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chaos. the bay area evening commute comes to a halt. sky 7 shows the scene. countless drivers were going nowhere. >> this is the reason why. gunfire broke out on a busy freeway. the highway patrol says this was a targeted shooting. good evening. i'm dan ashley. >> i'm ama daetz. it 80 reopened around 9:00 after a five-hour closure. >> the shooting happened at 3:30 on eastbound 80 near san pablo avenue and richmond 80. we're live in richmond with the developing story, cornell in. >> reporter: traffic is flowing on i-80 again tonight. three men are being questioned by richmond police about the shooting which targeted two motorists. sky 7 shows the shattered window of this honda minute vee van, fired by a passing car, eastbound 80 in richmond at the start of the commute, forced the

closure of the freeway for hours. the man and woman inside were body shot. his multiple gunshot wounds so critical an air ambulance had to land on the freeway to take him to a trauma center. were these victims targeted? >> we don't believe this is a random shooting. we don't believe there's any danger to the public right now. >> reporter: the motive still unknown. a good samaritan driving a red volvo stopped in the middle of the freeway to help. he did not want to be identified as he later drove away. witnesses to the crime reached for their cell phones when the shooting began. >> the takeaway is we had great witnesses call 911, provide a description of a possible suspect and vehicle. >> reporter: shortly after sky 7 was overhead as rich modern list stopped a silver dodge charger on 17th street. the car matched the description given by witnesses. three men were detained in connection to the incident. the car was later towed away. the commute thrown into chaos. the freeway backed up for miles and detours weren't working. >> you've been sitting in

traffic? >> i tried rerouting. but it's bad. >> how long were you in traffic? >> we are sitting like two hours. >> reporter: the chp doesn't know if this shooting is connected to a string of nine other freeway shootings this year alone. >> we sent out a push alert when eastbound 80 reopened to traffic after the five-hour-long closure. be the first to know when breaking news happens where you live. download the abc 7 news app. a south bay police officer shot and killed a man after getting a call from his parents that he was acting erratically. this happened in santa clara outside an apartment complex near deborah and pacetta drives. katy marzullo is live near the scene tonight. >> reporter: you can see scott boulevard here is still closed some six hours after the shooting. the shooting happened kind of underneath the scott boulevard overpass there. but exactly what happened is still unclear. i talked with people who knew the man who was shot and they say they're shocked.

santa clara police got a call around 5:00 from a home on deborah drive. >> we had received information from the caller in regards to their son who was acting erratically. >> reporter: officers arrived and found the man in question, but they say he took off. the captain says an officer deployed a taser at some point. it's not known if it had any effect. >> during their contact with the officer, the incident transitioned into a situation where an officer had to use deadly force. >> reporter: police say the man who was shot and killed is in his mid-20s. neighbors say he lives with his parents and they're a nice family. >> he was very nice. every morning he'd say good morning. he was never with bad guys. i never saw that. i don't understand what happened. >> reporter: police are not yet saying if the man was armed. the officer who shot him has been with santa clara police for eight years and with another agency before that. he's now on cumulative leave.

the district attorney's office is conducting its own investigation into the shooting. new at 11:00, police say this mother is accused of abandoning her 2-year-old son in the middle of the street while she was high on meth. it happened in lake port tonight in lake county. a police sergeant saw the boy in the street unarmed -- unharmed i should say -- and turned him over to child protector services. 39-year-old sofia polito is in jail on drug and felony child endangerment charges. two sex assaults in the same area, around the same time of day. authorities in palo alto are trying to figure out if this surveillance image of the attacker is the same man pictured in this sketch from an attack last week. abc 7 news reporter lisa is live in palo alto with new details. >> reporter: dan, very disturbing for sure. both victims were here to use the bus service. one woman was attacked as she waited to board a bus. the other was attacked soon

after getting off of one. have you seen this man? >> no. >> reporter: authorities are hoping someone will. they're not sure if the man in the sketch is the same person in black who groped a woman just last night. >> the male actually ran up to her and grabbed her crotch. she screamed loudly. he let go. >> reporter: it happened on alma street minutes after the woman stepped off a bus at the palo alto transit center. >> hopefully they put a stop to it. i've heard more and more stories around the area on campus, things like that, which does make us a little -- feel unsafe or insecure. >> reporter: she's talking about last wednesday's attack on another woman, standing at this kiosk at around 11:00 p.m., waiting for the marguerite shuttle when she said this man walked up to her and started fondling her. >> she screamed and began to push him away. as she attempted to leave he stopped her from leaving and

grabbed her and continued to grope her. >> reporter: the woman literally fought him off, then he ran away. >> concerning. just because i use public transportation a lot. and i try to walk a lot. >> reporter: transit riders should notice stepped-up patrols in the area. in palo alto, lisa amin ga leash shan. berkeley police are looking for this man they say is a suspect at a sexual battery at berkeley city college february 20th. police say the suspect is known to frequent college campuses. he's had several encounters with uc berkeley police. they say including peeping incidents. the fbi is trying to find a person who e-mailed a bomb threat to the addison jcc in los gatos today. the threat came in just before noon. everyone, including children at the jewish day school, safely evacuated to the church next door. police and bomb-sniffing dogs

