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frustration. a girl and her family do not mince words describing what happened when a 7-year-old was hit by a hit-and-run driver. tonight that driver still on the run. good evening, thank you for joining us. >> a driver in a santa rosa neighborhood hit a 7-year-old girl this weekend and then drove off. we should point out the girl is okay. the video may be disturbing. here's kate larson. >> reporter: those are the screaming, crying out in pain and calling the man who hit her and drove off murder.

here she is with her mother. nobody murdered her, but to a. -year-old girl, it's serious. >> she wants him in jail. >> there was video of the incident that we slowed down. you can see two kids run ago cross saturday around 5:00. the poi in front is her brother. then a black sedan comes into view, it hits hazel. she lands in the street, screams and then runs away with her friend and brother. >> because you were scare canned? >> after the hit-and-run, damion ran for help. >> next time you should reporter: hel iaye was checked hospital and has some bumps and bruises, but emotionally she's upset.

>> every black car today. we could have worked this out. >> reporter: the police sergeant says the driver made their situation a lot worse by running. >> it could take a simple there's going to be no enforce. ment action. >> reporter: there's a $2500 reward. kate larson, nbc 7 news. we have a look at the wild weather we have seen for the past few week nous. >> we had strong thunderstorms work through parts of the region bringing hail to many of us. i'm going to show you video from concorde. you can see the pelts just bouncing off of the deck as her r poor dog runs for cover ushd the structure there. as a similar story for mike,

this from walnut creek. you can see the pea-sized hail pouncing off the patio furniture there. this one coming in from marcus. you can see the mailstones coating his sidewalk is. and brian had a similar story. the hail looks like snow when it piles up on the grass and driveway. that was a look there. the good news is any showers or storms we did have earlier are out of here. it's moving in now is cold air. so the big story overnight is the temperatures are dropping as speak. so bund. the up tomorrow morning. we do have some trier weather to talk about. two hikers rescued from a waterfall are safe.

santa clara fire officials were called for help around 7:30 this evening. it took teams about an hour and a half to find the hikers. officials say the wet weather is making trails dangerous and nobody should hike after dark. noflooded westbound lanes could reopen. engineers spent the weekend analyzing levees. a levee breeched on friday. flood water needs to recede before a potential fix can be determined. drivers are being rerouted. despite the break in the rain, the storm is reeking havoc in the north bay. crews spent all day clearing damage caused by a landslide. severe storm damage prompted officials to proclaim a local state of emergency.

you can see there the aftermath of a mud slide there. four homes have been red tag ge and one was at home when the slide hit. he's lancing to declare a emergency tomorrow. snow, sleet, rain, sun. check weather conditions with live adopt already 7. just click the blue live bar at the top. video captured from a california highway patrol helicopter shows the remote clo location where a ploon was forced to land. the weather caused that balloon to land at skags island. the tourists on board have quite the story. >> reporter: you're seeing a hot air balloon being pulled after something went wrong and then right 37 bl no time was there it

was in dangerous. he just made the best decision. >> reporter: a pilot had to do sol quick thinking. his group started their flight in sonoma. at some point the winds got strong. what happened was not a crash or even an emergency landing by plooning standards. cohen was the safety and training association says is a dry out. >> this is an unfortunate area. it was a safe and appropriate landing spot for the pilot to put the balloon down. >> reporter: that is skags island. a chopper brought all 11 people on board to this park here is about seven miles away. >> i was confused about what was going on. i didn't even foe this was a

plop balloon involved. >> reporter: policing adventure sits their pilot did everything pit the book. firefighters are keeping b eye on the main plant in fremont after a fire started outside the building. abc 7 news was in. fremont after the fire started on fremont boulevard in a storage area. the fire was contained an hour and a half later. crews are trying to mention fire was burning. i think it hay have been lithium pat ris where crews had problems sup possessing the foir with foam. former president obama will be in the bay area launching the first national gathering for the obama foundation's alliance at an event d some prty b nas. >> the first will be will be a

