and over to the sierra foothills, a line of powerful thunderstorms with numerous lightning strikes. notice the area there with the red. well, those storms a little earlier were closer to merced. they were so intense that tornado warnings had been issued. but we have no reports yet of actual tornados and we still have snow falling in the sierra. ignore the labels on these camera shots, i just changed them. i want to show you the view from the east bay hills camera. look at those dark clouds mixed in with the breaks of sunshine. 62 in san francisco, mid60s at oakland, mountain view, san jose, gilroy. this is the sutro camera. we've got lots of blue sky so conditions are calm the next couple of hours. temperature readings at santa rosa, napa, novato, fairfield, concord and livermore all in the mid-60s. the storm coming in late tonight and tomorrow morning ranks 2 on the storm impact scale. look for a messy morning

commute. thunder and hail are possible in this storm. just quick forecast animation. things will be calm until 10:00 tonight. then that wave of stormy weather starts to sweep through and once again messy and stormy morning commute. i'll have a closer look a little bit later. a vallejo home is red tagged after a tree came crashing down onto the house overnight. abc 7 news reporter amy holly foo hollyfield spoke with the homeowner. >> reporter: when the huge oak first hit the house, the family inside thought it was an earthquake. >> when the first branch hit, it shook the house. so when we got up, it was 2:13. we were like, okay, check the floors, make sure there's no glass on the floors. >> reporter: they looked outside only to find it was the tree they had always worried about. a few years ago they had looked into having it removed. >> it was a bunch of red tape.

a lot of hoops to jump through and money. so we just decided to leave it alone at the time. here we are 11 years later and it's finally falling. >> reporter: it fell at 2:15 this morning. a tree company came out later in the morning to start removing it so they could see the damage. officials red tagged it for now, but the family is hopeful that the home is bruised but not broken. >> i've been up since 2:13 this morning and i want to go to sleep but i can't. so i'm just here waiting. >> reporter: a spokeswoman for the city of vallejo says she can't speak to what the permit process was back when this family tried to get the tree removed, but as of today if you want to get your tree trimmed, you need to get a permit and it is free. if an inspector decides your tree is sick and needs to be removed, they can do that for $477. in vallejo, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. a reminder to drive carefully on wet roads.

check this out. santa clara county sheriff's office motorcycle officers posted this picture on their twitter page this morning. you can see the tire of one car on the back end of another car. it happened on stevens creek. no word on exactly how this happened or if anyone was hurt. drivers heading to north tahoe should also be careful. right now sticky snow is covering parts of i-80. it is a bit slushy and can be dangerous. big rigs are being told to use maximum chains. more snowfall is expected tonight. you can track the storms all week with the abc 7 news app. we have live doppler 7 on the app and you can enable push alerts to get weather advisories on your phone or tablet. you're looking live at the scene of breaking news in redwood city. at least one person is dead after a shooting there at saginaw and penobscot drives. detectives have not revealed what led to the afternoon's

shooting. we can show you where this took place, north of highway 101 near the port of redwood city. police tell us there's no danger to the general public at this point. we have a crew on the way to the scene and will bring you live updates just as soon as they become available. today family and co-workers honored four fallen police officers on the eighth anniversary of when they were shot and killed in the line of dulty. the violent chain of events began when two officers stopped a driver. that driver then shot them. two s.w.a.t. team members died following a shootout with the suspect. police motorcycles lined 82nd avenue outside st. benedict catholic church. inside the church, people reflected on the lives lost in 2009. >> we miss you beyond what words can express. we will always remember you and the many ways you made us smile, laugh, live and love. >> other s.w.a.t. officers eventually shot and killed the

man suspected of murdering the four officers. a man arrested for biting a lover's scalp was released from jail today. david diaz was given five years probation for his latest run-in with the law. he pled guilty for handcuffing a man and biting a chunk out of his scalp. in 2014 he was found guilty of manslaughter for choking a man while having sex. two years later he was arrested for setting his boyfriend's house on fire. he has a stay away order from the bar and several homes in the castro. a film educator who worked with children pleaded not guilty to child porn charges. 71-year-old john morrison is charged with felony child pornography possession and distribution. police arrested him last week after finding hundreds of videos and images of children engaged in sex acts on computers in his san francisco home. he taught film production to kids at the california film institute in san rafael. a former san bruno firefighter accused of stealing

