now at 5:00 a.m., demanding answers. san jose residents want to know why they weren't warned about the chance of major flooding. what the city says it's going to do differently next time. and preparing for an earthquake. officials working to seismically strengthen the golden gate bridge. what they want from washington, d.c.. and then this. best friends forever. the bond in san mateo county that we think is going to start your friday off right. good morning to you on this march 10. it reminds me of, like, what was that disney cartoon? the fox and the hound.

>> milo and otis. >> that's a more current reference, thank you. i'm going back to like the 1960s. >> "milo and otis" is pretty old too. >> that makes me feel very old. thanks, jessica. good morning to all you ju youngsters out there. let's take a look and show you what's going on. i do have good news, live doppler 7, i've overlaid the fog layer, notice only a mile and a half in napa. everybody else, pretty good. that's because of all the high clouds out there. here's a look at what's going on as far as our east bay hills camera. look how calm the water is, a reflection of the city lights. dress for mild temperatures this morning. already 63 to 67 at noon. and at 4:00, 61 to 67. 55 to 62 at 7:00. just mild all around. let's get a check on the morning commute. we've only had one issue so far today and it's on the peninsula. northbound 101 right around marsh, all lanes just reopened.

this was a rollover crash that happened just before 4:30 this morning so some pretty quick clean-up. and actually, the driver of that vehicle fled the scene. jumped the center divide, jumped a fence. but they found the wallet of that person, so i don't think they are going to get away for long. we did have just a slight residual delay but it looks like that has thinned out very quickly. we'll see how the bay bridge toll plaza is looking coming up next. anger at a city hall meeting in the south bay. flood victims asking why they weren't warned or evacuated before the waters hit. >> new details now, leaders promising a new plan to make sure this doesn't happen again. abc7 news reporter matt keller live for us in san jose. >> reporter: good morning, reggie and natasha. i want to give you a perspective on coyote creek. we're standing on the bridge here at east williams street and the creek right now is just over 12 feet. on the day of the flood, though, february 21, it reached more than 33 feet high. the clean-up in all the neighborhoods impacted like the williams street park and rock

springs area is still ongoing. so many flood victims are facing obstacles. many homes are uninhabitable. the city council got an earful yesterday, residents wondering why evacuation orders didn't come earlier. >> i carried my dogs out through waste water that was up to my thighs and i am still scratching and itching and we have no idea what was in that >> reporter: public works has begun developing a flood threat matrix. now it's a three-tiered system. take a look at your screen here. level one is a yellow alert. a flood advisory issued 48 to 72 hours in advance of possible flooding. level 2, orange alert, likelihood of flooding, and level 3, red alert, flood evacuation issued 4 to 6 hours in advance of imminent flooding.

the city and water district are scheduled to meet together on april 28. reporting live in san jose, matt keller, abc7 news. take a look at this. a surveillance image on the left is a man suspected of attacking a woman wednesday night. the sketch on the right is a man wanted for sexual assault last week. both incidents happened in palo alto. now investigators want to know is this the the same person. abc7 news reporter lisa amin gulezian has the details. >> reporter: have you seen this man? >> no. >> reporter: authorities are hoping someone will. they're not quite 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, you know, they put a stop to it. i've heard more and more stories around the area, you know, on campus and things like that, which does make us, you know, a

little feel unsafe or insecure. >> reporter: she's talking about last wednesday's attack on another woman. that victim was standing at this kiosk at around 11:00 p.m. waiting for the shuttle when she said this man walked up to her and started fondling her. >> she screamed and she began to push him away. 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'm -- 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 gulezian, abc7 news. 5:05 now. several high-profile republicans are doubting the chances of the gop plan to replace obamacare. senator ted cruz is among those expressing doubts that the new measure will not pass the senate. he believes he can fix it.

other critic is senator tom cotton of arkansas who says that he is hearing from constituents worried about losing their coverage. he believes the president and gop leaders are pushing too fast. >> unfortunately, the house legislation is not going to achieve those results and the break-neck speed at which it's moving is designed to actually make those results probably worse. >> i think, really, that we're going to have something that's going to be much more understood and much more popular than people can even imagine. >> reporter: president trump famous for his book "the art of the deal" is giving the hard sell to several senators he was arch rivals with during the campaign. the president had dinner with senator cruz and his wife at the white house. he's also reached out to senator rand paul, campaign arch enemy lindsey graham. aarp says older people would pay significantly more under the new health plan. it lets insurance companies charge older customers up to five times as much as younger

