a bart span said they cannot afford to lose any or cars so they set up a bus bridge between the stations yesterday. bart said the bus bridge will last at least through this morning's commute as the maintenance crews work with pg&e to resolve the issue. commuters will be able to take trains from the north concord martinez station into oakland and san francisco but those will be shorter trains and less frequents than normal. the power surge they are trying to figure out is similar to the surge that knocked out 80 trains in the transbay terminal a few weeks ago. a bart spokesman said to allow extra time. riders are frustrated. >> crowded. we are dealing with the traffic. bart is trying to help with that. with different businesses and employers and commute times but we are all frustrated with the commute times.

>> if you look you can see the bus bridge has just arrived from the pittsburg and bay point station, it looks pretty crowded. people have been getting off there for about the past 30 seconds. we have been here half an hour and this is the second bus we have seen arrive so that will give you an indication of how quickly the buses are going between the two stations. we spoke to a commuter on a bus and he just wants it know when it is fixed but bart has not given an indication of when the service is going to be repaired. >> we will keep close tab on bart service all morning long. we will tell you about problems when we hear. you can get updates on bart with the news app free. >> bart is also warning riders about another closures scheduled for next weekend. passengers in the east bay have

to use a bus bridge while bart replaces track and wood times on fremont line. the construction shuts down service between the san leandro and bay fair station march 26 and march 27. bart said the work will result in safer and more quiet and reliable rides. >> friends of sierra lamar gather to remember the teen would was last seen leaving her morgan hill home four years ago. the man suspected of the kidnap asking murder will appear in court. our reporter is in san jose. the hearing is today at the santa clara county courthouse for garcia-torres the accused killer of sierra lamar. the defense wants dan evidence from the prosecution. in court, the defense attorneys say the evidence is material, relevant, and these to his defense. the suspect's attorney said there were 11 other partial hits and they want to see them. this is a four-year anniversary

after she was last seen leaving home. she lived in fremont before moving south and this was a favorite restaurant so friends and fathered decided to gather there. the friend are in college and not an pop moment goes by when they do not think of her. birthday, going into college, everything that, i can see myself getting older i think of her a lot. she should be experiencing that. >> a weekly search for her ended last year but this saturday volunteers will go back to the area near the reservoir outside morgan hill. they believe it wasn't searched theirly. the court hearing is edge asked for 1:30 today. >> a physicalup now to a story that we first brought you ten months ago. a marin county man who raised money posing as a deck rated war

hero trained young men interested in joining mains and helped to fund raise wearing a purple heart and a bronze star. it turns out the medals were fake and he never served in the marines. the prosecutors charged him with fraudulent lengthily using the purple hurt to obtain maybe a misdemeanor. he will appear in court next week. >> a driver arrested for an accident that last a six year old boy permanently injured could be arraigned by tomorrow. police captureed this man yesterday morning in hayward, we break the news on the midday news. the c.h.p. said he was driving a stolen ford and he struck the boy if castro valley on march 7. the six-year-old had to have his left leg amputated before the knee walking to school with his 8-year-old brother and grandmother and the father is relieved that someone has been arrested. >> i hope he stays in jail a long-term. he literally ruined

grandson's life. >> a shame. the fusion was one of five stolen before the crash from the dealership in livermore. police are still looking for his accomplices. >> man wanted for a double shooting is accused of trying to kill a pacifica police officer, spot him walking on highway one yesterday morning. an officer trayed to take him into custody and he put up a fight. they say he fired at the officer. the officer did suffer minor injuries in the scuffle but managed to arrest him. he was wanted for shooting two men yesterday, or last saturday and he now faces three charges of attempted murder. >> >> highway patrol troopers, firefighters and the public 10 lawsuited fallen officer taylor as the recession drove along i-80 from sacramento to truckee the american flags hung from the fire trucks, displayed along the

routes. taylor was hit by a car while direct traffic around an accident near truckee over the weekend and died on sunday. he work for c.h.p. for six years three in san jose. >> a state of emergency has been declared in moraga clearing the i for half a million in immediate funding to fix a giant sipping hole. it opened up on sunday at the intersection of green boulevard and -- at rheem boulevard and center street. a traffic height was swallowed by the sinkhole. the town now can access $500,000 for message repairs to the sinkhole and bypass the bidding process. crews have to figure out the cause of the sinkhole. before they can fix it. until that time drivers have to keep out of area. >> there is a big road closure in marin because of the mudslide. the the marin county sheriff closed 30 mile of the fairfax road. authorities say the conditions

are unsafe even for them. here is the reason why, this put slide made a mess of things on monday and there is near the lake am pipe dam. c.h.p. closed the road and now said that the conditions are worse than they thought. >> recent storms are helping replenish key reservoirs around california that have been dried up. the latest measurement finds that several of them are nearly 100% fill. shasta lake is average for the first time since 2013. >> the bad news is average is not good enough. we have had four incredibly dry years. it looks like this year with the average amount of rain and snow is not going to be enough to end the drought. >> it is true. california is in the 5th year of drought. the water resources control board will meet to decide there to lift or change the mandatory 25% cut in waterrize.

