>> one change the fee. >> eric thomas is live at the walnut creek b.a.r.t. station for me. >> reporter: we did crunching and even a modest increase saying $2 a day would mean $500 more a year if you parked here every it is impossible for b.a.r.t. to make more parking they don't have the land. commuters have a love hate relationship with the fee. >> for me, it is okay. >> that is more than enough and raising it would be atrocious. >> reporter: b.a.r.t. is at least discussing the idea of raising and sometimes lowering

the fee. each station has a waiting list for parking permits averaging 3,000. >> is there something we can do with our policies, our fees to help alleviate the crowding situation. >> reporter: the hope is that a higher fee would discourage people driving to b.a.r.t. and encourage driving and walking. >> on fridays and in the middle of the day we charge the same amount. our lots don't always fill up on fridays. >> reporter: right now a trip from walnut creek to the embarcadero station is almost $12 plus parking nearly $15 a day. >> i commute to the city every day. so it is expensive to add on to already the b.a.r.t. fees going up anyways. >> another dollar would be not

that much more that i could -- i could pay that. >> reporter: license plate cameras would also be installed to make sure people are paying. this is all just an idea. some would want to fine out what is the impact on the poor. in walnut creek, eric abc7. pleasanton police hope you will recognize this man who is accused of robbing the chase bank. handing the teller a note asking for cash. the man may have escaped in a newer model of a toyota frank navarro was working as a bouncer when he was stabbed in

a fight over a confiscated february 20 february 2017. the six family members were involved in the attack. 26-year-old was the one who stabbed navarro. san jose police say this man is behind bars related to charges of child pornography. smith is a registered sex offender. san jose police arrested this man napoleon man assault of two teenage girls. he is 21 and the girls are 13 and 14. he took them to their house and

gave them marijuana and alcohol and sexually assaulted them. a motorcyclist is suing raising concerns over this emerging technologies we see on our roadways. >> reporter: with more driverless cars on the road, there are about to be more crashes involving such vehicles. according to the dmv, autonomous car accidents in california nearly doubled. >> they are destined to happen and destined to be collision. >> reporter: a professor at usf says both car maker need to work to avoid crashes. >> these vehicles do drive

safers but for vulnerable users, any of these users are going to be more difficult for the technology to pick up last month. >> reporter: as he moved up, the volt veering back into the same lane knocking him down. there was a back up driver in the car that collided with him but as he grabbed the wheel it was too nielson's attorney said the maneuver was unpredictable and dangerous. in san francisco carlos saucedo, abc7 news.

the california growers association filed a lawsuit this week. violation of proposition 64 which calls for gro sites to be no larger than one acre. the group says the limits are necessary for small scale farmers to compete in the growing agency. >> it is going to be harder for these businesses to establish and break into these markets after the fact. >> california's legalize market. adding $1 billion to the state's tax revenue. two chp officers and a civilian out of the hospital after a crash this morning. officers tried to pull over a driver for speeding. but the driver fled and pulled

off i-880. the suspect got away. the roads have been a dangerous place for chp officers. this morning's incident incident crashes. two weeks ago, a motorcycle officer was hit by a drunk drive on highway 4 in concord while conducting a traffic stop. last friday an officer in san jose was struck and thrown over embankment. chp says distracted drivers are making their jobs more dangerous. >> sitting down on the freeway, you never know what is going to come and who is not paying attention. so many distractions these days. >> the chp will be stepping up enhanced dui e e

at least through super bowl weekend. drunk driver former stanford student finally learned his fate. chris nguyen was there for the sentencing today. >> reporter: early morning crash four years ago that left so many people in the taxi community stunned. >> you try to talk to other drivers and nobody knows what to say or do about it. >> reporter: october 2013 a drunk driver crashed into a taxi cab killing a tourist and two other people. the man behind the wheel was finally sentenced in court. >> my strongest feeling is relief for the victims so they can now move on from this. >> reporter: once a promising student in the stanford

