i'm dan ashley. >> i'm carolyn johnson. abc7 news reporter cornell bernard is live with the latest on this breaking news for us. >> it could be the best lead yet in the search for the missing plane in the indian ocean. aircraft have just arrived including a u.s. navy plane which picked up something significant on radar. search crews are rushing to the center of the indian ocean for two objects that could be related to the search for the missing malaysia airlines flight 370. the objects were spotted from australian satellites. officials called the discovery credible. >> on this particular occasion, the size and the fact that there are a number located in the same area makes it worth looking at. >> the largest object is hot to be 78 feet long and located 1500 miles from australia. all strain yen military air -- australian military aircraft are on the way. >> we have four aircraft out there this afternoon. the weather is not playing a game with us. we may get a citing and we may not. we may get it tomorrow and we may not. we w

good evening, i'm dan ashley. >> those arrests on people in and out of government. agents confiscated computers and other items from yee's home. we have team coverage tonight. let's begin now with vic lee outside court. vic? >> most of the 26 people charged appeared in court this afternoon to face a variety of charges including drug and weapons trafficking and money laundering the complaint says state senator yee conspired with his political consultant and a gangster nicknamed shrimp boy to sell weapons and solicit money in exchange for political favors this caught by an under cover agent. fbi hit the chinatown headquarters of the xhien ease freemasons looking for evidence linked to raymond chow known as shrimp boy. chow serves as a chairman of the free masons arrested on hooid street and charged with money laundering and dealing in stolen properties. he served 22 years in the federal penn and became active in chinatown politics. >> i up to the path i have done z to try to correct my life. >> but the big fish was state senator yee. >> i can confirm that state senato

. >> and i'm dan ashley. leslie brinkley is live in the district with the big demolition job. >> well, there is still tonight smoke and still fire. cries are working on this. crews are working on this. this is essentially a nine-story building reduced to three stories of smoldering rubble. crews made tremendous progress late in the day with serious demolition work. >> the flicker of flame in the window was a hidden pocket of fire buried in this apartment building's rubble. lots of these hot pockets came to life as crews ripped into the fragile, scorched walls and forced the structure to collapse in on itself. >> they started moving around those piles and it flared up. did makes it easier for us. when the buildings started collapsing the building material was stuck under the roof. we can't get it from above because the water is just not penetrating it. with the work they are doing they are opening up holes and we can get our water directly where the fire is burning. >> here is a look at the unstable structure

. >> and i'm dan ashley. leslie brinkley is live in the district with the big demolition job. >> well, there is still tonight smoke and still fire. cries are working on this. crews are working on this. this is essentially a nine-story building reduced to three stories of smoldering rubble. crews made tremendous progress late in the day with serious demolition work. >> the flicker of flame in the window was a hidden pocket of fire buried in this apartment building's rubble. lots of these hot pockets came to life as crews ripped into the fragile, scorched walls and forced the structure to collapse in on itself. >> they started moving around those piles up. flared up. did makes it easier for us. when the buildings started collapsing the building material was stuck under the roof. we can't get it from above because the water is just not penetrating it. with the work they are doing they are opening up holes and we can get our water directly where the fire is burning. >> here is a look at the unstable structure on

a i'm dan ashley. >> i'm carol johnson. a tense standoff ended in >> officers used a flashbang grenade and then the sound of gunfire. this happened on san pedro avenue hours after it it began. >> family members called police to say their son was armed with an ax and displaying paranoid behavior. the neighborhood was evacuated. >> the man stabbed one of the s.w.a.t team members and other s.w.a.t officers opened fire killing him. the injuries to the s.w.a.t officer stabbed were not life-threatening. >>> and security concerns at sfo. a woman who was relentlessly trying to sneak past checkpoint stepped in again and did it tonight. she didn't make it through, but she has in the past. >> she was arrested at sfo. that's where you can see her photo and that's where abc7 news reporter alan wang is live tonight. alan? >> dan police arrested this woman before she even got to the security checkpoint. they are pretty sure she was trying to make it on a plane again because she had two carry on bags with her. the tsa says she is not a bow

i'm dan ashley. >> i'm carolyn johnson. sandhya patel is tracking the system for us, and she is here with live doppler 7hd. >> carolyn and dan, we will get drenched tomorrow morning during the commute. let's check out live doppler 7hd and we can see what is on there now. we are just beginning to see a few showers developing in the last half hour or so. the first batch is around san mateo county and down toward the santa cruz mountains. it is going to be heading from west to east. we also have another batch i am tracking right now around san ramon. you can see it here heading out. as we take a wider look, you can see how the lightning strikes earlier today in the valley? well, we have a possibility of seeing some of the thunderstorms developing off the coastline here as we head into tomorrow. it doesn't look very impressive, but that is going to bring us a rough morning commute. i'll be back with a look at the timing and exactly when we may see some thunderstorms around here. dan? >> thank you. >>> and the storm is bringing s