customers. under obamacare, companies could charge only three times as much. the american medical association and the american hospital association have both come out against the bill. there is a conservative group for older americans that has praised the legislation. and happening right now, hundreds of international flights are canceled at this very minute. it's all because of a big workers strike in germany. in fact, right now, i can tell you that nearly all flights out of berlin are canceled. these first two airports, both in bherlin and then you see new york on the list. this is the flight aware website. not only is this affecting flights in germany all across europe and here's why it matters to you. if you have an international flight today on ryan air or lufthansa, expect those delays but also if you are traveling to the east coast, a lot of those european flights lay over in new york, in d.c., plus the east coast dealing with a lot of snow

right now too so check your status maahead of time. b.a.r.t. says it won't raise fares but will likely have to make some changes to fill a budget gap that's projected to be at least $25 million. that decision came down after their board meeting yesterday. the board is now looking at possibly adding a surcharge for paper tickets. you can avoid that if you use your clipper card. b.a.r.t. is also considering reducing discounts and cutting service. golden gate bridge officials are planning a trip to washington, d.c., later this month to see if they can get help for paying for a seismic retrofit on the iconic golden gate bridge. the work will not come cheap. the final phase of the seismic effort could cost up to $500 million. the three-stage project began in 1998 and was supposed cost $300 million. the bridge district says costs and security upgrades after the 9/11 attacks have tripled the cost to nearly $9 $900 million. it could cost nearly $1 million to fix a marin county

hillside that keeps sliding. that's the estimate by county engineers. it has been closed twice this week because of mudslides, most recently on wednesday morning. engineers say at least $800,000 in needed repairs to the hillside, which is saturated from this winter storms. if you want to see just how nasty the weather is on the east coast right now, look at this. a man holding a flag in new hampshire just trying to walk but man, pretty difficult times there. he just can't make it over to our left monitor here. wind gusts topped 100 miles per hour this morning. winter storm warnings are stretching from ohio all the way to massachusetts and in detroit, temperatures dropped below freezing overnight and left hundreds of thousands without power. that may not be restored until sunday. in ohio, a security camera caught a terror noifying momenta girl in cleveland. she opens and door and wow, the wind blows the door open. the girl manages to hang on to the door and amazingly, you can see her mom is right there. the little girl was not hurt.

but man, that is crazy stuff to look at. nothing like that here. in fact, we've got temperatures ab50 to 55 degrees throughout our east bay valleys, the exception look at that, pittsburg, 59 degrees already. try to find a 40 on this map. you can't. the coolest is 50 in santa rosa, novato, livermore, pacifica, and then to 58 in los gatos right now. san jose, mountain view, hayward 54, oakland at about 53. let take a look at today's temperatures. 63 to 66 from the coast into san francisco, about 69 to 71 around the bay and about 70 to 75 degrees in our inland neighborhoods. now we will see sunshine from north to south late this afternoon, the high clouds will be rolling away from us. that will open the door to a little more fog than what we're seeing this morning and temperatures in the mid 40s to low 50s. let's take a look around the state. if you're traveling today, monterey, 66, mainly cloudy all day, 52 in tahoe, 82 in l.a. and

90 in palm springs. if you're heading up to the sierra, look at the temperatures. in the 50s to near 60 by monday. slightly cooler and back to average by thursday. but doesn't look like any new snow is going to fall. good thing they've got plenty of it already here this season. taking a look at our traffic maps, we are fairly quiet here this morning. that rollover crash we had on the peninsula is gone at this point. no residual delays. and a bit of a backup starting the form out of tracy, 33 to 24-mile-per-hour average. but yeah, really that's the norm for that stretch. and a quick check of the bay bridge toll plaza. no metering lights yet. of course, give it about, oh, 15, 20 minutes and those should flip off. we do have one minor issue with b.a.r.t., just a slight delay between ashby and mcarthur stations. a scathing new report exposes oakland city leaders and what they're doing with free tickets to sporting events like warriors games. uncovering history. uncovering history. you have

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take a look at this surveillance video in florida. authorities searching for these two men they say dressed up as women to disguise themselves during two robberies. this is video from inside of a jewelry store robbery last friday. broward county sheriff's officials believe the men targeted the jewelry store in deer field beach and a check cashing store the day before. they pretended to be interested in the jewelry at first.

