the 8-year-old student who was killed as jonathan martinez. and a 9-year-old boy is still hospitalized, though he is now stable. they're not identifying him. the boys were shot when a gunman came into the special education classroom this morning. >> cedric got out of the classroom, without saying anything armed with a large caliber revolver opened fire on his wife. she was killed in that exchange. there are two students in the classroom that were behind the teacher that were struck by gunfire. >> police have just revealed the 53-year-old man, cedric anderson, was the gunman. he was the hospital of special ed teacher, 53-year-old karen elaine smith, they were separated after just a short marriage. police say he has signed himself in, when to smith's classroom, shot and killed her, and then shot himself. the two students were standing behind the teacher. the terror began just before 10:30 this morning.

>> possible active shooter at north park elementary. >> three down. >> i'm looking for my grandson. they're not answering phones. >> i want to hug her. i'm going to hug her. i hope she's okay. >> worried parents flooded the school only to find out their children had been evacuated to cal state san bernardino. look at this video just in. this is the local high school where the kids were moved to. in the past few hours you've been reuniting with parents, and they were getting high-fives. it was just an emotional scene. the school distrit announced north park elementary will remain closed through wednesday as this investigation continues. >> thank you. so scary for the parents and tragic for some. new details about an officer involved shooting that took place in fremont. an attorney representing the police officer says it was a shootout and the dead suspect

fired first. we go live to fremont police head quarters were a police spokesperson is giving an update. sergio? >> that update is going on right now. you can see over my shoulder, there is a bunch of reporters that are surrounding a man there. that is a spokesperson for the police department. the very basic piece of information he's given so far is basically confirming what the attorney told us this afternoon, that suspect fired at fremont police officers first. neighbor's describe an intense effort by police, a helicopter was called in, and k9 officers were on scene this happened on the other end of this backyard fence. >> we heard gunshots, four gunshots. >> her next-door neighbor could also hear the commotion. >> i heard a lot of bullets, calling the people coming out, i don't know how many people, but he said you come out, everything will be okay. >> according to fremont police,

east bay regional park police officers called for a backup after a traffic stop at the nearby 7-eleven. someone inside the vehicle ran out and fremont officers chased him to the back lot of this shopping center. michael reins represents the officers involved, he said one of them spotted the man standing on the back of a u-haul track on the back of the lot. at first the man raised his hands as if surrendering and then seemingly changed his mind. >> they saw this guy with his hands up like this, one officer clearly saw an object in his hand, but all three saw was a muzzle flash. >> he says two officers returned fire but the incident didn't end for some time. they called in the fire department to deploy a drone to see if the suspect's weapon was on the roof of the u-haul or nearby. >> we were too close to the place, we were concerned people would jump into our backyard. this is the third officer-involved shooting in fremont this year.

>> during this briefing, the spokesperson more the police department says they did find the suspect's firearm. reporting live from fremont police headquarters, sergio quintana, abc 7 news. >> the victim of a stabbing this morning in his 20s suffered a wound to his leg. he was taken to san francisco general hospital to be treated. oakland police are saying very little about the arrest of a man in a reported carjacking this afternoon. sky 7 was overhead as officers put a man in handcuffs at a gas station at 7th and union streets in west oakland. a suspect reportedly barricaded himself inside the vehicle, but ultimately was taken into custody. today the coroner's identified the fourth and final person killed this that deadly oakland apartment fire. investigators say 36-year-old olatundi adajamubi, originally

from nigeria died from smoke inhalation. he was brilliant mathematician who experienced hard times. the coroner identified him by his fingerprints. weeks ago at the building. turning to our forecast now, you can see a beautiful monday. we have a live look from the abc 7 explore to 7 camera at peier 7, but more rain is on the way. >> spencer is here with the latest. >> mostly sunny skies. clouds are increasing as you can see on live doppler 7. moving along to rainfall for the last ten days, or another way to put it is the first ten days of april, we're so far above average for the first ten days of april. over 400% of average rainfall in santa rosa, sacrament 230678900%

