live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> metal detectors are visible in super bowl city in san francisco. crews working to get security in place. why this saturday's opening of fan village is ahead of the big game. i am kristen sze. >> i am natasha zouves. it is a race to finish super city in time for saturday morning and time to plan your visit. there are several security measures in place you need to know about. amy hollyfield is on the embarcadero with that story. amy? >> yes, natasha. the performance on saturday is

free with chris issacak but you have to pass through this. you will be if line and need to plan for that. that is one of the few things you need to know before the visit. >> crews are pulling all-nighters at herman plaza to build super city that we have heard so were about but are just seeing materialize. >> it is cool to see it come together. never seen it come together before. it is cool. we check it out each day. >> it is free. it is where fans can celebrate the super bowl with activities and concerts and is expected to attract thousands bringing up the question of...safety. >> most are concern about the security. people come through. >> what do you think of the security? >> i don't know a lot about it. >> we know thank you will have to pass through a metal detector police have bomb sniffing dogs. police time off is canceled. they will activate the emergency

operations center on saturday. >> they will keep us safe. there is a lot of security already. there is a long list of things can you not bring, large bags, alcohol, coolers, bicycles, skate poors and hoof boards. security extended beyond the plaza. the buildings are under scrutiny >> our bags and everything will be check on way in to work, they are being told what not to have. >> people pour into the area to see it. >> we went to be part of it. >> some people who work here are avoiding it. >> we could be walking home most days. [ inaudible ] >> ladies, how big is 18x18? here is my tote. it makes it. it is a little smaller than what they will accept if give you perspective. can you bring a tote this size.

or a small backpack but nothing much larger than this. we have more tips on what you can and cannot bring on the web site at abc7news.com. super bowl city opened at 11:00 a.m. on saturday. >> thank you, amy. security is also a priority outside super bowl city especially after an attack on a tourist at twin peaks. police say a woman was people more sprayed and robbed and paramedics are washing out the victim's eyes after the robbers tabbed her. she is expected to recover fully. the victim told police that purse snatchers were a man and woman in their 40s. this is a remind other that everyone who works, lives or laying in san francisco needs to be alert with more than a million sifters expectedness week. >> san jose is preparing in the event of a mass casualty situation during the super bowl. we were at regional medical center of san jose where they set up the triage tents in the pack lot.

a hospital spokesperson said that the tents are had just in case there is an overflow of parents during the big game. >> as the have been approaches, counsel on abc7 to let you know about the ongoing impact if -- impact from security and traffic and more >> police have three people in custody investigating whether they were behind a string of crimes overnight from robbery and shooting to auto theft and leading officers on a chase. janet o is at the sunnyvale apartments where it all began. janet? >> yes, kristen, the robbery investigation started here but police believe that the same three people are responsible for the chaos this morning. they are now if jail. police are trying to figure out their role in each crime. >> the three are under arrest facing multiple charges. the trio could be responsible for several crimes that happened hours of each other in the south

bay. >> it began with the suspect description from the original robbery which carried out to the suspect description of auto burglary. say the robbery too place at an apartment complex here at 11:45 on matilda avenue. we do not believe it was random. >> they possibly knew and targeted the suspect. the bullet grazed the victim's ear. after the robbery, police get a call of an autoburg larry near. the officers were then alerted that a mapping suburban was if san jose. the driver led them on a police. the ifs now were part of the pursuit and got helicopter up to keep track of the suspects. it came to an end in san jose with the three under arrest. inside the s.u.v. police found drunks, burglary tools and what could be a loot stolen goods. >> anyone who is willing to risk

the public for their own ambitions of a crime are dangerous. they are in custody now. >> sunnyvale police have a lot of looseneds to tie up on the case. they are still following up on the robbery victim who live here and they are also trying to confirm that the s.u.v. the suspects were found in later this morning is the suburban that was recorded stolen. >> thank you. happen now union city police are sending a him after being called at 6:30. we were over the scene at perry road and mann avenue. investigators shifted through a shed in the yard. they have made said what the initial call was for. >> "washington post" reporter and san rafael native jason rezaian got emotional when he thanked the people who helped free him from an iranian prison. >> so much of the 18 months i was in prison my iranian