. >> i'm dan ashley. the other major players in the scandal raymond "shrimp boy" chow a gangster and a political consultant. cornell bernard has more. >> arms deals, bribery and corruption. this criminal complaint reads like a spy novel and one of the bay area's highest ranking politicians was a key player. >> the charges are pretty serious. what do you have to say? >> he walked out of federal court with nothing to say to reporters. he jumped in a waiting car and sped away. yee was arrested early today at his home and taken to federal court where he was charged with weapons trafficking and public corruption and soliciting money for political favors. the criminal complaint charges 26 people including infamous chinatown gangster who was charged with money laundering and dealing in stolen property. they raided the senate office before dawn. >> this morning the fbi is executing multiple arrest and search warrants. >> agents raided this building in san francisco's bay view district where they carted off boxes

i'm dan ashley. >> i'm carolyn johnson. >> the fire broke out at fourth and china basin streets a few blocks from at&t park a block from the ucsf mission bay campus. >> alan wang is live with our coverage. alan? >> dan and carolyn, the battle 1* tapering down and we are seeing fewer hoses on the fire, and we are seeing a few engines starting to pull out. from the beginning these firefighters were on the defensive. they were trying to keep the massive blaze from spreading. by night fall firefighters were snuffing out a fire that could be see around the bay. >> it was insane how big it got. i was worried it would spread to this building. >> linda gruben came home when she noticed several frantic firefighters. >> they followed me in. they pulled the fire alarm and said everybody needs to evacuate. >> about 30 tenants raced out anded immediately felt the heat even though the windows were too hot to touch. >> you couldn't see them crash, but you could hear them cracking from the heat. >> the plan is to put every available hose o

. >> i'm dan ashley. at least four americans were on board including an infant. >> vietnamese authorities detected signals from the missing plane about 120 miles southwest of the vietnamese coast. and we are learning that china has sent two ships to the area to help with search and rescue. >> here is david curly. >> the malaysia airlines flight was going to beijing when all contact was lost. 227 passengers and 12 crew aboard. the boeing 777200 left after midnight local time and was due in the early morning hours of beijing. the airline said it lost radar contact with the aircraft two hours after takeoff. reportedly over vietnamese airspace. the ceo of malaysian airlines released a statement saying, quote, we deeply regret we lost all contact with flight mh370. search and rescue efforts are underway with a full day of light for rescue teams. >> our focus now is to work with emergency responders and the authorities. our thoughts and prayers are with all the passengers and crew. >> experts say the scenario i

a i'm dan ashley. >> i'm carol johnson. a tense standoff ended in >> officers used a flashbang grenade and then the sound of gunfire. this happened on san pedro avenue hours after it it began. >> family members called police to say their son was armed with an ax and displaying paranoid behavior. the neighborhood was evacuated. >> the man stabbed one of the s.w.a.t team members and other s.w.a.t officers opened fire killing him. the injuries to the s.w.a.t officer stabbed were not life-threatening. >>> and security concerns at sfo. a woman who was relentlessly trying to sneak past checkpoint stepped in again and did it tonight. she didn't make it through, but she has in the past. >> she was arrested at sfo. that's where you can see her photo and that's where abc7 news reporter alan wang is live tonight. alan? >> dan police arrested this woman before she even got to the security checkpoint. they are pretty sure she was trying to make it on a plane again because she had two carry on bags with her. the tsa says she is not a bow

i'm dan ashley. >> i'm carolyn johnson.bc7 news reporter cornell bernard is live with the latest on this breaking news for us. >> it could be the bestin the sd yet in the search for the missing plane in the indian ocean. aircraft have just arrived including a u.s. navy plane which picked up something significant on radar. search crews are rushing to the center of the indian ocean for two objects that could be related to the search for the missing malaysia airlines flight 370. the objects were spotted from australian satellites. officials called the discovery credible. >> on this particular occasion, the size and the fact that there are a number located in the same area makes it worth looking at. >> the largest object is hot to be 78 feet long and located 1500 miles from australia. all strain yen military air -- australian military aircraft are on the way. >> we have four aircraft out there this afternoon. the weather is not playing a game with us. we may get a citing and we may not. we may get it tomorrow and we may not. we

