tonight a ride on a steam-powered time machine courtesy of wayne freedman. wayne?there a view of new orleans but niner fans one is from modesto. >> right. >> niners, i hope. >> do you like the boat ride? >> i love the boat ride lure looking at and listening to a traditional sound among the river boat set. and now, let us pull you. it's a one of a kind job. that is a signature call from a river. the steam boat, old technology in a new forum. >> you got so much new technology now. a lot of the fewer people don't know how old people did it.wyzw it's a tourist attraction yes but a get away from crowds. escape in space and time over some of the deepest water of the mississippi. this is no digital rendition. that is a giant paddle wheel driven by a team engine so old it came from another boat in a previous century. >> you start a job, you like what you do? >> yes. >> then, you can make it your life long. >> workings of the machine fascinated us. they say this is like a living thing. a closed system two. boilers for hearts. the crew named them thelma and louise because t

wayne freedman abc 7 pus. >> that is fun, wayne, we're jealous. >> more pictures from 49ers faithful.at this family. who is that? quarterback alex smith. this little fan with a scarf that is bigger than he is. >> and you can see our photos slide slow is on our special page including reports from our abc 7 news team in new orleans. they're there for you. yes, check it out. we've got good stuff on there. >> let's talk about the weather forecast. >> sandhya patel, are you on the roof again? >> i am. you can't hold me back. looking at the view behind me it's spectacular. no other way to put it. there is four to five degree as above average. a live picture from san jose. sunny. high temperatures at 66 degrees, 68 in santa rosa. redwood city, 49 degrees. so right now, i'll show you what's happening. nothing. no rain to speak of. next week sometime, right now i want to show you temperatures. it's 59 in san francisco. feel goods up here. 66 in redwood city. 18 in mountain view. chilly inland overnight. temperatures dipping down again. mild afternoon through monday. cooler days next week. here

abc7 news reporter wayne freedman has more on the faithful. basically he is a joe flacco bomb away from us. wayne, take it away. >> hi, larry. the bigger the stage, the bigger the expectations. this is what is left of the superdome. the goalposts are gone. the fans are gone and the ground is colored with a color opposite than what fans hoped. at least the lights are shining. let's begin our report with what happened when the lights went out. where was meredith? >> the people in the super bombe say it was a breaker -- the superdome said it was a breaker. they cut the power and this was the scene in a half lit walkway as 49er fans interpreted the unseen sparks like tea leaves. >> anything symbolic? >> define intervention to reset and pull off the greatest come back in the history of the super bowl. >> it nearly was. if you watched the game or if you read faces and we need not say anything else, here is some reaction to the 49er fans to what was nearly the greatest come back in super bowl history. >> it was an awesome third quarter. >> the momentu

abc7 news reporter wayne freedman has more on the faithful. basically he is a joe flacco bomb away from us. wayne, take it away. >> hi, larry. the bigger the stage, the bigger the expectations. this is what is left of the superdome. the goalposts are gone. the fans are gone and the ground is colored with a color opposite than what fans hoped. at least the lights are shining. let's begin our report with what happened when the lights went out. where was meredith? >> the people in the super bombe say it was a breaker -- the superdome said it was a breaker. they cut the power and this was the scene in a half lit walkway as 49er fans interpreted the unseen sparks like tea leaves. >> anything symbolic? >> define intervention to reset and pull off the greatest come back in the history of the super bowl. >> it nearly was. if you watched the game or if you read faces and we need not say anything else, here is some reaction to the 49er fans to what was nearly the greatest come back in super bowl history. >> it was an awesome third quarter. >> the momentu

