what diane henderson has to contend with. inside her house on oakland's banning drive. >> came down and i guess came through the back bedroom and bathroom and down through the hallway. and all through the patio. it burst through. >> it started coming down our yard really fast. >> reporter: barbara stone has a wul of mud in her backyard, too, part of the same slide that has left two houses seriously damaged. she was met at her home thursday night by a fire fighter. >> he came in and says, okay, you have to evacuate immediately. just get some stuff and really quickly have to be out. >> reporter: the slide started high above the homes just below lincoln drive, a road right now seriously undermined. >> we had a strange noise. it was like a pile of bricks tumbling down the hill. >> reporter: he heard it give way. he looks down on the slide and on his neighbor's house which now has a wall of mud, trees and debr debris slammed up against it all the way onto the roof.

>> i've seen just about enough of this rain. we all wanted rain at the beginning of the winter, but this is too much. >> reporter: and we're back live here. you can see the force of the slide basically knocked the door of the rear of this house off of its hinges. check this out. here, this is about a foot of mud up to the back door here of the dining room. the folks who live here are not staying here tonight. as you can see, it's not terribly safe at this point. the concern is that the hillside above is still moving. so, it could be a long time before folks can get back into this house, at least to stay overnight. live in oakland, laura anthony, abc 7 news. >> all right, laura, thank you. there is more rain on the wave unfortunately for those poor people that live there. the nasty weather also caused a barge to sink south of the bay bridge. sky 7 shows us the area where that vessel went down and the oil sheen left behind caused by leaking diesel fuel. >> the barge was performing

maintenance work on b.a.r.t.'s transbay tube. they are working with the coast guard to recover the capsized 112 foot barge. this is a live look at the bay from our emeryville camera. it is calmer now but that could change in just a few hours. spencer christian is here with the latest. >> here's a live look at doppler 7. we have lots of clouds around as you just saw. light pockets of activity. as you know we had powerful wind gusts in the last 24 hours. peak wind gusts 83 miles per hour los gatos, 76 mt. diablo, 72 miles an hour. pretty strong everywhere else. so ter inl, 26 miles per hour at both concord and sfo and san jose as well. let's talk about our next storm that will be coming in this evening. continuing into tomorrow, it ranks 1 on the storm impact scale. we expect less than half an inch of rainfall generally from the storm. slight chance of some thunder. gusts up to 50 miles per hour in the hills. forecast at 5:00 this afternoon. storm moving to the north bay

maybe this evening around 8:00 or so. it will swing south or just a bit down into san francisco, maybe onto the peninsula. it looks like most of the rain will fall in the north bay and start to break up tomorrow morning. notice cold air coming in with the storm producing some snow in the higher peaks up north. i'll give you a look into the forecast future in a few minutes. alma? >> thank you, spencer. look at that, the winds were ferocious as they tore through wall net creek's ignacio valley. there will be a lot of clean up this weekend. some of those trees may now be compromised. if so they will have to be taken down. we'll have more on the big power outage in wall net creek coming up in a few minutes. remember you can track rain where you live watching doppler 7 on the abc 7 news app. free to download at the apple store and google play. >> top story this afternoon, reaction coming in from all over the world including here in the bay area to president trump's decision to launch missiles at a syrian air base. >> the administration had to take a decisive action, not just

a one-time hit. >> the american people need to know what the strategy is and what the end game is. >> u.n. ambassador nikki haley today warned the united states is prepared to do more in syria if necessary, calling last night's attack fully justified. >> 59 cruise missiles were fired from two u.s. navy ships in the mediterranean sea onto the shayrat air base. chemical weapons used in a deadly attack on its own people tuesday. >> we begin with team coverage who has reaction from capitol hill. >> president trump's administration has been busy today briefing congress and telling the international community the president had every right to launch that military strike. today members of congress asking the trump administration what's next after his first major military action. strikes on syria. 59 tomahawk cruise missiles launched from the mediterranean

striking a syrian air base, president trump giving the order from his mar-a-lago estate, changing his mind about bashar al-assad after the deadly chemical weapons attack. >> assad choked out the lives of helpless men, women and children. it was a slow and brutal death. >> reporter: syria and russia calling the strike an act of aggression. u.n. ambassador nikki haley in an emergency meeting of the u.n. security council. >> it is in our vital national security interest to prevent the spread and use of chemical weapons. >> reporter: senators were briefed friday on capitol hill, all agree assad needs to be held accountable, disagreeing after trump didn't ask for congressional approval to strike. >> the power to declare war resides in congress. it was illegal for president obama to bomb libya. it's also illegal for president trump to bomb syria. >> you've got to bring this to congress with a plan that tells congress what is involved, what's the end game. >> reporter: the top republican in the senate says at this point

