a medical helicopter so it could get a critically injured man into the hospital. >> leann melendez joins us live on the scene. this investigation is creating a traffic nightmare. >> it still is, we don't know how much longer this is going to last. now, i am on the freeway where this happened and you can see behind me the two cars now chp says without a doubt this was a targeted shooting. we have two people injured as you said. three suspects have been detained. and this is what we know. i-80 near san pablo was closed shortly after 3:30 this afternoon. following a shooting. a man was shot several times many he had to be transported to john muir medical center in a chopper, which had to land on this freeway. the man we are told is in critical condition.

the woman was shot in the hand, she suffered minor injuries and was taken to alta bates. there are two cars, a red suv and a silver minivan on the freeway. at one point we didn't know if the victims were in one car or separate cars. now we're being told that both victims were in the same car, and apparently the person in the red car stopped to help them. from sky 7 you can see that the windows were blown out. now, within a very short period of time, police were at a home in the iron triangle area of richmond on 17th street. police made arrests and a dodge charger was towed from that locati location. >> we did have multiple witnesses that called this in, this was how we had the

information to be on the lookout. >> trafficwise, yes, this is a nightmare, they were trying to persuade the chp to open at least one lane of traffic to alleviate things a little bit, but because this is an active crime scene, the chp said no, they are trying still to gather as much evidence as possible, and what can i tell you. this will remain perhaps closed for -- who knows, several minutes, hours, but again we have no idea when this will reopen, in the meantime, it is a traffic nightmare. live from richmond, leann melendez, abc 7 news. >> the shooting shutdown and traffic is being detoured as we've been mentioning. here's a live look at the backup. eastbound traffic is what you're seeing on the right-hand side that is not moving.

the traffic computer gives us a broader perspective on the impact of drivers. once the scene is all clear, you can get those on your smart phone by downloading the abc 7 news app. >> this shooting is nearly one of a dozen freeway shootings in the east bay. the latest targeted an offduty oakland police officer on 880 last week. the officer wasn't hurt. the contra costa county district attorney wants to add a network of cameras along i-80 because of all of these shootings. >> more breaking news is coming from sunnyvale where a police officer was hurt in a crash, involving the officer's patrol car and another vehicle. the officers injuries are not life threatening, the driver of the other car stayed on scene and is cooperating with investigators. >> everything is back to normal after a bomb threat turned out to be a hoax.

the threat forced a full evacuation of the jcc in los gatt oes this afternoon. the jewish federation says someone e-mailed the threat this afternoon. police swept the building with bomb sniffing dogs from the santa clara county sheriff's department. nothing suspicious was found. >> a lot of people are talking about all the stuff that's going on with the jcc's, i live right next door to it, so it was very concerning at the time. but it wasn't in our area. but now this is my area. so now i'm like. >> this is one of more than 100 bomb threats across the country that are now being investigated by the fbi. >> watch this now, caught on camera, a brutal attack in the middle of rush hour on highway 101 in san francisco.

the man behind the video sharing it to make sure these attackers are caught. melanie woodrow is live with the details tonight. this season the the first time these dirt bikers have been spott spotted. >> no, in fact the person who took this video says he's seen these bikers at least three times in san francisco. the bikes have no license plates on them. that's why this video really could help. it may be disturbing to watch. >> the cell phone video starts with a slide show on southbound 101, and escalates with one bike colliding with this white car. the other bikers speed up. and at the ceasar chavez exit a red car presumably with the bikers appears to box in the driver of the white car. the person who took this video asked to remain anonymous. >> they approached the vehicle and they started punching in the

panels of the vehicle. breaking the windows, and another vehicle impeded my view, i couldn't see if the man was pulled from the vehicle or he got out on his own. 4 to 5 men were hitting him, kicking him, even when he was down. very clearly they broke his leg. >> the man who took this video said he got out of the car when the bikers left. >> he had a broken leg as i said, a bloodied face, road rash, he was in pretty rough shape. >> the former new yorker says it was reminiscent of this henry hudson parkway incident where he used to live, which prompted him to get recording. >> the m.o. is similar to other incidents to san francisco. >> no helmets most of the time. >> you see something like this, chp says don't get out of your vehicle. >> they're already mad at you, you get out, good things are not

