in walnut creek of the a man store on north civic drive after 11 3:00 -- 11:30 police think he could be behind a sting of recent robberies in san leandro, walnut creek, also, one in redwood city. our reporter is at the scene investigating reports the store clerk has barricaded himself and will have that at 5:00 a.m. >> in two hours we will find out how wall street reacts after trading in china was halted for the second time this week. the stock market was closed in china after the index fell 7 percent in the first 30 minutes. a circuit breaking mechanism automatically triggered the shut down. the volatility continues amid worries of the chinese economy and concern over north korea's claim of testing a hydrogen bomb. this belong affected other asian markets including that january and hong kong, all down 2 percent. >> no one hit it big last night

in the powerball jackpot so the drawing on saturday will top $675 million. this is the largest jackpot in united states history? >> thank you is right, natasha. the dream for winning big lives on. last night, the jackpot was the 6th largest ever. this ticket could have been worth $524 million. but this morning, it is trash. the winning numbers were 2,11, 47, 62, 63. power ball number was 17. no one matched all six. someone bought a ticket in union city that matched the first five numbers and they will walk away with $1 million, a great payday but it is chump change compared to saturday: the powerball jackpot is expected to reach $675 million. that is enough money to purchase 42 private isles off the coast of dubai or anyone gulf stream jets to fly around the world.

>> i imagine...you have to bay a ticket. the odds are crazy but it only takes one ticket. >> the crazy odds are 1 in 290 million. a repeat check. on the big dreams. officials encourage you to play responsibly. >> if you joining the office pool or thinking of buying a few tickets, the question is: what would you spend all that cash on? >> we want to necessity the first thing you with buy or do if you won. sound off on facebook and let us know. well look out for it. all the governor brown will unveil the stale budget for the fiscal year this morning. it appears the governor will call for another year of belt tightening, focusing often paying off the california long-term debt.

california needs to be ready for when the next recession hits. if approached, the budget would go into effect on july 1st. >> the search is on for a man suspected of murder his father and putting his body in the trunk of a car. police want your help to find this man. his dad was found in the truck his car in richmond. the murder may have happened at victim's house in san jose. they are not sure why the car was driven to richmond. >> look at the man in this photo: he is wanted by police. he could be linked to a child pornography ring and sexual assault of a developmentally disabled woman. this map is only wanted for questioning. the investigation is part of a broader case led by the f.b.i. into alleged klein point gravy activity in san francisco and abroad. >> two employ ayes at an east bay school are now success spended after a video surfaced on-line showing what police say is child abuse. it happened at a special needs school in antioch that contracts

with the county. here are the details. >> in the cell phone video a nine-year-old boy is held as he is struck by a teacher's aide and pushed to the floor. the video was posted on snapchat and went environmental. by wednesday morning, antioch pose showed up at tobinworld schools to interview witnesses. they then arrested the a 26-year-old kamaljot kaur at her home in antioch for felony child abuse. other parents of the school were angry when they found out on facebook, not from the school. >> i don't think staff member should do that. they are not norm am kids but they are special needs. we don't bring our kids to be abused and have marks on their bed. >> other parents have reported incidents to police and katherine described the day in spring of eleven when her then 16-year-old daughter was

injured. >> she misbehaved, they restrained her, called it "aroad," but they left marks and bruises on her arm. >> there were other noncompliance issues and the listen was suspended in august, they made corrections and the suspension was lifted last week. all the school issued a statement saying "we immediately success super bowled the staff involved, and called children and family services can notified mess, the student in the video returns to school uninjured and has been in class all day." >> south korea pledged to retaliate against north korea after the neighbor claim they tested a hydrogen bomb. south korea said though would broadcast propaganda to north korea. authority korea considers the messages to be acts of war. american planes have flown missions from japan looking for more information about the blast. experts doubt it was actually an h bomb.

