75 people worked nonstop to get it cleared to resume service. ace train derailed on monday night in niles canyon while traveling from san jose to stockton. nine people were hurt. everyone survived. investigators say the train derailed because of a mud should, mud and possibly a tree landed on the tracks. train hit the debris. they will study the event recorder in the train to check the speed and how the brakes were working. investigators say the track looks good. they will slow the trains down through niles canyon where the derailment happened. to be sure. the first train will pass through at 5:40 this morning. >> ace train is trying to figure what could be done to prevent an accident like this from happening again. they said they will meet with union pacific about installing sensors along the stretch of the

canyon. they would alert engineers if a mudslide or fall were tree hits the tracks. they are used along the river in the sacramento valley and western colorado. >> for the latest developments on the derailment, we have a free news app with push alerts. >> from see at, nine firefighters have been hurt in a massive explosion. it happened two hours ago at a minimart. cruise were at the store over a gas leak when it exploded. the building is leveled. the blast blew out window on buildings several blocks away. we will continue to monitor the situation. we will bring you updates. you can follow us on twitter@abc7newsbayarea. >> a store employee is shot and fights off the robbers last night. two remain ad robbers enter the store and shot the clerk with

non-life threat being injuries. police are looking for the robbers. >> bernie sanders is bringing a lost momentum to the democratic debate after scoring a huge upset over hillary clinton in the michigan primary. the result astonished the most veteran reporters beating hillary clinton by 1.5 per superintendent, about 20 the voters and came from way back. >> i take this opportunity to thank the people of michigan who repudiated the polls that had us 20 or 25 points down a few days ago and who repudiated the pundits who said bernie sanders was not going anywhere. >> open respect side, donald trump won three primaries last night, in michigan, hawaii and mississippi. the next pry may are on tuesday when voters in ohio and florida go to the polls. >> efforts to derail donald trump campaign are in the valley. big names are involved.

what do we know? >> good morning, matt, they are hatching a land to stop trump from becoming the republican nominee but the details are kept under wraps at a secret and very exclusive meeting this past weekend. technical crows including apple c.e.o. tim cook and elon musk and larry page were this meeting with top republicans and billionaire donors in private on sea island east coast of florida. this is the american enterprise institute annual world forum which is private and off the record but details are starting to electric. the group feels trump is too erratic to be the nominee and he needs to be defeated. they examined how he got this far. the republican karl rest picked apart his weak notices, and they found people do not see him as presidential or someone their kids should look up to. they have helded for rule open sea island for years and last year, the of develops included

florida governor jeb bush, senator ted cruz and new jersey governor chris christie who has endorsed donald trump. oakland police are videoing why their officers mistake especially arrested a double amputee who later died in custody. officers arrested melvin stubs on saturday after they found his wife dead in their home. later that day, the jailers sent him to the infirmary to be treated for low blood sugar. he was found dead. the coroner determinedded his wife die of natural causes. >> happening today closing arguments in a wrongful delegate trial filed against for san francisco police officers. two years ago's shot and killed alex nieto, carrying a taser that officers say they mistook for a gun. trial featured conflicting testimony on the use of force. the jury should receive the case at noon. >> angry parents of students of st. mary's are looking over the

next move told the diocese is suspending operations because of low help rollment. coat katie has the story. >> we have to suspend the operations. >> with those words a furry of frustration and anger from parents, mostly aimed at the an diocese of san francisco. >> archdiocese is saying, screw you, we went our money back. the community has raised over $15 million! what the hell is that? >> parents say they did not know the school was in financial dire straits. >> everyone felt the decision was sudden and were surprised and taken back. all the principal was trying to protect the dwindling student bed of 80. >> i would have told them and this would have been a mass exodus. >> i am devastated the community was not given an opportunity in building a constructive

solution. >> the archdiocese said though $5 million in debt for construction of the new campus. >> we lost someone who 8 represent part of the facility, the help rollment was letter this year than last, and at the love things con verged at this point. we cannot reverse even if we work closely together. the cultural programs, preschool and saturday language school will continue to operate. the parish will replace families in new schools. look closely at the photo on the screen in marin county, a map is stuck down this, outlined in the yellow sickle. the 33-year-old man spent monday night there. it was 18 hours before someone finally the interested him. a highway patrol helicopter went in for the rescue. you are probably asking, how did he get there? the map said he took a short cut on the peach to get to his car and the tired rose and he was

