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now, from abc7, live breaking news. >> and that breaking news is in an fran. the orpheum theater was evacuated during a performance of "hamilton," what is the latest. >> reporter: yeah, that is right, initially reports of gunshots fired or an active shooter. that is not what happened. the police have just cleared the scene here. i spoke with the police a few moments ago. this is what they told me much. someone suffered a medical emergency, possibly a heart attack, the person sitting next to them yelled for help had, and that caused massive panic and people ran out. one person said they heard somebody yell gun and that an e person had to be taken out in a wheelchair. here is what someone had to say that was there. >> hamilton had just died.

what i saw, we were in the back of the orchestra, someone stand up and get carried out. someone screamed, lights, lights, all of a sudden, two people stand up really fast, it sounded like a big pop. >> reporter: now witnesses say that the show was almost over after people left, people were allowed to go back in to get their belongings. you can see now the doors are closed, the police have cleared the scene, again, no active shooter. it was a medical emergency, everyone is safe. reporting live in san francisco. abc7 news. >> that's just a solid guy right there, thinking quick. >> the u.p.s. driver that would have been behind the wheel during the deadly standoff in san jose speaks out. this is an interview you will hear only c7 news. learning the u.p.s. driver held at gunpoint was filling had ining -- filli worker that was on vacation.

tll us more about it. >> reporter: derek inman is the regular route driver that was on vacation thursday. he said that it's hard to believe what happened to his colleague covering his shift. we are not going to be identifying the driver, who was involved in that hostage situation yesterday that was taken hostage, bauecause he has asked for privacy. sheriff's deputies and police officers by the dozens thursday, chasing armed suspects through san jose, the u.p.s. driver that was carjacked is being hailed hh a hero. >> when i realized he was on my route and the more i looked in to it, i was like, that was completely where i would have been. >> reporter: we are not identifying the driver held at gunpoint, he purposely droe llly

over the spikes and did not go over the speed limit on purpose. they say his co-worker actions are not taught, it's just in his character. >> that was a solid guy, thinking quick, knowing what is going on. what do you do? you have to give him a hand, he handled himself, and i'm thankful he is all right. the driver was taken hostage, he drove nearly eight miles north where sky seven caught his release on camera. the female suspect surrendered and was arrested on scene. the male suspect, identified by friends as mark morasky was shot and killed after running from the u.p.s. truck gun in hand toward officers. the u.p.s. driver's common sense, quick thinking saved lives. >> we show up every day and do a hard job and the last thing you want to hear is somebody getting hurt trying to do their job. >> the woman arrested is facing charges attempted murder on a

peace officer, kidnapping and shooting in to a vehicle. >> developing news in illinois, where five people killed and five officers injured. this man, an employee that was being fired, he had worked at the business for 15 years. martin shot five police officers as they responded to the plant in aurora, about 45 minutes west of chicago t officers were taken to the hospital and are recovering. hail, thunder, sunshine and snow. weather batters the bay area. here is what is coming next. >> more of those scenes. let's show you what it's looking like, we are tracking pockets of moderate rain right now across san francisco, south san francisco, brisbane areas and sierra point parkway. san bruno, and head engiing in

sfo, -- we will track moistu moisture. we are seeing showers this is in the hampton road area in the east bay and we are seeing showers in the north bay. santa rosa area, it's a level one on the storm impact scale. i'll be back with the time line coming up. in the north bay now, west bound lanes of highway 37 are closed because of flooding and now the slowest lane of the east bound side is closed for construction to repair the levy. we are live on highway 37 in novato with for on this. normally drivers are going here to, this is one of the construction crews that are

going to the east bound to get the work done. normally people are going to here to marine county. as you can see, none of the cars are on the road. the reason why, the pal of water, sending everyone to highway 101 is, the flow of traffic on highway 37 west bound is not existent. >> the levy breeched a mile to the right. a product of the creek, due to the rain and water spilling on the field that surrounds the highway, and spilling over to the road. causing drivers to reroute to the 101. >> just adds more drive time to the day. >> how much more? >> probably twnt minutes. >> we asked to see the area first hand. we went under highway 37 east bound, where the levy was breeched and now their only option is to fill the hole. >> the novato river comes