they hopped the counter, grabbed two employees and dragged them into the back room. they took watches and other valuables. in today's "gma" first look, a new report says the u.s. marine's nude photo sharing scandal goes deeper than originally thought. >> reporter: in this morning's "gma" first look, shocking new allegations of military service members sharing illicit photos of their female colleagues. and not just the marine corps. a "business insider" report alleges hundreds of nude photos from every military branch were posted to a pornographic image sharing website called anon-ib. the photos allegedly dating back to 2016, users asking for nude photos of specific female service members. the pentagon is already investigationing allegations of marines sharing nude photos through a private facebook group. kally wayne, a former marine, recently speaking out, accusing her boichbd of sharing a private tape that was linked to the

facebook group. >> i felt like my privacy had been taken away from me. >> we'll have the latest on this growing scandal coming up at 7:00 a.m. happening today, a south bay man accused of stalking as many as 20 underage girls is scheduled to make his first court appearance. 35-year-old rajeev sanhi is currently being held on $200,000 bail. police arrested him wednesday at a house in cupertino. his father says he is innocent. >> i know my son. he's a good kid. and he go to church, he has -- i mean, he's -- he don't do drugs. he don't do -- hurt anybody. >> rajeev is a pastor. police found these photos of young girls in his room. he's accused of stalking at least four of the underage girls. another run in with the law for aldon smith. he was detained by san francisco police yesterday for being drunk in public.

police say smith was in a car that hit a unmarked police car in china basin. the driver was arrested on suspicion of dui. smith was suspended by the nfl in 2015 for violation of its substance abuse policy. the league was set to discuss his reinstatement this month. new details this month about the investigation into oakland's free ticket policy for city officials. a scathing report says the policy has built-in conflicts of interest and could lead to government corruption. officials get free tickets to every warriors game, plus tickets for the raiders and the as. the report also found that all city council members plus mayor libby schaaf did not fill out paperwork listing the public service for which they used the tickets. environmental groups say governor brown is ignoring science with his plans to build two tunnels under the delta. the tunnels are designed to pump water to so cal and that's where the prop is, according to the group, restore the delta.

they claim scientific review show severe negative impacts if the state uses the tunnels to pump water south. brown's $16 million project could begin construction as early as next year. the damaged spillway at the oroville dam could go into limited use as soon as next week. the spillway has been dry so temporary repairs could be made after an evacuation was ordered for nearly 200,00 people last month. as show runoff fills the reservoir, it will become necessary to fill the spillway. officials have a new evacuation plan. february was the second warmest on record and the u.s. had one of the warmest wirnts ever. i know it didn't feel like it around here but this is the word coming from the national ocean graphic and atmospheric administration. the average temperature in the united states was 41.2 degrees last month. that's 7.3 degrees higher than the 20th century average and the second highest temperature in the last 123 years. the new chief of the

environmental protection agency says he doesn't believe carbon di dioxide is a primary contributor to global warming. epa administrator scott pruitt told cnbc there is tremendous disagreement about the degree impact of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. his view is at complete odds with with mainstream climate science. the good samaritan who run over the get a woman off the tracts with seconds to spare has come forward. >> john mango ran under crossing gates to help that elderly woman who got both of her canes caught in the tracks. >> the red light started blinking and started to go down and even in the video i could hear myself go, no. so then i just jump out of the car and just run as quick as i can to try to get her out of the way. >> he actually looks like clark kent so i'm buying this whole thing. john got her out of the way just before the train whizzed past as you can see there. he said he never even thought about his own safety. >> just stunning video and i

said it before, thank goodness for men like him. that's awesome. >> absolutely. that's amazing. mike, we are also glad to have a man like you. >> every day. >> looking forward to the warm temperatures. nowhere near that guy but you hope that you would react the same way in the same situation. here's a look from sutro tower. you can see how clean the air looks over top of us right now. we've got a lot of cloudiness out there, the sunshine will come out late today but even with that filtered sunshine, highs are going to be above average. in fact a brighter weekend with more spring warmth. let's focus on what's going on right now. few radar returns through the morning hours if you're lucky maybe a drop makes it to the ground but i'm going to call it mainly dry. here's a look at pressure in its clockwise flow that's bringing us all this warm out of the south for today and through the weekend. in fact, 60s and 70s are going to be widespread. check out how much warmer we're going to be than average as we head through the week and then oakland about 9 degrees warmer. san francisco about 7 degrees