trapped and no cell phone to call for help. >> i am tracking pockets of rain. the next three hours they will touch us in all neighborhoods so expect it to be wet outside for activity planner walking the dog, we have rain this morning. it will be clear this afternoon. taking the bicycle out, do it this afternoon, when it is dry and kayaking, it will be breezy on the bay with 10 miles per hour at golden gate bridge and light rain falling, in fact, we will have possible light rain through the morning fading in the afternoon hours and warmer today, mid-to-upper 60s and heavy rain for parts of the bay area open thursday into friday especialliy the north bay fore santa rosa and look at rainfall intensity from 4:00 open thursday morning law 4:00 on friday morning a lot of yellow and on in there and that means when all of the water pools into the russian river by sat morning, it is hitting plod

steam. something to keep an cry on. we will do it for you. sue? >> yes a look at petaluma, northbound 101 we have an accident, two lanes are blocked and i am seeing slow traffic approaching the scene from lakeville or 116, lakeville highway, northbound, and they are in the process of pushing that off the east washington so expect delays through there. northbound 87 they will take a traffic break to fill in the potholes so be aware of that. hopefully they will get that out of the there before the major morning commute. more road work and that will be updated in a few. >> from sick and starving to getting a second chance, next where the abused dogs were found in the bay area shelter trying to find good homes. >> san francisco sign as new contract with a towing company contract with a towing company and a break you will

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>> look at these faces, these dogs are looking for new homes. they are some of the animals part of an animal cruelty investigation. official say a couple packed 19 dogs into the back of a truck with little or no food or water. our reporter, cornell barnard, has the story. >> this dog is recovering along several of her friends at the animal shelter. she was one of 19 limit dogs crammed tight in cages in a u-haul truck found parked on this street in bay pitch. animal criminal officials say the days were sick and starving. >> very bad state, some with mange and aoperations and tumors. >> steve said that the sheriffs arrested a transient couple who kept the dogs as pets, charging them with animal cruelty. two of the animals were too sick and had to be euthanized. this is biggie, just had surgery and was malnourished but is recovering nicely. >> they have been parking here day after day.

>> a neighbor said the u haul was a common site. >> did you see the dogs in the back? >> i didn't. there were cages on top of cames. >> what did you think? >> not right. >> the suspects face possible trial later this month. steve said that animal cruelty, a terrible crime, never taken lightly. thank you is why our agency exists, is to bring those people to justice and bring the animals to care. all the dogs need now is a good home if you are interested the shelter has a photo gallery and we have a link at abc7 news abc7news.com. san jose officials are asking residents for money to fix up the city. the city council has approveed a 25 sales tax measure for the june ballot resulting in $4 million a year, for 15 years. official say san jose has experienced a fiscally tough last 10 years and needs to

restore services. a survey shows that many residents want the money spent on public safety. >> the cost of having a car towed in san francisco is dropping because of the bo supervisors who say they what not approve a contract between the municipal transportation agency and a doe company unless they lowered the price. the charge is $500 for a tow and the expense of a ticket. they have agreed so far to lower the cost by $75. >> surely many of you are still scrolling through amazing photos of the solar eclipse but no one could be as cool as what we are to show you. chasers on alaska airlines night 870 snapped this shot yesterday while in flight, the timing was no convince distance. the flight was headed from anchorage to honolulu. the airline began calculating away the to intercept the path of of a total eclipse a year ago

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alto and redwood city and this is what it looks like, richmond side of the richmond-san rafael you can see the spray. coming up the wet water. we are going to have light rain that will taper, moderate to half rain tomorrow and friday and flood lookly and a few trees will fall. "1" is light, "5" is severe, and today is light. thursday interest friday we have waves of heavy rain with the flooding conditions and i show you how it unfolds. 5:00 tomorrow morning, yellows and oranges, and they tried to slid support heart of the bay by the lunch hour, and they kind of fall apart and another one ramps up as we head into the 6:00 hour on thursday and we could get a little bit of a break overnight and hock at yellows after yellow after yellow until friday by noon. look at rainfall totals. possibly 6" around santa rosa and the south bay, .5" to two-thirds of an inch and we will have a tale of two bays for

