Goulet opened fire on theme a lion mauled and killed an employee inside of a cage in a wild animal sanctuary. It happened in the big cat haven in dunlap. Deputies put down the lion when they arrived. This is very rare. Because of the safety requirements, animal employee interaction was limited other than a showcase situation this, is a situation where you have had someone too close to one. The facility houses several exotic species. Bay area has had some muchneeded rain. But the rain caused a tree to come down, taking down cable and phone lines. Pou jer back on now at a novato shopping center, strong winds knocked down electricity to businesses at the hamilton marketplace for a short time. Snow falling in the sierra. A winter storm warning is in effect until 10 00 tonight with up to 10 inches of new now snow. The snowfall is welcome relieve for water resource officials after our driest january and february on record. And this is a live look at the heavenly resort. Lots of snow is expected to fall on ski resorts there before the weekend. We have more rain coming our way. Lets check in now with spencer christian. Well take a look at live doppler 7. Things are quiet. Most parts of the bay area are dry. We do have areas of light scattered showers closing into the north bay here. Just east, sort of midway between petaluma and napa. Towards mount hamilton, areas of shower activity. As we animate, you can see the movement northeast. A Winter Weather advisory for locations south of monterey is in effect from 10 00 in the morning to 10 00 friday morning. And. Winter storm warning is in Effect Tomorrow night. And rainfall totals past 24 hours widely vary to 6 100ths in hayward. We do expect totals to grow a little bit. Ill have the accuweather forecast coming up. Thank you very much. New at 4 00 we have new information about that bizarre boat theft that ended with a yacht crashing ashorks right now only one of the three people remains in jail. Abc 7 news Mark Matthews has a look at what happened in court today well. Charges are. Dress hd in an or yank sweat shirt, leslie allen gardener enter aid plea of not guilt dwree grand theft, receiving stolen property and vandalism. Damage to the yacht estimated at 500,000 but that is counting cost of the coast guard response that ran aground monday morning and efforts to get it off the sand. Monday, gardener was culled pulled from the boat. Accord together District Attorney handling this case, both mira and modewell thought gardener owned the boat. Our investigation convinced us they were unwitting and understood him to have inherited the boat and treating them as witnesses at this point. The d. A. Says all three were together sunday night. Theyd just driven frup santa cruz. He asked them if theyll like to go for a sail. They were having a party on the boat drinking and eating and so. We can revisit that decision. From circumstances that weve review that had appeared to have been what is going on there. And lisa modewell and daro mira were on board the boat when stolen sunday night. They were on board when the boat ran aground in pacifica monday morning but just minutes ago, daro mira was released from jail here. We had a chance to talk with him about how the boat was taken. Durm the chief of police told us that there is signs of forced entry. Someone broke into the boat. Mira told me no. That isnt what happened. No there is a key. He had a key. Called for a key he called . Yes. Someone came and brought him the key . No. No. He said it was in the top canopy. He started looking and found the key popped out. Do you have an idea who he called . No. I assumed it was the owner. You know . That is what i assumed. The owner of the boat tells me he doesnt know that gardener or any other people on board the boat and the District Attorney says theyre in the looking at connection between them. Gardener is due back in court on the 18th of the month for a preliminary hearing. And we expect lisa modewell will be released from jail. Mark matthews abc 7 news. A police dog credited with ending a seven hour standoff in a marijuana grow. You can see the suspects in Police Custody just minutes after he surrendered. Hes accused of taking part in a robbery in the bay view. Three other suspects ran from the scene and were arrested but this man refused to come into the building. They made their way through the building the suspect surrendered stating he did not want to be bitten. So i think the dog gets credits for arrest in this case. Police say the suspect was holding four employees hostage inside of the building. In San Francisco police are looking for a large marijuana grow this morning. They think the cause is likely electrical and linked to overriding power system to supply that pot operation. Some suspected smoog this neighborhood sex pensive to live here. You would think it wont happen here. Quite a lot of family was children here no. One wr is safe, guise firefighter was hurt flightingsh fighting flames. Hes expected to be okay. Investigators say the fire caused 1. 