milton freedman's economics worked partly because milton freedman worked, and if you contrast him with the other great economists of the 20th 20th century, john maynard keynes. keynes was born into academia, his mom was a social gospel do-gooder, like a professional volunteer. keynes went to eaton, and he went to cambridge, fancy british schools. he cavorted with this free, wheel, free-love, socialist bisexual clique when he was in his 20's or so. you can't get further away from rawway, new jersey, as that. and the point of all this is that sometimes people who live in comfort are the only ones who can really afford to have ideas that don't work in the real world. here was a guy, keynes, who was living up in in the ether, and he pushed a lot of ethereal theories and i don't think you can say that about milton freedman, he wasn't just an economist who appealed to other economists. won the nobel prizin' 1976. part of the reason why so many noneconomiests know freedman is because he was able to pass on interesting complex ideas to the layman. he did it in his book, and he certainly did th

wayne freedman, abc7 news. >>> they remind us to pack our emergency kits. even though there was no serious damage we did get a few reports of minor damage mostly things falling off shelves. a viewer from penngrove in sonoma county sent this picture. if you have photos or video we would like to see it upload them to ureport.abc7news.com. also to find out how you can be prepared for the next quake and to track all the quakes in our area check out the quake tracker link at abc7news.com/ quaketracker >> first sitting israeli president ever to visit the bay area is in silicon valley right now. shimon peres' trip involves diplomacy and footwork. >> reporter: we are at the entrance to ibm in san jose. quiet at the gate except for the occasional sound of helicopters. security tight. take a look at some of the video we shot a while ago there. are security guards here as well as san joseb5uñ police officers checking everyone who goes in and out. it is israeli and uss is that is in charge of everyone who -- and u.s. secret service that is in charge of everyone who goe

as wayne freedman reports, they are getting much more support than they ever imagined. >> you are looking at one of the best times in life. the innocence of youth, the passion of an organized sport like bmx racing. >> he loves it more than anything else in life which is really quite revealing. 24 hours earlier he was actively fighting for that life awaiting two big khaem chemotherapy injections. >> leukemia. >> it came about all of a sudden. >> for luke's father and mother, there are no easy answers to the question of why. >> initially it is shock, heartbreak. >> replaced by determination to endure the treatment at lucille packard children's hospital. they are getting support from all places, very same races they try to hard to win every

wayne freedman abc7 news. >>> they remind us to pack our emergency kits. even though there was no serious damage we did get a few reports of minor damage mostly things falling off shelves. a viewer from penngrove in sonoma county sent this picture. if you have photos or video we would like to see it upload them to ureport.abc7news.com. also to find out how you can be prepared for the next quake and to track all the quakes in our area check out the quake tracker link at abc7news.com/ quaketracker >> first sitting israeli president ever to visit the bay area is in silicon valley right now. shimon peres' trip involves diplomacy and footwork. >> reporter: we are at the entrance to ibm in san jose. quiet at the gate except for the occasional sound of helicopters. security tight. take a look at some of the video we shot a while ago there. are security guards here as well as san joseb5uñ police officers checking everyone who goes in and out. it is israeli and uss is that is in charge of everyone who -- and u.s. secret service that is in charge of everyone who goe

good for you. >> thank you. >> david freedman, what's up with you?my show "imagination" is on national tour and i'm going to be directing a show and performing at carnegie hall in april. >> and dave? >> pilot season heating up in california. >> good to see you. what is it? >> neutrogena. >> we love you. thank you. have an awesome day, everybody. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> jimmy: hey, you guys. it's broadway week right here at "late night," and right now i'm standing in front of the stephen sondheim theatre on 43rd street, where currently "anything goes" is enjoying a great run. and you'll get to see a performance from "anything goes" tonight. let's start the show. >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center, the national broadcasting company presents -- tonight's guests are -- and featuring the legendary roots crew. and here he is -- jimmy fallon! [ cheers and applause ]

wayne freedman abc 7 news thank you very much. and we are in san francisco where public works crews spent the day making sure the city could handle the rain. heather? >> the storm drains here are performing well this afternoon. thanks in large part to sfpuc vacuum here a couple hours ago cleaning out debris. when it comes to the storm drain system here, everything above ground is up to the dcw and there is those trucks that are working to suck out debrie from clogged drains and there are crews on stand by for weekend just in case. and so far, p.u.c. says rain has been manageable. pg&e reported a quiet day as well. this is despite rain but wants to take this opportunity to remind people to prepare for the worst by doing things like making sure that you have flashlights, and radios ready with fresh batteries. there is rainfall that is a good thing for the hetch hetchy water supply. storm drains well equipped to handle the rain we've gotten so far oo. this kind of rain is great. it comes down in a slow, steady pace over a long period

