>> announcer: right now breaking news. sky 7 was overhead as a high speed chase leads officers from sacramento sunol reaching speeds up to 100 miles an hour. it came to answer on 680 with police stopping the suv and arresting the female driver. good morning i'm eric thomas. i'm kristen sze. sky 7 hd followed the chase nearly an hour. at least two occasions she almost wiped out as she dodged traffic. the chase finally came to an end more than 100 miles later on highway 680 north of mission boulevard, two miles after the driver hit a spike strip. she slowly came to a stop after a brief standoff pulled out of her car by officers and

taken into custody. the chase began in sacramento when a chp officer tried to pull over the driver for speeding. her name is jennifer zinn. she is either 44 or 45-years-old. at this time still no word why she ran from officers. right now oakland police are surrounding a cvs farmly in the rock ridge mall. a masked man reportedly holed up inside police don't know if he's armed they know two employees inside weren't taking any chances. terry mcsweeney is at the scene. >> reporter: we were just getting the latest information from the police department. the s.w.a.t. team has gone into the pharmacy here. they've gone through the store looking for someone mo might have been armed, -- might have been a robber last seen wearing a ski mask in the store before the store opened to the public. they have not found him. they look at video see hill

exiting the store before the police got here. take a look at the activity out here in this parking lot. there were at least 12, 15 squad cars s.w.a.t. team was out here they had just gone in and determined nobody is in that store. they were looking at this as a possible armed robbery while there was no robbery committed that anybody knew they thought possibly this person with the ski mask on might have been plotting one no one saw a again. it begins with the store manager. the two employees inside the store were approached by a person who should not had been in the store, asking for this man,e store manager. and here'the story. >> one of the associates was approached by a man donning a mask was asking questions. the associate played naive, the man moved on. the associate had an opportunity to get out with the other associate the only

two in there. we are not sure if he's in the building or not. >> reporter: he had a gun? >> never saw a gun. >> we have to assume the worst. we have to assume this individual was there maybe to do some type of criminal activity. we are going to treat it with the utmost caution. >> reporter: -- >> we are not hearing from terry now. you heard the storing manager say the masked man came inside, two employees got out. the s.w.a.t. team has gone through they've found no sign of the masked man inside. police are still holding their positions. we'll bring you more later on. we are also developing developing -- following developing news from the trial of sheriff ross mirkarimi. a panel of three judges has ruled a jury should be allowed to see a key piece of evidence. they announced their decision

a short time ago. the jury will see a videotaped recording showing bruises on the arm of mirkarimi's wife shot by a neighbor. a trial judge previously approved the pictures but attorneys for mirkarimi and lopez appealed. they said lopez thought the neighbor was an attorney. and any video or conversation would be protected under the attorney-client privilege. president obama is urging america to keep its economic engine churning in light of two new jobs reports relaced this morning in january the state's unemployment rate fell below 11% for the first time in nearly three years. the fifth straight drop. the national numbers are a mixed bag february 8.3%. employers added 227,000 jobs. katie marzullo is live in the newsroom tyke a close hraoerbg at these numbers. >> reporter: many -- many economists and president obama consider the february jobs report to be good news. there's the nagging we have how do unemployed americans

who stopped looking for work factor into the equation? [ applause ] >> reporter: president obama made a pit stop at a rolls-royce manufacturing plant in virginia to talk about the economy. >> reporter: the economy is getting stronger. when i come to places like this and see the work being done, it gives me confidence there are better days ahead. i know it because i would bet on american workers and american know-how any day of the week. >> reporter: experts agree 227,000 new jobs good news especially when it marks three straight months of more than 200,000 jobs added to the economy. >> i think if you keep adding 200,000 jobs a month, there will be some people coming into the labor force or now if you do that on a sustained basis you will bring down the unemployment rate significantly. >> reporter: the added jobs were not enough to change the unemployment rate there are

those who say it is a flawed estimate. >> you have a lot of folks in america who aren't looking for jobs any more they don't show up on these things. the real rate somewhere in the nines. >> reporter: the spike in gas prices helping republican candidates take air of the president's tires when it comes to the economy. newt gingrich rallied supporters today with this. >> i don't care how much money barack obama raises for his campaign if every american drives up to a gas station and see obama price of gas it going to erase his advertising. >> reporter: the jobless rate over 8%. 5.3 million fewer jobs now than when the recession started. firefighters in berkeley are still trying to answer a key question, did the smoke alarms work in an apartment house gutted by a huge afire? the building was heavily damaged. authorities are worried about

