hour ago on north able street and north milpitas wearing shorts and shoes and possibly stripping off the clothes to avoid watching descriptions and covered in a substance on his body and face. sheriff deputies in san jose are helping on the scene with in word on what was stolen from the gunshot but obviously a big concern because necessity have a lot of access to firearms. one suspect they have a visual on was amended but only briefly. it could take a while. they do not want to take chaps because he has access to so many firearms in the gun shop but they are hoping since he followed their command to drop the when he will follow their command to come out and be arrested. >> we will check with matt through the morning. developing news in the east bay, fremont police are working to identify a woman whose headless torso was found just south of the eastern end of the dumbarton

bridge with police on marshlands road searching the bushes and rocks for clues. sources say the original 9-1-1 call came on sunday night for a body in a suitcase. police say it is missing a head, arms and legs. developing news, a man from union city is under arrest after the car he was test driving crashed. it killed the car max employee riding with him. tiffany, what happened? >> it was simply a test drive gone wrong and car max say 43-year-old was fun loving and a trend to all. he worked at the car max for the past five years and yesterday 278-year-old man from union city came in to check out a red core set. he wrote along for the test drive and he was speeding when he lost control and slammed into a tree around 12:45 in the afternoon. he was rushed to the hospital

where he later died. we the driver suffered minor injuries and arrested for vehicular manslaughter and driving under the influence of drugs. the co-workers gathered to grief and remember. >> an amazing person like a father to all of us so we are all here together...we are all family. >> car max said that "today has been incredibly sad day for the car max family with our hearts and prayers to our associate's family." according to the jail, he now is out on bail. >> breaking news right now a heartbreaking moment for these families in nepal, the wreck am of a missing plane has been found after it crashed in bad weather. rescuers confirm all 23 people on board, including two children, are dead. the flight lost take off and actually flew

straight into a mountain. people in a village reported hearing a loud explosion. >> former state senator will be sentenced this morning after admit he took thousands in prescribes and discussed helping an undercover agent to buy automatic weapons. he was busted in an file tie sting on organized crime in san francisco's chinatown. the prosecutors are asking that he get eight years in prison and the term -- attorneys are he has a history of public service and his wife is second. >> man accuse evidence stabbing a parole officer pleaded not guilty to attempted murder after slashing the officer's throat and stabbed him in the arm when he was approached near interstate 80 in san francisco. the officer is still recovering from the injuries. >> look at the photos, san jose police are looking for this uber driver who is accused of

assaulting an official at mineta san jose international airport and the official said he saw the driver speeding in a pickup area on thursday and the official started taking photos of the car, the driver grabbed him and pushed him to the ground. the driver took off and the passenger arrived. >> wes need your help to find this 3567-year-old woman, who left home around 11:00 at night on february 13th, tolling her husband she was questioning to spend time with a spend. she did not have her medication or cell phone. family members say this is fought like her. >> another decisive victory for donald trump live up to expectations in nevada winning the caucus with a dome innocent led over the rivals. we are still awaiting for who came in second. >> good morning, for a third time in a row donald trump has shown why he is the going frontrunner, in nevada dome knitting winning across the space board getting we support from evangelicals and hispanics.

>> this morning, donald trump on a winning streak after another decisive victory, this time nevada. >> we love nevada. we love nevada. >> love for trump but the anger in washington and a strong dire for outsider gave the g.o.p. front runner an easy victory over the rivals. the fight for second between republican establishment favorite marco rubio and iowa caucus winner ted cruz. >> ben carson and john kasich were at the bottom the pack vowing to march on to super tuesday and the democrats are focused on tuesday but, first, south carolina. ahead of the democratic primary in south carolina, the focus was on african-americans who make up half of the electorate. >> hillary clinton has campaign events in south carolina and bernie sanders is in missouri and oklahoma and republicans are taking part in a summit hosted by megan kelley and donald trump said he had a "scheduling

conflict." >> this morning the republican national committee said they are concerned about reports of voting irregularities at a caucus site in las vegas, a spokesman for the rnc said there are reports of double voting and not enough ballots at a high school because of long lines and some were turned away and districted to another location. officials say the double voting problem appears to be limited to one part of the caucus site where different precincts were combined. >> we stand against racism and racist behavior. >> the san francisco unified school district vowed to change the culture at lowell high school after an incident that outraged students. they say this sign was posted in inside the school read "happy black history month," with president obama with a diamond constituted hearing and includes # gang. black students walked off campus yesterday and protested at city hall. >> alumni were angry so, this happened to me, 20 years ago.

