all right, our apologies, obviously kate can't here us. we'll try to get to kate as soon as we can. a ruptured gas main, pg&e trying to get to that gas main and effect repairs. >> you'll want to avoid that area around mcallister and scott street. we'll get back to indicakate ina little bit. now to our other top story tonight. cheers and applause after spacex's landing for two rockets

that came down in unison on the florida coast. elan mask instagrammed the moment. a short time later he was asked what he learned. >> i guess like crazy things can come true. >> well today's rocket blasted off from the same launch pad that sent apollo 11 to the moon. it's the world's most powerful rocket. >> it even sent a tesla roadster with a mannequin at the real, it's the hope that this launch will make space flight cheaper and easier and maybe the next generation will have it easier. >> from the sounds of their cheers, the crowds that gathered at cape canaveral had no doubt it would be a perfect liftoff, on the launch pad that 50 years ago saw the journey to the moon.

with elon musk's red tesla roadster on board, it's the payload destined to go into orbit around mars. >> the thing that amazes me most of all is his willing to take a high risk and be very public about failure and success. >> reporter: the next aspect of the mission that had the potential of failure had spectators holding their breaths, as the main booster and one of the side boosters made an upright landing at cape canaveral, so they could be reused. here's how it was animated to happen. and here's how it really happened. spacex's perfect landing. besides exciting the public, it's serving as a model for other private companies with space goals. >> it opens up the door for so

many other entrepreneurs and businesses. as i said iearlier, you have spacex, but you have blue origin that will be launching a rocket in a year or so. >> reporter: the falcon heavy launch also serves as inspiration for graduate students who are preparing for careers in aerospace engineering. >> what i would like to see is the mining ofs asteroids. >> this is a show case of the industry and governments coming to together in the long-term commitment made this happen. >> reporter: musk tweeted this picture of his roadster that will be on mars for hundreds of years. this is neat, passengers aboard this delta flight saw today's launch, they couldn't

believe their eyes when they looked out the window and saw this. at one point more than a million people were watching the launch some through our abc7 news app. you can get the news with our upgraded app it has personalized push alerts to get more of the news you want get delivered to your phone in real time. people living at a complex in free mochbt are looking for a new place to live tonight as fire tore through their building on shaniko and shale common. it two firefighters were hurt while fighting the flames. one received second-degree burns. a second suffered a back injury. six units have fire or water damage. a woman was rushed to the hospital this afternoon with life-threatening injuries after she was hilt by a truck. it happened just after 3:00 at the intersection of moscow street

charges that criminal defendants face for services like electronic monitoring. melanie woodrow has the story. >> reporter: san francisco board of supervisors president london breed on the steps of city hall to eliminate criminal justice fees, breed says they only collect 9% to 15% of the fees. and we're not having it anymore. >> reporter: he says he made some mistakes as a young person. >> petty theft, robberies. >> reporter: he says that criminal justice fees made it difficult for him to reenter society. >> it's a critical moment of your life where you want to

dance both sides and this is what you know before and this came easier. >> we are putting people who want to make the best of a tough situation in an untenable position. >> reporter: it would drop electronic monitoring fees. >> it is good policy to do all that we can to aid offenders in their successful re-entry into san francisco. >> this is going to be a collaboration. >> reporter: the legislation has the support of the public defender's office. >> the justice system should not be for sale. >> reporter: as well as the district attorney's office. >> from a fiscal justice standpoint, ait makes a lot of sense. now back to our breaking news story, that ruptured gas main at scott and mcallister in san francisco. >> kate larsen is at the scene

with the latest on this for us. kate, can you hear us? >> reporter: the good news is this neighborhood is now safe, according to to the fire department, you can see pg&e construction crews are working hard to repair the gas main that ruptured around 3:00 this afternoon. it was a four-inch gas line and there were crews working in the street. you can see a big hole, take a look at sky 7 earlier today, that's where those crews were working. they immediately cleared the area, called pg and e and it was less than two hours before they had this situation under control. they did have to evacuate 12 buildings and there were a number of people coming home from work who couldn't get home because this area was blocked off. i spoke to a man who lives right near the scene and was trying to get home when it happened. >> they said it could be an hour or who knows. that's kind of tough. there's a couple of friends of mine who live across the street

who have animals who are still sitting inside. i actually called all my flat mates and told them to get out so they're all out. so we're just in wait and see mode. it. >> reporter: fortunately everybody was able to get home safely and actually before this incident ended, the fire department was going into homes with the homeowner's keys to try and get their dogs and cats out safely because they didn't know how long this incident was going to last. we are getting reports that there was one person who had some respiratory troubles because of the gas leak and also neighbors have been complaining about the construction that's been going on on this street for quite a while. a scare today at a south bay mall when smoke started pouring from a parking structure. people in a passing car captured this video of smoke coming from a parking garage near west fair