i'm dan ashley. >> i'm carolyn johnson. sandhya patel is tracking the system for us, and she is here with live doppler 7hd. >> carolyn and dan, we will get drenched tomorrow morning during the commute. let's check out live doppler 7hd and we can see what is on there now. we are just beginning to see a few showers developing in the last half hour or so. the first batch is around san mateo county and down toward the santa cruz mountains. it is going to be heading from west to east. we also have another batch i am tracking right now around san ramon. you can see it here heading out. as we take a wider look, you can see how the lightning strikes earlier today in the valley? well, we have a possibility of se thunderstorm thunderstorms developing off the coastline here as we head into tomorrow. it doesn't look very impressive, but that is going to bring us a rough morning commute. i'll be back with a look at the timing and exactly when we may see some thunderstorms around here. dan? >> thank you. >>> and the storm is bringing snow

i'm dan ashley. >> i'm carolyn johnson.roke outt fourth and china basin streets a few blocks from at& block from the ucsf mission bay campus. >> alan wang is live with our coverage. alan? >> dan and carolyn, the battle 1* taperin seeie are seeing fewer hoses on the fire, and we are seeing a few engines starting to pull out. from the beginning these firefighters were on the defensive. they were trying to keep the massive blaze from spreading. by night fall firefighters were snuffing out a fire that could be see around the bay. >> it was insane how big it got. i was worried it would spread to this building. >> linda gruben came home when she noticed several frantic firefighters. >> they followed me in. they pulled the fire alarm and said everybody needs to evacuate. >> about 30 tenants raced out anded immediately felt the heat even though the windows were too hot to touch. >> you couldn't see them crash, but you could hear them cracking from the heat. >> the plan is to put every ak it down.ose on the fire a do. that meant calling the water department and diverting more esh prer to the h

. >> i'm dan ashley. the other major players in the scandal raymond "shrimp boy" chow a gangster and a political consultant.cornell be. >> arms deals, bribery and corruption. this criminal complaint reads like a spy novel and one of the bay area's highest ranking politicians was a key player. >> the charges are pretty serious. what do you have to say? >> he walked out of federal court with nothing to say to reporters. he jumped in a waiting car and sped away. yee was arrested early today at his home and taken to federal court where he was charged with weapons trafficking and public corruption and soliciting money for political favors. the criminal complaint charges 26 people including infamous chinatown gangster who was charged with money laundering and dealing in stolen property. they the the senate office before dawn. >> this morning the fbi is executing multiple arrest and search warrants. >> agents raided this building in san francisco's bay view district where they carted off boxes of evidence. one o

. >> i'm dan ashley. at least four americans were on board including an infant. >> vietnamese authorities detected signals from the missing plane about 120 miles southwest of the vietnamese coast. and we are learning that china has sent two ships to the area to help with search and rescue. >> here is david curly. >> the malaysia airlines flight was going to beijing when all contact was lost. 227 passengers and 12 crew aboard. the boeing 777200 left after midnight local time and was due in the early morning hours of beijing. the airline said it lost radar contact with the aircraft two hours after takeoff. reportedly over vietnamese airspace. the ceo of malaysian airlines released a statement saying, quote, we deeply regret we lost all contact with flight mh370. search and rescue efforts are underway with a full day of light for rescue teams. >> our focus now is to work with emergency responders and the authorities. our thoughts and prayers are with all all the passengers and crew. >> experts say the scenar

good afternoon, i'm dan ashley. >> you can see rain clouds continue to cover the skies. >> spencer christian is live on the roof of the building with a look at live doppler 7 hd. >> a partial clearing but rain is falling, still, here is live doppler 7 hd. a trail of rain reaching from inland east bay down across fremont area into parts of the south bay and santa cruz mountains. in this area it's raining along interstate 580. some steady rainfall there. that is probably slowing town late afternoon commute. over into the sierra some light snow that will develop into heavier snow. four rainfall totals under a tenth inch. san francisco 16/100ths. 15/100ths in oakland. now, here is a forecast animation at 7:00 this evening. during overnight hours, pockets of showers, periods of rain by 5:00 in the morning we'll see more areas of steadier rainfall. heaviest rain arrives in mid morning hours around 9:00 or so with a possibility of isolated thunderstorms. there will be more to follow as a week of active weather lies ahead, weekend, i should add. >> spencer, thank you. >> today's rainfall isn't enoug