the storm. light rain is possible on saturday and sunday. sue? >> we are going to the san mateo bridge with a look at 16 minutes from hayward across the flat section high-rise over to the foster city side of theys and not bad. looking good, green is good on the road map, we have slowing coming from tracy, now, up and over the altamont pass, and that is fairly typical. we have an accident, northbound 680, the ramp to west 580, the green on the map means the rain for the commute this morning. green on the roads means we are at the limit clearing the accident on the transition. the drive time and theism area with 35 minute ride from tracy up and over the altamont pass, and eastbound and westbound 84 to 880 to thornton, road work in the lanes for 15 minutes, and we will update the petaluma accident when we return in a few

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the airport will introduce their "airport butler amenity program." it is the first of its kind in the country. travelers can prearc a bunch of v.i.p. services to make the fly experience easier. >> it will be easier to get to sin city from the north bay, with a new flight from los angeles and santa rosa and will fly to phoenix, arizona, with service between sonoma and orange county begins next week. >> this is how police officers put their live on the line. a traffic stop in michigan. watch this. an officer pulls over the driver on saturday. it is scary after this. >> what'sup. bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang. >> like that, the driver opened fire on the officer as he was approaching the window and that is when a high speed pursuit

happened. it ended when the suspect ditched the car and ran into his mother's home a mile from where he was pulled over. hours later the stand off ended when a police dog bit the suspect and took hill down. the officer suffered from temporary hearing loss in one ear but otherwise is dying all right. >> this is not good news for drivers, aaa said the arrival of summer could signal rising the gas prices in preparation for the switch over to summer blend gasoline. gas prices have been stable in the bay area since february especially in concord and oakland. that is where the gas has jumped 30 cents a gallon recently. >> a sea otter that just gave birth is headed back out to the bay. the mother will spend the next few days teaching her pup how to bible, collect food and other skills needed for a life in the wild. the mother starts grooming the pup immediately after birthest weekend. it helps to capital the pup warm

in the water. the scientists have never seen a live birth up close like this before. >> we check where we are from when the rain season began october 1. only san jose and use skia barely above normallor average at 101 and 102% with the moisture moving at us tomorrow and friday so the high moisture content is why we have so much rain across the north bay. today, it stays offshore, and well have scattered showers north of 80, maybe dipping down to modesto and at lake tahoe mainly a rain event. here is my seven-day forecast, a winter mix today, a light winter mix tomorrow and moderate snow for friday if you headed up this, be careful, snow showers on saturday and light snow on sunday and moderate snow on monday, just as active. >> very good. we will monitor the train requirements. we look at the bay bridge our first look, at the toll plaza looking if, no metering lights

and a couple of cars waiting do pay cash in the right hand cash lanes and fuzzy so rain over the berkeley area and a stream of headlights headed when for continue meants from golden gate field to san francisco. in petaluma, northbound, sensors are show green and it is cleared and the last we checkeds pushing the accident off at east washington, so better news there, we have road work lingering in the lanes and we will look at that and the south bay drive coming up. >> this is it, we were own the embarcadero in san francisco as crews started to demolish the waterfront restaurant shut down four months ago. the port of san francisco evicted the restaurant and the owners. sinbads is replaced with an expanded ferry terminal. >> the s veal ballet is down. they have faced financial

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>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good morning, thanks for joining us. i am matt keller here for that take. >> you made it to wednesday. we will get to a check on the weather and traffic. mike? it will be rainy every day for every day for the rest of our lives. >> that will be impressive.

wet wednesday, for sure, from alameda, san leandro and castro valley and hayward back to dublin on 580 across the san mateo bridge to san mateo from san carlos to redwood city, where our best radar returns are. you can see what it left behind over sfo where we will have flight arrival delays. temperatures are warmer this morning at 46 to 52. we will hang out in the mid-to-upper 50s by noon. most of us dry by 7:00. more rain is on way. >> in san jose, i want to tell you that ace train one is on time leaving stockton at time at 4:20 and headed for vasco. they expect to slow the trains through niles can corner so you could have delays in arrival but ought is looking good and on time. in san jose 280 at 880, that is looking great with no delays. southbound 80 toward 24 at the limit not a problem. we do have lingering road work,