to make other people unhappy, i guess. >> meantime, parents, students and staff urged to be individual lent. keep an eye out for anything suspicious. if you see something, say something. >> federal prosecutors today charged the friend of san bernardino shooter with terrorism. marquez converted to islam and married a member of farook's extended family. >> friends and family held an emotional funeral today for mario wood. >> he's the man san francisco

police shot after they say he threatened them with a knife. carolyn tyler covered today's service which included an emotional eulogy. >> reporter: they celebrated the life and mourned the death of mario wood. the 26-year-old man they remembered seemed nothing like the suspect police believed stabbed someone before he was shot to death by officerings on december 2nd. >> he was a human being. he wasn't just some black kid from the ghetto. >> the fatal shooting says out rage. he says woods was no threat. >> we talk about terrorism. but for the african american community, this is terrorism. >> reporter: at the somber service, speaker after speaker denounced the police officers saying mario woods did not deserve to die.

>> as a black man, he stood hum. >> police chief has offered condolences for the loss of her child. today, she eulogize him. he had been in trouble with the law in the past. she said her son had "paid his dues" and was turning his life around. >> he tried to get away. >> she's filed a civil rights suit against the city. in san francisco, carolyn tyler, abc 7 news. >> a ruling in the case of the mass shooting suspect is being met with disappointment by all sides. today, a judge found him incompetent to stand trial.

he's been diagnose nosed and has been committed to the hospital. >> that's how it is. the family has to start healing. >> we have kids without parents, children without mothers, brothers without sisters. and he still gets to go on. >> the attorney says his client isn't happy with the judge's decision, either. however, as the judge pointed out, today's ruling doesn't mean a trial won't ever occur, just not yet. >> a woman accused of splashing coffee in a muslim woman's face is now facing criminal charges. the charges stem from this video tape confrontation which started after slater approach of group

of muslim men that were praying. >> a 6.4 magnitude earth quake shook buildings in southern mexico this morning. the quake was centered by the pacific coast. so far, no reports of any injuries or major damage. >> turning now to the weather, grey day, rain is heading our way. >> that's right. as we take a live look odds, it looks kind of nice though with those clouds. >> larry and alma, you can see the clouds are building behind me. we're still about 12 hours away from our next storm moving in. live doppler 7 hd showing you a sk quiet picture. you can already see it arriving in northern california, bringing heavy rains there the porks of oregon and also washington. this is all moving to the south and east in the next 24 hours.

56 right now in san francisco. north bay checking in at 55 degrees. let's look ahead. tonight, it's really just about the clouds. 7:00 tomorrow morning, there will be a scattered springle as this front gets closer. steadier showers will be falling in the north bay. everyone is going to see rain with the system. we'll go hour by hour and shoep you when you can expect the heaviest rain in your neighborhood coming up in the full accuweather forecast. >> a nasty traffic accident along the southbound lines of highway 101 closed four lanes this afternoon. four vehicles were involved. sky 7 hd was overhead about an hour ago. right now, all lanes have been reopened. >> there was a traffic mess this

morning in freemont. a dump truck spilled rocks all over the road. it took about three hours to clear those lanes. >> a new report by the metropolitan transportation agency shows just how tough it is to get around the bay area these days. the average commute time is up to 30 minutes each way, with each person driving an average of 23 miles per day. also, gone are the days when you kind of knew what to kmpt when you headed to work. the unpredictablilty has gone up 27% since 2011. >> after crunching all 2 numbers, we know that congestion is more severe than ever before. >> there is some positive news. 12% of bay area commuters relied on public transportation in 2014. that's the highest since 1960.

ridership has tripled since 1991. if you're interested, we have the full report for you on abc 7 news dot com. >> caught on camera. they believe one of the grinchs is someone they do know. deputies shared this picture. >> 15 mailboxes van irned from a townhouse complex in martinez. on the right, you can see the metal stand there which served more than a dozen families. postal inspectors are offering a $10,000 reward to catch the thieves. >> still ahead, the day millions

of scar ptar wars fans have bee waiting for is finally here. >> the most die hard of those fans have come from far and wide to see the new movie projected with a technology from long ago in a galaxy far, far away. we'll explain. >> a controversial field trip to visit santa now cancelled. >> and at 4:11, a look at the sky way. it is a crawl in both directions in san francisco. left-hand side, that's your traffic trying to get to the lower deck of the bay bridge. right-hand side, trying to get towards the peninsula.