graduating school of business sentenced to four years and eight months. >> i can certainly understand the judge going the other way. >> reporter: convicted last fall of vehicle collar manslaughter and driving under the influence. drinking in the castro neighborhood the night before the incident. >> he has a lot of minor psychiatric incidents related to the epilepsy undiagnosed. >> reporter: the judge sensed the 28-year-old was remorseful and opted for a lighter with good behavior, the da's office says kats will serve only half of his sentence before

being let out on parole. another 23 people have died from the flu in california. this comes from last week's numbers just released today. bringing the total to 97 deaths. all under age 65. we are at the season's peak. pe. tapering off after rising sharply. not too late to get vaccinated. you can find a complete list on our abc7news.com. a lot more to come, asking questions and getting answers. >> the process and the result in sonoma county falling the north bay wildfire. >> i am christian spencer, and we will have the accuweather forecast. 2018 great yea

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in sonoma county today a hearing about a subject so many people know so well. wildfires. how can government and utilities work together in preventing them. wayne freedman has the story. >> we return our attention once again to the firefighting prevention. >> reporter: in the city now

known for last storm fire storm disaster held a hearing asking experts what laws the states might pass to preventing tragedies like the one last fall. >> do they have the resources to do so appropriately responsibly to protect all californians. >> reporter: pg&e senior vice president pat hogan. >> statewide issues and we need statewide solutions. >> reporter: declining to be interview by abc7. pg&e faces possible legal action that their power lines may have caused the fire burning through neighborhoods like this. >> we don't want to paint bulls eyes, we want to work through

solutions. >> reporter: sonoma county supervisor linda hopkins emphasises this is all all finding solutions. >> the question is not whether west county will burn, it is when. east bay's dedicated transit line is complete. stretches between bancroft between dana and fulton. several lanes exist like this in san francisco. berkeley today celebrated the completion of this hooe hearst avenue.

now, up and running fully. when at first you don't succeed, try, try again. >> jose moreno hernandez took that to heart. >> former astronaut talked to students today. >> and lyanne melendez was there. >> reporter: in august 2009, he went on a 14-day mission to the international space mission. he was a flight engineer. >> i said i want to be an astronaut. >> reporter: those words surprised his father at the time. >> recognize how far you are from the goal and draw yourself a road map so you know how to get there.

education. no substitute for a good education. work hard. >> reporter: hernandez applied to nasa and was rejected 11 times when he finally got in, he added perseverance as another so-called recipe for success. students at concord high found his message to be inspiring. >> i come from a family from high school dropouts. but i am intending on going to college. >> it is not just getting the bare minimum. it is finding out what further you can do to better it. >> reporter: to the d.r.e.a.m.ers who are stuck in the midst of immigration reform. hernandez reminded them to deliver more than what people expect of them. >> focus on yourself. stay in school. get yourself that education. get yourself prepared because when that political pendulum swings the other way, you have got to be prepared to take

advantage of it. >> reporter: that is how this fun of immigrant farm workers ended up harvesting stars instead. in concord. lyanne melendez abc7 news. >> perseverance. if we persevere, maybe we can get more rain in the forecast. >> we may have to hang on for a while. rain not showing up in the next seven days. we have clouds right now. and our clouds are getting clearer as we get later into the evening hours. live view from our rooftop camera looking out over the bay. 51 in san francisco right now 50 in oakland. 51 in mountain view. san jose and gilroy 52 and 53. this is the view, clear one from emeryville. 49 in

view from pier 15. these are our forecast features. partly cloudy to chilly. we will see high temperatures near 70 degrees inland by early next week. starting 7:00 tomorrow at which point showers in the northern most viewing areas. but those showers will lift out of here as will showers giving way to mainly sunny clouds. and we have quite a warmup coming our way. take a look at what is to follow. during the overnight hours, a few clouds lingering. mainly clear up north. low temperatures in the upper 30s in our inland valleys and low 40s near the coast and

farther south milder, 60 in fremont. and 61 in san jose. day planner tomorrow we start off with chilly conditions in the early morning hours and a few lingering clouds and sunnier and milder into the afternoon. let's look ahead at our maximum temperature trend. monday, similar picture, maybe two or three degrees cooler but still quite milder for this time of year. on tuesday temperatures bounce back. so we have a nice pattern of mild weather coming our way and dry through next week and this is how it shapes up on the accuweather seven-day forecast. mid-60s around the bay and on monday mid-60s inland. bouncing back to near 70s. and then they hold and that range all the way through the

remainder of the week. i would like to tell you we have more rain coming our way but not over the next several days >> the rising