warmer and about 8 in san jose and if you're heading to our beaches, look at this. mid 60s to even the 70s around santa cruz. all right here's my accuweather 7 day forecast. we may take a little dip down tomorrow, since that cold front's coming through today but we rebound right back sunday and monday still looking to be the warmest. best chance of wet weather will be across the north bay wednesday. i want to take you to el cerito. this is some skroo video that we got from sky7. it looks like a sinkhole but it's a little bit more like a landslide on rifle range road near wildcat drive. you can see that roadway just basically dropped out so clearly you're not going to be able to drive through this stretch. it looks like that detour is set up right now. we do have calls in to richmond authorities to see what the clean-up plan is, what the repair plan is but boy, looks like that is going to be quite the project. so i am guessing that is going to be a long-term closure, definitely avoid that if you can. and here's a live look at what the richmond commute looks like

on the main roads here on 580. wide open as you approach the richmond-san rafael bridge there on the richmond side. westbound 580 wide open and look at mass transit as well. 10-minute delay due to emergency track repair between ashby and mac arthur. those repairs are complete, though, so they are in recovery mode now. next traffic update coming up. coming up next, the seven things you need to know as you start your day. and take a look at these unlikely best friends. the unbreakable bond between two animals in san mateo county. and more states joining and more states joining hawa

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walgreens. at the corner of happy and healthy. whether you're just joining us or headed out the door, these are the seven things you need to know. number one, chp says two people shot on interstate 880 or rather interstate 80 in the east bay were targeted. the shooting caused a huge backup for driver. the man and woman suffered serious injuries. three people were later detained in richmond for questioning. number two, san jose unveiling a new warning system to alert residents the next time

there is a threat of flooding. many are still cleaning up after last month's massive flooding left entire neighborhoods under water. we're looking at number three and i'm staring right at some spring warmth for the weekend. check out the temperatures today. we're anywhere from about 3 to 8 degrees above average and i hope you like it because it's going to be around for a while. i definitely do, mike, and number four, off to a quiet start on the roads this morning as well. it is friday light so far this morning. here's a live look at thebay bridge toll plaza. starting to fill in on the right side. left side still wide open. so far, no metering lights. number five, two people died during protests against a court's decision to formally impeach south korean president park geun-hye. a leader has been embroiled in a corruption schedule that plunged the country into political turmoil. number six from the live desk, breaking news, the pope is saying the catholic church should now considered married men to become priests. it's out of a shortage of clergy and to be clear, the pope did

say anything about allowing men who are already priests to marry. number seven, video gamers, tame to celebrate. today is national mario day. mario, of course, one of the most famous video game characters ever. today's chosen because the abbreviated dated mar 10 looks like the name mario. >> so good. >> rescue the princess. a very charming rescued 3-year-old steer is now living out his days in half moon bay. >> this is gizmo and he has many friends at sweet farm, including lots of goetsz. nobody is closer to him than his horsey pal, sturgis. they go everywhere together. they run and they play without care. they groom each other. the two besties even care and comfort each other when they're having bad days because that is what friends do. >> this is some serious

charlotte's web stuff going on here. is there a little know it all spider that's going to save the day. >> absolutely. we're coming back with another full 90 minutes of news. another full 90 minutes of news. a bomb threat against a

do you know what, we made it to friday and you are here. thanks very much on this march 10. >> it's going to feel spring-like so we're enjoying that, despite the fact that we're going to lose our sleep this week. but let's not get to that. let's talk about how it's going to be nice today. >> focus on the positive. >> let's talk about how you're going to take off work early and enjoy the warm weather because we do lose that hour this weekend. here's a look at live doppler 7. it's going to be cloudy all morning. you may even see radar returns if you're following us on the app but they're not going to reach the ground.

here's a look at our roof camera and you can see the flag's not even moving at the ferry building. temperatures very mild this morning. upper 40s to mid 50s. 63 to 67 at noon. a little bit cooler at the coast with the sea breeze, 61 at 4:00 but upper 60s and low 70s around the bay and inland and look at that mild evening, upper 50s to low 60s, may not even have to wear a coat if you're out. how about if you're leaving right now, alexis. i think maybe a lot of folks just taking the whole day off instead of cutting us early. friday light volumes this morning. of course one of our normal early slow spots out of the central valley, 30 miles an hour, 19 miles an hour when you get a little bit closer to altamont pass but no major blocking issues right now and maybe a little hazy here on the bay bridge but no delays into san francisco either. we'll check drive times coming up next. two people shot, intersectiinterstate 80 shut down and people backed up for hours. >> the question this morning, what are we going to do to stop

