tree, the train car, on its side. a lot of people are say they cannot believe what they seeing and it is a real train car on the embankment. crews stayed overnight to keep the scene protected and to figure out how they are going to move this train. they listen to work on that today. they do not know how long it will take. there were 205 people on the train. nine were hurt. four have serious injuries. but not life threat being. all are expected to survive. some did not know what happened. >> a car was in the river. it did not family like that much of a bump but...it was nasty. en is okay. >> officials say this morning that the ace commuter train derailed because of a mudslide that sent a tree across the tracks. the train hit the tree. it happened at 7:30 last night.

near the 5500 block of niles canyon odd. the car that tumbled down the embankment landed in a rain filled creek and police departmented. crews say you could hear scream over the radio. >> this train was headed for stockton from san jose. official say trains are not operating today as they deal with the aftermath of the accident. >> look at new video tweeted by at alameda county fire department. can you see a firefighter trying to smash a were to get and the first rail car inside crews trying to get passengers out of the car and to safety. we continue our coverage now with abc7 reporter at the station in pleasanton. the crash is having an impact on the commute. right, janet? >> that is right. there is no train service today. and this is in timeline when service will run again. as amy mentioned it was a terrify height for many people

on the train. passengers say someone was watching out for them. it could have been so much worse. a passenger described hearing clicking of the tracks and silence. then a big thud. passengers were thrown out of the seats into the islands. many were able to pull themselves out of train car uninjured. they were shuttled to the alameda county fairgrounds where they waited to get a ride him. >> i'll okay. some of my friends were on the first one but that flipped over and went into the water. it was scary. the mudslide over the tracks and...it was rough. >> quite a rough night. another passenger said he was asleep on his commute home and he was awoken by the loud crash. can you imagine his surprise when he woke up and another describes bracing for the impact by hold on to the rails before the train car flipped.

>> scary for the people on board but what about those waiting for them to come hope the many were at the blast were station at the alameda county fair grounds. family pens learned of the crash after getting text messages and phone calls from people on the train. >> my husband was injured but i a not sure where he is. i am waiting for the police tell me. where is my husband now? >> we did get an update from that woman and she later found out he was taken by ambulance to a fremont hospital with a lower back injury. >> if you are not familiar ace train, it is an express train, popular option for commuters between stockton and san jose the people on live in the central valley and work in the bay area. there are stops in san jose, santa clara, livermore, tracy, and stockton.

>> we told you about the derailment with a push alert from from the abc7 news app with push alerts for news as it happens. >> in san jose police are investigating the officer involved shooting of a stabbing suspect. officers responded to reports of a stabbing at home at third and market last night at 6:00. a man and woman had stab wounds. the suspect was armed with a knife. he was shot by an for. the suspect died at the scene. the woman is in stable condition. the map was critical. but is expected to survive. this is san jose's first police shooting of the year. >> concord police investigate a shooting at a were soming center at diamond believe and willow way. shots were reported after 8:30 last night. officers found an abandoned car near the shopping center. it appears to be a car-to-car shooting. no ones with shot. no suspects are identified. >> $100,000 worth of illegal drug off the streets after a

bust involving uc santa cruz students part of a ring sell ecstacy part of a a tenth or sorority. pack a's were seized caping 5,000 tab lets of drug at three homes in santa cruz on friday night. police say the pack a's came from overseas. the students face charges of conspiracy and possession of a controlled substance. >> police are look for this man in castro valley, daniel morris ran over a six contrary old boy if a stolen car. it happened yesterday morning. the boy was walking to school and stopped to look at worms and police say more list hit him, live the wrecked car and ran away from the scene. the quintonio legrier was pinned against a poll and he went to the hospital. the c.h.p. said the car was one of several stolen to a livermore ford dealership. they believe morris was part after crew of thieves that broke into a box and took cars. >> the school board meet in

petaluma could be heated as parents square off on school issued ipads. some say filter on the devices do not block inappropriate condition department. the district said they are doing their best but said this is no way to catch everything. school officials are urging parents to step up monitoring. the district was able to provide all 7,500 students with ipads. >> to remove lead and asbestos from patches in pacifica begins, the building is set to be torn down because storms have put it in danger of falling off a cliff. we were in pacifica as the crews put up fencing. the demolition will begin on thursday and take 4-5 days. >> if you look at the bottom of the tv you will notice there is a count down clock. it is counting down to a rare solar eclipse happening this evening. right now scientists from san francisco are in southeast asia,