day of service taking place tomorrow followed by sessions. okay listened will be the center for the first national gathering for president obama's foundation. >> i grew up lost sometimes. >> it will include a town hall with president obama. the goal is to inspire young men to pursue their dreams. celebrities have been involved all alistening. here's warriors player kevin durant in 2016. >> over 6 million kids are missing a month of school each year. that has to chapg. my brother's keeper is successfully mentoring can kids. >> it was launched five years ago after the shooting death of

ta trayvon march ttimartin. >> here we supported the school and we have one of the highest graduation raits at 81%. >> harold is one of the three winners. he's the ceo of the nonprofit student program. >> how does that feel? >> again, this is an invite-only event. abc 7 news will be there and bring you the latest on our website. heads up for drivers who use the bridge. work is supposed to begin at 9:00 p.m. . crews need to do a permanent fix a couple weeks ago to shut down for several hours. all the metal plane plate is a temporary fix. drivers should be prepared for lane kwloe sures during the overnight hours. bart trains will run on a

saturday schedule. put there's sol changes you need to know about. the red line operating between richmond will operate nursing a few months hours in the morning achb. the parking will bebebe still ahead, a story you'll see only an abc 7. after 17 years of searching for her biological family, a a woman flies to san francisco to meet the aunt she never knew she had. the show of support for a football player battling cancer. he's not giving ...you realize you can totally eat out more?

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plans are in the a assist families with the strike. the toechers union will provide volunteers for the center to provide meals for students. all public libraries open during regular business hours those days and the city is asking children and yuounger be with a parent or care gaifr. they may reduce service to schools, detour routes and temporarily close some bus stops during the strike. the teachers union announced the strike date yesterday. they want smaller class sizes and a 12% pay increase over three years. the district says it can only affo raise. now to a story you'll see only on abc 7. an. adopted woman in oregon made the trip of a lifetime to san francisco to meet the relative

she never knew spitz existed. >> it boiled down to one special moment. >> as the planes touched down at san francisco international airport, patricia is awaiting a special arrival two decades in the making. >> i have a relative i never knew i had. she's arriving today. >> this story really begins innen portland, oregon, with a woman who was searching for her lie logical family for 17 years. >> somebody thought they were related to me because they did a dna test. >> et e-mails and phone call cans over the past 12 months leads us to this day. >> this is our first meeting face to face. >> after what seemed like an et eternity of wait iing, the mome finally arrives. today jack see is not just her

niece. but part of a family she never knew was hers. >> my only blood relative before this was my son and i had had to make him. i don't want to start crying. >> reporter: they man to spend not only a long weekend but the rest of thinker lives making more memories together. >> it's opening a lot of doors. and going down the roads that i don't think either one of us anticipated. >> these women prove it's never too late to make up for lost time. >> similarities between the two are pretty incredible. >> the two women share similar health histories and almost the same birthday. i was smiling the entire time. they have a lot of ground to make up over the last few days.

you know what? a lot of people are going to be happy for a little bit of a break from the storms we have seen for much of february. this is drier weather working into the forecast. so we are tracking clear skies. earlier we had some thunder showers but they have moved out. a live lock from the top peer 15. it's a mainly clear vantage point. it will allow for cool weather to heat the clear skies for the holiday tomorrow. so as we look at your rain chances over the next couple days, we're turning a page in the atmosphere. dry days monday and tuesday. the next chance for any rain will come wednesday. it comes at night and it's really light chance. and then we dry out on thursday. if you're thinking i want to

wash the car or get some lawn work in, monday and tuesday certainly are dry weather prevailing. look at the storm reports earlier today. we had hail in some cities. concorde was one of those cities. walnut creek as well. mount hamilton had some snow showers on top of our hills. certainly an indication of a cold storm out there. temperature wise, we're cooling off pretty rapidly had. down to 33 degrees. 46 the current temperature in san francisco. 39 in mountain view. and the numbers will continue to drop. so the call is we have clearing skies out there right now. that's really going to have the school temperatures take hold. we're dropping to 28. 3 in richmond. 35 the low in san jose. so live doppler 7 along with satellite. we're looking at california.