of rainfall in sfo, oakland. even san jose almost at 200% of average. this is the view from the tower looking at partly cloudy skies over san francisco. temperature readings now in the mid to upper 60s in san francisco, oakland, mountain view, san jose. 72 at gilroy. 59 at hoalf moon bay. it is 63 in santa rosa. mid 60s at napa, novato, concord. the storm impacts scale is 1. light showers tomorrow. betweenl genel generally around a quarter inch. i'll have more in a few minutes. the spring storms left a mess in their wake as more big trees fell in the east bay. laura anthony is live in concord with a close call there. >> hi, larry. thanks to that rain that spencer

talked about we have seen a lot of this this past winter. that is homes damaged by falling trees. the wet weather may end soon, but this problem could continue into the summer. we may be well into spring, but mother nature is not done yet. at least when it comes to falling trees. >> very scary. very lucky to be alive. >> reporter: in the oakland hills saturday, several tall eucalyptus trees fell and one hit a house, narrowly missing the people inside, including an infant. in berkeley, another big tree toppled over, knocking out two pg&e power poles near memorial stadium. in concord, a tree crew spent the morning cutting up a large oak limb that punctured several holes in the roof of this house. no one was injured. >> the wind blows these trees over. >> reporter: the high winds and rain were the culprit this time,

even after the storms stopped, the trees and their limbs will likely keep falling. >> they're full of water right now, it even gets worse in the summ summertime. in the summertime, all the water is flowing through the tree, to the top of the tree, making it very heavy. there could be no wind at all, branches will break. >> reporter: best advice for homeowners, don't wait to have big trees like this trimmed up long before the hot days of summer. in concord, laura anthony, abc 7 news. there's no word yet from city hall on what's to be done with a roadway giving way and the sliding hillside coming down on several homes before. abc 7 news was there as the city engineer looked things over this morning. three homes are uninhabitable. they were red tagged after mud and water came down the hill and into those homes. the city of san jose shut

down the last temporary shelter for those displaced by the february floods. only five people remained at the seven trees community center when it closed its doors this morning. they have been placed in temporary housing at a hotel, motel or apartment. the housing department helped find more 70 people a place to live in the last week. an unsolved murderer from a year ago has oakland police and the fbi looking for help. today investigators showed abc 7 news new images of a white car, likely a recent model chevy impala that was in the area where brian bull was shot and killed last april. bull was walking home from a night out after he was shot. he was three doors from his home at broadway and piedmont when he was killed. >> any tip is great. there's no tip that's too small. there's no tip that will go uninvestigated. the only bad tip is one not passed over to the oakland

police department. >> police are also looking for a man seen in the area. they released images of him last year but are asking the public to take another look. there's a $30,000 reward offered in the case. the person who sent ransom message to the family of a missing yuba city college student had nothing to do with her disappearance, this according to the sheriff's department who continues to look for alicia yoman. last week her family received a series of texts claiming she was kidnapped. yoman was last seen on march 30th while driving in yuba city. to the united airlines encounter going viral for all the wrong reasons. >> ah! ah! ah! ah! >> what united is taing today about that passenger who was forcibly removed from a flight. >> unbelievable video. also unusual recall. a popular salad mix pulled from the shelves after a disgusting discovery was uncovered inside the container.

and i'm outside mccovey cove at the ballpark. baseball teams get 162 games a year, only one of them is the home opener. we'll take you to it coming up. and a live look at the traffic through walnut creek, this is 680 moving in both directions. on the left-hand side, that's northb

>> ah! ah! ah! >> united airlines is on damage control after a violent encounter that's now going

viral. controversy after video surfaced showing officers forcibly removing a passenger who didn't want to >> one of those officers has been placed on leave. >> reporter: the screams of a passenger being forcibly removed from the seat by police. his head slamming the armrest, his face limp. >> look what did you to him. >> it was, no, you're going to leave. then he was hoisted out of his seat. >> reporter: the confrontation because he did not want to give up his seat on this sunday night united flight. >> it seemed excessive that's the route they would go. >> reporter: united airlines said they needed to get a four-person crew to louisville and asked for volunteers. when no one accepted, four passengers were selected. according to someone on board, the still unidentified man claimed he was a doctor and did