going to happen. >> instead, call 911, in san francisco, melanie woodrow abc 7 news. >> the pilot of a small plane bound for san jose had engine trouble before taking off. the crash killed three people on impact. stacy pierce of san jose was one of two survivors. she died yesterday from her injuries. the ntsb's initial report released today, states the pilot made several attempts to start the plane's left engine before it got running. their investigation continues. alden smith was held for hours today by police after a car crash sent two san francisco police officers to the hospital. smith wasn't the driver. kate larson explains why he was still detained. >> at 8:30 this morning, sfpd says police officers were pulling into the parking lot, another car tried to pass them and slammed into the front of their unmarked police car.

>> two of the three officers that were in the vehicle were transported to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. >> there were three peple in the suspect car. the driver was arrested. one male passenger was released and the second passenger reportedly alden smith was detained for being drunk in public. >> the raiders linebacker has been under suspension for violating its substance abuse rules. smith was held for more than four hours while he sobered up. >> at the time police made contact with the detained person, he skexited the vehicle and it was determined he had symptoms of public intoxication and could not care for himself this morning. the cause of the collision is still under investigation. however, smith has had five run-ins with the law since 2012 which led him to be cut by the 49ers in 2013 and signed by the raiders. it's unclear if this morning's

incident will have any bearing on his eligibility to play football. kate larson, abc 7 news. >> a much anticipated public hearing is underway at san jose city hall, where flood victims and others are sharing their criticism and suggestions about how that crisis was handled. david louie has been at that meeting all day. live with the update. >> 150 people packed inside the council chambers, one person addressing the council in vietnamese. the city has acknowledged its shortcomings, this feedback will provide lessons for improvement. councilmembers have gotten plenty of feedback. they represent the williams street park, it's time for the full council to hear the pent up frustration and anger directly from residents. >> when anderson overflows,

there is a flood. and every one of you should know that. and you don't need all these cubic feet per second to know that. >> full scale boat operation under way. flood victims face on going disruption. 200 people are still living in a shelter. >> i carried my dogs out through wastewater that was up to my thighs. i'm still scratching and itching, and we have no idea what was in that water. >> the mayor wants to turn the conversation toward fixing its mistakes and preventing another flood. >> the water district says it provided the best information it had. it will take time and money. >> the areas around the creek

that would have a widened creek or flood walls. this won't be the last time for public venting. the mayor is promising additional opportunities. there's a giant message to elan musk. >> it's visible to plenty of other people. find out why musk says he won't do what this billboard is asking him to do. >> we're live with the latest developments. >>. warmth has arrived and may stick around for the weekend. >> i didn't expect it to become national news. >> only abc 7 news introduces you to

another line look at the breaking news that's shut down eastbound 80 in richmond. a shooting on the freeway. about 2 hours ago, sent two people to the hospital. one of them has critical injuries. richmond police have detained three possible suspects. the chp expects eastbound 80 to be closed for quite some time. look at the backup this has caused. live pictures now, just a horrible mess. we'll continue to send out push alerts with new information look at that ribbon of headlights stretching for miles as a result of this free way shooting. the city of oakland appears

to be running out of time to keep the raiders. abc 7 news reporter laura anthony is live at city hall. does this mean it's game over for oakland. >> not quite. oakland city leaders not wanting to say a lot on the record about what's happening, they're well aware the clock is running. they feel like they have a few plays left in them. >> what is it, hail maritime? >> it's beyond that in some avenues. there's still hope. >> as officials in las vegas try to hammer out a new deal, they wonder if there's anything more they can do to keep the team here bank of america has agreed to provide the team with a $650 million loan. >> i want them to stay here, at the same time, we have other

