we clear out, looks good for next weekend, highs in the 70s, abc action news starts now. a pizza delivery driver is killed during his first night on the job. why deputies say the woman who crashed into him should not have been driving. >> you saw the 88th annual academy awards show on your abc action news station. we're running down the big winners from that show. >> good morning. happy leap day, on this monday, i'm dan shaffer. >> i'm deiah riley. >> the 88th annual academy awards in hollywood last night. of course actor chris rock hosted for the second time. >> as brandi hitt reports from hollywood brie larson won best actress and leonardo for his performance in "the revenant."

>> reporter: the oscar going to mark rylance. >> if you ever wondered about working with tom hanks would it help? the answer clearly yes. >> reporter: alicia vikander took home best supporting actress. >> reporter: "mad max fury road" took several awards home including makeup, hair styling and set design. chris rock didn't pull punches addressing the diversity controversy. >> i'm a danish girl. [ laughter ] >> reporter: placing black actors in parodies of several nominated films. >> don't worry black astronaut, we will. >> even calling hollywood racist. >> hollywood is so -- sorrowry racist. it's like we like you rhonda. but you're not a kappa. [ laughter ] >> reporter: best actress went

>> i love to start big, and i love how many people it takes to make it. >> reporter: after five acting nominations, it was leonardo di caprio's year winning best actor for "the revenant." >> i thank you all for this apaying award tonight. let us not take this planet for granted. i do not take tonight for granted, thank you so much. >> reporter: then the biggest award of the night. >> "spotlight." >> reporter: best picture. now it's on to the after- parties and governor's ball, 1,500 guests celebrating here tonight with food, dancing and more than 1,000 bottles of wine. brandi hitt, abc news, hollywood. >> i imagine they are still at it. >> it's 1:30 out there. you can managein it's an early night for them. early monday for us if you're moving a little slower this morning that is why. also by the way it's leap day. we don't do this often:so kids

every four years. i guess they celebrate march 1? temperatures in the 70s later today. a few more clouds over the weekend but all in all a decent day with highs where they should be forethis time of year. we have a front on the way. we'll talk about that, changes with that through the middle part of the week. this is i-275 at ashley drive, smooth sailing now at 4:33 but can you expect changes coming up as the morning goes on? sure you can. janelle is watching the traffic cameras, she'll have a full look momentarily. a woman accused of crashing into and killing a pizza delivery driver after his first night on the job in central florida is expected in court this morning. a deputy tried pulling over syndi st. sire for speeding but she took off. witnesses say she broke through a red light and crashed into

she faces several charges. he had just finished his first night of delivering pizza for domino's, leaves behind a 2- year-old. his mother wants justice, she says. >> she ran from the cops before and didn't get away. now she was running again. and she killed someone and said she showed no remorse. no remorse. >> she's scheduled for trial in april on charges of fleeing and driving with a revoked license stemming from an incident in november. she's in jail on no bond now. to an abc action news update. we "the now" the identity of a boater killed when his boat flipped over in hillsborough county. it happened on a small plant in plant city near turkey creek road. police say 21-year-old jose bravo tried to swim to shore but didn't make it. the other boater, antonio lopez wasn't hurt. flames tear through a

it was 8:00 last night. it appears they say that two dogs died in the fire. new developments in the florida. a woman now charged and is expected in court today. family members say stephanie augustin is is the country of the baby's mother, 2-year-old tariji kemp went missing from her fort lauderdale home friday night, triggers a statewide amber alert. orlando. a crash on the howard frankland bridge killed one of their own. roger perez was killed in early february while helping a stranded driver. police say alison huffman struck him and left the scene. 50 tow truck operations passed killed. the sister says the show of the. >> it's very overwhelming but beautiful to see so much love

and how everybody has embraced us. >> tow truck drivers hopes this reminds people of the move over law, requiring drivers to move over for emergency vehicles or at least slow to 20 miles per hour below the limit. we have a gofundme page for the family it's on abcactionnews.com. the man accused of shooting a pastor during a sunday church service in ohio is expected in court today. police say the pastor's own brother is the one who gunned him down, now we're hearing from the people at that church at the time. authorities say 70-year-old reverend williams schooler was shot while the choir was singing, he died at the hospital. investigators charged his younger brother daniel schooler with murder. court documents suggest he may be maimly ill, has a history of -- mentally ill, has a history of violence. church goers describe the moments of violence.