money from a toy drive is now free on bail. police arrested holly nelson yesterday. she's charged with two felony counts of grand theft. nelson stole $25,000 from the san bruno firefighters association toy drive program between january and october of last year. moments ago san jose police released this video of two people seen robbing a jewelry store at valley fair mall. the man was looking at merchandise when he reached over the counter and grabbed a diamond. the suspect dropped the diamond but then grabbed it and ran out of the store. a woman who was with the suspect followed him out. the female leaders at uber today promised a change in culture as the company deals with several high-profile issues. the company held a conference call with three of its highest ranking female staff members. board nebraska arianna huffington says she wants uber to build a place where no woman has to choose between her career and unacceptable behavior. a private investigator is

looking into systemic problems with sexual harassment. this weekend uber's president stepped down citing leadership concerns. despite these problems, uber said americans used its service more than ever before. california lawmakers are proposing a tax on millionaires to help cover tuition costs for in-state college students. the legislation would impose a 1% tax on californians making mre than $1 million a year. this comes as 80 wealthy new yorkers came forward and asked lawmakers there to raise their taxes. they said they can afford to pay more to support schools, roads, bridges and programs to help poor and homeless new yorkers. the fate of the raiders future in oakland could come to a head one week from today. nfl owners are expected to vote on the raiders' application to move to las vegas at their spring meeting next week in arizona. a coalition of local fan groups have launched an 11th hour drive to get owners to reject that idea. they're urging bay area residents and football nations

nationwide to sign their petition on change.org. we have a link on our website at abc7news.com. we're getting our first look at what are believed to be tom brady's missing super bowl jerseys after they were discovered in mexico. mexico's attorney general has released this picture that shows the jersey that brady wore when the patriots beat the falcons in super bowl li last month. the nfl says someone with a media credential for the super bowl had the jersey. in fact he's a well-known journalist in mexico. also had another brady jersey that they found. it's believed the san mateo native wore that one in super bowl xlix two years ago. and more news about a different graduate of san mateo's high school. baseball great barry bonds will return to the giants as a special advisor. bonds' new job will begin tomorrow. he'll just spring training and make special appearances for the team as well. he'll also work with giants minor league players. he had a major league record 762 home runs. he'll also forever be linked to

the balco scandal involving performance-enhancing drugs. and barry worked last year for the florida marlins as a hitting instructor, spent the whole year with them. now he comes back to the giants organization where we did have a ten-year personal services contract. according to the team president, this is different from that previous agreement. the giants will put barry on what they call their wall of fame, which is located outside the ballpark, and you have to think with him being around the ballpark and a part of the organization that the wall of fame may ultimately lead to barry being inducted into the baseball hall of fame, which you know he would love. right now he's well short of receiving the number of votes required to get into cooperstown but we'll see how it plays out. well, it has been a month since the devastating flooding in san jose and the bills keep adding up. >> i think we're somewhere in the range of $10,000 right now. >> the slow recovery for some of those animals stuck for days in

the floodwater. plus -- >> new restrictions for those traveling nationally. i'll let you know what you should leave at home, coming up. and there's nothing like getting a good night's sleep, but is that as good as winning the lottery? a surprising new study. and checking our traffic on this tuesday. this is our walnut creek traffic, 680 southbound on the right-hand side, that's your lighter traffic. it's moving northbound just a little