we are here now and it is still happening. what are we doing? we are here to give justice? >> school officials say the student who posted the sign is also a minority and now is transferred. >> looking at temperatures we are starting at 50 at glen park to the ferry at 54 and a last 40s until you get to pittsburg, and petaluma and pleasanton and santa clara and palo alto all at 41 degrees and if you are outside today it is nice for walking the dog again but watch out at the beaches, some high surfs and dangerous surf developing right now if you are jogging we have pollen problems. is hartley cloudy and about 51 degrees. today, the times are ranging from 70 in san francisco to the south by at 7 pa and warmer tomorrow, a few upper 70s and look at cooler both, more 60s on the map for friday but we have a chance of rain then and again on sunday with that update

coming up in the seven-day outlook. sue? >> good morning, i noticed a tow truck towing a car in the camera but i did not see the major traffic delays but golden gate field into san francisco, a nice 14 minute ride and traffic is bunching up. we will take an overview of road work that is still in the lanes and the ramp in oakland, westbound, or eastbound, 580 to westbound 980 is shut down because of the road work for another 20 minutes or sore until 5:00 and we will check on that, and eastbound-westbound 580 lanes are shut define 35th and the macarthur maze and that also is until 5:00 this morning. we will take the first look at the toll plaza toll in a couple of minutes. >> someone is targeting horses, dogs and other animals in sonoma with the tax ice treat that is leading to two deaths. >> this is what people on the gulf coast are waking up to, search for victims of deadly search for victims of deadly tornadoes and t

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15 percent discount. caltrain approved the fare changes to meet the rising prices of rail operations. >> mysterious investigation in sonoma where someone is intentionally poisoning and killing animals with toxic biscuits. the community is living in fear. >> these are my kids and they mean the world to me. >> this was the last beach ride on her horse named cowboy, she and the dog were poisoned by the biscuits left in the pasture. >> to put three piles out for three horses, yes, they know something about horses. all the animal health and food safety laboratory could be firms that someone laced the biscuits with a toxic plant that damages the organs and both animals died the day after they were poisoned. this is cowboy shortly before he was shut down and she has another horse still alive. >> oscar was also poisoned but

he is recovering. the vet said there will not be permit damage to his liver or his kidneys. three alpacas and another dog and cat have died nearby but the sonoma county sheriff said that this is the only confirmed intentional poisoning case. the feeling of unease is taking over the neighbor. >> we like to give them carrots and apples and pet them, whatever, but it has eliminated that because for fear they could think we are somehow hamming their animals. >> no arrests but investigators say they keying in on a "person of interest" in sonoma county. >> three people are dead after tornadoes ripped through a couple of gulf coast states. two people were killed at an r.v. park in louisiana 60 miles west of new orleans. strong winds mangled the trailers and ripped the roofs

off of the buildings. authorities are still looking through the debris for other possible victims. a third person was killed in mississippi. today, the carolinas will be hit with flash flooding and severe thunderstorms. a coast guard helicopter crew on a training mission ended up rescuing a surfer in san francisco. fire crews call them to help when they got a call yesterday. the coast guard was near with a rescue swimmer ready to go and went to the hospital. he is expected to be okay. >> a lot people are thinking of heading to the beach with the gorgeous weather. any hazards? >> yes we have high surf advisory from 4:00 a.m. through 9:00 p.m. waves up to 14'. it will be warm again at the beach but a look at the live doppler hd shows the next three hours, absolutely nothing showing up but a few high clouds. as you look from the east bay hills camera, lights of the city

and the air is clear and mostly sunny and warm for winter and nearly record high temperatures with the warm the retreating on friday and saturday and sunday and that is when we have a chance of light rain mainly friday and sunday and check out the temperatures in the south bay, sunnyvale and milpitas and coolest at 73 and gilroy at 76 and san jose tops out at 74 and 75 in palo alto and mountain view dropping to millbrae at 71 and nearly accident along the coast and pacifica and the sunset and downtown and south san francisco flirting with 70 and upper 60s from sausalito to bodega bay to petaluma and vallejo at 70 and otherwise 71 to 72 through the north bay valley and the east bay shore at 70s, and her hard at 75, and behind oakland at 74 and moving inland 72 to 74, the spread, with lows most of us falling in the 40s but away the way, mid-40s to mid-50s. here is wall happen on friday, across the north bay, light rain is possible, and we could dip in the evening, with sprinkles-to-light rain for the rest of us, so, we will keep on

eye on that on friday eastern and sunday informs look like they will head further to the north but it will keep our temperatures cooler than what we are dealing with in the 60s to federally 70 rather than the mid-to-upper 70s. >> we will go to the bay bridge and look at the commute at 4:46. pretty easy, in mitering lights and a couple of cars to pay crash otherwise a nice ride into san francisco. over all our traffic map this morning is looking great with slow traffic out of tracy and that is typical to the a mass but, otherwise, green on the roads is good. we have some road work and we will go to the peninsula, southbound 280 between sand hill and alpine road the left lane will be blocked. about 6:00 this morning. disney on ice comes to the oracle arena starting tonight with several shows through the weekend, so expect delays. near show town on 880. road work westbound 80 the ramp to sub680 that will be picked up

shortly. >> the united states national service is confirming they are secretly using cell phones to hunt for 6,000 suspects called stingrays, the size of a suitcase, can pinpoint a cell phone location up to a few feet. the service said they only use the stingrays with court approval. >> senate republicans are ruling out action on anyone president obama nominates to the unsupreme court to replace antonin scalia and mcconnell said presidents have a right to nominate and the senate has a right to provide or withhold. the senate will withhold the concept. he said he is not inclined to hold the courtesy meetings and the president is expected to select the nominee in the next two or three weeks. >> the pg&e bills are go up and why the company said they are about to charge you more for the