not want to give up his seat because he wanted to see patients. >> one of the initial officers said are you willing go through this? you're going to get a court record, you're going to go through this trouble to keep your seat? >> reporter: on twitter, the united ceo called the event upsetting. for this passenger, this was not flying the friendly skies of united. >> when flying you do have some rights but not a lot of options when they ask you to get off the plane. you can deny the voucher, ask for a check and to be paid back for costs, you can also take that airline to court. the officer involved in this incident has been put on leave. despite bad headlines, u.s. airlines are getting better grades across the board. airlines are getting better at sticking to schedules. they're losing fewer bags, and

customers seem to be complaining less often. if you are planning a trip, the top carriers are alaska airlines, delta air lines, virgin america, jetblue and hawaiian. wells fargo is making two top executives pay up again for the controversial retail sales practices going on at wells fargo. the bank's board of directors took back another $75 million in pay from two executives including john stiumpf. the overly aggressive sales culture dated back 15 years and management had very little interest dealing with it until the issue spiraled out of control resulting in millions of accounts being fraudulently opened. the giants home opener is going pretty well. what inning are we in? >> ninth. two outs. >> san francisco still leading arizona? >> a lot of drama. mark melancon is on the mound trying to close it out.

wayne freedman drew the short straw today. really. having go to the game and eat hot dogs. >> i'm hearing the roar of the crowd right now. i can't believe everyone wanted to go to this game, some people are leaving early, even though there's only one out left. casey stengel of the new york yankees once said deja vu all over again when it applies to opening day. it's a deja vu that everybody loves. you don't need us to tell you what most san franciscans know deep in their dna, this is an unofficial holiday. what, you really do need a rason? >> it's opening day. >> reporter: bring on the orange and black across the bridge, meet me at willie mays. >> this is the spot. >> >> reporter: the sold out spot. the hottest ticket in town park. the park your boat in mccovey cove spot, the play catch on the

grass spot, have a burger at java house spot. >> one here, one back here. >> reporter: we're inside the stadium now with the signs, sounds, smells, the tastes. ♪ >> cast members from "hamilton" sang the national anthem. a low-speed pass hit the high note, as we enter spring officially now, hope springs etern eternal. really? >> i hope so. >> that makes it official. at at&t park, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. it is a final. >> it is. >> good thing the sportscaster is here. >> what would we do without him. >> the giants won 4-1. now melancon was able to close it out. the giants struggled early in the season on the road. back home, willie mays was there. >> let's hope posey was okay. >> he got hit in the head with a 94-mile-per-hour fastball and left the game immediately.

you're trying to do sports now, too, huh? if you were at the game or watching with friends, send us your pictures or videos. alma is trying to get into this. >> i am. >> be sure to use the #abc7now. we can share them and perhaps put them on the air. >> time for our weather. beautiful day, especially with the giants win. >> good night, game over, drive home safely. >> you should be a sportscaster. i watched you as a toddler. >> oh. >> here we go a little harsh, okay. >> welcome to monday. i remember hearing your voice in the crib. >> some of us age well, don't we. >> oh. >> i'm leaving this alone. this is between i two. >> let's go to live doppler 7. we have -- >> just what the bosses love. >> we have some timeless weather to report on. just a few clouds around the bay area. bright day. the clouds will be increasing

during the evening hours. this is the view from the rooftop camera looking out over the bay. a showery pattern for the next three days. heavy rain is expected by wednesday night and we'll dry out by week's end. overnight lows, low temperatures will be mainly in the upper 40s to around 50. relatively mild. here comes our next storm, it ranks 1 on the storm impact scale. this is for tomorrow. scattered showers, rainfall potential, 0.001 inches. just some spotty showers, most of that up in the north bay. far north of the central part of the viewing area. by midmorning, we'll see the north bay becoming rainier. then more widespread showers into the afternoon and early evening hours. no doubt this will have some impact on the evening commute. then the same picture pretty much at midnight tomorrow night into early wednesday morning. scattered showers. that takes us to the next storm