responsibilities to the citizens and residents of oakland. >> oakland has moved all it can and is offering to keep the team here including $250 million in infrastructure at the site. >> the city of oakland can't negotiate with themselves. >> die hard raiders fans say they are growing increasingly frustrated with raiders ownership. >> will raiders fans travel to lauch? >> i won't. i know many that won't. if my wife were to leave me, i'm not going to continue to send her flowers. >> the nfl owners can decide whether the raiders can move to las vegas later at their meeting. days after wikileaks

released what it says are thousands of documents detailing the cia's tools to hack into computers, phones and smart tv's. >> i'd be surprised if the tech giants take asong up on his offer. they may look at what he publishes, i think it would stop at that point. >> he's still holed up in the ecuadorian embassy in london. he's considered an international criminal. >> freeway billboards are designed to attract large audiences, that's not the case with the new sign in millipedes. it's really aimed at one person, tesla ceo elan musk. >> have you seen one sign -- the digital billboard features revolving messages and one of them is this one. elan please dump trump?

if you look closely in the corner, you'll see the word resist. this message is visible to both directions of traffic and it's about 3 miles from the tesla factory in freemont. critics of president trump are demanding that musk drop out of the president's business advisory council. musk has defended his participation tweeting, i believe this is doing good. there's pressure on disney ceo to drop out of the council through petitions such as this one. iger says he's not endorsing the president. as for elan musk, he's not tweeted or commented on this billboard. we know it's been up for about a week, it costs about $5,000 per month, and is seen by over 200,000 drivers a day. now your accuweather

forecast with spencer christian. >> the reviews are in, it appears that most people are enjoying this warmup we're experiencing now. we have high clouds. skies are still bright and it's still quite pleasantly mild outside after a day in which high temperatures moved into the mid to upper 70s in the inland areas. a couple 60s on the coast. here's a live view from our rooftop camera at abc 7 currently 58 degrees here in san francisco. 67 in gilroy, 55 at half moon bay. this is a view of the golden gate bridge where skies are partly cloudy. traffic is moving freely 64 degrees right now in santa rosa, napa, fairfield 63 at movado. livermore 65, here's the view

looking out over the bay we'll see fog and how clouds overnight. mild weather is ahead for the next week or so shower are possible late next week. we have stunningly beautiful sunny days coming our way. look for fog at the coast. high clouds will be passing through during the overnight hours. tomorrow mainly sunny, maybe a patch or two of coastal fog will linger. highs will rerange from low to mid-60s at the coast. mid-70s inland and it's going to keep getting milder and milder, there's the three-day forecast looking through the weekend. just a slight dip, still mid-70s inland. temperatures bounce back to mid-70s sunday. as we look ahead to monday, a pretty mild day as well. with temperatures across the region averaging 5 to 10 degrees

above. spring is in the air, and the air by the way, air quality will be good tomorrow especially east bay. those locations will have good air quality, moderate air quality which is not bad here is the accuweather 7-day forecast. sunny skies through the weekend. warm afternoon on monday. don't forget to spring forward with your clocks over the weekend as we go into daylight savings time. increasing clouds on wednesday, a slight chance of showers on thursday. there's a slight chance of a late night shower thursday. >> what's cheaper, living in the city or the suburbs? next at 6:00, we found out the surprising answer depends on what part of the bay area you live in. >> this weekend, 7 on your side's michael finney will

anchor our live coverage of the san francisco st. patrick's day parade. at abc

google takes the top spot again on fortunes list of 100 companies to work for.

this is the 8th time in 11 years the mountain view company has been named number one. they name their famous free perks. they have more than 72,000 employees. other local companies include genetech at 6. new nonstop flights will connect san jose to austin, tucson and los angeles. those are more than a dozen new routes from san jose to san francisco. here's a live look at sfo. alaska recently merged with virgin america which will have new nonstop flights francisco to various cities. in the bay area, it's not always cheaper to live in the suburbs, living in the city of

san francisco costs about $12,000 more than living in the nearby suburbs. it costs about $2,000 a year to live in a suburban area. it's more expensive to live in the city. the survey factors in mortgage costs, property taxes, as well as the costs of child care. a highly anticipated economic forecast has just been released. >> how president trump's policies will affect the ntion and california. no one knows why the flame suddenly dies in a couple's gas fireplace. >> only on abc 7 news tonight, the eighth grade boy in this video who lent his umbrella to an elderly man caught in a hail storm. we'll be back with an update on our breaking news.