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did you know that people born from 1945 through 1965 have the highest rates of hepatitis c, but most don't know they're infected? people can live for decades without symptoms, but over time hepatitis c can cause serious health problems. if you were born during these years, the cdc now recommends that you get a blood test for hepatitis c. so talk to your doctor and find out if you have hepatitis c. it could save your life. know more. >> the abc news app on go on your schedule news that lives without live. >> the pg&e bill is going up again. starting next month, electricity bills for average residential customers will rise $2.29 a month with the increase bringing the average bill to $150 a month. pg&e said the money will help improve the natural gas systems.

the company wants additional rate increases that will add $3 more to the bill. >> you will see the price for a gallon of gas drop two corners over the summer with officials cutting the excise tax, which is a reason that california pays more for gas than the rest of the country. the drop is part of a change in how california calculates gas taxes. >> today, three transportation systems in sonoma will officially begin accepting the clipper card. the systems join 17 bay area transit agencies that already use the all in one payment card. about two dozen events are held in sonoma through manner 30. >> if you paid a parking ticket or got a ticket in san francisco between 1995 and 2012 the city might owe you money. the transportation agency is

refunding millions it received in overpaid and duplicate payments. if you want to know if you are owed some cash, there is a list on the exand we have a link to it at abc7news.com. >> remember the sweet old are lady in burlingame would was kicked out of the home she had lived in for 60 years? the community is now rallying and her. 97-year-old woman was told she and her 8235-- 85-year-old had to move out and her friend said she owned the cottage that she never had to leave and the new property own are said there is a trust requiring him to sell the cottage this year. >> the gofundme account was set up for hatch and two days people donated more than $28,000. it is still going. we will keep you posted on what happens. >> remarkable. you will not need the rain jacket today. you will need the sunglasses. >> another day full of warm sunshine but the high wind advisory until 9:00, the swells

up do 14' and sneaker waves. you think it has been dry? how about 12 percent of average and san jose at 9 percent of what is one of our wetter months. low-to-mid 70s through the central valley, and to the cost and 80s around los angeles and palm springs and we will focus on lake tahoe at 55 diagnosises with sunshine and that will not cut it. it is warmer tomorrow and it starts to cool off and no new snow in the pattern. well look at the day planner if you are out and about coming up in the next winner. >> slow morning so far and not any track is what i mean to say, we will look at the s.a.p. center, san jose, 87, looking good, as you make your way up to 101 with no problems here. we will look at 101, at the 880 overcrossing, a few headlights in the northbound direction but everyone is at the limit, and we

will look at the traffic map looking green, red is slow, up and over the altamont pass and we have an issue with the wood debris westbound 580 near the bart station and dublin/pleasanton and causing flat tires but not a lot of slow truck but heads up until c.h.p. does a traffic break. we will be back with the north bay drive in a couple of minutes. >> we are getting our first look at a plan to demolish part of interstate 280 in san francisco and move the caltrain station calling for tear down 1.2 miles of 280 and converting to a boulevard. the plan calls for adding a tunnel to connect the high-speed rail and caltrain to the new transbay transit center. moving the current rail yard at 4th would open up the land for a brand new neighborhood. >> if you or someone you know is thinking of undergoing in vitro this is a new study you should know that came out this morning. researchers at stanford say when it comes to choosing the best embryo it could come down to

"the squishy test," when it is an hour old you user see how pliable it is, if it is too firm or too soft it may not surprised but if it is just right, it will. this is an early indication of more advanced screening already developing that can be done when the embryo is older. >> if you are shopping or a hoverboard, first of all, why? we are getting all sorts of warnings not to. second, do not do it on amazon. if you sent for hoverboard all you get are accessories. batteries inside the deinvites are linked to 50 fires including some in the bay area. over the weekend, toys 'r us and target also stopped selling hoverboards on-line. >> get a load of the ride of new >> get a load of the ride of new york mets outfielder tricked out slingshot and we can

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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> coming up at 5:00 a.m. >> we have made to wednesday were we are doing all right. now a check on the weather and traffic. mike? another warm one? >> yes, happy hump day. live doppler hd is showing fewer high clouds, with a colorful morning sunrise i will get it. from the exploritorium at pier 15, 38 to 52, exactly where we were yesterday. same at noon, mid-60s and watch out for the we u.v. index, and nearly record warm the at 68 to 72, and at 7:00, 56 to 62. changes are on the way. sue? >> the good thing about being out this early is the traffic is light. 5:00, and we are look at sub101 beyond the civic center, from highway 37 to the city you are look at 22 minutes. traffic is flying by. we have four