>> we need water table up but the reservoirs are full the table is still depleted parts of the state of sinking because we have pulled so much water out of the ground. >> portrero hill is 52, and the coolest. sunny side is veteran. the warmest is through the ferry builting to the financial district at 56. richmond and belmont at 52. union city is 50. pittsburg is june. tracy is 50. pacifica is 54. the activity planner shows good day for garden if you do not have allergies. they are watching upstairs in the newsroom today is the best day for swimming. and walking the dog is good. east bay hills camera shows how still and clean the air is, nearly 80 in the south bay. continues are cooler temperature with the wind shifting and saturday i will let you know if the cooling trend continues and the chance of rain. sue? >> we are taking a look at the san mateo bridge for 15 americans from hayward to foster

city and reminder of bart, there are delays on the bay point pittsburg lane because of the early program that started yesterday. a bus bridge between north concord and bay spent so allow extra time. we will cover that obviously all morning. we will look at the walnut creek southbound 680 looking great beyond north main to 24 and 24 is good to the colorado tunnel with debris and c.h.p. has gotten that cornered up but we will check in a couple of minutes. >> thank you, sue, ramping up pressure on republicans. the game plan from the white house to have the -- give supreme court nominee merrick garland a chance. >> also, a video that can tech a valuable lesson, the lesson san francisco police hope we will francisco police hope we will all lear

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>> santa clara, san francisco, east bay, and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. it is 4:42. a balloon with a massive flaring in southern california with haz-mat saying a balloon hit a power lynn causing a system disturb an that resulted in a voltage tip. residents have called for the laboratory closure after an explosion happened last february. >> breaking overnight, a stunning change of course for seaworld, the park is ending

their orca breeding problem, announcing this, this morning. they say the current orcas are of the last generation after the treatment was spotlighted in "black fish," seaworld said they will focus instead on rescue operations so strapped marine animals have a place to go. >> today, president obama's pick to fill the vacancy were at supreme court is headed to capitol hill, republicans stand firm in their plan to belong nomination. leader is more on the tough road ahead for judge merrick garland. >> senate republican leaders made it clear, they will not fill the supreme court vacancy until after the november election. that will not stop the president's nominee from marching to capitol hill today the. >> this morning, supreme court nominee merrick garland will meet face on face with democratic senators, but it is the republicans who control his fate the. >> this is precisely the time when we should play it straight. all the she down over filling the vacancy intensifies as he

introduced the pick the ought greatest honor of my life. other than my wife agreeing to marry me. >> the harvard educated chicago native has dedicateed his life to the law a top prosecutor in oklahoma city bomb, and two decades serving the washington, dc court of appeals. >> it is the right of the senate to act as a check on a president and withhold its concept. >> the senate's top republican is holding his young and the next president should pick the next justice. but we found at least six republican senators who are open to meeting with merrick garland, including chuck grassley saying he is also open to meeting with merrick garland but there are no signs that any of the meeting will lead to confirmation hearings. >> if your car has been broken into you are not alone. san francisco police say that car break-ins have tripled in the last give years. look at this video, break-ins

are up 31% since 2014 is this was released to show you how fast it can happen. the thief smashed the windows in a few seconds and walks away with $4,000 worth of stuff. this happened february 25 in the western edition neighborhood. if you are only thinking of break-ins when you are pack it is too late. >> put it in the trunk of vehicle or take it with you and especially do not put it in the truck where you park the vehicle, do it before you arrived to your destination. >> last your alone, officers say there are more than 70 reports a day, a day, for car break-ins. >> i wish everyone a happy st. patrick's day but i am the only one represent the green. >> i cannot wear friend. >> motorcycle has legitimate excuse. >> in either can sue. >> we will show why on twitter.

>> and now, i stay here. >> as you can see it will be a warm day today, and look at that, miracle march is happening, so, obviously, the green tie is not working for me on st. patrick's day and that is why. mike? >> you does a good job, i will kickback. >> probably have 30 seconds but it is okay. now you spree why we cannot wear green. >> miracle march, especially if were extra, if we get in more rain rest of the month we will be above average. we will look at the next six hours on live doppler hd and we are doing great, no need to worry about wet weather, we will look at the exploritorium camera, using the backdrop to talk about sunshine and our warm of the highs today, spring is saturday evening, and known at the equinox and lit rain on sunday and tuesday to keep it light. helps today are 70 at half moon bay and in san francisco, and the rest us are 73-77 degrees

with 77 being fairfield and antioch and morgan hill. tonight, temperatures are dropping into the mid-to-upper 40s inland and upper 40s to low 50s around the rest of our neighborhood with more chance of marine layer fog developing. storm-impact scale is "1" is light and "5" is sever, sunday is lights breezy, but, rain is only up to a third of an inch and at 5:00 on sunday morning, it dips down as we head through the difficult on sunday, so speeding up because it is come in during the day and the rainfall is looking to be less. 5:00 on monday evening, nothing, but another chance of rain on tuesday morning. here is my seven-day forecast, it will knock the 70 out of the forecast, starting on monday through wednesday. sue? >> good morning, we will talk about bar this morning, we have a delay on the pittsburg bay point line and they are saying ten minutes with the plaguing problems the last 24 hours. since yesterday morning.

