change the morning drive for house thousands of people. good evening. thank you for joining us. i am dan ashley. >> i'm ama daetz. the ground breaking is for express lanes on 101, caltrans will be adding a lane in each trex between san bruno and sunnyvale. >> here at abc7 news we examine issues like traffic congestion and ways to make things better. >> david louie was in san mateo with the short-term and long term impacts. the $567 million project will help to bring relief to peninsula and silicon valley commuters by adding express lanes along a 32 mile stretch of 101. the freeway is mostly four lanes in each direction now. caltrans willed an express lane from each side from did 380 interchange, south to highway 237 in sunnyvale. hov lanes will be converted to

express lanes. new sensors will detect traffic and open the express lanes to drivers willing to pay to use this em. >> we will see how congested the tolling lanes are. when they are congested the demand, the price gets higher to help regulate it. >> reporter: it could cost over $10 depending on demand. they say it will move drivers out of the general purpose lanes. >> those cars in the general purpose lanes have less congestion and their speed increases. it may not be a noticeable speed difference but it is a difference in time. >> reporter: ever notice how many 101 traffic jams there are. over 16,000 cars at the embarcadero road exit for stanford. 14,000 at move at field next to nasa aims. and at highway 237 that leads to many tech companies. the express lanes are expecting to help people get home to

families sooner. >> no one can go coach their daughter's softball game. no one can go to the game much less spend time at home with their family. this will improve quality of life. we want to hear from you. would you pay a toll to escape this gridlock. >> go the our website. we will keep the results up. we want to hear from you. the commute problems along 101 are prompting a coalition in san mateo county to incentivize tech workers to use car pools. >> commute.org says capitalize on the he can press lanes. officials tell us travel times are better on the lanes on 680 south in contra costa county. in fact, drivers travel an average of 8 to 9 miles per hour faster during peak hours. >> times are also faster on 480 in the express lanes in alameda

county. speeds range from 50 to 70 miles per hour. the general lanes are as slow as 40 miles per hour. >> let's check in on our poll. would you pay $1 toll to ease gridlock? interesting question. it looks like 2/3 say yes. 67% say he would this be willing to pony up an extra buck to get rely on the roads. >> what issues do you see where you live? what would make them better? use the #better bay area on social media so you can join the conversation. moving on now. breaking news in the east bay. san ramon and the teachers union have reached a tentative agreement. the tentative deal includes a 4% salary increase, a small increase to the retirement plan, and caps on class sizes. the deal is set to be presented to teachers monday. and teachers will vote on the

contract next tuesday through thursday. san francisco mayor london brie is calling on city agencies to step up street safety improvements following the death of a bicyclist this morning. it happened at sixth and howard streets in the south of market neighborhood. a. would was renting a ford go bike when she was hit by a truck. there are no bike lanes on that side of howard street yet. they end at the other side of the intersection. the victim died is he scene. >> we are searching surveillance footage and any other details, witnesses. all the parties, the other vehicle that was involved, also stayed on scene. >> the mayor says there are long term improvements coming to howard street but she has instructed officials to make short-term safety enhancements immediately. the san francisco bicycle coalition wants the city to extend the protected bike lane to fifth street. can you imagine packing up your entire life into a u haul

to go help an elderly family member only to have it stolen? we have the story of the crime that's popping up more often in the bay area and what you can do to prevent it. >> we know everything is going to be okay but i cried my face off that day. >> reporter: when kristen and her fiancee made the decision to move from their sunset district home? we moved to l.a. to help my dad take care of his property. >> reporter: everything started out so easily. >> we packed up our u-haul, had it 70% full. my fiancee packed up everything he owned and his workshop. >> reporter: even taking what they thought were precautions to keep their belongings safe. >> we were going to be towing my car. and then we put my car on the dolly so that the dolly wouldn't get stolen. >> reporter: but when they woke up the next morning and looked outside -- >> the entire u-haul along with my car was gone from in front of my house. >> reporter: that's the u-haul with their white prius attached to it in a neighbor's surveillance video whizzing by in the mill of the night. >> i can't imagine that

happening in the sunset. >> reporter: the police department says u-haul thefts aren't normal low stolen. shortly after kristen's u-haul was stolen another one not far away. even if you don't have a garage, san francisco police and u-haul say there are simple ways to keep your belongings safe, like this. >> parking the truck or van in such a way that you can block it into place so it would make it very difficult to drive the van out of your driveway. >> reporter: crit ten estimates the stolen items are valued at about $30,000. but it is losing the sentimental things that hurts the most. >> birth certificates, photos, erms in, everything that you own and represents a sense of identity and sense of self. >> reporter: while the case is under investigation and it is not known if the culprits were tipped off from the movers, kristen isn't taking any chances in the future. >> be private and secure about moving because people are

