good morning everyone. thanks for joining us on this sunday, march 18th. let's start with the weather with lisa. >> good morning. sunny breaks and live doppler 7 pinpointing for you where the cloud cover will be with us for the morning hours. we'll call it partly sunny. you can see it here. 45 downtown and 46 in oakland. mid-40s san jose and half-moon bays. and the fog in livermore still with you. 39 in nevada and 36 in the livermore valley. from the golden gate bridge we

are looking at low 50s by noontime. we'll call it a bit milder today with upper 50s around the bay. rain arrives through the last day of winter. details in a few minutes. >> thank you. >> we have breaking news from the east bay this morning where the sheriffs officer is investigating a homicide in cher cherryland. they say a man was shot an killed between mad doks road and blossom way. it happened at 3:00 this morning. investigators are still on the scene processing evidence. traffic is impacted in the area because the street has been closed. details toen -- mote i

-- mote ifr haive have not bee released. >> this car hit a tree and car fire. it appears some one in the burning car was not able to get out. the coroner was on the scene. the road was closed for hours for the police investigation. they are also looking for witnesses. all lanes of eastbound interstate 80 reopened after a freeway shooting last night. the highway patrol closed all eastbound traffic after the gunfire which happened at 9:30. one person was injured. the condition of that victim has not been released. the chp says no one has been arrested. the shooting investigation is ongoing. the lanes reopened at 1:45 this morning. >> developing news in san francisco where a firefighter has been injured monitoring the scene of a major blaze. the firefighter fell from an a ladder about an hour ago but

will be okay. the fire displaced eight people. a city supervisor criticism. lisa has this story. >> reporter: this was a massive fire which engulfed the building near howell and columbus. the top floors are vacant apartments and five businesses on the bottom floor. firefighters first took an offici offense ifr mode. >> there was fire on the ground floor. they came through the stairs. when they decided that look, the kmapd are said we have to pull these guys out they started to pull them out. >> one minute everybody was out here celebrating and next minute it was an inferno.

>> streets all around the fire wereed off. there were no injuries. criticism from supervisor who represents this district. >> with my own eyes they completely totally failed to address this working fire in a quick efficient way. you can ask any of the people here who watched it from the beginning. the san francisco fire department has failed san francisco tonight. >> we pulled everyone out in an abundance of caution. that's what we do. i won't get into too much more but i would like the say that we are professional firefighters. we know what we are doing. >> reporter: calling for an investigation as well as hearings. the city vows to help all of those impacted by

abc 7 news. take a look at these pictures as the fire started growing. dan ashley tweeted this picture of the flames from high up. viewers from the east bay and north bay reported seeing the smoke last night. this is a time lapse from our camera yesterday evening. wednesday like to thank everyone who sent us pictures or video. you use #abc7now. we may share your pictures or video online or on air. >> students, parents and teachers will gather in the north bay to talk about how to end gun violence. in parkland florida and how to prevent another tragedy. his office tells us this morning a planned appearance has been

cancelled because of a scheduling conflict. it starts at the search continues for a man. it is 65-year-old before wednesday night when he failed to return to their cabin in arnold. they spoke to a search and rescue unit via facetime. they were driving to relieve their colleagues and join in the search. >> tom has the appropriate clothing. so we remain optimistic.

>> bad weather and avalanche dangers, more snow was falling overnight. >> looks like they are pro jekting more snow at all. more family has been kind of arriving from the bay area and folks coming down from tahoe to supplement the efforts. >> some 60 people are expected to help with today's search. officials planned to look at surveillance from the ski area when his lift tickets were scanned. they are hoping it will help them zero in on his last known location. >> in alameda drivers entered the tube yesterday. drivers will keep one lane closed while they fix a sink hole this week. drivers can of course save time by taking over routes from alameda to downtown

sun himixed with rain and hail. a news viewer took this yesterday afternoon. the video is slowed down so you can see the stones. san carlos saw some hail dwred amp and surprised residents to see what in the world was going ochblt they said the clouds simply opened up and dumped a bunch of pea sized hail all at once. we have a couple of dry days. the last day of winter looking to be one of the most pleasant. it is 47 in san francisco. still some 30s and foggy in the livermore valley. today we'll look at a lot like this, partly sunny cans. we'll talk about cooler highs than average. when the rain arrives coming up.

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>> abc 7 news reporter has this story. >> there was music and lots of wine being poured. it is attracting thousands of people. many here are remembering three women who lost their lives march 9th working at the pathway home, a treatment facility. >> we are accelerating lives of those three women. >> these women were doing their job. i the a similar job outside of the winery. i don't know their families but i could be them. >> army vet albert jennifer and wong had been removed from the treatment program weeks before the shooting. it is helping by asking patrons to use this credit card reader r to donate money.

