earthquake hit today in oakland it would be far more dangerous and destructive good evening dan ashley. >> kristen sze thanks for joining us. scientists engineerings and government agencies use this anniversary to remind all of us that another big quake is inevitable. but we can all take steps to survive. >> abc 7 news anchor eric thomas is life on the scene tonight with a story. eric. >> dan abc kristen, scientisting with worried about a 52 mile stretch of the hayward fault which happens to run through memorial stadium here on the cal campus. today scientists with the u.s. geological survey, the state and along with partners in local government and in business discuss what would happen if a magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit just after 4 this afternoon? there is a reason organizers of the haywire earthquake scenario chose memorial stadium. >> the fault rupture zone passes here. >> the stadium is one of 300

major builds built on or dangerously close the hayward fault. last year the u.s. geological survey and its state counterpart released a report on how widespread damage from a 7.0 could be. they clab clabted with state and local governments how bad it could get and planned scenario around it. >> today it's like if the earthquake had happened and we're getting a look at clear damages from it. >> based on computer modelling, the quake could cause 800 deaths, 18,000 injuries. 2,500 people would be trapped in collapsed homes and businesses. and 2,000 would be trapped in stalled elevators. then fls the financial cost. >> the total effect of the main shock and the after shocks on the order of $82 billion. >> add another 30 billion for fires following the quake. but the news isn't all bad. many building along the fault have been retrofitted for memory kwal stadium that ments $200 million to add expansion

joints and shock absorbing damp tors protect fans. >> it's sort of a seismic wonder. >> at home you won't need anything like $200 million but you will need an earthquake kit and a plan. >> what i would like to take people away from the haywire scenario is there is something we can do to reduce the impact of this earthquake which is inevitable. >> later this year u.s. gs takes a six month look back at the quake as if it happened. the long-term impacts and what we should have learned from it. in berkeley, eric thomas, abc 7 news. >>en a a reminder to be prepared if there is a big quake. you'll need a gallon of water per person per day. canned food, a first aid kit, medications, pet flies and phone charger pef we have this list and more on the website, abc7news.com. a woman was killed in a 4-car crash near the elbowed airport it happened near the rental car facility about 10 "a" oakland police and the fire and

alameda county sheriff's office dealt with the tragedy. the sheriff's office says the crash may have happened as the driver was making an illegal u-turn. and a passenger was killed in a crash in fremont this morning. the chp says a black sedan hit a green suv near fremont boulevard on northbound 880. the suv flipped several times. the passenger died. the driver suffered moderate injuries. the driver of the black sedan is okay. investigators are trying to figure out what caused this crash. a woman is facing felony charges in a hit-and-run that injured a san francisco police officer. marissa androvich is 18 years old. the officer was walking when hit yesterday afternoon. abc 7 news was there when the woman was arrested in the richmond district a short time later. the officer is now out of the hospital. he is the third officer to be hit by a car in the city in seven months. richmond police issued a $1 million arrest warrant for this man. he is 40-year-old vernon lamont dowel wanted in connection to

the murder of mark johnson jr. witnesses told police that johnson was shot and killed following an argument with another man on south 15th street and main avenue last thursday. it was richmond's third homicide of the week. police say dowel is dangerous. if anyone spots him call 911 right away. in san jose, crews are beginning to repair hundreds of miles of roads that have been neglected in recent years. how much progress they end up making will really depend on the amount of money they'll get from the state. abc 7 news reporter chris wynn is live in snorting san jose tonight with the story. chris. >> reporter: dan behind me is rogers road one of the roads here in san jose in desperate need of tlc. take a look. it's like a minefield out here. but crews will work on it next week. many around here say they've been waiting years for this to happen. in the capital of silicon valley it's easy to find a sfreet anything but smooth.

san jose resident janet gillette wos about how much worse the roads could get. >> they need resurface on a regular basis so it doesn't get so far behind. >> but officials say there is progress being made. as the city department of transportation leads an extensive effort to seal or resurface dozens of roads using money turbthe gas tax. the mayor sam liccardo says the repairs are top of mind. >> it's better for the city to pay for it it with taxpayer dollars than each of the motorists to pay for it. >> right now crews are finishing up major upgrades near highway 101. next week over to this stretch of rogers road in san jose which has seen better days. lert this summer sections of san antonio street will get a make over lasting about 20 years. the projects, just a sampling what's to come as long as funds from the state continue to come

in. employees at tire time on story road say they've been busy. >> mostly with the low profile -- the there is less cushion, it's just bangs harder. >> city officials understand how challenging it can be. in most cases they are able to patch up pot holes within two days of getting the call. the city council identified a new list of other streets to repair in 2019 pending funding from the state. $87.5 million has been aloindicated for the two-year program. ? san jose, chris wynn, abc 7 news. just a short time ago tesla confirmed the occupational safety health administration is investigating the company over concerned about workplace safety. there have been reports that worker injuries are being underreported to regulators. tesla says cal osha is required to investigate claims and the company always provides full cooperation. a big mess in sunnyvale.