then, join dan ashley and me for abc7 news tonight at 11:00 >>.ou know it's been said we have one movie in us like my knee surgery. >> easy to say >> as wayne freedman tells us in this case there is a big payoff. >> got a couple college students be super heros? let's see. >> manly man. >> never heard of you. >> you will. >> most definitely. assuming you get to seat short film produced. >> it's about a sick super hero could who can't save the world at the moment. >> they heard about a contest to make a short film in a week and decided to give it a shot. >> i have never done a movie before. >> didn't it scare you? >> not too much, no. >> melissa wrote the script z he's a computer whiz looking for an opportunity to special special affects. >> it's a red circuit then we had different effects giving it that electric look. on the inside. >> they professor blown away. >> this something you won't sdpoekt see in a student film. >> when one considers they had a small budget. look carefully. >> that is a towel. >> he's wearing a towel. >> it's mine. yes. >>

good evening, i'm dan ashley. spencer christian is on the roof of the broadcast center tonight tracking the weather. >> that's right. some people are singing the rain. dan, i'm smiling in the rain. let's look at live doppler 7 h.d. while i still have a smile on my face. light to moderate rain falling across virtually all the bay area now. steadiest rainfall at the moment is up in the north bay. the pocket of light to moderate rain is beginning to push onshore now. this is the movement of the system, and you see the back edge? it looks like it's about to taper off in the north bay once the current wave pushes through. we'll have rain, at least light rain, overnight into the early morning commute. 24-hour rainfall totals looking impressive. in the north bay, .75 at mt. st. helena. i'll give you a look later at how much we can expect out of the system and what the morning commute will look look. >> smiling and forecasting the rain. nice. thank you very much. >> multitasking. >>> spencer mentioned tonight's storm is no

here is abc 7 news anchor dan ashley. >> reporter: lake tahoe remains an environmental treasure in ans driven by casinos. the competition for indian gaming changed everything. >> we saw our economy go into free fall even before the great recession hit. >> reporter: businesses shut down. big construction project went bankrupt and sat unfinished for six years. plans to redevelop aging hotels and casinos struggled to get financing. >> we lost population. >> reporter: now there is cautious optimism in the business community that the worst may be over. >> our feeling is that things are definitely on the way back. >> that abandoned construction project is under way again and two large developments may be going up soon. one will turn the home wood ski area into a high-end village and resort, the other at edgewood golf course. the deal requires edgewood to open some of its spectacular beach to the public. >> basically where you're looking at that pier area down to one more, this is where the public beach will be. >> many tahoe business owners are excited about the flurry of activity. a coalit

here is abc 7 news anchor dan ashley with this morning's assignment 7 report. >> reporter: lake tahoens an environmental treasure in an area hit hard by economic progress. for decades, the economy here was driven by casinos. the competition for indian gaming changed everything. >> we saw our economy go into freefall even before the great recession hit. >> reporter: businesses shut down. big construction project went bankrupt and sat unfinished for six years. plans to redevelop aging hotels and casinos struggled to get financing. >> schools closed. we lost population. >> reporter: now there is cautious optimism in the business community that the worst may be over. >> our feeling is that things are definitely on the way back. >> that abandoned construction project is under way again and two large developments may be going up soon. one will turn the homewood ski area into a high-end village and resort, the other at edgewood golf course, about to break ground on a new hotel and 40 homes. the deal requires edgewood to open some of its spectacular beach to the public. >> basically where you

i'm dan ashley. >> i'm carolyn johnson. abc7 news reporter cornell bernard is live with the latest on this breaking news for us. >> it could be the best lead yet in the search for the missing plane in the indian ocean. aircraft have just arrived including a u.s. navy plane which picked up something significant on radar. search crews are rushing to the center of the indian ocean for two objects that could be related to the search for the missing malaysia airlines flight 370. the objects were spotted from australian satellites. officials called the discovery credible. >> on this particular occasion, the size and the fact that there are a number located in the same area makes it worth looking at. >> the largest object is hot to be 78 feet long and located 1500 miles from australia. all strain yen military air -- australian military aircraft are on the way. >> we have four aircraft out there this afternoon. the weather is not playing a game with us. we may get a citing and we may not. we may get it tomorrow and we may not. we w

dan ashley shows us in this morning's "assignment report" it's helping farmers. >> 8 million birds aavel along the pacific fly-way through california central valley but 95% of the wetlands they depend on are gone, so a lot of large birds now rely on flooded rice fields for a place to rest and east but rice farmers usually drain their fields in january, that means there's no habitat for smaller shore birds that need wetlands later in february and march. so a non-profit called the nature conservancy has come up with a solution using data from citizen scientists. it starts with a website called ebird where amateur bird watchers post their sightings. >> millions and millions of entries that amateur birders put into it from all over the united states our data scientists process that information and they create this sort of a map which tells us exactly when and where these birds are. >> reporter: scientists combine that with other information to predict the need for bird habitat. we manipulated the images to make it easier to see. darker blue means birds expected but not wetlands available

