>> abc7 news starts right now with live breaking news. >> good morning, everyone, i am katie marzullo. >> the breaking news is from the north bay where three schools are on lockdown while they hunt for a car thief who could be armed. the car was stolen in petaluma and he led deputies on a long chase. the three schools including a preschool and child center are on lockdown with reports that the thief might have a rifle with him. we will have more on this story as it becomes available. >> other breaking news story from oakland where the superintendent of the oakland unified school district has just

resigned. he has held the job since 2005 and the announcement is a shock to the education community. in a letter to the president of the board he says he and his family are moving to chicago to be closer to his wife's parents saying his father-in-law is sick and in the hospital. the children attend schools in oakland. smith graduated from uc berkeley and previously worked for the san francisco school system before taking over in oakland. >> new this morning, san francisco police are searching for the man who stole a cab and refused to stop for officers. the chase spanned several bay area cities coxing to a dramatic end at san francisco state university. abc7 news reporter kira klapper is live at the cab company. >> police are coming here to look at surveillance video. the yellow cab has a dash camera that shows what goes on inside the taxi and on the road ahead. the yellow cab is not releasing the video saying the purpose is for the police.

they do say the video will help them identify and catch this thief who stole a cab. the pursuit of the stolen taxi started at 1:15 this morning with a cab driver trying to be nice. >> the taxicab was parked in the district and he got out of the vehicle to help a passenger who was not feeling well and the suspect jumped into the cab and fled the area. >>the man led the san francisco police, the california highway patrol and daly city officers on a chase from san francisco to daly city and back. as he approached the campus of san francisco state, he slowed the ford escape taxi and ran as it rolled on to the campus. police took off but lost him. in l some students saw the end of the chase unfold. >> we saw a taxicab roll it and he jumped out before it stops and it slammed into the polls

and a cop pulls up. >> this is the 40th year behind the wheel of a taxi but he says this surprised him. >> desperate people doing stupid things. you have to be perceptive who you let in the cab. this person wasn't even a passenger. you cannot guard against this situation. >> san francisco csi are collecting evidence from the taxi and recovering in the

hospital after a frightening rollover crash in san francisco. the s.u.v. was birthday -- broa. it is not known if alcohol is a factor. >> in the south bay is search is underway for a gunman who shot a man twice in the chest. this is south white road in east san jose. miss say it appears to be a gang-related drive by shooting. they arething the case as an attempted homicide until they have all the information. they say the man was shot at 4:00 this o but waited more than three hours before getting help. he walked to a house few blocks away after being shot. >> we have to take him to the hospital. i dialed 9-1-1. he doesn't want to go to the hospital but he wants to us ta

him. i said, why? got shot. >> he says the victim is 34-year-old son and the injuries are not considered to be life threatening. >> on the peninsula police are looking for two men who bet up and robbed a woman at the motel 6 on shoreway road. sky 7 captured this video of the scene. police were called to the hotel for a disturbance this morning. a woman was stay there and told the officers two male acquaintances assaulted her and stole from her. the police investigating. >> happening now, grief counselors after at a ambulance company consoling workers who lost a friend. the 34-year-old quinn boyer died yesterday afternoon after being shot point blank in oakland open tuesday morning while sitting in a car. his car crashed into a ravine. quinn boyer was a paramedic for santa clara ambulance in san jose. so far, investigators have very few lieds and are not sure why

quinn boyer was targeted. >> a messy water main break on the peninsula kept public works crews busy. look at this, water flooded the intersection in san mateo. the water did not reach any homes. city crews managed to cap the leak and the flooding subsided. >> we have scattered showers around the bay including cells in marin county and in san francisco. >> the showers passed through the area around at&t park this morning hours before the giants' home opener. lisa? >> good morning to you. we are still looking at a few light spotty showers in the north bay from guerneville through highway 101, looking dry now but there are showers around novato. also, senator south, point reyes and maybe in southern marin county, as well, but further south we have more sunshine but, also, with a mix of clouds we have fog and visibility at times