5 million in damage. The shooting of a man came to the bay area to interview for a job with google received a lot of attention. Now, the person accused of killing him is on trial. In front of the Alameda County court house, the victims widow through in to testify in this case. She came here to confirm her husband had traveled to the bay area for that interview with google. They asked her what, if anything did her husband have on him at the time. Ie, credit cards. Her fem testimony was brief, but emotional. In 2010, her husband was leaving the dental office of a friend late in night at oakland because it was the only time they can fit him in. As they were leaving police say these two people attacked them. The man in the hooded sweat shirt is george huggins. The man police say shot the victim. His companion agreed to testify against huggins. She now only faces volume teary manslaughter. The victim left behind a wife and two children. I want to try my best to do this. I also though i know im here, i wont be able to bring him back, again. She returns to virginia tonight. The trial is expected to wrap up in a few days. Still ahead, a lawyer this afternoon hoping to get a rebate loan. A live report as we get closer to the conclave. New at 4 30 the new progress on the 49ers stadium in santa clara. Proposals to bring a super bowl to the bay area. Plus, Michael Finney taking your questions on twitter and facebook. Hell answer them here live a little later. You can contact michael at there is no word when the conclave to select the next pope will begin. Abc 7 news is live at the vatican for us. David . Good morning. From rome its now a little after 1 00 in the morning. Thursday morning there is rain coming. But everything happening here is just fast and there havent been any significant results in the last couple days whats happening here is interesting. For instance a lot of focus on sistine chapel. Lets show you why workers are there. Theyre putting in Wood Flooring to cover the marble so march nl flooring doesnt get damaged. Theyre bringing in a couple stoves one will burn ballots and second will emit the smoke. The smoke will be white or black. Theyre using a whelm cal to do chemical to do that. Black mean theres has been no decision. Eight years ago, i will tell you that it is confusing because when smoke came out it was gray. We didnt know fit was white or black. Hopefully they worked on that. Lets talk about the cardinals. Theyre continuing to meet and will make speeches and pray. Theyre gathering at st. Peters square. We saw that happen yesterday. They did agree the media to watch that. One thing the vet can did do was shut down talking cardinals are doing there. Theyre trying to be transparent trying to keep us up to date on daily reee vents but the vatican now says that since they have been transparent with this process but these events are becoming more sensitive z here is more from the vatican. There is a certain respect that grow nootz conclave. The italian media is giving us a glimpse of at the retreat. When this photo was published showing benedict walking gardens. And as you come back live here in rome, i will tell you the media has been a constant source of frustration for the vatican. There have been leaks and secret stuff. So that is another reason why we believe theyre trying to shut the cardinals down from talking. As for when it began, we just dont know. We zront a date just yet well. Know that all cardinals are in place here in rome. One is missing the cardinal from vietnam. Hes expected here today. When he gets here we do think that they will set a date. But you dont know for sure until it happens so its a wait and see mode. But we do believe we hope that will get that date sometime today. All right. Thank you for that update. Look forward to that day. Apple asks to though out a case. John. Good afternoon, guys yes. Judges dismissed a lawsuit over linkedn over a security breech. Two career members sued the company saying linkednin failed to protect information. The judge says the plaintiffs did not read the policy more than six million pass words were posted online in that breech last year. Apple wants a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit claiming it has an illegal monday nop yoly over ive overapps by forcing people to buy apps in the store. But apple pointing out it doesnt set prices for those apps. Check on trading. Mix close in a positive jobs report from adp. As for your bloomberg Silicon Valley index it was lower on shares of apple and eeb yai. Disney shareholders rejected a proposal at todays shareholder meetings with bob iger set to least company in 2016. Also reelecting the board and approved compensation packages. Back to you. A warning about a new and expensive tax refund loan. Regulators cracked down on refund anticipation loans from baumpkz now groups say tax