look .pg&e released this pictures of four power poles knocked down or damaged after a third party contractor made a mistake with an excavator. at 1,800 customers without power virtually all have service restored now. south san francisco residents don't want a development project including a building high are than the others in the area. the sight is a 6 acre parcel on chess ntuv street not far from the hospital and b.a.r.t. station. hell melanie woodrow is live near where show and tell by developers is getting under way. melanie. >> reporter: dan city council stepped back this project so that it could include more feedback from residents. a developer has not even been chosen yet. and already some want the project called off. south san francisco residents have the chance to meet with four potential developers looking to take on a high-density mixed use development project covering 6 acres in the middle of town.

the initial proposal would have included a 15-story building. that got dropped down to 12 stories. >> and then the public told us what they thought of 12. and i suspect that 121 off the table. >> just ask the south san francisco residents some wearing pin saying no high-rises. >> i lived in south city for 12 years i'm into the happy with this. >> residents say the taller build withes don't belong in south san francisco. >> if the residents in south san francisco wanted to live in san francisco we would have. we chose south san francisco because it's a small local community where everyone knows their neighbors that's what we want to keep. >> you heard of not in my backyard. well ner is intimate ri imby. >> they perceive a threat when really it's enhancement. >> he lives in elbowed but didn't stop him from everything. >> he says he is looking out for young people who need an affordable place to live. >> the region changing you're in

the bay area and this is the center for growth. >> the process here is far from over. a developer won't be picked until mid-may then contract negotiations with construction possibly beginning next year. no word yet on how many stories the project will be. in south san francisco, melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. >> silicon valley tech companies face another data collection scandal after a washington state data firm exposed personal information of 48 million people. the first local blocks scrapes publicly accessible data from siting like facebook, zillo and linked in to produce profiles on individuals they can sell to businesses. according to zd net the firm left the proechls in a public online storage space available for all to see. chris victory from mountain view based security form upguard discovered the breach in february. >> one of the techniques that was apparently used in gatherering the data just one of the techniques involved a

function on facebook that facebook last week disabled because they -- they finally i believe they raemzed people were taking advantage of it. >> chris added he can find between 50 to 100 data breaches a day. and calls it an epidemic. >> let's say with us new audio we want to share shows nerves of steel of the southwest. >> is your arp airplane physically on fire. >> no it's not on fire but part of it's miss sfloog new details in the plane mishappen and the pilot hailed as a had are. >> preparing for the worst. first responders train for airport disaster. >> i'm meteorologist sandhya patel. live zpler 7 tracking a compact string storm. not doing much for us. i'll explain why. >> and dirty air. a lot of people in the bay area breathing it maybe you. but there is one up

>> breaking news out of tlapt manufacture smoke froms a engine on a delta airlines jet forced the plane to land after taking from atlanta's hartsfield jackson international airport. airport officials say it happened a couple hours ago and the plane landed without incident. officials say fire crews doused the flame. as a precautionary measure. but it was able to be towed back to the terminal. no one was hurt and the incident is under investigation. the southwest airlines passenger killed during yesterday's explosives decompression on a flight from new york to dallas died from blunt force trauma to the head. neck and torso. that's from the autopsy results released an hour airing. a texas rancher and firefighter knelled held on to the 43-year-old mother of two jennifer reareden after a woind shattered by engine debris appear she was sucked out. ntsb officials say they had the seat belt on when the cabin pressure was lorts.

>> a divide helped and got her pulled in tried to resuscitate her. anyway, the krou and pilot and they got it landed. somehow. >> well today, the ntsb recovered parts of the missing engine. federal safety investigators are honing in on a broken fan blade as a cause for the engine explosion. saying a preliminary inspection shows signs of metal fatigue. yesterday as incident is eerily similar to another southwest engine failure in 2016 over the gulf of mexico. >> as i mentioned a few minutes ago, i'm very concerned about in particular event. to be able to extrapolate that to the entire fleet, i'm not willing to do that right now. >> food, the board herolded the captain of the flight, tammi jo shults shults and the first offers for taking command we the plane rolled to the left and landing the plane safelily in 56-year-old shults was one of the first women fighter pilots in the u.s. navy and one of the