>> we are sad for these families. >> they donated their best bolts for a sigh silent auction. >> everything goes to the victims families. it is just a matter to figure out what their future holds. >> as a local resident here everyone comes out and everyone feels heartbroken. >> so many donated bottles to this event they will host an auction on we bay next week to raise money for the victims families. abc 7 news. two helicopters rescued who had been swept out to a state park's life guard stayed

with the man until a coast guard lifted him to the pacific. the highway patrol flew him and he is in critical condition. a man trying to do a good deed had to use a knife to stab his would-be robber in the oakland hills. it happened around 1:30 yesterday morning. a couple saw that a car crashed into a tree and they stopped to help. instead a man tried to rob the good samaritans. the victim stabbed the suspect after the two men got into a fight. listen and you could hear the suspect moaning as police spoke to their >> police say the suspect is

from newark. a group of east oakland residents fed up with illegal dumping and unsanitary conditions in their neighborhood took part in a trash tour this weekend. the east oak lands congress said they wanted to highlight the differences in street conditions and garbage in the cities flat land neighborhoods compared the affluent districts in the hills. >> it has everything. it is effecting our lives. >> we deserve a service to have a clean safe city. >> the group said it planned to stop outside the mayor's home to make it clear they expect her to remedy the plaguing their

streets. thousands marched to witness the city's 167th annual st. patrick's day parade. they tell us it is the largest celebration of irish culture west of the mississippi river. this morning the bay area has a few more bald people than it did yesterday. several folks had their heads shaved for a good cause. we were in oakland yesterday when you recollect csf chrns hspital hosted its annual saint baldrick's fundraiser. many get sponsored and all of the money goes to help fight childhood cancers. >> i lost my mother to cancer and one of my great friends has cancer. i want to fight the fight. >> i think it's a way for the community to come together and

hold up kids with cancer and their families and tell them how much we really care. >> yesterday saint baldrick's event set out to raise some $200,000. they are trying to see if they reached that goal. good morning to you. waking up to very chilly conditions. here is live doppler 7. you can see some of the cloud cover. i want to show you what's to come. we have a couple of dry days. we have quite a system, several systems coming into play for the week ahead. it allows for a dry day today. limited sun, more sun tomorrow and a live look outside. sfo, no delays, partly sunny conditions. rainfall from over a half an inch to the oakland airport. i have been hearing from a lot of you.

some very good downpours that added to our totals. we are still about half way behind from the bonus rainfall we had last year. so more is welcomed and more is needed and more will be on the way. there's a catch. i'll tell you about it in just a moment. it is 46 in oak lands. 48 half-moon bay. we will be looking at temperatures slowly coming out of the 30s. it has been a foggy start. 38 santa rosa. we are looking at temperatures much cooler this morning. you don't need me to tell you that. as we look here it was one degree, 38 today. a fantastic march. more snow is on the way. the first system with heavy rain but it will be a warm one. rain in the mountains and then

snow. chilly and foggy to start. sunny and milder tomorrow. the heaviest rain into southern california. let's talk about tomorrow. the sunniest and mildest day and maybe even about 70 for your monday afternoon. tuesday temperatures drop rns increase. southerly winds very windy and with here i have downpours in the making for a pretty wile day -- wild day on wednesday. here is tuesday. the rain movers in wednesday morning. you can see the trajectory. we call it an atmospheric two of them merge and it sets up a very wet week. by the end of the week things get a little more scattered. it is a preliminary estimate through next saturday. you can see from about three quarters of an inch through

about an inch and a half in most locations. highs mid-to upper 50s. partly to postalmostly cloudy s. looking at a beautiful day tomorrow. spring arrives with light rain and heavier rain. thursday and friday could offer up thunderstorms and looks like rain will linger. we have had beautiful pictures yesterday and rainbows. keep them coming. >> all right. we are going into spring. all righty. you may think making a great paper airplane is hard, how about the thing that makes an airplane. it is when we return.