from napa, wayne freedman, "abc 7 news." >>> if you would like a schedule of upcoming races and linkwebsite, go to "abc 7 news" and click see it on tv. >> don't go away, "7 on your side" is next. >> what you need to know if an unauthorized charge shows up on your phone bill. >>> sometimes the bills we have to pay can be confusing. many of us don't even look at them. michael finney tells us about one customer who paid the price. >> got a package for a phone with no -- >> david looks over his bill from verizon wireless. he regrets not looking eight looking at it closely. david discovered he was being billed $30 with a phone with no internet access. >> we have multiple phones on the plan. my wife has two flip phones and i have a data plan on my phone. somehow, two data packages got thrown in there. >> it turns out he has been paying the unauthorized charge for 16 months. he complained to his local verizon store. >> they felt it was a charge that was justified, that we should have looked at the bill six months earlier and brought it to their attention then. >> he then complained to custo

from boreal ridge, wayne freedman, ogemaws. >> the door did open and he got out of the snow. >> more snow on the way to tahoe. we are not getting any rain right now at this moment in the bay area. more showers headed our way as well. i'll have details in the accuweather forecast coming up. >>> a woman who does her business daily at a san francisco bus stop. >> i'm right here at ground zero for the whole show. >> the abc 7 news i team looks into why no one can do anything to stop her. >>> and a california woman was steps away from the sea when the alarm sounded. come up, how she survived a come up, how she survived a tsunami i i y [ teen ] times are good, aren't they, kids? it's nice having u-verse, isn't it? see back in my day, we didn't have these newfangled wireless receivers. fangled? no, we watched march madness in the living room... that's where the tv outlet was. what is he talking about? and if mom was hosting her book club that day, guess what...you missed it! we couldn't just move the tv all willy-nilly all over the house. ohh! ohh! kids today have it so go

wayne freedman reports from loring point in pacifica. >> it's an environmental preserve.point, a perfect getaway between the shark park golf course and the pacifica suburbs. if you look closely per gallon bonds you can see frog eggs or at night people can hear them. >> it's a big echo of ribets, basically. >> natalie just earned her masters from san francisco state. she came here looking for one type of frog in particularly. >> you can usually just grab them. >> based on the noise they make, the name is fitting, chorus frog. >> this is an adult. >> a little frog like that makes all that noise? >> i know. they are one of the smallest frogs in california and one of the loudest. >> thanks to research she just published, it's the most interesting frog to anyone familiar with implications of the kitred fungus. that includes her professor, dr. lance freedenburg. >> we are studying a disease unheard of in recorded history. it's had a bigger impact than any other disease ever recorded. >> they only discovered it about 15 years ago. it is killing amphibians worldwide. the question

at san francisco's embarcadero bart station, wayne freedman, abc7 news.> don't go away. 7 on your side is next. >> a family puts $25,000 in a tax-free college fund, but it disappears. i'm michael finney. coming up, 7 on your side locates the cash. ♪ okay, so who ordered the cereal that can help lower cholesterol and who ordered the yummy cereal? yummy. that's yours. lower cholesterol. lower cholesterol. i'm yummy. lower cholesterol. i got that wrong didn't i? [ male announcer ] want great taste? honey nut cheerios. want whole grain oats that can help lower cholesterol? honey nut cheerios. it's a win win. good? [ crunching, sipping ] be happy. be healthy. can i try yours? >> one way to handle college expenses is to set up a special bank account that earns tax-free interest. it can help if it works, but one family had the opposite result. 7 on your side's michael finney stepped in to help out. >> this is damian when he was just 4 years old. his father wanted to make sure that he could go to college some day. >> in 2006 my mom passed and i got an inheritance

and in the north bay more downed trees and a wrecked home made a mess of things but as wayne freedman reports, they were not the only problems in sonoma county. >> the people who keep track of water and resources tell us we have needed this rain. then again, there are others for whom the timing and consequences could have been better. highway 12 at shellville would have been one of them today. just ask ryan of santa rosa. he was trying to reach a job site in napa this morning. >> i got a four wheel drive truck so i thought maybe it wouldn't be that bad. >> what are you thinking now? >> it is pretty deep. so i guess i'll just turn around. >> reporter: and that would be a mere inconvenience compared with another mess in monta rio. this is all that remains of an old house after a redwood fell on it. loretta was ten feet away next door. >> reporter: did you know what it was. >> coy hear the cracking, you know, of the branches and everything as it fell. >> it was like -- >> it was frightening. >> i got freaked out like i said. the rockets were hitting saigon the last time i was that freake