this trend of highway shooting. amy hollyfield is live at chp in martinez. >> reporter: this highway shooting has something most others don't, helpful witnesses and it made a huge difference in this case. this shooting happened yesterday afternoon. it was about 3:30 in the afternoon on eastbound interstate 80 in richmond. officers shut down the freeway for five hours as they helped the victims and investigated the shootings. two people inside a minivan were shot. they survived, but one victim had to be air lifted to the hospital with critical injuries. the chp says they usually don't get good witness information in these cases. the shootings happen so fast before drivers usually figure out what is happening. but in this case, people were involved and helpful. >> in this case, we did have a good samaritan stop to render aid. we don't want to encourage that because you never know what's going on. in this case, it ended up okay, he was unharmed but we want people to be a good witness. >> reporter: well, the tips that came in led richmond police to

this dodge charger in richmond's iron triangle neighborhood. they detained three men in connection with the shootings. investigators do think the victims were targeted, that this was not random. there have been nine shootings on east bay freeways this year, about 43 last year. live many martinez, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. however you add it up, it is too many. the shooting caused rush hour chaos for commuters late into the night. sky7 shows the backup that went on for miles, drivers going nowhere, some just sitting there for hours and if you try to take a detour, well, good luck. >> tried rerouting a couple times but it's bad. >> reporter: how long were you sitting in traffic? >> we are sitting like two hours. >> in fact, interstate 80 did not reopen until around 9:00 so in other words, it was closed for five hours. and when 80 did reopen, we sent out a push alert on our app which you can always download for free. it's our abc7 news app, enable

push alerts so you get the information as we get it. developing news from santa clara now where an investigation is still underway this morning into a deadly officer involved shooting. and we can show you where the officers responded on the map here. deborah and pasetta drives late yesterday. the caller at the house said his son was actsing strangely. police did find him but say he took off. they eventually tased him and officers say it escalated and the man was eventually shot under the scott boulevard overpass. neighbors told abc7 news he lived with his parents and comes from a nice family. >> he was very nice. every morning when i saw a couple times, he would say good morning. i never hear -- he was not with bad guys, i never saw that. that's why i'm -- i don't understand what happened. >> police did not say if the man was arm. the officer who shot him has been placed on administrative leave. police say this lake county mother is accused of abandoning her 2-year-old son in the street while high on meth. a police sergeant at lake port spotted the boy just after 7:00 last night so police searched

the neighborhood and found the boy's mom. 39-year-old sofia polita is in jail. the boy now in the care of child preview services. the fbi is thrive trying to find the person who e-mailed a bomb threat to a jewish community center in los gatos. police evacuated everyone to a nearby church and bomb sniffing dogs swept the building. they didn't find anything and everyone was allowed to return a few hours later. jewish community center across the country have received threats in the last month. the director of the fbi was on capitol hill to discuss national security issues. sources tell abc7 news that fbi director james comey has unsuccessfully implored the justice department to refute president trump's unsubstantiated claims about ptd obama. deputyic and republican lawmake lawmakers are demanding proof of those explosive allegations.

two senators sent a letter to the justice department demanding the fbi provide any evidence. following the closed door briefing with comey, senator mark warner said that he's seen no evidence. happening now, more states are joining hawaii's challenge of president trump's revised travel ban. new york, massachusetts, oregon, and washington state are all joining the call for the courts to stop the executive order before it goes into effect next thursday. they say it is unconstitutional and violates federal law. the revised ban bars new visas for people from six predominantly muslim countries and also temporarily shuts down the u.s. refugee program. uc berkeley police have a new batch of photos they want you to see from the protests against milo yiannopoulos. a group of rogue protesters set fires and smashed windows around the plaza last month. their actions forced the university to cancel the conservative news editor's speech on campus. police have released these 31 photos of people they wnt to talk to about the violence and

the vandalism on february 21. you can get a closer look at these photos. we posted them on our news app and also abc7news.com. we have some new information from federal investigators about the pilot of that small plane bound for san jose that ended up crashing in riverside last week. it turns out he had engine trouble before taking off. the crash killed three people on impact. 46-year-old stacey pierce of san jose survived the crash but then died tuesday night from her injuries. the ntsb's initial report says the pilot, that would be this woman's stepfather, nouri hijazi, made several attempts to start the plane's left engine before it started running. investigators don't say if the engine is what caused that crash. they're expected to issue another report in a week or so. the san francisco d.a.'s office is investigating uber's use of a high-tech tool used to evade authorities. it was exposed by "the new york times" last week. it's an app used to identify undercover regulators who try to