preparers and cash advance stores are offering a more expensive version. Many loans have a typical Interest Rate of 36 . Other companies are giving customers a portion of refunds then keeping the rest. We had rain but i saw breaks of blue skies today. Showers were widely scattered. It may be more organized tomorrow. The showers. Here is a look at live doppler 7 hd. You can see what im talking about. We have patches of green widely scattered. Most of the bay area is dry at the moment. We do have patches of shower activity in terms of precipitation. Than any other part of the bay area. A little area between napa there are spots of showers moving out towards fairfield. Down in the south bay, north, east of morgan hill, higher terrain, showers, how about this cell that just cell veled . In san jose, its isolated. But its producing wet weather. There in that spot parts of eastern san jose. Here is a live view looking down to the bay. You can see lots of clouds in the sky here. Temperatures at this hour generally into 50s from San Francisco to oakland to san jose. On we go to another live sfru our camera here at abc 7 looking along the embarcadero. Cloudy skies again, temperatures mainly in the mid50s. These are the forecast features, well see just a chance of showers overnight. Scattered showers tomorrow, and showers will be mainly along the coast near the coast and south bay. Tomorrow afternoon. And here is whats happening in the atmosphere, satellite showing a passage of the cold front that brought us Stormy Weather last night. Some trailing showers behind that front. Dropping down ask could produce showers into the south bay. That is about all we can expect to get tomorrow. Friday afternoon there could be a left over shower. Looking at the rainfall total projections through tomorrow evening, not more than a tenth of an inch or less in the east bay. The coast could pick up a quarter inch. Overnight tonight just widely scattered showers. Will he temperatures from upper 30s so low 40s else wr. Tomorrows highs only low to mid50s. A raw mainly cloudy day with showers near the coast. Nicely friday and warm up over the weekend to 70 degrees by sunday. Dont forget to set your clocks forward. Mid70s a far cry from what youre having now. Following grim news from a 70s tv icon what. Valerie harper announce today. I fire up your life safer. Why the jedi will return for grim news about actress valerie harper. Today the 73yearold revealed she has terminal brain cancer, harper told People Magazine she received a diagnosis in january and the news hit her like a sledge hammer. The magazine says harper may have just three months to live. She won four emmy awards for her work on the Mary Tyler Moore show. Her own spin off series ran from 19741978. Star wars universe is expanding. In todays entertainment report from on the red carpet. The force is with star wars fans this week. Disney chairman confirmed to shareholders the company is developing stand alone movies featuring characters. Disney bought the lucas films franchise last year. Private moments made public . Steven tyler says dream on. The state senate pass aid so called steven tyler act aimed at stopping pap ratsy. Their front man says unwanted photos of him were taken last year in maui. Tailor swift on the record find out how she feels about dating right now at otrc. Com. Still to come on abc 7 news at 4 00 a show of solidarity. Plans to bring the super bowl to the bay area and the new stadium. Thousands of people take to the streets in venezuela to mourn their late leader, hugo chavez. The gun company tripling sales this year. The Community Wants to require every resident to own a gun. We go back to breaking news we told but earlier in San Francisco. Sky 7 hd was over the Federal Building where authorities have now just given the all clear there. Xd was a package there but authorities have given the all clear in San Francisco. Three bay areafa mayors came nogt a show of solidarity preparing to submit a bid to host 2016 super bowl of the 49ers new stadium in santa clara. Their proposal is top secret but abc 7 news managed toxd get a fewxd nuggets for us. Joining us now live outside that have stadium. Understandably they dont want to tip off miami. Details of the proposal are strictly on a need to know basis. Construction of the 49ers1. 2 billion stadium is ramping up to 1,000 workers onsite, now this, scheduled to open next year will have feature nose other stadium has, including solar panels, high tech kmumpxz a roof deck and leadcertified environmental honors. The stadium is a great selling point. The marries unite to entice the owners to invite super bowl 50. Going to keep hush, hush as instructed. As you know, were going to have great surprises to make is that your we gain visibility that we need a bid committee is working to complete a massive book required by league owners. It covers basics like number of hotel rooms, restaurants, transportation auctions and security. But has to be a wow factor. 