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it is true. today is the day "star wars" fans have been waiting for. "star wars. the force awakens opens. fans are lining up to watch the premier. jonathan bloom is there live for us. >> reporter: hi, there. these fans have been lining up since 6:30 in the morning. another couple came all the way from maui. why are they coming from so far? it weighs 1200 pounds and it's nine miles long. i'm not talking about a space creature here. we're talking about celluloid.

it's on 70 millimeter imax, the biggest movie theater there is. it will be one of only 15 places in the world to do it. in a world where everything is going digital, the director wanted to shoot as much of the new movie on film as possible. but what they don't know is what will happen on that massive panoramic screen. the only people who know that are the ones behind the projector who have already seen it. >> it's amazing. i had remained spoiler free. i am a die hard fan girl from 1977. and it was everything that i hoped it would be and more. >> well, there's a lot of speculation and rumors and a lot of theories that supposedly luke may turn to the dark side. in return of the jedi, he says i'll never return to the dark side. >> of course, these fans all know luke's father did, in fact, turn to the dark side. and, in fact, they know every little detail of all six open

solds. coming up at 5:00 and 6:00, we'll show you just how far they'll go to show their jedi pride: in san jose, abc 7 news. >> all right, jonathan, thank you. police across the bay air y are deploying extra officers to deal with the expected massive crowds. the goal is to make sure the star wars faithful aren't easy targets of the dark side. even a youtubal video reminding everybody to be safe and do not leave valuables in your car. >> any items of value, including storm trooper outfits, anything you might be bringing with you. >> in walnut creek, the police will have extra officers on duty in anticipation of sold out shows. >> with the premier just hours away, some fans are making a pilgrimage, not to a movie theater, but to san francisco's precidio.

>> this would be a good idea to visit. it's pretty awesome. >> we thought it would be kind of cool and we live in hawaii. so this would be one opportunity to get to do it. >> the entrance which also houses star wars memorabilia in is lobby. a special unexpected treat for some basketball fans. she spotted stef scurry and the musz kal star drake hanging out. they appear to be enjoying a burger and fries after the warrior's victory there. >> i wonder how stef takes his burger? is it the double double animal style? >> i have no idea.

drake has kind of become america's house guest. he's a big basketball fan. he was with the kings the other night. he is everywhere. he's drake. >> facebook is trying to make it easier to send photos as the holiday season picture taking season escalates. a new feature called photo massive can be sent quickly to facebook friends identified in the picture. it relies on the same facial recognition technology. it rolls out today as part of the messenger update. you can easily share your holiday photos with us. we may feature those photos on line or here on tv. >> not bad. still some clouds out there. >> yes, but still nice for now with the rain coming our way. >> it is really not bad out here right now.

the storm about 12 hours away from moving to the north bay. we're going to see a pretty quiet evening for tonight. this time tomorrow, very active. tracking this front moving through starting the north bay and sinking to the south and east. out there right now, cloudy in most spots. really just a light jacket is all you need at this hour. a picture outside from our emoryville camera showing you generally overcast skies. a scattered sprinkle is possible. in system will bring some snow friday and saturday. tonight, your lows and overcast skies. we'll fall to 48 san francisco, 36 morgan hill. drop to 41 in concord. it's a light storm on our storm impact scale.

moderate rain friday afternoon and emping. up to an inch in our wetest locations. here we go, hour by hour, starting you off, 5:00 in the morning, there may be a light shower. tracking that first. the rain moves into the north bay. the yellows and the oranges you see on your screen, that's the heaviest of the rain. knocking on the door of santa rosa around noon. it slides to the south by 2:00, 3:00. 4:00, the heaviest of the rain arrives to san francisco. steadier showers by 6:00. over much of the bay area. you see at 6:00, most of us are going to be in our car.

by 8:00, still showers moving through san francisco. by 5:00, 6:00, 7:00, we'll start to dry out. total rainfall, likely half of an inch. heavier downpours could see as much as an inch of rain. look at this, 7 inches in tahoe city. we'll see that rain move in from north to south. accuweather seven day forecast. a one tomorrow. it looks like on christmas eve, santa is going to need the rain gear as he moves in. >> up next, so much changes are coming to abc 7. >> coming up at 4:30 or after 4:30, lots of people looking forward to the annual officer christmas party.

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looking live now from sky 7 hd where police are investigating a shooting on interstate 80. investigation is focused on a highway as well as a nearby deny's restaurant located just off the freeway. first responders took one person to the hospital. it appears that person got to the deny's after the shooting. >> we do want to share some big news with you. >> it was made this morning on the abc 7 morning news. >> eric and i are moving on from abc 7 news. don't worry, we're not leaving abc 7. tomorrow is our last day anchoring the morning newscast. >> it's been such a pleasure and an honor to help you start your

day, we will move onto other roles right here at abc 7. chris tin will do the co-anchor and i'll be anchoring the weekend evening newscast. >>. >> we are still getting along. >> i just want to let you guys know, christa was also the first person i was on the air with. just to let everybody know, i worked all over the country and my dream was to come here. so i'm really excited. >> my family is still here. i was raised here. i grew up watching this station. it's so cool to be back. we're set to start bright and early on monday. >> so you'll still need this. >> love those threes.

