i'm talking with laura hill and she's with the organization that looks out for the health the bay and the environment. and tell us about sea lions and what they are doing. >> they are so playful. they like to play king of the dock where they push each other off the platforms and pile on top of each other. extremely social animals >> is there a particular reason they group like that? >> it's totally for sun bathing and to keep them warm. they prefer to be lying next to each other for warmth. so they're very well adapted to this cold water. it's not too uncommon for us to see them out here that have been entan angled in plastic or fishing line. so a center is to look out for the well-being of the sea lions. they love the seafood just like all the visitors from around the world. they don't have to worry about predators too while we do see sharks at the bay they don't stay here to too long. it's pretty great. >> they always attract a big crowd right there as people look at the sea lions, and you know, understand that this is still an ocean environment in the bay. and of course when you ha

. >> let's go to laura brigman along ray hill road. trouble spots this afternoon. >> the sun is out. temperatures are warming above freezing as ingrid mentioned. that is helping things. the shaded areas like this one right here. they are not seeing that there are still icy patches. as you can see, evidence of the ice has weighed down trees along these roads, forcing them just to break. butler bridge road is is where icy conditions remain with evidence of an accident last night and another crash in the same spot this morning. we know one person was taken to the hospital as a result. dispatchers with the henderson county afters tell me they have received 160 calls related to wrecks in the county since 8:00 yesterday morning. a combination of highway patrol or local police have responded to those crashes and even more are occurring this morning. conditions have made it difficult for even the officials >> we are short handed everywhere in the state. we just try to get to everywhere as fast as we can. >> ice on interstate 26 early related i

laura: we begin with a developing story out of elyria. police are investigating a double homicide there. >> "q": yes, they are. officers were called to an apartment complex on fox hill lane near midway mall. they found the bodies of a man and woman there inside a rented plates. death. police have not released their names yet. >> laura: a not guilty plea to vehicular homicide charges. police say he was drunk when he struck and killed two pedestrians walking along lost nation road in willoughby hills on saturday. he is also being held on $50,000 bond. >>> two engineering students at with the abduction and murder of a 13-year-old girl. >> police discovered the 13-year-old's body on the side of a north carolina road. authorities believe virginia tech freshman david eisenhower abducted and murdered the girl. another student, 19-year-old natalie keepers, has been charged with helping eisenhower get rid of her body. >> eisenhower and nichole were acquainted prior to disappearance. he used it to his advantage to abduct and kill her. >> her family believes she climbed out of her bedroom window after blocking door with a dresser. a poster noted she required daily medication f

we'll hear more about that during that testimony here on capitol hill today. sam and laura, back to you. >> thanks so much, tracie. >>> dramatic new video as firefighters enter a burning california home. what crews found inside that quickly turned this scene into a full-on rescue mission. >>> and i'm kris sanchez in milpitas. where the president is waking up this morning, but he's not going to stick around milpitas all day. we'll show you where he's headed. >>> good thursday morning to you. thanks so much for joining us, i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. the quick makings of a beautiful day behind us. kari hall with a look at your forecast. another 70 plus degree day, kari. >> as the sun rises this morning, we can see just a few clouds here and there and mostly clear conditions and some cool temperatures. into the day, we're into the upper 60s in san francisco and the north bay looking at 73 degrees. 72 in the peninsula and east bay and the south bay up to 75 de degrees. we'll take a look ahead to the weekend coming up in a few minutes. an update on the bay bridge

which way you lean politically, you have to admire a pleasant hill woman for even making it to her caucus on monday night. stacey: kcci's laura terrell shows us why the 102-year-old says she'll continue to vote until the day she dies. laura: ruline steininger would not miss caucus night for anything. cnn was there to capture her participating, and since then, her story has gone viral. >> i say, i hope hillary appreciates all this. laura: was that a time. >> ok, now where do i go? laura: ruline steininger makes it to her caucus site. >> may i ask how old you are? laura: born 7 years before women could vote, this will be her 20th presidential election. >> i feel like going to the caucus is more important than voting because that is when you pick the candidate. laura: and ruline has had her candidate picked out for a long time. >> i think hillary clinton has the most experience, and i think we really need a good president. laura: ruline sent clinton a letter last week. >> in my second century, i look forward to seeing a woman president. laura: and even got the chance to meet her at a campaign event but monday night was the frida

