abc 7 news reporter chris winn is there live now with more. chris? >> reporter: randy johnson graduated from livermore back in 1982. he last played for the giants in 2009. but as we learned today, people still talk about him as though it was yesterday. it wouldn't be a stretch to say this is the field that randy johnson built. for livermore senior and starting pitcher thomas triantos, every time he takes this field a reminder of the greatness that came before him. >> just the fact he came from almost like nothing and made it all the way to the top. >> reporter: at the high school this afternoon, word of johnson's vote into the baseball hall of fame spread fast. athletic director james petersdorf says it's all about perspective. >> if a guy that went to livermore high school can end up in the hall of fame, who says any of our guys can't end up there at some point. it's a good jumping point for our guys something for them to look towards and strive for. >> reporter: johnson last visited back in 2009 during his final season with the giants. sean gallagh

we want them to be invested on their own. >> in san jose chris winn, abc 7 news. >>> an annual count that's about a lot more than numbers. >>> coming up why all of us have a stake in finding the exact number of people living on the street. >>> plus -- >> i've been waiting for about an hour. >> the clock was ticking today. what's behind the even longer than usual lines at the dmv. >> if you're thinking of buying or selling your home. 7 on your side michael finney reveals insider tips to get the best real estate agents and save money at the same time. >>> the nine cars that are so bulldog: mattress discounters presidents day sale! get up to four years interest-free financing on the entire tempur-pedic cloud collection! and, get a queen size serta mattress and box spring set for just $397. ♪ mattress discounters ♪ at subway, a great meal starts with a great sandwich on the new "simple 6 menu." with six of our best six-inch subs, like the tender turkey breast plus any bag of chips and a 21-ounce drink for just $6 every day. >>> live look from sky 7 hd. this is on the upper deck of the ba

abc 7 news reporter chris winn joins us with more. >> reporter: good evening. all quiet right now but it was a much different story earlier today. we are live at o'connor hospital in san jose. take a look behind me you can see it is one of four catholic hospitals in the bay area up for sale by the daughters of charity. the attorney general's office now trying to decide whether or not to approve the sale and if it's in the best interest of the community. for many of these health care employees today's rally outside o'connor hospital was somewhat personal. >> my husband was born here. my extended family has been coming here for 50 years. >> reporter: but inside the building this afternoon, a public hearing put on by the attorney general's office. people speaking up about the proposed sale of nonprofit daughters of charity, which owns and operates o'connor to for-profit prime health care. supporters say it's the right thing to do. >> otherwise we are looking at bankruptcy devastated employees, devastated community and patients. people will die. >> reporter: in rec

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reporting in palo alto chris winn abc 7 news. >> whether a story. >> yes certainly is.s on our slightly changing weather. >> 7 news meteorologist drew is here. >> it's very slight limit talking about temperature slowly going back to seasonable after we had a mild midweek pattern. we are high and dry and current temperatures right now they are warm for this time of night and time of year. 58 currently in downtown san francisco. 57 in oakland. 51 in hayward. 51 san ramone and san jose currently at 53 degrees. nationwide map for friday we see like effect snow showers. dominated by cold. 4 in minneapolis. snix chicago. high of only 35 in our nation capitol. back at home in california we talk 50's and 60's. 63 sacramento 69 los angeles. getting to 53 in tahoe. in the bay area spare the air in effect haze above and temperatures pretty nice compared to much of the u.s. with low to mid 60's on the board. accu-weather 7 day forecast show were you dry through saturday. chance of light sprinkle on sunday and sunshine in full effect through midweek next week. >> thanks drew. >> sur

abc 7 news chris winn has more on the rush to sign up. >> for the hundreds of applicant who filled the waiting room off center road there is no line too long to dampen their day. >> pch now i can say yes, i have made it. >>reporter: the scene inside the dmv anything but ordinary. as part of assembly bill 60 undocumented im gant can now applies for a california driver's license. it's all part of program aimed at boost part of program aimed at boosting safety on the roads while making immigrants lives a little easier. guiteirez of san jose spent the afternoon at dmv moving here from south america nearly 16 years ago. filled most of the time. >> i don't want to be scared. pull me over and take my car. >>reporter: critic believe the program isn't good for california. they say the new law compromise public safety and reward those here illegally and reward those here illegally. >> people that say it's a necessity to have a driver's license in california, would i say yes these true if you are an american citizen. but nobody gives you any rights when you come walking across the border think yo