is down to zero so, still very foggy there and the numbers are climbing through the 60's and if you have a light start headed to at&t park we expect temperatures in the lower 60's, mostly shouldy, a few sunny breaks, outside chance of a shower, i think not, and a look at the trust for the weekend which includes more showers. katie? >> thank you. happening now, the gates are open at at&t park and fans of the world series champion giants are streaming in. abc7 news reporter cornell bernard is live with the excitement. cornell? >> katie, baseball is back at at&t park. guess what? so are the fans. take a look. the gates opened literally 30 seconds ago. giants' home opener versus st. louis is something theyt mess. giants fever is catching. >> the pitcher was warming up on the field while ground crews scrambled with last-minute preparations. it is a team effort getting the

at&t park ready for opening dying washing the outfield walls and manicuring the field. the fans are getting a jump on opening day with a pregame warm up. >> a long time giants farm from before i can remember, some is something epic, two world champions in two years and trying to continue the trend. >> we found the manager of giants signing autographs for fans on his way to work. >> a special day. guys are looking forward to it. >> how do you top last season? >> you keep going lout and playing hard and see what happens. >> the champs were celebrated in san francisco last season fresh off their sweep of the detroit tigers. today's starting pitcher is coming off the best season if years. >> it seemed so appropriate that barry is on the mound after the season he had. the fans will be so excited to see him out here.

>> zito will knock 'em down. >> the home opener is a holiday. >> like christmas. who sleeps the night before opening bay? it is april 5th, santa is here! >> the cast jersey boys will sing the national anthem but who throws out the first pitch is a mystery something being kept under wraps. police will be closing king street here between 2nd and 3rd. it is kind of a traffic mess right now so if you be coming to the game public transportation might be a very good idea at 1:45 for start time. go, giants! >> if you are going through that area and not planning on stopping at the game you may run into trouble. >> a lot traffic is coming into san francisco for the game so our newest member of our abc7

news team, leyla gulen, has tracking the traffic situation. >> the question is, is it going to an giant traffic problem? as cornell bernard already told us, we will see northbound king street closed between 2nd and third for an hour and we are starting to see a lot of traffic pouring into the area. as we look at 280 between ten miles per hour and 51 miles per hour so you are creeping along as you start approaching the off ramp. how is the 101? 101 is still looking at 21 miles per hour. this is the approach of the portrero district, and 46 coming from bayview so it is looking busy out there. also, as cornell said, use public transit and that is the best way because, also, parking is going to be at a premium. so pier 30 and pier 32 shut down. here is a live look at our bay bridge, the incline is locking slow when you reach the western span the traffic loosens up just a little bit. katie and eric? >> can you say bart?

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>> on school bus crash in northern ill has left one person dead and three dozen injured including many children. the accident happened this

morning 45 minutes north of chicago. the bus was headed to an elementary school and it chinad with two other vehicles. the driver of a jeep died at scene. all 25 children on the bus survived and their injuries are minor. >> in new jersey, more fallout in the rutgers university basketball scandal involving the videotaped abuse of players. athletic director tim per nature -- pernetti is stepping down. the athletic director saw a video of rice shoving and grabbing players before the video went public but he did not fire rice. >> a landmark decision this morning is changing the rules when it comes to women and emergency contraception. a federal judge has ruled the morning after pill must be made available to women of all ages over the counter and without a prescription, fighting with a group who sued the food and drug administration to remove age.

girls under 17 now need a prescription and the f.d.a. has 30 days to lift the restriction. >> our meteorologist, lisa argen, is here for mike nicco with the weekend forecast. >> some of the cameras are fogged in but we managed a nice shot from emeryville. we can still see the clouds out there and there are sprinkles and sunny breaks and we will put it together for you and we are not taking the showers from the weekend unfortunately. >> also, the target apology. what is it about this ad that is making some women so

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>> breaking news, an update, we are over the scene of breaking news from the north bay, three schools in marin county are on lockdown while sheriff deputies substitute for a possibly armed car thief. he stole the car in petaluma and led deputies on a long chase. he bailed out and ran near fairfax. three schools including a child care center are all on lockdown right now. >> obviously well watch that situation for everyone at home. we also have to keep an eye on at weather situation because there is a game, a giants game and the weekend ahead. >> go have showers on live doppler 7 hd. we will take you up to the north bay right now where we are looking at a little bit of activity from pet lieu, highway

