ecuador airports are functioning, but they're overwhelmed by people trying to get out and supplies trying to get out. we spoke to an airline today who said all of the passengers who were supposed to be arriving in the states today will be arriving tomorrow and that includes a group of 20 high schoolers who made it through the earthquake, but are now delayed getting home. the destruction in urban areas is overwhelming. concrete buildings have been reduced to rubble and rescuer workers continue to search for survivors. the high school students who arrived back home were in a small coast al town. there were helping with reforest station efforts there. >> he's an american living in ecuador and he has not been marked as safe and he's actually in the -- one of the red zones so 80% of the city was

destroyed. >> reporter: her friend is a florida native. he's part of what she describes as a sizeable expatriot community in the south american country. she's been monitoring the facebook safety check fefeature but he has not checked in yet. >> i skyped two friends last night. i talked to them and where were they and what their experience was. >> reporter: a couple vacationing in ecuador told us by phone they made it through the quake okay, but it knocked out most communications and infrastructure. >> the hotel we were staying at, they've been very generous and they're letting people come in to recharge their phones with their generators. >> reporter: there are local groups beginning to organize relief areas. there will be drop off areas to collect donations. they should have those locations set later this week.

we are breaking records across the bay area today. the temperature soared into the 90s. people relaxed outside soaking in the sun. let's head outside. it is still warm outside right now. let me show you the highs so far and where we have records. so a record today, 90 degrees. a new record in gillroy. san francisco coming in at 3. look at how warm it was around redwood city. live doppler 7 hd showing you high clouds moving across the bay area right now. we'll be seeing more than high clouds here. i'll tell you about those changes coming for your work week and when you might see the temperatures drop, especially

for those of you who do not have ac. police say they arrested a man for kidnapping a little boy leading to a state wooid amber alert last week. they helped capture him this afternoon. all this drama began when a black honda was stolen from a women's driveway with her 2-year-old son strapped into his car seat. you can see where the boy was found. he was unharmed. police tell us they will push for him to face attempted murder charges because the victim was left inside a locked car with the windows closed. residents are fur rus. they say a weekend fire could have been put out much sooner if two broken fire hydrants had been working. this happened on sugar creek drive. we are there live with a story that you will see only on abc 7 news. have those hydrants been fixed

yet. >> reporter: they have. this fire hydrant is not moving in the ground and that's a good thing. earlier today it was shaking around quite a bit. it's one of two fire hydrants in this area that have been repaired. folks that live next door to this home that caught fire over the weekend want to know why it wasn't repaired sooner. >> over here. look. >> reporter: residents are shaking their heads over this shaking fire hydrant. >> it doesn't make any sense. >> reporter: when a fire broke this weekend firefighters had access to this nearby hydrant except it was broken. the same with this one across the street. >> we have called the city time and time about this fire hydrant. >> it hasn't been fixed and it's major. >> it's a wakeup call now. >> reporter: despite all those calls the water company contracted by the municipal water system to do repairs says the only call they received was today. what time did you get called?

>> just a few minutes ago. >> we do not have a record of these complaints. if we had known we would have fixed it right away. >> reporter: three employees inspect 300 fire hydrants a year. there are 850 hydrants total. employees rely on inspection and complaints to catch problems. how did these two get past all of those? >> we'd have to look into that. >> reporter: this hydrant with the hole was fixed in december of 2015. it's unclear what happened since and it's unclear how many more could be broken. is that a problem that the city doesn't know how much fire hydrants are currently out of service right now. >> like i said we have that maintenance plan. >> reporter: firefighters got water from this hydrant further away. residents wonder if the fire could have been put out sooner. a train killed a pedestrian

today. this happened around 3:00 this afternoon. we were above it as the nvgsz was under way. passengers were taken to the next stop on a bus. none of them were injured in that collision. the police on the lookout for a man who randomly attacked another man. the victim was walking with his family when the man that you see in this sketch hopped out of a vehicle. he walked over and said what's up and then punched the victim in the face. the attacker got back in the vehicle. you see a picture of the vehicle on the right and then took off. a two-hour standoff in front of the state capital has come a peaceful end. the man surrendered to police about an hour ago. a group of women have settled their racial discrimination lawsuit against the napa valley wine train.

11 woman accused the crew of kicking them off for being too loud. ten of the women are african-american. they say they were targeted because of their race. both sides settled the case through private mediation. the settlement amount is con feshl. san francisco's china community welcomed a new addition to the chinese hospital. it's called the patient tower. it's located where the first hospital was built 91 years ago. we go down memory lane and joins us live from china town. >> reporter: definitely this was a place to be today in chinatown. they were offering tours. i think former san francisco mayor willy brown said it best when he said this is really a hospital for the community by the community. in chinatown dangerons are

symbolic of power. no surprise that it was picked to represent the china's hospital's success. this is the only san francisco supervisor born here. >> i'm really proud. to me being born here and seeing a rebirth of the hospital brings a lot of joy to me. >> reporter: today this section of the hospital opened its doors not only to the community, but to all of san francisco with state-of-the-art equipment. >> it's becoming a great institution. it's come a long way. >> reporter: the eight-story to tower replaced the original building which came online in 1925 built out of the necessity. >> if you were chinese-american you couldn't get help anywhere else. >> the staff speaks and understands the culture like most of us grew up in this area.