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>> announcer: this is abc7 news. the ongoing debate of immigration reform hits home at a bay area college campus. posters of david louie has the story. >> reporter: this poster is two places on campus. >> this was clearly hate speech. >> reporter: the poster quickly

came down but quickly replaced by this banner. it too was taken down because it was posted on a building without permission. but reappeared at a free speech% zone. >> still allow ourselves to grow and really learn from each other. >> reporter: dialogue is what the university sees as constructive. although various individuals on campus have occasionally chosen to express their views in ways -- hold ourselves to higher standards of behavior. >> it is beautiful to see when we have these incidents of blatant hate that we can have

members of our community come together to show the love. >> reporter: the chair of the ethnic department. >> there is tension, there is fear and real concern over their ability to complete their education free from these unwanted burdens that other students don't have to carry. >> reporter: to assign a full tme staff person or a resource center to help address latino resource issues. president trump is discussing details of his administration's plan while over seas. >> we must replace our current system of extended family chain migration with a merit basis of admissions. >> limiting americans to

sponsoring only their spouses or minor children for citizenship. as well as ending the visa lottery program. the plan is set to be presented to the senate on monday in exchange for offering a path to citizenship over the next decade. that is more than double the number protected by daca right now. jimmy stormy daniels. the state of the union is scheduled for 6:00 p.m. tuesday which you can watch live here on abc7. daniels will appear on jimmy

kimmel live. demanding bitcoin as a payment. one woman is sharing her story of her life being threatened over this. miriam hernandez has more. >> i switched from being upset about it to i need to get this word out. >> reporter: she reads the e-mail that rocked her out. i will be short. i have gotten order to kill you. >> reporter: someone portraying himself as a hitman. >> i want you to pay the man of 28 usd. i accept bitcoin. >> extortion. >> reporter: a new spin on extortion. californians especially are being targeted. >> if you are online, the chances are you will be victimized by a scheme not once,

not twice but multiple times. >> reporter: an e-mail like this can be traumaticizing. she found herself looking over her shoulder. she is no push over. she is an educated professional. the scammers are >> we receive an average of 800 complaints a day in the united states at that site. we believe that represents about 15% of the scams that are actually taking place so heavily under reported. >> reporter: and remember what the scammer said about accepting bitcoin payment. it is virtual currency. >> transferred directly from person to person via the net. >> reporter: you can't track it

or stop payment. >> if only 1% of people send money, there is no overhead for them. that is money in the bank. >> reporter: your defense awareness to guard your money and your sense of security. miriam hernandez abc7 news. justin trudeau prime minister of canada plans to meet with local business leaders and entrepreneurs to explore opportunities for increase cooperation for the united states and canada. if your sense of wander lust is calling, it is a good time to answer. >> which international destinations are about to get cheaper and why. >> dancing with drones and

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competition and even performed at the olympics. >> and tomorrow night they are coming to san jose. jonathan bloom has a look at the group. >> reporter: the internet is abuzz. the group that performs this dance number with 24 drones and drones are just the beginning. >> performing with ipads and other connected things. >> things is the title of the program. they are using things, lasers, drones, three dimensional objects. >> reporter: all to have an artistic conversation about what those things mean to us. >> we have these personal attachments. >> >> reporter: san jose will be the first stop on their u. tour. these light up cubes are among the many things that come with

the dancers from tokyo along with a full staff to operator. >> 12 people on tour and five people on stage. drone >> these different groups that we are presenting in the series have melded the technology with their story telling. >> reporter: 11 play has performed in augmented reality the dancers side by side with their own digital avatars. effects comes from a motion team. >> months and months of operation for one night and that is the magic of theater. >> reporter: in san jose, jonathan bloom, abc7 news. >> pretty nice. pretty cool. this is the weekend