wayne freedman abc news i'm pressive, thank you. >> and it's not over yet. there is more on the way and it could be heavy there is some heavy rainfalling in the north bay. rain getting heavier. michael says it's piking up so let's show where it's raining now. there is some rainfall becoming heavy around glenn ellen and sonoma area. let's take you into napa county area, there is american canyon, columbus parkway getting heavy rain now there is wooden valley road. there is rain across san francisco, down towards peninsula into east bay. so your commute takes you out towards livermore you'll see a cell here, we're watching this area of heavy rainfall. heading down towards calaveras road there is rain. south bay is lighter, check out this pocket there is some heavy rain and this is for$uu >> the road is wet and at this point it's still going on and that is unknown. >> a quarter of all accidents on the santa cruz side take place at this location z there is a new new service being apply there'd that might reduce the number of crash autos people in the santa cruz m

wayne freedman joins us from the epicenter. wayne? >> i'm only at the golf course because this is the epi center of the quake. they may have felt big, but they were a drop in the bucket in terms of relieving stress. how far stable the ground seems until a morning like today. >> this woke me up. big jolt. wham. >> then it rang the bells on my grandfather clock. >> this is where i slept. i ended on the floor. >> a wiggling and potentially dangerous line of uncertainty. millions held hostage to its whims. there is a familiar part of the area where the usgs keeps an earthquake monday terk it's a pocket where quakes cluster, experts tell us. >> this cluster has been fully active. there have been 18 earthquakes there in 40 year autos they describe it as typical. smaller triggered a larger one. normally liquor stores suffer from events like this. in three today, not one bottle spilled. >> there is nothing fall. >> nor did fireplaces crumble. it was just another early morning wake up call from a fault taking its gee logic time. >> all earthqu

along the sonoma county coast wayne freedman abc 7 news. >> thank you very much. >> we va v.late developments in the case of the embattled sheriff. and the domestic violence case being met with the mayor. >> that meeting just wrapped up. we don't know what went on but do know everyone knows ross mirkarimi did plead guilty. today he waived a right to appeal. so the legal process is over but the politicalç ramifications are just heating up. we did catch up with the sheriff this afternoon heading into that meeting with san francisco mayor and he said he would reach him on sentencing including three years of probation. 100 hours of community service, and 52 weeks of domestic violence counseling. the sheriff offered an emotional apology this morning outside of the courtroom. >> i aa.poll jiz for behavior in z.pain it caused to my wife and sorngs my colleaguedés san francisco sheriff's department and people of san frachblt from what happened there are no excuses and i accept full responsibility. it's through my shame and ordeal i caused... >> we have a statement from the 800 member association say

wayne freedman explains why honeybees are leaving their hives. >> if this is any indication, never station the observational powers of a scientist on a routed he walks everyday. >> that morning two years ago when he first noticed aide the outside the hall on the campus. >> i see the bees and bees that are walking around in circles. they don't know what is going on. >> they came from a hive down below and on the cold weather they should have remained inside but there were dozens of dead wes and the dying wandered around. >> kind of zombie like. he scooped a few bees and carried them upstairs, brought them to his office, filed them on his desk. >> what about science. >> he left them there for about a week didn't pay any attention to them at all. then he looked again. there weren't just bees in there anymore. >> there are little brown things in. >> it he made an accidental discovery. >> there was a fly coming out of the honeybees. >> is that unusual? >> unknown. >> until 2006 nobody heard of colony collapse disorder, affecting honeybees worldwide. >> they come back and all the bees would be g

wayne freedman has an example from u.c.an francisco. >> up on the fifth floor of the medical center, he is one of those people that never stops moving. he is specializes in allergies and immune did he fish echb si. she has a nickname, santa rosa. >> do you feel like a saint. >> but in the mountain village of peru, she takes regular vacations there and not to relax. she leads medical missions. >> they don't have any doctors, enough doctors to see the people. >> by now he has taken six different trips in peru but really taking care of the medical needs might not be enough. she wanted to do more. so the doctor loaned the villagers $11,000 to restore a textile mill. they brought in machines, all they needed was buyer when they begin knitting. that is where michelle from san francisco enters the store of hand committed baby clothes, that is all she sells. >> i do have in it cotton. >> her she appreciates knitting. her mother is peruvian. >> it's incredible. they dye their own yarns. >> and good timing. now, they have never met e