watching and are getting very brazen. >> reporter: in san francisco, dion lim, abc7 news. >> that is frustrating. >> yeah. >> there is also frustration in the north bay this evening. tenants at a popular outdoor marketplace say a plan to prevent last week's flooding did not work. and now their businesses are still closed. >> abc news reporter wayne freedman is live in kbsebastopo with their story. >> reporter: a lot of people know the barlow. it is a big place. it is filled with all kinds of businesses here. take a, loochl it's behind a fence right now. there is a lot of work going on. last week this area was under water. some of the tenants tell us they are considered a lawsuit against their landlord because of flood gates that they say didn't get up in time and never had a chance. it has not been easy to get a lookhe barlow mket district sinceffhe property. thank you. >> reporter: finally today an invite from isn't who stloed us

stripped water logged walls, bare electrical sockets and businesses in a cleanup crisis all in an area where the flood has cost at least 150 people their jobs. 60 of them here at village bakery, 70 more at the community market. >> my thing is workers living paycheck to paycheck how are they going the pay rent or eat. >> reporter: the barlow is built on low grount grounds. everyone knows this area tends to flood. that's why the developer put in a series of flood gates right here. but on the night of the big storm something went wrong. >> i definitely think it was poorly executed. there was no labor. and there was no training. and no plan. >> reporte >> the plan didn't go according to plan. >> reporter: this tenant and others told us they had 72-hours notice of flooding but that the promloatot upn time. they sayne, mislabelled. that as the woerts rose the complex couldn't get them out

despite previous promises. >> we had always understood that there would be 50 men to install, and i had asked for training. >> reporter: how many did you have to install. >> i think there were six. >> reporter: the village bakery filed with four and a half feet of water. zazu, two feet. the community market, seven inches. since the flood management has brought in help to clean up the miss, but barney eldredge says he has no interest in answering questions today. >> i am the property owner, manager of the property. you are not authorized to be here. >> reporter: the manager did not want the talk about the gates. he said we should come back in a couple of weeks when this will be a much more positive story. meantime the tenants are having a meeting tonight to discuss their options. in kbas poll, wayne freedman, abc7 news. word definitely got out about this event. linds up earld late. the volunteers making it happen.

and the folks forever grateful. caught on a door bell camera. a man tries to set fire to a porch. what happened after this video was taken. and the giants take another step toward their future as one of major league baseball's crown jewels changes things up. the weather is going to be changing up. so soak up the sun while you can. i am abc7 news meteorologist sappedy patel. i will tell but the changes coming. free tickets to one of the season's hottest fashion shows. and a couple of free tickets to get you there. sarah's last tuition payment, sent off. feeling good? oh yeah. now i'm ready to focus on my project. ♪ ♪ this is why we plan. ♪ ♪ you never cease to amaze me, maya. see how investing with a j.p. morgan advisor can help you. visit your local chase branch.

a huge crowd linds up early this morning to get access to free dental work at the solana county fair grounds in vallejo. countless volunteers made it happen for people who normally can't afford it. >> how long has it been? >> too long. >> reporter: it's been too long since many of the hundreds of people here at the solano county

fair grounds have seen a dentist. and for many reasons. >> out of fear, financial, access. i mean there are so many different reasons. >> reporter: dr. nagy is an oral surgeon from santa barbara and incoming president of the california dental association which sponsors these clinics. >> we can't do all of their dental needs. we look at what's the most emergent, something that's causing them pain, something that has a lot of infection that could affect their health. >> reporter: dentists will see 1900 patients or more between the two days. at the last one in modesto, 1700 volunteers did more than 10,000 procedures that would have cost more than $1.5 million. but here, no one pays, and no id is required. some patients spend hours out in the cold overnight to get a place in line. >> they want to do some fllings. then after the filling, then they will to the cleaning. >> reporter: once patients finish the registration paperwork they sit over here for

a basic medical check. if they are cleared then they are pointed over here to get their dental x-rays done. >> i'm happy. i am excited. i am. this is -- i'm very impressed with this. >> reporter: think she's excited? talk to retired dentist don suarin jen who still volunteers every year and gets emotional about night what we do in dentistry is we transform people's lives. and you have somebody that can't get a job or can't eat or is ashamed to go out in public. and you can change their life in an hour and a half. >> reporter: that's why he's doing it for the 15th time. in vallejo, eric thomas, abc7 ne news. >> the volunteer dental clinic runs through tomorrow at so lonna county fair grounds in vallejo. it is open from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. a stockton family had a scary moment. door bell camera footage captured a man pouring fuel all over the front porch and tried