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those added carry-on restrictions for passengers flying to the u.s. from countries from the midwest. >> passengers on certain airlines will no longer be allowed to carry on some larger electronic devices. >> reporter: abc news has just learned moments ago that these new security measures are a result of intelligence received earlier this year indicating that associates of isis are working on smuggling explosive-laden electronics on u.s.-bound flights. ten airports in eight countries are telling passengers they can no longer carry devices larger than their cell phones on the plane. the emergency rule affects passengers traveling to the united states from eight middle eastern countries, countries including jordan, egypt, saudi arabia and the gulf states. no longer allowed in the cabin of jet liners, laptops, tablets, cameras, dvd players and

electronic games. instead those items must now be checked in. >> what's likely happened is that the government, the u.s. government has developed some intelligence that a group or individual has developed some type of device that they can get onto an airplane using a laptop or some other electronic appliance. >> reporter: the department of homeland security saying it is concerned about terrorists' ongoing interest in targeting commercial aviation. the new rules being met by mixed reaction from some travelers. >> really annoying a person like me. i like to use my laptop, whether it's for entertainment purposes or work purposes. >> you have to deal with it. >> there's enough screening going on that's not necessary. >> reporter: officials hoping to preventing another attack like this one. last year a laptop full of explosives was smuggled on a plane, detonated after takeoff, ripping a massive hole in the aircraft flying over somalia. >> what they're trying to do here is take an extra step to take anything that could be packed with explosives out of

the cabin and prevent some sort of a device being manually detonated in the cabin. >> reporter: and we have also learned that this new intelligence has been shared with british officials. the uk also implementing new restrictions tonight similar to the ones here in the united states. u.s. officials are giving carriers until friday to implement the order. reporting live from los angeles, now back to you. >> danya, are these restrictions related in any way to the travel ban or are they entirely different? >> reporter: larry, you know, we've been told by the administration that this ban applies, as we know, to predominantly muslim nations, but the administration does tell us this has nothing to do with the travel ban. >> all right, thank you. for a closer look at the ban and what you need to know if you're heading to the airport, go to abc7news.com and you can also download the abc 7 news app.

today the mayor signed an ordinance into law that will prohibit the city from participating in any time of identity-based registry. during the campaign president trump vowed to establish a registry for muslims in the u.s. none has been enacted but the preemptive measure is intend to give targeted groups some peace of mind. >> having something like this weighing over our heads further puts us on high alert. like what's going to happen next. how else will we be criminalized and picked on. >> san francisco is the first city in the nation to enact such an ordinance. it prevents the city from creating or participating in any government program that requires registration based on religion or ethnicity. the oakland city council is set to build on the building of a massive building. >> it has many supporters and critics. kristen sze is here with a preview. >> the macarthur transit village project has several phases.

up for final approval tonight is the developer's request to build a 24-story tower for residential and retail use. this is a developer's rendering of the tower. it would be three times higher than anything else in the neighborhood. now i'll pause this so i can show you basically where this is going to be. here is the macarthur b.a.r.t. station and this lot in particular right here i'm circling, that's where the tower would be built. the business improvement district has been very vocal supporting the project. >> it will bring 402 units of housing as well as 13,000 square feet of retail to our district. >> the project broke ground in 2011. opponents say it sticks out and will bring too much traffic but two weeks ago the council unanimously passed the first reading of the height exemption after the developer promised to include more affordable units, streetlights and local jobs. if the plan gets the second green light as expected tonight, construction could be completed

in 2019. >> all right, kristen, thank you. it is so busy in the weather department. >> i'm over here. i was in the weather center making changes. >> i'll do this while you catch your breath. we've got sun, we got rain, we got clouds. >> maybe even some hail. >> crazy warnings to the east, right? >> snow in the sierra. >> we had -- >> thunder, lightning. >> no, cyclone. >> cyclones? tornados? >> tornado warnings near merced this afternoon. still snowing in the sierra. let's go to live doppler 7. >> weather conditions for 100, alex. >> while that's up, let me go over here and click on a button because we're making changes as we speak. that's why i was so late running over to the desk with larry and ama. here's a look at live doppler 7. we have mainly calm conditions right now. we have virtually nothing in stormy weather happening here. our storm shifted way over to the east. that was responsible for the tornado warnings near merced.