judge paul freedman of the district court here in washington in a recent fairly publicized case called safavian addressed this issue and said no, it is not the prerogative of the prosecutor, one of adversaries of course in this proceeding to decide before a single witness has been called to testify, before a jury has been impanelled, before the judge has ruled on the admissibility of any piece of evidence that some exculpatory or impeachment information will not be material. that's looking judge friedman said at the subject through the wrong end of the telescope. he's absolutely right about that, in my judgment. that makes perfect sense. so i believe the question for the congress may be squarely presented. need we do something about eliminating this materiality requirement so that prosecutors understand that in the pretrial setting, they are required to disclose any information which is favorable to the accused or which would serve to impeach anticipated government witnesses. i know that the department of justice has a strong, contrary view. namely that there should be legislation to a

at san francisco's embarcadero bart station, wayne freedman abc7 news.hat back anyway. you guys were great. >> james tells us as well as fargo go agreed to pay $1,800 interest on the funds for the six months it laid in the dead checking account. now not as much as it might have earned had it been invested but he's glad to have this money back. i'm michael finney, 7 on your side. >> up next we will show you around an old school auditorium that's about to get a new lease on life. ccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc

and that's a lot of effort and work and it's, you know, it's milton freedman used to emphasize that was a very serious cost of a gold standard. that all this gold was being dug up and then put back into another hole. so there is some cost to having a gold standard. but there are some other more serious financial and economic concerns that practical experience showed were part of a gold standard. one of them was the effect that -- of a gold standard on the money supply. since the gold standard determines the money supply, there's not much scope for the central bank to use monetary policy to stabilize the economy. and in particular, under a gold standard, typically the money supply goes up and interest rates go down in periods of strong economic activity. so that's the reverse of what a central bank would normally do today. so again, because you had a gold standard which tied the money supply to gold, there was no flexibility for the central bank to lower interest rates in recession or raise interest rates in an inflation. now some people view that as a benefit of the gold standard, takin

glen freedman, lpr class of 2 2 2012. thank you for your talk and the great reporting you have done. has your reporting uncovered or revealed any connection between local home grown terrorism in iran or saudi arabia? >> what i found in my reporting, especially looking into 9/11, is there are many saudi contacts. this man out in los angeles is a troubling contact. he was glazed over, but not so in the joint congressional inquiry in 2002. one of the the sections in the book deals with hezbollah. a year and a half ago when i interviewed members of the radicalization unit, they talked about hezbollah and to what extent it may have a network inside the united states. i'd say based on my reporting, that's really an unknown, but if you look at the recent statements of the director of national intelligence, james clapper, who is the nation's top intelligence advisor, he's telegraphed two very important things in the last couple of months. first and foremost, that he believes there's been a change in the calculous by the supreme l

abc 7's wayne freedman is live in marin county. wayne?ped raining since after midnight. the natural concern in this part of the area is what happens to the creek?

wayne freedman reports from lori point in pacifica. >> it's an environmental preserve. at the time it made sense. >> so she spent $149 to the company called profit printing and sent another $190 and then three more checks. $1,700 in all. she was told the more she sent the more she could earn. >> it was just as if i was almost hooked on it, they can convince you you are going to be a millionaire by next year this time. >> the only problem was lila never did receive any money. no coupons, no paperwork. so she called to ask about her earnings. >> they said we are so excited and you are going to be excited, too, because we are moving to beverly hills. >> a representative said the company was now called donation bids. and it was moving to beverly hills. she could invest and earn ten times her money. now lila was fed up. >> what about the money that's paid in already, which is over $1,000? no, you can't get that money back. i sid i can get it back? >> there's a number of indicators here that don't look that good. >> jeff is a u. s. postal inspector. when we brought the kiss t

it might surprise to you know there are free concerts going on every day in the bay area, wayne freedmanakes his camma ra into the bart system and listens in. this has become the never ending blending sounds of urban people and machines in motion. and down a stairway there is a haven where you can go. >> this has quality. you don't know until you go. and maybe you've never heard of earl gaston but they know his face and music. and he's not alone. >> my parents wanted me to be a doctor but look what i'm doing here. >> rush hour in bart. it shows darwinism in music. >> anyone will tell you there aren't that many gigs. and this audience is phone shallly one of the world's largest. a distracted moving, hurried one. >> people looking at the tip jar saying wow, they don't know. you pay one bill. you're broke. >> and any rapid transit station reenforces a nation the closer to strangers more distance we tend to need. music pulls people together. >> i see people we wish had time to stop. and someplaces you can't tell what you see. sometimes, it's rewarding. but you get a smile that let's you know