that debate is not needed. >> i think the strike was simply about don't use chemical weapons again. that's what this strike was about. so, i don't think it necessarily leads to another conclusion. >> reporter: but many members of congress say assad must go and they want a comprehensive plan from the trump administration. reporting on capitol hill, kenneth moten, abc 7 news. >> members of congress and syria nationals here in the bay area say they agree with the response, but not the way the trump administration went about it. >> abc 7 news anchor eric thomas joins us live in san francisco where protests against that missile strike is happening right now. eric? >> reporter: what would be the first protest in san francisco since the missile strikes will be getting underway 55 minutes from now. as you mention, we are already hearing from the bay area's syrian american community as well as our congressional representatives. syrian-born walnut creek

businessman says he's no fan of president trump, but he applauds the missile attack as an important first step. >> i think the trump administration has to take a decisive action, not just a one-time hit. >> reporter: however, he says forcing syrian president bashar al-assad from power must be the end game. >> this is a man who is involved in half a million people death and he has no place to be leading syria. >> reporter: but there is caution in the bay area's congressional delegation. peninsula democrat jackie spear was in san mateo today speaking to the league of women voters. >> i'm not willing to go to war in syria. >> reporter: spears is says launching 59 cruise missile was a proportional response, but the president should have come to congress first and must consult with congress before upping the antti. >> the president has intentions to go beyond tomahawk missiles being shot into air strips, and

that can only be done with the amf being authorized by the house. >> reporter: aumf stands for authorization to use military force. other bay area congressional members also weighed in today. east bay democrat mark says the u.s. needs a strategy. in a statement he said, these rash air strikes alone are not sufficient to combat the war crimes perpetrated by the assad regime. oakland democrat barbara lee went further. saying the missile strikes, quote, represent a dangerous military escalation into the syrian civil war and are without legal justification. everyone agrees the wild card is russia and its support for assad. >> i think the russian support to assad regime is really a crime against humanity as well. >> reporter: in san francisco, eric thomas, abc 7 news. >> we have news from the sports world this afternoon and it is not good news involving the 49ers dealing with the fall out

of yet another player in trouble with the law. corner back tremendous main brock was arrested by santa clara police after a woman called them to his town house and the team wasted no time in cutting brock. abc 7 news reporter david lou was the only reporter to talk to brock as he left jail today and david joins us live outside levi stadium in santa clara. david? >> reporter: well, larry, tra main brock may be fast on the field but not fast enough to get past me as he was leaving the county jail today. his arrest has put the 49ers on the spot again whether or not he should continue to play for the team after other players were released when they were arrested. santa clara police say the report of domestic violence brought them to this cluster of town houses on head enway about 9:35 wednesday night. officers say the woman who called police had visible injuries and was in a dating relationship with tra main brock. this is the mug shot of brock when he was booked into the santa clara county jail for felony domestic violence. abc 7 news was there when he was

released on bail during the noon hour today. what happened? what happened last night? >> i don't have nothing to say about it. >> reporter: can't say anything at all? >> no, not too much to say about it. >> reporter: brock was wearing a 49ers cap as he slipped quickly into a white audi waiting for him at the curb. he disappeared after an hour. he sprinted into his town house, not saying a word. only one neighbor was home at the time who told me she didn't hear any disturbance last night. she had seen the young boy living there. what appeared to be girl's toys were left on the front porch. it is pure speculation what he did between the hour of leaving jail and arriving home. did he meet with niners management, have lunch or see an attorney? a short time later the niners announced they were releasing brock. brock was entering the last year of a four-year $16 million contract with the team. he was to have earned a purported $3.1 million in the next says on. this is the first case of a domestic violence arrest facing niners manager and the coach.