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it's our tree! ♪ ♪ see how a personalized financial strategy and access to j.p. morgan investment expertise can help you. chase. make more of what's yours. welcome back. let's take a look at the weather with lisa. >> good morning to you.

hi everyone. we are going to see these throughout the day. here is a look it's still cool l out there. mid-40s mountain view, san jose and oakland. from our east bay it has been where it is still in the mid-30s, upper 30s for santa row say. napa at 40 degrees. next hour or so we are still in the 40s. by 2:00 the numbers will be in the mid-to upper 50s with a few sunny breaks. a mild other day, a dry day. 7:00 we are in the low 50s. sunsets at 7:19. we are expecting a beautiful day tomorrow. the last day of winter. spring arrives on wednesday and look what it's bringing with it, plenty of rain. we'll fine tune to detaildetail

it is a massive fire in the north beach neighborhood. firefighters are still on the scene of what was a four alarm firearm. the fire engulfed that buildig. they are being cared for right now by the red cross. this morning one firefighter fell from a ladder while watching for flare ups. he is going to be okay. the fire departmen cause of the fire has not yet been determined. it is still under investigation. we'll bring you more information on our abc 7 news app. you can download it today and enable push alerts for updates. >> it is election day in russia. the results are on a the reelection at united

kingdom. abc news reporter has the latest. >> a shoe-in to win his fourth term. we visited the polling station on moscow's outskirts. cameras in every precinct and lots of support for putin. >> who did you vote for? >> i voted for our current president. he guarantees us, peace, a good life. >> sources tell abc news british officials now have a clearer picture of how former double agent and his daughter were exposed to the poison. they believe it was used in a dust-like powdered form that

circulated through the ventilation system of his bmw. they are asking anyone that saw the car that day to come forward. another possible clue they say he was shouting and acting incoherently just before he and his daughter collapsed. symptoms consistent to a nerve agent. >> russia still denying the accusations that it was behind the attack expelling 23 british diplomats. >> we are not for sure that it is not us. we are not for sure that in that case the real criminals, they are still out. >> terry, abc news, moscow. now to the extraordinary intensifying battle between the trump administration and the fbi. we are learning that former fbi

director who was fired friday night kept detailed notes of his interactions with president trump. he is turning them over to robert mueller. tara has the latest now from washington. president trump's legal team seizing on the fire to make the case for shutting down to russia investigation. just hours after attorney general jeff sessions asked the former number two he called on sessions deputy to follow his boss's brilliant and and and and example. >> there was absolutely no collusion. >> there is absolutely no collusion. >> firing off a tirade of tweets overnight. it should have never been started attacking the entire

justy department. how many lies? how many leaks? >> we are on the brink of a very ugly crisis. if it continues and the president seizes this moment to fire either rob rosen stein or bob mueller >> it is up to the point he had gotten involved and taking money from clinton sources. that was the beginning of the end for him. >> mccabe isn't going out with a fight. he was interviewed by mueller'ss team. he kept detailed notes of his conversations with the president and turned them over as everyday. he was fired

any wrong doing. a string of here i have weight law enforcement coming to his defense and taking on the president. he tweeted you may scapegoat andy mccabe but you will not destroy america. facebook sus pepdpended a d firm. a u.s. senator says it's not good sit to develop strategies from president trump's 2016 election campaign. cambridge is denying the accusations but amy took to twitter calling for an outside investigation into the breach

and for facebook founder to testify before the senate judiciary committee. frmg sti . still ahead, the drtragedy that brought to families together. now they call each other family. you can see a lot of fog right there. it will be nice later today. buf beautiful form. rain for the rest

snchts it will be unvailed after a complete restoration. the work called andrea was first

installed in 1968. the fountain features two mermaids, a baby mermaid, frogs and turtles. a private ceremony will celebrate the centerpiece of the square. it will commemorate endless contributions to arts in the bay area. she passed away it is feeling like winter still. plenty of fog. we have a little fog here. it is 47 in the city but still upper 30s. today not a bad day. certainly not a good idea to get out and do some cleaning up. rain and wind on the way. i'll detail the forecast for you next. >> thank you. . who is this kid? scores a career high 28 points to lead the warriors in phoenix.

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golden state took on if sun after looking to bound after losing three of the previous four games. we have highlights in this morning's sports. >> good morning.

the warriors with back to back games facing the suns in phoenix. nick young draws contact and banks it in. he had 16 points in the first half, 20 on the nineth draining the three. he buries the 3. the warriors still trailed at the half. 60-52 phoenix at the break. they come roaring back. throwing it down. cook second on back to back

threes. p. three road games beating edmonton in a back to back. third time in franchise history they are beaten them on the same road trip. the sign is absolutely correct. this guy does look like joe thornton. sharks down one. joe, a nice back hands pass. 1-1 game. just a minute 10 later hurdled the pass. swats it in for the 29th of the year. jumped to the third. tied at 3. cuts to the middle. second of the game. 20th of the season. sharks offense cardinals had been to 30 ncaa tournaments and 13 final fours. not a bad resume.

they came in with a better record. the three stanf 11 in the game. nice up and under mover. third quarter catching and williams stops and pops for three more. she lead with 21. showing off some strengths smith rips it away. stanford goes on to win. they will face florida gulf coast on monday. >> my teammates have so much confidence in my. i go out there and play my game. when our upper class men tell me to stay aggress ifr and keep playing my game. that's what i do. >> we have to be more aggress ifr than the other team we play. having someone like her who you know every time she is playing she will come out and give 110%.