>> at home, 20' waves, big this morning and barricades are keeping people out and el nino weather brings high surf advisory from crescent city to big sur. matt, what are you seeing? >> yes, the waves are still very big out here at the pacifica pier. dangerous for anyone they be on the beach or walking by here. the high surf wanting is in affect until 2:00 this afternoon. check out how the big was last night before 8:00 waves were reaching 15-20' high and pier was closed and beach boulevard was blocked off to traffic but that did not stop people from seeing the spectacle. ait is exciting of the waves are quite large. we are having fun. >> pretty scary. waves are coming up on the sidewalk and they are crazy waves. >> the high surf makes for

dangerous swimming conditions and deadly rip currents. coastal flood advisories in affect with high tide before 8:00 a.m. so low-lying roads and trails and park-'n-ride lots and coastal underpasses all are at risk of flooding. best advise? never town your back on the ocean. >> thanks, matt. at half moon bay, it is much more convey it. officials state harbor is well protected. fishermen did not take boats because of rough seas caused by the swell and wins. some say the rain brings more home for good salmon soap. >> the bay area is drying out. we were in martinez. drivers were deeding with a lot of this: streets bother like small rivers. or lakes. this is the scene on north court street. a late night downpour adds more to the trouble. >> also in the east bay a pleasant hill slick roads may have been a factor involving a

mess cruiser at the intersection at 8:00 last night. one person was hospitalized. >> a woman was tracked under a pickup in petaluma. the car was struck in several feet floodwater and the weight of car was on her ankle. the message responders were able to get out of there and we are told she is going to be okay. >> a storm turned astrut into a small river. sky 7 shows the flood with the highway patrol saying the creek overflowed from all of rain. >> you can trust the abc7 news app to get you updated weather forecast will you are on the go, enable push alerts for immediate notification and severe weather alert. >> is that all againings now, are we all good? >> we are good. we still have a few showers possible today but mostly, yes, the worst is over and we will focus on the flooding with a

combination of high tides and large swells through 10:00 this morning and around the bay shore and the coast we could have flooding of low-lying roads, trails and benches. we still have the high surf as mentioned until 2:00 this afternoon, and right now bodega bay is pushing the upper limit to 20' breakers. that would be cool to see. from a distance. >> tens are up to eight degrees cooler and most us are in the mid-40s so direction warmer. look at this, it is much more quiet in san jose at 280 and 17 and temperatures this afternoon are 52 in the not bay and the rest of us around 54 to 55 and you will need the sunglasses, a light breeze across the golden gate bridge and more rain coming into the forecast on friday night into saturday. details are ahead. sue? >> yes we have an accident reported by the ikea store eastbound 80 near powell street blocking the lot lane. as you can see this shot, traffic is getting by fin and it is light. i am not signature the incident,

but, a heads up fur traveling in that direction. san mateo bridge, a necessary ride to the foster city side of things at 14-continue minutes between 880 and 101. and an issue with multiple problems in the santa cruz mountains, northbound 17 at the summit a car is over and off the embankment and it is slick and wet. the bay bridge backup will be in next report. >> we are not the only ones taking a pounding from the storms with a big mess in southern california is coming up. >> the east bay dog that has captured the hearts of animal lovers everywhere is back home announcer: it's time to make room for the new mattress models! during sleep train's huge year end clearance sale... get beautyrest, posturepedic, even tempur-pedic mattress sets at low clearance prices! save even more on floor samples, demonstrators, and closeout inventory! plus, same-day delivery, set-up and removal of your old set. why wait for the new models?