expect delays. north concord to bay point is a bus bridge with fewer trains and less frequent service right new, 26 trains are in service and muni is not reporting any problems and ace train one got off on time out of the central valley and a nice look at the golden gate bridge where a 120-minute delay from novato to san francisco and you still have these lanes right now waiting for the zip are truck to get in action and give you four lanes in the south. >> okay, dog lovers we have something for you, next wednesday american 23 it is "national puppy day." we have been asking for you to send in pictures of puppies and using # puppieson7. this is my partner, fill, and at his workplace they are allowed it have dogs at work. next wednesday we will too, so johnny us we will she case your dogs but dogs from local agencies who need to have forever homes. we help you can help us out with a dog camera all morning on

abc7news.com. and right here. start at 4:30-7:00 a.m. join us. do not for get hash puppies on 7. >> a big promise from bay area candy makers, the pledge to keep children healthy. >> move over, marty, when you can buy back to the future power places. but, america's money report. >> topping america's money, making cars safer, major united states makers have agreed to make automatic emergency braking standard on cars by 2022. it uses cameras, radar, and more to slow or stop the vehicle if the driver does not react. >> open st. patrick's day everyone is irish, of course, which means we can celebrate especially with special democrats. >> where green at ihop and get a short stick of pancakes for a dollar and sonic all shakes are half price and at mcdonald's

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>> six candy companies taking on a major pledge to keep children healthy, two, judicially belly -- jelly belly is programming nature to put out advertising that targets children under 12. the bbb will oversee the program. professional soccer could come to san francisco, the department of rec and parks will discuss bringing pro games to the stadium. a permanent place to home soccer games a year. if the city gives the green light to post pro soccer it will allow alcohol to be sold starting in 2015 -- 2017. the meeting starts at 10:00 a.m. at city what. thank you is concern a destructive pest could spread in the north by. agriculture officials found

masses and this is how the mature insect looks that destroy as wide variety of plants and spreads lethal diseases to almonds and grapes. the eggs were found in shipments of trees from orange county. >> this is the happiest and clean of the elephant on the land it. >> love elephants. a video of a girl, a rescue, lovin' life at this elephant nature park in thailand. she delivery breaks the sprinkler heads at the park so they can enjoy how good it feels on her and people love to watch this so they don't mind at facility they allow her to keep breaking it. >> so funny. she does appear to be very happy so it hooks like they are taking good care of her in thailand. >> nothing about this why love. >> beat that. >> i cannot. >> every thing is clean.

that looks fun. love this. >> we have perfect pet tomorrow and hopefully we will have that happy for you to find and bring to your family. sfo is not showing delays, but yesterday we were 4-9 degrees above average and today 7-11 mostly in the mid-60s and we need to get in thity for record high temperatures. speaking of 80s, los angeles, 81, palm springs 92, mid-to-upper 70s through the central valley and lake tahoe is 2357 and now that you want to see, it will be very warm until the rain hits on sunday and the rain and snow mix on monday, and, finally, snow on tuesday. sue? >> no chain requirements with the warm temperature but the bay bridge toll plaza no metering lights. a car was out of gas partly blocking a lane. a couple of stacked up cars for the cash-pay lane. we will look outside, and we looked at our map, we have a special thing happening in burlingame today.

with the new broadway overcrossing opening this morning. they will be open or demolishing the old one over the weekend with overnight hours from 1:00 o'clock a.m. to 7:00 a.m. on friday and saturday morning so heads up southbound 101 will be closed during the overnight hours through broadway and burlingame but this morning the new overcrossing available for you. we have the bart situation, we have 26 trains out there, blinder delay on the pittsburg and bay point line because of equipment problems and a because bridge between north concord and pittsburg bay point so heads up. we will follow that next report. >> so men you guys are tweeting about this. check this out. nike's self lacing shoes. high-tech, right? this video was posted of the shoes. they will be out in time for the holidays but only available to members of nike plus. he come in three different

colors, white, black and gray. no word on the price the pretty awesome. >> i need it. >> the sell lacing shoes similar to those in "back to future," and there is michael j pox with his -- michael j. fox with his own version. fans are in for a big treat, michael j. fox and christopher lloyd and thompson will be in san jose this weekend appearing marvel comics founder and acto from "avengers." the comic con will be different this area because of sections defeated to consumer technical. >> next at 5:00 a.m., frustration facing bart riders this morning as engineers try to figure out a mystery on the track. >> the app that some city hall >> the app that some city hall insiders are using

live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> bart is trying to figure out a mysterious power problem that shut down service between two stations, if you ride bart, brace yourself for packed trains and big delays this morning. we are here to get you through it. >> i am natasha zouves. i am reggie aqui. >> sue is tracking the impact on bart. will more be in their cars? >> maybe and a lot of people on the bus bridges. they are cramming the buses already. we put it in yellow because they are experiencing what bart is saying is ten minutes