>>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. hello, hello, hello, friday at 5:00. thanks for ending the week with us. >>> first full weekend of spring and we will find out what the weather will look like. >> it will be warmer after today. >> you can see the main layer showing up on live doppler 7 hd with thick fog around santa rosa. we will watch that throughout the morning commute. we will replace the low clouds with high clouds and the coast will will be stuck with he clouds at 56 to 61. 63 to 68 around the bay, seasonal around the bay. >> a brand new hit-and-run accident not far from the other accident but it is in the northbound detection if you are traveling up to tullie a car was speeding at 90 miles per hour and clipped another vehicle. we could have debris and hopefully everything is off the freeway. so far it hooks clear. and green. 580 tracy to dublin is holding strong under 30 minutes. highway 4 has no issues. 101, san rafael to san francisco is only 17 minutes. >>> breaking news, san jose firefighters put out a fire that break out a club. matt keller is

>>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >>> san francisco firefighters are watching for flareups after the fire that devoured a massive building unconstruction near at&t park. the big concern is two walls of the building are teetering on the verge of collapse. >>> we have coverage of the fire but, first, a quick check on traffic and weather. >> we will zoom to that area and show you what is going on at 62 degrees and bone dry. the winds are around nine miles per hour and not gusting anymore as they did overnight. we have high wind advisory until 8:00 for all areas but the santa clara valley and san francisco and the north bay coast. we have had gusts at 45 to 60 miles per hour during the overnight hours with downed trees. so far, power lines are holding steady. we will have 70 at the coast and low-to-mid 70's under sunshine and calmer conditions. leyla gulen? >> because of the fire muni experienced a disruption in kt service. 36 bart trains on time and no delays onize. all is running smoothly. if you are using your car watch out for the gusts. it is windy in fairfiel

>>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good morning. it is 5:00 on this wet wednesday. thank are for joining us. >> a too places are get significant rain. >> well look at who is getting wet. mike? >> mostly in the east bay and headed to the central valley from vallejo to fairfield. all along 780 and 680. down to martinez and headed through the east bay hills toward pleasant hill and concord and the northern section of walnut creek and all this is going to head over the highway four corridor including antioch and that is where we have seen the best ray -- radar runs and more off the shore and possibility of thunder is over the ocean. it is on the way here. we will have the heavy showers moving in. in the morning until noon expect an increase in showers. small hail is possible. thunder, too. the temperatures will hang out mainly in the upper 50's to 60's. here is leyla gulen with the commute. >> we have to drive slower this morning because of the slick conditions. we had a couple of accidents to get us going and they are clearing, one thr

>>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> top of the morning. 5:00 on monday, also st. patrick's day. >> thanks for joining us, i am kristen sze. >> i am eric thomas. >> here is mike with the forecast. >>> good morning, everyone, on the st. patrick's day we have the winds of change blowing through our neighborhoods. a weak cold front kicking up the clouds and they will be out here in the next couple of hours with a lot of sunshine on the way this afternoon. it will feel significantly different than yesterday. not only will our temperatures be cooler but it will be breezy for the day. with an add chill in the air. low-to-mid 60's at the coast. mid-to-upper 60's around our bay and inland. now the monday morning commute, sue? >> we do have one problem spot, a major thoroughfare, willow pass road is blocked because of an overnight fatal accident and they hope to have that cleared out by 6:00 a.m. to get around it. you cannot use willow pass old, and the drive from the central valley is slow from tracy to the altamont pass at 4 minutes into the dublin/pleasanton. we have

>>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >>> good thursday morning. or friday eve at 5:00. thanks for joining us. >> yesterday we saw some pretty severe rain around the area with good downpours. today will be soggy. >> yesterday was more widespread and steady but right now we just have light showers around bayview headed to pittsburg and antioch and brentwood and oakley and discovery bay and the cherry and peachtrees are getting wet. dublin/pleasanton ready to hit with another light shower and east palo alto and los altos and mountain view and sunnyvale. all moving from west to east and it will be very light but it will keep the streets slick for the commute. in the afternoon, you can see it will be partly sunny with a chance of showers in the upper 50's at the coast and the west of us in the low-to-mid 60's. leyla gulen? >> i see rain falling over the altamont pass which is where we see the slowing. folks are slowing down for the run. i have good news with the crash cleared in oakland northbound 8 80 so you will not be laid to oak large. from tracy t