coming in on wednesday and thursday. it also ranks one on the storm impact scale with rainfall potential from 0.2 to 0.5. a bit windier with this storm. let's take the forecast animation through the early part of the day wednesday through 6:00 p.m. wednesday. we'll see a wave of steadier, heavier rain pushing in to the north bray. that will reach the remainder of the bay area by:00 p.m. wednesday. by 11:00 p.m., it will be confined to the east bay and south bay. tapering off up north late wednesday night. showers will trail behind that system into thursday. the daytime, thursday afternoon. late afternoon. so, let's move into our forecast animation for precipitation total. by thursday, 11:00 in the morning or so, we'll see rainfall totals ranging from about a quarter inch in parts of the south bay up to nearly three quarters of an inch in some parts of the north bay. that takes us to our accuweather seven-day forecast. showery pattern for the next three days, but not a washout. mainly scattered showers except

for a wave of heavy rain wednesday night. each of the systems, each of the days, the systems rank one on the storm impact scale. dry and mild going into the first part of the weekend. on sunday, easter sunday, we can expect some evening showers under cooler conditions, wet and breezy into monday. >> all right. thank you, spencer. >> that's it. >> all right. soccer, we can keep the sports theme here. soccer could help unite the u.s., mexico and canada. a big plan coming up. plus -- >> they took over my entire garage and the first floor of our house. >> the all girls high school robotics team is heading to a big nationa

the u.s. is teaming up with

canada and mexico to bring the 2020 world games to the area. soccer's global governing body, fifa, is expected to award the games in 2020. so far no one else has emermed to rival this north american bid. move over fellas, some young women in san francisco are making waves in an area dominated by men, robotics. >> these high school students have not been at it long, but they're already being noticed. sergio quintana has the details. >> reporter: for the last several weeks, a teen of engineers, coders and builders has been assembling robot 64 they are the missfits, an all girl team from san francisco. they had a good performance earlier this month. >> some of the teal teams at t

competition were around for 20 years so being a first year team and doing that well is amazing. >> reporter: anya's parents home has been the workshop. >> they took garage. >> reporter: building the robot has pushed these women to learn an array of skills. >> i take ap computer science at school, but when you work with actual coding, you can see the results in a fully functioning robot. >> i love math and science, all this stuff. this is a place where it's more creative than it is, practical. >> i'm not going to get into classroom using a power drill or band saw. >> reporter: this morning they have been building a shipping crate for robot 6418. they will be one of the few all-female teams there. many of the members never left the bay area. they launched a go

campaign to help with expenses. as a rookie team, they will be the underdogs, and who doesn'tcn >> the team shipped their robot to houston over the weekend. they leave later this week. if you would like to help, we'll post a link to their gofundme page on abc7news.com. what russia is saying about the air strikes on syria. plus -- >> a new optimism is sweeping across our land. >> president trump stands by neil gorsuch as the newest supreme court justice is sworn in. and the

here are the stories making headlines at 4:30. police say an estranged husband shot and killed his wife in her san bernardino classroom today and killed himself. the bullets also struck two special needs children, one of them died. cedric anderson and the teacher, karen smith, recently separated. i'm told their marriage was relatively short. only married for a few months,

separated for the last month, month and a half. there's nobody in the investigation that has come forward to say they saw this coming or that this would happen. >> police say anderson has a criminal history that includes domestic violence and weapons charges. damage from a flash mob party in san jose. coming up at 5:00, we'll take you through the six homes hit by partygoers and what is being done about it. video of kra colorado police officer appearing to be slammed to the ground. she had several bruises, cuts and a concussion. she was charged with third degree assault. the officer was not charged. there's new fallout after aires in syria. s russia and other syrian allies have vowed to fight back if the u.s. strikes again.

