live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> another morning of frustration on bart. man you had to find another way to get around. a section of the pittsburg line is closed for a second day. sky 7 is over the bus backup at two east bay stations. bart is flying in experts to figure out the mysterious power surge problems. i am natasha zouves. >> i am kristen sze. bart has discovered this morning twice as many train cars were damaged than originally thought. they work on a fix they run buses to transport commuters between the north concord and pittsburg/bay point station where tracks are shut down.

tiffany is concord with the latest. >> kristen we are through the bulk of the morning commute and buses are arriving from the pittsburg/bay point and a lot of the passengers getting off are not that upset simply saying it has had ten minutes. >> sky 7 had two bart stations that looked like bus terminals. >> leave early. still down. but, the parking is full already, too early for this. >> a power subject between pittsburg/bay point and the north concord martinez stations took 50 cars out of service yesterday. bart set up a bus bridge to ferry passengers between the stations last night and it continues this morning. >> it was well set up, they got plenty of buses for everyone. it wasn't that bad. >> passengers say the buses took 15 minutes to shuttle to north concord. when they arrived at the station another headache, with so many

cars in the repair shot the trains running to san francisco and oakland are fewer and less frequent. so it is a much more crowded commute. >> i hate bart. it is what it is. better than driving. >> the spokeswoman said crews and pg&e are running field tests. they are also flying in experts to analyze the track issue. it is similar to the voltage spike that impacted cars in the tube weeks ago. >> same symptoms but we do not know if it is the same cause. we are trying to get to the root of problem. >> the voltage spike does not impact safety. >> there could be a smoke but nothing to be concerned about. >> bart apologized for the frustration with the overcrowding and the delay. they have offered free parking at the north concord station to help those who have to dry here. right now there is no word on full service is returned.

people impacted by the trouble on the tracks are taking to twitter to voice frustration and bart is response responding, sometimes pretty bluntly. in fact, frankly, almost of the tweets are worth reading. look at this exchange, bart starts out by saying all of our efforts are focus on resolving electrical issues, apologies for the trouble and we are working on it. and a response was "how much does one need to apologize before you realize this is a terrible service and should no longer apologize." bart responding by saying, bart was built to trance for the far fewer people and much of our system has reached the end of its useful life. this is our reality. this is our reality, actually, trend on twitter. laura anthony is tracking the story and talk to passengers about the changes they want to see moving forward with reports

starting at 4:00. you can christian the conversation by posting on social media hash dear bart. we hook for video messages or comments to share. we could use them here. or online at abc7news.com. >> san leandro police warn residents to lack out after a string of vandalism involving the use of bb guns to shot out car windows. more than 100 cars have been attacked. matt is in san leandro. 100 cars, since when? >> kristen, since the end of last year police are looking for a connection to the bb gun attacks and hoping to stop the vandals before they strike again. >> this would be frustrating if it happened once. broken glass is evident of eight car windows shot out by pb guns in san leandro. this is not the first time. it has happened three times this year. the most recent is on wednesday morning. neighbors who everyone not hurt

home their turn is not inevitable. >> we hoped it would not hit us but we are probably bound to get hit the. >> this is surveillance video from an attack in february, a toyota pulls in front the driveway and someone opens fire on the parked vehicles. since the end of december, the attacks have taken place in the washington manor and marina district of san leandro and in the alameda county sheriff's jurisdiction in san leandro and san lorenzo. 100 cars have been hit. victims and police are frustrated. they want to know, why? >> searching for a motive. that motive will come out when we identify who the suspects are that are responsible for this because it makes absolutely no sense why anyone would drive around at 1:00 or 2:00 in the morning and randomly shoot windows out. >> police estimate that all of the attacks combined could add up to tens of thousands of dollars in damage if the vandals

are caught police hope they will have to pay up for the repairs. police are investigating an attack that left a homeowner fighting for his live. three people busted into the door of a him on sacramento street. it happened after 11:00 last night. they found a 21-year-old man inside and held a gun to his head and demanded to see a safe. the victim was not hurt and said there is not a safe in his house. he does not think the suspects took anything. they got away in a car. the description is not released. >> the man suspected of kidnapping and killing sierra lamar will be in court. tops for garcia-torres want to see d.n.a. evidence that the case is built on. the teen disappeared four years ago. her body was never found. garcia-torres is scheduled to be on trial april 25.