first to fly the fa-18 hornet. after the branch rejected her became a pioneering naval aviator instead. >> what happened yesterday is rare. it can happen and airports need. to that end there was an emergency drill at santa rosa charles m. schultz airport. as wayne friedman explains, the timing captor have been more perfect. >> reporter: at sonoma county airport there were two realities. in the terminal the one that most passengers take for granted. on the other side of the field. >> you're going to get a gash. >> a disaster in the making and the making up. >> it looks like halloween. >> feels like it. >> this is a drill for a dash 12k3w4r508 a drill that looked and felt real enough for the sonoma county emergency responders for whom the mock airplane crash couldn't have been more timely krpg the southwest airlines emergency landing. >> i'd like to clara mci establishing command. >> the difference between this and real catastrophe, the

element of surprise. first responders new this happened today. it was scheduled. as to the details, they didn't know until they arrived. >> we knew there was a plane crash. he two there would be victims. >> roughly 40 in the scenario spread across the field and inside the plane. all injuries realistic enough to force tough decisions about triage and who to treat first. >> there is a checklist we go through with every person to figure out what may or may not be i don't think. >> and how to treat them. steve house for instance played the role of a passenger with a broken back. >> they treat the me like a board which is absolutely the proper way to be treated with a spine injury. >> first responders tell us today did reveal hiccups in terms of ambulance supply and in radio communications. >> we have to communicate or the incidences will overwell us. >> best to learn they say without real lives at stake. in sonoma county, wayne friedman, abc 7 news. and effort is under way to

change sexual harassment policies as worklesses throughout california. supporters are calling for passage of an assembly bill that would priblt employers from forcing their employees into signing auberry tracing agreements as a condition of employment or promotion. ray engineer who went public over allegations of sexual harassment at uber is one of the supporters behind the legislation. >> if passed it will ensure that what happened to me and my coworkers will never happen again. because it will prohibit employers from forcing employees to sign away constitutional rights as a condition of employment. >> critics say the bill doesn't do enough to protect people who have already signed arbitration agreements. they also fear it could spark a wave of millions of lawsuits across the state. the american lung association annual state of the air report shows mixed results for the bay area. the report shows our region ranked 13th nationally for ozone pollution. notifily bad air in alameda, contra costa, santa clara and

sand jauquin. l.a. has the worst air in the country. the report says ozone levels rose to due to record temperatures in 2016. our region ranked in the top ten for part cal pollution known as soot. on the positive side, the bay area has experienced a nearly 70% dr. platz in unhealthy ozone days since the late 90s and 80% drop in unhealthy particle pollution days since 2004. >> maybe trending in the right direction, all right ilt right. >> right. there is a push in washington to fix the do not call lift led by jackie spire. >> seven on your side michael finney here with your story. >> today in the house spire introduced the robo cop. robo haste repeated objectionable bothers of consumers. >> it provides customers with free tools to block the calls. also require public reports about whether it's reducing

unwanted calls. companion legislation was also introduced in the senate. it appears iphone users are taking advantage of the do not disturb while driving options in a good way. that's according to a study by online car insurance shopping service ever quote. between september 19th, 2017, and october 25th of the same year, ever quote says about 80% of users with iphone activated the feature. phone use among those drivers decreased by 8%. but the study also found that phone use is still a major cause of unsafe driving. second only to speeding. congress may soon end protections for minority car buyers today the senate voted in favor of repealing regulation nas banned auto lenders from charging higher interest rates to minority buyers. republicans say it unburdens the auto industry from regulations that have hurt borrowers and won't change existing fair lending laws. a full repeal still requires

approval by the house and president trump. >> okay michael thanks a lot. >> sure. look at this, guys, abc 7 viewers sent us pictures of berkeley. windy day at caesar chavez part. >> perfec condition for the kai fliers look at that. cool. >> yes. now the accuweather froerkt with sandhya patel. breezy enough tomorrow to fly a kite again. let's look at live doppler 7. good evening to you. right now i'm showing you what it looks like here. there is a system that has been spinning just off the coastline here. and while this system really does look impress it's heading south. so unfortunately for the bay area it's not going to amount to a whole lot. agency you look northern california seeing some snow showers mixed in with showers. and in the sierra nevada they have been seeing snow showers, a live look from though where it's a beautiful snow.