we go to washington where the administration is not ruling out further action. >> despite threats from syrian allies, the white house said it would consider further rack shun in syria, this following last week's strikes which have garnered strong support. >> reporter: the white house is making its position clear about the future of syria and president bashar al assad. >> i can't imagine a stable and peaceful syria where bashar al assad is in power. >> reporter: the assad regime flexing its muscle. new images show russian-made fighter jets back in business, not long after last week's strikes by dozens of tomahawk cruise missiles. the wlous is cahite house is car bluff. >> their ability to operate successfully out of that air base is gone. >> reporter: and responding to allies who say from now on we will respond to anyone, including america if it attacks

syria. >> when you watch babies and children being gassed and suffer under barrel bombs, you are instantly moved to action. i think this president made it clear f those actions were to continue, further action will be considered by the united states. >> reporter: at the g-7 summit in italy a strong backing for the u.s. and considerations of new sanctions against russia over moscow's support for assad. >> overwhelming support for what the u.s. did, signalling that we will not tolerate the use of chemical weapons, barbaric use of chemical weapons that were band 100 years ago. >> reporter: press secretary sean spicer says last week's strikes deescalated conflict and contained isis, and he says they are the best humanitarian efforts the u.s. can offer the syrian people. >> today a new abc "washington post" poll shows a majority of

americans support last week's strike on syria. >> right. the slimmest majority. 51% of people polled say that they do support those strikes from last week. but many fewer, 35% say they would not support additional strikes, which, as i just said, the u.s., the administration says they would consider. so we'll watch and see what happens. >> thank you very much for that. a state of emergency is now in effect in egypt following yesterday's deadly terror attacks at two coptic christian churches. egypt's president announced a three-month state of emergency to help root out isis. the palm sunday attacks killed at least 45 people. 28 inside the church, another 17 civilians and police officers were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up outside a church in alexandria. at least 125 people total were hurt in the attack. the white supremacist who

killed nine people in a historically black church in south carolina pled guilty today to state churches. dylann roof entered the plea and was sentenced to nine life sentences for the massacrement the plea comes three months after the 23-year-old was convicted in federal court and sentenced to death. he'll be transferred to a federal prison in indiana where his execution will be carried out. neil gorsuch is officially a justice in the united states supreme court. >> i neil m. gorsuch do solemnly swear -- >> gorsuch took the oath of office in a public ceremony at white house administered by justice anthony kennedy. gorsuch clerked for kennedy and considers him a mentor. the 49-year-old says he is humbled by the trust placed upon him. >> i promise you i will do all my powers to the permit to be a faithful servant of the constitution and laws of this great nation. >> a new optimism is sweeping

across our land, a new faith in america is filling our hearts and lifting our sights. >> gorsuch fills the seat once occupied by justice scalia, ending a bitter partisan battle that lasted for more than a year. alabama has a new governor. kay ivy was sworn in about 15 minutes ago. the previous governor, robert ry on the first day of a legislative hearing that could have led to his impeachment over allegations with a long-time affair with an aide. he was at the capital to resign just three days after said he would not quit. one of the highest honors in american journalism has gone to the staff of the east bay times. the team won the pulitzer prize for breaking news coverage of the deadly ghost ship warehouse fire in oakland. the judges praised the times' coverage of the fifr and tre an

deficiencies within the oakland government that contributed to the tragedy. awards were also given to the "new york times" and "washington post." the new high-tech way to track down suspects and how it could help keep you safer. and check this out. it's an unusual sight in the ocean near australia. we'll tell you what all these things are just ahead. i'm michael finney, ask finney is just ahead. post your questions wit with #askfinney. i'll ask your questions live later. i'm spencer christian, a few clouds in the bay sky. more will be coming in soon followed by rain. it's 4:37 on a monday afternoon. well, it's a picture perfect look at the golden gate bridge. traffic northbound not so perfect. it's slowing down. southbound, that's the oncoming traffic heading back into san francisco. that's moving nicely.

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we now know what killed a great white shark that beached itself. that shark was infected by an unknown pathogen that was att k attacking the shark's nervous system. the shark

shark back out to the ocean, but it kept washing itself back onshore. a gray whale should be around the sonoma coastline by now. it was first spotted off southern california last week with a piece of metal on its head. volunteers hope to find it so professionals can remove that metal before it dies or disappears. in the water there, jellyfish. a swarm of ret gd jellyfish. the red bell jellyfish are often seen in australia's western waters, but the surfers had said they never saw this many in one area before. a red bell jellyfish sting would be painful but not deadly. i was in australia last year, they have some of the deadlyist critters and creatures, there's a form of jellyfish, the boat captain told me, it may not kill you, but you wish you were dead if it stings you.