we begin this half hour with sky 7 and taking a look at video

actually earlier -- sky 7 now you see is live over 80 in richmond. the eastbound lanes of the freeway are shut down because of a shooting on 80. it's not clear when that section of 80 will reopen. a man has critical injuries. a woman who was in the car has injuries described as moderate. the chp tells us this was a targeted shooting. an abc 7 news viewer shared this video with us, showing an air ambulance there. a medical helicopter landing on 80 to take one of those shooting victims to the hospital around 4:00 this afternoon. sky 7 shows us richmond police officers at a home on 17th street just after 4:00, police tell us three possible shooting incidents. the chp was able to respond quickly because so many people called 911. >> we had the information that

gave us the ability to send out the lookout. >> our coverage of the shooting continues now on the abc 7 news app. we'll let you know as soon as the freeway reopens. >> a south bay man accused of stalkings 20 underaged girls is set to make his first court appearance tomorrow. >> they just barthed in and took my son. >> that's the suspect's father. his son is currently being held on $200,000 bail. abc 7 news reporter lonnie rivera talked with the family who is standing by their son's innocence. >> i'm feeling very depressed about this. >> the search of his cupertino home. >> they didn't even show us the warrant. and i asked them, i insist -- they grab my shirt and pull me

outside. detectives came here to cupertino wednesday morning. when they searched it, they left with several computers and pictures of young girls. eventually one detective showed him a warrant after the search. his 35-year-old son raj is accused of stalking at least four underaged girls and detectives believe there could be a total of 19 total possible victims. >> whatever acquisition of in a search warrant was, they were false. i know my son. >> neighbors are still shocked. >> i've seen so many kids walking this way. i have a 13-year-old daughter who goes to hide. i don't think she ever encountered anything. >> a 14-year-old claims she was repeatedly approached by sani who gave her gifts. >> i'm so glad there was somebody who was able to speak up and stop this.

>> his bail is set at $200,000. in san jose. loni rivera, abc 7 news. >> berkeley police -- we've learned that 10 people were arrested on charges of assault and battery, one of them is from berkeley. only one of them. the other nine are from other bay area cities. police are looking for six suspects. only one has been identified. berkeley police are looking for the public's help to capture the outstanding suspects. >> illegal border crossing attempts, dropped 40% last month. the decrease is far from usual and breaks a nearly 20 year trend. typically the january to february change is an increase of 10 to 20%. today oakland city councilmember proposed banning any business between the city and companies

that are helping build the presidents proposed border wall. about a quarter of the people who live in oakland are outside of the u.s. the highly anticipated anderson forecast from ucla's anderson school of management has just been released, after analyzing the new president's policies. the outlook for the next three years is mostly positive, but with some caution, here's what they say you can expect. job growth will continue. could really taper if large scale immigrant deportations occur. 30 year fixed mortgage rates could rise to 6% by the year 2019. in terms of california, anderson economists don't expect us to see as much benefit. california having already reached near full employment will benefit less from further stimulus than rust belt states

and the fact that deportations of unskilled workers would impact food harvesting and food processing. >> the back story to a video we showed you yesterday of a young teenager helping an elderly man across the street during a hail storm. as wayne freedman reports, it's not gone to his head. >> he's one of those kids an average person may not know about if not for an random act of kindness. >> i didn't expect it to become like national news at all. >> elvis is very unassuming. >> there's not a lot of ego with elvis. >> that's elvis' dad. all the family kids take turns working there. >> it happened pretty quick. >> if you haven't seen the video, let's set the scene. suddenly the skies opened up, hail falling down, he looked outside, saw an elderly man trying to cross the street.