you can see that line of lightning strikes and thunderstorms moving out of the central valley into the sierra foothills right now and there's still snow in the sierra. a variety pack of weather. the storm that moved through overnight and this morning produced significant rainfall totals in many locations, just under an inch in santa rosa, 1.33 here in san francisco, nearly 3 in mount st. helena. only 0.28 at moffett field. this is the exploratorium camera looking over the bay where we have scattered clouds and lots of sunshine. these are our forecast features. this is the one i was trying to complete a minute ago. a strong storm, another strong storm arrives on friday. thunder and hail are possible tomorrow with the storm that comes in late tonight. so we've only got a little bit of a break between storms. these storms are significant storms. our storm impact scale will rank 2, a moderate storm. it will have periods of heavy

rainfall, a messy morning commute and thunder and hail are possible. let me give you a little animation. notice most of the evening will be pretty calm, but 10:00 or 11:00 tonight we'll see that wave of storminess beginning to push into the north bay and parts of sonoma county. then it swings through the north bay and by 5:00 tomorrow morning as the morning commute gets under way, we'll see widespread areas of moderate to heavy rainfall across all of the bay area except the north bay. it's going to remain wet through most of the bay area through the early morning to mid-morning hours. then mid to late afternoon we'll actually see a pretty good amount of sunshine. but the storm that moves through earlier will be a pretty strong one. we project rainfall totals by tomorrow evening only a 0.2 in the north bay, 0.87 at fairfield, 0.8 of an inch at hayward. on we go to tomorrow morning's commute. use caution, rain will be heavy at times, slippery roads.

winds out of the southwest gusting to 35 miles an hour. lows mainly in the low to mid-50s and then tomorrow's highs will be mainly in the low 60s. and we have yet another storm coming our way later in the week. that one will rank 2 on the storm impact scale. however, it may actually be elevated to a 3 because it's showing signs of being very, very strong. so let me skip ahead to the accuweather seven-day forecast. and you can see that aside from the break on thursday, we've still got a very active weather pattern. wet and windy on friday, showers through the weekend into monday of next week and sunny and mild next tuesday. things are changing. all right. well, a wild night on the dance floor. the ups and downs at the season premiere of "dancing with the stars." and celebrating the first ever rosie the riveter day. we'll catch up with some of the women who made history. and let's catch up with traffic on the san mateo bridge. on your right-hand side, that is your peninsula-bound traffic going westbound. lighter than your eastbound

traffic on your left-hand side. we are back

we have breaking news out of the south bay. sky 7 is over the scene of an accident that left a bicyclist dead in san jose. it is still a very active scene at lee avenue and coit drive. this happened just before 3:00 this afternoon. police say a man on the bicycle died. the driver did stop nearby. investigators are now working to determine what led up to that crash. shifting to some lighter news, "dancing with the stars" kicked off its 24th season in style last night. athletes this season certainly very competitive, getting four of the top five scores. george has the post-show report. >> reporter: for week one, simone biles and her partner tangoed to the top of the judge's leaked scoring all 8s. just last season laurie

hernandez won the mirror ball trophy. >> i think it would be cool to have gymnasts back-to-back but everyone here has such huge personalities and we all dance pretty good. >> reporter: just a point behind, rashad jennings and his partner, emma slater. >> i had so much fun. i put so much preparation into this. i've been enjoying dancing. emma's a great teacher and i'm looking forward to this journey. >> reporter: and then a three-way tie for third, heather morris, nancy kerrigan and david ross. >> when i got out here, the energy that i felt in this crowd was second to none. i felt like i was back on the baseball field in the playoffs. >> reporter: in sixth place, singer normani, erica jane tied for seventh with tv bachelor nick viall. >> i dangs edanced a little bit honky tonks growing up.

>> charo said a lot more after landing in tenth place. >> i love audience. without audience, i am half of me. when i hear audience, i get bumps all over my goose. >> she used some hip action on tom bergeron. >> i think my hip is dislocated. >> all 12 return to "dancing with the stars" next week. at the end of that episode, one of those couples goes home. >> you can watch "dancing with the stars" monday night at 8:00 right here on abc 7. well, it's been one month since that disastrous flooding in san jose, and people are still living with a high toll from all the damage. what residents are still doing to clean up. plus -- >> not say more about what we are doing and whose conduct we are expecting. >> another tough day during hearings on capitol hill as the white house continues to deny