the past leadership has had to deal with a string of violence cases involving smith, ray mcdonald, and bruce miller. in santa clara, david louie, abc 7 news. >> much more ahead on abc 7 news at 4:00, a power problem in the east bay. >> like a crackling, like -- >> nearly a quarter of a million customers left in the dark after last night's storm and this afternoon that outage is still causing problems. >> also cleaning up after the wind and rain in the south bay, and as spencer told you, even more rain is on the way. >> and no drought, but not to worry, necessarily. the governor makes a

almost a quarter of a million customers lost power in the east bay overnight and that caused quite an inconvenience for businesses and residents today. and even now some customers are still without power. >> abc 7 news reporter leslie brinkley live in walnut creek this afternoon with the story. leslie? >> reporter: you could call this the ignacio wind tunnel. at 10:44 last night pg&e says a big gust of wind blew through here. it wasn't a tree, but a flying object of some kind that took down power lines. behind me that big split tree back there, branches and limbs everywhere. evidence of the raging wind was noticeable at every turn in this office park in walnut creek, but there was no electricity all morning long. at this doctor's office, patients were guided around by nurses with flashlights and navigated dark hallways to see

their physician, using light from cell phones. pg&e says over 237,000 northern california customers experienced power outages overnight. in this april windstorm. by noon today, over 26,000 still had no electricity. over 18,000 of them were in the east bay. today on tenth avenue in east oakland, there was still a tangle of deactivated power lines. kevin washington was watching tv when he heard them come down last night. >> i heard an explosion like crackling and it kind of went simultaneously. and then all of a sudden i heard like a boom. and i came out and looked and the tree is down and everything is down. >> a tree fell down, took out two power poles as well as some spans of wire. we worked with first responders to make the area safe. >> we always want to remind customers to say away from downed power lines and assume that they are live. >> whole shopping centers were dark all morning from an outage at oak grove in walnut creek

including this safe way store. power was out for 15 hours, even as it finally came on at 1:30, employees turned away customers as they scrambled to replace all of the refrigerated food. pg&e has 250 crews out on the streets to get the lights back on everywhere. i'm leslie brinkley, abc 7 news. >> even the normally calmer south bay couldn't escape the rain and wind overnight. now crews are working to clean up. abc 7 news reporter matt keller has our story from los al toes. >> reporter: the wind was no joke? los altos. several trees and power lines were knocked down and debris was driving around, you couldn't help but notice the damage. >> driving down the road, saw something that caught my eye. this was knocked down by the wind overnight. >> reporter: once the sun came

up, you could get a better view of the mess. this tree on south elmo nte road crashed into a stop light. people living in the area say they're not surprised at the damage. >> oh, my gosh, the wind was howling like crazy. the windows were shut erring. i think it felt like one of the trees was going to come through our apartment window. >> reporter: anything come through your window? >> no, we were praying and god protected us. >> reporter: when the trees and power lines went down thousands lost their electricity. but for some it was just a que to go to bed. >> as you can see from the stuff on the driveway, a lot of stuff blew down, but we didn't lose any big things. >> reporter: just your power? >> just the power, yeah. and as i say, i'm lucky i didn't even have to start the generator. i just went to bed. >> reporter: as people here are starting to clean up the mess, the los altos police department wants to remind everybody about the intersections where there are flashing red lights. where there is no power they want them to treat those as

four-way traffic stops. in los altos, matt keller, abc 7 news. >> governor brown declared the historic drought is over for most of the state. >> this puts an end to the emergency conservation orders, you are still being asked to do things to save water. kristen sze is here with the story. >> alma and larry, let's look at what a difference a year makes. this is california today, a few counties in the central valley still in yellow, meaning abnormally dry. now let's take a look and see how the state looked at year ago. look at that. almost the entire state in orange or red with dark red meaning exceptional drought. just one more look, comparison today, a year ago today, much better picture indeed. all right. so, what does this mean? well, thanks to all the rain we've gotten this past winter, that's why the drought was able to end. in fact, it's now spring and the storms just keep coming. so, with this tweet today, governor brown announced the drought emergency in place since

2014 is, in fact, over for just about all of the state. however, he cautions the next drought could be around the corner. so, conservation, that is the key, must remain a way of life. all right. so, let's take a look what this means, wasteful practices will still be banned. so, no watering your lawn or hosing off sidewalks, either during or after a rainfall. >> even though the drought was declared over, i think our habits will still remain the same and we'll constantly being conscious of water usage and -- >> governor brown today asked urban water suppliers to prepare water shortage contingency plans and continue monthly reporting of usage and conservation efforts. the central message, don't get too comfortable because with global warming, we can't expect more frequent and severe droughts just by how things look now. larry and alma? >> all right, thank you, kristen. and we have more rain coming, spencer christian. >> we do, another rain is coming