. >>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good morning, everyone it is 5:00 a.m. >> in the south bay a deadly accident on interstate 280 in san jose could impact the drives. matt keller has been there on the scene at saratoga avenue at the off-ramp. >> coroner arrived on the scene and that could speed up the opening of the off-ramp on saratoga avenue in san jose. it is being investigated as a possible hit-and-run accident but c.h.p. officers say the woman may have jumped off the saratoga overpass on to the exit ramp before she was hit by a vehicle. they say evidence here like debris and skid marks and several other drivers stopped to report the woman in the middle of the southbound saratoga avenue off-ramp. officers say they interviewing witnesses as they try to put this together. the victim is only being described as adult female. c.h.p. has closed the southbound saratoga avenue off-ramp off northbound 280 but the northbound exit is still open so if you get off you can do a u-turn and get on southbound saratoga avenue. c.h.p. told us that because the coroner has

>>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >>> good wednesday morning at 5:00. i am kristen sze. >> i am eric thomas. we are halfway there. a warm-up is coming. >> we do. good morning, everyone. the day before spring begins is the warmest in the forecast. this morning, check out live doppler 7 hd, it is bone dry. a lack of clouds. lack of winds. it is cooler. you can use the same coat you used yesterday. by the afternoon, 67 to 74 degrees. inland is around 70 to 75. at the coast we will be in the low pressure 60's and a few high clouds in the afternoon. >> good morning, mike, at 5:00 we had a problem in san jose and i will get you the drive time traffic in a second. light rail is not operating between japantown and convention center. this is in san jose due to police activity. keep that in mind. because lines are affected and are going to be recruited. 580 tracy to dublin is showing traffic building and as you leave 205 over the amount pass it will take you 29 minutes and highway 4 antioch to concord is 14 minutes and 101 southbound through the north bay is 17 m

>>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> it is friday. it is 5:00. i am kristen sze. >> i am matt keller. we have possibility of a few scattered showers but the big news is this weekend. >> that is a cold front, slow moving cold front. expect pretty significant rain tomorrow morning in the early afternoon for the commute this morning, just scattered drizzle and a light shower so light they are barely showing up with showers last night. 63 to 70 around the bay and 63 to 71 inland and the spread long the coast is 68 to sprung and warmer thanks to a southern breeze but mainly dry. now we have traffic from leyla gulen. >> 37 birth tea party running on time and ace train, a minute early. a lot of green out here so you are move along at top speeds so that is for news. we do have a couple of citizens. one is cleared in san jose. that is cleared. the roads are open. in walnut creek we have an accident northbound 80 headed up from stone valley. we have two lanes blocked out there and i will let you know when it clears. 580, tracy to dublin is 25 minutes. the

>>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good morning on thursday at 5:00. thanks for starting your day us with. >> we are seeing the spring-like temperatures, beautiful afternoon yesterday in the south bay. >> we will see if it will be like that today. mike nicco? >> good morning, the south bay did not have so man issues as the rest of us. it is quiet there now. san jose has a light breeze at three miles per hour and oakland has three miles per hour, and sfo and northeast to northwest at five miles per hour and six at santa rosa. an easier morning to get around because of the lack of the wind. we will talk about temperatures this afternoon. they will be close to yesterday. total sunshine is low-to-mid 70's around the bay and upper 60's to mid-70's from san francisco to the rest of the bay and mid-to-upper 60's at the coast. >> we have problems in san francisco and we have this issue in san jose everyone, good morning. as we look at what is happening on i would we trying to get to the southbound 101 connection we have a car that hit a poll and the poll was k

>>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. at 6:00, a dozen people left homeless and one person airlifted to the hospital with critical burns with a fire that raced through an apartment complex. >> we were there when senator leland yee returned home after indictment on guns and drug trafficking. >>> live doppler 7 hd shows we are getting light showers that are spotty and mike nicco says more weather is on the way. this is the middle of the rainy pattern and it looks like we have more rain headed our way. where is it now? >> scattered light rain and it will be wet no matter where you go because of the left over moisture with random showers and the moist west to east flow with the energy creating showers and the sun will do the same destabilizing the atmosphere. around the bay, a scattered shower is possible all day with temperatures in the mid-to-upper 50's from 7:00 to noon and upper 50's to low 60's from 4:00 to 7:00. inland, same thing, a chance of a shower with the panner -- pattern staying through the day. along the coast,

>>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> breaking news at 6:00, heavy smoke chases uc berkeley students from their apartments and coming up, what one person should not have been doing before the evacuation. >> in the search for the missing malaysian airlines flight, possible debris located in the indian ocean. >> a solemn late night procession for a napa native after he was killed in the line of duty. the remembrance for the fallen sheriff deputy. >> it is 6:00 a.m. on thursday and i am eric thomas. >> a lot going on. it is the first day of spring. >> forecast now from mike: we are less than four hours away from spring. good morning, everyone, sun over the equator headed for our neighborhoods. hoping to bring us sunshine. we need the rain the i have some in the forecast but not today. it is dry. look at the high clouds on live doppler 7 hd, and the area is dry and milder. mostly cloudy at 52 at the bay, 65 at noon, 69 at 4:00, and 2 at 7:00, and the constant high clouds all day today. as far as inland, 48 this morning, at 68 this noon, and mid-70's at 4:00 and upper