a i'm dan ashley. >> i'm carol johnson. a tense standoff ended in >> officers used a flashbang grenade and then the sound of gunfire. this happened on san pedro avenue hours after it it began. >> family members called police to say their son was armed with an ax and displaying paranoid behavior. the neighborhood was evacuated. >> the man stabbed one of the opened fire members and other killing him. the injuries to the s.w.a.t officer stabbed were not life-threatening. >>> and security concerns at sfo. a woman who was relentlessly trying to sneak past checkpoint stepped in again and did it tonight. she didn't make it through, but she has in the past. >> she was arrested at sfo. that's where you can see her photo and that's where abc7 news reporter alan wang is live tonight. alan? >> dan police arrested this woman before she even got to the security checkpoint. they are pretty sure she was trying to make it on a plane again because she had two carry on bags with her. the tsa says she is not a bow gnaw fight -- bonafide threat

i'm dan ashley. >> i'm carolyn johnson. ama dates is in the newsroom with the latest for us. ama? >> dan and carolyn, we are waiting for this news conference to begin. we are told the prime minister is going to be making an announcement. here is what what we learned so far in the last couple hours. a government official said it is conclusive that one of the pilots highjacked the malaysia airline jet missing since last saturday. the official said nomo tiff was established and it is not yet clear where the plane was taken. now here is some of the evidence that lead them to this conclusion. the boeing 777 commune cation with the -- communication was severed. abc news learned there were several turns that took the jet toward the indian ocean leading to the conclusion a rogue pilot or hijacker was controlling the plane. >> if somebody is making a major heading changing it would impact the controls. >> they believe two key tracking devices were intentionally turned off in the cockpit. after disappearing from radar, sources say the jet was pinging a satellite every hour for four hours to

i'm dan ashley. >> i'm carolyn johnson. sandhya patel is tracking the system for us, and she is here with live doppler 7hd. >> carolyn and dan, we will get drenched tomorrow morning during the commute. let's check out live doppler 7hd and we can see what is on there now. we are just beginning to see a few showers developing in the last half hour or so. the first batch is around san mateo county and down toward the santa cruz mountains. it is going to beheading from west to east. we also have another batch i am tracking right now around san ramon. you can see it here heading out. as we take a wider look, you can see how the lightning strikes earlier today in the valley? well, we have a possibility of seeing some of the thunderstorms developing off the coastline here as we head into tomorrow. it doesn't look very impressive, but that is going to bring us a rough morning commute. i'll be back with a look at the timing and exactly when we may see some thunderstorms around here. dan? >> thank you. >>> and the storm is bringing sn

abc 7 news anchor dan ashley shows us in this morning's assignment 7 report it's helping farmers at theime. >> reporter: 8 million birds a year travel along the pacific fly-way through california central valley but 95% of the wetlands they depend on are gone, so a lot of large birds now rely on flooded rice fields for a place to rest and east but rice farmers usually drain their fields in january, that means there's no habitat for smaller shore birds that need wetlands later in february and march. so a non-profit called the nature conservancy has come up with a solution using data from citizen scientists. d ebird where amateur bird watchers post their sightings. >> millions and millions of entries that amateur birders put into it from all over the united states our data scientists process that information and they create this sort of a map which tells us exactly when and where these birds are. >> reporter: scientists combine that with other information to predict the need for bird habitat. we manipulated the images to make it easier to see. darker blue means birds expected but not wetl

i'm dan ashley. >> i'm ama dates in for carolyn johnson. >> moderate-sized earthquake and three dozen aftershocks rocked southern california tonight. the magnitude 5.1 quake hit at 9:09 this evening and centered in brea which is in orange county. >> it came an hour after a 3.6 quake shook la habra. a series of aftershocks from 2.7 to 3.6 followed. there are reports of minor damage called into the los angeles fire department. >>> this -- >> this is a watermain break and firefighters are responding and here is damage indoors. a mirror is broken in a bathroom in whittier. this living room is a mess after a cd tower collapsed. >> the tv was safe there, but not in this bedroom. the usgs says this is the kind of damage it expects to be reported. >> my cupboards and everything fell. >> rocks started hitting the ground and we all went under the table. >> her glass and her frames and everything fell on the floor. she was scared. we went and picked her up jie. we are going to sleep in the car. it just keeps happening. they got scared and they want to leave. >> my husband walked around to our ne