this evening with more gusty winds, but not quite so strong as the wind we had with te previous stornl. here is a live doppler 7. clouds covering most of the bay area now. just a few little pockets of scattered light showers for the most part. although they could intensify over the next couple hours. in fact, they may very well do that. here's a live view from our rooftop camera looking at clouds over the baer bay. current temperature readings are these. low to mid 60s in san francisco, oakland, mountain view, san jose, gilroy are cool. 57 degrees at half moon bay. look at the clouds looking westward from our east bay hills camera. 57 degrees in santa rosa now, 59 at novato, low to mid 60s. fairfield, concord, livermore. this is the view at the golden gate where we see a little blue there, more clouds than blue. these are the forecast futures. showers will develop overnight. heavier in the north bay than other parts of the area. partial clearing late tomorrow and drying out on sunny sunday. but maybe not for long. with the storm coming in, we

also still have rough surf, a beach hazard advisory is in effect until 9:00 tomorrow morning. wave heights range from 12 feet to 16 feet. the concern is for possibility of dangerous sneaker waves and rip currents. we go to the approaching storm which ranks 1 on the storm impact scale for tonight and tomorrow. we expect this to produce rainfall totals under half an inch for most of the bay area. we'll see slight chance of thunder and gusts could reap 50 miles per hour in the hills. forecast animation starts at 5:00 this afternoon. we'll see rain coming in between about 6:00, 7:00, 11:00 p.m. other parts of the bay area will get showers and periods of rain from the system. 8:00 tomorrow morning, cold air comes in along with the rain, there could be some snow in the higher elevations. way up north, but most of the bay area we'll just see rain. by 3:00 tomorrow afternoon we'll see it breaking up and the sun beginning to shine through. overnight lows will be mainly in the upper 40s and tomorrow's highs will range generally from

mid 50s at the coast to upper 50s inland. a pretty cool day tomorrow. tomorrow night is going to get cold. as a matter of fact, a frost advisory is in effect for the north bay valleys and mountains tomorrow night from midnight tomorrow night to 8:00 a.m. sunday. low temperatures drop to the mid 30s. don't forget to protect plants, pipes, and pets. and people for that matter. here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. chili tomorrow. sunny mainly sunday and monday. slight chance of rain on tuesday. and more rain is likely next wednesday and thursday. today i was at school of the epiphany in san francisco talking with fifth graders about weather and do we have the picture? there it is. there is a tall kid in the class there. that would be your friendly spencer. these kids were so smart. they had great questions and we had great conversations about hurricanes and tornadoes and all kinds of severe weather. >> looking good. >> any future meteorologists in there, you think? >> i think pretty much all of them could be. they're real sharp.

they know their weather. >> all right. thanks, spencer. >> okay. >> next on abc 7 news, gas prices will soon go up in the name of road improvements. how soon wil

state lawmakers narrowly passed a 12 cent gas tax increase. folks are wondering how soon we'll start seeing improvements on local roads. >> abc reporter chris nguyen takes a look. >> reporter: the government called it a monumental event. >> i'm here to help all californians. we can give a helping break to those who are the least among us, great. and that's exactly what we did. >> reporter: last night the state assembly passed senate bill 1, a $52 billion transportation plan which will raise the gas tax by 12 cents per gallon and increase vehicle registration fees. but those who opposed the bill didn't hold back. >> every member is going to have to answer for their vote.

and the ultimate answer won't be whether or not they got some piece of the deal. the answer will be what is the long-term impact on the people that they represent. >> reporter: on our abc 7 news facebook page we asked if you were good with the tax hike and more than 1,000 of you weighed in with your comments. steve from napa wasn't happy saying they don't need to take more of hour money. they need to be held accountable for the money they were already taking from us. we took your concerns to silicon valley state senator jim bell who authored the bill. some residents could see local repairs as early as this summer. >> the way we set the law it will not be used for anything else. we'll have a lockbox to make sure the money doesn't get spent for other things. >> reporter: in terms of prioritizing it will be up to cities and counties to determine what streets and express ways they want to expend their share of the money on. >> cars aren't going to get as broke not as they are on bad roads. a lot will get jobs. it is part of the prosperity of california. >> reporter: the governor is expected to sign the bill when

lawmakers return from break in mid april. in san francisco, chris nguyen, abc 7 news. >> next up, for a day after going nuclear, the republicans confirm their man. the finger pointing happening in the senate this afternoon. >> also world leaders responding to the deadly airstrike in syria. we have reaction from jerusalem. >> and later new fall out for pepsi over this controversial ad. find out why san francisco police are now thr

