they called in some pretty good resource because it had a lot of fuel to feed on. ambulances were also called but there's no word yet on injuries. i talked to a woman who says a neighbor told her to get out. >> she says that her neighbor was rapping on their door very hard, telling her to get out, and she woke up her entire family, and they all ran out into the street. right now, as i mentioned, fire crews have managed to get ahold of this fire, but they're still here on scene so they can make sure to control it. the american red cross was also called here within the last hour because there are three, possibly four homes affected, so they're here to help the families with housing tonight. this is something that is still ongoing, still trying to get details on this. as soon as we have further details on exactly wh it,ted it, we'll make sure to check in later on, possibly in the this newscast. reporting live, abc-7 news. >> another three-alarm fire, this one in fairfax that burned an historic barn. the barn has been there since 1937 and housed two apartments in addition to several horses. workers got the animals out safely. >> tonight the search continues for survivors of the storms that swept through the nation's heartland. >> at least 38 people have died. you can see one of the tornadoes in indiana in this video. more than 100 struck across nine states. scott goldberg reports from one of the hardest hits area, henrysville, indiana. >> in henryville, indiana, they knew something was coming but nothing could prepare them for this. >> you could hear the wind, the flashes of light. >> the tornado rolled through so quickly, gina didn't have time to escape the high school where she works. she huddled with her son and ten other students in the principal's office while the roof was ripped away. >> we're all alive. >> reporter: this used to be west liberty, kentucky. the twister that came through is part of a system that brought 100 tornadoes from the ohio valley to the gulf cores. >> if we hadn't had the phone service, because we food power, no remote radio or anything like that. the only thing we had was our phones. >> reporter: in alabama, cell phone warnings saved people who now have to recover from their second tornado in less than a year. other stores survival just sound lucky, like the restaurant owner henryville taking sheller in a basele while a school bus crashed through the dining room. >> it was gone. we didn't know the bus was in here. >> but the stories of loss are heart-wrenching. not far from henryville, they found the body of a four-year-old boy. he had been ripped out of his mother's arms. she survived. >> now, as people in henryville and other towns recover from the these storms they also have to think about what might be coming next. tornado season is just starting. its usual peak is still two months away. >> another amazing story of survival. a two-year-old girl was found alone and alive in a field two miles from her indiana home. she is now with family at the hospital. >> back in the bay area tonight, police identified the victim of an early morning fatal shooting in east oakland. officers found the man dead on stoneford avenue. he had multiple gunshot wounds. this is oakland's 21 new homicif the year. >> and san jose officials say a hells angels was seive here have i beaten before he pulled out his gun. he was attacked several times before he shot steve clauseson. clauseson was one of two people who purposed and kicked ruiz. ruiz is due back in court in march. >> a tracy man credits his training in san francisco for the rescue of a 15-month-old boy. yesterday the boy fell into this family's pond after a door was left open himself dad found him and ran into the street with his boy in his arms yelling for help. the next door neighbor began cpr. >> didn't have a pulse at first, wasn't breeging. then took the gasp for air. >> i heard this voice cry. >> he learned cpr as a reserve police officer for the san francisco police department. the boys father says he is getting rid of the popped. >> a play about prop 8 was seen over the world. >> a special west coast screening, streamed over youtube, and otow mass roman was there. >> a star-studded reading of the play "8." they play is on broobl -- approach are broadway in new york. and this is a reading of the transcript s when the federal court overturned prop 8. >> really great opportunity to show the world what happened inside the proposition 8 trial since videotapewards not released. >> this is the first time many people learn about what was said inside the courtroomment the reading of the play in los angeles had such star as brad pitt as the judge and george clooney. there were laughters and tears, supporters of prop 8 say the way the actors pore trade the transscript wasn't accurate. professor is a supporter of prop 8 and watched the play on his computer. >> the question of the