to set it ablaze. the family says it is a miracle they weren't all killed. reporter indicate garcetti has the story. >> reporter: caught on a surveillance video this man pours what appears to be two gallons of fuel on this front door. as he breathes heavily he then tries to light the porch but the blaze never takes off. while this is happening around 2:00 a.m. thursday, a. would, two young kids, and a family are sleeping. we spoke to the stockton woman who asked us to protect her privacy. she says her mom woker up and showed her the video. she goes that's the guy from down the street. they called stockton police and fire. they waited for firefighters to tell them when it was safe. >> are we going to blow up? do i get the kids? do we take off? side wus >> reporter: the family says fire investigators determined the fuel was diesel. they were told, had it been petroleum it may hav ended in tragedy. >> if it had been regular gas

that he would have caught himself on fire as well as everyone in this house. >> reporter: when officer arrive they make their move across the police. the stepfather shared the neighbors arrest from a distance. >> police say the man is troubled. he told officers he was trying get rid of a ghost. he is charged with arson and attempted murder. it is a sign of the time at giants' ballpark. brand-new oracle park signs now hangover several entrances that giants have called their park since 2000. it started as pac bell. then it was followed by at&t park. reports say oracle paid upwards of $200 million for the imin aing rights deal set to run 20 years. stop breaking the law. that's what the chp is saying after an officer caught a driver trying to cheat in the car pool lane. the officer found two dummies in the back seat. the driver was heading eastbound on 80 in oakland. chp says that driver was driving

with a suspended license. he faces a minimum 500 hov violation fine. and his car? it was towed. drone view 7 captured rare blue skies today at the alameda naval air station. just a hint that spring is coming. time to get the accuweather, from. meteorologist sandy patel is here. >> i haven't been happier to see the sun. look at this. good evening, from our cruz camera. what is that behind us? yeah. we are seeing sunshine. it is nice to see the sun for a change. i know the rain is beneficial, but would we definitely needed a he can bra. 50 in the city. it is 53 in mountain view and oakland. san jose, 52 degrees. samg thing with morgan hill. at pier 39, the sea lions are soaking it is up. and the people are enjoying. 51 in santa rosa. 53 fair eld confuse. 50 in livermore right now. the wind is making it feel colder than it is. the highs today low to upper 50s but it has been chilled sunshine. novato gusting to 28 miles an hour.

here's a look at what's in store for your weekend. and it does feature some changes. let's talk about those. chilly overnight with isolated showers. morning downpours. more showers through saturday night into sunday. da. don't forget, set your clocks forward one hour. the time changes sunday morning. here's a live look. a beautiful one from our emory ville camera. the camera is shaking because of the breeze as we look back towards the city. live doppler 7 showing you a quiet picture now. that will change tomorrow. western weather advisory is in effect for the sierra until 10:00 p.m. even. three to six inches chgs up to ten inches for the peaks. no chain controls right now. if you want to head up this is your opportunity. but carry the chains because there is a chance of snow through the weekend. bay area airports tomorrow. saturday rain, then showers, winds. a little bit breezy, mid 50. if you are. treeing, honolulu, sunshine, 81 degrees. new york city, bright, 45, chicago looking at wet weather,

41. los angeles, 61 with mainly sunny skies. it is a level one on our storm impact scale tomorrow through sunday. rain then showers. less than an inch for most of you withologically breezy conditions expected. hour by hour time line. we will show you when the showers come in. while you are ep slooing. 7:00 a.m. peele we will see rain in the north bay. shifts at 10:00 a.m. brief downpours. it going to be brief by noontime in the east bay and parts of the south bay. 2:00 p.m. still looking at scattered showers. through the afternoon and the evening hours. you are going to see some sun and clouds as well. hang onto the rain gear because this trend carries on through sunday. even high elevation snow in lake county in the hills. also over mount hamilton sunday morning as we continue to see cold air in there sunday afternoon as well. rain potential. most areas are under an inch of rain through sunday. anywhere from .2 in san jose to .7 in santa rosa. a lot of people are wonder being

the little league games. tomorrow, north bay and coast in the morning there will be rain. rain spreads at 10:00 a.m. scattered showers for the afternoon. i think the afternoon games might be okay. but the morning could be dicey. on sunday you have a better opportunity seeing your kids play as we will see showers in the morning but more spotty later on in the day. overnight 30s and 40s with the showers. definitely cold tomorrow morning first thing in the afternoon, cool enough, with showers, in the 50s. friendly reminder, turn your clocks forward one hour. daylight saving time begins. you do enjoy an extra hour of sunlight. sunday the sun will go down at 7:12 in the evening. level one for saturday/sunday. daylight saving once again. tuesday a level one system with rain and wind. look at how many sunny days we have, monday, wednesday, thursday,i froo. are you happy? >> that's a streak. there he in a row. >> i know, we are changing it up. >> you are going to spoil us.