49er owner jed york suggests Northern California has unique qualify thats will help bring the bowl to the bay. Youre talking about technology and about being at the cutting edge. Daniel is chair of the bid committee. Were going to highlight the great companies. You know sfr fr facebook to apple and ebay. And you know were going to highlightc our legacies. Were told this effort will showcase near napa valley. This facility which the league invested millions in. The yorns will listen to a presentation in may before deciding between santa clara. We think we can come up with a package so enticing to owners theyll demand to have super bowl 50 right here. Demand it . Absolutely. Very confident. The bid is still being worked on. The presentation to the 32 nfl owners is may 21. And they make a decision immediately after that. Thank you. Venezuela will observe seven days of National Mourning in the wake of the death of president hugo chavez, tens of thousands of people marched through the streets today alongside a hearse carrying chavezs body. He served 14 years as venezuelas president and called president bush the devil but was popular among his countrys poor because of the programs established by the countrys oil wealth. Friday is the state funeral. Former Congress WomanGabrielle Giffords push for stronger gun laws took her back to the tucson shooting center since the shoofting that left her, and 13 othereds wound asked six dead. She asked her former constituent foz fight, fight, fight to get key senators to support expanded background checks for gun purchase autos be bold. Be courageous. Please support background checks. We own firearms for the same reasons Many Americans do but this discussion is really not about the second amendment. Its about public safety. A Gun Control Group started by giffords began airing a new tv ad in arizona and iowa yesterday calling for background checks to keep guns out of the hands of criminals and mentally ill. Legislation to bant sale of assault weapons is proving to be a gun for boon for smith and wesson. The Company Reports earnings more than tripled in the mostrecent quarter. The Company Raised outlook for gun sales this year as a result. The gun industry has seen a spike in demand from consumer thats worry regulations could limit theyre builts to buy certain firearms. The head of every household in nelson, georgia could be soon required to own a gun and ammunition or theyll be breaking the law. Saying only one Police Officer is on for a city of 1300. Critics say they dont want the government telling them if they have to own a gun. Felons or people unable to handle a gun could be exempt. Now to an unusual story out of new york. A man slapped with a summons for disturbing the peace for laughing too loud. Police were called after complaints from the neighbor. This week a judge declined to dismissv the charges. The man says he suffers from a newer logical disorder which makes him laugh loudly. Very interesting. Yes. Who knew . Just ahead a shark invasion. And. Where underwater species were unveiled in the bay area today. Well show you the unusual creature. Todays 7 on your side q and a just ahead. Im still taking your questions so you can contact me right now on facebook. Com and over on twitter at m finney. A rare species of octopus revealed today at the California Academy of sciences its a larger pacific striped octopus first discovered in 1991 off the coast of nicaragua. Its remarkable for coloration. Take a look there switching from black with white stripes and spots to a dark reddish hue. Sighin 0 iezzym have been studying it for 13c month autos we learned so far they can live in pairs andxd may beak to beak which is very weird for an octopus and they get along. Well have several on display its very neat. It was unveiled today in the Academy Animal attraction aqua am gallery. Beautiful colorings. Now to alp sight off the0l souh florida coast. Hundreds of sharks marine biologists say theyre heading back, north after spending winter in warmer waters, tens of thousands have been cited since march lifeguards have ing swimmers from the water because of the increased danger there. Like shark soup. I know. Dont have to convince me. Spencer christian is here with the accuweather forecast. Okay. Were looking at live doppler 7 hd. We have widely scattered showers right now. There is impressive area of showers just moving over toc the high terrain. A cell still lingering in san jose producing set weather there. Looking ahead tomorrow state wide, clouds of clouds producing most rainfall off shore. Some coastal areas of the Central Coast including cloudy skies up north. Maybe a little area of the each bay, south ofni livermoreud mightnrym see shower activity. Things are mainly quiet at this moment. We can see scattered showers developing into tomorrow morning but not much is expected to fall before tomorrow afternoon. Thank you so