and we just kept hearing shooting. shooting, bang, bang. >> investigators say the pastor was the only intended victim. some big changes are coming to a couple of very popular parks in the west chase area of tampa. the major facelift will require closing two parks while also starting construction on a third brand new park. abc action news report cara mashek what you can expect. >> reporter: this is all going to be ripped out to make way for modern equipment, the same for the other park in this part of town. with all the changes, definitely will come some sacrifice. on a warm sunny day the west chase parks are packed with families. lewis often brings his son and shoots hoops three times a week. >> you can tell her it's dated, needs to be rehabbed a little. >> reporter: the good news,

the west chase community development district is spending spend $1.5 million to give it the first full facelift in decades. bad news, as old equipment is ripped out and construction begins both parks will be closed temporarily starting in a few weeks. >> we'll try to be as lynn mally invasive as -- minimally invasive as possible. >> reporter: glen cliff will have a first of its kind play structure. both will be handicapped accessible. >> it will be visually impressive. >> adding to the excitement of a brand new park including a splash pad and toddler playground in the village. he's going to miss it but is looking forward to the upgrades. >> can't wait to come back and see how it will be fit for the kids and just nice.

at bay bridge and glen cliff in a month from now. you will see signs to the entrance to both parks about when they will be closed. all the work should be done by the middle of the summer. checking out your bus stop forecast. looks pretty good. a little cool, upper 50s to around 60. you will feel it. maybe a light jacket, otherwise mild and dry. by afternoon mid-70s. can we warm up more by tomorrow and through mid-week? i'll have that forecast coming up. virginia police officer is shot and killed during her first full day on the job. what we're learning about her florida connection. >> the lightning make it six straight wins in boston. what is the latest on a

county. brian derry road is closed now at u.s. 19 because of a deadly overpass. police say a car collided with an overpass support pillar and burst into flames. our crews say they expect the road to remain closed for several hours now. an inspector will be arriving on scene shortly to check the overpass for possible structural damage.

workaround and we'll get to her in a few minutes. we're learning more about a rookie police officer killed in virginia during her first full day on the job. officer ashley guindon graduated from emery riddle university in daytona beach. she had just been sworn in friday. she was responding to reports of domestic incident saturday night when she was shot ronald hamilton is being questioned now. his wife was already dead they say when officers arrived. one of ashley's former professors said he read about her death on-line. >> i saw it was ashley. saw her picture and her name and i immediately recognized her as one of my students. and, i -- it took the wind right out of me. >> army staff sergeant ronald hamilton is a pentagon employee, he's now being held in jail without bond.

the time of the shootings and now being cared for by relatives. three middle schoolers in florida are facing felony charges, accused of spiking their teacher's drink. the 12-year-old girls from deltona are now in juvenile detention. investigators say tuesday two of them poured crushed red pepper flakes into their teacher's drink while a third girl distracted the teacher. the 52-year-old took a sip, started to choke and have trouble breathing. some people say the girls are now getting what they deserve. >> they got to be held responsible for they're actions or they are never going to stop. >> one of the girls told investigators they had originally planned to vandalize the teacher's car with paint. all three are now charged with poisoning and tampering. a pasco county boy battling a serious heart disorder checked one more thing off his bucket list this weekend. his community came together to make it happen. eric pyburn from land o' lakes is in need of a heart and lung

one dream was to have a big birthday apartment. a big group of loved ones, even strangers came out to support eric. >> for some of these people, just came out of the goodness of their heart. found us on facebook, heard about the event. they are just here, don't even know us. that's just huge. >> his mom says it was something he looked forward to through all of the hospital stays and treatments. eric is already had four surgeries, all the party supplies and entertainment were donated by area businesses. in democracy 2016 -- today early voting starts in three bay area counties for the presidential preference primary election and also municipal elections. early voting starts in desoto, polk and hillsborough counties. the president candidates are taking dwants of the final hours before -- advantage of the final hours before super tuesday. setting their sights on the big

a dozen states will hold primaries or caucuses tomorrow. clinton and trump are holding to hold on to their frontrunner statuses. hillary clinton won in south carolina over the weekend. count on us to bring you complete coverage of all the results on super tuesday. ivan has a look at the florida's most accurate 7-day forecast on this monday. >> temperatures now in the upper 50s to lower 60s. a little milder, that will be the trend the next few days. by the way, the calm winds will set up a nice sea breeze later this afternoon. we'll talk about the difference in temperatures but right now most of us in the 50s. right at 61 tampa, 62 st. pete. and that's where temperatures will remain in the mid and upper 60s today because of a sea breeze. titan doppler radar quiet but we widen the shot and show you clouds streaming in from the gulf, going to make our own clouds today as well. but not expecting showers today. that will be the case on wednesday as the next front begins to move in.

