were reported. some of them were moderately ill, nausea and vomiting. there was one student who was in critical condition, but not life threatening. you can see the police outside the school, there were a number of first responders here, trying to make sure that everyone was okay. we hear that one school came forward reporting that they had ingested some sort of substance, we don't know how they ingested that substance, whether it was eating it or drinking it and then a number of other students did come forward. >> all of the parents of the students have been contacted. other parents of the middle school are being contacted just in an abundance of caution to make sure that if they see any symptoms or have any concerns that they seek medical help for their child immediately. >> reporter: the school also released a statement that said those students who have been

identified as being affected are receiving medical care and their families are being contacted. school officials are saying they want all students who aren't feeling well should come forward, they don't want anyone to get in trouble, they just want to make sure that everyone is alive and healthy. breaking news now coming out of hawaii where a united airlines flight from san francisco has landed safely after one of its two engines failed over the pacific. take a look, that is a damaged engine right there. you can see the cover is just missing from it. this video is from a passenger who tweeted from united flight 1175. that flight took off from sfo just after 9:00 this morning and landed at honolulu airport. all the passenger s got off the plane normally. it's a boeing 747 and it's designed to fly on just two engines over water. learning about two suspects

that are accused of stabbing a teenager and leaving her on the side of the road to buy. lizette andrea cuest arka has b found dead. >> reporter: deputies say that the two people responsible for this young woman's death were friends with her. they say that she willingly got into the car with them and now investigators are try to be find out what happened in that car and why. the parents of 19-year-old lizette photo of their daughter. she was found crawling on a road, authorities say she had been beaten and stabbed but managed to tell first responders who the suspects were before she died. which was critical to solving the case quickly. >> it was a compelling statement

about what happened to her this. to get to modesto in a timely manner and to be able to execute a search warrant at that house and probably find evidence that may have been discarded as time went on. though not revealing whether a weapon was found, a motive has yet to be determined. >> we'll be doing a lot of checking local area surveillance trying to backtrack basically the last 24 hours of lizette's life and the last 24 hours of movement by the suspects. >> cuesta lived with her father and graduated from silver creek high school in 2016. the east site union high school district released a statement saying we are in shock and disbelief regarding this tragic event. our thought and prayers go out to her family, friends and loved ones. both suspects are being held without bail at the santa rita

jail, they're expected to be arraigned in court tomorrow afternoon. reporting live in san leandro, abc7 news. coming up on abc7 news at 5:00, we'll hear from neighbors who saw the suspects being arrested and what we have learned about the two accused of stabbing that woman to death. the man acquitted in the shooting death of kate steinly pleaded not guilty to felony counts, he's facing two felony counts, one being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. his attorneys called the charges politically motivated and an effort by the trump administration to make an example out of him. >> the prosecution is vindictive, a sense that they're trying to override the verdict that was brought forward by the san francisco superior court jury. or not even override it, but they're going to essentially try to punish our client harsher than the san francisco superior court did. >> the defense lawyers say

they'll be asking the court to dismiss the charges as an illegal vindictive prosecution. he is due back in court on april 24. the family of a man shot and killed by a b.a.r.t. officer in january is demanding justice. celine tindle's family told us about police body camera video about that incident and it shows key facts about this case. here's the story from west oakland where dozens of protesters gathered this morning. >> he had his back turned. >> reporter: celine tindle's older brother has seen the body camera video that shows tindle being shot in the back by a b.a.r.t. officer. it happened on january 3. the b.a.r.t. officer heard a gunshot, when he went to investigator, he saw two men fighting.