fally mall. and from santa rosa tonight, a story of animal rescue and a disagreement unlike any other after the california wildfires. the latest on the custody battle over a cat. >> reporter: shelby wallace loves her cats, just ask her about 3-year-old darcy. she has a heavy heart because she cannot do the same with darcy's brother mack. the family lost two homes in the sonoma firestorm. darcy she found and mack too, but here's where the story gets complicated. >> they named him phoenix. >> reporter: he showed up in the animal shelter with the nickname aspen. when shelby saw those pictures after a long search, the family went to claim him, only to find that mack had found a new home. shelby pressed her case, the shelter did a dna test. >> we got the tests back and it

turned out that the cat that we adopted out was mack. >> that's the end of the story, they're going to give us our cat back. >> reporter: what makes this case different and unique, is that in santa rosa, if a family loses the pet and someone else adopts that pet, the family who lost the pet has the right to get that pet back. the problem is that the family that adopted mack doesn't want to give him up. >> is there precedent for this? >> mack who is now known as phoenix is in limbo. mack's new people said they have become attached to him? >> how do you split a family up? >> the family who lost two homes and yet who mourns the absence of this fellow, the most. >> heartless. >> pita is now offering a $5,000

reward for whoever through a vacaville dog out of a car. rex's family said somebody had tied his feet up with rope before shoving him out on to i-80 in vacaville. this happened around 9:00 p.m. last thursday. the car was a 2011 or 2012 toyota preoius. several homeless people and their advocates pleaded with the court to keep the shelter open. >> i used to hang out on the streets a lot. this shelter has helped me a lot. >> it's more safer for kids there, and it's more better to keep it open so there's no people out there sleeping in the trees and bushes.

>> reporter: the 125-bed shelter opened in sun any veil in 2016. operated by a nonprofit. the board took no action on today's requests. machinery up close, you could say this equipment is printing the future. some contra costa county teachers go on a field trip to help students get ahead. plus iphone hiccup, why the police department wants to stop hearing from so many apple owners. record heat and this may be hard to believe, but much cooler temperatures are coming. also here, kids and electronics, why parents need to

31 teachers in the east bay went on a kind of field trip

today to check out future jobs for their student. a program called best business and educators shadowing for tomorrow. >> reporter: mt. diablo unified school district hopes shadowing employees in hot fields like health care and graphic design will give insight into how to help their students succeed. >> the graphic design industry is so oversaturated, that the more you can prepare yourself for it the better. >> teacher who is used to work in the field realized how dramatically it's changing. >> what did they want from their new prospective employees? it gives us a new way of going back to the classroom and teaching some of those items that might not have been touched upon. >> and the kids are going to learn more relevant and current practices than maybe if the teach never left the classroom. >> reporter: 31 teachers linked

up with airport, a health clinic -- >> i am going to tell them it is inspiring to be able to live and be here. there's lots of job opportunities. >> as much as the students have dreamed, there's more out there than they have even dreamt about. we have seen a lot of it and are going to try to put it in place. >> reporter: employers still want teachers to emphasize the old classics, being having a good attitude. >> some owners of old iphones could be getting a refund from apple. the company is considering refunds for customer who is paid for battery replacements for old phones. apple is now offering a $15 diskou discount because apple secretly

slowed down phones to decrease degrading batteries. the department tweet that it's received an increase in 911 calls from apple watches. many of the false calls happen when someone is setting up their watch or if their hand or wrist is bent. if someone accidentally calls 911, don't hang up, just tell them it was a mistake and everything will be okay. letting your children play video games might be more helpful than you think. >> what did you say? >> michael finney is here on how that could be educational. >> 24/7. kids, except for her household, a lot of times like video games, and parents spend a lot of time worrying about how much time

their kids spend playing the games. maybe they should simply get into the games. >> she can play a game with me and we can have lots of fun. >> reporter: she's on to something, consumer reports says rather than trying to pull the plug on your kids interest in gaming -- >> maybe sit down and play with them, like you would play a board game or play outside. >> reporter: parents often get hung up on whether a game is educational, but many games can be used to teach valuable lessons. >> the role playing games are all about problem solving and about making decisios. >> reporter: the center for games and impact agrees. claiming video games promote the critical skills necessary for navigating a 21st centur world. >> you're still reaching out and

forming relationships through those games as well. >> reporter: with the new baby, she doesn't get to play along much, but she does keep a close eye, asking questions along the way. >> what's going on here? it sparks communication with your kids. >> you can ask questions about why does a character go there. why is it important to pick up these power ups? kids love to explain, they love to feel like you respect them as an intelligent person. >> even if you are playing with your skids, you want to monitor the screen time you're getting with you and without. and this is important, make sure that the content is age appropriate. we get so used to seeing it all the time, you don't want to forget that. it is so warm outside that this is not surprising, we have a sixth day of records, 77 degrees in san jose, that was a