swept the building. nothing suspicious was found. everyone was let back in around 4:00 this afternoon. another run-in with the law for oakland raiders linebacker aldon smith. he was detained by san francisco police this morning for being drunk in public. police say smith was in a car that hit an unmarked police car in china basin. the driver was arrested on suspicion of dui. smith was suspended by the nfl in 2015 for vice of its substance abuse policy. the league is set to discuss his reinstatement this month. the rain has stopped but the landslide problems continue. sky 7 was over rifle range road on the border of el cerrito in richmond where a big chunk of the street has broken away. cars can no longer get through. john medlock shared these pictures from the ground. the city of richmond is responsible for the road. we have calls in to them, we'll let you know what we find out. san jose, over 150 flood victims packed into city council chambers to give the mayor and council members an earful about

why there wasn't a better warping about the problems at coyote creek and anderson dam last week. >> anderson overflows, there is a flood, and every one of you should know that. >> i carried my dogs out through waste water that was up to my thighs. and i am still scratching and i am still itching and we have no idea what was in that area. >> the mayor and assistant city manager admit a failure in warning about the floods. city council is set to hold another public joint meeting with the water district on april 28th. the damaged way ator on orom could go into limited use next week. the spillway has been dry so temporary repairs could made. as storm runoff and snow melt fills the reservoir it will become necessarily to open the spillway. county officials have a new evacuation plan that would give at least 12 hours' notice in case anything goes wrong. dirt bikers on the attack caught on camera. we're learning new information

about what a man was doing when he was targeted on a bay area freeway. uc police want you to take a look at the people they say turned a peaceful protest into an out-of-control riot. confusion of the seasons. find out what it will feel like this upcoming weekend. he said, i'll be back. tonight there's word former governor arnold schwarzenegger is gearing up for a political comeback. first here's a look at what's coming up on jk live after abc news at 11:00. here is a preview of tonight's show for you to savor. ♪ >> guillermo, you've got to sing into the microphone.

outrageous behavior caught on camera. a brutal attack in the middle of rush hour traffic on highway 101 in san francisco. >> take a look. the man behind the video is sharing it to make sure these attackers are caught as abc 7 news reporter melanie woodrow explains, this september the first time these dirt bikers have been spotted. >> reporter: this video starts with a sideshow on southbound 101 and escalates with one bike colliding with this white car. suddenly the other bikers speed up.

at the caesar 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 asks to remain anonymous. >> they approached the vehicle. they started punching in the panels on the vehicle. hitting the windows, breaking the windows. and another vehicle impeded my view so i couldn't see exactly if the man was pulled out of the vehicle or got out on his own. four to five men were hitting him, kicking him, even when he was down. very clearly they broke his leg. >> reporter: the man who took this video says he got out of his car when the bikers left. >> he had a broken leg, as i said. he had a bloodied face. he had road rash. he was in pretty rough shape. we called 911. >> reporter: the former new yorker says it was reminiscent of this henry hudson parkway incident where he used to live hat prompted him to begin recording. >> these are the types of incidents that need to get attention, that need to get prosecuted. >> reporter: chp says the m.o.

is similar to other incidents in san francisco. >> no plates, they remove their plates. no helmets most of the time. >> reporter: if you see something like this, chp says don't get out of your vehicle. >> they're already mad, beating on your vehicle. you get out, it's just -- good things are not going to happen. >> reporter: instead, call 911. in san francisco, melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. >> tonight the victims of 35-year-old uber driver who lives in modesto but comes into the city to work. uc berkeley police have photos they want you to see from the protests against milo yiannopoulos. remember last month a small group of rogue protesters set fires and smashed windows around sproul plaza? their actions forced the university to cancel the conservative news editor's speech. tonight police released 31 new pictures of people they want to talk to about the violence and vandalism on february 1st. you can take a closer look at

the pictures on our abc news app and abc7news.com. also in berkeley, abc 7 news has learned of the ten people arrested on charges of assault and battery at a pro-donald trump rally over the weekend, only one of them is from berkeley. the other nine are from other bay area cities. police are still looking for six suspects. former california governor arnold schwarzenegger could make a political comeback in the u.s. senate. politico reports schwarzenegger could run next year when senator dianne feinstein is up for re-election. schwarzenegger's spokesman didn't rule it out. he said the former governor is focused on redistricting reform and keeping his options open on how to accomplish that. bart says it won't raise fares but will likely have to make changes to fill a budget gap projected to be at least $25 million. the board is looking at possibly adding a surcharge for paper tickets. there wouldn't be a surcharge if you pay with a clipper card. bart is considering reducing the discount for seniors, youth, and people with disabilities. let's focus now on what is a

gorgeous weather forecast. finally a nice long break from the rain. >> it's going to last through the weekend. so you can pretty much continue with the shorts and the t-shi t-shirts. not too many places in the winter you can wear shorts. let me show you the temperatures tomorrow afternoon in the east bay. a nice sampling of springlike conditions. 70 degrees in oakland. it's going to be mild, sunshine. fremont 71 degrees. check out live doppler 7. we have quite a bit of high cloudiness and that's going to keep us insulated. tomorrow morning if you're walking to bart, biking to work, you don't have to worry about it being too cold. temperatures right now in the 50s. many of you have been holding kind of like where you would see your high temperatures for the middle of winter. it's definitely mild outside. highs for today look like this. look at the mid-70s clover dale, santa rosa, concord. we saw 70s today department near the coast where this was around. look at this time lapse. this reminds me of summer.