interrogators told me the "washington post" did did not exist but no one knew of my flight and the u.s. government with not lift a finger for my release. today i am here if this room with the very people who helped prove the iranians wrong in so man ways. >> wow, he spoke with the inning for reagan of the "washington post" at the new headquarters and set of state john kerry attended the ceremony. he was released in a prisoner swap this month. >> now, we are tracking our next round of el nino-fueled storms with a look from our east baylies camera showing clouds starting to move in. meteorologist mike nicco joins us now with the next round of we rain. >> great question when it will arrive. we will go right to live doppler hd and i will show you what is going on upstairs. can you see we have had active radar over the north bay with sprinkles and possibly a brief

light brain -- rain falling up there but the last six hours nothing measurable has reached our rain games the though dry. next six hours you can see it is going stay cloverdale or north. that means increasing clouds today and a beautiful ski like we are seeing from the south beach with temperatures 60 at 5:00 and we fall back and the mid-50s with sprinkles-to-light rain in the north bay this evening and the rest us get it tomorrow. that is coming you. >> the world health organization said the zika virus is spreading explosively causing severe birth defects and has been reported in california already. we are in the newsroom. tiffany, they are calling an emergency meet increasing >> that is right. meeting is set for monday. they have third work cut out for them. the world health organization estimates that there could be up to four million cases of zika in the americas over the next year. so far the mosquito borne virus has spread to two dozen countries and ten states

including southern california. most people do not she symptoms. those that do often get a fever and rash. however, if upright woman is infected, her baby can suffer severe brain damage and birth defects. >> [ inaudible ] it is from a mild threat to one of alarming proportions. >> world health organization director called for priorityizing of search and making recommendations for other country those follow. it will meet on monday in geneva >> the level of concern is high. as is the level of uncertainty. questions abound. we need to get answers quickly. >> they noticed a spike in bra detailian birth defects in november and the link to zika was made only last month. in the past few days some latin american countries have asked women to postpone prosecutecy and travel warnings are out for

expectant bothers. enjoy, some in california mothers to be feel at mercy of every mosquito beat. >> it is really cross your pictures does it not happen. all the who anticipated mosquito populations will be worse than normal because of el nino weather patterns. mosquitoes are especially drawn to protect women because of their increased blood flow. >> until we know more doctors recommend that all protect women use insect repellant diligently. all the mission bay alliance should a statement after the warriors anointed the new arena will be named the chase center, reading any announcement about the naming rights to an arena is premature. the mission bay allowance is concerned that the area or the arena will cause great harm to san francisco by jeopardizing patient access to hospitals and risking lives. j.p. morgan chase bank has bought the naming rights to the 18,000 seat building.

the warriors are three years away, now, from opening the new arena. >> two players unite for the sake of our environment with hollywood superstar getting a warm welcome at the vatican today. >> incredible rescue at sea caught on camera saving two dozen sailors. >> a toy get as makeover and the makers of barbie say sometimes you do need to mess with a good

>> french police arrested a man and a woman at disneyland palace this morning, with two handguns and ammunition when taken into custody at the new york hotel part of the disneyland complex. the woman was arrested, as well. france is under a state of emergency after islamic extremist attacks killed 130 people in november. >> look at this incredible rescue off the coast of spain. this ship was nearly tipping over and 22 sailors had to cling to the fence of the deck. look at that angle, to prevent from sliding down bracing against gale force winds massive waves were slamming against the hull. it is called the modern express heading from north africa to france. can you imagine? the spanish coast guard a poled down the deck and had to hoist all 22 sailors one by one. in was obvious relief as they

each made it safely into the helicopter and back to land. one crew member gave up a thumb's up. >> new this morning, affluenza teen ethan couch arrived at dallas-ft. worth escorted by law enforcement at the airport. investigators believe ethan couch and his mother agreed to mexico in early december after he violated probation in a 20 turn drunk driving crash that killed four people. his defense attorneys claim that he wasn't responsible for the crash because he never learned to be accountable for his actions, something they termed affluenza teen. >> pope francis medicine with dicaprio at at the vatican sharing a passion for protecting the environment. he gave him a work of art from a dutch painter and pointed to a

reproduction of the pointing "garden of earthly delights," and told the pop when he was little he thought the painting representing our planet. >> meteorologist mike nicco is ahead with the forecast. >> good morning, from the top of the news broadcast center. i am tracking our next storm which will be very discriminatory depending on where you are, depending on how much rain you will get and it will bring a lot of snow to the sierra and that is coming up. >> plus, barbie get as new look. toymakers are changing the doll after all these