>> reporter: this woman is a respiratory therapist who has worked at the hospital for 36 years. it cost $180 million to build this new facility, money that came from hospital funds, a bond and donations from the community. >> i'm excited to move in and start working here for another 100 years. >> reporter: it's a journey now left to the younger members of this community. in san francisco abc 7 news. a lot of people wondering if curry is going to play in tonight's big play off game. >> i'm preparing as if he's not going to play. >> if not they will have to step up their game. we're live with the latest on curry. a bay area health startup is under scrutiny tonight. a decade long fight won by google. we reveal what you should do right now if you have yet to file your tax

many people are on the road right now to heading to the warriors' play off game. you're looking at the traffic flow. >> not bad. >> it's moving at this points. it could be worse. it is still more than two hours before game time though. the warriors host houston in game two. it's neverous times for warriors fans over how serious curry is going to play tonight. >> we have team coverage for you tonight. we are live inside the arena, but we start outside who is at the warriors ground tailgate.

that's a good party. >> reporter: there is a lot of concern about whether curry is going to be good to go tonight so i thought i better warm up just in case. i played a little ball in high school. i was a guard, so i thought i better get warmed up just in case. nowhere in site, that was curry at today's warriors shoot around. not a great sign for fans hoping the star could rebound quickly from saturday's twisted ankle in the second quarter. >> he's probably going to be in the game plan. we need him and he's a great player. it's not a game without him. >> reporter: in a perfect world curry would be on the court tonight, but fans realize it's early in the playoffs and it's better to play it safe now. >> i hope he doesn't play. i think we still can beat them by ten points with him not

playing and i hope he doesn't play so his ankle heals up and he'll be ready for the rest of the playoff. >> i think we have a great bench. give him a rest and everyone else will come to rise to the occasion. >> the best thing to do is rest curry. >> reporter: this guy says he has mixed feelings when it comes to playing curry. on the one hand he wants him to rest and on the other he worries about the bottom line. >> definitely curry is needed to win the game tonight, at least cover the spread which is always important. winning the game is even more important, but winning money is bett better. >> reporter: all right. i think we found a better option. this man looks pretty good. what do you think? just in case. we have this young man set to go? now if he can't make it, that's a decision they're going to make at game time. mike is inside the arena. he'll have more on that.

>> reporter: thank you. we're here in the calm before the storm. as i said at 4:00 curry is going to come out and warm up and we'll see if he can play. he might not even know at that point, but it's the calm before the storm here. players warming up. >> we've been friends for a long time and he knows the game. he's really good offensively and i feel like i'm good defensively and i thought it was a good match up so it's always fun, never dirty. i might go with the lines here and there, but it's never intentionally to put harm into any basketball player. >> if he misses a game, we are going to drop one. it's not the end of the world. that's worst case scenario, but we still plan to play to win and

if it is hurting him, there's no need to force a bad injury now when he can have four days rest and be fully healthy when we go down to houston. >> reporter: i think players, coaches and fans would like to see him sit tonight to make sure he can make it throughout the duration. reporting live, abc 7 news. >> thank you. the warriors could beat the rockets in the series without him so i think rest is more important, but we'll see how it turns out. here is another live look from the traffic situation above the arena. if you want to avoid the delays, take bart to the station and you walk over. a blood testing company now finding itself the subject of a federal criminal investigation. they made headlines last summer when the vice president joe bidden toured the facility. it was a way to revolutionize

blood testing by offering a full range of tests using just a few drops taken from a finger. the wall street journal reports whether it misled its investors. the u.s. supreme court declined to hear a challenge brought by a group of authors. they accused google of breaking copyright lawyers. a lower court found google was acting legally. google admits it could have faced billions of dollars in damages if those authors had prevailed. the midnight deadline to file taxes is looming. if it's not going to happen, don't panic. we have options for you. >> i get it done early. don't wait until april. >> reporter: with more than 150 million americans rushing to get their federal taxes filed by tonight. >> i usually file an extension so it's going to be stressful later on. >> reporter: a number of us and

you know who you are, just aren't even close to being ready. the question is what happens if you miss a deadline and the answer is don't. what you should do is file something. in some cases that will be a return and others an extension. >> the penalties for nonfiling for late filing are far greert than the penalties for late payment. >> reporter: filing a return is your best option wi. if you owe money pay as much as you can and if you don't have the means ask about an installment plan. contact the irs to discuss your options and they'll work with you. if you can't file that return, you'll need to ask for more time. asking for an extension will buy you six months. but one huge exception, an extension only extends the time to file. it does not extend the time to pay. if you're one of the lucky ones expecting a refund this year, you'll have to file in order to

get it. >> the irs will not send you money unless you ask them for it. >> reporter: the irs is sitting on about 1 billi$1 billion in ud refunds. so april 18th, 2016 is the last day taxpayers can receive a refund from the 2012 tax year. for those who won't be submitting a return online, here are the four post offices still open. the main post offices san francisco's processing center is open in will 7:30 it's the only one with curb side drop off. assuming your taxes are done, you can lay out in the sun and enjoy. >> really warm to hot is how i would sum up today. more records are coming in.