emphasis that one places upon the words, how one presents them, and that can convey a totally different >> he beliemeaning. >> he believes that same-sex marriage is destructive. >> it will be a disaster for society because the historically the marriage was not based on whether two people loved each other but it was society's permission for a couple to have children. >> those who watched the play had different opinions about the play. >> this is saying, we're not accepting that. we are going to tell you what they said in this courtroom. and it's very powerful. >> they are married and were also plaintiffs in the original case against prop 8. >> google would decide to air something like this, all of those wonderful actors would want to participate. that's a beg big change. >> it's hard to have a full set of emotions because it still is going through the courts. >> in san francisco, abc-7 news. >> a sea otter considered the most important in the monterey bay aquarium has died. she was rescued in 2001. despite a brain condition that prevented her from being released into the wild, she was the first outer to serve as surrogate mothers for stranded pups. she died of natural causes at 16. >> an historic visit from israel's president one day after a day of service for iranians. what both are saying about the conflict in the region. >> a sensation on the internet the newborn polar bear taking his first steps. >> leigh: i'm leigh glaser. we have clear sky out there right now. a little light offshore wind. temperatures today, 60s and 70s. we'll do it again tomorrow before we start to cool down the first part of next week. >> the israeli president shimon peres will be flying into the bay area. the first time a signature president has visited the bay area. >> temple emanuel in san francisco will host israeli president simone peres next week. signs have sprung up warning of parking restrictions in the neighborhood surrounding the historic temple on tuesday when he is scheduled to speak her. >> it's great. the importance of this the israeli president in san francisco, and definitely has a big presence. >> the tour through the bay area will include a public address at temple emanuel and most of the trip will include visits with facebook founder, the head of cisco systems. peres is highly thought of as a statesman. >> everybody would be interested in meeting him and hearing him. >> and this visit comes at time when people are concerned about rising tensions with iran. >> i think these are very perilous times because israel especially, and the world in general, is in danger from the iranian nuclear threat. >> peres spoke about the iranian space expwaition concerns -- the iran want situation and concerns of the u.s. >> all of us agree iran shouldn't have a nuclear bomb and all options are on the table. >> abc-7 news. >> against a backdrop of international tensions, some iranian americans in san francisco give a day of service to the community. the work at the food bank was part of the event sponsored around the bay area by the national iranian american council. the hard wor giving was in stark contrast to the events in their homeland. iran is moving forward with its nuclear program. the u.s. and israel consider at it big threat. israel may strike iran on its own. >> hopefully several didn't -- several doesn't go it allobe. iran is talking about wiping israel off the map and that's obviously troublesome, but i think i th and all the other countries can come to a diplomatic solution. >> yesterday's elections in iran favor the conservative opposition, meaning tehran will most likely continue its nuclear program. locally people of iran ran disscent or hoping for peace. >> edindicates and parents and students kicked off a campaign to protect their schools from state cuts. if approved by voters in may, the measure 8 parcel tax would raise $2.3 million a year in local funning for the next five years. the district is facing a budget shortfall of more than $8 million for the current school year. >> been able to pass bond measures in this community. we have wonderful facilities, and the community has been supportive. but we need them to step um a little bit more. it's only $7 a month. it's like a trip to starbucks. >> if the measure is approved it will be added to the property tax bill. the district has lost $35 million in deappreciatate yeah real estate values. >> cancers survivors were in san francisco. patients were taught how to talk to doctors so they can understand the latest treatment and the role of again -- genetics. >> there are a number of men here who come from their daughter or wives and occasionally men get breast cancer as well so every now and then we have man here who has breast cancer. >> the conference is held every year on the first saturday inthc march. the cancer prevention inconstituted of california tracks patterns of cancer throughout the