>> police want to you look at this video from santa cruz, a woman stealing mail from the home. she goes to the front of property, rings the doorbell and starts helping her sell to items in the mailbox. a resident spoke to the woman through the inner.comand said she was looking for airbnb rental and she walks away. >> new details on the war of words between apple and the fbi from the apple c.e.o. tim cook in an interview with "time" magazine he talks about what is at stake in the battle. he warns the government could force tech companies to build software that spies on users. this is a week ahead of the hearing over unlocking an iphone. >> in moraga there is a state of message clearing the way for 500,000 to fix a giant sinkhole. it opened on sunday at rheem boulevard and center street.

the sinkhole cut a pg&e gasoline. it is affecting 2,500 customers. the state of message means the town can access $500 the for million repairs to the sipping hole and bypass the bidding process. crews have to figure out what caused the sinkhole in the first place before fixing it. until that time drivers have to keep out of the area. >> new details, senate majority leader has president obama's choice to fill supreme court justice antonin scalia vacancy headed to capitol hill. here is the president meeting with judge merrick garland a week ago. president obama has named merrick garland his choice to fill the seat last by the death of supreme court justice antonin scalia last month. the harvard educated chicago native and top reports in the oklahoma city bombing will meet with two top democrats today despite senate republican leaders refusing to fill the vacancy until after the november election. >> the senate has a constitutional right to act as a

check on a budget and withhold its consent. >> republican senators are open to pleating with him but no signs that the meeting will lead to confirmation hearings. >> it is the end of the road for a seaworld staple, and what the theme park is doing away with and who they are joining focus with. >> putting safety in the driver before seat with an announcement from washington to keep your family safer in years to come. >> a look from our camera, blue skies as far administration we can see.

>> new details, minute authorities say a lawsuit filed against uber in the name of the driver accused of shooting and killing six people last month, is bogus. kalamazoo officials say the lawsuit seeking $10 million in dams from the ride service is suspicious because the postmark was philadelphia. jason dalton is in jail in michigan and denying filing the lawsuit and said the handwriting does not match his. >> a major announcement from seaworld ending their controversial killer whale

program saying the orcas are the last it will keep in captivity, this is video from a show. seaworld is teaming up with critic, the humane society, to end the orca shows. here is the action from both ceos. >> they have been swimming in criticism for several years but this morning, seaworld c.e.o. announcing a change in the tide saying all of the signature orca shows will be coming to an end. >> occurrent orcas under our care are the last generation, and we will phase owe our theater shows. >> changing the breeding policy. >> we are ending breeding as of today. >> new, working with unlikely ally, the humane society. previously one of the sea world's loudest critics. >> this is something that every animal advocate in the nation can celebrate. >> laster, the 51-year-old company announcing they were shut down the one ocean show in san diego. now, other similar acts will

follow suit by 2018 including in orlando where trainer was killed in 2010 by the popular, a. >> that was a very horrific moment. >> the 29 killer whales will remain in captivity for their own safety. >> no whale born under human care has been released successfully. there is no doubt society has changed. we have to change with it. >> they are hoping this is the first step in a long partnership to help the whales. >> new this morning, from washington, car manufacturers and government laters are setting a new standard in vehicle safety. pretty cool. look at this, this is called auto braking a standard feature on cars to help save lives. "7 on your side" first protect the story yesterday at 5 o'clock , it applies to brakes as the car applies the foot.

it will be standard on cars and mid-sized suvs. 94% of the problem the humans are the problem. so it is exciting. >> so far, at least ten carmakers have committed to making auto braking standard on cameras sensors. >> giving a professional sport a new home in san francisco and who can be scaring off. >> perfect day to head to the park and soak up the sun. atemperatures are six degrees warmer than this time than yesterday and warmer than that by the afternoon with the latest news on the ground. you will like how we are trending and update on the rain that is coming this weekend. >> and prince harry is talking about his life changing mission away from the royal family and why he wants to be known as more than "just a