richland is a record and oakland airport is a record. look behind me. you see those high clouds there. you'll be seeing more of those tomorrow. you will also notice that the breeze will be stronger and that's what's going to take those temperatures down. right now on the rad or no rain, just clouds. here is a look at what some people are doing just basking in the sun from our camera where they are seeing plenty of it. it's 79 in oakland. low to upper 8 80s. here is a lovely view from the east bay hills camera and you're looking at some of those high clouds. a cooling trend returns tomorrow. the cooling will continue and rain is likely by friday. if you're looking for some changes, you're in the right place. first thing tomorrow morning expecting the temperatures to be in the upper 40s to 50s.

hopefully it will be a better sleeping night for you if you don't have the ac. i know many homes are without air conditioning and it's tough to sleep at night. tomorrow afternoon temperatures are going down. inland areas will drop a few degrees. 83 in gilroy. upper 70s for redwood city. it's going to be a mild one in downtown san francisco. 72, but a far cry from the 80s of today. daily city, 67 degrees. north bay 78. still a pleasant day in the east bay. fr freemont 80 degrees. we bring in our storm impact scale because friday we're going to be using this again. one is a light system, five is severe. we've been ranking these

systems. the one for friday, it's a light system. it's a one. it will bring us light showers. less than a quarter of inch of rain is expected. enough so to dampen part of your friday. here is a look at the time line. friday morning, light rain arrives at 7:00 a.m. and it spreads during the latter part of the morning going into the early afternoon. rainfall totals not expected to be high right now. a look at the seven-day forecast, the biggest thing you'll notice is the cooling trend. tomorrow the cooling begins on the seven day forecast. mid 60s to low 80s. the cool down continues on wednesday as the fog rushes in on the coast line. we'll be down to the 60s and 70s. can't rule out sprinkles, but it's friday that we bring in a one on the storm impact sale. rain is likely.

for the weekend we'll bump up the numbers a few degrees, but it is going to be a dry weekend. today's high temperatures in many areas a good 20 degrees above average. hopefully you didn't get too used to this. >> it was nice while it lasted. we do need more rain. >> yes we do. turning your skin into a screen, what's behind this electronic tattoo. then on 5:30 with world news. >> all eyes are new york's pivotal primary. can the front-runners move one step closer to the nomination. does a label that says made in america always mean it? new at of this year's winners of the

can. nasa released this photos of a solar flare. stanford researchers have created a substance that could one day be used as an artificial muscle. this has researchers excited. they were able to make it expand and contract. it's stretchy. even after researchers pulled it to 100 times its size, it was able to snap back and repair itself to its original size. putting flashing digits on your skin might seem strange, but they're critical to the concept of a new type of electronic skin. the skin tattoo is showing blood oxygen levels. they're detected by light. it could be used from monitoring your vital signs to making wearable electronics a whole lot

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coming up at 6:00, we have the count down to game two and the decision on curry. we'll report live from ora kel. san francisco police fight

back. they're disputing claims of racial bias on the force. that's coming up at 6:00. the giants are back in town and abc news caught up with one of the player's unusual pregame work yut. >> he was playing dodge ball with third and fourth graders. this is no the his usual pre-game reroutine. >> we're here to get these kids moving and active and it's important. they need to be healthy and it's never a bad thing to be outside. i was outside as a kid. >> 124 kids taking part in the challenge will keep a journal and he will be back in six weeks to hand out prizes to the kids. world news tonight is next.

thanks for your time. we'll see you in 30 minut breaking news tonight. an american city under water. deadly floods and dramatic rescues under way. families using anything that floats to escape. schools closed. thousands without power. the driver swimming from his sinking car. a reporter pulls him to safety. and more rain on the way tonight. also breaking at this hour, race against time. the death toll climbing. three major earthquakes in just three days. could america's west coast be next? battle for new york. the final push. bernie sanders facing a must-win in hillary clinton's home state. she fends off a new attack from donald trump. >> i think he's the donkey of the decade. desperate manhunt. the urgent search for two brothers on the run, suspected of killing their neighbors. police unable to find the victims. and the wild scene at the zoo. a woman jumps the fence into the tiger cage. wait until you