>> announcer: live where you live, this is abc 7 news. >> and here are the stories making headlines at 4:30. two land slides in oakland force five families out of their homes. the hillside buckled near banning drive in the oakland hills. the wall of mud was 4 feet deep and it hit several of the homes causing structural damage and sending mud pouring inside. thankfully nobody hurt and the red cross is now helping out. abc 7 news reporter david louie tweeted this picture of 49ers quarterback tra main brock leaving jail. officers arrested him on suspicion of domestic violence. brock told david, i've really got nothing to say about it. late this afternoon the niners had their say. they released tra main brock. abc reporter melanie woodrow tweeted breaking details. coming up at 5:00, police found suspects property that led to murder charges. reaction from allies hasas been

generally positive after that u.s. missile strike on an iraqi air base. syrian air base, i should say, but the response from russia has been swift and bitter. moscow has long been syria's strategic partner and arms supplier. the kremlin called president trump's air raid an obvious act of aggression. abc news reporter monthllie hun with more from jerusalem. >> reporter: the honeymoon is over and russia is furious. at the u.n. security council, russia and the u.s. went head to head. >> announcer: a flagrant violation of international law and act of aggression. >> reporter: now the pentagon investigating if russia knew or assisted in the brutal chemical weapons attack. the russians, key backers of president assad, dismissing the idea, vowing to strnlt entheir own air defenses inside syria. today russia's prime minister letting loose on facebook. that's it, he wrote. the u.s. is on the edge of military clashes with russia. in europe, strong support from

u.s. allies and in the region across the sunni arab world cheering for mostly what the gulf states see as an attack against iran, too. sending the message the u.s. is willing to use force. for syrians across the globe, enthusiasm, finally the world is stepping in, they say. but don't stop here. >> it needs to be followed up by more action. there are other air bases in syria that the regime uses to target civilians. >> reporter: and in israel, support from prime minister netanyahu saying israel fully supports president trump's decision and hopes his message will resonate not only in damascus, but in tehran, pyonyang, and elsewhere. and tonight vice-president pence calling prime minister netanyahu to thank him for his support. and here in jerusalem, high level discussions, but right now israel is watching from a distance. mollie hunter, abc news, jerusalem. >> many people are asking what's next. reggie from abc 7 mornings asked

abc news political director rick klein about what president trump's next options are. >> so, rick, what we saw here was one targeted attack and a lot of people around the country, the world and in congress are wondering what happens next. do you see support in congress for a longer, more protracted battle with syria? >> i think there's two big questions here. first, what is the trump doctrine. what is it that president trump wants in syria. does he want re ream change, does he want to ensure there are no nuclear weapons that are used. does he want to see a degradation of the syrian military popping up opposition forces in the battle with isis. the second question is what is that appetite in congress that you mention. i think it's a critical one. >> klein says congressional support for an extended involvement in the middle east, may be weak. he points to the unpopular invasion of iraq as an example. >> former democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton says she backs president trump's decision to target syrian air bases with those missile strikes. but mrs. clinton said today the

administration really needs to follow-up with a broader strategy. >> we cannot in what breath speak of protecting syrian babies and in the next close america's doors to them. [cheering and applauding] >> clinton was referring to the president's attempts to ban syrian refugees from coming to the united states. she made the comments at an event for annie's list, a houston-based organization that aims to prepare democratic women for office. the u.s. supreme court is back at its full complement of nine justice as ever senate confirmation of neil gorsuch. republicans needed to plow new ground to get the man they wanted. they invoked the so-called nuclear option which reduced the number of votes needed to get to a bare majorities. one member said it was politics period that led to disagreement with gorsuch. >> here's some straight talk. the real reason why most of my friends on the other side opposed judge gorsuch's confirmation is that president

trump nominated him. >> the nomination of neil m. gorsuch of colorado to be an associate justice of the supreme court of the united states is confirmed. >> gorsuch will be sworn in as the 113th justice on monday. he fills the seat left vacant by the death of an toe anyone scalia 13 months ago. >> swedish man said a suspect fits the description involved in a deadly truck attack. the stolen beer truck barrelled down a street. the prime minister is calling it a terror attack. >> people are scared. >> reporter: chaos and terror in sweden after a driver slammed a truck into a crowd of people then crashing it into an upscale department store in the heart of the capital. swedish authorities say the driver high jacked the beverage truck while it was being unloaded nearby, sped off down a