the western pacific ocean, the only place not world you can record this solar eclipse which occurs at 5:38 our time in 13 hours. it opens their doors at 4:00, and the viewing party starts at 5 o'clock. more information at abc7news.com. if you cannot make it to the exploritorium, watch the total eclipse as it happens on a special abc7 news at 5:30 so "world news tonight," will move to 6:30. >> checking on the forecast, mostly cloudy this morning and it will be partly cloudy for folks and you can see exactly what is going open. in fact, i was going do show you and work on the graphic, 80 degrees for a low and highway is 82. not much of a temperature change. our rainfall is san francisco

and oakland and san jose compared it february, san jose has nine times the amount of rain in the first seven days of march. if you were with us yesterday you kow we have more open way. 40 in castro valley and alameda at 50, and 11 degrees cooler this morning with 38 in napa and 39 in livermore. the activity lander today we have dangerous subthis morning at beaches, if you have cleaning to do, do it now if the garden because it will rain tomorrow and walking the dogs it is cool and damp. showers on when and thursday and hour by hour look at those coming up. >> checking on the road work open tuesday, it could slow you down or throw you through a loop at 4:38. the interchange here in oakland, eastbound and when 580 due to construction so the ran to 980 is shut down and 24 to 980, as well, should be picked up at 5:00 or 5:30 and we will check on that. eastbound at castro valley the lane is shut down for road work.

a lot more to go and ace tape service is suspended today with more on that in a bit. >> we are still in a detroit so why is this happening? the feds try to explain why they are releasing hundreds of gallons of water from the lake. >> another big day in the race for the white house and quote for the white house and quote have a more narrow i want to show you some cutting edge technology. this is a vhs tape. push that tape in and hit play. this is a flip phone. have you seen these before? it's called a compact disc. oh. looks like we're getting a facsimile. what year is it to you? it's old. you'd rather use newer technology? definitely. well, i've got something to show you. this is the 2016 chevy volt. it uses extended range electric technology. the prius hybrid uses battery technology developed 15 years ago. chevy expects volt drivers to get over a thousand miles between fill ups. it's got every technology there is. the prius actually belongs on the table.

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>> benicia, san ramon, san mateo and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> a this is a scene that some people are not happy with, releaseing water from folsom lake but people wonder, why? officials say the federal government should keep as much water in the lake as possible because of the drought. the bureau officials say they need to keep folsom at 40% gulf in winter to guard against flood. campers are warned to move to higher grounds. >> san francisco woman accuse of a cancer fundraising scam is expected in court. the prosecutors say the woman claimed she had a rare blood disorder and used to try and raise money for a cure. a report said she raised more than $17,000 online. she faces multiple chaps including false impersonation, receiving or buying stolen property and burglary. all the first lady will attend nancy reagan's funeral in simi

valley on friday. federal first lady will be laid to rest next to her late husband, presidential ron donald regan. she will lie if repose for public visitation tomorrow and thursday. she died of heart failure at her home in los angeles on sunday. >> a week after super tuesday, another round of voting in key states set for today. stehpanie explains how the primary caucuses up the an testimony. for the front up areers trying to set themselves apart. >> a big voting day a step closer to knowing which candidate is the nominee. atime for another face off at polls in battleground states. >> hillary clinton telling the crowd she wants to be the small business president to help folk get ahead but needs their votes. ought soon are i could become your nominee the more i can begin to town our attention to the republicans.

>> bernie sanders is not going anywhere. >> if there is a large voter turn out we will win. >> the contest in idaho, mississippi and hawaii, the big prize today is michigan where donald trump and hillary clinton have double digit lead on their competition much trump in mississippi at a rally as the gone rival hangs on his heels. amen men here and across the state are in the position to decide this outcome. >> after marco rubio, he is struggling only winning two of 20 contests but is staying in the race despite calls from donald trump to drop out. here is how the race is making up. donald trump maintains the lead in the republican delegate count. he has 384 delegates followed by ted cruz with 300, and marco rubio with 151. on the d side, hillary clinton leads with 672 pledged delegate, bernie sanders has 477.

g.o.p. frontrunner donald trump is enduring new criticism, an attack from mexico's president, who said that his country will not pay for trump's proposed border wall and likens the tone border wall and likens the tone to the ascent of hitler and >> dub nation has a new republican to celebrate: as we expected the warriors hole the n.b.a. record for longest regular season home winning streak over the past two certains. last night they jumped out early and held on at oracle arena and steph curry made this and even before he shot it, it was the 300th pointer from quite a distance to be the first player to hit 300 in a single season finishing with 41 points. and end with 119-114, the 45

consecutive victory at home we knew magic would have to pay for the loss again the lakers because the worse do not lose two games at home. >> what is amazing, the teams they losing two or bottom feeders. >> you like that, for the playoffs, so they geared up for the good teams. >> a they said. >> now, weather. we will talk about the eclipse. not the clippers. live doppler hd showing it is bone dry this morning. nice to town on the cruise control and not worry about running through any puddles this morning. here is a look from our camera, the light on the bay bridge. it is still. the ferry building looking good. clouds increase but a wet patton for the rest of the week.