wayne freedman is live with the story. >> the strange twist of events on this day.that accident and a day of people preparing to get ready for the storm tomorrow. and first, let's talk about what happened early this morning on the freeway. by any definition not an ordinary aen

in the oakland hills, wayne freedman abc 7 news. >> thank you, wayne. oakland was deadliest example of the problems wernl wasn't the only one this, tree fell and damaged a car. it kept the road closed and the driver whose car was damaged was not seriously injuredded. >> in that part of the bay area a race to stop more damage to the board walk in santa cruz, there is heavy equipment being used to redistrict the rain swolen river away from the board walk. >> right. right now, the river has two outlets to the ocean, and high tide is now coming in. that is appearing to force the equipment to abandon efforts to create a damn to -- dam to cut ouf the water. the battle has become a popular sport. there is man and machine. >> it's straimpblg, -- strange. seems like the river should go straight out. >> round one goes to the san lor yenzo river, changing course. the path took out a wooden staircase which drops down right here. >> loose things going bye-bye. they'll end up into the ocean, floating back in. >> crews moved in to get the board walk. and confronting t

and reporting live from french camp, wayne freedman abc 7 news. >> wayne, thank you very much. checking political news tonight michelle obama will be in san francisco within the hour. the fund-raiser is getting underway now at the california academy of sciences in golden gate park. she'll deliver the key note address tomorrow and will be helping commission the coast guard cutter stratton. abc 7's bruce cane says the first lady's popularity makes her ideal fund-raiser. >> she's very popular. more than her husband, largely because she doesn't have to take out controversial positions on issues and she's taken a number of positions on things that are popular. >> and president obama attended another fund-raiser in vermont. the last time a sitting prison visited was bill clinton in 1995. >> in washington today the president is imposing moyer sanctions on iran's oil exports, that after determining there is crude oil on the world market for united states and its allies. sanctions affect foreign banks continuing to buy oil from iran. this is ice yol yaiting iran's central bank. they hop

and wayne freedman is live right now with people are dealing with the messy affects of the weather. wayne? >> nasty is not the word. you may have a mess in your hard but don't live in monty rio. if you do, there is a mess in one yard. this picture is a tree falling in the forest. everyone hearing it, four trees, actually. this house has been there since 1908. but last night a large bay tree gave way on the hill and fell and took out three of the redwoods. all came down, crashing through the roof. one tree splintered and impaled in the ground. this happened at about 9:00 p.m. the owner, mike fox was not at home yet. first we're going to hear from mike, then his neighbor who saw this happen. if he had been upstairs he tells us he might not have survived. >> there is when i got here about two hours after. so there was rain coming through the ceiling. >> really? >> yes. it probably would have skewered me. >> this noise i never heard before. i hadn't been that freaked out since the rockets were hit being saigon at night is the last time i was that freaked out. >> good news is that he doe

and we're live in oakland wayne freedman abc 7 news. >> this is fascinating and going to be tight. >> spectacular weather to watch it, though. >> absolutely. one more day. >> there is is a very pleasant early evening and clear skies there is clouds gathering late tomorrow and tomorrow night. there are things lovely. there are mild conditions yesterday, and taking a look at numbers tumbling today, negative numbers in blue indicating how much cooler yesterday, and now into parts of the south bay, slow to clear today. there is morgan hill, 58 degrees, and livermore, 14 degrees cooler. you get the point. pleasant now on mainly clear skies there are readings into mid to upper 50s and will be clear, chilly tonight. there is a wet pattern into next week. there is a rainy weekend headed our way. there is a system bringing us wet weather. we will just start to get wet up into coastal areas of the nornl bay there. that is a a smalled front that backs off on us and just continues to rain throughout the weekend. so rainfall totals looking impressive by, and could be by sunday morning at 7:00. the