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and we have an update on the breaking news that we brought you at the start of the newscast. a man died following what redwood city police believe was

a domestic dispute outside an office complex. this happened near the port of redwood city around 2:20 this afternoon. a man and a woman got into some kind of confrontation. the man had a gun, chased the woman down the street and apparently fired a shot at her. police cornered the man and he pointed the gun at his head as police fired. the man is dead but it's not clear which bullet killed him. redwood city police have said there is no danger to the general public. here's other stories making headlines at 4:30. officers and families honor four fallen oakland police officers today eight years after they were killed in the line of duty. they shared stories and reflected on the impact those four men had on their lives. vic lee tweeted from the trial of three santa clara county deputies accused of killing inmate michael tyree. coming up at 5:00, the evidence the defense pointed to while saying this was not a homicide. "world news" tweeted at last

week's deep freeze in the south nearly wiped out entire fruit populations. just 15% of south carolina's peach crop reremain, 20% of georgia's blueberries are intact. cross losses could top $1 billion. the san jose neighborhoods hit by flooding last month still have a long road to recovery. 1500 people remain displaced, some of them still in shelters. what about the cleanup now? for some answers we go to abc 7 news reporter david louie who joins us from san jose. >> reporter: rock springs still looks like a disaster zone, lirlted with debris and destroyed vehicles, but work is under way to make the flood-damaged first floor apartments livable again. one apartment building owner says he's been waiting a week to get inspectors to repair plumbing and electrical repairs. casey is a different kind of victim. her horse was one of those stranded for three days. many of you were distressed when you saw ben in this sky 7 video

last month. he suffered colic and ulcers from the ordeal and the vet bills are mounting. >> he's continuing to improve but his temperature is high and he needs to be in a controlled environment while he improves. we're in the range of $10,000. >> reporter: casey my benefit from relief loans from the small business administration for san jose's flood victims. >> folks can apply online today or starting tomorrow they can come down to city hall on the 12th floor and we'll have some officials here from the sba as well as the city to help people out in three languages. >> reporter: conservation corps crews are also helping people out. >> certainly it has been but, you know, the animals take it in stride. the keeper staff have been great and really helped to reduce any stress on the animals. they know when they're in a different spot, but we're making it as comfortable as we can.

>> that was david louie reporting. today president trump had a busy day traveling to capitol hill and working to close the deal on the gop's health care plan. but still no comment on the fbi's bombshell revelation that it's investigating the trump campaign and alleged contacts with russia. kenneth moton has the latest from washington. >> reporter: president trump on the move at the capitol. back in the oval, focus on the business of the day. >> to imagine distant worlds. >> reporter: but the president, still not commenting on the fbi's investigation into his campaign's alleged contact with russia as the kremlin meddled in the 2016 election. >> i cannot say more about what we are doing and whose conduct we are examining. >> reporter: the white house still on defense on allegations of possible collusion with russia. >> the continued narrative that falsely tries to link the trump -- the president or the white house into any of it. they continue to see that there is nothing there. >> reporter: the fbi won't say who is under investigation, but

the white house has tried to diminish the role of one person mentioned by the house intelligence committee, campaign chair paul manafort who was fired over the summer. manafort has repeatedly denied any connection to russia. house speaker paul ryan promising thorough investigations, but so far -- >> no evidence that donald trump or his staff were involved in this with the russians. i don't think we learned anything new yesterday with comey's testimony. >> reporter: but the american people did, as comey also refuted trump's unsubstantiated wiretapping claims against president obama. >> my view is very simple, and that is that there is a cloud now hanging over the head have the president. >> reporter: the president's credibility is also hanging in the balance. today the white house deflected when asked for evidence to back up trump's wiretapping claims. kenneth moton, abc news, washington. ivanka trump is getting an office in the west wing. even though she doesn't have an official government job. the first daughter will receive government issued communications devices and security clearance to access classified

information. ivanka trump has already been present at high-level meetings. she says she will continue to offer her father candid advice and counsel. the confirmation hearing for supreme court nominee neil gorsuch is still under way. gorsuch answered questions for several hours today, growing irritated at times. one exchange involved california senator dianne feinstein. she asked gorsuch about an opinion from late justice scalia on gun control where scalia cited certain weapons may be banned without infringing on the second amendment. >> i can't prejudge that. >> do you agree with his statement? >> the statements out of the heller? >> justice scalia's statement. >> well, whatever is in heller is the law and i follow the law. >> so you agree with it. >> it's not a matter of agreeing or disagreeing, senator, respectfully. it's a matter of it being the law. my job is to apply and enforce the law. >> at one point gorsuch said there's a lot he regrets about