. >> abc 7 news reporter chris winn is live in san jose with the rush to sign up. chris?hundreds of people lined up this morning before the doors even opened. since then the parking lot has been packed. the wait time is now up to nearly four hours. many people say it's an opportunity they have waited years for but one they never thought they would have. today at the dmv was anything but ordinary as part of assembly bill 60, undocumented immigrants can apply for a california drivers' license all part of a program aimed at boosting safety on the roads while making immigrants' lives a little easier. this man spent the afternoon at the dmv. he moved here from south america nearly 16 years ago. fear has filled most of that time. >> i don't want to be scared to see the sheriff on the freeway. >> reporter: the same could be said of jose. >> i'm really happy for this opportunity to get my driver license. >> reporter: but critics believe this is not good for the golden state, arguing that public safety will be compromised in addition to rewarding those who are here illegally. >> f

abc 7 news reporter chris winn has the story and more live from livermore. chris? >> reporter: it has been decades since randy johnson called livermore his home but as you're about to see here at livermore high school he still holds a special place in the hearts and minds of many. nestled in the hills of livermore, steve gallagher talks about his baseball career with great fondness. >> i heard the radar guns behind me and would hear 91 90, you know, 89, 92. and you know, it made for concentrating on the game a challenge for the catchers. >> reporter: make that catcher, steve gallagher and his pitcher the one and only randy johnson. they graduated together from livermore high school back in 1982. >> never thought we would be looking at somebody that went to the bigs and then went on to be inducted into the hall. >> reporter: down at the high school this afternoon, word of johnson's vote into the baseball hall of fame spread fast. he last visited back in 2009 during his final season with the giants. varsity coach david parrotti said the kids weren't surprised by the

but i was glad they were okay. >> reporter: chris winn, abc 7 news. >>> let's go overseas now. water has stopped the search and recovery efforts in indonesia, where the airasia plane crashed. forecasters believe conditions will only get worse from today. so far at least seven bodies have been recovered from the java sea. and radar data suggests the flight made an unbelievably steep climb before it crashed possibly pushing it beyond the jet liner's limits. abc 7 news reporter lana has the story. >> reporter: they carried the recovered bodies of passengers from airasia flight 8501. the families still in shock. my son was so excited for his first overseas trip, this mother says, he bought a new belt new clothes. she recalls that his face was shining. in this photo a relative remembers a family of four that were lost. their children just two of the 17 youngsters on board. the process of identifying the victims is slow. recovery teams are fighting strong currents and tall waves. >> we have bodies that need to be recovered on the surface of the ocean but they have been pushed around

in the south bay chris winn abc 7 news. >>> and we have a link to the website on our website abc7news.com. >>> a meeting is under way to talk about a proposed tollway along hifrp 101 from morgan hill to palo alto. santa clara valley transportation authority wants to converts an existing car pool lane and build another one on that 38 mile stretch of roadway. the toll lane would enable solo drivers to drive in them while paying a toll while car poolers can continue using them for free. the meeting runs until 7:30. >>> first of the sea birds sickened by a mystery xwchlt oo returned to the wild. the birds darted away this morning. they're just a small group of a few hundred recent youscued after being coatsed by the mess industry submystery substance. the goo has left investigators scratching their heads. >> you watch csi and they have all the stuff figured out in ten minutes. real world, it's not like that. >> the misscellaneous more than 200 birds are still recovering at the fairfield facility. >>> biologists spot an animal not seen in yosemite national park in nearly 100 years. this is the