track and clamp down on any illegal uber practices. city officials have called the use of the app an obstruction of justice. uber says it will ban employees from using it. more than three quarters of california now completely out of the drought. take a look at the latest drought map. only 1% of the state remains in the category of severe drought. that is the dark orange color you see in the southern part of the state. here's a comparison to how our conditions looked a year ago when virtually every part of california was in some form of drought. man, mike, that is good to see. amazing. all that wet weather is good, it's had some positive side effects for all the negativity we've had to deal with. temperatures 1 to 8 degrees warmer this morning. we're a little bit milder than we should be for march 10. as we broaden out our range here, 50 at santa rosa, pacifica, and los gatos,

livermore on the cool end to 55 in concord on the warm end. here's a look at 280 and 17 in san jose, you can see the high clouds keeping you around 54 degrees right now. tree pollen is going to be high. if you haven't suffered yet, good news but the pollen is going to pick up even more as we get deeper into spring. uv index will be down a little bit today because of the clouds. through the better part of the morning and into the afternoon hours, the last couple hours of sunshine, we'll see clearing from north to south. low to mid 70s inland, 63 to 66 along the coast into san francisco, look at san rafael. you can see there's less fog for your commute if you're going to be on the bay. small waves today, dry and mild if you're taking mass transit and tonight, fewer clouds means more fog and temperatures slightly cooler than this morning, mid 40s to low 50s. take a look at that chance of rain coming up in fact accuweather 7 day forecast. good morning. overall, we're still pretty quiet. one new issue for the south bay, though. vehicle lost control. that is now facing the wrong way, northbound 101 at lawrence

expressway is kind of hanging over into the left lane lane so use caution. bay bridge metering lights were flip on just a couple minutes before 5:30. but really, it is some lighter than average volumes and take a quick look at drive times here to prove that. westbound 80, highway 4 to the maze, about 19 minutes, once you make it through those metering lights and on to the bay bridge, 11 minutes into san francisco, and southbound 101 san francisco to sfo also in the green. we'll take a look at mass transit coming up. two state lawmakers want to raise taxes on alcohol to make completed unrelated products cheaper. alaska airlines adding flights to bay area airports and we have all the details about the new destinations. here's a look outside as we get ready for our spring-like day. day. you can keep track of weather

hi, and welcome back. this video just into the live desk, and if you were ever wondering what it would be like to be caught in an avalanche, this is your chance to look. look what happened to this man, and you can see the ground rumbling and shaking underneath him, almost looks like an earthquake there and boy just frantically you see that man trying to gain some footing there on the slopes in italy. looks like, again, an earthquake and this is where we saw a deadly avalanche in the same area, so this man, very lucky to

be okay. two avalanches nearby in the french alps which border italy, including a deadly one within the last month as well. reggie, natasha, back to you. two lawmakers from southern california want to raise the state's tax on hard liquor in order to pay for tax-free diapers as well as feminine hygiene products. assembly woman fletcher and christina garcia have revised a measure that was vetoed by governor brown last year. it would make feminine health products exempt from sales tax like groceries and prescription medications. it would raise the liquor tax on distributors by $1.20 per gallon. a brutal road rage attack in san francisco that was caught on video. up to 15 bikers attacked a driver in the middle of rush hour traffic on highway 101 wednesday. "the chronicle" identifies the victim as an uber driver who lives in modesto and comes into the city to work.

a family member says he just had a baby boy. the man who took this video asked to remain anonymous. he says the victim was in bad shape when the bikers took off. >> he had a broken leg, as i said, a bloodied face, road rash. he was in pretty rough shape. so we called 911. >> it's really a scary situation. chp says the m.o. is similar to other incidents in san francisco. they advise that if you see something like this, never get out of your car. stay in there and call 911. former california governor arnold schwarzenegger would make a political comeback in the u.s. senate. politico reports he could run next year when senator diane feinstein is up for reelection. schwarzenegger spokesman said he didn't ruling it out. the new deputy county executive in santa clara county is a familiar one to san francisco. former two-term county supervisor dave campos will assume the skrob next week.