this confirmation process, including putting his family through it. [ bell ringing ] today's stocks had their worst day of the year with all three major indices dropping more than a percent in value. the dow lost 238 points and closed at $20,668. the nasdaq was down by more than 100 and the s&p lost about 30. a 19-year-old man now faces murder charges following the deaths of two teenagers in colorado. police believe this man kidnapped and killed the two victims. court records show antonio had restraining orders filed against him in the past but none involved the two victims. a passing driver discovered the bodies of the teens alongside a highway a week ago. police haven't said how the best friends died. lawyersi for a texas teenagr are turning to the texas supreme court to try to get him released from jail. the motion filed on behalf of ethan couch argues that a judge had no authority to sentence

couch to nearly two years in jail after his case was moved from juvenile to adult court. he received ten years probation after killing four people in a 2013 crash. he later violated his probation and was sent to jail. a defense expert invoked the term affluenza. life is slowly returning to normal at the site of the dakota access pipeline protests. officials are restoring normal traffic on a highway that was closed for months because of the protests. part of the highway was shut down in late october after a bridge was damaged by fires during the demonstrations. the $4 billion pipeline is getting ready to move oil from north dakota to illinois. the effort under way in southern california to put an end to drinking straws. plus the drastic medical action one eastern european is doing to stop poachers in their tracks after an attack left a rhino dead at a french zoo. i'm spencer christian. our skies are partly cloudy but

clouds will thicken and we have another storm just hours away. i'll have the accuweather forecast in just a moment. the commute is looking a little thick through san francisco on the skyway on your right-hand side. that is your southbound traffic trying to get to the peninsula beyond the south bay on the left-hand side, your traffic approaching the lower deck of th

first plastic bags, now plastic straws. environmentalists in southern california are hoping to ban

plastic straws. huntington beach based strawfree.org says plastic straws are one of the top ten pieces of garbage polluting the ocean. they say americans use 500 million plastic straws every day. the group was organized after this video showing a plastic straw being pulled from a turtle's nose. right now they are focusing the ban on huntington beach. a zoo in the czech republic is taking no chances at this point. they're cutting off the horns of their 21 rhinos. the action being taken after somebody broke into a wildlife park near paris earlier this month and killed a rhino for its horn. zoos around the world are on high alert now. rhino horn is used for jewelry as well as traditional medicine. two pounds of horn sell for $100,000 in vietnam. zoo keepers in the czech republic say this was a tough decision, but the risk was too high. they say the procedure is painless, but how sad is it that

this is what it's come to, in a zoo of all places. all right, we'll get a check of the weather now. it struck me that if you were going to teach a meteorology class on bay area weather, today would be a great day for it. >> you've got all sorts of conditions today. we had the storm overnight and early this morning, partial clear, lots of clearing during the afternoon hours. as you look at live doppler 7, you can see very calm conditions here in the bay area, although we do expect another storm tonight. meanwhile to our east moving to the sierra and the sierra foothills, a line of powerful thunderstorms which wreaked havoc over in the central valley this afternoon, prompting tornado warnings. so we've still got these thunderstorms and snow is still falling in the sierra. speaking of the sierra, a winter weather advisory remains in effect until 6:00 tomorrow evening. we expect another 4 to 8 inches of snow above 6500 feet, up to a foot of snow along the crest and chain controls and travel delays are likely. back to the bay area tonight,

late tonight we'll see the rain moving in again. another storm and overnight lows will be generally in the low 50s. we'll see some periods of heavy rainfall during the overnight hours leading into the morning commute, so if you're a morning commuter, bear that in mind. you may need a little extra time. by afternoon tomorrow that storm will have pretty much broken up into just scattered showers and we'll see some sunshine in the afternoon hours with high temperatures ranging from upper 50s at the coast to mainly low 60s near the bay and inland. let's look at our rain chances over the next seven days. there's a 100% chance of rain tomorrow, zero on thursday. back up to almost 100% on friday when that next big storm comes in. dropping off to only a 20% chance on saturday. we may get some showers, light rain on sunday and monday. 60% chance, 30% chance and near zero next tuesday. here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. tonight and tomorrow's storm ranks 2 on the storm impact scale, a storm of moderate intensity. friday's storm will also rank 2, it will be wet and windy. saturday, sunday and monday we have rain activity ranking only