♪ >> they sound amazed. the advanced orchestra from hopkins jr. high school performed today at the national orchestra fell. the competition in new mexico features 16 high schools and six middle schools from across the country. hopkins was the only california% school selected. >> good for them. this is our favorite time of the week. finney's friday free stuff. >> we get giddy about it actually. >> what is a scoop? what is a scoop? >> in journalism it is a story nobody else has. >> i was thinking ice cream. >> ice cream. >> no. but close, kinds of. scoop is a corps pool app. brands new, it is based in san francisco. see i knew i would fool you. check out their video right here. what we are going to do is give you two free car pool credits

with scoop. that makes your first two rides free or gives you have extra credits if you drive. what scoop does is put drivers and passengers together. the thing that's cool is that they guarantee you a ride home. do you know how everybody has a weird schedule? >> right. >> it is not necessarily people going back and forlgd. $10 value. that's the first thing. now that you have a way to get there, we are going to sends you to one of the best charity fashion shows in the city. it is come up soon. the san francisco charity fashion show. some of the hottest designers featuring the hottest looks. you can catch runway shows, have some great drinks, snap your photo on the red carpet. then they have an afterparty. we are getting you into that, too. cool. what an evening. it is the fourth year that we have partnered with these guys. it is over of the the scottish right masonic temple here on march 30th. we have a bunch of tickets. priceless, that's what i say the

worth is on this. >> how do we get this great stuff? >> you go to our website, abc7 news.com, you look for the finney's friday free stuff page. we will hook you up. i would hurry on both of these. they are both great. >> good stuff. the latest marvel super hero is hitting the screen. >> it is already soaring into theaters. so is one particular

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market is bad now? just you wait. at 6:00, the move some local companies are poised to make that could send prices even higher. also -- >> i'm not a bad person. i just make a mistake in the past. >> that man, and thousands of vietnamese immigrants now face an uncertain future. we will explain why they are now being threatened with deportation. all coming up in half an hour on abc7 news at 6:00. long awaited super hero movie captain marvel is now in theaters. >> early estimates show it could set records. abc7 was on the red carpet this week for all the action. >> reporter: brie larson joins the marvel ranks as the first female marvel super hero to get their own movie. she lands on earth in the 1990s and finds herself in the middle of a gal actic mess and one intense movie. >> i feel this is more moving than other marvel movies.

>> reporter: since it is the 90s, samuel l. jackson and greg clark needed to turn back the clock two decades. >> they spent millions of dollars trying to make me look younger. >> time to show them how we do it. >> incredible. incredible. et feels like a fan and an employee at the same time celebrating a great marvel moment. >> for young black girls like me, i want them to know that they can do and be anything they want. if they work hard. >> she's the most powerful super hero that we have. she's leading the cinematic universe. >> it is just fun. and it's kinds of reminiscing, going back in time, being a kid. captain marvel was a big thing when i was a kid. >> in hollywood, george pan actio for abc7 news. what's a super hero movie without a little merchandising. foot locker is selling these captain marvel shoes. they are made by adidas and were

designed by comic book artist jen bartle. they cost $150. quantities are limited. heads up. the shoes are only being sold in men's sizes. isn't captain marvel a woman? but disney is the parent company of marvel and abc7. >> wait until steph curry hears about that. >> exactly what i was thinking. >> that does it for us. >> thanks for inviting us into your homes tonight. >> see you again at 6:00. when it comes to reducing the evsugar in your family's diet,m. coke, dr pepper and pepsi hear you. we're working together to do just that. bringing you more great tasting beverages with less sugar

canomom wants what's or no sbest.at all.pozes,. more beverage choices, smaller portions, less sugar. balanceus.org tonight, several developing stories as we come on. this just in, "empire" actor jussie smollett indicted. now facing 16 felony counts tied to what prosecutors say was a made-up hate crime attack. the stiff sentence he could face if convicted. also breaking tonight, the navy based scare -- a truck blowing through the gate, slamming into a pole. the driver emerging a small child many his arms. >> the new major storm set to strike. alerts stretching for 17 states into the east. the avalanche risk turning deadly and the tornado threat in the south. president trump visiting that tornado disaster zone, but not before slamming michael cohen, accusing his former fixer of asking for a pardon. and what the president said about former campaign chairman