through here and the force of the water or just the weight of all the water caused the levy to breech. >> tonight, caltrans closed the slow lane of highway 37 east bound to prevent flooding. the residents are tired of quick fixes. >> upon the government at this point to get it fixed. >> a massive pumping operation will kick off tuesday that will need to remove 2,000 acres feet of water. the lane will be closed for at least anothe week. for more permanent changes on highway 37, the caltrans official tells us that will take three years and more than that, it will take three extra years for permit. abc7 news. i don't want to get hit by a truck. >> no, you don't. caltrans and tahoe law enforcement are warning people

about the busy traffic on president's day weekend. all of the major roads have chain controls of. multiple spin-outs and accidents through the day have made travel a mess. >> until this evening, interstate 80 was closed because of white-out conditions. drivers who took highway 50 instead have been sitting in stop and go traffic for hours and that includes abc7 news reporter laura anthony, it took her and her family eight hours to go 25 miles. >> we knew darn well we would sit had in traffic for a long time. and we have. we are showing you, this is highway 50, right above lo ne j. it has taken us two hours from placelville. it's an hour l now and i would say we have gone about two miles, i hate to say. again, it's stop and go here on highway 50. >> hi, again, i wish i had better news, it's been pretty slow. we are not even quite to --

apparently there was a big rig that was stuck. supposedly out of the way now, but now we are just starting to move. >> oh, we feel her frustration. now, laura a just called and she is only reached echo summit, has been on the road now, count them, 11 hours. >> gosh that hurts. live doppler seven is one of the most popular features on the site, if you want to track the storm, click the blue live bar at the top. super easy, click the weather conditions where you live and enable push alerts to get the latest as it happens. >> we are just over 12 hours away about a major announcment about a teacher strike here in oakland. that story coming up. >> plus the stanford hack, names, social security numbers and test scores exposed in a new data breach. >> another twist in the saga of edna, the famous fire

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in the east bay tomorrow, oakland teachers could announce plans for a strike. >> they were waiting for a key report from the state that came out today, abc news reporter has more from oakland. >> wendy johnson spent friday night shopping. but at saturday night's announcement of a teachers strike is on her mind. >> my concern is for the kids. they will be out of the of school. >> reporter: they are planning a big announcement saturday, whether or not they will strike. the facebook page for them, warning parents to be ready, with the slogan the three points they are fighting for, smaller class

sizes and more teachers per student and a 3% raise. smaller class size is important for the parents too so she is supporting the teachers. the district said they don't have the money or they have to shut schools. they are offering a 5% raise. many in the community like taylor memorial church in oakland are rallying behind the stee teachers and students. the church will open so the students have to place to go in the teachers go on strike. i have been told if they go on strike, they will give parents a 48 hour notice. in oakland, abc7 news. >> and do download the abc7 news app and enable news alerts. >> nearly 100 stanford students had sensitive personal information compromised due to a flaw in the web system had that the university uses group according to the stanford daily, it happened on a platform that

let students view their own admission documents as well as the applications and high school transcripts of other students. the university said that it's working to better protect the systems and data. >> new developments now on the investigation. chicago police have released the two brothers that they been questioning because of new evidence, they are no longer considered the suspects. they are the men in the video near where smallet was attacked last month. >> in san francisco, new developments on edna the fire station cat. workers at station 49, adopted edna four years ago and were forced to give her up after an anonymous complaint. workers say they have received a cease and desist order to stop talking about the person who filed the complaint, they are able to talk about their feelings about edna but not target an individual. >> an enormous snow roller

formed at the boll of a hill. a snow roller is created when a small clump of snowfalls off of a tree branch, and goes down the hill, and picks up mass and creates beautiful snowballs. that is cool. >> it is cool. let's check out live doppler 7 and talk about what is happening. intensity of the rain has picked up along the san matteo coast. getting downpowers across 92. we will track it for you. it will be in redwood city, 11:20 tonight. so watch out. we are seeing pockets of moderate shoulders, around san pablo dam road and we go to street level radar level here and tracking a mix of rain and snow in the north bay. and south santa rosa, showers, it's turning in to a wintry mix and mount hamilton seeing it all. this was hail in vallejo earlier today and you may see more of this as we head in to tomorrow, i do want to show you a