she is the leader of the aggress ifr club we like to call her. >> the madness of march will continue tonight at 5:00. have a great day. hi there. starti starting out with a little bit of sunshine. behind me you can see the view and we are looking at that fog there but a little bit of brighter conditions. we'll offer temperatures to come up about 5 degrees in spots. if you're spending your day in the south bay we are in the 40s. we have 50s by 10:00. upper 50s to around 60 today. the numbers will continue to slide but not that much. the cloud cover keeping us milder t milder through the evening hours. the winds won't be much to write home about today. we will have southely winds that will ramp up as we get

going through early to middle part of the week along with a vigorous storm system headed our way. here is doppler 7. we widen the per specific ispec. it will bring widespread rainfall on tuesday. it's not out of the north. it's one coming from the south. it will be milder. as for today look at santa cruz. sunshine right now. it is 47. it is 48 on the coast. mid-40s in between. more cloud cover here today. it will be a pretty nice afternoon if you want to get out f for a bike ride and do some clean up. still stuck in the 30s in livermore. it is 44 in concord. we will look for the fog to lift and looking at sun today. sunnier tomorrow and milder tomorrow. the warmest day of the week with

some temperatures approaching 70 degrees. by tuesday the rain arrives. it will last throughout the weekend. numbers around the bay from the upper 60s. how about 62 in half-moon bay. high pressure builds in temporarily. by tuesday widespread light rain arrives. the temperatures drop. as a stronger system arrives on wednesday with rain and wind they will offer temperatures to ramp up again. it could mean rain in the sierra nevada. notice the plume of moisture in southern california. we'll miss the big onslaught from this system as it hits south of the bay area. another system moving in. the systems merging together by midweek. by the end of the week we'll have a few weaker systems from the north allowing for scattered showers to continue into about saturday. highs today 56 in the city and 59 in concord. looking at the clouds today

partly sunny conditions. tomorrow it looks to be mild other. we'll start out quite cold with 30s and 40s overnight. the seven day forecast it looks pretty impresive on the latter half of the week. enjoy tomorrow. it will be mild and sunny. clouds increase late on monday. rain arrives the first day of spring. light rain and heavier rain with southerly winds. thunderstorms thursday and friday. snow looking at a decent week. so march has not disappointed. we have had a lotov of rain. >> all right. doing well with rain totals? >> not as well as we could be but better than nothing. >> all right. more is coming this weekend. thank you. >> two families from across california share a live long connection. it's all thanks to the ronald mcdonald house at stanford. jessica has their story.

>> so sweet. >> these two little girls share a very special bond. >> we actually call them sisters now. >> both girls had organ transplants on the same day. one needed a liver and the other needed a heart. they can't say for sure they are from the same donor but they are fairly certain. the carters from fresno and they are now forever linked. >> we feel like we are carrying on the life of another child through our kids. it's just something really special that we share. >> it's not just the kids. eden's mom and mariah's mom say they are like sisters too. >> we instantly had a connection. they athings happen for a reason. >> they didn't figure out their connection right away. it took near lay month spent at the ronald mcdonald house eating

meals together, laundry together. it offers something intangible. >> the other part of it is the emotional part, physical contact with people and being able to connect with other families. >> i think everything we do is helping families build relationships with one another. that's what people don't expect. >> family support services with trained psychologists. >> they are coming into a kpluntyover strangers and lever the best of friends. everything we do is to facilitate the relationships that are priceless. >> being able to have the one on one time with the other moms and say this is what's going on, this is what's going on. this is what i did. that helped me a lot. >> it's been great to have somebody else that's going through the same thing kind of to like share everything. >> and they are doing well.

the ronald mcdonald house can help 123 families at a time. find out how you can help. go to our web site, abc7news.com. and speaking of helping, last night abc 7 news was in wood side when irish dancers were at an event called shake your shamrock. there's our own reggie helping the family exprsz their gratitude. >> coming up, dishing out assists. the warriors

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wife. we love that. great job. >> very sweet. >> today we'll see a little bitovbit of sun but also clouds. so milder than yesterday. the mildest day will be tomorrow and then spring arrives with light rain. tuesday a scale, the here i havest -- heaviest rain and more showers into next weekend. so a clean up and enjoy the weather the next few days. >> yeah. get ready. >> thank you for joining us. the news continues now online on twitter, facebook and instagram. abc 7 news continues at 5:00 tonight. have a great sunday everyone and have a great week ahead. be sure to check out the accuweather weather app to keep abreast of the weather.

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