. >> ama: reporter wayne freedman is in the superdome now. wayne, what is the mood following the game? we played well but we did lose tonight. >> we're standing in plates where i watched most of game. if you wander around you can find a perch. that end zone down there, that is where all the fireworks took place in the third quarter. for a while here, this place was bedlam. it didn't last. you are looking a lot of baltimore raven fans, not nearly as many as there were 20 minutes ago. it's reminiscent when the giants won the world series in detroit. same kind of scene. singing and celebrating and taking pictures. taking videos, sending tweets to each other. not wanting to let the moment end. you really can't blame them they have won the superbowl as anybody has remembered. then a 35 minute blackout, frankly a lot of 49er fans thought it was an omen that the niners would turn around and do something with it. and they did. just didn't do quite enough, but from here in the superdome, a feeling from everyone, both niner fans and baltimore fans they

i hope you have been watching all leaning long because wayne freedman has done some tremendous stories. he has been out and about in the french quarter, on bourbon street. tonight he joins us from outside new orleans. he is with his people, the swamp people. wayne? >> well, near a a restaurant we liked so much in louisiana we liked so much, we're going to stick around for dinner. that's cray fish on the table. how much do you have there? >> eight pounds. >> eight pounds in a place called sal's seafood restaurant. another table. they don't bother with plates. they spread putt and eat it. cray fish, crab, gumbo. what brought us here? >> 15 miles southwest of new orleans, ever here of la feet, louisiana? it's a place where even this weekend the super bowl is an afterthought. >> what's the big attraction? >> alligators. >> we're entering the heart of louisiana swampland dereckness. only the bravest souls venture here. boatloads of them. >> it's awesome but it's creepy. >> these animals are not mechanical. >> they're real? >> real enough to touch and hold? must be on something. >> and thank

. >> let's not forget the big game abc crews are there in fact, katie marzullo and wayne freedman ran other while talking to fans on the river walk. she tweeted this out. check out all the photos at abc7news.com. >>> san francisco chinatown kicked off the lunar new year with a mini celebration. this is the year of the snake and today the chinese new year flower fair which is held a week before the chinese new year day happens. a smaller version of the parade marches down grant avenue. thousands of people enjoyed patted raid. >> it was a little cooler today than this past week. >> finally looking at sunshine late in the afternoon with the high clouds and the valley fog that kept a cap on some inland temperatures but right now, here is a live shot looking down toward the bay bridge with san francisco in the background. we're picking up on some of those high clouds continuing to stream in two directions, one from south to north. then we have another batch right here that is moving onshore. so definitely we'll see high clouds increasing the bay area overnight tonight. onshore clouds movin

mymy photographer, mike clark and i, bumped into wayne freedman and his photographer on the with walk. it was my first morning, but all the fun pictures are on the web site for you, abc7news.com. so do check it out, more of these amazing faces. >> doesn't seem like a lot of work was getting done. >> it's work. >> that was work. >> we were working. at taking pictures of ourselves and the beautiful scenery. >> as my daughters say -- wayne has a great story at 6:00. mike shumann will be long later on in sports. ama, one concern. you're wearing ravens purple. i'm sure it was just an accident. i don't know any other explanation. >> it was clearly a horrible accident. wait until tomorrow because i already have my red planned out. you know i have to wear red for the 49ers. >> all right. i guess that's the excuse you're going with. we'll see you later nonsports. >> ama: it is. thank you so much, larry. larry, katie, shu, and wayne are sending out a lot of updates. and during the game, follow our team in new orleans on twitter and facebook for the best up to the minute coverage on what is happ

. >> the sports director larry beil and mike shumann and katie marzullo and wayne freedman are sending out a lot of great behind-the-scenes updates from new orleans and we re-tweet the best at abc7 news bay area. in 20 minutes, katie marzullo will look at the boom in counterfeit super bowl products that are authorities are trying to crackdown on. >> if the harbaughs can tease each other what happened to your red tie? >> my support of the 49ers is where it counts. in here. >> gotcha! we feel it. >> you said i cannot wear the same colors. >> i did. we are changing up just a little bit. that is in the form of warmer temperatures today, more fog out there and some of the haze as we look from the camera to the ferry building and they have turned off the lights on the bay bridge, the fun lights. now, the live doppler 7 hd shows it looks quiet right now. everything is out off the coast and into the ocean and that is the cloud cover that we would be dealing with normally so that is our offshore that is kicking and still bringing us this mild air mass. good thing is not a "spare the air" day an