entire population and identifies those at risk for developing cancer. >> the cutest baby polar bear who has become an internet sensation just took his steps at a wildlife park in denmark. that's cute! even though he is a bit wobbly, eeventually got up on four feet in the snow. tinker was born in november but his mother couldn't produce milk. park staff are caring for the bear, and sleeps with the keepers is little polar bar. it's sweet. you key laughing at me. >> earl we show the bear you have to go, oh, the bear. >> because he is so cute. >> leigh: he is so accuse. >> thank you. >> leigh: a great day across the bay area. beautiful, and do it again tomorrow before we start to cool things down come monday and tuesday. we have clear skies out there this evening. this from the high definition east bay cam, and of course looking west you can see sutro tower there in the background. the clear skies, thanks to higher pressure really pushing the jet stream, the storm track well to the north of us. check this out. look at the amplitude of this. well to the north of the bay area. we have clear skies across the state, and we'll keep it clear tonight. we will start to bring in a few clouds, though, tomorrow night. current temperatures right now, 56 in san francisco. we have a pair of 44s. one in accept rose sacks -- santa rosa, san jose, 52. 48 in livermore so clear overnight and another spring-like day for your sunday. and then we'll start to cloud up and cool things down as we head into monday, as well as tuesday. now, temperatures, especially in the north and east bay, protected the valley areas will be chilly by tomorrow morning so overnight lows, upper 30s for napa, mid-40s for san francisco and oakland, 39 tonight for livermore and mid-to-low 40s for morgan hill and san jose. high pressure will stay in command one more day. so, expect more 70s, numerous 70s as we head into tomorrow afternoon, and as we head into early monday morning, though, everything is going shift the east. we'll return to more onshore winds, a cooler wind direction and going to bring temperatures down monday and tuesday. and by the way, overnight monday, there's a slight chance of maybe few sprinkles in the north bay. just enjoy tomorrow. get out. have a great day. san francisco, 72. north bay, 75. napa, 73. concord, antioch, brentwood, oakland, livermore, temperatures extreme east bay communities tomorrow, mid-70s. 74 for concord. fremont, 7 5. san jose, 7 5. santa cruz, make it a beach day tomorrow. mid-70s as well. 75 degrees. and gilroy, 79. the accuweather seven-day forecast. a nice, sunny, mile day for your sunday, and then after that, the clouds thicken. we turn to more onshore winds and that's going to mean cooler temperatures for us all. check out tuesday. daytime highs only in the upper 50s to right near 60 degrees, and then we'll start to see a little more sunshine heading into thursday and friday. >> last year it was freezing at this sometime we should enjoy this. league -- >> leigh: because it's going to be freezing on monday and tuesday. >> it's march. madness is coming up. >> mike: that's not a weekend withtonigh. tonigh. vegas, usf had a chance to upset st. mary's in >> mike: conference tournaments are the only chance for several teams throughout the nation to get into the ncaa tournament. the usf dons fall into that cat going. they faced st. mary's tonight. rex walters looking to keep his team's season alive. cody from downtown, 4-7 from the outside. a career points. high 28 points. dons up four at the half. here come the gaels. the first lead with 12:00 left. and the dons would never get back on top. the noter into n -- floater in the lane. gaels win 83-78, advance to the constance friend championships so face gonzaga. >> cal and stanford men face up. ucla and washington bruins playing spoilers. second half, gade knocks down the three. huskies up two inside of five minutes. now a minute let.tied at 69. lamb, misses the three. the bruins up two. huskies trying to steal it late. grant can't connect. bruins win it, opening the door for cal to grab a share of the pac-12 titles noon. >> wcc women's finals. gonzaga and st. mary's, the gaels hanging tough late. the zags too much. standish, 31 points. gonzaga ends the gaels' season with the victory. >> it's time for more "linsanity". a 10:00 tip-off on sunday morning on abc-7. we'll take a brief time-out before we hit the ice. sharks and the blues with first place on the line, and it works out better when your goal >> mike: the giants are ready to make another run for the title. they chalked up last season as a championship hangover. tim lincecum, off his first luigs season, strikes out two but allows a run on four hits. giant s on the board in the second. coughed crawford with the single but the d-backs win it. >> the a's have finalized a four year, 36 million-dollar deal with the cuban outfielder. he will replace scott sizemore who has a torn left acl. and he will be introduced tomorrow. a's and mariners today good debut for parker. came over in the trevor cahill deal. a's pounds out 16 hits, weeks had two of them, including a two-run homer as the a's beat the ms 9-2. >> to the ice, blues on the power play, neimi chasing the puck. bounces right to andy mcdonald. 