>> man, all those? >> those don't look friendly at all. i'm not an expert. >> i'll take your word for it. time to turn to our weather with spencer. >> here's what's going on right now. live doppler 7, partly cloudy to mostly sunny skies. clouds increasing overnight. three days of wet weather coming our way starting with tomorrow's storm which ranks 1 on the storm impact scale. a storm of light intensity, expected to produce rainfall totals up to a quarter inch. it will be turning breezy tomorrow. and let's look at what we expect conditions to be around mid afternoon tomorrow. breezy at the coast. partly cloudy down in the south bay. more cloudy over the east bay. showers across the north bay by mid afternoon. those showers will spread later in the afternoon and early evening to all parts of the bay area, setting up the next storm on wednesday. it will be breezy with tomorrow's storms. going into early tomorrow morning, light breezes. by 5:00 in the afternoon, gusts

up to 20, 22 miles per hour in some locations. near the coast and bay. up to 31 miles per hour at point raise. those will taper off tuesday into wednesday, and more wind coming in later in the week. here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. tuesday, wednesday, thursday, a storm ranking of 1. the heaviest rain wednesday night into thursday morning. towards the end of the week, sunny skies friday and saturday. mild conditions on saturday. easter sunday, increasing clouds, chance of showers in the evening hours continue nothing monday. >> wet pattern. >> yes. thanks. the little gadget that can make a big change for police pursuits. we'll tell you what this is and how it's helping police keep track of suspects. i'm michael finney, what's

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well. greg lee takes a closer look at this device and what it does. >> reporter: a minivan speeds down the street with a police car following close behind. then something shoots out from the grill of the police unit and sticks on the suspect's car. watch again. in slow motion. you can see a small projectile landing on the van. >> once we deploy these devices on the vehicle, the officers can start backing off and we can track the vehicle. >> reporter: tustin police say they are the first to use the new technology. using a launcher attached to the front of a police car, an officer can deploy a gps tag from this console. >> gps device on it which allows the dispatchers and our units to track where the vehicle is going. >> officers can pull back the speeding units and track the suspect vehicle and plan the next move. the department is in the process of outfitting its cars and training officers to use the system. they hope this will minimize

risk during the high speed pursuits we often see in southern california. >> when the situation is right to use it, we encourage them to use it. it will be safer for the citizens, safer for officers, probably ultimately for the suspect, too. >> tustin police say officers will still follow normal protocols for pursuits. >> tho will this will not stop us from bpursuing people, we jut won't be pursuing in a vehicle. >> ford is designing a new hybrid vehicle. it has the grittiness of aittins police vehicle, but sips gasoline instead of guzzling gasoline. the car's fuel economy is rated at 38 miles per hour. the automaker said the hybrid is

best used on city streets versus the highway. time for ask finney. michael finney is here answering questions. alfredo wants to know how can i dispute parking tickets that belong to my car's previous owner. >> contact the city that wrote the ticket. do it right away. typically you only have three weeks, 21 days to contest a ticket. you'll need to prove the ticket is not yours. how do you do that? check your registration and seeing when the car was issued to you, then compare that to the day when the parking ticket was issued. they'll have to see that once you show them. >> laura asks, i have a big family what does the job market look like? >> jobs report says over 300,000 new jobs were added to california last year and february of this year. that's a very good sign. currently california's

unemployment rate is 5.2%. that's a very good drop from last year when it was 5.6. alameda county is 3.9%. santa clara, 3.5. the county with the lowest unemployment rate, san mateo, 2.8 %. that's about as good as it gets. i've never seen scene numbers like that before. >> troy asks a hospital bill i was paying on was turned over to a collection agency. that agency is now churching me interest each month. is that legal. >> debt collectors can charge interest on debts, but they cannot inflate debts. they can't charge more than the origin original contract calls on by adding on fees. if you were actually paying off the debt, i would call the hospital directly. they may have sent the account to collections by mistake. if they did that and they won't help you, call me.