in san francisco, wayne freedman abc 7 news. >> interesting. >> oscar sunday just two day as way.you a front row seat if you want. live coverage begins at 2:00 stars beginning to arrive at 4:00 awards presentation begins at 5:30. >> afterwards we'll have a recap of the biggest moments and pass t/kykyr> and to get the full experience down load official app it's not too late. it gives access to a dozen cameras that will be streaming from red carpet and behind the scenes video, too.. >> it's just around the corner. so is chinese new year parade.4ñ >> yes. >> despite prebs of clouds so far no precipitation falling in the bay area from clouds. cold front is losing moisture so looks like we're going to be okay for the weekend. tomorrow, dry conditions and pockets of disturbances here and there. high temperatures in low 60s. we'll have some early morning sprinkles with that system coming our way. parade begins at 6:00 tomorrow evening. dry conditio

. >> wayne freedman has more on abe on the outside. >> if nen visits state prison they'll ab mazed atng innocence. he claimed innocence when arrested, sentenced. well, today after seven years, he talked about relief. freedom is something most of us take for granted. state of mind exercise as deciding where, when to go to lunge but the man inside of this law office was still not taking his freedom for granted today. >> this is a wonderful thing. >> he walked free after a judge set aside his conviction for attempted murder in this neighborhood a witness took five years, seven months to win ronald's freedom. >> i he'll like a newborn baby. one step at a time. >> his lawyers say he has no desire to get back at the system but everyone wanted to know would he sue is in the going rate for wrongful conviction senate of california is $100 a day./ísmÑ $100 take it or leave it but first you have to fight for it. >> it's unfair. >> our experience it isn't that easy to get them to pay you. >> if you're in prison for something you haven't done, you get nothing. no parole, no services or anything. t

. >> i'm cheryl jennings, live coverage on the storm with abc 7's wayne freedman in the north bay.doppler 7 hd? >> we're seeing rain, and snow. and wint jer back. let's check out our radar. i'm going to take you where we're seeing snow now getting hamilton getting snow as you'll notice here around hills getting snowfall as well. and it's raining down to street level we go in the south bay. you can see here some moderate to levy rain at this hour, we're going track this rain. it will continue to do that. we'll catch the rainfall. as you look towards half moon bay we're seeing snow now atop the hills. there is a moderate cell here, winter weather advisory in effect about 2000 feet just expiring now and as far as rainfall from our camera, you can still see build up. richmond just close to a half inch. i'll let you know how long live doppler 7 will be tracking rain and snow in just minutes. >> rain causing only a few problems in the north bay. wayne? >> an interesting place, in a wash, a place where if there had been heavy rain and flooding water would be over my head. you can see it's

waib wayne freedman caught up with him and is live tonight with the story. wayne?w, that is bourbon street down there. quite a crowd. niners and fans and it's getting pricey though. a lot of people don't have them leading to a question q k.a play play his way? n.? look in the crowd. it's a birtd, a plane. no. it's... stacy samuels from fairfax, california has not missed a home game in 30 years. a man with a problem we might add just another of many niner fan was out ticket autos anything from face value would be good. >> which way do you prefer? >> guess. >> just one more distraction in city spilling over with them. big easy is now did you say >> what is the strangest thing some.x.÷ >> just got kissed by a robot. >> they pave streets with music. >> all kinds of music people from around the world. they came, settled here and they brought music with them and put it together like a gumbo. >> now, he is in the big leagues now. >> i'll get in one way or another. >> leading a person to wonder with a banjo and cape double as a ticket? we're live here, those are bronco fan

abc7 news reporter wayne freedman has been everywhere. the french quarter, bourbon street, but tonight he is outside of new orleans and with his people, the swamp people. >> 15 miles southwest of new orleans, ever here of lafayette louisiana? a place where even the super bowl is an afterthought. >> what's the big attraction? >> alligators. >> we're entering the heart of louisiana swampland darkness. boat loads venture here. >> it's awesome but creepy. >> these animals are -- -- >> they're real? >> real. >> real enough to touch and hold. >> must be on something right now. >> thanks to the the navigating skills of captain james beasley, they're right off the side. >> pet them? >> no. wouldn't mind a pocketbook. >> it's all part of the john la fitte national preserve, and the al gators are protected but you haven't seen a big one yet. >> oh, my god. >> now you have. here's a closeup look at the dominant male in these parts. he is almost 11 feet long. >> how old? >> 67 years. >> how big? >> 11 feet, probably 400, 500-pounds. >> somebody you d