the officer never identified himself before he shot her son. zbl >> when you're in the heat of a confrontation between two men and you say police, then it makes a difference. >> reporter: this weapon was recovered at the scene, but it's not clear who it belonged to. what is clear, according to the family is that tindle was not holding a gun when he was shot. at this rally, family and friends came together to demand that oakland police release the video. civil rights attorney john burr says he too has seen the video. >> the officer comes up, he says, show me your hands, show me your hands. and within moments, he starts shooting. and he shoots tindle in the back, bang, bang, bang. he could not have seen a weapon of any kind. >> reporter: today b.a.r.t. issued a statement to say that the b.a.r.t. police department is fully cooperating with opd, b.a.r.t. also said it would not release the video until after

the investigation is done. >> you can call it reckless, deliberate, so it should be prosecuted. what level of prosecution that's up to the da, but i certainly would start with murder. >> reporter: today the lawyer filed a civil claim against the police department. >> we asked for an interview and they said they would not comment because this is an ongoing investigation. we'll start with live doppler 7, on this day when we're experiencing a bit of a warmup from yesterday, it's 11 degrees warmer at half moon bay, 5 degrees warmer in san francisco. in fact most locations are a few degrees milder. only 59 across the bay in oakland under mostly sunny skies. 66 at san jose, and as we go into the evening hours, notice the temperature dropping a bit. not very sharply, but after midnight, it's going to chill down a bit, as

morning lows will drop into the 30s in our inland valley. we'll start the day with cool conditions and sunny skies and it's going to be a milder day tomorrow, but then it's going to cool down again on the day after. i'll show you the ups and downs of the temperature range a little bit later in the minutes ahead. would you be more likely to vote if election days were state holidays? you get the whole day off to vote. that's that's. >> make election day a state holid holiday, what do you think? weigh in right now with our instant polling, you can certainly use your phone, or desk top, your vote will move the percentages at the bottom of your screen in real time. you can see yes is at 69%, and as people vote, okay right there, it's now at 71%, you can change that in real time, vote right now, abc7news.com/vote.

why are we talking about this today? south bay assembly man introduced the bill into the general assembly today. that would make election day a state holiday. state employees would get a paid day off. public schools would be closed and companies would be encouraged to follow the state's lead. >> it's important that we get as much civic participation as possible and removing as many barriers to entry so that we can get a fully engaged electorate. >> i think it should be a state holiday because oa lot of peopl can't afford to take a day off to vote. >> in 2014, california saw historically low turnout, only 42% of registered voters took part in the general election. the most common reason given is -- california state law

allows employees to take two hours off work without any reduction in pay. if the current version passes, it would take effect in january in time for the 2020 election, so let's see how you voted on making election day a state holiday. right now we can see about 76% of you, 77% saying yes, with 24% now saying no state holiday. you can still be heard just go to abc7news.com/vote. just ahead, love is in the air and cannabis advocates want to cash in this valentine's day, why they say weed is the it gift this year. and avoiding scammers who are preying on romance. millions lost every year, how you can avoid being a victim. plus -- >> i'm wayne

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they're offering cannabis with a twist. >> our actually cannabis flowers, and infused chocolates. >> a stanford study found people who reported daily use of cannabis had about 20% more sex than people who have never used pot. scientists believe one of the reasons cannabis triggers the release of a key neurotransmitter called dopamine. dopamine plays a role in pleasure. >> it's a win-win for everybody. >> the company started making all natural herbal teas infused with cannabis for women, including a special sensuality. >> but the joyful thing is that men love it to, particularly sensuality, because it takes two to tango. >> on sale at dispensaries for

$5 to $8. >> cannabis is a beautiful gift for valentine's day because it's a heart opener. >> maya's behind berkeley based om edibles. she teamed up with abc host and comedian whoopee goldberg to help women be more comfortable during their menstrual the she also says a few drops from a cannabis tincture can turn a glass of bubbly into an evening romance. >> you can take the sparkling beverage of your choice and add the tincture, some people like a little bit, some people like a lot. >> experts say a beginner should start with a low dose, 5 to so

mi 10 mill 2k3wr5igrams and then w hour to see how it affects you. while romance may be on your mind, scammers are also keeping you in their sights. >> "7 on your side's" michael finney is here with what to look out for. >> they prey on the lonely, the vulnerable. the better business bureau has just put together a study and to help us understand everything that's in it is b.b.b.'s jeremy wise. online romance scams are a better business bureau, how scammers use impersonation, blackmail and trickery toe date >> the romance usually starts online and that usually goes to a text message or an email, but