>> it's been a joy following you. we'll say more to that on monday. >> space them apart so you have to walk to them. if you don't see me, call me. >> if you will you're not here by a certain time, you do get a call. >> we're really excited about them coming in and taking over a show that we're very proud of and very protective of. we don't want to just hand it off to anybody. >> we will keep watching you at 5:00 with dan ashley and on the weekends. >> absolutely. >> that's going to be so much fun. i know they've been rehearsing. it's kind of a big secret. i know they have a lot of new

stuff planned. i said what's it going to be? she said i can't tell you. i'll just blab it out to herb. >> it will be fun, though. you know. >> eric is looking forward to sleeping. >> yeah, i think so, definitely. >> abc 7 news continues at 4:00. some big changes are coming. some popular theme parks. what you could have to do before entering. >> plus, new details in the investigation into the deadly terror attack in san bernardino. >> and we're learning more about the bones found in a planter in san francisco.

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. >> announcer: live, from the kgo tv broadcast center, this is abc 7 news. >> here are the headlines happening now at 4:30. abc sky 7 hd shows us the san francisco unified district head quarters where the threat made today was not credible. schools here were not closed, but parents were notified as a precaution. >> a man in freemont has been indicted for attempting to travel to turkey with the intent to join a terrorist group in syria. any details on what led to this federal indictment and who the man is.

a retired homicide detective hopes the bones will help solve cold cases. vick lee is live now with the latest. >> police investigators are waiting for lab results. specifically to annals that burning question, who is this child? a question that's especially important to cold case detectives. >> even if they don't identify the bones, they can say how old the bones are. and then go from there. >> joe tumey is a retired san francisco homicide cold case inspector. he's interested in the human bones found in a planter box. the disturbing discovery was made last movrnt. natassa told us she saw one of the bones! the piece that i saw was a section of what looked like a

jawbone and the teeth definitely seemed similar to the molars. >> police put up crime tape to preserve not only the planter boxes, but the dirt around the building. tumey says the last time he can remember a similar police operation was two years ago in a house about a mile away. investigators tore up the basemented floor when cadaver dogs low kated bones in a house once occupied by a person of interest in the disappearance of kevin collins. the 10-year-old boy has been missing since 18984. but the bones turned out to be from an animal. this latest discovery bringing tumey back to that cold case. the only case that i know of of a child that is unsolved and the child body has not been found is kevin collins, in san francisco.

so when something like this happens, you have to think that way. >> investigators say they are waiting for lab results. vick lee, abc 7 news. >> for the first time since the terror attack in san bernardino, federal charges could be filed in that case. the man under the microscope who bought two of the weapons. >> he's the man authorities say purchased the two assault rifles in the worst terrorist attack on u.s. soil since 9/11. now, henrique marquez is under the fire. the f.b.i. raided marquez's home shortly after killing 14 people and wound 22 others before die ins a shootout with police. marquez was farook close friend

and former neighbor. after days of questioning him, the fbi says the two plotted an attack together as early as 2012 but backed out. >> he has provided them with a lot of detail. about the weapons, about possibly other attacks planned. and that typically translates into lesser charges and potentially, a lesser sentence. >> president obama will visit san bernardino friday to meet privately with the victims and their families. >> we will not be terrorized. we've prevailed over much greater threats than this. >> the f.b.i. investigation is far from over. >> san bernardino's inlet will reopen next month. but officials say the conference center will remain closed indefinitely. >> it's a sign oeft times.

starting today, guests have to pass through metal detectors. disney world, universal studios and sea world. disney is the parent company of abc 7. >> the drug company ceo who's jacked up the price of a life saving drug is now in jail on securities fraud charges. federal agents arrested martin s spirelli at his manhattan apartment. he raised the price oaf a drug 5,000%. today's charges have nothing to do with any of that. he's accused of operating a ponzi scheme earlier when he ran a new york hedge fund. in the instance of msnb health

care, he was asked what he's doing with the money. >> the 32-year-old once called himself the world's most eligible bachelor on twitter. he's now in custody awaiting his first court appearance. >> now, this tweet has been retweeted more than 10,000 times in less than an hour. the fbi says they did not have a seizure warrant so they did not seize the album when they arrested him. it arose because it's the only copy of the album. he paid $2 million for it. the proceeds were donated to a bay area charity. >> still to come on abc 7 news at 4:00, you may think bacon isn't the healthiest choice, but one new stud y shows it might just be the better choice for the enviesht. >> shortly, the rain will be falling. we'll go hour by h