>>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> breaking news at 6:00, this is a picture from san jose of a body found downtown with the impact on early morning commuters. >> after a late night morning a bay area city is a step closer to giving workers the highest minimum wage in all of california. how much workers there could make and what still has to happen. >> chaos in malaysia as family members of the passengers aboard malaysia airlines flight 370 express growing frustration at the investigation. and the lack of results. >> a busy morning. thanks for joining us at 6:00. >> first up a check on the forecast as we hours away from spring. live doppler 7 hd is not seeing any clouds or any moisture. we will break it down, our day planner shows 48 degrees, cooler around the bay this morning under clear sky, and we are at 64 by noon and hang out in the upper 60's to low 70's with a few high clouds late. we will be around 64 at 7:00. a delightful evening inland and upper 30's to low 40's and quickly we get to the upper set by noon and mostly sunny and home 70's around 4:00 an

>>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >>> get ready for some rain. live doppler 7 hd is tracking the storm moving in the north by. mike nicco has the timetable for the wet weather. >>> water floods a san francisco neighborhood leading to a mess and clean up efforts. >> a deadly accident in the east bay. what to expect heading out the door this morning. >> thanks for joining us. i am matt keller. >> i am kristen sze. >>> breaking news in fremont. a remain noally busy better section is shut down after a deadly overnight accident. nick has an update. nick? >> good morning. a car and a motorcycle broken into hundreds pieces. four hours after the initial response fremont police continue to investigate a fatal motor accident at fremont boulevard. look at the video shot a few seconds ago. the collision between a mini cooper and motorcyclist was reported after officers were flagged down by passing drivers. the motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene. it appears alcohol was a factor. the driver of the vehicle has been identified as 23 years old from eme

. >>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good tuesday morning at 5:29.kristen sze. >> before we get to the news, we will get to the weather of the morning. mike nicco? >> the camera is bouncing around and this is the western span of the bay bridge with winds fattest at sfo at 17 and santa rosa at 12 miles per hour. but in the central valley we have the fastest wind at 26 in napa and 30 in fairfield so it is blowing hard. this is where our wind advisory will remain from now until 8:00 this evening so if you are headed out that way want out for gusts up to 40 miles per hour. if you driving east-west the steering while will be jerking. on the other side of the bay bridge, can you see it is bouncing also, temperatures in the mid-to-upper 60's at the coast and the breezes taper and that allows us to get in the upper 60's to mid-70's in the bay and inland. >> we have a brand new accident and this is in bay point affecting the drive on when four, but, first, a stalled vehicle westbound 80 at 580 blocking one lane and it sounds like a tire is being repaired. it

>>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> shall we toast the arrival of spring in a few hours? he is to spring. >> it is action. i am kristen sze. >> i am eric thomas. we will check with mike for the first day of spring forecast. >> 9:57 we bring in the, the clouds will insulate us this morning but not as cold as it was yesterday. they will dim the sunshine a little bit with a slighter offshore breeze to almost nothing with temperatures cooler today but, still, above average, 69 to 76 around the bay and inland 72 to 76 and breezy along the coast. low-to-mid 60's for you along the coast. >> our map shows plenty green. that means we are at top speed. we have a bit of slowing over the altamont pass which is the usual congestion away from tracy and 205 and over the pass that things out choser to vasco road. i have drive times and you can see how nice it is on friday eve. through san jose it is wide open with top speeds and from tracy to castro valley, 36 minutes westbound on 580 and northbound 101 from highway 85 to the san jose airport 11 minutes. 280 northbound in

. >> the father accused of biting his infant son's nose >>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center thislo, hello, hello at 5:30 on tuesday. >> i am kristen sze. >> i am eric thomas. mike nicco? >> good morning, we will start with live doppler 7 hd and it is dry. it is showing a lost dry air. from mount tamalpais it is not bouncing around so much, with gusts at 15 to 16 to 17 miles per hour. it is a calmer morning and cooler for most of us in the 40's like yesterday. we will rebound with all the sunshine and low-to-mid 60's at the coast and 67 to 74 is the spread an the bay and inland we go for 70 to 74 all spring-like day. sue? >> today is international transit drier appreciation day so give your bus driver some love this morning. muni, ace, bart, all mass transit is the way to go. a couple of things right now to the martinez area westbound 4 to northbound 680 a couple of cars got into it and it is moved to the center divide and fremont, northbound 880 before mission a tire blew -- a truck blew the tire and the tread flew into another car. they crashed. now they are moved to the shoulde

