closed captioning by closed captioning services,inc good morning i'm cheryl jennings. and i'm kristen sze. a tragic shooting in sunnyvale involving a mother and her son. >> police say the mother killed her autistic son and then turned the gun on herself. terry have you heard whether there were any warning signs of trouble? >> reporter: i talked to neighbor, police nobody had any idea that what happened was going to be coming. they are saying the mother who had taken care of this 22-year-old man all his life and she was going to be spending the ref of her life taking care of him, last night, -- for some reason snapped. >> i'm shocked and stunned. >> reporter: heather lives

next door to where shootings took place. she identifies her neighbors as lester and elizabeth and their 22-year-old son george. she never saw or heard any heufrpbt of trouble between the mother and son. >> child was mildly ing autistic. other than that he seemed like a normal family, warm, friendly, great neighbors. >> reporter: police say the first they heard of trouble came 7:30 last night when the husband came home to find the two in a bedroom, dead. >> it appears the mother shot the 22-year-old son. and then shot herself. >> reporter: police say the son had a serious medical condition that required round the clock care. the husband worked, the wife stayed home to care for the son. >> probably some sort of family stressor only she would the husband said there's been ongoing medical issues with the son. >> reporter: this violence is a shocker for neighbors and police in the city of 140,000.

sun very nil is one of the safest cities -- sunnyvale is one of the safest cities of its size in the nation. as you hear -- >> don't expect at this time to happen in your neighborhood but it can happen anywhere. >> reporter: another victim of this, the woman's husband, the boy's father who wakes up for the first time in at least 22 years, alone. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. police have arrested tee teenagers, they are gang members, in the attack of a san jose man and death his dog. they've been charged with assault and robbery. the terrier named shadow died after being stomped on and kicked. his owner was wearing red when the teens asked if he was in a gang, he said no but the teens attacked him and shadow any way. concord police released photos of two gunmen who robbed a convenience store and pistol-whipped the clerk.

the thieves end the store before 7:30 last night in the 1300 block of monument boulevard. they took cash and robbed a curve her purse. both are described as thin in their 20s. please call the concord police department if you recognize these men. driver facing charges for hitting a 9-year-old boy leaving a giants' game is expected to plead guilty this morning. the district attorney's office won't release details but say he will enter a guilty plea to driving under the influence. police say ryan white was with his family walking in a crosswalk when he was hit. white was seriously hurt, but survived. new pool of 100 prospective jurors expected to be questioned today in the domestic violence case against sheriff ross mirkarimi. the judge ordered the expanded pool to make up for those dismissed for received bias or

conflicts of interest. the judge is considering a motion from mirkarimi's attorney for a chang of venue. also at issue a video that shows a bruise prosecutors claim mirkarimi caused. an appellate court is considering whether that video can be admitted as evidence. apple has just unveiled its next generation ipad in san francisco. amy hollyfield is live outside the center where the event is still going on. everyone is buzzing about the high-def display and voice diction. >> reporter: yes that's the excitement. there is a new ipad it has been unveiled. we don't know the name of it yet. but everyone seems to be pretty pleased about what they've seen. tech enthusiasts are happy. they just debuted it moments ago. i have to give credit to the techs their educated guesses

what to expect were good. it is going to have a retina display as predicted, graphics and texts sharper. this ipad will have one million more picks he wills than -- pixels than hd tv. apple executives are provide of this new product callinging this part of the post pc revolution. today we announcing the new ipad. it is amazing. we've taken it to a whole new level. and we are redefining the category that apple created with the original ipad. >> reporter: it is going to cost what the original ipad was starting at $499. you can start preordering it today. this is all brand new, executives are still on the stage at this invitation-only event this is still developing. we may hear more about this ipad. right now we don't know the

name of it. hopefully that will be coming out later in the morning. stay with abc7 news throughout the day. we've been tweeting this, facebooking it. we've got the information as it is coming. catch our later newscasts as well. keep in mind, you can preorder it today. it will be in stores next friday. something tells me that our story next friday will be the lines outside the apple stores. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. that's right, thank you. yes, we are still waiting for the name the guys will have -- the guy who will have it first is david louie inside the event now. you can follow him on twitter @abc7 david. he will have reports tonight starting on abc7 news at 4:00. struggling bay area homeowners are invited to a two-day workshop on keeping their homes. wells fargo is hosting in