101, through novato and westward and to the east of santa rosa. some showers are popping up and the clouds look like they have the vertical development. they do. they puffy. we have overall more cloud cover in the south and east by. from the roof camera, you will notice we have a few sunny breaks but the possibility still exists for a few showers. 63 in oakland. 62 in san jose. it has been sunny all morning. we are looking at lots of dense fog at the cost. here is another look you can see the clouds, and when it is included over it looks threatening and the possibility of cloud cover to keep the numbers cooling in the north bay, 63 in los gatos. the forecast highlights show sun this afternoon, with a slight chance of showers. showers for the weekend. the best chance will be on sunday. a weak system is headed our way tomorrow morning. it will be sunny and a lot warmer the middle of next week. we are talking beach weather.

the lows tonight, a possibility of rain to the north bay. santa rosa is 47. upper 40's in vallejo. low 50's in palo alto. you will notice we are in between systems. but we have a fast zonal flow with a weak ridge to the south bringing a few sunny breaks and the possibility of a shower. it is not out of the question today to have a shower. hopefully it will be shirt lived. we have a couple of systems in the pack that will continue to keep us in the risk of showers. as we go through the rest of the afternoon, at 11:00, the showers are verifying from our computer animation 10:00 tonight, still a lost should cover. by the time we hit 8:00 tomorrow morning, we are looking at cloverdale, sonoma county, could be looking at showers. the rest of saturday is not bad but sunday, 7:00 in the morning, from the san mateo coast, through san francisco, and up to

vallejo could see a few showers. most of the activity remains offshore by the end of the day and through the overnight hours. high pressure builds and quite a different day on monday. temperatures today under the clouds with a few sunny breaks and low 60's in richmond and upper 60's in fremont and at at&t park, with some sunshine with numbers in the low 60's and a look ahead, scattered showers with the best chance on sunday and by monday we are clearing out, a little bit warmer and on tuesday, wednesday, thursday, 70's and 80's, with 60's at our coastline. so, abc7 news has another great weather resource for you to follow. that is abc7 news on twitter. we give you video alerts, power outage information, everything you need to know if something is going on in your neighborhood or around the bay. >> lisa, thanks. >> now a story getting a lot of buzz on abc7 news facebook page.

target is apologizing after a backlash over the color description on a dress. this is the target ad for a dress, the standard size version of the dress available in dark heather gray. the same color in the plus-size version is described as "manatee gray." here is a picture of a manatee sea maymon that is often called a sea cow. target has issued an apology saying they are working to fix it. we want to know what you think of this story. join the conversation at facebook.com. >> still ahead, a much smaller mammal in the house wit friday's perfect pet who is dressed for

>> coming up at 3:00 on "katie" how to destress your life. on abc7 news at 4:00, 7 on your side and "consumer reports" check out the newest action cameras to find out how well they stand up to extreme supports. at 5:00, the bay area county where people are not only bringing in the most income but they are employing -- also living longer. >> now the perfect pet the. >> we have the east bay spca

visit us morning. >> tell us about this little guy. he is two, right? >> yes, as you can see he is a very dapper little gentleman who wants to face the camera. there you go. he is about two. he is full grown. we are having trouble keeping him awake. he is a little under 10 pounds. he is very soft. he is very smart. >> he is really mellow, right? >> he is. he would be fine for a family dog but probably not best with real small children because of his small size. >> trainable, still? >> absolutely. he is as big as he is going to get unless you feed him too much and he would be fine with another small dog. >> maybe not little children. >> but he likes walk. if you want more information

about this cute little guy call the east bay spca. he is a little doll face, isn't he? >> him him a home. eric and katie? >> lisa, thank you. he does not seem like he would be any trouble. >> the kind of dog you want to take on the road. >> speaking of roads, leyla gulen has big weekend plans. >> i do. san francisco is a fantastic dog walking city, isn't it? napa is on my plan for the weekend. [ female announcer ] this is a special message from at&t. [ male announcer ] it's no secret that the price of things just keeps going up. [ female announcer ] but we have some good news. it's our bundle price promise. [ male announcer ] a price you can definitely count on for two whole years. from at&t. call to get u-verse tv starting at just $19 a month

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