as the fog was rolling in, golden gate the top of the towers barely visible. you're going to see fog like this again tomorrow morning for your commute, lingering into parts of the afternoon. tonight city hall in san francisco all lit up as you see in green in honor of st. patrick's day. and if you are going to the st. patrick's day parade on saturday, our own michael finney will be there anchoring festivities. 11:00 a.m., sun and high clouds, 61 for the afternoon. comfortable. by evening, still mild, 60 degrees. you'll be seeing a mix of sun and high clouds. short sleeves will do it for you. emeryville, tower lights are blinking, good visibility. fog and high clouds in the morning. mild weather the next seven days. there is a chance of rain the middle of next week. if you're waiting for the rain, it's coming back into the picture. tomorrow morning starting out with the fog. temperatures in the 40s, 50s, mild for your friday morning. you'll notice as you look at the hour by hour forecast, 5:00 a.m.

the fog will be sitting near the coast and around the bay as we head into about 8:00 a.m. oakland, hayward, fremont, watch out even down into san jose. we will see fog right along the coast at 8:00 a.m. and then for the afternoon it pulls away. a few patches will linger near the beaches for around the noontime hour. in terms of your temperatures, it's going to be another mild one. low to mid 70s. it's going to feel like spring. not exactly like winter. but along the coastline we'll go with 60s. a little more sun. a little less in the way of cloud cover. we'll still see wispy clouds. for your weekend, a warmup. the average high in oakland 64. san francisco 62. you get the drift. on sunday we're going to see those temperatures hovering well above average. 73 in oakland. san francisco 7 degrees above normal. san jose, 75 degrees. savor this. seven-day forecast, springlike conditions through the weekend. very little change. saturday a bit of a slip in temperatures. sunday we actually bounce back and that rebound continues into monday with temperatures

flirting with the 80-degree mark. a real gentle reminder here for those not looking forward to losing an hour of sleep, tuesday morning, 2:00 a.m. becomes 3:00 a.m., daylight saving begins. next week we'll look forward to a 1 on our storm impact scale wednesday, chance of rain. download the abc news annann help you navigate. tech workers in san francisco spend the day giving back. >> next what these boxes will

sales force helping promote literacy in the bay area. employees built these library boxes. they will be filled with books and placed in parks. people will be encouraged to take a book and then leave a book. sales force is paying its employees to volunteer this week, terrific. >> that's nice. plenty of sports to dig into tonight. >> yes, a lot to talk about. >> warriors have the night off. you know they could use some help down the stretch. they did get some from their old buddy russell westbrook who put his name

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for the sharks to see just how good they really are. taking on the best team in hockey record-wise, the washington capitals in the tank. before the game, joe thornton honored for his 1000th career assist on monday. jumbo joe scored a goal in the first. ianic hansen feeding thornton in front. nice way to start off with team teal. his sixth of the year. 1-1 after one. the second period, sharks on the power-play. brett burns shot on the point tipped by joe pavelski, his 24th of the year, 2-1 sharks. later in the period, another power-play. burns denied, couture scores on the rebound, couture scored again later to make the final 4-2 san jose. strike thatters sign eight free agents today. malcolm smith is lead leaving the raiders. smith, former super bowl mvp, niner fans will remember this play back with seattle. had the key interception against the niners late in the 2013

championship game. kicker phil dawson left for niners have signed robby gold to replace him. he spent most of his career with chicago but played ten games for the giants last season, a 12-year veteran, made 86% of his career field goal attempts. here is the stunner. it came from the houston texans. a year ago they gave wrong osweiler a huge contract. $72 million deal. today they sent osweiler and a second-round pick in 2018 to the cleveland browns for almost nothing. they wanted nothing back. houston just wanted to dump his $16 million salary. the browns do have cap space and they may flip osweiler in another deal. will 21 wins be good enough to get cal into the ncaa tournament? we may soon find out. the bears, they barely held on against utah today in the pac-12 tournament quarterfinals. in las vegas, if you can't get to carrot top's show, you have these guys. charlie moore, speaking of

performing, a freshman who can score, he had 21 points. jabahri bird, he led the bears with 26. hit four threes. cal the nine-point cushion late. they would need all that cushion. kyle cause man had 23. three-ball, a one-possession game with a minute left. 16 seconds left. bird drives and seals the deal. cal would hang on 78-75. they're 21-11. now face the top seed in the tournament. oregon in the semifinals. nba, spurs looking to get within a game the warriors, they're at okc. victor oladipo, acrobatic, picks himself up and drives again. cantor, let me help you. russell westbrook, his 31st triple-double of the season. that ties wilt chamberlain for second-most in a season. 23 points, 13 boards, 13 assists. okc snaps the spurs' nine-game win streak, 102-92. that