. >> and abc 7's wayne freedman is live in oakland now. mayor says they will not allowed to stay there, either, though. wayne? >> this is a protest, so they say. it is smaller than any we've seen in the past. and there is maybe 30 people in and out throughout the course of the day. sheer how it looked this morning. police came by, telling protestors to take down their tents which they did. maybe 20 people wandered in and out. maybe 30. they say they're protesting the killing of treyvan martin. they insisted what we've seen here is the beginning of a new protest in oakland. one protestor spent the night here and told us he does expect police to be coming back. >> we're going stay here until whenever the police come to raid us, when they do raid us we're going to be back. >> so you're inviting the police? >> this is ourland land. we're going to defend ourselves and our rights. >> and this is against oakland city policy to camp out intents. they're enforcing it now. and the group plans to hold it's assembly later today saying they might move,

live in san francisco, wayne freedman abc 7 news. >> and fbi is now involved in the search for a and go through here every day? >> this morning agents set up a road block near the bus stop where sierra lamar was headed the day she disappeared. so far only clues are purse, clothing and a cell phone. >> this is scarier. they she won't purposely leave that stuff behind. to this is more anxiety on us. >> and this is video of sierra. authorities say she could have been wearing clothes found in the purse. the 15-year-old appears to be wearing a jersey in a photo she tweeted but the picture doesn't show enough of the shirt. >> and a former watsonville police officer faces a criminal charge of mistreating his dog that was once his canine partner, animal control rescued the 5-year-old german sheperd. the dog 30 pounds, under weight and his ribs pro truding and he had dirt and plastic in his stomach he left the force in 2010 fired for what the department said were multiple incidents, one including ordering the dog to bite a suspect. ingo is doing better now we're happy to tell you this, is vid

live in the oakland hills, wayne freedman abc 7 news. >> and a new trial and verdict and for the second time a man has been convicted of killing the daughter of an oakland raiders icon. his 20-year-old daughter was murdered. her ex-boyfriend was convicted but the verdict was overturned in 2009. abc 7 talked to him about the ruling. he's relieved with the verdict but had to be difficult to go through another trial. >> he was composed and gracious when talking with reporters after the verdict today. over two and a half months he had to listen to horrific details of his daughter's death for the second time. part was sh he says it was worth it for the outcome. >> tracy would be 33 years old if alive today. in 1999 the body found dumped on a hillside. she and her then boyfriend had successfully completed a drug rehabilitation program and he had recently relapsed. the jury found him guilty of strangling her in that facility. today tracy's father former oakland raiders wide receiver and others were in the courtroom when the verdict was read. >> thank god we're going to, you know it's going to

wayne freedman abc 7 news. >> thank you. another part of the bay now. the storm triggered mud and rock slides. the slide brought one of the two northbound lanes backing up traffic and in bonnie doon there is a sign rain is starting to sat rate and destabilize the soil. and there are residents saying they're not too worried, at least not yet. >> this is nothing too major, yet. >> water starts puddling up so you can tell when levels have been hit. >> traffic is moving again in that area. >> rain is still coming down in parts of the bay area, let's check in now with spencer christian tracking the storm for us live. >> there is the expression is parts of the bay area, you can see there are locations where there is not much in the way of precipitation at all. so there is lots of breaks now and there is some rainfall occurring along i 80 from berkly to vallejo and fairfield. there is light to moderate rainfall. there is a wider path as well from santa cruz mountains down towards monterey. notice areas where gaps, where there is no rain from fremont and gilroy

reporting live wayne freedman abc 7 news. >> thank you. and seismologists consider the fault the most-likely to cause a major quake. the damage could be devastated. many people live on top of it. the fault stretches from the tip of san jose through fremont, and berkeley. a shakying today provides a good reminder to make sure you're prepared for a quake, people are talking about it on twitter, you can join the conversation. >> and there are many of us not prepared. crews working feverishly to fix a broken phone line cutting off businesses as well as 911 calls in morgan hill. the problems started at 9:00 this morning. workers cut a fiber optic cable that interrupted land line calls to the police department. it's also affecting atm and debit card purchase that's used a verizon network, they hoped to have service restored but that deadline has been pushed back. >> the attorney for san francisco sheriff wants his trial moved out of san francisco. and abc 7 is live with the story. >> the selection supposed to continue this morning but a series o

wayne freedman abc 7 news. >> thank you. and let's turn to other end of the coverage area now this, video taken in mountains and david louie is live from the summit of highway 17. taifd? >> compared to that video you just showed you can see here on highway 17, it's a combination of drizzle and mist. it's a welcome break and gives the ground a chance to absorb the runnoff. it had gone so long without rain, the hardware store in this small town moved on to spring. >> with nice weather we've been putting rain gear away, putting out spring time projects. people coming in for plants and getting gardens ready. now we're going to have to switch back. >> shelves were restocked and another aisle, batteries ready for usual power outages when winds bring down lines. jant cruz mountain residents brace for storms that slam into the coastal range. there is four inches expected this week, it was somewhat surprising how quiet it was where people pick up sandbag autos they've been coming in all winter in good weather and weeping ahead. we've