>>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >>> good monday morning. nice to have you with us. >> i am kristen sze. >> i am eric -- here for eric thomas, i am matt keller. >> and now the forecast? >> good morning, everyone, the big concern is for 101 corridor. we have three miles visibility at half moon bay. the rest of us are okay. new, the first forecast, a ton of sunshine and temperatures above average. mild around the bay. a big spread at 66 to 75. inland, 70 to 76. along the coast in san francisco, 61 to 64. a last sunshine. the most we will get. leyla gulen? >> good morning, everyone. at 5:00 we with have 38 bart trains on time. ace train also has no delayed. muni has in delayed. we start off on a great note. around the bay area, we have areas of fog. we are still at top speeds leaving santa rosa to rohnert park with limited visibility. with the low beams and not the high beams. over the altamont pass we have 29 miles per hour over the pass as the top speed. it someones -- jumps to 28 and then you are on your way. >> seven are recovering from gun

>>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >>> flames at a san jose nightclub and where firefighters will return to the scene today. >>> a van goes off the road sending the driver plunging into the water. how the driver is doing and the early morning of the to get the van out of water. >> australia updates us on the continuing seven effort for the possible debris from malaysia airlines flight 370. >>> good friday morning, everyone. it is the first friday of spring. thanks for join us. we will check with mike nicco. >> it will feel more like it should compared to the warm weather yesterday. the visibility now is up to two miles visibility and santa rosa is half a mile. everyone else is okay there we have clouds cross the coast and over bay. by noon the bay will be partly sunny and 59. cloudy this afternoon and 63. 57 as you head out this evening. inland, the fog is to the north. the clouds are trying to creep into the east bay valley and we have let clouds and fog turn interest high clouds and fog at noon. at 7:00, 61. at the coast, clouds for the better part of the day w

[mom screams] >>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> it is 5:28. >> this isd as i get. >> mike? >> good morning, everyone, tracking different levels of cloud cover on live doppler 7 hd . we have fog along the coast and high clouds from a front that passes to the north inducing a sea breeze. that is why we have cloud cover over the top of us in san francisco to oakland. that is what we see on the roof. that gives way to high clouds but for lingering clouds along the coast that will dissipate late in the afternoon. it is cooler today, 60 at the coast and mid-60's in san francisco to 72 in san jose. inland we will go in the low-to-mid 70's. still warmer-than-average away from the coast today. here is leyla gulen. >> if you are thinking of ditching the car, we have 42 trains running on time and ace rain is running on time with no delays there. behind me, we have green an indication of top speeds across the bay area throughout san francisco and the peninsula and the east bay into san jose. no delays. just a few extra cars over the altamont pass. drive time traffic

>>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >>> 5:29.n sze. >> i am eric thomas. >> if you thought it was safe to put the umbrella way...no. >> here you go, our live doppler 7 hd shows the sprinkles-to-light rain headed toward santa rosa on 12 and to rohnert park. that is where we have the best radar runs. the clouds are overtaking all neighborhoods at mid-40's to mid-50's. the rain is moving just north and east and the best chance of having rain in the morning hours is autopsy to noon in the north bay from noon through the evening rush is when it spreads to the south. outside of the forth bay you have a morning commute but i cannot guarantee the ride home is going to be wet. rain is spreading south and temperatures in the mid-to-upper 50's along the coast and low-to-mid 50's on the bay and sue will talk traffic. >> we will go to breaking news story from early this morning from fremont, we had a head-on collision. you can see the dangerous situation that is closed off and police are investigating your best alternate is fremont boulevard

. >>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> sensitivity or training, somethingould be property to the classrooms. this is horrible. >> a hercules middle school parents wants something done to stop the violence against transgender students before it is too late. >>> police say this attack is a hate crime against a 15-year-old transgender student, the second incident at same school involving a transgender student. amy hollyfield? >>> they had an emergency staff meeting this morning before school started. officials wanted to tell the staff they are safe here and to communicate that to their students and try and get students to come forward with any information they have of this crime. no arrests have been made. >> the school district brought a crisis team to hercules middle high school if students needed to talk about the attack. parents are still processing the news. >> it is appalling. this community should be open minded but it is showing it is not. coming from kids...it's upsetting. >> hercules police are on campus trying to figure out would attacked a transgen

>>> live from the kgo tv broadcast center, this is abc 7 news. >>> breaking news now at 6:00. jumping to safety in east bay. several people and a young child are forced to make a daring escape after a late-night fire. and in the last hour, a second fire breaks out nearby. we're live at the scene. >>> and remembering the south bay teenager who took her own life after becoming a victim of cyber bullying and sexual abuse. the tough new law being written in her memory and what it will do. >>> president obama offers russian president vladimir putin a diplomatic solution but this morning putin is tightening his grip on that country. thanks for joining us at 5:00. it's 6:00. >>> i'm katie marzullo in for eric thomas. it is friday. let's take a look at how the weather is shaping up and for the weekend. >> we'll start from the roof. good morning where it's a little bit cooler, 5 to 10 degrees cooler. notice behind me, we have a few high clouds. colorful sunrise. i'll capture that and put it on facebook and twitter. you can see the high clouds starting to roll in on live doppler 7 ac. h