they want to get you off the dating site so they can start grooming you. >> is that so the dating sites don't catch on? >> this day and age, scam artists are finding new ways to try to trick people and get people to give them money. >> you and i are pros. how do you get taken by this? >> yeah, it's a scam of the heart. so for this particular instance, you know, they'll groom someone and they'll make you trust them and fall in love with them and they'll start professing love very early and then they'll start asking for small amounts of cash, so they'll kind of test you to see how well you fall into their trap. so eventually they'll ask you for big pots of money. eventually they'll ask for plane tickets, or medical costs, they're overseas, they'll say they're part of the military but

they're not. they get that trust factor and then they start pulling money away from you. >> what kind of money are we talking about? >> the trend is trending up, since 2015, it's almost doubled and the problem is that this is a big business for scammers. it's about $1 billion with a b, that people have lost over the past three years, so it is a big business for them and we're estimating that there are about a million victims in the united states. >> is a scammer living next door or on another continent? >> it's worldwide, the united states is a big part of that. but part of our study shows that even in australia, part of the scam is that they will -- they lure you in with the heart, they take you financially and emotionally. so a lot of the victims threaten to commit suicide because it's emotionally devastating. >> it's heart breaking. >> in australia, they estimate

that suicide attributed to romance scams is higher than their murder rate so it is a big problem. >> everybody just beware. it looks like a very nice valentine's day shaping up? >> yeah, indeed, and spencer christian joins us with the weather. >> we have sunny skies all across the bay area, it's a little bit milder today than yesterday, this is the view from mt. tam looking down on the bay, it's 62 degrees in san francisco, oakland 59, mountain view 63, 66 in san jose. looking at the golden gate from emeryville. it's 65 up north in santa rosa,, 60 at napa, 63 at novato. here's a look across the bay, here's our forecast features, it will be clear and chilly

overnight, a little bit cooler tomorrow, with just a few high clouds passing through, but still a beautiful valentine's day, and it will be turning warmer again by the end of the week. so we do have a warmup coming our way. it is a little chillier in the inland valleys. right around the bay, we'll see lows in the upper 30s to right around 40 degrees. chilly everywhere, coilld in so spots. here's your day planner, we start the day out with sunny skies, skies will remain mostly sunny and bright and we'll have a few high thin clouds in the evening. tomorrow 59 degrees at both half moon bay and san francisco. 60 across the bay in oakland. mainly low 60s right around the bay shoreline, 62 at freedmont and palo alto. 60 over at richmond, 60 at napa. down in the south bay, we'll see low to mid 60s, that will be our

milde esest region. on wednesday, if you want to get out and spend a little money on your honey, it's going to start oud at about 60 degrees at 5:00 p.m., then it will cool off. > our rainfall potential over the next seven days is zero. notice as the days pass, we may see some rain falling near the bay area, but not in the bay area, it's going to remain dry here for at least the next seven days, perhaps even longer. so here's a look at the accuweather 7-day forecast. lovely day for valentine's day tomorrow, it starts to get a little bit warmer on thursday, look at friday and saturday, by the weekend -- at least by saturday, highs near 70 degrees inland, mid 60s on the coast, then there will be a gradual cooldown after that, everything changes except the sky conditions, we don't get any

range, temperature range fluctuates but it's going to be dry, dry, dry. >> spencer, thank you. turning the team over to his players, steve kerr lets the players call their own plays, not everybody's thrilled with that idea. what would you do if you

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the presidio in san francisco is giving bird lovers a close up view of a pair of nesting red tail hawks. the hawk cam, the nest you see right here is 100 feet up in the blue gum eucalyptus trees. that is being kept a secret. the cameras will allow people to watch the hawks make a home and lay their eggs. you can see the youngsters younr and leave the nest. the warriors head coach last night against phoenix, the suns aren't very good, so there wasn't a whole lot of risk there. but the players draw plays during time-out. steph curry said he tried to drop a play and then forgot what he was supposed to run. some old school coaches criticized this saying it's disrespectful, it's just a