while on the board, he spear headed legislation on homelessness, lgbt rights and health care. a new photo shows the stunning damage to a bridge on highway 101 that started buckling. caltrans condemned pfeiffer canyon bridge three weeks ago. the bridge needs to be replaced and people are being warned to stay at least 100 feet away. a 63-mile stretch of highway 1 between ragged point and palo california is closed indefinitely, leaving part of big sur cut off from the world. caltrans is being asked to build a detour or a temporary bridge while a new one is being constructed. how does this sound? steph curry as your roommate. >> this is the theme of a new stuff commercial for brita. ♪ what if steph curry was my ro roommate ♪ ♪ my quality of life would be

super great ♪ >> steph doesn't even have to do anything in this commercial and he adds that cool factor already. >> he's pointing. >> he just points so well. the full two and a half minute commercial is a music video with internet staff king batch but really steph is the star of this. clearly. look at him playing golf. >> and pointing. >> toilet paper. so cool. tomorrow night, watch the warriors and the spurs only only abc7. the two teams battling for the top seed in the western conference. golden state leads san antonio by just two games with just 18 games left in the regular season. tipoff is 5:30 p.m. happening today, the first ever big foot conference kicks off in san francisco. why san francisco for this? >> i'm telling you. every time that you criticize them, big foot is coming after you. the three-day big foot bonanza and film fest is being held at the balboa theater in the city's outer richmond district. it features filmmakers like i assume this one, authors and tv personalities as well as big foot hunters and enthusiasts from all over the country.

the line-up includes cliff, who hosts animal planet's reality show "finding big foot." so, that's happening. yes, in other news, there's a snipe hunt later today also if you want to join that. >> i think the -- is that the yeti behind you? oh, you missed it. sorry. >> too fast. i didn't have any jerky out for him. all right. let's take a look at what's going on with the golden gate bridge. you ask why in san francisco? really? why have that in san francisco? here's a look at the winds blowing from north to south today and that means we're going from clouds to sunshine late. spring warmth is going to hang around even though we have a weak cold front that's going to bring that afternoon sunshine. chance of rain still in the forecast for wednesday. that's the only day right now. you can see the plume of moisture so we may see some radar returns but not going to reach the ground and this week's cold front is what's going to bring us the clearing late. here's a look at temperatures on the peninsula. 63 in half moon bay, pacifica, with that northerly wind coming

off the ocean about 61, millbrae is the cool spot on the peninsula, 66, followed by san mateo at 69, everybody else about 70 to 71. berkeley about 69, and 70 to 72 for everybody else and oakland around 70 degrees and that is average. accuweather 7 day forecast, what you're going to see may be a drop in temperatures tomorrow but a little more sunshine and a little more fog in the morning. a whole lot of sunshine sunday. our warmest day is still monday and then we'll see the temperatures taper as that next storm comes near us. our best chance of wet weather will be across the north bay. we are looking good this morning. live look outside at the south bay, 101 and 880, no issues there, everybody cruising along just fine. i want to talk about mass transit, though. we had an earlier issue with b.a.r.t. between ashby and mac arthur stations. that wrapped up and actually the delays are gone too so we are back in the green. caltrain looking ahead to this weekend, tomorrow, yeah, we're

doing the st. patrick's day early, a week early, but they do have northbound weekend service so you can get dropped at 4th and king and either hop on the next line or walk to the parade route. golden gate ferry also providing extra service for the parade tomorrow as well and those trips come from larkspur and sausalito. mass transit is going to be the way to go. sounds like we have a new problem out of the central valley. we'll check that on next. a family caught this amazing whale breach just off the coast of maui. that whale estimated to be 27 feet long. they say it circled the boat for about 20 minutes before the breach and it wasn't done because seconds later, another breach before it disappeared back into the deep water. >> pretty good show there. no need to take a studio tour when you go to hollywood. some tourists found thels up close and personal to a police chase that unfolded on hollywood boulevard last night. the slow speed chase ended right in front of the chinese theater

on the hollywood walk of fame. onlooke onlookers caught it all on their cell phones. alaska airlines is going to soon offer nonstop flights in minetta san jose international to newark and burbank. abc7 news was in san jose for the announcement. alaska airlines says tmts to continue to expand service and connect key markets like l.a., tucson, and austin, texas, by this fall. ten nonstops from various cities to sfo, obviously alaska making a major push into our bay area market. san francisco getting a group of mini-libraries thanks to some elbow grease from sales force employees. sales force workers spent part of yesterday building library boxes. sales force is celebrating its 18th anniversary by paying workers to volunteer all week long. >> it's a really good way to do team building. it's also a great way to get involved in different nonprofits