. >> and i'm dan ashley.eslie brinkley is live in the district with the big demolition job. >> well, there is still tonight smoke and still fire. cries are working on this. crews are working on this. this is essentially a nine-story building reduced to three stories of smoldering rubble. crews made tremendous progress late in the day with serious demolition work. >> the flicker of flame in the window was a hidden pocket of fire buried in this apartment building's rubble. lots of these hot pockets came to life as crews ripped into the fragile, scorched walls and forced the structure to collapse in on itself. >> they started moving around those piles and it flared up. did makes it easier for us. when the buildings started collapsing the building material was stuck under the roof. we can't get it from above because the water is just not penetrating it. with the work they are doing they are opening up holes and we can get our water directly where the fire is burning. >> here is a look at the unstable structure on

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i'm dan ashley. >> i'm ama dates in for carolyn johnson. >> moderate-sized earthquake and three dozen aftershocks rocked southern california tonight. the magnitude 5.1 quake hit at 9:09 this evening and centered in brea which is in orange county. >> it came an hour after a 3.6 quake shook la habra. a series of aftershocks from 2.7 to 3.6 followed. there are reports of minor damage called into the los angeles fire department. >>> this -- >> this is a watermain break and firefighters are responding and here is damage indoors. a mirror is broken in a bathroom in whittier. this living room is a mess after a cd tower collapsed. >> the tv was safe there, but not in this bedroom. the usgs says this is the kind of damage it expects to be reported. >> my cupboards and everything fell. >> rocks started hitting the ground and we all went under the table. >> her glass and her frames and everything fell on the floor. she was scared. we went and picked her up jie. we are going to sleep in the car. it just keeps happening. they got scared and they want to leave. >> my husband walked around to our ne

i'm dan ashley. >> i'm carolyn johnson. >> the fire broke out at fourth and china basin streets a fewfrom at&t park a block from the ucsf mission bay campus. >> alan wang is live with our coverage. alan? >> dan and carolyn, the battle 1* tapering down and we are seeing fewer hoses on the fire, and we are seeing a few engines starting to pull out. from the beginning these firefighters were on the defensive. they were trying to keep the massive blaze from spreading. by night fall firefighters were snuffing out a fire that could be see around the bay. >> it was insane how big it got. i was worried it would spread to this building. >> linda gruben came home when she noticed several frantic firefighters. >> they followed me in. they pulled the fire alarm and said everybody needs to evacuate. >> about 30 tenants raced out anded immediately felt the heat even though the windows were too hot to touch. >> you couldn't see them crash, but you could hear them cracking from the heat. >> the plan is to put every available hose on the fire and soak it down. that meant calling the water department a

. >> i'm dan ashley. at least four americans were on board including an infant. >> vietnamese authorities detected signals from the missing plane about 120 miles southwest of the vietnamese coast. and we are learning that china has sent two ships to the area to help with search and rescue. >> here is david curly. >> the malaysia airlines flight was going to beijing when all contact was lost. 227 passengers and 12 crew aboard. the boeing 777200 left after midnight local time and was due in the early morning hours of beijing. the airline said it lost radar contact with the aircraft two hours after takeoff. reportedly over vietnamese airspace. the ceo of malaysian airlines released a statement saying, quote, we deeply regret we lost all contact with flight mh370. search and rescue efforts are underway with a full day of light for rescue teams. >> our focus now is to work with emergency responders and the authorities. our thoughts and prayers are with all the passengers and crew. >> experts say the scenario i

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i'm dan ashley. >> i'm carolyn johnson. ama dates is in the newsroom with the latest for us. ama? nd carolyn, we are waiting for this news conference to begin. we are told the prime minister is going to be making an announcement. here is what what we learned so far in the last couple hours. a government official said it is conclusive that one of the pilots highjacked the malaysia airline jet missing since last saturday. the official said nomo tiff was established and it is not yet clear where the plane was taken. now here is some of the evidence that lead them to this conclusion. the boeing 777 commune cation with the -- communication was severed. abc news learned there were several turns that took the jet toward the indian ocean leading to the conclusion a rogue pilot or hijackecont was controlling the plane. >> if somebody is making a major heading changing it would impact the controls. >> they believe two key tracking devices were intentionally turned off in the cockpit. after disappearing from radar, sources say the jet was pinging a satellite every hour for four hours to a dat

i'm dan ashley. >> i'm carolyn johnson. ama dates is in the newsroom with the latest for us. ama? nd carolyn, we are waiting for this news conference to begin. we are told the prime minister is going to be making an announcement. here is what what we learned so far in the last couple hours. a government official said it is conclusive that one of the pilots highjacked the malaysia airline jet missing since last saturday. the official said nomo tiff was established and it is not yet clear where the plane was taken. now here is some of the evidence that lead them to this conclusion. the boeing 777 commune cation with the -- communication was severed. abc news learned there were several turns that took the jet toward the indian ocean leading to the conclusion a rogue pilot or hijacker was controlling the plane. >> if somebody is making a major heading changing it would impact the controls. >> they believe two key tracking devices were intentionally turned off in the cockpit. after disappearing from radar, sources say the jet was pinging a satellite every hour for four hours to a data h