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but i am boater and i like it go to seattle. we went to seattle earlier this week to show them the san juans and took a ferry ride. >> reporter: he looks for good weather too. so does casey too. paradise, are you going to be happy over there? or is it going to be cold. i don't want to do that. >> reporter: it is cheaper to go where the getting is good. >> you got to look for the deal. a lot of good deals especially from the bay >> reporter: hong kong airlines is going to be flying to hong kong. four airlines competing on nonstop flights between san francisco and hong kong. prices are going to come down. >> reporter: he says flights to paris are expanding so prices

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anywhere this weekend, a nice string of days. >> we have a few clouds around now but the skies are bright and clear across the bay area. let me give you a look at our rainfall totals for january. for the month, however that rainy january didn't bring you up to the average for the season. far behind the average for the rainfall totals for the season. low temperatures in the upper 30s in the inland valleys and low 40s around the bay. little bit of rain developing the you kaia. check out this warm up. dip about two degrees on monday. very mild for the end of january beginning of february.

>> thank you, spencer. on to sports. interesting happenings in the nba. >> yes, what is going on larry? >> a lot of angry people. >> and large angry people. >> can't we all get along. that is what the nba's friction. what is the league going to do

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. >> announcer: abc7 sports larry beil. >> reporter: technical kd ejected four times. the nba announced smooth over evaluatirelations. frustrations at an all time high. meeting to establish better communications. here is reaction today from the warriors. >> no player is going home at night asleep at a ref. they just need to make sure all rules are clear.

guys need to get used to them and we will be fine. >> like anything else in life, easier to talk things out. and guys can bring up what is important to them and initiate a conversation and figure things out. >> reporter: now when the all-star teams announced, russell because he was listed last on team gave the impression that picked last. the list was alphabetical order. >> i told you man. of course i was first. >> only thing i know for sure is russ went last.

he is crazy. >> oakland a's will hold their fanfare tomorrow. a look at the team's kelly green alternate jerseys. they unveiled these in a little bit of a fashion show. leader marcus s s s best runway model went zoo lander with the pose. derek law asked if anybody -- is a pennsylvania native offering up his service. we crunched the numbers in the sports department and it appears mccutchen is only one for one. so we will have to do more digging on that. tiger woods is back.

round two at torrey pines in diego. par 4 13. bounced way off. rallies makes birdie on his final hole. right on the cut line. but he is ten strokes off the lead. >> at the time, seven shots to the lead at the time which is so crazy. everyone stacked up. anyone can win the tournament. >> the key isn't so much winning tournaments, it is staying healthy and his back not killing him and he said after this round, you know, he is just trying to rediscover his stroke but he is not in any pain. so he can start there, i don't think we will see the tiger of

old. but -- >> he can still have success. >> competitive. >> i am surprised he hasn't made the cut since 2015. >> and we have warriors/celtics tomorrow. >> join us tonight at 9:00 kofy. look atly closer, the mistake of vanity fair. bay area causing a false alarm. and a new episode of child supports, followed by marvel's agents of shield at 9:00. and 20/20. at 11:35 jimmy kimmel live.

in june you will be asked to vote on a measure of increase of tolls. these phased in toll hikes will be the cost to bridges to ni$9. that is roughly a 50% increase. for a lot of working people, it is a killer. an additional $60 a month for tolls is a significant hit for those already struggling. in 1997 i remember reporting to you on the plan to double the tolls on state run bridges in the bay area to $2. we were told them it would be temporary. of course it wasn't. now at least the politicians don't mislead us with false problems. back then we had to hand over cash money to a toll taker.

now it is easy to forget what we are paying. always love to hear from you. let me know what you think. follow me on twitter and facebook. at dan ashley abc7. >> that is going to do it for this edition. i am kristen sze. >> and i am

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