just take this in as elvis grabs an umbrella and protects a local man known as herman who doesn't move as fast as he used to. >> i wanted to help him, i knew hail would hurt. thousands of people have now seen them on facebook and youtube, elvis has gone viral. >> i would be more concerned if he just stood there and watched it happen and didn't do anything about it. >> do you think you did anything remarkable? >> no, i don't think i did very much at all. >> nor would we want him to, which has given such needed faith to a world turning so tired of cruelty and cynicism. now we know there's more that. there's no hail in the weather forecast, and no rain either. this is a live look over san francisco from our camera on top of mount sutro.

spencer will have the updated forecast in 10 minutes. silicon

two sexual assaults in one week. this surveillance photo shows a man police say followed a woman near the palo alto transit station. the victim said she had just gotten off a bus and was walking on a nearby street when the man grabbed her. a week ago, another sexual assault was also reported. the victim was able to fight him off. police and the sheriff's office are working to germ if the incidents are related. >> with renewed concern over the health effects of cell phones and radiation. safety testing is likely to be more important. abc 7 news reporter jonathan bloom has a look inside a brand new facility in free monday where they measure all the things we can't see. >> in a cage of copper mesh this tireless robot puts a phone up to the ear of a plastic head again and again. >> to make sure the energy that's absorbed by the body is

within safe limits. >> the heads are filled with liquid that simulates human tissue. >> it affects the radiation pattern. one of the many labs at silicon valley testing facility. >> we're going to be able to come in, get pretesting done. discover problems early. >> let's call it an ota chamber over the air testing. dozens of antennas measure signal strength. >> ideally, it's performing in all directions at peak performance. >> in reality, there may be signals where the spots drop out. >> this is the biggest test chamber of all. >> the car is now autonomous, it's like a computer on wheels. >> the room itself was an engineering challenge. >> we had to cut through the

roof. >> ceilings and walls covered in signal stopping pyramids when the giant door closes, it's totally sound proof. >> they also test tiny things. >> stick it in there, and we run for a day or two or three days. >> each isolation chamber is connected to each other. >> one thing technology can't re-create is tinkering together in person, instead of sending devices away for testing. >> when you're working with a small start-up, you want to be able to run and sit down next to the guy and work through it with him. having a loch ap facility is great. >> jonathan bloom, abc 7 news. a gas fireplace uses a little less technology, of course, it still took a lot of help for an east bay family to get their fireplace

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the chp has no estimated time to reopen i-80. they think victims were targeted. we'll continue to send out push alerts with the traffic app.

a toasty fireplace without harming the air. >> why would the gas fireplace work one morning and then stop working that night. could it have anything to do with pg&e's new gas logs? >> we converted our wood burning fireplace to gas. and we enjoyed the ambience. however, one day, last december the roaring flame suddendy died. >> we had about half the flame we had before, within 20 there was no flame at all. the line going to my house, comes across here. >> pg&e had just installed new lines for his townhome complex.

the same day, the flame went way down. >> too much of a coincidence. >> the fire was burning bright that morning. that night after the switch, the flame all but died. >> i contacted pg&e. >> an inspector said there was nothing wrong with the gas line. later a plumber said there was no problem with the gas fireplace. >> in the meantime, we can't use our fireplace, it was the holid holidays. >> david called pg&e again and again and got no response. >> i decided -- >> he contacted me and 7 on your side asked pg&e to inspect again. this time, the technicians took the fire log apart, cleared out the burner and -- >> the first time we turned it back on, we had a great flame. >> we were glad to be able to acyst mr. manly with his appliance malfunction inside his home. >> fireplace sand which helps distribute the heat, apparently had clogged the burner. >> david says the burner is

designed to block out dirt. he thinks debris got into the new gas line. >> it's fixed now, and everybody's happy. >> our thanks to pg&e for getting the home fires burning again. >> no matter how the line was clogged, the technicians were absolutely terrific. >> i want to hear from you, the 7 on your side hotline is open weekdays. you can also reach me by way of facebook or abc 7 news.com. i'd like to remind you that the san francisco st. patrick's day parade is on saturday. i'll be hosting that, we hope you'll be watching. >> it's a fun day, isn't it? >> it is. >> let's get another check on our forecast. >> will it rain on the parade? >> it will not rain on the parade. >> the st. patrick's day parade will take care of sunny skies. it's not raining here. we don't expect any rain for a