chris winn abc 7 news. >>> oakland police say someone hit and killed an elderly woman this morning then sped off leaving the woman bleeding in the street. take a look at sky 7 hd video. police say they found the woman lying in the street bleeding from the head near 18th avenue and east 15th street around 8:00 this morning. investigators say the woman appeared to be in her 80s. she later died at the hospital. police have not released a description of the driver but say a green honda may been involved. >>> all lanes are open on interstate 580 after a rollover crash that happened at 4:30 in the eastbound direction near the 164th avenue exit. a sedan hit the center median then rolled over. a honda pilot suv then slammed head-on into the car. one woman died, two others were injured. >>> more than $300,000 in wine stolen from a famous napa valley restaurant has been recovered, 2700 miles away in north carolina. abc 7 news reporter wayne freedman is live in yountville with the effort to find the thieves. >> reporter: behind me, restaurant row in yountville and that office over there, the headq

in santa cruz chris winn abc 7 news. >> we have much more ahead for you on this friday night coming up well known tahoeire captain facing child porn charges tonight. >> also hike the trail of land end where you see the trash accumulated and spoiling the scenery. >> room full of balls. people who discovered new way to have fun. oechl. >> well known fire captain arrested and charged with receiving child pornography. nick has more on what has become a federal criminal investigation. >> earlier in the month a flash drive. just like this one. was found in an unassigned lockner this south like tahoe fire station. on it were more than 5000 images and more than 50 video of child pornography. we have removed the graphic photo details from this federal affidavit. he's being charged with chilled porn possession. records show he also admitted to investigators to having more video and photo many some he proud himself and some he recorded secretly. in fact court documents reveal he himself is seen in one of the secret recordings concealing the camera. mark is a very well known fire captain in south

. >> in san jose, chris winn abc 7 news. >> if this woman was rescued today after she and her dog gotck in the mud over night. aboard a dinghy stranded in a slew while trying to retrieve the 30 foot sailboat that got stuck earlier this week t.she was forced to abandon that both 2 days ago so second time this woman rescued this week. >> pair of balloonist on record setting journey across the pacific are passing by northern california right now. few hours ago the 2 pilots seen here taking off in japan sunday surpassed the world distance record for human flight in a gas pwloochbility gone more than 5300 miles so far and by tomorrow they will break the record for time longest time continuousfully a pwloochbility originally were to land in vancouver but due to shift being winds they are flying south east rate now and plan to listened in baja, mexico on saturday. go where the wind takes you. >> pretty much. >> we are kind of dealing with what the weather is giving us. not whole lot at this point. >> drew is here really nothing. >> if anything warm winds. that's what we are dealing w.been de

chris winn, abc 7. >>> an aim to redugs speeding by narrowing the roadway.s you can see here, farm hill boulevard currently has four lanes two in each direction. that will change when a pilot program begins in july. crews will reconfigure the roadway to one lane in each direction. they will also add bike lanes and a two way left turn lane. farming hill connects downtown redwood city. >>> and caltrans is changing the way south bay commuters get on to highway 85. 15 on ramp metering lights went online today. from cupertino to mountain view. they're timed to turn on the at 6:00 a.m. and off at 11:00 a.m. monday through friday. the goal is to ease traffic congestion. last week caltrans activated seven new meergttering lights southbound during the evening commute. >>> apple closed higher at 115.3 after reporting record earnings in the fourth quarter. "usa today" reports cooper teeupertino company is doing so well it could pay every man women and child in the u.s. $556 each. apple has a record amount of cash and investments of nearly $178 billion. "usa today" repo

. >> chris carter against team irving as in michael irving. connor bar winnith carter. >> i know some guys and look you said i played with them before also on that team and also of course we don't want to be on the other team. i don't want any cowboys associated team. >> no no, no. when you do your spring cleaning in a few months you might end up tossing jonathan papelbon jerseys and bastardo would be willing to waive that right as milwaukee begins openings for 2014. paple bond is coming off a pretty good season. he had 39 saves and era 2.04. >> roger federror losses in four sets. timely being a ball boy at australian open is dream come true and getting a ball fired into your nets is not. the boy takes one in the soft spot. that will change your week. >> more deflated balls there. >> um. >> it comes full circle. >> i had to go there. >> that must hurt. >> well here's a familiar face. former philadelphia eagles quarterback donovan mcnabb was in havsh town this morning and spent an hour at the giant store. fans lined up to meet him and get his autograft. this b