1-0 blues. later, mitchell on net. it will trickle in. sharks' first goal in more than 123 minutes. tied at one. takes the blues just 20 seconds to respond. the tip inthe blues prevent the sharks from retaking first place. >> third round of the honda classic in palm beach. rory mcilroy has a chance to take over number one in the world. the birdie putt, good. two up on harry english and tom gillis, english shoots a 66. two 22-year-olds in the final group but five players are within four shots of the lead so it's not a game me for mcilroy. tiger is nine shots of the lead. >> come upg later, the as're looking for a new first baseman, a great story. coming up. >> and jeremy lin tomorrow, 10:00 a.m. mike mike i know one guy who is going to be watching. >> do you think they'll double team him? >> mike: i'll let you know tomorrow. >> you buy your cell phone at a discount but play tax on the full price. is that fair? >> the last stand before super tuesday. a look ahead to next week when we return. >> good evening. >> in tonight's head lps, firefighters are putting out the last flames of a three-alarm fire in san francisco. flames began in an abandoned wooden build fog the middle of a four-home row house structure. no reported injuries but 28 people are homeless. >> oakland's 21st homicide in nine weeks has been identified. he was shot multiple times this morning. no arrests have been made. >> san francisco police are looking for the hit-and-run driver who ran up on a cushion potrero avenue, struck a man in his 50s and drove away. the victim is in critical can condition. >> the firefighters saved the horses bit not the barn at the marin stables. fire investigators say an electrical problem may be the cause. >> mitt romney chalked up a 37% win in washington state. this fourth consecutive campaign victory ahead of next week's super tuesday. ron paul and santorum are battling it out for second place. and newt gingrich has 11%. david curley has the latest. >> while ron paul greeted voters in washington, gingrich, santorum, and romney, sprinted into ohio. >> get out and vote on tuesday. thank you so much. >> reporter: super tuesday, that is, ten states voting and romney seems to have a spring in his step in ohio, closing the gap on santorum. >> obviously if i get the nod from the people of ohio. that would send a big statement. >> reporter: romney knows his opponent has a beg problem. santorum didn't fill out all the paper work in ohio and the delegates could be a at stake. gingrich joined in, too. >> places where we have filed delegates and committed -- we have chance to get delegates. >> reporter: santorum tried to brush it off. >> that's okay. the only thing they find is a problem with mr. candidacy, pretty good case. >> reporter: the candidates are picking places where they think they can pick up votes, except for gingrich who is tooking talk shows shows and taking sunday off. >> in the overall race for delegates, romney leads with 18 5. santorum has 90. gingrich has 33, and paul has 23. it takes 1,144 delegates to win the nomination. >> rush limbaugh has apologized to a law student for calling her a slut and a prostitute. he directed hi wards at sandra fluke after she testified on capitol hill. he was -- she was supporting the obama policy that would required employers to include birth control in their, he, he plans. after several advertisers pulled their advertisement, limbaugh said he had chosen the wrong words. >> millions of us buy cell phones at low discount or free. >> the tax is $45. >> john couldn't resist. at&t was offering iphones for $49 with a two-year contract. john marched right down to get one. then the shock. >> the price of the phone in the end was not $49. it was double that. >> john is still fuming. here you see he was charged $49 for the iphone. but the sales tax was another $45. nearly as much as the phone itself. certainly more than they 8.5% tax he was expect. >> how can tax be 100's? it's a $50 phone thivment said the total price and the tax is based on the presale amount. >> john was upset with at&t for failing to display the full price. but the care area said it's the state charging a sales tax, not the company. regulation 15.58 says if you receive a cell phone at a discount, or for free with a wireless plan, you still have to pay sales tax on the full retail price. a big tax. the new iphones cost upwards of $500 without a contract. >> there's a lot of goofy things in the way california does things. >> state senator bob cuton says it is not fair and proposes a bill