futurecast and see monday not much going on. just a light flow from the east, that will allow that sea breeze to kick in. on tuesday we'll track our next front, falling apart by the time it gets here and not expecting much in the way of rain with it. most of that stays to the north and east. certainly not severe weather or thunderstorms, just a few showers as it rolls through, through the middle part of the day wednesday but what it will do is bring us drier air, not so much cooler air as the air mass behind it is not that cold but it will lower our humidity and so that will make it feel comfortable as we head through the latter part of the week as well. for now temperatures climbing there in the mid-70s. again right along the beaches you'll see that green hue. that's indicative of some cooler temperatures because of the breeze coming off the water. the natural air conditioning there. mid and upper 50s as we head through tonight. dew points will be close to that as well. we'll have patchy fog. that will be the main deal tomorrow on tuesday's fog in the morning and then we'll clear out.

for boaters, 1 to 2-foot seas, smooth conditions unlike the weekend where we had gusty winds. not the case today. low tide coming up at 11:00 now. there's your sunset at 6:30. getting later. temperatures in the mid and upper 70s for monday and tuesday. there's the front on wednesday. just a few showers with it. notice overnight temperatures in the 60s but with the drier air we'll be able to drop temperatures a little more on thursday so we'll be in the 50s. again the highs are not going to be that affected by this next boundary. then we have another quick system moving through friday. again that will reinforce nice conditions for the upcoming weekend, saturday, sunday with highs in the 70s. look at traffic again at 4:49. live look at i-275 at mlk, no big problems to report this area. we'll get another update from janelle on traffic starting at 5:00. the lightning have the day

kendall -- canned yens in montreal cannedience in montreal. >> reporter: this time two weeks ago the lightning lost four of five and many thought the season was over, not so fast. since that lightning's last loss to san jose in the 16th the bolts rattled off six straight wins including last night's huge win in boston and don't look now but the division lead for the lightning is now within reach. we picked this game up last night in the second period, tied at 1-1, alex and ryan callahan on the breakway, ryan finishes it, ninth goal of the year. boston's adam mcquaid trips and gives up the loose puck. embarrassing, and the bolts take advantage. callahan added another goal to give the lightning a 3-1 lead. stamkos drilled by brad while stammer is about to shoot on the net. the refs award the penalty shot, captain answers the call. sing straight goal -- sixth

lightning win 4-1. the bolts have now won six straight and trail the panthers by two points in the divisional lead. in the rangers for the second seed in the east. if the playoffs were to start today lightning would be the fourth seed in the east. nhl trade deadline is later this afternoon, the question surrounding the lightning has yet to be answered, hopefully will be today. will they trade john -- jonathan drouin? according to the nhl network the bolts have at least five offers on the table for drouin, all the five teams interested. expect the bolts to receive someone who can score or a defenseman as well as draft picks in return. we'll see if happens later today. remember the trade deadline is later on this afternoon at 3:00. that's your morning sports

enjoy your monday. an investigation is now underway into a suspected fight club at a california high school. one of the school's athletic departments is now at the center of this investigation. >> two kids are among four people killed in a plane crash in texas. what led up to the crash and how the wreckage was found

welcome back. 4:54. fans will be welcoming the phillies at the airport. it's scheduled to arrive at 10:15 this morning. they will be greeted by the phillies team mascot along with the clearwater mayor. they are set to host the blue is at brighthouse field tomorrow 1:00. you can get a free pizza from pizza hut if it's your birthday. today's leap day. they say the true joy of celebrating your birthday only comes once every four years. by showing a id that proves you were born on leap day you can get a personal topped pizza for carry out. good at all participating locations. the chain has more than 4,000 locations nationwide. california high school students fighting it out at school, caught on camera. the one athletic department now at the center of the investigation. >> starting today, students

florida standard assessment test. education leaders are hoping to avoid problems that plagued the test last year. we'll look at the changes that should make testing a little

overpass, struck one of the support pillars, burst in