its stability. laura and the live near the scene. we've been -- laura anthony is live near the scene. we've been hearing conflicting reports about the smoke alarms. >> reporter: that's right. the back of the building, the part that was heavy damaged deficient has begun. some of the tenants say they didn't hear alarms as the fire was consuming the building. nine residents in all made it out of six units safely during the two alarm fire that gutted the structure. there were 40 more evacuated in the surrounding apartment buildings. the fire took more than four hours to put out because the firefighters had to evacuate due to concerns about collapse. as for the smoke alarms a fire official here during the fire. were they working or not? >> during the firefighter i personally heard smoke alarms soundinging from the building. we did receive reports from --

from three individuals who indicated they did not hear any alarms. we are not able to confirm the absence or presence of smoke alarms in each of the -- [ inaudible ] the building has been damaged and we are not able to get in to retrieve any smoke alarms. >> reporter: now, this building and within next to it are owned by notorious and wealthy landlord reddy. he declined to speak with us. in 2001 reddy did plead guilty in federal court to charges of immigration fraud, tax fraud and two counts of transporting minors into the country for illegal sex in terms of the handling of his handling of this dent berkeley fire officials stress has been -- this -- he has been very cooperative. so the folks around here can

move back into their apartments hopefully by later today. laura anthony, abc7 news. new documents show japanese leaders knew hours after the tsunami last year that the fukushima plant re melt but kept the knowledge secret for months. the prime minister at that time feared the crisis could become worse than chernobyl. this sunday will be one year since the magnitude 8.9 quake and tsunami hit. the new revelation is adding to public criticism about how the nuclear crisis was handled. new neiman marcus star opens today in walnut creek he -- store open today in walnut creek. 

>> the east bay is looking forward to new jobs and new revenue source with the opening of a luxury retailer. neiman marcus opened in walnut creek the first for the chain in the east bay. amy hollyfield is there live. this comes after a huge battle. >> reporter: yeah, opening up here in walnut creek has not been easy. neiman marcus hasn't opened a new store in two years. the company is very selective about expanding. it locked in on walnut creek, it chose this city for a reason and has worked apparently and hard to reach this point. there was no sign of bad feelings as neiman marcus

opened this morning. you wouldn't know there was a big struggle to reach this point. a section of people who fought to keep this from happening. the mayor says, the city has moved on. >> i think the negativity is gone. i think the people that were very negative have accepted that it is here. >> reporter: those who opposed it were concerned about parking, congestion and go the issue to the ballot. a rival mall company supported the campaign in the hopes of getting neiman into a mall in san ramon. voters overwhelmingly said yes. >> i'm excited to get in and see the shoes and handbags. >> reporter: not just shoppers felt like celebrating. the store means 200 new jobs for the area. crystal has been unemployed since getting laid off a year ago. >> very difficult to find a job. a lot of places weren't hiring because there were so many people looking. >> reporter: she screamed when she landed a job at knee

hands. she is hoping it is a good sign the economy is coming back. the mayor hopes so too. >> we have a retail store vacancy rate in the downtown of under 3%, which is really good. that's just an indicator that walnut creek is doing well. >> reporter: the shoe department looks like it is doing well. for the last hour we've been watching sales associates come out over and over again with arm loads full of shoe boxes for customers. the hope is that this will bring in a lot of tax revenue for the city. the store won't talk about projections. city officials hope to get anywhere from $400 to 600,000 a year of tax revenue from neiman marcus. it won't be the last call for san francisco's landmark gold difficulty lunge this weekend. the attorney for the bar says the -- doors will not be padlocked as threatened by the landlord.

there is no court order to evict as long as litigation continues it will continue to operate. the owners were handed eviction notice in december filing suit claiming i was illegal. mike with the forecast a lot of people were enjoying the warm. >> good thing they are doing it today because it won't last. big changes on the way for the weekend. sun and above average temperatures today, 10 degrees cooler chances of rain through the weekend and especially next week. first, plenty of excitement after a pair of nesting bald eagles are spotted in a local county for the first time in great idea. so we'll switch to u-verse tv and internet... that's just what we need... i got accepted into juilliard. [ dad ] that's great! can we talk about wireless plans? now we can video-chat. and faster internet... [ female announcer ] with at&t u-verse, you can build a personalized bundle to fit your needs. even when they change. call now to bundle two, three, even four services. bundles including u-verse tv,