any showers or storms earlier today got pushed out of here. las vegas is sewing some snow tonight. we have clearing skies when we begin tonight. that feature sunshine on your 12-hour r day planner. so for tomorrow it's a nice looking day. tons of sunshine after the cold start. by 4:00 it's a dry afternoon. temperatures topping out in the 50s. highs on your monday, enjoy the break from the wet weather. 54 in san francisco. 57 the high in san jose. 56 in concorde. if you're thinking of traveling through the sierra because they have all the fresh powder, no worries tomorrow or tuesday. we have a mixture of sunshine and clouds out there. but by wednesday and thursday, some snow showers do reenter the picture. so slick travel headed their way. here's the seven-day forecast. dry and sunny on your holiday. that's a cool morning on tuesday. a chance of a shower on

wednesday at night. a nice weekend shaping up for oscar sunday. dry weather. >> can we take a sick day? >> of course, why not. >> do you have the authority to do that? >> no. >> still ahead on abc 7 news at 11:00, last month we told you about a football player who learned he had cancer after learned he had cancer after breaking his leg in a a learned he had cancer after breaking his leg in a a (music throughout)

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a fundraiser hwas held for football player who was diagnosed with cancer. >> et we first brought you the story last month. the 19-year-old broke his leg during practice. doctors told him it wasn't just a break but cancer that spread to his lungs.

since then he's had one round of chemo and one surgery. he says he will not give up. >> it opened my eyes bigger. it changes my mind set with some things that say it's time to get down and get this out of me. i'm not going to let it defeat me. >> he wants to get back to playing football after keogh moe. he hopes to one day play in the nfl. if your name is kevin durant, do you put mvp after that. >> it seems like it. he stood out on the court. unplooefbl plays delivered by steph, clay and tonight's all-star game including the assist of the season. they are coming up

there were spectacular dunks and dives and 167 three pointntt attempts. the nba all-star game had it all except defense. kevin durant is eight-time as a starter and he shows off his skills currently. we know he can do that quite well. but steph curry delivered arguably the best play of the game. the monster bounce pass for the alley-oop. look again over kevin durant. that was amazing. clay thompson pitched in 20

points and knocked down the throw here. but in the fourth quarter, have you seen thissing wi? clay on steph. he fouls for the four- and afterwards said he hated that. curry not tone. he can can dribble around the defense. he finished with the left. he had 17 point, 9 rebounds and 7 assists. durant led team lebron with 31 points. that he ed to give team lebron the win. but one more magical play at the end bouncing it to himself. durant is your mvp. he got a trophy and a car. >> i have a couple names for you. rick barry, nose were the previous warriors o to win all-star mvp. what's it like? >> you mentioned me with those names, i never would have thought that.

actually go out there and bringing it back to the bay area. i'm excited about that. it means the world to be with my peaers and be. in a space with all these players. just the tenth man. to see that stuff is is pretty cool. then we go back home and we have the assignmesame type of player our team. hope ofully i take what i learn here and play. >> what's with clay on the fly by almost taking you out on the three. >> there's something whenever i guard either one of them. the intensity picked up a little bit. we have a great time playing together. doing amazing things. we have the opportunity to play against each other and compete.

obviously kd was great. he gets to bring that home. we had some gret moments out there. >> i know that you are going to the oscars next week. but there was plenty of fashion at the all-star game to look at. i was enamored by the shoes. >> i was trying to listen to his interview, but all i could see was that sweater. >> there are no friends on the court, y'all. much more to come. the snow is continue iing t come down in tahoe. wee look at the traffic conditions and the other problems the snow is causing. and could colincapper nick be back in the nfl? the teams that could sign the

good evening. thank you for being with us. >> in tonight's headlines, a family is furious after a driver hit their 7-year-old girl and took off. the hit-and-run happened yesterday in santa rosa. the little girl is okay, but the driver is still on the loose. police say there's a $2500 reward for information leading to the driver's arrest. former president obama will be in oakland this week. he's launching the first national gathering for the obama foundation. the goal is to inspire young men of color to pursue their dreams and turn away from violence.