richmond. katie marzullo is there and joins us with more. >> reporter: this is a large scale event. 400 wells fargo customers have registered. when they get here, they can look into getting help with either a loan modification or refinance. 25% of people who attend will leave with those changes in hand. >> the interest rate was going to increase in three years. >> reporter: these are hard times for homeowners like don from martinez who is behind on his mortgage payments. >> i took out another position in the organization where i wasn't making as much as i was before. secondarily, i went back to college and got my mba. >> reporter: wells fargo, often criticized for being part of the problem has been reaching out to customers who need help. >> about 81% of wells far get is owned by others. the vast majority would be freddie mac, fannie mae, fha.

>> reporter: she says closing doesn't -- she says foreclosing doesn't benefit the bank any more than it does the homeowner. >> they will work with that person and have face-to-face connection. we are seeing great trends two out of three is getting some kind of option. >> reporter: it looks like his remodification is going to work out. >> we've been able to work through the process, explain it to me, him and his manager had really good ideas and they shared them which is different than what i had gone through over the telephone with what some of the representatives. -- with some of the representatives. >> reporter: i would be remiss if i didn't mention a dissatisfied customer he is current on his payments he was here to get his interest rate lowered he said he was told he did not qualify. until 7:00 tonight and from a.m. until 7:00 tomorrow you can still come down even if you didn't register, walk-ins are

welcome. katie marzullo, abc7 news. still ahead, food safety. >> how you can get alerts on a real-time feed. it is wednesday after super tuesday and the republican race for president

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in north carolina. he told the audience it is time to end the four billion dollar taxpayer subsidy of the oil industry. >> the president: the american people have subsidized the oil industry long enough. time to end that taxpayer give away to an industry that has never been more profitable. invest in clean energy that has never been more promising. >> he said anybody who promises gas at a certain price per gallon is either uninformed or lying. north carolina is the site of the summer's democratic national convention. mitt romney may have captured the majority of the 10 states voting on super tuesday. but he is still struggling to cement his appeal among conservatives. a group is calling on newt gingrich to step aside so sanatorium can go head-to-head for the nomination. >> reporter: for weeks if not months, mitt romney has been the front-runner who can't break away from the pack. on super tuesday it was the same story.

>> we will go day-by-day, step-by-step, door by door, start to heart. >> reporter: in ohio he appears to have stayed a slight step aide-santorum. >> when they thought okay he's finally finished, we -- we keep coming back. >> reporter: santorum won three of the 10 super tuesday states, newt gingrich took one, georgia. >> i'm the tortoise. >> reporter: the problem for gingrich and santorum, mass, romney has more than twice as many delegates of either of the two. >> they are going to make that no way that rick santorum can do this. two things, one mitt romney won the math but lost a big part of his mojo. >> reporter: even the math can get complicated4z[cç if romney's rivals stay in. they think santorum better understands averageço americans

a confident president yesterday offered romney some encouragement. >> the president: good luck tonight. >> reporter: now rick santorum and newt gingrich turns towards kansas, alabama and mississippi three states full of the conservative voters mitt romney hasn't been able to attract and santorum especially sees three more chances to gain ground. scott goldberg, abc news, ohio. mike nicco has the forecast. nice camera shots. >> as you know, breezy, right? dying down we'll get the temperatures from him. also, trouble in paradise? the new suitor shaking things up for the falcon family on top of city hall. solar flare erupts overnight and headed towards earth. the effects we may see here later tonight.

it appears there may be a family shake-up for the famed falcon as top san jose city hall this is video from a webcam it shows clara the matriarch of the family sitting atop four new eggs the father is nowhere to be found. the papa at least we believe to be the papa esteban appears to have been chased off by a new top bird.