we'll help you. >> if people have a question? >> give me a call, or record a 10 to 15-second question on your smartphone or tablet and share it on social media, #askfinney. >> you're quite reachable. >> prepare yourselves. a dead pat was found in a packaged salad mix in florida. fresh express recalled its organic spring mix. the concern, other than the obvious, that the bat could have rabbis and that could have contaminated the salad mix. the two people who found the bat are already getting treatment for rabies. >> now for some news you may not be itching to hear. new findings suggested bed bugs may be getting harder to kill. purdue unity researchers tested out two commonly used pesticides on bed bugs gathered from different parts of the country. they found some bed bugs were

resistant to one or both pesticides. higher levels of pesticide were needed to defeat some of these insects. if you have bed bugs, use a multi layered approach using pesticide with traps, steam and even physical removal. rome's less fortunate now have a free laundromat to lurn turn to. the facility is stocked full of washers, dry yers and irons. the vatican says it will add showers, a barbershop and medical services to help rome's homeless facility. this is the second facility the pope has opened. as the cost of college keeps rising, students at uc berkeley are facing another fee. >> my visceral reaction is i don't like paying more money for anything. >> not everyone is on board. where the money is going and why cal officials say it's so important. >> and dan has a look at abc 7 news at 5:00.

>> next at 5:00 -- >> nail guns and hammers and saws are out in full force in san jose. why construction crews have to fix the homes they built. a badge in question. this piece of medal raising eyebrows in santa clara. and how a bay area middle schooler got tapped to go on tour with a big-time band in south america. those stories and more when we see you for abc 7 news at 5:00.

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overlooking the berkeley campus is a giant concrete block called the big c, a symbol of achievement found at cal. today students are learning about another big c, this time the c refers to community. the big c is a referendum asking students to help fund seven spaces and centers that support and help minority student groups on campus. >> there are centers on this campus doing that job, doing that work. their funding is getting cut drastically every single year with budget cuts. >> reporter: the referendum is asking students to pay $29 per semester, $58 a year to expand their services and hire more people. >> my visceral reaction is i don't like paying more money for anything. >> reporter: so far it appears the referendum may have the support it needs to pass. >> i totally understand why this is so important for us to uplift those who are most marginalized within our campus community. >> reporter: in a 2013 campus climate survey, 1 in 4 students

at cal said they experience exclusion. kathy tran is an intern at the multicultural community center. she says these spaces offer her a place to gain confidence. >> when we come to campus, it's not just about academic retention but about building bonds with people. >> reporter: students have until wednesday at midnight to cast their vote. at uc berkeley, leann melendez, abc 7 news. >> new york is stet to make et tuition at public colleges free. it was part of a new budget approved yesterday by the state senate. in-state students whose families who earn $120,000 or less will be available. andrew cuomo proposed the plan saying it will provide new economic opportunities for new yorkers by making college more affordable. >> more and more states need to push for this. college is astronomical.

>> thank you so much for joining us for ths edition of abc 7 news at 4:00. i'm alma daetz. >> i'm larry beil. abc 7 news at 5:00 starts right now. >> in ten minutes, they can do a lot of damage. it hurts a lot. >> he is the guy who has to rebuild million dollar homes after vandals trash them. gruesome new details about a murder in san bruno. authorities describing how a 77-year-old man was killed. and growing frustration over mail thefts. not with the suspects but the post office. and find out what led police to find a million dollars in cash. >> live doppler 7 tracking a spring storm. a live hour-by-hour look at spring showers coming up. broken windows represent shattered dreams in san jose. houses that were move-in ready will have to wait a while before anyone calls them home.

six homes in all were damaged. good evening. >> thanks for joining us. these million dollar houses had just gone up for sale. they were vacant and vandalized by people who broke in to party. this happened on rosemar avenue in the hills above alum rock. david is there live. these break-in parties go by another name, don't they? >> they do. they're sometimes called flash mob parties. three houses on this street and three others around the corner were targeted. word goes out over social media to come to these vacant houses, they ended up leaving $50,000 in damage. muddy footprints show how the vandals broke down back doors to the garages so they could get inside. all six new houses had the first public showing saturday. that night it's believed a fwrup decided to use them as a party site. street lights were broken to give them cover.