>>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >>> everyone out of here. >>> that is the order from fire crews trying to get everyone out of a fast-moving apartment fire in livermore this morning. >>> good morning, thanks for joining us. >>> what a terrifying situation: forced to run for your lives while fire is racing through the building. one man hid after the fire, delaying treatment for the burns. amy hollyfield joins us from livermore. >>> yes, firefighters say they don't know what he had to hide but they do know that he was drunk, he took a breathalyzer test and the fire started in his apartment unit. >>> everyone out. >> livermore firefighters tried to wake up people with shouts and knocks on the door at 1:00 o'clock this morning as the apartment building went up if flames. >> you could see the flames coming from the building. >> this cell phone video captured how big the fire was with flames from the windows and the roof. eight units have fire damage displacing seven. >> a man had burns on his hands and faces and breathing buns which can be very serious. he was ai

>>> live from the kgo tv broad cast center, this is abc 7 news. >> suspension is a brand new term, never been used before. >> they just did it and used it. hins ago, the state authorities voted unanimously to suspend leland yee and two others. yee arrested wednesday on gun trafficking charges. >> reporter: here at the house, no activity today, but plenty of activity in sacramento, as you said the vote just came down, they voted to suspend yee 28-1. it was a resolution proposed by bob huff calling for his suspension in the wake of his arrest and the charges he is facing. the suspension is a first for the senate. although senators have come close to the same scenario in the past, but it has also with the resigning of the senator. and he has been called to resign, but it was said a that if yee does not resign, he is in favor of a expulsion over suspension, because under the suspension scenario, they still get paid. >> i don't believe that giving him paid suspension and paid holidays punishes them in any form. it sends the wrong signals to taxpayers. i believe we are saying senators are abov

>>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >>> emergency news conference from malaysian prime minister delivers grim news about what might have happened to flight 370, two weeks ago. >> good morning, i am kristen sze. >> i am cheryl jennings. satellite data shows the flight 370's last position was in the middle of indian ocean and assumed to have crashed west of perth, australia. matt? >> this is the news the world was waiting on and the families of the passengers. missing malaysian flight were dreading. >> news was delivered to family members in a hotel in kuala lumpur. some were told in person. others received it by text are over the phone. the message was the same: malaysian government confirms satellite data shows flight 370 went down 1,500 miles off the coast of australia. >> it is a remote location far from any possible landing site. >> search planes and ships are closing in own the area. teams spotted two pieces of floating debris. high-tech cameras took pictures from the sky. crews threw flares to mark the spot. >> the first circular object and the second an oran

>>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >>> a somber memorial service is underway this morning for the four oakland police officers shot and kill by a wanted paroleee five years ago today. thanks for joining us. >>> long enforcement from around the bay area and beyond are gathered for an emotional tribute. they are honoring four fallen colleagues, all taken by one man on the deadly of the day in the department's history. katie marzullo is at the cathedral of christ the light in oakland. >>> traditional catholic mass marks the occasion underway right now inside the church. we were inside as uniformed forces stood at attention for the mass. >> our matters are heavy as we commemorate the 5 the anniversary of the tragic slaying of our four oakland police officers. >>> it was give years ago that the police department lost the four officers. officers from multiple agencies are here today to commemorate this day. oakland's interim chief says officers risked their lives each day and today's memorial is a chance for people to pay their respects to those who made the ultimat

>>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> caltrain passengers are affected by a power outage that happened early this morning. thanks for joining us, i am kristen sze. >> i am cheryl jennings. service is back on but it is still backing up service. matt keller is joins us. this will be a slow ride for a lot of people, matt? >> for sure. caltrain says they are still reporting significant delays system-wide although several trains if the last hour have rolled through in mountain view pat of the bottleneck that is clearing because of a power outage at the center that took place in san jose at 8:25 this morning. caltrain officials say the system did switch to an emergency generator but the computerized dispatching system did not come back online stopping the trains for an hour. people were waiting on crowded platforms hoping for a train. >> the heads up on my phone so i am bummed i didn't plan for it earlier. >> the dispatching system was back up and running at 9:20. all trains are making local stops in an effort to clear out the delays. no express trains. one of the