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for the first time in years no one can remember exactly home a pair of bald eagles are preparing to nest. birders have been tracking the pair in watsonville several spotted them building a large nest. yesterday the eagles were seen soaring above the lake. bald eagles all but disappeared from california in the 60s due to the effects of the pesticide ddt. >> they are making a comeback. sunshine and warmth making a comeback but it won't be long. >> today is about it includes rain, cooler conditions coming. for any of those coats on clearance at neiman marcus, get 'em now.

let's take a look outside. maybe amy can get us an umbrella or something. 11:19 beautiful picture of the bay from sutro tower this morning. haze hanging around air is stagnant but not a spare the air day from vollmer peak to san francisco. some of the clouds starting to gather here the coast is going to be the trend. the clouds continue to gather closer to there as we he'd that -- as we head into the evening. mid 50s half moon bay mid to upper 50s san francisco, redwood city everybody else in the low to mid 60s santa cruz 59 watsonville, salinas upper 60s mid 60s gilroy and monterey no doubt today will be the warmest in the forecast. couple of fronts weak ones keep us mostly cloudy drizzle possible during the week

stronger storms coming next week much needed measurable rain. today four degrees warmer than average in san francisco, six in napa, oakland and livermore, eight, nine degrees warmer than average sunset 6:12. half moon bay 65. still in the mid to upper 60s san mateo, san francisco, richmond and clear lake everybody in the low to mid 70s. 66 monterey there to mid 70s the rest of the bay and inland. tonight clouds, most of news the 40s, 30s cloverdale clear lake napa and santa rosa mid to upper 30s. high pressure holding on elongating this cold front with the best chance of the wet weather i -- i think our perfect pet is clucking now -- working towards the pacific northwest give you an idea what we have coming up. here the front and includes starting to move across the ocean into the bay overnight. front fall as part, strong

enough that some drizzle possibly along the coast tomorrow morning scattered sprinkles as it moves through and fades. secondary system coming down as we head towards saturday night into sunday. you can see a better chance of maybe a little light rain in the north bay with that during the morning hours sprinkles in the afternoon. it will spread snow into the sierra sunday more so monday. near record high today drop down with snow sunday along the ski resorts in tahoe. southern california near 80 today in l.a. and san diego, low to mid 60s increasing clouds sunday. the big change for everybody if you don't get the drizzle or sprinkles, 10° temperature drop by sunday chance of rain monday floodgates open tuesday, wednesday, thursday. hopefully we'll get a half inch to an inch out of some of those systems. >> we've her the easter bunny over there getting ready to

go. >> cluck, cluck. >> mike, thank you. >> sure, no problem. new survey out today says google is almost everyone's favorite search engine despite privacy conditions. 83% of u.s. internet users rated the company as their prefered choice up from 47% in 2004. yahoo ranked second with 6% down from 26%. the pe work findingsqm< ñ indice google may be -- the pew findings indicate google may be risking that with privacy settings. is this what you were calling an easter bunny. he's in costume. >> candy commercial. >> love it. >> we'll be right back with mike's speci

. today michael finney gives you the best ways to keep telemarketers from getting your number. then at 4:00, you've heard stories about flight attendants forced to restrain rowdy passengers. on this flight it was the passengers who had to stop a flight attendant because of what she said. then at 5 getting answers to our top news story itch what caused this woman driver to lead -- lead the chp on a chase that went more than 100 miles? right now, friday's perfect pet. >> not your everyday pet.

>> definitely not your everyday pet. good morning to emily from the humane society. >> how are you? >> well. how are you? >> well. >> tell us about the 300 something chickens you have. >> this is one of the girls as we are calling them. we brought in 400 chickens a couple weeks ago from the 50,000 that were discovered in turlock abandoned. we brought in 400 so far over 100 have been adopted. there's still more waiting to go home. they make great pets have quirky personalities. they love to sunbathe they do, it was great to see them all sprawled out at the humane society when we brought them in they dig down in the dirt and throw some up on their back. >> how would you take care of one if you took it home?

>> feed 'em everyday. they want to be taken care of of course the way any other animal, lots of love, good balanced meal. >> okay if you are interested, it is a $5 fee that is cheap and you get fresh farm eggs every morning. once they are less stressed than they are now. thanks. >> thanks. thanks both of you and all the girls for joining us here at abc7 news. >> for all of here thanks. "who wants to be a millionaire" is next. >> have a grea

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