also dana freedman we have a lot to talk to her about.estate mogul and one of our closest billionaires donald trump. we have a full three hours kicking off just about 11 minutes from right now right here on "the fox news channel. having one of those days? tired. groggy. can't seem to get anything done. it makes for one, lousy day. but when you're alert and energetic... that's different. you're more with it, sharper, getting stuff done. this is why people choose 5-hour energy over 9-million times a week. it gives them the alert, energetic feeling they need to get stuff done. 5-hour energy...when you gotta get stuff done. >> before you leave the house this morning let's get your first degree weather update with maria molina. >> good to see you and good to see everyone. if you live in the center of the country it is knottnot too bad there. temperatures on the relatively warm side. it will stay warm out there as we are expecting highs well above average 30 degrees above average. 78 degrees will be the high. it will continue unusually warm wea

. >> wayne freedman reporting live. it does look cold. wind and rain part of the bay this winter. there is what this looked like today, what about next few hours? we're tracking it all on live doppler 7. how does it look? >> things looking widely scattered showers. and there is scattered areas of light pripg northwest of winter. there is an area near concord and there is a spot of light rain near fremont. and south ward and let's take a look at the sierra. there is snow in the tahoe area, tapering off from heavier snow that was falling earlier. there is rainfall impressive in spots. over an inch in cloverdale. st. helena. there is a quarter inch to half an inch in other locations. snowfall totals from six inches to 18 inches. and there is a still accumulating. >> spencer, thank you very much. convicted murderer yusef bey in prison. officials say he was placed there for trying to get a guard to get him a cell phone. he is the former leader of the your black muslim bakery. and. >> pardon me, they will seek the death penalty, a many-year-old charged with killing four northern califor

wayne freedman, abc7 news. >>> show up at a store in nothing but your underwear and walk out in a designer suit. you can get that opportunity today in a crazy stunt to celebrate the grand opening of a stew apparel store. the -- a two-piece suit worth more than $1,000. the line starts at 7:00 this morning. >>> it is going to be a little cold. >> it will be. >> what time does our show end? >> 7:00. >> you do need a new suit. >> and i have clean underwear. >> they would need medical help after they saw us. >> i would love to see it, great. [ talking over each other ] >> all right, let's take about what is going on. a lot of sun, warmer weather, a lot of pollen. that's the draw back this time of the year to the sunny, warm afternoons after a nice healthy rain like we had the last two days. good morning. looking down from vollmer peak, it is not bouncing as much as it was an hour ago that will be the case as winds continue to calm thanks to high pressure moving over our neighborhoods and bringing the warm sunshine today, tomorrow and sunday. latest numbers, mid to upper 30s concord, napa, redwo

you are getting into milton freedman's child life de dependence. you can't make a la jolla -- you can't make it. >> if he said, think it through. and then you get a bunch of cocaine and go to the hotel room and the service goes out. >> i hate this. now that we managed to piss our kids off more, let's real yen alienate the kids. let's teachers and them to spy on each other. this is disgusting. i'm sorry. you think i like this, right? >> i thought you would were like me. i don't see kids -- i don't think children have -- they aren den toured service. enindentured. this is a croc of crap. have i a friend whose daughter was beat up in school. another girl got on her and beat the crap out of her. if she would have fought back she would have been arrested by the school. all of this stuff about oh gee we were worried about it, well then do something about did. -- about it. the feel good crap is embarrassing. we abandon our children when they need us most. sorry, honey. do down to class and have little judy beat the crap out of you again tomorrow. this is

and i have somebody back in the newsroom that -- by the name of mitch freedman. >> oh. our executive producer. >> don't ask him for any advice. >> i'm not going to give up my helper here. very helpful with my bracket. >>> march madness continues. thursday night with the sweet 16 at 7. it is syracuse, versus wisconsin. that is the battle of ohio, the buckeyes versus the bear cats. all of it is live here on wjz 13. did you do a bracket this year? >> i didn't do a bracket at all. i can't tell you what i did. >>> still to in on eyewitness news this evening. >>> out with the old and in with the new. bge is set to kick off its new smart grid program. i'm monique griego. coming up, how it could affect your bill. >>> a controversial confrontation. an unarmed teenager is killed. a neighborhood watch leader says it was self-defense. but there is growing anger in the community. >>> a gunman behind a series of deadly attacks. the late evaluate is right in front of the school. ,,,,,, it's oysternomics 101. ,,,,,, you start with a u.s. senator named ben. by helping restore thousands