in the north bay, there's still snow to be found in the the higher elevations. take a look at sky 7. the home of live doppler 7. you can see the light dusting of snow on top. even more to the northwest there. several inches were reported. >> there was no light dusting in the sierra. officials are warning drivers to stay off the roads however, many are not listening. several feet of snow and blizzard-like conditions are make iing it difficult along 50 anders and state 80. the cameras give us a good look at the conditions. >> we're heading to reno. >>cloeds because of whiteout conditions. we have been et showing you all weekend abc 7 news reporter

laura anthony who is also an avid skier. >> it only took her 14 hours. she tweeted a report today saying the snow is causing more problems than just on the roads. >> this is laura anthony with abc 7 news. i'm now at crystal bay, nevada. right by the state line between california and nevada. and i can tell you we haven' seen this much snow at this location probably since 2011. this is going to be something that everybody up here is going to have to watch out for. we're getting this removed here pretty soon. but the snow accumulations on the roofs of the buildings here become kind of precarious. so we're going to get that taken care of. but the snow continues to fall. >> precarious to say the least. that was laura anthony. >> it's appropriate to check in

with meteorologist drew tuma right now. >> the weight of snow can really pile up pretty quickly. you want to get it off the roofs as fast as possible. the good news is the snow showers are winding down. live doppler 7 is showing a couple flurries around lake tahoe right now. after just get walloped with snow, take a look at the seven-day forecast. they have seen more than 100 inches of snow this week. that's very impressive. >> north star, more than 90 inches. so this is already on top of an already very healthy snow pack. statewide on average we're running at 141% of normal. norm sier sierra. not bad traveling tomorrow. give you the green light there with issues wednesday and

thursday with some nor snow showers. swrooel a look at the forecast here at home in a few minutes. southern california is feeling the impact too. i-5 is closed because of heavy snow and several crashes. this is wid owe by the too many spinouts he led them to shout dun the freeway completely. the investigation into the attack on jussie smollett is taking a major shift. law enforcement agents say two men questioned by police claim smollett paid them to stage the attack. >> reporter: in a major twist, police telling abc news that two brothers seen in this surveillance video claim jussie smollett paid them to carry out a homophobic attack. detectives are now investigating

that allegation. >> who would make something like this up object or add something to it? or whatever it may be. >> reporter: smollett standing by his story. his attorney releasing a story saying as a victim of hate crime, he is angered and devastated by the suggestion he was involved in the alleged attack. nothing is further from the truth. anyone claiming otherwise is lying. >> what is it that has you so angry. the attack? >> it's also the attacks. >> reporter: chicago police urgent ri want to talk with smollett and are waiting to hear from his attorneys. they are now looking at phone records. police say the two men are no longer r considered potential suspects and confirm the brot r brothers have a relationship with smollett. one of them appearing as an extra on "empire."

the statement from his attorney says one of the brothers was his personal trainer claiming it's impossible to believe this person could have played a role in the crime or would falsely claim that. the two brothers agreed to cooperate after being confronted with evidence that they brought the rope around the neck and were charged with hate crime. former 49er quarterback colin kaepernick and eric reid reached a settlement nfl. nowcapp now kaepernick's attorney is making guesses about where he will end pup. kaepernick allege d that the league conspired to keep him out after he began kneeling in 2016. the amount they got from the nfl was kept can confidential. reid is under contract with the panthers, but kaepernick still

tount have a team. now that the case is over, somebody is going to step up. >> i will tell you besides the panthers, it would frot surprise me if bob kraft makes a move. >> bob kraft, ceo of the super bowl champion new england yachts who seem to have a quarterback right now, but what do i know. >> oscars are a week away. and abc 7 is the only place to watch hollywood's biggest night and i'll be there. we'll have coverage leading up to the show. including my own preparations. this week you'll be able to vote to choose one here you see here on the red carpet. we have an oscars guide. there you can check o out a complete list of nominees. once again, you can watch the oscars only here on abc 7. those awards will be handed out

february 24th at 5:00 p.m. once again, i'll be there starting friday bringing coverage as all those preps get underway. what are you pondering? >> i picked a dress for you. >> i'm not telling you which dress. >> we'll talk about it during commercial break. still ahead, a broi dal show with a twist. something old, something new. cannabis?