>> friday eve and look forward to the weekend. >> and look forward to rain? meteorologist mike nicco will tell us what is go on and >> it is an interesting pattern developing. the south bay, a lost time it gets rain shadow from the santa cruz mountains and not much rain. that could be the case here. as it comes in, taking a beautiful picture across our sky and check out how it looks this morning, from mount tamalpais you can see the sun rising even when it hid behind the clouds we could see the beautiful reflection on the bay water. the clouds continue to increase and they will do that as we head influence the afternoon hours and the reason why, look at live doppler hd, we have a chunk of energy rolling law and sprinkles possible across the not bay and a very dry layer below 10,000 people making this evaporate and the brighter and whiter clouds off the coast. that is what is going do come in, tonight, but it is mainly going to stay in the north bay overnight and through tomorrow

morning's commute. first, we will look at sutro tower with folks coming if to look at our beautiful city ahead of the super bowl and clouds are increasing and rain on friday and sunday and slight chance of showers but not a wash out, storm impact scales an idea of what to expect from the storms a they come in from "1" light, to "3" severe there is a "1" for most of us with the rain coming in tonight in the north bay, and tomorrow for the rest of us at .05" to .75". sprinkles across the not bay this afternoon, and through the everyone commute. as we head toward the overnight hours you can see the rain becoming more plenty full to 4:00 tomorrow morning with yellows and oranges around cloverdale, moderate-to-heavy rain and south of the golden gate bridge...nothing. on the other hand than drizzle. it will be that way until noon. we will have scattered showers ahead of that but look at light-to-moderate rain falling in the north bay and headed into

afternoon and through the commute, that is went rain is going to roll through. this is what i minute by quite a difference in the rain, 1" in santa rosa, and .02" in the south bay. through 5:00 tomorrow evening, large swells with sneaker waves and rip currents and pound the sierra tomorrow afternoon through 10:00 saturday morning so a very tight window with 6-1 2" at higher elevates and you can see we could get up to 1 foot at south lake tahoe, kirkwood, and more from skiing in the sierra. the forecast shows a few showers some afternoon, evening is breezy and the rain and snow moves in and the earlier you head there the better off you are, tapering saturday afternoon and light snow coinciding with a "1" on the storm impact scale, light on sunday and on tuesday. temperatures are in the 60s

today and tomorrow and 50s after. do you know where the umbrella is? it has had a nicest the last couple of days. >> thank you. >> and an incentive to get recalled children's products out of your home, turn them in for a discount. toys 'r us and -- you can return an unsafe product and you get 30 percent discount off new purchase, including strollers, and cribs and play yards, so the unsafe products are not resold or re-used. >> barbie is getting a makeover with a new shape or, rather, come in three optional body tapes: curvey, tall or petite. the company that makes barbie has the new options after years of criticism that her shape created unrealistic goals for little girls. the new dolls are available in seven skin tones, 22 eye colors

and 24 hair styles in addition to the original barbie. they are available for pre-order now. >> love this story, a cleveland woman is celebrating her 108th birthday. >> how many people can say that? she is getting a torch presents it is her gift to others that makes this special lady even more remarkable. that

>> coming up at 4:00, san francisco super bowl center is inconveniencing more than commuters, some parents crime "foul." could be the best time to buy a new tv right now. we show you what to look for at 5 o'clock. >> so an ohio woman cannot help but laugh when she thugs of how much she has seen and how long she has been alive. >> arlena is 108. she is celebrating her birthday with her family in cleveland. she has never had kids of our own but a foster parent for a long-term and, in fact, she has fostered close to 50 children. she said it was important to her to gave them a good life to make sure they all had good education. >> i gave them what i didn't get. i was a drop out. but i thank the lord i'm doing all right. >> her advice to others?

love one another. help others. >> it is probably being surrounded by all that love that helped officer her life span. >> big slice of cake. love her. for all of us, thanks for joining us. have a wonderful days guys.

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