to pay the sales tax on the pull price you pay, not the full retail value. >> it's a matter of fairness and common sense. >> the state board of equalization enacted the regulation in 1999. a spokesman says the sales tax rule is based on the premise that mandatory service contracts are taxable. if kwon supers receive a down and a phone only because they're buying a wireless plan so theboard decided to collect sales tax base ode then full value of the phone. >> they'll tax as many things as possible and try to tax on the highest value. >> dutton says the him in is -- system is con fewing for consumerrers. other items you pay sales tack on what you pay north the vulval u. >> your trying to avoid any discrepancy or misunderstanding to the effect of, is this the price, not the price? shouldn't be a surprise. >> now cuton's bill passed it would save consumers an estimated $82 million a year. but that means the state loses $82 million a year. the bill is going to hearings in the upcoming weeks. i'll let you know what happens. this is "7 on your side". >> a new high-tech device could sigh lex anyone -- silences anyone who speaks out of turn. it is based on a theory of delayed auditory feedback. the brain is confused, making it nearly impossible to talk. developers say it can be used to silence people in libraries. critics say it could put free speech at risk is the dedevice is used to silence protester or speakers with unpopular word. >> do you get how that works? >> i think we should use it on shu. >> she helped turn millions of americans into foodize. top step judge gail simmons talks about how food helps you get ahead. >> get ready to shop. the great deals you can get, and it's all for charity, just ahead. >> get ready for another day tomorrow. just like today. with temperatures in the 60s and 70s. we have clear sky right now. and by the way, if you're heading to southern california, we have the forecast for those >> gail sim summons is the special projects director at food and wipe magazine and is a professional eater. >> she skyrocketed to fame as a top chef and wrote a book about her time on the hit reality show. >> ten years ago this did not exist. there was no reality television but the food television there was was really about teaching home cooks how to coug and there wouldn't food critics on television. they were only writing for major newspapers so it was a treat i was in the right time at the right space, incredible maintainors who taught me how to cook and how to eat. i practiced a lot. and ultimately when bravo came knocking because they had this crazy idea for a show, i jumped at the chance. >> who called you? >> it happened serendipitously. was at food and wine magazine, and i had done a little bit of media for them, just helping the editor in chief doing some wine stories and cooking demonstrations because i did go to cooking school and have professional training. then i moved over the writing side. and about a year into the column, bravo called and said we have this idea for a show, about the professional kitchen, and we need judges and we need chefs. if you help teach us about the food world and we like it, we'll put you on tv. so they put me on the screen test in the middle of the day, random tuesday, and it changed my life. >> wow. [applause] >> that's awesome. >> thank you. >> i'm going to interview -- my friend goes, how does she look so great and stay so thin while constantly eating in. >> that's in the number one question. it's a very rational question. ironically, my co-judge never gets this question. >> he looks great. but we both face the same challenges. it's a lot about learning to taste. i'm confronted with temptation all day long so it's about, you never have to finish your plate, and number two, part of my job is not just about eating but about taking care of myself, so i hit the gym. i bring my running shoes whenever i go. i ran several miles before i got on the plane to san francisco. it's boring, i do not like it, but it's a small price to play to get to do what i do every day. >> and you can watch 7 live every day. >> long lines to get into the bay area's biggest charity sales in oakland, the white elephant sale to raise money for the music of ohmland is in its 53rd year. it features quality used homes like vintage clothing, fine jewelry and sporting goods. last year the organizers raised $1.6 million. runs tomorrow from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. >> let's check in with leigh about tomorrow. >> leigh: here and statewide. here's the look at the state forecast. high pressure is going to dominate the entire state. check out san diego tomorrow. 78 degrees. los angeles, 83. palm spriengs, 85. tahoe, 54. and chico tomorrow, 70s as well. 71 degrees. we, too, here in the bay area, protected for one more day with higher pressure, and definitely going warm us up. so look for 70s across the region. santa rows sacks 7 5. 