much. Okay. Just ahead, new warning about a popular osteoporosis drug. New fears over growth of so called super bugs. The new warning from the cdc. New International Agreement could make it more expensive to eat tomatoes. Well tell whatht you is changing. Im Michael Finney. You buy a product, pay for it. The company then keeps delivering it for months what. Do you do . Ill have answers coming up. Here is diane sawyer a look at world news at 5 30. Hello. Tonight on world news all breaking stories of the day including the outbreak of the bay area what is it . The front lines to show how doctors are working to keep it contained. And also drks they really have to save pennies at the white house canceling white house tours . What about the little kids . Were going to tackle that question tonight everyone around the country is weig federal Health Experts warn women should no longer use a popular bonestrengthening drug. Fda voted the risks outweigh benefits. Authorities have been reviewing the safety after twor studies showed a higher risk of cancer among patients taking it. Dvd warning hospitals to take action what it calls a nightmare bacteria that could kill patients. It is known as cre and has been spreading moreover the past decade. Its killed half of the patients that contracted a bloodstream infection of cre. The d cdc says it could get more dangerous. Increased salt consumption could be a culprit behind auto immune systems. They found mice with multiple sclerosis got worse when eating a high salt diet. Researchers say its not just bad gene buzz environment that can play a role in disease. The family of an 87yearold woman who died at a bakersfield nursing home after a nurse refused to perform cpr says the woman wanted to die naturally and theyre satisfied with the care received. Death sparked outrage. The call was released on a recording an employee told dispatchers she wasnt permitted to perform cpr. The company says the employee misinterpreted guide lines. The employee is on leave while officials investigate this case. Michael finney is here now, answering questions through facebook, twitter and e mail. First comes from a twitter user who asks what is your take on company thats charge your card on orders they cant fulfill for four months . Ouch. Theyre get interesting free loan four months. Here is what the rule says. The rule sfez they dmot tell you how long its going to be, they have to have your item shipped within 30 days if not theyve got to give you a chance to refund your money. If you agreed to that before giving money, then, they can hold to you that. But a rule is 30 days including internet, telephone sales and danny e mailed do you have tips on shopping for Auto Insurance . Yes. Doi. The department of insurance takes a look at all of the Auto Insurance poll skpiz then, they post them online in such a way that you can find cheapest one for you. Its phenomenal. Put in your age, car, driving record and is it you sth a spouse . And then, it pops up all people insuring you, how much theyd charge is phenomenal. Again that is California Department of insurance swrechl a link on our web site. Just go check it out oo. Great. Convenient. Yes. Its great. This next one comes from kevin who asks, a sign of the store says shoes 40 but ring up at 20 off. This happened several times when i bring up to the clerks they adjust the price. Where can i complain . You know what is interesting about . Have you ever notice that had the sale never says 20 and then, you get 40 off . Yes. Look this, is absolutely not aloud. Every county has department of weights and measures and a complicated agreement with the state. But the bottom line is that the county takes care of it go. To your local county. Or, by the way we have a state web site connecting you to everyone. Theyre not allowed to do this. If they do it often theyll bust them. The problem is that the budgetses are so low now, everyone cutting out their department of waits and cutting it down. These problems are increasing were going get on these guys. Good deal. Thank you. Sure still to come, California PublicUtilities Commission in hot water, what happened after they lost track of millions of your dollars. Coming up at 5 00 a bad case of deja vu for one neighborhood. A high risk sex offender is getting ready to move n those living there putting ape fight. Alarming disorder many new moms are now sho take a look at this, a construction crane crashes into the water in oregon and its caught on tape. Wow. It happened in Central Oregon near the coast. Crewg s with support towers. A new crane expected to be put up tomorrow to finish repair autos there are a lot of fees we pay on our bills. Most of them small enough, you probably dont notice them but they add up to a lot of money. And california billions of dollars. And the state also hasnt beenu paying much attention to that money p. U. C. Demonstrated its not been tracking these accounts very well. Commissionu