beautiful time lapse. this was early this afternoon. watch there as the rainbow starts to show up. it was gorgeous. so tomorrow, you will see showers and hail, we will be seeing more rainbows like this much. so, get ready for that. sierra is seeing snow and the snow has led to some closhs and some chain controls. soar, hold off on travel. i want to show you thousand snow pack is doing. 2-3 feet of snow is falling across the resorts and the sierra snow pack has gotten a big boost in recent months. snowpack is 141% of average. last year at this time, only 21% of where you should be. so, really making progress in that department. winter storm warning until 4:00 a.m., and 2-5 inches of additional snow expected. and tfl -- temperatures right now, 30 degrees. it's slippery out there. tomorrow, scattered showers,

thunder, hail, rough surf and hail on higher peaks. hour by hour we go. tomorrow morning if you are leaving to go you out of town, watch out for slippery road ways. widespread activity at 2:00 in the afternoon and then it will taper to pick up saturday night in to sunday and the showers are done by sunday afternoon. another quarter to a half an inch. high surf advisory until tomorrow. the wave heights have been coming up. right now, some areas, 20-23 feet. high tide that is going to lead to some minor flooding, so watch out if you are going for a walk or run. cold tomorrow morning. 20s-40s. a cool to chilly day, 40s, and 50s. scattered showers. a level 1, saturday and sunday, hail, snow, showers, wintry mix, very cold for your president's

day. but it's going to be bright and we dry out through tuesday, chance of showers on wednesday. rainfall, we are 99-112% of average. so, we are going in the right direction. but it's time to dry out, yeah. >> thanks. >> well, warriors star, steph curry is usually the star. but today, it was

and the crowd goes wild, sonya curry, cast her bid to join her sons, steph and seth to be in the three-point contest. the curry family was unveiling a

new court at the community center where steph and seth used to practice in hometown charlotte. this explains so much. >> mama has game. >> absolutely. dell curry said that the best athlete in the family is pretty couol there. >> we have a lot to talk regarding the curries in

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abc7 sports. well, day one of the nba all-star weekend in charlotte is in the books. and the warriors all-stars, especially steph curry was busy. steph and his brother, seth,

hosted kids at a basketball clinic and klay thompson, helped to test a playground. now the curries grew up playing on the local courts of charlotte. >> this is where i learned to play the game. the community that supported me and my family growing up and obviously what my dad was of able to do here playing for ten years for the hornets. so it all comes back full circle group. >> charlotte is an amazing host city to be back here for the nba all-star game is a great feeling and we are very recognized by the people around town, so to show our face in the community, you know, and do whatever we can to help out is a huge >> well, we will have live coverage throughout the weekend. the three-point contest is tomorrow night as is the dunk contest and the game sunday

night. not a lot of defense being laid in the rising star -- being played in the rising star challenge. oh, my goodness, maybe we will see this again tomorrow. off the backboard. how about the double behind the back pass from trey young to collins. the lakers kyle mvp for moves like this. really, who cares. stanford in westwood to face bruins. this is a slow start for the cardinal. fortunately they have smith, the tr -- the triple here, making it a stanford lead at half time. and owenware made it a one-point game and smith, again, 22 points, and 15-0 run to put this one away. stanford wins 65-51. all right, back to charlotte. steph curry went a bit north of

his all that -- he-- he w the students and supposedly the men's swim team. a bunch of students in their blspeedos. steph was a good sport and just, a typical friday night for him had. i'm not really sure. the sports report is sponsored by the river rock casino. no fun being had about the curries. >> this is day one. >> when you did the tease, i thought he was going to be in the speedo, i think that one thing that an all-star wouldn't do. >> true, mindi, thanks. >> okay, abc7 news continues on live, twitter and facebook and all the mobile devices with our abc7 news

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