>>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >>> 75 feet of debris line the street after a deadly accident in fremont. can you see the mangled mess by a suspected drunk driver. >> we have learned the chaos that led to the trail of death that began early with a stop at a fast food restaurant a mile away. nick joins us with the tragic story. nick? >> this is what we have learned: we know that witnesses have told police that the driver, their suspect, was so belidge rent with the clerk he drew her attention so she called police. you can see investigators are at the scene of fremont boulevard. it will be a will before they can open this intersection until 3:00 p.m. because the crime scene is so large. there is motorcycle debris all over. horrific. >> fremont police are describing what happened: 23-year-old suspect of emeryville is responsible for a crash that killed an unidentified man on a motorcycle. >> officers does not get into a pursuit but the vehicle did fail to yield. >> before the suspect's mini cooper ripped through the intersection hitting the motorcyclist, this is

. >>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >>> san francisco firefighters are watchingups after the fire that devoured a massive building unconstruction near at&t park. the big concern is two walls of the building are teetering on the verge of collapse. >>> we have coverage of the fire but, first, a quick check on traffic and weather. >> we will zoom to that area and show you what is going on at 62 degrees and bone dry. the winds are around nine miles per hour and not gusting anymore as they did overnight. we have high wind advisory until 8:00 for all areas but the santa clara valley and san francisco and the north bay coast. we have had gusts at 45 to 60 miles per hour during the overnight hours with downed trees. so far, power lines are holding

>>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> we are following two top stories today. the much needed rain with the problems it is created like this tree that crashed down on a car. but, first, breaking news: the arrest of state senator leland yee on bribery and corruption charges. >>> his senate district representeds half of san francisco and most of san mateo county. the stunning arrest want down this morning as the f.b.i. raided several bay area locations. matt is following the developments. >> this is a multiyear investigation and the big fish caught in the f.b.i. net is state senator leland yee arrested at a san francisco home as part of the massive raid across the bay area and sacramento. >> news cameras captured have it i.e.d. of the senator being brought handcuffed in the back of the car. he was are ad on public corruption charms and is being held until the first appearance in federal court. the f.b.i. raids two buildings associated with him including his home on 24th avenue and san francisco and the office at state capital in sacramento. c.h.p. officers were

>>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >>> kids loved him. i have run into athletes who think they own the campus that ricky was a gentle giant. >> a coach of a fallen sheriff deputies republicans him as a humble and compassionate man killed in a shoot out with a carjacking suspect. >>> deputy ricky del fiorentino grew up in napa and a star athlete at napa high school a community shaken this morning by the traumatic loss. >>> we are at the school. >> i spoke to his former football coach. he, understandably, is extremely emotional but shared memories of ricky and pictures that we had not seen before. >> del fiorentino is seen as a star football player at napa high school. >> he was real gentle giant on the campus. people loved him. >> the coach was devastated by the news. >> the way he went is nonsense. >> the 48-year-old sheriff deputy was a 26-year veteran of law enforcement. officials say the deputy tell definitely was killed on wednesday in a shootout with 32-year-old ricardo antonio chaney from oregon. >> he didn't have a chance is the th

>>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >>> the drive of this truck led the c.h.p. on a chase across the bay bridge despite having his tires blown out. it ended with some dangerous moves. >>> good morning. thanks for joining us. >> the chase ended when the driver ditched the truck and ran across the freeway. the accident brought westbound traffic to a stop on bay brick and even after the pursuit ended in this tackle. you can see on the foot of the bridge it is still there, the truck in question. there are lanes that are still blocked because of the investigation. can you also spree the traffic that is backed up for quite a while on the bridge. >>> i am reporting from an unusual location a lane of traffic that usually is blowing out with cars on southbound 101 in san francisco. if you look behind me can you see what is left of the scene: a truck and a tow truck, with two tires on the rear of the truck that are inflated and the other tires blown out. we will show you what led this to happen. a low-speed chase started at 8:30 this morning. c.h.p. officers say it happe

>>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >>> san jose police officer is on other side of the law accused of a crime against a victim he was supposed to be protecting. goodgood morning, the san jose police officer is charged with rape while on duty. abc7 news reporter matt keller attended a news conference and joined us from san jose. matt? >> some is a serious charge. the d.a. says the san jose police officer sexual assault add woman he was supposed to help out. here is the mug shot we just received of the suspect, officer geoffrey grave as six-year veteran of the department. he was charged with forcible rape working as a patrol officer. the 38-year-old was booked into jail and released on $100,000 bail. the district attorney in san jose say that last year on september 26, the officer responded to a family disturbance at the alleged victim's home she shared with her husband. the officers determined no crime was committed but the hotel maid wanted to be taken to a hotel she worked at to stay the night. the officer drove her there in a car. she picked up a key, went

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. >>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good morning.is 5:00 on this wet wednesday. thank are for joining us. >> a too places are get significant rain. >> well look at who is getting wet. mike? >> mostly in the east bay and headed to the central valley from vallejo to fairfield. all along 780 and 680. down to martinez and headed through the east bay hills toward pleasant hill and concord and the northern section of walnut creek and all this is going to head over the highway four corridor including antioch and that is where we have seen the best ray