laura rodriguez joins us live in northwest miami-dade tonight with the latest on this. >> reporter: a former retired football player randall hill and several coaches and players were moments ago talking about this violence. they say they are tired of leaders being reactive instead of proactive. one solution to avoid this violence is sports. they encourage parents to enroll their kids in sports programs to eliminate idle time. ititis important to be part of a positive team and described the lives. >> most of the time the idle time, if it is spent with a coach who has been trained, that timm is taken up. therefore it is less time for you to get in trouble. >> reporter: he also told me he conference here at the police station because he believes it is very important to establish a positive relationship between law enforcement and the commnity. nbc 6 news. ft. lauderdale. chopper 6 over the scene as a chevy impala slammed into the front end of a house. ft. lauderdalalfire rescue of that accident. you can see itthere. we do know a child was transported to the hospital. that child's condition is not known right now or what caused the

politically you have to admire a pleasant hill woman for even making it to her caucus on monday night. elizabeth: the 102-year-old says for anything. kcci's laura terrell shows us why she will continue to vote until of the day she dies. >> i say i hope hillary appreciates all this. laura: one step at a time. >> ok now where do i go? laura: ruline steininger makes it to her caucus site. may i ask how old you are? laura: i am 102. born 7 years before women could vote this will be her 20th >> i feel like going to the caucus is more important than voting because the caucus that's when you pick the candidate. laura: and ruline has had her candidate picked out for a long time. >> i think hillary clinton has the most experience and i think we really need a good president. laura: ruline sent clinton a >> in my second century i look president. laura: and even got the chance friday but monday night was the highlight. >> so this is the time of the caucus that we break into preference groups. laura: for a 102-year-old woman who loves democracy. >> you have no right to criticize the government if you're not involved. laura: and today secretary clinton took

laura harris. abc action news at 5:00 starts right now. >> right now, a standoff in spring hill. and the s.w.a.t. team is on the scene. tonight, the area you need to avoid and the street that's are closed right now. >>> plus, automated phone calls and fancy e-mails. we're taking action for your money tonight. how to avoid the scam targeting anyone getting ready to file your taxes. >>> i'm jamison uhler. >> and i'm wendy ryan. thanks for joining us. first we want to start with breaking news in polk county. a man targeting young girls now charged with sextortion. >> we are live at the polk county sheriff's office with who police just arrested. marisela. >> reporter: this started on monday after the father of an 11-year-old girl contacted harassing his daughter on social media. we have a picture of the suspect. he is 25. authorities say on the app kck he called himself daddy. polk county sheriffs deputies say he threatened the young girl with posting her address online, that he would hurt her, set her house on fire and ask people to rape her if she did not give him nude pictures and videos, plus tur

> now at 5:30, spring hill residents fighting for a safe way to get around may have reason to celebrate. >> they made their chance against the red tape holding things up. i'm laura harris. >> and i'm jamison uhler. eric waxler shows us why the county says they can't afford it. >> a thousand feet, that's the distance from the senior living facility to a shopping plaza down the road. shouldn't be that hard to get to. try navigating this in a wheelchair. residents say they are forced into the street right here is that is always buzzy and risking their lives judge university to go to the store. cerebral palsy makes it difficult to speak for darlene but she has no trouble getting her point across. >> i want a sidewalk. are you kidding me? >> reporter: she has been asking officials to put a sidewalk here for years. those living at vista grand can safely make it to nearby stores and doctor's offices. richard even showed up to express his frustration with commissioners dragging their feet. >> this is a simple project. it's not like we're building a nuclear submarine. we're putting in a sidewalk. >> reporter: there are plans for sidewalks on both sides of quality job. bu

laura: it is preservative and additive free. we absolutely skimp on nothing to make our truffles what they are, all of our chocolates actually, what they are. hickory hill vineyard at smith mountain lake has a sweert heart special which includes a wine tasting and cheese and chocolate plate. they're also revealed their commemorative wines for the lake's 50th anniversary. people who celebrate will spend an average of about 147- dollars this weekend. that adds up to nearly 20- billion dollars. anna werner looks at the numbers that will have some lovers seeing red. . on valentines day more than half of men in relationships say they will buy flowers for their special someonemost of the year roses would cost a little more than $40but this romantic day is different (sot tony case q&a) " the price of roses, especially red roses, goes up anywhere from 3 fold to 5 fold." financial website bankrate says a typical valentine's day celebration... roses... jewelry... and a nice dinner... could set you back $512 dollars (nat florist) its actually the fourth most lucrative event on the retail calendar... behind only christmas, back to school, and mother's day... says a