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nino sent mud slowing on to highway 101. this video is part of a wildfire that burned after christmas. all the one-year-old australian shepherd is back with her owners found badly injured. can you see big smiles on the photos reunited with her family in the bay area. though dropped her at a fitness on christmas eve and the facility said show was aggressive and would not come out of the kennel so they left the door open and that is when she escaped. later, she was found with fractured bones and under an overpass. it is not clear if she was thrown or fell. she has been reunited with her family but will now likely need surgery for the injuries. >> a fairfield woman seen on surveillance video violently tossing a pug on to a street. it is hard to much. brandi chin faces animal cruelty for what happened during the december 19 argument with hour boyfriend.

show got into hide avid yes surfaces. the pug was not seriously hurt. it is now in the care of of animal services. >> a thief made off with a pricey you have lynn used to record the original "star wars" contract and the strum was use order play for sinatra and the san francisco symphony. last week he was at a restaurant in san francisco when someone broke into his car and took the violin. >> it is like losing your voice. there is in way i can row place that same sound. it and the sound i have been performing with for 40 confers. >> the pricey violin is valued at $35,000, a copy of a you have lynn made in 1740 by >> there has been a spike in burglaries 56 thieves broke into the 43 homes last year.

the sheriff has installed license plate readers in the paw trillion considers. more deputies need to patrol more of city and not just the downtown area. >> their presence is there. i don't see them in the residential areas. i know they are here i he they are doing a good job. but they need to an bigger presence in the residential area. >> in fremont, city leaders hosted meetings to show the residents how to install security camera as year ago. more cameras went up and the burglary rate fowl 9 percent in a year. >> you could remember the dust up of the rose ball half time routine that made fun of iowa. according to officials it was not in line with the values of the gale. the directors of the turn a roses said there could be a policy change with record to future batches because of this much ifance which includeed a cow costume, cow tipping which i

assume was simulated, and a serenade of the farmer's only jingle and stanford has not commented on the group. >> and neither will i comment. >> thank you is all we have to say. >> nothing nice to say, say nothing at ail. all the weather is calmer. >> we are seeing flooding. >> there is potential. because of high tide. that is the case until 10:00 this morning. getting a last questions, how are we doing on rainfall? since october 1, the rain yesterday began and san jose, moffett field and ukiah all above average account rest of us, fought such. even with the rain we have received, look at the oakland airport, only 5 percent of average. however, we still do have good rain chances only 20 percent today and isolated shower and better chance tomorrow evening through saturday morning and again on monday and again on wednesday. we will tack about what will

happen as we look at breaks in the cloud. fog this morning and damp. it will be sunny. breaking through the clouds and sunshine during the afternoon hours, so sunglasses need asked written retears tomorrow. take the wet weather gear and storms are likely monday and wednesday. here are the showers that are sliding down 85 and, also, 280 in the south bay and they are falling apart and they only going to be around another 45 minutes. head through the day you can see green here and there at noon and at 5:00 during the evening and nothing wicking up tomorrow and nothing and as we head into the evening hours, light sprinkles are developing and heavy rain is starting to move in at 11:00 through the morning hours. a "1" on the storm impact scale and same on monday and wednesday a repeat of week. wet roads, continue toking a traffic hazard this morning and standing water still out there

and it may not be raining where you are but we have water left over with no metering lights on the bay bridge and we will check back with the accident it is eastbound 80 near powell and ikea if you know the exact location blocking the lot lane c.h.p. on the scene. i am not sighing any delays on our shot here so fortunately it is early enough and we will take a look at the tree down in the peninsula hills remote area eastbound 84 between woodside and la honda. with hazards coming up in a few minutes. >> presbyterian is giving a preview of the final "state of the union" address. >> when i took office seven years ago in the midst of crisis i have never been more optimistic about a year ahead than right now. >> the president is working inside the oval office on the video posted by the white house, and officials say that the president's speech will not be traditional.

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skiers. >> we have good from highway 4 to highway 24 and beyond to the dublin/pleasanton interchange you are looking at 21 minute drive through the men valley. the summit through the santa cruz mountains northbound 17 has been plagued with green on the map is rain affecting that commute and there is a can off the embankment and could be blocking the lane when the tow truck arrives. >> it is pool side breakfast like you have never seen before. a man decided to take a dip and use the extreme heat to make himself a fried egg. after seven minutes in the blazing sun the egg was ready to eat just like that. >> why is he in the pool? >> okay. >> we never see this, a great white shark in captivity. this creature is part of a rare

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