>>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >>> several suspicious fires in fremont overnight leave a school scrambling to find a place to have students who were dropped off for day care. >> good morning, thanks for joining us. >> arson investigators are looking into three fires at two different campuses this morning, all breaking out off of fernald at warms spring elementary and warm springs park. matt keller is in fremont with the latest on the story. >> disappoint for the warm springs little colleague, a brand new shed was destroyed by flames. it is not the first time a suspicious fire took place here. >> fremont firefighters didn't know it but the fire was just the beginning of a busy morning. the call came in at 2:40 and a fire alarm at the elementary went off where firefighters found flames burning away on the outside building and then smoke was coming from warm springs park, the woman's bathroom was damaged by fire and smoke and blocked off. all three fires were a quarter of a mile from each other. >> if they continue to start fires they usually have a strong

. >>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >>> it is tuesday. it is 4:59. i am kristen sze. >> i am eric thomas. mike nicco has the forecast. warmer temperatures, hike? >> warmer temperatures and breezes. coming from the north at 17 miles per hour. 26 in napa. 30 miles per hour in this area and the central valley. we fine the fastest winds here today. be careful if you travel that way and if you are over open bodies of water, the winds could be interesting. breezes early. mild and caucus by the afternoon. the coast is getting warmer, mid-to-upper 60's and our bay and inland neighborhood are in the low-to-mid 70's. this is our traffic anchor, leyla gulen. >> thank you, mike. it is great to be back. as we start off with mass transit headed to work we have 36 bart trains running on time and caltrain is on time and no delays from muni, either with one issue. we are starting to see delays eastbound 580 from san ramon road to 680, the lanes

. >>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. hello, hello, hello, friday at 5:00. thanks for ending the week with us. >>> first full weekend of spring and we will find out what the weather will look like. >> it will be warmer after today. >> you can see the main layer showing up on live doppler 7 hd with thick fog around santa rosa. we will watch that throughout the morning commute. we will replace the low clouds with high clouds and the coast will will be stuck with he clouds at 56 to 61. 63 to 68 around the bay, seasonal around the bay. >> a brand new hit-and-run accident not far from the other accident but it is in the northbound detection if you are

. >>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >>> good monday morning. nice to have you with us. >> i am kristen sze. >> i am eric -- here for eric thomas, i am matt keller. >> and now the forecast? >> good morning, everyone, the big concern is for 101 corridor. we have three miles visibility at half moon bay. the rest of us are okay. new, the first forecast, a ton of sunshine and temperatures above average. mild around the bay. a big spread at 66 to 75. inland, 70 to 76. along the coast in san francisco, 61 to 64. a last sunshine. the most we will get. leyla

. >>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >>> good thursday morning. or friday eve at 5:00. thanks for joining us. >> yesterday we saw some pretty severe rain around the area with good downpours. today will be soggy. >> yesterday was more widespread and steady but right now we just have light showers around bayview headed to pittsburg and antioch and brentwood and oakley and discovery bay and the cherry and peachtrees are getting wet. dublin/pleasanton ready to hit with another light shower and east palo alto and los altos and mountain view and sunnyvale. all moving from west to east

>>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >>> the investigation begins today to uncover what sparked this raging inferno at a massive apartment complex under construction in san francisco. >> firefighters spent night on the mission bay side looking for hotspots like this, that kicked up in the wind. thanks for joining us. >>> we will give you a side-by-side video showing the fire at the height last night. that is on the left. versus a stark contrast from the charred structure this morning on the right. >> we are over the scene and you can see they are still pouring water on a number of places because the wind kicked up and there are a lot of smoldering hotspots. >>> katie marzullo kicks off team coverage. >> we can see that from our angle on the background and there are 50 firefighters, five ladder trucks on the scene and the ladder trucks are doubting the fire from every angle with water hoses and the firefight could last into tonight. they are not taking any chances with hotspots and the wind we have seen. the fire chief said the collapse is not a possibility but a pro

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. >>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> it is tuesday at 4:59. i am kristen sze. >> i am eric thomas. we joined by mike nicco with a look at the forecast. >> we start with live doppler 7 hd. you will not need the umbrella. we will have a lot of sun. dry air over the top of us with calm conditions in the valley but gusting at 20 to 30 miles per hour in the hills. be careful this morning. winds are from the north and we will run person kick particular to a lot those. the first forecast look at that sun and not so breezy. low-to-mid 60's at the coast but not brisk like yesterday but, warm, inland, low-to-mid 70's and mild around the bay and mid-70's. now the commute. sue? >> good morning, a reminder if you are taking pass transit it is national transit driver appreciation day. give your bus driver a hug or a thank you. we have one accident out there westbound 580 to north 680 the dublin interchange. folks coming on to the freeway got interest it with two middle lanes blocked. that will slow the drive from