live in san francisco, wayne freedman abc 7 news. >> thank you. >> happening now in berkeley people want to save the historic civil center post office are preparing a rally this, is one of almost 700 post offices nationwide the government wants to sell. some like the berkeley post office are registered landmarks. the berkeley post office is a exam -- example of revival inside. >> nothing is as rewarding as getting mail. it's ridiculous to think of shutting this down. >> the rally will start at 6:00 in front of city hall followed by a meeting with representatives to distuesday the planned closure. >> just when the clean up began after a storm, another wave the winter weather is slamming america's heartland. >> it's brutal. high winds helped bring down the wall in austin, texas. >> snow proved it could be destructive in oklahoma. a man died after a roof collapsed under fallen snow. truckers waited for plows to free them. >> white out conditions stopped rig rigs in their tracks at height of the latest blizzard, you can see nobody going anywhere, any time soon. >> we're enjoying marriage. >>

. >> i'm wayne freedman. land of condos there is a full moon going on. a boom.l you about it when we come back. >> coming up at 5:00 rain we're expecting means snow in the sierra. we're live where new snow is reason to celebrate. ski reskports lots of families. first lady coming clean to talk about the crisis behind >>> reports indicating a turn around in the real estate market. >> new, attention is on the market for town homes and condos. that is heating up. >> abc 7 news jins us live this afternoon, wayne? this complex behind me most of you would recognize it off the bay bridge.shr that all told there are three units for sale in this place. prices are raising in double digits thanks to low mortgage interest rates and that old stand by, law of supply and demand. we spent time with a real estate agent. >> let's say someone said i want to flif emeryville. >> be patient and have perseverance. >> there were 11 condos for sale in all of emeryville. a shortage throughout the bay area. they are the hottest going right now due to a strange combination of low rates and

abc7 news reporter wayne freedman has been everywhere. the french quarter, bourbon street, but tonight he is outside of new orleans and with his people, the swamp people. >> 15 miles southwest of new orleans, ever here of lafayette louisiana? a place where even the super bowl is an afterthought. >> what's the big attraction? >> alligators. >> we're entering the heart of louisiana swampland darkness. boat loads venture here. >> it's awesome but creepy. >> these animals are -- -- >> they're real? >> real. >> real enough to touch and hold. >> must be on something right now. >> thanks to the the navigating skills of captain james beasley, they're right off the side. >> pet them? >> no. wouldn't mind a pocketbook. >> it's all part of the john la fitte national preserve, and the al gators are protected but you haven't seen a big one yet. >> oh, my god. >> now you have. here's a closeup look at the dominant male in these parts. he is almost 11 feet long. >> how old? >> 67 years. >> how big? >> 11 feet, probably 400, 500-pounds. >> somebody you d

then wayne freedman takes us on a river road ride. >> turn to abc 7 news after the super bowl. we'll be live on the air with up to the minute looks at how the niners fans are reacting here and in the big easy. >> closing in authorities are merchandise calling efforts operation red zone. in just a week, $330,000 worth of counterfeit goods were seized in the bay area. nationwide, 13 million has been seized since this crack down began. it's part of a joint effort involving homeland security. we'll have a live report coming up at 6:00. >> moving on, backwards that is how a report today described the progress police are making with a series of mandatedléh3g reforms.nn >> latest findings show police still have not met 11 of 51 reforms in 2003 original schedule called for reforms to be imthe plemed five years ago. one, officers pointed guns at a sleeping 19-month-old child, also failing police for failing to report and investigate misconduct allegation autos a dell gee back in business after a closure because of the noro virus. this deli was shut down and officials say 15 people fell