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the ceo of the exposes there's something for everyone. >> anyone who is looking to incorporate cannabis, whether it be internally where the bride can smoke a joint before she walks down the aisle to external where you have bud bars and infused treats and cannabis bouquets. >> he says the biggest hurdle to overcome is letting their families and guests know about the marijuana-themed menu. >> surprise, grandma. >> i'm just thinking what my mom would have thought if everybody lit up at our wedding. >> my father thinks i never had an alcoholic beverage before. >> one last check of the weather. >> the weather department, temperatures going very low. we're talking about cool air. 20s and 30s. so storms are out of here. colder air is moving in. live doppler 7, any showers earlier today are out of here. so the the sweep is onment thety one tonight. we have clearing skies dropping

into the 30s. 36 in redwood city. 30 in santa rosa. so your day planner on the holiday tomorrow, it's a bright forecast. it's a dry day with temperatures in the 20s and 30s in the 50s into the afternoon. enjoy the brief break from the the showers. 57 in fremont. 56 in seven-day forecast shows you dry tomorrow. a similar set up tuesday. a chance of a shower wednesday night. otherwise we're dry for the rest of the seven-day forecast. >> looking good. the nba all stars like playing the game. there are a few days. >> they are there all weekend. what did the players enjoy most about that experience? larry found out what klay thompson looked forward to as well a

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as much as nba fans enjoy seeing basketball greats, the players themselves enjoy it too. larry biel asked clay thompson about the legends that inspired him. >> i remember our first interview. did you imagine five all-star appearances? >> i did not. i'm very grateful to be here. this is an amazing honor. we were teammates in the national team. so it's fun to see it come full circle. >> what's the best part of all-star weekend? >> probably to see all the legends. so many guys in this game you saw as a kid growing up watching that you now rub shoulders with.

they really paved the way for us. this thing would not be as popular as it was without the guys who came before us. >> those are guys that your dad has said many times he dominated. just crushed them. >> he says that. >> it's funny. he was telling me how much they respect my father and to say what up. he's around here mauking the rounds as well. so it's pretty awesome. >> a lot of people have been talking free agency. you get a lot of questions. people are asking your mom what's clay going to do. i love the way you handle it though. you seem nonchalant. you're just looking at your outfit. you look good. >> free agency is part of the business. it's a huge draw for the fans. trying to get their favorite players to their favorite team. it's no different. we want to keep it together for

as long as we can but realizing it's a business. so enjoy the wried while you can. if you look too far in the future, it detracts what's ahead of us. >> would you tell me if lebron is recruiting you? >> i plead the fifth. >> no player, that's not tampering. it's executives that can't talk. you can tell me anything. >> i'll save this for tomorrow. >> a horrible 40-point loss to oregon further behind them with a winning weekend in los angeles. they completed the sweep against usc today. stanford hit three threes in a row. smr 30 seconds left, moore, she missed the layup, but her own rebound and tuts it in and picks up the foul.

game tied at 67. smith fades it off the glass and in for the win. she had 23 points and 12 rebounds. stanford win, 69-67. cal at polly to face the bruins. she plays like she's footer. she had 27 points, 15 boards, only missed 3 shots. cal held a broef lead. she had 23 in this one. cal loses its fifth straight. bruins take this one, 80-74. daytona 500 means the nascar season b is underway. paul menard gets into the back of a car and sends up flames. another caution and another red flag. in overtime, denny hamlin held

off kyle busch and he takes the checkered flag for the second time in his career. that's abc 7 sports report. the daytona 500 checkered flag a for the second time in his career. >> thank you. that's it for tonight. >> abc 7 news continues tomorrow morning at 4:30. thank you for being

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