>>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> what are you doing? what are you doing? >> hours after a violent clash on city college campus students are taking angry protests to city hall. >> good morning. >> there was push and shoving and person spray as students clashed with police. today, students are armed with a list of demands as they try to get the attention of supervisors at city hall. nick is at city college with more. >> students have cleared the hall but they ahead it clear their fight is far from over. they are headed to city hall to take it to the next level. >> students at the lobby of the hall claimed victory for the demonstration that lasted through the night. they are calling for reversal of a payment plan that forced students, they believe, out of school because of out-of-state tuition requiring them to pay thousands in fees upfront. >> the policy was you had the whole semester to pay off the tuition. now you have to pay upfront before you regular step. >> the students are not only speaking out about hikes but at the special truste

. >>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good morning on thursday at 5:00.r starting your day us with. >> we are seeing the spring-like temperatures, beautiful afternoon yesterday in the south bay. >> we will see if it will be like that today. mike nicco? >> good morning, the south bay did not have so man issues as the rest of us. it is quiet there now. san jose has a light breeze at three miles per hour and oakland has three miles per hour, and sfo and northeast to northwest at five miles per hour and six at santa rosa. an easier morning to get around because of the lack of the wind. we will talk about temperatures this afternoon. they will be close to yesterday. total sunshine is low-to-mid 70's around the bay and upper 60

. >>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> go wednesday morning at 4:28. >> webreaking news: a mess for drivers in the east bay. >> a car carrier hit a fire hydrant in san lenadro at 1:30 this morning. you can seat result after the water was sent into the air. this happened at the on-ramp to northbound 880 in front of the honda dealer help. the on-ramp is still flooded so it could impact drivers in the immediate area. >> businesses pay not be affected. we will find out more from leyla gulen who is back. >> good morning, everyone. what a mess. i saw an ann tailor -- taylor back there. northbound 880 is clear. marina boulevard on-ramp to be shut down. if you cannot get open, use davison. 580 westbound tracy to dublin is 23 minutes. 101 southbound from san rafael to san francisco is 17 minutes. in walnut creek southbound along 680 from pleasant hill traffic is flowing smoothly. to highway 24 junction it is all moving along fine. mike nicco? >> good morning, everyone, live doppler 7 hd shows not a cloud to be found and less clouds along the coast this morning. from

>> a last meal, the popular san francisco eat friday that is closing its doors >>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> top of the morning. 5:00 on monday, also st. patrick's day. >> thanks for joining us, i am kristen sze. >> i am eric thomas. >> here is mike with the forecast. >>> good morning, everyone, on the st. patrick's day we have the winds of change blowing through our neighborhoods. a weak cold front kicking up the clouds and they will be out here in the next couple of hours with a lot of sunshine on the way this afternoon. it will feel

. >>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center, this is abc 7 news. >> a historic partnership between silicon valley and israel. good morning. >> governor brown and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu are about to commit to being partners in mountain view, that's where abc 7 news reporter matt keller joins us live. matt? >> reporter: benjamin netanyahu is now here, there are some of the cars from his motorcade and security team. this meeting could come at any moment here inside the computer history museum. this is new video of netanyahu's motorcade arriving about ten minutes ago. prime minister and governor brown are scheduled to spend about a half hour meeting behind closed doors before signing the agreement, promoting trade, research, and economic development. the deal will have an emphasis on several things, including water conservation, alternative energy, and education. outside, more than a dozen protesters and a few israeli supporters gathered along shoreline boulevard. >> the countries long ago stopped all of their business with apartheid south africa so now governor brown thinks

. >>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good morning, everyone it is 5:00 a.m. >> in the south bay a deadly accident on interstate 280 in san jose could impact the drives. matt keller has been there on

. -- live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> a crash and a ball of fire kills two memorial in a news helicopter. a driver on the ground was critically injured. >> the video shows the aftermath of the crash seen in seattle. police tape is around the scene as the investigation begins. you can see the charred wreckage of the chopper and the vehicles on the ground, some behind a tarp and the police line there. our reporter, katie marzullo, is in the newsroom with the latest. >> the medical examiner arrived in the past 20 or 30 minutes and the bodies are still there, in the wreckage, and the abc station in seattle has identified the two-man crew killed this morning. they have released this picture, the photographer who was on board, he had recently retired and was actually only working part time in the chopper. his son is also a news photographer. the pilot has been identified. on the ground, the 38-year-old man suffered life-threatening injuries. our news chopper crashed down after lifting off. >> employees were among the ones who heard and saw the helicopter go down y