wayne freedman is there. larry beil, shu and sending out a lot behind the scene updates and we are re-tweeting the best of them. live reports continue here on abc7. you can tune to "abc 7 news" right after the superbowl to see the celebration. our team is in new orleans and in the bay area. we'll be live on the air with an up to the minute look at how niner fans are reacting here and in the big easy. >>> we've got new developments this morning in the nearly three decade old disappearance of kevin collins. we have learned the name of a key figure in the case and why police are hoping it will bring an end to this long investigation. he was just ten years old when he disappeared almost 29 years ago. last seen at a bus stop in san francisco. sergio quintana says the main person of interest in the disappearance had a rap sheet that included kidnapping. >> we were the first on the scene on tuesday when police took jack hammers into the home. our source says that is where dan lived. those sources says he went by the

wayne freedman abc 7 news. >> thanks for joining us for abc 7 news at 4:00. >> our alarm clock app is droid as well as google play and is also still available if you have an iphone. >> abc 7 news at 5:00 begins right now. >> thank you. terror plot about to unfold in our own backyard. how a federal agent managed to stop planned bombing of a bank. >> and a vigil tonight fr a young girl found dmaed a park. police arrest a man they had under 24 hours surveillance. >> i'm sandhya patel. i'll slatest on the major storms developing and a look at changing weather for the weekend coming up. >> police say they have a killer in custody for murder of a 13-year-old girl. i'm cheryl jengs. >> a week after that young teenager was found dead in a park, police arrested the man they say is responsible. >> they identified the 32-year-old anthony lamar jones early ons a suspect. investigators say they were watching him around the clock he was arrested just blocks from where a surveillance camera took this last known photo of jannel conway allen on the afternoon she disappeared.li>w we're live wlaitest. v

wayne freedman is live with a look at conditions in san anselmo. >> we didn't have any snow there or no tornadoes. we did have rain this morning. as you look over here, this is some of the runoff in upper san anselmo creek. that is it. this area if it was a big rainstorm, even where i am standing would be under water but we did have some here this morning. >> some rain must fall and to marin residents, they brought umbrellas and kept date in context. >> i like it, we need the water. >> i came from the east coast a few days ago. this is an improvement, i guess. >> if you are looking for headlines, there was power outage in san anselmo. jack anderson told us all about it. >> it was out about an hour and then came back for five minutes and then an explosion and it was out for another hour and a half. >> coffee joints did brisk business, when people talked no much of the end of the world but the beginning of spring. >> i think they are full. >> when do the hill turned green? >> think they have. >> okay. >> but before it does... here a last treat. a beautiful by-product of storm. cascade

wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >>> good for them.llent start in saving that theater. >>> a sea of pink slips. why hundreds of thousands of workers are being given notice. plus -- >> there is no longer anything foreign about foreign policy. >> john kerry's first major speech as america's top diplomat. why he says the country's greatest challenge begins here at home. >>> also a cleanup project along the guadalupe backfires creating a new problem for the city of san jose. >>> rain, heat and snow not ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] now's the time to spring. get the poulan blower vac for just $79 at lowe's today. barrow island has got rare kangaroos. ♪ chevron has been developing energy here for decades. we need to protect their environment. we have a strict quarantine system to protect the integrity of the environment. forty years on, it's still a class-a nature reserve. it's our job to look after them. ...it's my job to look after it. ♪ >>> an effort to clean out a homeless encampment in san jose backfired on the city. now, even more homeless pe

at lake merritt in oakland, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >> and some developing in us in palo alto.d a person tonight at the east meadow drive crossing. emergency crew still on the scene. service is disrupted and bus bridge is in effect for the immediate why the area. accident happened at about 2 hours ago. 12 fatality by the way involving cal train were report entered 2012, eight turned out to be suicide. >>> tonight peace corps has announced death of bay area volunteer. nicholas castle from brentwood died yesterday in china after short illness. 23-year-olberkeley graduate teaching evening lish at the time of his death. castle had written that service in the peace corps was a life time dream and chance to experience a different culture. sad loss. >> federal regulators tonight shut down the tour bus company involved in the crash in the san bernardino mountains 8 people were killed. the company is based in mexico. it's accused of operating 2 other buses in the u.s. with serious mechanical safety violations. >>> outgoing secretary of defense panetta calling it the honor of his life ti