bird watchers call the new suitor fernando the rocket and say he's been flying overhead to protect clara for several days. >> i don't know. she doesn't look too happy. >> soap opera. >> meteorologist mike nicco in now. >> bird soap opera. very heartwarming story. gosh i hope they get things settled before the kids hatch. 11:18. looking down from sutro tower not bouncing as much as did it yesterday we still have breezes not as aggressive as yesterday. vollmer peak gusts this morning 25 to 30 miles per hour now 15. in that is good news especially if you are going to be out in a high profile vehicle or open water where the winds were nasty yesterday. fastest winds now fairfield 31, gusting to 23 at sjc,

san jose. northeast wind at half moon bay gusting to about 23 miles per hour. sfo calm after nearly 50 mile per hour gusts yesterday. 50s now and the same around e monterey bay upper 50s mid to upper 50s there well on our way to the 60° highs today. we'll build on that warmth today and tomorrow and friday afternoon cooler weekend as we spring forward into daylight saving and cooler next week with a couple chances of rain starting monday. yesterday compared to today, seven degrees warmer concord, oakland, san francisco, san jose 65, santa rosa 67, fremont 10° jump, 55 yesterday, 65 today. let's look at other temperatures. 62 san mateo, half moon bay 60 clear lake 61 could be 67 in santa rosa possibly 65 around palo alto and livermore around

the monterey bay, 60 monterey mid 60s the rest of the bay mid to upper 60s inland gilroy the warm spot 67 low to mid 60s big sur, sacramento, check key southern california 58 fresno, tahoe 37 with sun this afternoon. slightly cooler tonight mid to upper 30s inland around palo alto morgan hill santa cruz sheltered valleys could drop into the low 30s we may have scattered frost like this morning. most bay shore to the coast low to mid 40s. low pressure pull allege way high pressure starting to move in pressure gradient relaxing the difference between the high and low pressure the strength is relaxing that is relaxing the winds. i think the winds will continue to calm towards the afternoon and once the sunsets we'll get calm tonight that will allow cooler temperatures also warmer afternoons we'll have still winds to offshore winds land breeze develops it

pushes cooler cloud cover air out to our west that pace going to stay away for a couple of daysthat -- that's going to stay away for a couple of days. cooler conditions as the pattern changes saturday with more clouds and onshore wind sunday cooler and chance of rain will start monday into tuesday when the models are hinting the rain will move in we could have more rain thursday and friday of next week. >> spring showers. >> absolutely. thank you. building the first phase of california's high speed rail project is going to cost the state more than 700 million dollars a year to repay investors. analyst office says new projections include principle on interest on nearly 10 billion dollars in vote area proved bonds reflects higher borrowing rates than initially planned. the overall cost has grown to

more than 98 billion dollars critics say it is a waste of money and continue to fight to scrap the project. the proposed high speed train would run between los angeles and the bay area. super bowl winning quarterback and potential hall of fame now available for anybody who wants him today. peyton manning, a four time nfl, most valuable player was leased by the colts. the team re-- released manning rather than paying him a 28 million dollar bonus. >> i have thought about where i've been. and i've truly been blessed. i've been blessed to play here. i've been blessed to be in the nfl. >> manning's release clears the way for quarterback andrew luck of stanford to be the number one pick. the 49ers don't have any interest in manning according to nfl.com the 9ers are

focusing on resigning alex smith. you have a new way to hear first about food recalls. the usda has launched a new twitter feed. they will tweet alerts for meat, poultry, processed egg products and information on protecting food during severe weather. you can get alerts specific to california by following the food safety and inspection service. enormous solar flare erupts overnight. >> the affects it could

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luci arnaz on her singing car rear and famous parents. householder rand gets a police officer fired. californians may have a new version of the american dream. why renting could be more preferable than owning. those stories and more later at 4:00 and 5:00. nasa scientists closely monitoring the after affects of an enormous solar flare that erupted overnight on the sun. >> the eruption sent a powerful blast of solar radiation into space. >> it sent a powerful blast of solar radiation into space and scientists say the affects should start showing up on earth tonight. they stay the flare is one of the strongest of the year. >> it could trip electrical power grids and disrupt global positioning systems. >> it will likely force planes to avoid flying over the north

and south poles. >> i would probably watch youtube or here tomorrow because you are going to see a lot of the northern lights pop tonight i already saw pictures on youtube from marquette, michigan it was beautiful, the greens and reds which we could see it here, 30s and 40s, 70s on the way for afternoon highs tomorrow and friday for all of us here, thanks for joining us. >> "who wants to be a millionaire" is next.

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