stunt, and some of the suns players weren't really happen about it. but kerr says that his players are so tired of hearing hiss voice and he wanted to mick things up a little bit. and the warriors ended up winning. >> it's a players team. >> i was horrible, actually, i thought about a play and i forgot about the second option and had two players in the wrong play on the board. >> let's not get carried away, i like it here. i want to stay. i want this job. i would like to stay on the job. tonight they needed a new voice. >> it just of steve kerr because they have not been paying great attention lately. one game left before the all-star break which is this weekend, we'll get to that, then kick it into high gear. no more fooling around after

that. it gives them a chance to stay on their toes. just ahead, a global threat facing the united states. >> we expect russia to continue using propaganda, social media, false flag personas. >> the warning for u.s. citizens today. and a major shake-up in what used to be known as the food stamps program, the

to that breaking news where some children ingested an unknown substance. they described a child as being critical but say he will survive, no word yet on exactly what substance made the kids ill. here's some of the other stories making headlines at 4:30. we have new details on the investigation into the teenager staved in livermore. daniel cross and melissa leonardo have been arrested. lynette cuesta was 18. david louie posted this picture of a prescribed burn at

the ussc campus. a hearing on emerging global threat from russia. sarina marshall has more from washington. >> reporter: the assessment was blunt and clear. russia continues to meddle in u.s. politics. >> we expect russia to continue using propaganda, social media, false flag personas and exacerbate political figures in the united states. there should be no doubt that russia's past efforts have been successful. >> reporter: the nation's top spy joined other leading intelligence officials on capitol hill warning about threats to the u.s. >> my view of the 2017 assessment. >> this is not going to change or stop. >> reporter: donald trump administration officials acknowledged they had not been

directed by the president specifically to blunt russia's influence and didn't challenge the view that his continued denials of russian interference in 2016 is making it harder to stop them. >> people are saying the whole thing is a witch hunt because the president told me. we cannot confront this threat as a serious one with a whole of government response when the leader of the government continues to deny that it exists. >> reporter: other areas of concern, the national debt and north korea. >> the risk of interstate conflict is higher than any time since the end of the cold war. >> reporter: fbi director christopher wray also defended his recent criticisms saying the men and women of the bureau are the finest group of pros i could hope to work for. >> christopher wray provided new details today about wray's questions about the timeline leading up to the departure of staff secretary rob porter. wray told the intelligence

committee that he is confident that the administration followed the appropriate protocol in the porter case. >> afterwards we received requests for follow-up inquirely and we did the follow-up. and provided that informaion in november. and then we administratively closed the file in january. >> wray's timeline contradicts white house claims about porter's background check information and when administration officials were briefed on the investigation. white house press secretary sarah sanders also again defended the administration's version of events. the trump administration is proposing a major shake-up in what is commonly called the food stamps program. 80% of recipients would get half of their benefits in the form of what's being called a food package. a florida congresswoman is outraged by this proposal and

carolyn tyler is here with the story. >> reporter: the trump administration is comparing it's new plan to the high end delivery company blue apron. in california the food stamp benefits are put on an electronic card called ebt, retailers can accept them only for food and authorized products. now anyone receiving $90 a month or more would have that slashed in half and government food boxes would be handed out instead. >> it's very disappointing news, we feel that just because someone collects ebt or is on food stamps doesn't mean they shouldn't have choice in what they eat or what they buy. >> reporter: farmers markets where food stamps can be used to buy vegetables and fruits. there would be no fresh produce or meat in what the government

has dubbed harvest boxes, just nonperishables. congresswoman barbara lee said that as a single mother who relied on food stamps to help feed my boys, i can't overstate how offensive this proposal is. the agriculture department says it would say over $200 million over the next decade. >> the food stamp expenditure in a more effective way. >> the san francisco moran food bank feeds more than 1,000 people a month including those who run out of food stamps. >> we need to talk about how to make the snap program work better, with an ebt card, utilizing the private sector efficiencies and stop talking about how we tear it down. >> under the trump administration's plan, food stamp recipients would get to use half of their benefits for groceries. this would be the first major

overhaul in the five decade history of the nation's food stamp program. in the newsroom, carolyn tier, abc7 news. a climber injured after falling on oregon's mt. hootd has died. earlier today oregon national guard helicopter air lifted the climber who had fallen several hundred feet. officials say he died at the hospital. several other climbers are stranded on the mountain, several are hurt. meechantime the family of b paxon filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the hospital where he died. the lawsuit claims a surgeon performed an improper procedure at cedar sinai medical center resulting in his death.