long stretch of road, ramming into people, lamp posts, anything in its path. >> you could actually see bodies lying on the street and i could see the police coverig the body with an orange blanket. >> reporter: the attack sparking mass panic, people seen here running from the area. stockholm's main train station evacuated. >> there was blood everywhere. there were bodies on the ground everywhere. and the sense of panic, people standing by their loved ones. >> reporter: rescue vehicles racing to the scene where police say nearly a dozen people lay on the ground hurt. armed police officers now patroling the streets from the ground and in the air. as swedish authorities looked to question this man, seen in the area at the same time of the attack. the swedish government calling this a deadly terror attack. >> translator: the government is informed of the situation and getting continuous updates. we support all the authorities that are working on this. we are asking the public to be alert and listen to police advice. >> reporter: stockholm police

tell abc news one person who was involved in the attack has been arrested. stephanie ramos, abc news, new york. >> it's been oonl four days since the u.s. began taking applications for its h 1 b visa program and the cap on those applications has already been reached. that cap mandated by congress is 65,000 for fiscal year 2018. it's the fifth year in a row that that cap has been met within just five days. h 1 b visas are limited and awarded through a lottery system. last year 236,000 foreigners applied. california had the highest number of applicants. the trump administration is always concerned about abuse of those visas. >> tuma rinnes based at camp pendleton are the first to be punished for their online conduct. they posted demeaning comments about one of their enlisted leaders. both were demoted and saw a pay cut. they shared illicit photos on a private facebook group.

the core has implemented a new social media policy in response to the scandal. >> all right. next at 4:00. >> i'm going to cry, i'm already crying. >> jimmy kimmel when remembering the late don rickles. it is one of the tributes pouring in for the famous comedian. >> and steer clear of this. i'm trying not to even look. scientists have discovered a softball size spyder just south of the border. >> i'm michael finney, ask finney is just ahead. taking your questions on twitter and facebook. put the #ask finney and i'll answer them here in a little bit. >> i'm spencer christian. here come the dark clouds to be followed by rain and wind. followed by rain and wind. i'll have ♪ seriously, what is this place? it's heaven. yeah, muscle heaven. you want to take one for a test drive? (tires squealing, engine revs) the challenger and charger have the most affordable v8 engines in their classes. check them out now during the fast and furious sales event.

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starz are paying emotional tribute to don rickles, the iconic sharp tongue comedian died yesterday. marcy gonzalez looks back at his decades in show business. >> one of the great est comedians of all time. right, don? is that correct? >> don't be a dumbbell. >> there were countless laughs today. heart felt tears. >> i'm going to cry. i'm already crying. >> reporter: as fans and famous friends including jimmy kimmel pay tribute to legendary comedian don rickles. >> he was 90 years old and i know it sounds crazy to say he was too young, but he was. >> reporter: the beloved comic

died thursday in his los angeles home of kidney failure. nearby so many stopping by his star on the hollywood walk of fame. >> it was shock. >> reporter: remembering his insulting style. >> is that your wife? jesus christ. >> reporter: but the ironic nickname of mr. warmth and the add ration of the very starz he taunted. >> may i say publicly to you, the bomb of the year. it's all over, frank. >> reporter: from frank sinatra. >> can i say something -- >> you have gotten so old. >> reporter: to johnny carson. >> we lost the most foul mouth nasty curmudgeon that could rip your heart out with humor. but what a sweet person he was underneath all of that. >> reporter: television to movies including the toy story franchise in which he was the voice of mr. potato head. >> hockey puck. >> reporter: rickles left a legacy of laughter and paved a unique path for other comedians.

>> he opened those doors that you could say, you know, you could take it to the edge and, you know -- he's just one of those legends, man. >> reporter: and his family is now planning a private funeral. marcy gonzalez, abc news, los angeles. >> all right. if you suffer from a rack na phobia, >> yep, not looking. >> turn away. this stuff is the stuff of horror films. scientists have discovered a spider the size of a softball. >> just wrong. >> look at him, alma. the spyder has an inch long body, legs stretching 4 inches wide and he's got eight beady eyes. this species was discovered in the mountain ranges of baja, california. two dozen of the spieders have been located thus far. unlike other spiders, the bite from this guy is not fatal. that's from somebody who was bitten by one and lived to talk about it and said the pain went away after only a few hours. >> oh, man. well, if you're looking to see

the planet jupiter in all of its glory, look up this weekend. jupiter will make its closest approach to earth today and tomorrow night. the gas giant will be just 415 million miles from earth. if you know where to look, it will be visible without the help of telescopes. nasa recommends you look to the east during sunset. jupiter will be visible all night. the reason it is so good, the earth is on the same side of the sun as jupiter. it is the closest point in any given year to jupiter and that's when it's at its biggest and brightest and easiest to view. >> this week the hubbell telescope took this snapshot of jupiter. you can see the planet's beautiful bands and raging storms. >> announcer: now your accuweather forecast with spencer christian. >> we'll start with live doppler 7 showing clouds a. light rain and showers. we'll get heavier rain coming in later this evening. 24-hour rainfall totals impressive especially in the north bay where we've seen almost 3 inches in san rafael.