from pacific kashtion wayne freedman abc 7 news. >> all right.let's talk to spencer about what is finally as we approach spring a real winter storm coming our way. >> could bring rain. we are 1 week away from the arrive of spring next monday night and we get our winter weather we are waiting for. on the way. live view from our high definition which camera hear. emeryville. east bay camera looking west to san francisco. skies are cloudy. rainfall not yet arrived. many reporting stations here in the bay area but certainly on its way. here's a look once again live doppler 7 hd and we can see a mass of active weather well to our north and up around eureka down into northern mendocino county and not close to the immediate san francisco bay area yet we do expect it to be here by the beginning ought monk rush. current temperature readings around the bay area. generally low to mid 50's up to 57 at the high point writ now in oakland. i'll go to the highlights we can expect to see rain develop after midnight. it's wet tomorrow and wednesday with chance of

in mountain view, wayne freedman abc 7 news. >> isn't that something?mart phone out number basic cell phone for the very first time. according to new poll l 46 percent of americans have a smart phone. up more than 10% in just the past 10 months. 41 percent own a cell phone thatfá is not a smart phone. as for who is buying more smart phones the rans is everyone. 18 to 24-year-old and middle age people leading the way though perhaps not surprisingly people in 20's with salary above 30,000 dollars a year have the highest rate of smart phones ownership. the only group resistant on the band wagon the elderly. >>> when we continues here tonight. journalist who brought down some high value target in the democratic party winning praise tonight after his sudden death. >> government of syria under fire for what they have done to the rebel there. find out why no one has stepped in to stop it. >> senate votes on president obama mandate on insurance and birth control. stay with us vl another ♪ ♪ twinkle toes i think i found a soul ♪ ♪ to make me happily ever after ♪

elliott freedman says it takes about five days for our bodies to adjust. >> it does make a difference so that studies have shown there's an increase in car accidents and work-related injuries in the week after the change. and the number of heart attacks and possibly suicides rise as well. >> we think this is probably secondary to the effects on sleep. >> reporter: in a new study co-authored by a penn state researcher shows this increased fatigue leads to massive productivity at work related to cyb cyberloafing or searching for yourself while at work. >> it will send a signal to your brain and allow it to better adapt itself. >> reporter: and don't let this throw off your schedule. >> your body needs predictable sleep and wake time. >> reporter: not everyone is dreading the change. >> i'm glad we are jumping forward, because i'm going to appreciate it being lighter longer.ç >> reporter: and you'll have time to add exercise to your day which can also help ease the transition. >> we'll try that. more ahead on "today in the bay." see why dessert and a healthy portion of it is the key to

. >> between maureen dowd's column and tom freedman. >> mike: prominent and this is a quote.et your clients some who are sophisticated and some who aren't, whatever brings the biggest profit to goldman. call me old-fashioned i don't like selling my client a product-- >> did it for 12 years. >> first of all, do we know much about greg smith? is he high up in the company, is he middle? some people were trying to dismiss him and speak contemptuo contemptuously. and made me think they had a higher position of and dismissing him insignificant. >> no, he's a mid level employee and made between, we're going to found like in a lot of money. in goldman sachs not a lot. between 500,000 and between-- that's in the middle of the road. a viep, just to explain what that means, he never made managing director and that's the big time. so was stuck in a middle level position and you know, i was, listen, i've grin a lot of terrible things and stuff about goldman, about the culture and put him into context, why did he do this? and you know, you've got to, just to be fair, somewhat of an ax to g

in mountain view, wayne freedman, abc7 news. >> no more out of focus pictures, i like that. >> that'sar as can be. we are looking at a temperature profile today that beats yesterday's. 72 in the city, 74 oakland. 57 fremont. san jose, morgan hill 77. 79 in gilroy. and the look ahead, much cooler tomorrow with breezy conditions, a few drops perhaps tuesday morning, then we are mild again. >> all right, lisa. thanks very much. thanks for joining us. next newscast at 9:00 this morning. keep track of the latest break news on twitter on abc7 news bay area, and you can talk with at facebook.com/abc7news. good morning america coming up next. have yourselves a great day! captioned by, closed captioning