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the deadly flu epidemic has claimed more lives, the latest victims a 2-year-old girl and a man who refused to pay for tamiflu. >> in indiana, a family now second guessing their choice not to give their 2-year-old a flu shot. >> they had told us once the flu that's going around now, it's not going to matter if you get it or not. >> reporter: olivia tested positive for influenza a last week, she seemed to be making improvements but monday her parents found her dead. the 3-year-old is just one of the latest deaths in what is considered one of the deadliest flu seasons in decades. a schoolteacher, wife, mother of

two died from complications from the flu not long after nursing her children through the virus. >> she was there on sunday and on monday she was gone. >> heather refused to pay for the anti viral medication, the cost, $116 for the generic form of tamiflu with her medical insurance. right now the average price for tamiflu is $175 and $135 for the generic. experts say if you can't afford anti viral medication, you can call around to pharmacies to ask for the best price or use apps like goodrx to get coupons. >> you can find a complete list of flu resources and advise at our website, abc7 news.com. an oregon woman is the first

known human womto get -- abbey beckley was diagnosed with a type of eye worm seen only in cattle. after experiencing some irritation in her left eye, she ended up removing a tiny worm and then she found another, and another, and the doctors were puzzled. the only thing they could tell her to do is just keep pulling the worms out. >> if we give her an ant anti-parasitic agent, they would die in there and not come out. >> it felt like i was living in a nightmare. >> how bizarre. the whole process took several weeks. beckley says she has been worm free, thankfully, ever since then. >> i can't even imagine, watching it is scary enough. >> it sounds like a magic trick, a bad magic trick.

>> let's turn to spencer. >> speaking of bad magic tricks. that's pretty good. we are rain free, which is not necessarily a good thing, we have sunny skies as you can see on live doppler 7, that's the pattern we're going to have for a while. this is our 6-hour evening planner and going through the evening, we'll have clear skies going all the way through the noontime hour. in the early morning hours, it's going to be very chilly inland as low temperatures will drop well into the low to mid 30s in some spots. lakeport and and a half napa ri 30. it will be chilly just about everywhere, cold in some spots. tomorrow we'll see sunny skies, with highs just a little bit lower than today's highs were, low 60s mainly right around the bay shoreline. low 60s in many areas, except in the south bay, where we'll see some mid 60s.

it will be a lovely and mainly sunny valentine's day, although seasonably cool. it will start warming up on thursday, and the temperatures really bounce up to warm levels for winter, into the weekend as highs will reach about 70 degrees inland by saturday. the fat tuesday celebrations ramping up right now in new orleans. tens of thousands of revelers are expected to crowd city streets as mardi gras caps the season. rex is new orleans oldest carnival group. and you're going to have to leave the bay area if you want to enjoy your own big mardi grs celebration. this year marks the 40th anniversary of carnival celebrations at 21 different venues from 6:00 to 10:00 tonight. for a complete list of venues

and ticket information go to abc7 news.com. just ahead, complaints about short-term rentals could lead to some big changes in how people do business in marin county. another good reason to eat some chocolate this valentine's day, and one thing you can get a loved one if they don't like sweets. >> michael finney cracking down on distracted driving. the

in north bay, there was a hearing about short-term rentals. >> it's been a while, it's been since july since the board of supervises has been looking at designing such an ordinance. now we have a very good look at it. some people like what they see, others not so much. browse the internet and look for a place to stay. they might lead you to john mcugh in marin county. john rents a two bedroom place attached to his place as part of

air br & b, today an ordinance e was introduced that would regulate short-term rentals. >> most people want it, short-term rental owners might not like it. >> each should have a business license number, a tax identification number and perhaps more important for people in residents right behind us, a contact number in case the guests are having too much of a good >> you ha the board estimates that more than 400 people many marin county rent their houses. john in the meantime resents the insinuation that he rents his house out to the uninformed.