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>> professional soccer i don't come for san francisco, the department of parks is discussing bringing pro games to the season with a permit filed for up to five years to hold 15-20 songer games a year this is the renovation in 2014. if they get the green light it would be allowed to sell alcohol starting in 2017.

not all fun and games. some neighborhoods are concern about noise and traffic getting a chance to weigh in right now with meeting at city hall. >> happening today, st. patrick's day celebrations an the world and the bay area celebrating the luck of the irish and save some green by wearing green. ihop is offering a free short stack of pancakes for customers wear green, and you can try mcdonald's famous green shamrock shake or burger king irish shake. do not worry i have the green on and i will share the short stack but. >> >> i have green going on, on my shoes. that is my contribution. machine in, what is your excuse? >> i could have changed ties. i don't me if green goes with this. but if i wear green it does not show up on the screen. now a look at the sky 7, in the

east by, flying around san ramon, danville, alamo and toward walnut creek and you can see the lovely shade of emerald. it is looking a lot different than it did a year ago and our drought, and how it is shrinking focusing on the darkest red. that is the exception, the highest level of drought with 35% of state covered. in october we started at 46% and a year ago we were at 40% and we trending the right way. today, though, born dry on live doppler hd. you can see how beautiful it is. from mount tamalpais. sunshine. warmest highs today, spring begins on saturday evening at 9:30 and a chance of height rain sunday and again on tuesday the key being "light," with no atmospheric refer. temperatures today from san francisco at 7-11 degrees warmer-than-average. where does that put us, san francisco, same at half moon bay, 70, and that is as cool as

it gets oakland is 75 and san jose, and palo alto at 76, and check out cloverdale and fairfield and antioch, the warm spot at 77 degrees and tonight the marine layer re-develops and we could have clouds that will spill into the bay, and temperatures are in the mid-40s inland to low 50s around san francisco and richmond. we will talk about the storm-impact scale this is on the light side from "1" to "5". mostly a third of an inch. some breezes but no damage on sunday. hour by hour, we will start at 5:00 in the morning, quiet. and mid-morning, through the early evening hours, darker green is rolling through. it dries up for monday through the evening and on tuesday morning it comes on pack. we will see how the rain is spread, half an inch in novato and .14" in san jose. we have another chance of light rain even lower amounts than we

see monday night into tuesday morning and the sunshine comes back out and temperature are in the 60s starting on sunday through wednesday and the next three days, though, are in the 70s away from the coast. >> hopefully you can get out and enjoy the sunshine. >> love it. >> prince shear on a mission to celebrate a wounded veteran, and prince harry said why serving chained his role as a prince. >> i thought i was part of a time and i wanted to prove to other people i had a certain set of skills. rather than just being a prince. >> he said he is in a perfect condition about supporting wounded worse and is the driving force behind the games for veterans from across the world competing in sports. he will host the next game in

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>> coming up at 4:00, it looks like urban destruction but skit fiction coming to life in san francisco and we will tell you what this is all about. >> a juice cleanse, do they live up to the hype? that is at 5:00. >> love this video, we found the perfect candidate for one of america's funniest home videos. a pet fox in michigan has a funny way of falling asleep. >> the arctic fox cannot hold back after he hears someone chuckle. if you wonder what is so funny the owner said he does it all the time when he is sleepy. >> maybe it is a sign that the four-year-old is looking forward to a silly dream or something else. >> he always falls asleep mid-laugh. >> i looked it up and an arctic

fox is illegal in the state of california. >> he is so cute i wanted one. >> very illegal. >> thanks for skinning us. who wants to an millionaire is next.

>> a quarter million, half a million, $1 million. winning thin and nothing would make me happier than to see someone do it right here today on "who wants to be a millionaire." [dramatic music] ♪ hi, everybody. i'm chris harrison. welcome to the show. are you guys ready to play today? [cheers and applause] good. that's what i'm talking about. our returning contestant credits her father for both her sense of humor and trivia knowledge. with her dad now cheering her on in spirit, she may just find herself laughing her way all the way to the bank. from jersey city, new jersey, please welcome back kristen bartlett. >> hi, chris. hey. ohh. oh, i can even get a hug now. >> absolutely. that's right. >> we know each other. >> we're old friends now. >> we're friends. >> please. we've been friends for days. >> many days.