that you might not necessarily have a chance to work with. >> workers also made blankets for hands on bay area, a nonprofit that connects companies with organizations that need their help. archaeologists are exploring a discovery that rivals the opening of king tut's tomb. a 26-foot statue believed depict fa roe ramses ii. he ruled egypt more than 3,000 years ago and is considered ancient egypt's most powerful and celebrated ruler. a warning for parents thinking about following online instructions for diy braces, the danger that could pose for your kids. first, you will likely notice something missing the next time you grab a box of honey nut cheerios. and soda out as america's number one drink of choice, so who's on tap -- who's on top now. a reminder tomorrow, "7 on your side's" michael finney is going to anchor our live coverage of the annual san francisco st. patrick's day. it starts at noon right here on

abc7 news and if you're on the go, we're going to stream it on our fre afoot and light-hearted i take to the open road. healthy, free, the world before me, the long brown path before me leading wherever i choose. the east and the west are mine. the north and the south are mine. all seems beautiful to me. to take advantage of this offer on a volvo s90, visit your local dealer. this is violet. she's been waiting for this moment for awhile. a moment other kids wouldn't think twice about. her first bowl of cheerios. because now that cheerios are gluten free, violet, and many others are enjoying their first bowl today.

welcome back. general mills is raising awareness of pollinators on select cheerios boxes. honey nut cheerios boxes will have a blank space where we're used to seeing buzzbee. the twin cities business journal reports it's part of general mills bring back the bees campaign. bee colonies of course have been vanishing at an alarming rate. as part of its campaign, general mills is asking customers to plant more than 100 million wild flowers this year. it has free seeds for you on its website. sales of bottled water have now overtaken soda as the number

one drink in the u.s. the beverage marketing corporation says that bottled water has been growing for years while soda sales have been declining. the research shows americans drank 39 gallons of bottled water in 2016 compared to 38.5 gallons of soda so it's pretty close but consider this is just bottled water. this does not include tap water that you're refilling into your reusable koupz and things. don't forget you're going to lose an hour of sleep this weekend, sorry. daylight saving time begins sunday at 2:00 a.m. for most of us, it's going to happen automatically. your clocks, your smart phones will automatically just adjust but listen to this. researchers say it takes a child's internal clock up to ten days to fully reset so experts recommend shifting their bedtime 15 minutes earlier for four days leading up to the change. once daylight savings goes into effect, researchers say give children as much natural light in the morning as possible.

turn on lights, open blinds, it could signal their body clock. >> be careful if you're around a teenager if you turn on the lights and open the blinds that early in the morning. they can get a little ornery. you can see the st. patrick's day behind me and michael finney will be narrating that for you. look at that. deeper look at what's going on this weekend. what we're going to have is spring-like temperatures even some low to mid 60s at the coast. look at those low to mid 70s around the 70s inland. sunday evening, you get the extra hour to enjoy that sunshine. let's take a look at our roads here this morning. there's my mike. and let's see if we can get our traffic maps pulled up here. there we go. taking you on to the central valley, westbound 205 to 580, a disabled vehicle that was blocking lane number three, sounds like they're working on

getting that pushed off to the shoulder right now but you are heavy as you leave the tracy area and a quick check of the bay bridge toll plaza. we are heavy and duo have those merits metering lights on. new details this morning in the battle over a san mateo ice rink closure, why supporters are now claiming victory. also, have you seen this man? police say he is targeting women in santa clara county. and here at the live desk, i want to show you this new video i just got within a few minutes ago. a possible tornado? i'll let you know where next. and growing backlash over the health care proposal. why one of the nation's largest groups for older people says the groups for older people says the republican plan

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good morning to you on this friday, march 10. >> i have some good news for you, besides the fact that it's friday. >> it is friday. >> it's also going to feel a lot

less like winter and a lot more like spring. i mean, don't get crazy. it's not tank top weather. >> according to matt keller, on twitter, it is. >> i don't know about that. >> he's pushing it. >> does that say more about matt or his choice of clothing? i'm not sure. >> you decide. >> i know he works out a lot. >> oh. hm. >> oh god, i hope he's not watching. here's a look at what's going on. i love you, matt. there's a lot of cloud cover out there. if you're using our app today, it's not going to make it to the ground. san jose easily winning our colorful sunrise contest this morning, that's 280 and 17. here's a look at your day planner. 63 to 67 at noon, slightly cooler at the coast, 61 at 4:00, 71 for the rest of us and then look at that, 55 to 62 with that sunshine turning to stars by the afternoon and evening. alexis? okay, san jose winning the sunrise contest, but maybe not the commute contest here at this point. we've got a few issues to get to. but they are all pretty