while. low temperatures will drop to the upper 40s. it will be relatively mild overnight. certainly mild tomorrow in the daytime, with high temperatures in the 70s, mid-70s inland. even mid-60s on the coast. chances of rain over the next 7 days. zero through tuesday. 20% late wednesday night. here's the accuweather 7-day forecast. mild dry conditions through the forecast period until next thursday when we might have a shower or two. >> thanks, spencer. 49ers must be running low on pen ink after a busy day today. >> very busy day for all the teams throughout the nfl. the 49ers signed 7 players on the first day of free agency. they

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[crying] ahhhhhhhhhh! the price you see is the price you pay, unlike cable. good evening, nfl free agency began today with one stunning deal with the 49ers restocking the shelves, they have a new regime in charge and lots of money to spend. we knew about pierre garcon and marquise goodwin yesterday. they added a linebacker they acquired from the raiders.

malcolm smith is moving across the bay to the 49ers. he started 30 games for the silver and black, a total of 185 tackles, four sacks, four forced fumbles and a couple picks. the key interception against the niners. now malcolm smith a member of the red and gold. the niners added robbie gold who spent most of his career with the bears, but played 10 games with the giants last year. missed three extra points, 12-year veteran has made 86% of his field goals. the niners needed a new kicker. the cardinals, it's a disaster on special teams last year. dawson getting up there, just turned 42. he became the 10th kicker in history. he hit on 85% of his attempts during his career, the card gals also signing former niners safety. here's the shocker, the texans trading brock osweiler who they acquired a year earlier, along with a second round pick in 2018 for virtually nothing.

houston trying to get rid of osweiler and his $16 million a year salary, there's no guarantee the browns are going to keep him. they may try to spin him off in another deal. bears went down to the wire with utah today, in the pac-12 tournament quarterfinals, in las vegas, there is an act on every corner, don't know if charlie moore can juggle like those guys, he can score. 21 points for the freshmen. moore, slicing and dicing through the d for another layup here. jabari byrd coming through with 26 his fourth reason on this game, that puts cal up 9 late. the united states not done yet. wide open three, he had 23, that made it a 1 possession game. cal didn't really need to shoot the ball, but byrd drives and scores. cal holds on 78-75. their 21st win. they'll face oregon in the

semifinals. a wild scene in the big east tournament last night. turning back the clock to the good old days with patrick ewing, leads to a scuffle. look at the ex-warrior, the hall of famer into his second year, a shouting match with john thomson the third. they had to pull him away. mullen received a technical foul. after being plagued by injuries in 2016, they were hoping their one time ace would be completely healthy in 2017, sidelined for three weeks with a strained lat muscle, so on opening night, sunny gray will be on the disabled list. a's taking on the reds. sean minaya got the start. he would pitch 3 2/3. trevor 2 for 3, 3 rbis in the first. that scores two runs. catcher steven drove in three, two of those three coming in the second. billy hamilton went up and couldn't make the play.

a's go in 12-5 while the giants had the day off. how would you like to have steph curry as your roommate? that's the theme of a new steph commercial for britta. >> it would be real dull if it was stephan and me, would he be fresh, clean? definitely we have dance moves that keep on flowing. >> spice game will be beyond believers. stephan always has a great season. wish we could replace him with the babyface assassin. >> that song will be playing in your head, if you listen to the whole spot. i posted it on my twitter feed. it's about a two minute commercial. >> thanks, larry. >> join us tonight at 9:00 on

kofy channel 13. and right here for abc news at 11:00. we are following investigators, an update on the massive backup, look at this that resulted. >> on abc 7 news at 11:00, he said, i'll be back. tonight there's word former governor arnold schwarzenegger is gearing up for a political comeback. >> all that's later, this is abc 7

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