70, richmond. 75 for san jose. gilroy tomorrow, close to 80 degrees. 79. 75 accept cruz, and salinas tomorrow, 78 degrees. the high pressure area is going to start to weaken as we head into sunday night and monday. so you're definitely going notice a huge cooldown monday and tuesday. breezy conditions, onshore winds will increase, and by tuesday, daytime highs struggling to get out of the 50s. so that's the coolest day, and also a slight chance of maybe few sprinkles in the north bay communities overnight monday night, and tuesday morning. after that we look for dry days ahead and also warm things up thursday and friday. >> thank you, leigh. >> shu has a great baseball story. >> living the dream. the a's are looking for a third baseman due to a season-ending injury to scott sizemore, and this long-haired player may be their answer. wes timmons. insure insure h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@@ >> mike: would you rather teach personnen p.e. or play for to oakland a's. easy choice, wes timmons might get a chance this spring. >> where can i go? >> keep going to the ballpark and keep getting paid to do it. >> that was crack davis in the movie bull durham. a career minor leaguer and this is infielder wes timmons, the crack davis of the as. ten years and 987 games in the minders with atlanta and oakland, who he signed with last season. >> as cliche as its sounds, it's the love of of the game. nothing i would rather be doing. >> wes has been in aaa since 2005, having played every infield position. he teaches p.e. in the offseason and has no plan on giving up on his dream. >> as long as i have a uniform on my back, there's always the thought could i play well enough or somebody goes down. >> mike: that someone went down, scott sizemore blew out his knee and is out for the season. this might be wes' shot at the long-haired kid from westticed virginia. >> i didn't expect him to look like that. and looks likely has some gamer in him. going to get plenty of playing time. we don't have that many infielders here. >> the reality is i'm here to play. whether it's at the big-league level or aaa. i'm going going to give 100%. >> you're an old guy on this team. >> ion also -- i'm an old guy everywhere. and maybe that's where all the energy comes from, trying to keep up with the young kid. >> wes has been called up in september but never made the opening day roster. maybe this is the year his dream comes true. >> mike: baseball is the only game you can hang on. >> a 33-year-old ol' guy. >> and a family, too. >> i said, you've got to be single he says he has a wife ask two children and she is also a teacher and encourages him and hopefully its will happen. >> the a's finalized a four year deal with yoenis cespedes. he will replace scott sizemore who will miss the season with a torn acl on the 40-man roster and will be introduced tomorrow. a's and mariners, parker strikes out four in two person innings. a's pounded out 16 hits. weeks two hits today including a two-run homer, the a's beat the mariners 9-2. giants had tim lincecum coming off his first losing season starts today. giants get on the board the second. crawford, two run sing spool the heal. the d-backs win it 9-6. giant take on the brewers tomorrow. >> conference tournaments are the only chance for several teams to get into the ncaa tournament. usf in that good category. rex walters trying to keep the teams' season alive. downtown, 4-7 from the outside. flying through the lane off the glass. dons up 4 at the break. here comes the gaels in the second. the brad waldo. gaels' first lead. the dons never get back on top. the floater in the lane, up 17 points. gaels win it and advance to conference championships monday night, taking on gonzaga. >> college hoops tonight puts morning it's "linsanity" on abc-7. the knicks take on the celtics. 10:00 tip-off right here. >> the ice, sharks and st. louis and they had anymore me sing segue blues. chasing the puck. watch this. bounces right to mcdonald. i could have made that one. 1 or blues. later, mitchell. throws it in net. it will trickle in. sharks first goal in more than 123 minutes. tied at one. but 20 seconds to respond. the tipin, blues prevent the sharks from retaking first place with the victory. >> and that was your toyota sports report, and as i mentioned, that was just a great story with wes timmons and more from the giants tomorrow night on brandon crawford. >> i hope he makes it. >> that would be awesome. >> first saw him in the locker room, i was like, who is that guy? and the pr guy tells me the story, and he just has a great attitude about it. loves the game and not going to goo away until the take it off his back. >> that does it for this edition of coons abc-7. >> our next newscast is tomorrow at 5:00 a.m., and the polar bear just so we can hear alma one last time. >> thank you. i love it. ah!