2 1/2 in santa rosa, inch and a half in napa. we'll see lower totals under a third -- just over a third of an inch in san jose, and just over half an inch at mof at field. on we go looking to the sierra where winter storm warning is in effect until 6:00 this evening. we expect 6 to 12 inches of snow from this storm. above 4,000 feet -- did i say 6:00 this evening? 6:00 tomorrow evening. i beg your pardon. someone just corrected me. gusts up to 50 miles per hour. and here is a look at the look t accuweather seven-day forecast. it will bring chilly conditions tomorrow with highs only up to 60 degrees in the warm est locations. sunny skies will follow that the next three days. >> all right. thanks, spencer. >> all right. next on abc 7 news at 4:00, counting her steps, this afternoon a woman is crediting her fitbit with actually saving her life. >> 7 on your side's

♪ if you grow up here, you really can be anything. sutter health. proudly caring for northern california, birthplace of pioneers. a connecticut woman is crediting her fitbit with saving her life. 73-year-old patricia water bought the tracker to count her steps and to help lose weight. a few months ago she noticed

arresting heart rate was climbing higher and higher every day, up to 140 beats per minute. >> at the time it got to a point where walking across the room was a major issue, i picked up the phone and knew that i needed help. >> good thing she called. doctors found patricia had two pulmonary embolisms, blood clots and her heart was enlarged. she solved it in one day. the heart and lung function are now normal and she is back to counting her steps. >> two florida residents gambled away their long-time friendship after one of them won at the slots while using the other person's money. jeff and marina are now enemies. she invited him to take a spin for good luck, but using his money. she won big, $100,000. since he put in the money, the winnings should be his. casino manager said, no, no, no, no. the jackpot belongs to whoever

actually pushes the button. >> upstairs the eye in the sky says she touched the button so technically we have to pay her. >> all of a sudden he went ballistic. he started screaming in front of everybody. >> i said, are you kidding me? >> navarro left the casino with the money and she didn't want her face to be shown on television. the two in the middle of this dispute have since exchanged some very nasty text messages and they're angry, angrier at one another than ever. if you and i were in this situation -- >> we would split the winnings. >> it's 100 grand. you take 40 and -- [ laughter ] >> no, no, no, no. >> we go 25-75. >> evenly because our friendship means that much. >> we have to coexist every day for an hour, right? just split it. >> i know. >> it's $100,000. it's not $100 million, change one person's life. much ado about nothing.

split it. >> time now to ask finney on your side, michael finney is answering questions. >> all right. well, raymond from san bruno asked, i have an internet tv and telephone bundle. the equipment keeps malfunctioning and service repairs have not helped. the company is still charging me full price. what can i do? >> usually providers are pretty good about offering something for a lack of service like this. here's what i want to you do. i want you to call your service provider and ask them straight up for compensation. i don't want you to hint around. say i deserve the money from this. these are the days i didn't get to watch, you should pay me for them. they'll probably do it. if they don't, i want you to call my hot line here at the station and i'll make a call and see if i can get them to budge. >> cliff from san francisco asks, i'm looking to buy a good economy car. what should i get? >> oh, we have a couple good suggestions for you. the why? the consumer report recently said top cars in several categories.

subcompact, i love the 2017 toyota yaris ia. i like the fuel efficiency price and how well equipped it is. right now it's selling for a bargain of a price, 15 to $17,000. i also like the chevy cruze. it's the consumer topic for compact vehicle. the price is around $23,000. lets me post a link for you. so you can go to a consumer reports, check it out for yourself since you're in a buying mood. >> all right. david from daily city asked, i assume, a loan on a car, have been making payments eight months and still don't have the title in my name. is the financial company responsible for the transfer? >> yeah, this is interesting. since you have been approved to take over the auto loan, you need to make sure you're the new registered owner of the car. so, when you're buying from a dealer and i'm not sure if that's exactly what you did here, the dealer submits all the paperwork. they have 30 days to get that done. now, if you're buying from an individual, the seller has just five days to release their name. you, the buyer, is considered the new owner.