the strongest systems are thursday, friday and monday. a back-to-back system coming up. the storm-impact scale is from "5" to severe and "4" major, a couple of strong and a lot light storms. light rain and wind up to half an edge of rain but that is the exception. at 5:00, can you see clouds and fairly dry other than the drizzle is possible cross the north bay. by 9:00, we will see the rain increase across the north bay and the prosecute of us are dealing with the drizzle and at 4:00 tomorrow morning, the scattered showers and steady rain heading to 7:00 and 9:00 for the commute. by unanimous we are starting to see a tapering and by action tomorrow it is just about over with the rainfall amendments very light compared to the rest of us and hardly anything in the of us and hardly anything in the south by to .1" to

and friday and monday, all moderate. >> grand is -- green is good. the only problem is the 84 niles canyon which is shut down because of the ace train derailment for the session. you will want to use mission or 680. northbound and southbound 680, sycamore valley, road work between sycamore valley and 580 with lanes there for a little bit longer. we also have smooth sailing along the east shore freeway or the nimitz freeway, 880, nice and green, checking with the high winds at the bay bridge if you are here in a bit. >> bart trains are more packed than ever but the riders take more space than they issue. bart will declare war on man-spreads. >> that word is strange. >> amazing, a split second to react, a hero dad would saved history son from a flying baseball bat but, first, america's money.

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>> the abc7 news app on the go on your schedule. >> as if you need it another reason to not drink and drive. look at this from illinois, the slow moving car. that is a tree embedded in the front of the car! the officer initially passed the car and did a double take, turned around and pull over driver. she was busted, of course, for d.u.i. and there was another thing, the officer said the woman was driving with an inflated airbag. dramatic video shows the moment the c.h.p. officer pulled two children from a burning car. the officer spotted the car smoking on highway one in monterey. followed it into a parking lot. it stopped. but the people inside were slow to get out. he ran to the back cars and

pulled out two screaming young children from the car seats and two women in the car got identity. all four people were treated for smoke inhalation. >> if you ride bart you have seen this, the so-called man-spreaders. passenger takes up more than one seat because he is sitting with his legs spread out. it includes people who take up an extra seat with a bag, like a backpack. bart director keller is report ing an new ordinance to allow it. you are fined $100 for the first violation and $200 if you are caught doing it again. the ordinance does not apply to people whose side or medical condition requires this. >> if you love pancakes today is the day, it is "national pancake day," walk into any ihop and you are treated it a short stack of buttermilk pancakes. for free. part of a fundraiser fore children's miracle network hospitals, that are free, but pay trips are asked to donate to the cause. ihop hopes to raise more than $3 million this year.

>> all i want is a short stack of pancakes. >> with a man-sized spread of butter. that you cannot regulate. >> subadvisory, today, until 10:00 in the morning, up to 19' swells so they are shrinking, large breakers and sneaker waves so be careful near the ocean. to the south, in the low-to-upper 70s, los angeles and palm springs, sacramento is in the 60. lake tahoe is 44, we will look at the sierra snow pack, the electronic measurements are low consider we we had 5' in some areas and 82% of average, but we have had several chances of rain, and several chances of snow tomorrow. >> high winds at the bay bridge with winter weather advisory in affect. we are not seeing delays but,

just heads up, grip the wheel tighter, a couple of cars are stacked up to pay cash but no problems heading and san francisco. overall, company is good. we will look at the sig-alert, road closure, to main street, niles canyon road is closed because of derailment. no estimated time of opening. take mission to get around this or 680. and no ace train service today. we will be back with a look at the south bay commute in a few minutes. >> if you wear makeup you want to hear this, researchers say taking a short break from certain kinds of personal care products can help your help. girls see a big drop in chemical exposure where only a flee day switch in cosmetics and shampoos and lotion. teens are at wreck because of time of re-development. the study focused open products with just certain chemicals with tests in animals showing it interferes with the hormones.

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>> his riff was hurt and the bat hit the shoulder but they both walked away and got to keep the bat. >> that dude is in shape. >> a second they are headed home and the next second they are then out of their seats, at 5:00 a.m., we are on scene of an ace train derailment with new information that investigators are telling us this morning. >> complete darkness, moving across the earth at 1,500 miles per hour. or faster. >> a chance to win this is an amazing mission richers are on, on the other side of the pacific.

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