i'm dan ashley. >> i'm ama dates in for carolyn johnson.ut this video just coming into our newsroom. lightning and thundereast bay. this was shot just moments ago in martinez. it is looking toward pleasant hill. >> don't see that that often. this is just what we need another round of rain. sandhya patel is tracking the system on live doppler 7hd. sandhya? >> let me show you live doppler 7hd. it was narrow band of rain moving through, and then as i show you the loop here, just in this past hour you will notice the thunderstorms rolling in across the east bay. numerous lightning strikes are being president ared and we have activity that is in the east bay and tracking it out and heading toward the area in 29 minutes. it is still a very unstable situation. watching some lighter returns as far as the rain is concerned around san francisco toward the santa cruz mountains. i do want to concentrate on this area where we have seen heavier returns around the east bay. alvarado niles road and out toward the 680, san ramon area you can see san ramon v

i'm dan ashley. carolyn johnson is off. we have live team coverage starting with spencer christian on the roof of the abc7 news broadcast center. how does the storm look on live doppler hd. >> we have stormy weather scatter ited around. scattered around. the winds started gusting and my umbrella is out of my hands. we have rain moving out to the north bay right now, but let's skip over to the sacramento valley. we had a funnel cloud sighted and there there was a tornado warning out. it has expired. no tornado touched down. back to the north bay, we have showers moving to parts of sonoma county and it looks like there could be some locally heavy downpours in there. lots of moisture off shore into the santa cruz mountain region. here is a look at the big storm that is generating the stormy weather including thunderstorms as you can see out to sea. let's look at the rainfall totals. they have been generous. over an inch as san francisco, airfield, almost an inch at san jose. as we start our forecast animation, thunderstorms ar

i'm dan ashley. >> i'm ama dates in for carolyn johnson. check out this video just coming into our newsroom. lightning and thunder in the east bay. this was shot just moments ago in martinez. it is looking toward pleasant hill. >> don't see that that often. this is just what we need another round of rain. sandhya patel is tracking the system on live doppler 7hd. sandhya? >> let me show you live doppler 7hd. it was narrow band of rain moving through, and then as i show you the loop here, just in this past hour you will notice the thunderstorms rolling in across the east bay. numerous lightning strikes are being president ared and we have activity that is in the east bay and tracking it out and heading toward the area in 29 minutes. it is still a very unstable situation. watching some lighter returns as far as the rain is concerned around san francisco toward the santa cruz mountains. i do want to concentrate on this area where we have seen heavier returns around the east bay. alvarado niles road and out toward the 680, san ramon area you can

i'm dan ashley. >> i'm ama dates in for carolyn johnson. >> moderate-sized earthquake and three dozennia tonight. the magnitude 5.1 quake hit at 9:09 this evening and centered in brea which is in orange county. >> it came an hour after a 3.6 quake shook la habra. a series of aftershocks from 2.7 to 3.6 followed. there are reports of minor damage called into the los angeles fire department. >>> this -- >> this is a watermain break and firefighters are responding and here is damage indoors. a mirror is broken in a bathroom in whittier. this living room is a mess after a cd tower collapsed. >> the tv was safe there, but not in this bedroom. the usgs says this is the kind of damage it expects to be reported. >> my cupboards and everything fell. >> rocks started hitting the ground and we all went under the table. >> her glass and her frames and everything fell on the floor. she was scared. we went and picked her up jie. we are going to sleep in the car. it just keeps happening. they got scared and they want to leave. >> my husband walked around to our neighbors and checked up on everybody.

i'm dan ashley. carolyn johnson is off.e have live team coverage starting with spencer christian on the roof of the abc7 news broadcast center. how does the storm look on live doppler hd. >> we have stormy weather scatter ited around. scattered around. the winds started gusting and my umbrella is out of my hands. we have rain moving out to the north bay right now, but let's skip over to the sacramento valley. we had a funnel cloud sighted and there there was a tornado warning out. it has expired. no tornado touched down. back to the north bay, we have showers moving to parts of sonoma county and it looks like there could be some locally heavy downpours in there. lots of moisture off shore into the santa cruz mountain region. here is a look at the big storm that is generating the stormy weather including thunderstorms as you can see out to sea. let's look at the rainfall totals. they have been generous. over an inch as san francisco, airfield, almost an inch at san jose. as we start our forecast animation, thunderstorms are