has been under scrutiny after audits found kit not account for billions in fees it collects from utility customers knox one knows whether customersmy were overcharged every month, assessed on electricity, natural gas, cable, phone bills. Much going to special accounts to pay for programs. The fee often based on how much the forecast needs its not acceptable. The ratepayers were not harmed. By those errors. No program were affected. Lawmakers scoffed at the notion customers were hot harmed because during years of bad forecasting cpuc continued to raise fees. We continue to ask ratepayers to pay more, more. The budget forecasters cant get the plaj right. Stating the agency has trillions when it actually had billions. The misreporting was in almost to the penny adding three zeroes to it. We told you this week about californias new program to give cell phones to the homeless and other lowincome residents. We tried to get a straight answer on whether the fee would increase to subsidize the program no. One could give a straight answer but today, cpuc told lawmakers yes. In fact, it would double. How is it theyre doubling a fee increase . In this year were going to have to increase fee levels in order to be able to accommodate the program needs. Do you know what youre doing . That is not a fair question. Of course we know what were doing. Cpuc insists it has the best feesetting practices in the country. Those fresh ripe tomatoes americans enjoy could cost more at the checkout counter after a growers agreement between us us and mexico. A dput over mexican tomatoes being sold in america. Growers in florida said the mexican tomatoes were on the market here below cost. The deal between u. S. Department of commerce and Mexico Economy Department resets minimum prices. All right. Thanks for joining us for abc 7 news at 4 00. The abc 7 news alarm clock app is vibl for your android, down load now for free. Abc 7 news at 5 00 begins right now. An east Bay Community on edge again another high risk sex offender gets ready for release. The legal fight to stop this from happening. And a lion mauls a woman after going on the prowl in the central valley. Im abc 7 news sandhya patel. Live doppler 7 tracking spotty showers, more showers, snow is in the forecast. Ill have a look coming up. Good evening, everyone. Dan and cheryl are off tonight. The trial got underway today in a shooting death of a virginia man visiting bait area fr a Job Interview with google. He was gunned down in oakland as he left a Dentists Office in the summer of 2010. His widow flew in to testify. Were outside the court house with more. Leanne . The prosecutor sktd widow some basic questions such as was he here for a Job Interview . And do you recall what he had in his wallet . Some basic questions. It was a brief testimony and. An emotional one. I miss my husband. Wendy lost her husband after being shot during a robbery. The 45yearold had traveled from virginia to the bay area fr a Job Interview with google. He was a network engineer. He was in oakland to get his teeth cleaned at the dental office of a friend who could only fit him in late in the evening wh. They left the office, police say they were approached by two robbers. In court today the dental high againist friend says because she was tacked from behind it was difficult to see faces police say this video shows the two suspects just minutes before the murder. The man in the black sweat shirt is gorge huggins alleged shooter. Police say they found gun powder on his sleeves. Next to him is alfia housely now confessed and has agreed to testify against huggins. In exchange she will only be charged with volume teary manslaughter. Kang had 17 on him at the time of the rob rism his widow says being in the courtroom brought her a lot of pain. Im a christian. Doi trust god. And also, i trust the law system. Will bring the justice. Wang and her family have received a lot of support from the Asian Community and others in oakland. Today, we are hoping that we can be seeking justice and bringing closure not only for the family but to the entire community. And during her testimony the dental high againist friend says at some point she heard kang praying then heard gunshots. The widow returns to virginia tonight. Thank you, leanne. An intern at a Wildlife Sanctuary near fresno has been mauled to death by a lion. Here is a look at the male lion named couscous. It was put down at cat haven sank warey. Investigators say the volunteer was inside of the cage just afternoon when the lion tacked. Authorities plan to investigate the killing like any other violent crime. Well have our wildlife lab look at the abl animal and deshl if the animal did attack the subject and well have our findings. We workt homicide detectives. Officials say the sanctuary has a good safety record. The lion had been with the facility since it was eight weeks old. If youre heading to tahoe for a ski weekend youve timed things perfectly