hills home. the fight to contain it. "today in the bay" starts right now. a good tuesday morning, thank you for joining us. i'm sam brock. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. a cold start to our morning. >> it is cold in the studio and it is cold outside. we will have this cool air all throughout the day with this rain moving in. and we're even getting a look at some snow now falling over mt. hamilton. some of our higher elevations getting in on some very cool and wet weather. it's also moving into san jose making those roads wet. watch out for that as you head out the door. we're seeing those showers this morning and it will impact the morning commute and by this evening it's all out of here. our highs today will only reach the low to mid-50s and much warmer air is in the forecast. let's check in now with mike to see how the roads are moving. >> starting with highway 101 in palo alto. slicker roadways and the sheen and the mist kicking up behind the cars. the big billboard north 101 at university. folks getting off towards ikea and the shopping area. you see that in palo alto. the road weather index indicates with the green highlighting to

p>>laura: some of our top stories pnow, authorities say a suspected phernando county deputy. pit happened tuesday afternoon on pspring hill drive near pilgrim proad. pdeputy ryan smith was driving pwestbound in an unmarked car pwhen another car crossed the pcenter median and slammed into pit. pinvestigators say the driver was plikely speeding. psmelled of alcohol and showed psigns of impairment. pbruno was driving on a suspended plicense which had been suspended pseven times before. pshe was arrested. pdeputy smith is recovering. p>>russell: the captain of a pfreighter that sunk in a phurricane last year refused to ptake a vacation the day before pit happened. phe wanted his off time to be phome for his 25th wedding panniversary. pthe captain and all 33 crew pmembers died. pcoast guard is investigating pwhether misconduct or other roblems led to the ship's psinking. p>>laura: today is the grand popening for the first new pconcessions at tampa pinternational airport's ongoing pthey include a local company. p65 new restaurants and stores pare set to open the next two pyears. palmost half will have local pties. p>>russell: 6

laura: thank you, jen. pwhile we're on the subject of pdrunk drivers, a suspected drunk pdriver nearly killed a hernando pit happened on spring hill ptuesday afternoon. pa toyota corolla crossed the pcenter median and crashed into a pdodge charger driven by hernando pdeputy brian smith. phe was taken to a local phospital. pdeputies say the driver had an pher system and she was going way pover the speed limit. pshe also had a suspended license pwhich had been suspended seven ptimes previously. pthat deputy is at home precovering this morning. pbruno was released on bond. p>>russell: thanks. pwe always love it with the pflorida institute of certified ublic accountants makes time pfor us and perhaps their busiest ptime of the year. pit's ask a c.p.a. day here at pfox 13 and the c.p.a.'s will be phere until 9:30 this morning to ptake your questions. palready a lot of questions, pright? pa lot of people are already pcalling and thank you for pcalling and remember the advice pis free so you have the numbers prunning at the bottom of the pscreen right now. plet's talk about one issue. pa lot of folks will be asking, phiring, getting some

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laura bush will join jeb at a rally in charleston. >> and marco rubio looking to fire up the crowd in a town hall meeting in rock hill. he shared his vision for how he would redefine the job of commander in chief. meantime ted cruz held a rally less than an hour ago in aiken. guest. and he was the target of most of donald trump's in colteds in saturday's debate. trump is in greenville. >>> and the democrats turn to nevada. hillary clinton and bernie sanders campaigning in the state today. clinten is focused on winning the women vote. >> and clinton and sanders yesterday spoke at victory missionary baptist church with a predominantly african- american members and today hillary clinton had a breakfast with union members. >>> police carried out a massive drug bust finding drugs stashed ai would in in conspicuous ice, a liquid drug known as ice hidden in art supplies and silicon bra inserts, part of a shipment traced to a hong con storage facility. million. people over the haul. it is one of the biggest drug busts in australia's history. >>> well, from the super bowl, peyton manning named in the sexual assault case, invol

hills camera. oakland obliterated its record highs today reaches 81 degrees. san francisco and san jose also tied records. abc 7 news reporter laurahony joining us live from a toasty walnut creek. >> reporter: it's warm in walnut creek, too. this has been the place to be this afternoon. this is creme, one of the local ice cream shops here. for a time this afternoon a lot of people here, looked like a spring afternoon except one problem, it's not spring. it just doesn't seem right. but no one's complaining, at least not yet about these warm days just a week into february. from the berkeley marina to downtown walnut creek, those in the east bay took time to soak it in. what do you think about this weather? >> i love it. >> we are enjoying a day off and having lunch in this gorgeous weather. >> reporter: you like it? >> i love it. >> reporter: with temperatures climbing to the mid 70s and beyond, families came out for ice cream. >> we love it. but more rain would be, you know, good as well. but i won't complain. >> reporter: but with no rain in the forecast for at least a week, there's an undercurrent of concern amid the sunshine tha

hill tonighghwho should name scalia's successor. one local attorney says they middle. we turn it over to laura reed ree -- >> reporter: meemt. >> nigh -- now the identity of that fifth vote is up in the air. >> reporter: they would refuse to act on any supreme court nomination by president obama. president obama said h would nominate a successor in due time.