you have ten days to register as a new owner. so, go register for the new owner. i want you to call up a finance company and then give me a call if they don't budge, i'll take care of it. now, if you have a question for me and i didn't just answer it, you can report a 10 to 15 second question on your smartphone or tablet and share it on social media, use the hashtag ask finney and i will answer it here. >> thank you, michael. >> next at 4:00, more backlash against pepsi this afternoon. soda company may now be facing some legal issues with san francisco police. next, what is the department so riled up? >> and kristen is here with a look at what is coming up on abc 7 news at 5:00. >> up next at 5:00, pay gap at google. what the government says the tech giant is doing illegally. and is this the face of a killer? police announce a long list of charges after what they found inside his home. plus how ipads are giving a voice to people in the south bay. and the perfect at sears to see

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and coming up tonight on abc 7 at ooet, catch the premiere of the toy box followed by shark tank at 9:00. then at 10:00 it's 20/20 then abc 7 news at 11:00. >> you can get the latest with the abc 7 news app. download it for free and be sure to enable push alerts. be the first to know about breaking news where you live. >> for pepsi it was bad enough that the company had to pull a

recent ad starring kendall jenner. pepsi may face legal action for using a logo used by the san francisco police department. >> the police department never gave the producers of the commercial permission to use its badge. abc 7 news reporte >> reporter: the now controversial ad has offended many people who saw it as trivializing the black lives matter movement. now pepsi is dealing with the san francisco police department for this. their logo, almost identical to the real thing. >> it's not 100% identical, but it appears to be our patch. >> reporter: the logo was never shown in the actual ad. it only appears in the behind the scenes version. still, s.f.p.d. wants to know if pepsi was given approval to use it. >> after understanding that this occurred, we're investigating the matter. >> reporter: as soon as the city attorney's office, at first the police in the ad are seen as adversarial. their attitude changes after the protester played by kendall

jenner gives the officer a can of pepsi. the creator of the ad says he was inspired by a 1967 photo of jan rose k asm ir seen here on her facebook page holding a flower in front of the national guard. she was protesting the vietnam war. we face timed her from her home in south carolina. >> the real issues right now, peace and what's going on with the world, is so much heavier than handing somebody an unhealthy drink and bringing everybody together. >> reporter: the former police chief says he wasn't offended by the ad. >> if i was a loyal coke drinker, i might be mad that it was pepsi. but, you know, i don't think it's a big thing. >> reporter: pepsi didn't return our calls, but said it was trying to send a message of unity, peace and understanding, but clearly missed the mark. in san francisco, lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. >> thank you so much for joining us for abc 7 news at 4:00.

i'm alma daetz. >> abc 7 news at 5:00 starts right now. >> linking out from a fuel vent potentially. >> and it's happening in the middle of the bay. heavy winds sink a barge the coast guard is trying to clean it up. >> last night's storm certainly left a mess in oakland. and now another system is on the way. >> in san bruno we get our first look at a man police say is connected with two crime scenes including a gruesome murder. >> another 489er in trouble. what he's telling abc 7 news reporter david lou ee about his arrest. and what the team did about it. >> announcer: live where you live, this is abc 7 news. a >> leaking barge with 4,000 gallons of fuel sinks in san francisco bay. the capsize has the coast guard working to contain the spill. the clean up is happening right now. thanks for joining us. i'm kristen sze. >> and i'm dan ashley. the coast guard has been dealing with this problem from last night's storm all day long now.

the sunken barge is not far from the transbay tube. it's been doing work for a contractor hired by b.a.r.t. to do maintenance on the tube. abc 7 reporter wayne freedman is live with the story from treasure island. wayne. >> reporter: good evening, dan. it's a 4,000 gallon capacity barge. we're not sure how much is in there right now. let me show you the barge over my shoulder. we have not had much information on it since this morning. about an hour ago, crews from a salvage company set out with a boat with divers to get a closer look to it. we don't have any confirmation yet from the coast guard as to whether they've been down or not, but one of their goals is to see what they describe as a small diesel leak from the boat. we are still waiting for more. here's what we do know. you might call this a case of residual storm aftermath. a drama that at this point appears to be neither a hazard to people or navigation. a sunken barge named vengeance resting on the bottom somewhere near the transbay tube. >> at this time it is n