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barbara explains why she loves him and unvails the rest of her list coming up this evening. >> you like bradley cooper, too, so -- yeah, who doesn like bradley cooper, okay. same thing has been said about drew tuma. especially when he delivers rain. >> we love this pattern. we've got our next storm arriving tomorrow. live doppler 7 hd right now. overnight tonight, most spots are going to fall into the 40s. there may be a few areas in the upper 40s. that's a one, a light storm, mod rat rain friday and over an inch in our wettest spots. here we go, hour by hour, friday afternoon, the heaviest rain confined to the north baby 5:00, as you're trying to get home, it's right over the heart of the bay area. and then it's going to sink to the south and the east by 8:00, the majority of the activity

oth over the south bay. and then it's going to taper to scattered showers after midnight. this whole system is going to mover out of here first thing saturday. so high tomorrow as you step out the door, grab the umbrella, grab the jacket, you're going to need it. coming up at 5:00, meteorologist sandy patel has multiple chances for rain. still ahead, an unlikely place to have your identity stolen. >> more problems for the popular hover boards. the new restrictions being put into effect that could keep

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you inspire us to do everything we do... ...for goodness' sake. there is an urgent new warning about identity theft. it's what's left in wrecked cars that could end up wrecking your life.

>> there's a lot in here. >> names, addresses, social security numbers, even bank account information. gma investigates undercover in new jersey. >> foreign cars are on your left. domestic cars are on your right. >> acres of cars open for unsupervised searching. most people come to look for parts. but among the scrap, something that could be highly valuable. loads of personal information left behind for anyone to possibly steal your identity. in this car, we find part of a deed to a condo. and in this one, wang deposit slips. dozens of car registration and insurance cards listing owners names addresses and even driver's license numbers. in this car, the most concerning information. an old driver's license, uncashed paychecks, even bank

statements with account numbers. >> gary and his 25-year-old son and promptly returned the documents. they say that bank account statement with their account number worries them the most. >> this is what really troubles me. >> we showed the new jersey attorney general. >> so, for at least one person, we have an account number, we have their address, we have their driver's license, we have their insurance information. is that enough to steal their identity? >> yeah, it is. that list you gave me of those four, i would have cut you short of two, probably, and said that was good enough to get started. >> hofman sees enough of a concern to provide new warnings to the public. >> this exact scenario is one that i wasn't familiar with. >> even posting this new alert online just this week. we explained what we found and they both said they tell car owners to clean out their vehicles before dropping them off.

and, ultimately, that responsibility falls on the car owners. they are just happy their information didn't end up are in the wrong hands. >> clean out your cars if you're trading them in. >> new restrictions today on the delivery of hover boards after several burst into flames. >> every day there's a new hover board story. >> you know, i think we all saw this one coming. i really do. the hover board craze just hitting another road bump just in christmas shopping and therefore the season peeks. concern over fire risk reports new shipping for the postal service. starting today, only ship hover boards by standard post parcel select which uses ground transportation, not air. anyone who wants guaranteed delivery in time for christmas will have to opt for a private carrier like fed-ex. also, the consumer safety

commission is having to intensify its investigation into exactly what's causing these fires. that same consume ser product safety commission, so far, only 800 bean bag chairs have been returned to the stores. regulators say children can open the zippers and crawl inside. you may remember that a kit is available from the company. so far, two deaths have been reported. the warning tonight about the labeling of a food product. a cage-free can apply to meats like turkey and chicken. only to egg-laying hens. natural has nothing to do with how an animal was raised, only how it was processed. and hormone-free doesn't apply to pigs, turkeys or chickens. rated for eggs because they don't receive hormones in the first place.