hill. resident obama said he will pdominate a successor. pmitch mcconnell said they would pnot confirm whoever the resident appoints.they will pwait until the next president pis elected whoever that may be. p. p>> laura: the saga is far from pover. paway, but we're going live to pthis year's annual toy show pnext. p>>> what makes an employee pgreat? pthere are several traits that pmake a difference. p>>> charley belcher showing poff this week school school. pthese could showing off that rogress village middle magnet. p>> reporter: is a mouthful. pmiddle magnet school for erforming arts. pyou need some incredibly ptalented people. pi love the cool school segment pyou meet people like emma who pis president of the national pjunior honor society. pwhat else are you doing? p>> i'm in journalism, porchestra, theater, and captain pof the school soccer team.>> preporter: what grade are you pin? p>> eight. p>> reporter: good for you. porchestra in just a minute. some people don't like to share their wifi, but at bright house networks, we do. login to one of our hotspots and get your code for free wifi at over 50,000 bright house wifi hotspots. 3 ((laura/wipe vo)) christmas is done. but that doesn't mean the

hills. no troubles there. our drive times, look at those. mentor, north olmstead and time. coming up, we have another brian. >> brian: odot is out in full force this morning as laura mentioned. this is video from lorain county on 90 east. it's a convoy of plows. in cuyahoga county 80 trucks and 110 drivers putting in 12-hour shifts to keep the roads clear. we will speak with an odot rep in about ten minutes. >>> a kent state senior and former player on the dpoelden flashes softball is suing the university. ksu's former softball coach raped her. she filed a report and they say they didn't follow sexual assault protocol and instead tried to cover up the incident. kent state said when we are formally served with the lawsuit, we will file the complaint and answer accordingly accordingly. >> nichole: the cdc has confirmed two zika virus cases here in ohio. a 30-year-old woman in cleveland and a 21-year-old stark county man. both had traveled to haiti recently. according to the cdc, the only way an infected person can spread the virus is through sexual contact. the main way people contract zika is when they're infected by an infected mosquitos, but those are not native

laura: president obama calls pthe oval office a serious job pbut a new poll may suggest potherwise. p>>russell: and caught on camera, pburglary in progress. psee what sent the thieves prunning for the hills. p>>dave: almost 6:01. pfog an issue this morning. pquarter mile visibility in the plakeland area to an eighth of a pmile in brandon. palong the coastline doesn't look pbad. pst. petersburg is reporting 10 pmile visibility. pthat's going to slow it down as pwe have fog the next couple of phours. pchilly, 44 degrees in pbrooksville. p41 crystal river. pmost areas along the coast, low pto mid 50s. pit's going to be a great day ponce the fog burns off. ptemperatures head back up close pto 70 degrees. p>>laura: p>>vanessa: we're not seeing any pcrashes on the roads. pright now we do have a look at pthis is u.s. 301 in the area of pbig bend road. pthis is actually a traffic light pand that's why the vehicles are pstopped but the visibility is preduced in the area. palso fog along parts of 75 in phillsborough as well as i-4, peastern hillsborough county. p275 looks clear. pbut just as dave mentioned, slow pit down, use the low beam plights. p>>laura: there's something else pwe have to pay a

hills station. contact transit police if you recognize this man. >>> grief counsellors will be on hand tomorrow to help students and staff at a boston school mourn the loss of a classmate. laura was just days shy when she was hit and killed in an intersection in randolph last night. she was a sophomore at the pilot high school in brighton. bright girl with a promising future. good girl. i never believe this could happen to her. i'm surprised. >> reporter: police have not charged the 21-year-old driver who say the weather was a factor in this crash. >>> the scare on the u-mass campus last week was real but it turns out the weapon involved was not. prosecutors say the suspect charged in the amherst campus lockdown was armed with a b.b. gun. 19-year-old william mcis charged with hitting student with gun and stealing money dorm. we brought you the tense moments as the u-mass campus was told to shelter in place on breaking news on fox 25 news at 6:00 on thursday. he is free on bail tonight. >>> an urgent warning tonight for students at brandeis university after a flasher has seemingly struck again for the sixth time. the story all new at 10:00. fox 25's john monahan is live at bra