tie. 74 sfo, 80 degrees roesz rosa. 71 degrees right now in san francisco. san ramon, 72 in freemont. 76 degrees in napa, you really need to go to half moon bay to cool off at 62, and that's not that cool. more record highs are likely tomorrow. we're looking at a dry pattern through february 17th. that's what it's looking like right now, nothing but sunshine from our golden gate bridge camera. you'll notice that the flag is barely swaying. it's been an offshore breeze that's brought us the the sierra snow pack is 20% of average. in the south it's 21% of normal. our reservoirs, they're below

capacity, lake 20%. oakland, expected to hit 74 degrees, that would be a tie set back in 2016, and san jose is expected to come in tying at 76 degrees set back in 2016. you notice a couple of other cities will be near that. with all this warm weather, it's really the tree pollen that might be bothering. weed pollen is running low. here's your 12-hour planner for wednesday, the sun comes up tomorrow morning, temperatures 40s, 50s, clear skies, and you're going to be sun soaked in the afternoon, with temperatures in record territory, more 70s and maybe even 80s showing up. tomorrow morning, clear skies, temperatures will range from the upper 30s to low 50s, your average highs will look like this, mid 70s to upper 70s,

can't rule out a low 80. this is sunscreen and shades weather for you, and i don't see it changing any time soon as far as the temperatures. you'll notice that there's this area right over the bay area, that's dry. the jet stream is going well to our north, and then just basically keeping the east coast in the stormy mode, but not us. here's a look at the accuweather 7-day forecast, records are likely again tomorrow, 70s, 80s, still warm on thursday, but notice those temperatures beginning to fall on friday, then the cooler weather will spread over the weekend, it will be breezy. i didn't think that you might hear me say this, but 60s, that's cooler, sunday through tuesday and that's dropping closer to average but still a little bit above normal for this time of year, you can download the accuweather app and check your temperatures hour by hour, minute by minute. temperatures today 13 to 22 degrees above normal for february. >> spring fever.

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the golden state warriors have certainly made sports history these last few years, but tonight they're celebrating a history of struggle in america. the organization is kicking off black history month by giving out 10,000 t-shirts during game. sean livingston says he's proud that the team is active on social issues and aren't afraid to speak their minds. >> where we are now with technology, with social media, the microscope is even bigger,

the platform is even bigger and we have an opportunity to take advantage of that, and it goes back to educating yourself on what you're saying, what you believe in, what you stand for and, you know, we have that as a team. >> the logo black history is golden was actually coined andre iguodala. do overs are rare in professional sports but the minor league santa cruz warriors were tied at seconds left. they were fouled when they should have been granted a reset time-out. the warriors eventually lost. now the warriors say there will be a replay of the final 17.5 seconds, yes, they're going to replay the final 17.5 seconds on

march 23. all right, get your phones out, the giants break tradition and barry bonds is the beneficiary. go to abc7news.com/vote to tell us what you think. and we'll have the results at the bottom of your screen and we'll update that in a few minutes. but first we want to thank craig with this beautiful picture from

coming up on abc7 "news at 6:00," a major announcement today in the recall of a santa clara county judge. find out if voters will get to fine out his fate. "7 on your side's" michael finney says the couple was shocked to learn who took their money. and the only nonstop flight between the bay area and rome is taking off from oakland international airport. the deals are pretty good.

we'll share some of them with you, it's all coming up in the next half hour of nbc 7 news. the team says they will retire barry bonds uniform number 25 this season. >> he is the first nonha fa fameer to have his number retired. >> bonds says he's both honored and humbled by the jess cher. so what do you think of this move? you can cast your vote right now by going to you can see agree is 53. and thumbs down if you disagree. >> an official ceremony will take place in august when the cubs host the pittsburgh pirates but he was not voted into the hall of fame this year. so the steroids scandal still affects him. >> he still has some eligibility left, so we'll see.

world news tonight with david muir tonight, the stunning moment on live television. the $90 million gamble, spacex launching falcon heavy, the world's most powerful rocket into space. a car inside it, and tonight, that car now floating in space. the boosters returning to earth. millions watching. would they stick the landing? would those boosters land right back in florida? also tonight, the winter storm. the pileups turning deadly. the rescue playing out in the northeast, as the system now moves across the country and into the east. the morning commute could be dangerous. president trump today saying, "i'd love to see a shutdown." with the deadline looming, what prompted him to say this repeatedly? the deadly flu worsening tonight. new york city authorities tonight with a new warning. and the second grade teacher who went to the hospital, was sent home, and then was rushed back