>> a lot of invest there. >> all right, a new study says cancer is caused by environmental factors, not just bad luck. >> papa john's pizza has announced plans to only source chickens raised on vegetarian diets. papa johns uses toppings on its pizza. but by the summer of 2016, they would be using beef only from drug-free chickens. now, the one thing the announcement did not mention was papa john's chicken wings. researchers are blaming modern life for causing 20% of cancers. it found poor diet, lack of exercise, stress and pollution are the major factors in cancers of the lung, breast and prost e prostate. a new study sheds some light on doctors and screen time. the bottom line, patients don't like a lot of it.

compute computers, laptops and tablets are increasingly being used by physicians as they store data. and could eating bacon be better for the environment than lettuce? lettuce is over three times worse in greenhouse gas emissions and eating bacon according to researcher who is analyzed the inpact per calorie of different foods, in terms of energy cost, water use and emissions. despite the finding, livestock does contribute to global warming, as well. >> you may have noticed this trend. fewer companies are hosting holiday parties this year. a recent survey asked human resource managers about party plans. 65% of them are still holding parties. but 30% aren't. the society for human resource management also discovered that

82% of firms would organize holiday donations for charity. that's up 74% from three years ago. >> a showdown over santa. why south bay parents are threatening to keep their kids home from school. >> it's against the law. >> tonight, new trouble for bay area tourp buss. the company getting caught doing something it shouldn't and then trying to cover it up. and the famous baby with a very strong horse. those story and a lot more.

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presents the ten most fascinating people of 2015. moms squaring off and sounding off over the cancellation of their kid's field trip to see santa claus. a south bay school may see a mass student walk out tomorrow. abc news reporter matt keller with the story. >> will be cancelled. there will be no -- and i want a response back. >> peace on earth and goodwill towards men. maybe it's some other school. >> i'm sorry, but that was in your class. >> yes, my class. >> parents are pitted against each oerp in the elementary school in the school district in san jose. students and three kinder garden classes have taken a field trip every year. kids drink hot chocolate and visit santa. this year, the field trip was cancelled because this mother went to the principal and school board over her concerns the christmas tradition was not

inclusive. in a letter to other parents, she said she did not like the idea of her five-year-old feeling left out of an assignment being that she is the only jewish student in the class. >> the field trip was tied to two writing workshops that were supposed to be sent writings to santa. there was also a reindeer party and other christmas activities. there's nothing done for the dawali festival, there's nothing done for ramadan. >> she was satisfied when the principal told her the dear s&l that letters would be changed to thank you letters. but eventually, the whole field trip was cancelled. >> i think that in the world of intolerance that we live in, anything that we can do to help tolerance and understanding is going to be a again fit to everybody. sq . >> many parents say the

complaints are intolerant of christmas. she says they do acknowledge and teach about other religions and cultures in her class during similar lesson ins december. other parents say the whole point of the field trip has been twisted about by rumors and half truths. >> it is not a field trip to go see santa. it never was. and the letter writing assignment is an assignment for children to write letters and they can choose to write to santa or a grandparent or a friend. >> parents are protesting at tonight's school board meeting. many told me they are pulling their students out of class tomorrow and marching them down here to the coffee shop for that event with or without the school's permission. in san jose, matt keller, abc 7 news. >> happy holidays. thanks for joining us on abc 7 news at 4:00.

abc 7 news at 5:00 begins right now. >> it is shocking. >> reaction avenue a neighbor is accused of helping a terrorist organization. the plight, the phone conversation and the freemont man now in custody. >> it's against the law. >> also, tonight, new trouble for bay area tour buss. the company we caught doing something it shouldn't and then trying to cover it up. >> what's going on here. >> you tell us. >> plus, two children found dead in a storage shed. the new charges and the difficult circumstances for everyone involved. >> and the fitting memorial for a fallen officer. i'm abc 7 news meteorologist sandy patel. how they stack up on the storm impact scale and the timeline coming up. >> live from the kgo tv broadcast center. this is abc 7 news. >> charges against a young free mont man.

accusations tonight he tried to join a terrorist organization. >> good emping. thank you for joining us tonight. >> that 22-year-old man is charged with trying to charge a group linked to al-qaida. he traveled to istanbul turkey to join an islamic extremist group. these accusations are shocking a quiet neighborhood in freemont, to be sure. katie yumis is live with the very latest. >> reporter: the f.b.i. arrested adam back in july. so this is nothing new to his family, whom i talked toed today. they did not want to do an interview, but thirp polite. it was somewhat caught in the middle. it was his father that noticed that his son may be becoming radicalized. >> i'm literally shocked. i know all of these kids in the neighborhood. i think most of them, if not all, born here. >> a sen tram grand jury

indicted adam schoffee atempb attempting to join the terrorist group. in the fbi's affidavit, it says adam sent a text message to relative one that said he had gone to protect muslims. schoffee went to istanbul, turkey and then returned home to the bay area. his father reported more concerning details. adam may have been following extreme imams online and that some of his high school friends were of the same mind set. the f.b.i. started listening to phone conversations in june of this year with investigators saying adam also stated that america is the aenmy. and he wanted to fight with extremists. in late june, schoffee booked a