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apple is going red with its new addition to the iphone family. they just unveiled a special red version of the iphone 7 and the 7 plus. all of this is for charity. the special edition iphones commemorate the ten-year partnership between apple and project red. that's an organization that helps fight aids. the red phones start at $749 and go on sale on friday. apple is also cutting prices on two ipad models, the old ipad air 2 is now simply called the ipad. that sells for $329, down $70. the ipad mini, the mini 4 is $100 cheaper. ipad sales have dropped almost 20% in the past year. snagging a reservation at an exclusive wine country

restaurant just got a little easier. the french laundry is now taking reservations through june 30th. the famous yountville restaurant is opening up seating in advance to give more guests an opportunity to book a table. according to the website, prepaid reservations start at $330 a person. an environmental health group put out a warning about a favorite children's snack. animal crackers. >> michael finney has more. >> like you want to hear this, right? >> adults like animal crackers too. >> oh, i know, i know. that's what i'm saying. the center for environmental health in oakland said it tested several brands of animal crackers and ginger snaps. the group said it detected high levels of acitamide in this whole grain variety and lower levels in other brands. the chemical can cause cancer and children are the most vulnerable. it issued a notice of violation

to several retailers saying they had failed to post warnings of potential exposure. we reached out to the california grocers association but did not hear back. walgreens issued a statement telling us the safety of our products is of highest importance to us. we just received this information today and will thoroughly review the organization's research. did you ever park in a huge lot or parking garage and have trouble finding your car? google maps now has a feature that will help you find your car so that won't happen again and it could actually warn you when your meter is expiring. it works by pinning your car's location onto a digital map. the app also lets you enter the amount of time on your parking meter. the app will warn you when the meter is about to expire. however, they say they will not pay if you get a ticket. more and more retailers are offering you door-to-door delivery. now you can add one more, costco. costco is teaming up with delivery giant shipped to bring the big box to your doorstep.

the service is launching in tampa with plans to expand to 50 markets by year's ends. they join others like walmart, safeway and amazon fresh in the home delivery market. now, i want to hear from you. the 7 on your side hotline is open monday through friday from 10:00 to 2:00. moi number, 415-954-8151. you can also reach me on facebook and through abc7news.com. >> thank you so much, michael. we all know there's nothing like a good night's sleep, but is that as good as winning the lottery? some british researchers say yes. a team at the university of warwick studied the sleep patterns of more than 30,000 people over a four-year period and they say a good night's sleep helps improve your mood in a way similar to winning a jackpot of about $150,000. finney is laughing already. the lead researcher says the study shows improving the quality and amount of sleep is effective in improving society's

health and well-being. nothing against society's health and well-being, however, however, university of warwick, i'll stay up all night if you're going to give me $150,000. it doesn't matter how long i need the sleep. >> i don't need to feel like a million bucks, i'd settle for the million bucks. well, americans still love labrador retrievers. the dog are at the top of the most popular breed rankings for a 26th straight year. people love their gentleness and loyalty. after that there are german shepherds, golden retrievers, bulldogs and beagles. there are 189 recognized breeds. mixed breeds like labradoodles are counted. we're all counting down to national puppy day on thursday to get ready for our annual adoption event, we're inviting you to share your puppy photos