>> the tax for occupancy rental is like a hotel would charge. >> the board of supervisors will hold a hearing on the issue nec month. expect more than a quiet debate. >> why identify me when you don't have to with signage. >> reporter: you can tell that mr. mchugh is not someone who wants the government regulating what he does inside his own house. he's trying to augment his retirement income. this ordinance would apply only to unincorporated areas of marin county. the state legislature is looking to crack down on what you see every day, distracted drivers. >> oh, yeah and "7 on your side's" michael finney is here with details on what would make those penalties even tougher. >> here we go. this is very important, right now, even if you get a ticket for using a hand held electronic

device while driving, points are not added to your record. most people don't know that, but this new bill would make distracted driving a moving violation and adds points to your license. josh newman of fullerton introduced the bill. he says if you're making a choice to put your life and others' lives in danger by texting while driving, your driving record should reflect that. >> employees are speaking up about -- the and is called blind, it requires users to sign up with their company email address. the creators of the app say the posts are not linked back to the user. blind is becoming very popular with employers with tech companies like apple, google and uber. but lift began investigating,

with improper -- thousands of people who fell for a debt relief scam are going to get some of their money back. the federal trade commission is mailing out about 5,700 checks with an average refund of $87. the ftc says the company exaggerated how much money people could save and charged illegal up front fees. united debt counselors is now banned from making misrepresentations about financial products and making unsubstantiated claims about products. any company you go to help with debt relief, be really careful. and if they say it's easy, be really, really careful. another valentine's day, researchers say chocolate is not only a romantic gift but also has health benefits.

as little as a quarter of an ounce of chocolate a day can lower the risk of a heart attack or stroke. others say chocolate can help improve a person's mood, it's a good ant oxidant. kentucky fried chicken is offering valentine's cards that have a scratch and sniff that smells like fried chicken. they have slogans like i fell in love the first time i slaw you. the cards are free to customers who buy a $10 chicken share, that's a meal designed for two. the offer is good through tomorrow february 14. nothing says love like a 15-piece bucket. the bizarre bachelor mystery is now solved.

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. tonight on abc7 at 8:00, it's the bachelor winter games followed by 20/20. and then don't miss abc7 news at 11:00. becca martinez who was first recognized for her young age -- >> from the moment she drove on to the bachelor -- >> i'm becca. >> becca martinez stole ari's heart, quickly becoming a fan favorite. >> reporter: but fans became worried when becca's name popped up on a missing person's list. her mom told the police she hadn't been able to reach becca for a week. a tip came in from an unlikely source.

a bachelor nation superfan turned supersleuth. >> i just googled bachelor contestants, 2018. and i found that online and then when i got to her picture and it was the same name, then i was 100% sure. >> reporter: becca tweeting, mom, how many times do i have to tell you, i don't get cell service on the bachelor. but that isn't the whole story. >> i couldn't set the record straight at the time, because it would give away the fact that i was eliminated. but yeah, i was about a week off the show. i just needed time to get away and decome press. so i went up into the mountain with some friends. >> becca was already off the show when her mom called the police looking for her. but she wasn't snuggling up with her don't worry, there's always the

bachelorette. >> so much drama. thanks for joining us for abc7 news at 4:00. abc7 news at 5:00 starts now. paramedics are called after students started to fall one by one. the first pictures of a couple accused in a brutal stabbing. their connection to the victim who used her last words to identify them. and trying to stop wildfires before they start, the battle plan now under way. a scare for parents who are still waiting for answers tonight as emergency crews respond to a san francisco middle school. almost a dozen students got sick after ingesting an unknown substance. scary. good evening. >> let's get an update now live from the scene. >> abc7 news reporter kate

larsen is at james lick middle school with the latest. >> reporter: i actually just spoke to an eighth grade student and her mother just a few minutes ago, most of the students have gone home at this point, but she was in class when she started getting messages from her friends that somebody somethingad