snow pack 40% of average. they'll goat a few inches. fougt beach showing crowds over the port of oakland. a little bit of sun phillip mid-to upper sivertson from san francisco to san jose. oakland is cooler. a cool view from the emeryville camera. numbers in the low 60s. santa rosa, napa concord. livermore at 58 degrees. if you're looking for warmth you don't have to wait much longer. i know this is a little cool by springrd standards. look at what's ahead for earth day. on saturday weekend warming mid-60s to 80s. temperatures continue to climb inland on earth day to the mid-80s. if you're going out to take part in ether day festivities activities and events it's nice high pressure. a live picture from the santa cruz karms where clouds gathered. not many people on the beach pu i suspect it's changing on the weekend. isolated shower chance south bay

late tonight. mostly sunny and breezy tomorrow. a warmer pattern beginning on friday. look at what's going to happen hour by hour time line. 8:00 tonight clouds around the bay area. that system heading south. so at midnight a few showers may just graze the santa cruz mountains, parts of the suggest bay at 1:00 a.m. but not amounting to anything in the bay area for the most part. maybe an isolated shower for the south bay around the we hours of the morning and then gone. the system isn't doing a wloelg lot. a few clouds tomorrow morning and then we'll see sunshine. rainfall totals pretty much reflect what's going to happen. it skips over us. ben lemon about a quarter inch of rain. because it's so close we have to keep the isolated shower in the forecasts. a snow showers in the sierra nevada. this is the last weekend of the resorts staying home open. if you're heading up there tomorrow you should be good to go. cool enough tomorrow morning for the layers. for the afternoon shades and plenty of water.

it's not era nice looking. . it's still breezy afternoon tomorrow. accuweather seven-day forecast bright and breezy tomorrow. warming trend for friday and look at this temperature soar for the weekend mid-80s inland. don't worry, not soaring along along along the coast. keeping it comfortable in the mid-60s. the temperatures hold close to that level on monday before you start to see the numbers dr. platz. cloudy and cooler wednesday. slight chance of showers maybe needed download the app and you can check out live doppler 7 and the trump trends. >> nice week thanks sandhya. the sound of silence. a google

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will be sites where you previously shone an interest in media on the site. a san jose company that is considered the square of cannabis is getting a big infusion of cash. green bits is getting $17 million with the help of investment firm tiger global. the company funded facebook, linked in and net flex this is one of the biggest steps into the marijuana industry. again bits develops point of sale software for pot shops and accidentsries. a substitute teacher in oakland got a warm welcome when he returned to thank those who saved his life. in january, mike metz checked with the front office stop at skyline high school for the first ever day of work there and suffered a massive heart attack. the staff called 911, administered cpr and use add deficienter to g get his heart started again. he spent several days in a coma

before making a recovery and very grateful. >> quick thing. from berk tloi honolulu a local artist honor as hawaii's longest reigning man arc. >> first we thank brian for this picture of the sunset in santa cruz county. you can share pictures with the hashtag abc 7 now. >> you

ierjts coming at news on 6:00 the friday pot party is expected to be the biggest one yet. tonight the competition now on among local dependence ris. also the bold new effort underway in if the bay area. see miles of plastic pipe is used to clean up a massive garbage pile in the pacific. plus. look at that. the officer caught by vice by a massive explosion outside a house. we're showing what caused it. all that plus much more coming

up in just a half hour on abc 7 news at 6:00 dan, kristen. >> see glue an artist in berkeley putting the the finishing touches on a statue honor hawaiian king. abc 7 was at the foundry in berkeley where was one was done on the the likeness of king kamehameha iii backup restores the hawaiian back in 1844. the sculptor talked about his responsibility to the people of the 50th strait. >> i want them to know i put everything i have into it. i always wanted it to be the best it can. i want a great likeness. mostly i want to show the character of the person i'm representing. and kamehameha was a man of great character. >> the bronze statue will be 12 feet tall when done. unveiled in july in honolulu, the park kamehameha offered the restoration. >> dan ashley for sandhya patel,

michael finney all of us we appreciate your time and see you tonight, breaking news.e you authorities moments ago on the deadly explosion at 30,000 feet. what they have now revealed about that jet. the left engine exploding on that southwest 737, the mother of two killed, sucked out the window. passengers pulling her back in. and tonight, the southwest pilot, her calm, quick action. you will hear her talking to the tower as they were trying to land. and tonight, we learn that she was one of the navy's first female fighter pilots. also tonight, the secret meeting. president trump confirming that cia director mike pompeo has already traveled to north korea and has met with kim jong-un. the deadly fires tonight across several states. several homes, structures burned to the ground. the pictures coming in. our correspondent on the scene. in hawaii tonight, torrential flooding. hundreds of rescues playing out. d