with the #puppieson7. then join us on thursday starting on abc 7 mornings. we'll live stream our puppy cam all morning and tell you how you can take one home. an 8-year-old boy who is struggling with a rare skin disorder is really over the moon right now thanks to a very special dog. carter blanchard finally gotrow. they both have a disease that causes the loss of skin color and causes these blotches. the two developed a long distance bond. carter lives in arkansas. 14-year-old rowdy lives in oregon. carter's mom says rowdy has helped carter to love his skin. >> there couldn't be any other person that made him feel better. it had to be rowdy. it had to be a dog. >> i have goose bumps right now when i just think about the minute that they walked in the door. i'm actually tearing up. it's pretty amazing. >> this meeting was made possible thanks to total strangers who learned of carter

and rowdy's special bond and then donated money for the trip as well as medical care. well, everything is coming up rosie today in the east bay. >> we can do anything. but we didn't have a chance before that to show what we could do. >> the first-ever rosie the riveter day, celebrating with the women who made history. right now dan is here with a look at what's ahead on abc 7 news at 5:00. coming up next at 5:00. >> in the worst case that means the car could roll away. >> a potential car trouble for many. some automatic shifters mean drivers need to proceed with caution. stirring the pot, both literally and politically. how -- and the parent with the contagious laugh. those stories and a lot more when kristen and i see you for abc 7 news at 5:00.

coming up tonight on abc 7, at 8:00 it's the middle, american housewife, fresh off

the boat and black-ish at 10:00. catch people i cons gone too soon and then don't miss abc 7 news at 11:00. well, it took long enough. seven decades in fact. but rosie the riveter finally got her day. >> wayne freedman watched the pomp and circumstance today at point richmond. >> reporter: the welds are holding on the red oak victory anchored at point richmond. since world war ii she's become a bit rusty. for those who built her, they're holding together much better. >> we were young. when you were young you can do anything. >> we helped everybody. >> reporter: at the rosie the riveter museum, this is the day when statues gave way to the real women they depict. rosie the riveters who went industrial and into factories, helping to win world war ii more than 71 years ago with one caveat in this group. >> was anybody a riveter? >> no. >> no. >> reporter: no riveters worked on airplanes in southern

california. welders worked on ships like the red oak victory here. rosie the riveters, or in this case welders, helped build 142 of these ships here in richmond and it was not easy work. >> well, first of all, you need to put the rod in your stinger and you need to put your hood down. >> reporter: as one exhibit at the museum shows so distinctly, this is how it looked to them in the nooks, crannies and corners of some 700 vessels overall. there were 30,000 women among 90,000 workers and they earned equal pay, $1.20 an hour. >> big money. >> what did it allow you to do? >> oh, i bought fancy hats and underwear. >> frank sinatra records. >> yes. >> reporter: in the process they shattered stereotypes, making history, and that is why after today's ceremony, lacy nelson brought her 5 and 10-year-old daughters out to the red oak victory. >> the lesson is women can do whatever they want to do. whatever they put their minds

to. >> reporter: it truly was the beginning of women's lib seven decades ago. wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >> a great lesson. thanks for joining us. abc 7 news at 5:00 starts right now. breaking news in redwood city. a man is dead after chasing a woman down the street. the big question is who fired the fatal shot? we are live with the latest. plus -- >> we know what caused mr. tyree's death and it wasn't any of these deputies. >> a strong defense of three guards who are charged with killing a man they were supposed to protect. prosecutors say it was power run amuck. i'm abc 7 news meteorologist sandhya patel. live doppler 7 tracking a pair of moderate systems on our storm impact scale. hour-by-hour timeline coming up. the breaking news is in redwood city. good evening, i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us. let's show you a map of where this is going on, on saginaw drive in a business park right by highway 101.

police spoke with leslie brinkley. >> and she is there live. police say this started with an argument between a man and a woman? >> reporter: that's exactly right. a heated argument, they said, between a man and a woman in their early 40s. it started in an office building just adjacent to me here. let's take a look at our sky 7 video. from that you can see at 400 penobscot that the man showed up. there's a black pickup truck believed to be involved. the woman apparently had a restraining order against him. as that argument escalated, someone called the police. the man started chasing the woman with a gun in his hand and he fired it once as he ran after her about two blocks through one parking lot, across the street, into another office park parking lot on saginaw. that's where police cornered him. the man was waving a firearm, police told me, pointing it at himself. simultaneously the man fired one shot as