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i'm dan ashley. carolyn johnson is off. we have live team coverage starting with spencer christian on the roof of the abc7 news broadcast center. how does the storm look on live doppler hd. >> we have stormy weather scatter ited around. scattered around. the winds started gusting and my umbrella is out of my hands. we have rain moving out to the north bay right now, but let's skip over to the sacramento valley. we had a funnel cloud sighted and there there was a tornado warning out. it has expired. no tornado touched down. back to the north bay, we have showers moving to parts of sonoma county and it looks like there could be some locally heavy downpours in there. lots of moisture off shore into the santa cruz mountain region. here is a look at the big storm that is generating the stormy weather including thunderstorms as you can see out to sea. let's look at the rainfall totals. they have been generous. over an inch as san francisco, airfield, almost an inch at san jose. as we start our forecast animation, thunderstorms ar

good evening, i'm dan ashley. >> this is live from the south beach camera.e the smoke billowed into the sky. it's causing a huge fire. >> we understand just moments ago firefighters have pulled away from the structure because the fear is that a collapse is imminent. >> what is the latest at the scene? >> this fire is now five alarms five alarms assignment. we're goal is to protect the buildings that are surrounding the building. this particular building is a one kwar block. it's under construction >> have you managed to contain it? has it spread to only buildings? >> okay. so the fire has not spread to other buildings. it's contained to this particular structure. there is radiant heat coming off of the structure. >> so when you pull firefighters back how is the effort going to evolve from here? you have to get the firefighters to retreat, it becomes more challenging. >> right. it is. we have introduced our high water system in this. which is possible with the volume yum of water reaching longer distance. >> mindy. thank you for coming on. we're going to come

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i'm dan ashley. >> i'm ama dates in for carolyn johnson.heck out this video just coming into our newsroom. lightning and thunder in the east bay. this was shot just moments ago in martinez. it is looking toward pleasant hill. >> don't see that that often. this is just what we need another round of rain. sandhya patel is tracking the system on live doppler 7hd. sandhya? >> let me show you live doppler 7hd. it was narrow band of rain moving through, and then as i show you the loop here, just in this past hour you will notice the thunderstorms rolling in across the east bay. numerous lightning strikes are being president ared and we have activity that is in the east bay and tracking it out and heading toward the area in 29 minutes. unstable very unstable situation. watching some lighter returns as far as the rain is concerned around san francisco toward the santa cruz mountains. i do want to concentrate on this area where we have seen heavier returns around the east bay. alvarado niles road and out toward the 680, san ramon area you can see sa

good evening, i'm dan ashley. >> i'm cheryl jennings. >> thunder, and rain the weather rolled throughdhya patel. >> we're just getting started with the storm. this steady rain starting to shift but we have very heavy rain right now taking you in closer we have heavy rain coming down. today we've seen thunderstorms. now there is lighter rain towards richmond, berkeley and oakland. it's steady as you can see so far rainfall have changed from a third inch to a half inch. we've seen over an inch in the santa cruz mountains. we still are not done with thunderstorms. we may see low snow levels cheryl? >> thank you. >> abc7 news is live

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good evening, i'm dan ashley. >> this is live from the south beach camera. you can see the smoke billowed into the sky. it's causing a huge fire. >> we understand just moments ago firefighters have pulled away from the structure because the fear is that a collapse is imminent. >> what is the latest at the scene? >> this fire is now five alarms five alarms assignment. we're goal is to protect the buildings that are surrounding the building. this particular building is a one kwar block. it's under construction >> have you managed to contain it? has it spread to only buildings? >> okay. so the fire has not spread to other buildings. it's contained to this particular structure. there is radiant heat coming off of the structure. >> so when you pull firefighters back how is the effort going to evolve from here? you have to get the firefighters to retreat, it becomes more challenging. >> right. it is. we have introduced our high water system in this. which is possible with the volume yum of water reaching longer distance. >> mindy. thank you for coming on. we're go

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. >> i'm dan ashley. coming up at 5:00 new beginnings and how crunch time is ending for a bay area crisis center. and if you ever wanted to take out an alternative energy car now is the chance. and... a bay area professor that has done so >>> virgin america made a lot of noise when it moved into mineta san jose airport. today, it announced it will be moving. >> virgin america isn't the biggest airline but appears to be very popular. eight flights to and from los angeles will go away permanently may 14th. this morning a broke the news to loyal passenger casy, and asked what he'll do. >> i didn't know that until now. so, i am not sure yet. but... it is depressing. because i did like virgin america. >> virgin america started with fanfare, but in a statement virgin america said despite our improving performance at mineta san jose international airport, demand in the market hasn't met expectations and we made the decision to focus on more lucrative, long-haul flying opportunities. officials say the route is a