Muslims are in mourning shocked by the murders of three Young College students. Newlywed s newlyweds were shot to death in North Carolina. Its a tragedy thats reverberated across the country including here in the bay area. This is indeed a sad day. Jamaal najani is the host of arab talks. A radio show broadcast in San Francisco. The murders come after a rise in racism and islam phobia. Initial Police Reports say the fatal shootings stem from an argument over a parking space. The fbi is now joining in the investigation. As many muslims insist, it was a hate crime. If a muslim were to kill three white americans would that have been reported . Was it a terrorist attack or Something Else . We do not believe and i mean, by the Muslim Community that this was anything left but a hate crime. Reporter they have bay area connections including suzanne, a doctor at sf general. Even those who dont know the families are organizing vigils. Including zana who says she feels an obligation to honor three people who had their whole lives ahead of them. As a young arab person, muslim person living in the United States, this i think this really hit hard. Reporter the vigil shes organizing begins at 7 30 tonight at union square. In San Francisco, Carolyn Tyler abc 7 news. President obama enroute to a threeday visit to our area. Hes expected to arrive around 5 30 this afternoon. This will be the president s first trip to the bay area since a fundraiseing trip in october. Police are setting up barricades to prepare for their special guest. No parking will be allowed until saturday evening, and Cable Car Service along the popular powell streetlines is shut down until noon saturday. The president does not have any Public Events but guests have been warned they may face restrictions on when they can get in and out of the hotel. The president is expected to announce a Cyber Security executive order when he speaks in the bay area tomorrow. The order will direct the government and companies to share more information with each other about hacking threats. Mr. Obama will be the keynote speaker at a day long conference on Cyber Security at stanford. The ceo of a sunnyvale base ed d conference. I expect him to talk about the needs for privacy protection, the needs for better Cyber Security to defend the country, i think thats were at war. Ray rothrock would like to see an agreement coming out of tomorrows meetings. If you see the president s motorcade today, here are some interesting things to keep in mind. He travels in a limo named the beast about there are 12 identical beasts, theres always more than one in a motorcade as a decoy. Tear gas cannons as well as a night vision camera are hidden in the front of each car. And those doors let me tell you, they are eight inches thick, and as heavy as a 757 cabin door. No surprise the beast is not very fuel efficient. It gets only 3. 7 miles per gallon. The beast. Again, the president is slated to arrive at sfo in about an hour and a half. Once he leaves the airport. Both 101 and i280 could have rolling closures for his motorcade into the city. Tomorrow night he will attend the dnc fundraiser in San Francisco, hes scheduled to head to palm springs on saturday morning. Scientists now know what sickened and killed hundreds of birds in the east bay. The department of fish and wildlife said the goo that coated their feathers was a mixture of nonpetroleum based oils. Last month 170 birds were killed an Animal Rescue group in fairfield saved more than 300 others. Theyre trying to figure out the source of the con tammen ants. If youre thinking of heading to the beach, be careful, the National Weather service has issued a beach hazard warning along northern california. Strong swells will create dangerous sneaker waves and pull you right out into the ocean. The warning extends from the sonoma coast to the monterrey bay and will be in effect until saturday afternoon many. Big waves and bright sunshine across the bay area today. Some record breaking warmth even. Spencer christian has our first look at our forecast. I was tempted to run upstairs and join you. Its so pretty. The weather is gorgeous. As badly as we need rain, have you to love a day like this. Clear skies across the bay area right now. Im going to reinforce what larry told you about the beach hazard, this is important to keep in mind. Its in effect until 6 00 p. M. Saturday, all through the afternoon on saturday, there is the possibility of rip currents, sneaker waves, large breakers. That includes tomorrow as well. Because of a big storm out of the North Central pacific, kicking up higher than usual swells. Heres a look live out in San Francisco. Temperatures in the low to mid70s from San Francisco to palo alto. Looking westward from emeriville, a few clouds in the sky there. Napa petaluma, fairfield and livermore livermore. Looking at blue excise over the bay. Bright excise tomorrow morning, cool inland but by afternoon, it will be warm everywhere, with highs reaching into the mid to upper 70s tomorrow. Ill have a look beyond tomorrow in a few minutes. Check back with you in a few. The family of the men shot by Police Last Night are questioning why officers opened fire. Phillip watkins was depressed and suicidal when he confronted family members last night. He needed help not a bullet. Alyssa harrington with the story. He needed help. Reporter her daughters fiancee was shot and killed right in front of her. This happened on sherman street in san jose. Buchanan was here last night when he stopped by. He was in a distraught mode. He told me he was unhappy, he was sad, he didnt feel like things were going right in his life, and he didnt know if he wanted to live. She says watkins called 911 himself. According to San Jose Police, the call mentioned an intruder with a knife. When they arrived the suspect charged at them with the weapon. They opened fire. I begged them i said, dont shoot him. He needs help. Veronica rodrigez heard the could commotion. I got really sad, first of all, because i think he needed help. He didnt the police didnt have to shoot. Family members are distraught and baffled at how quickly things fell apart. They described watkins as an athlete. He used to play football. Was working at walmart and loved his 2yearold little girl. They say he had no history of mental illness. The officers who opened fire had been placed on administrative leave which is a routine procedure pending investigation. San joses launching an innovative Crime Fighting network, one that relies on private Home Security cameras that could help with investigations. But some residents are worried that the network could give the city the power to snoop on them. Abc 7 News Reporter chris winn is live in san jose with the story. Theres no secret Police Resources are stretched thin right now. Thats why the city is getting creative, theyre asking residents and Business Owners who own security cameras and have put them on their properties to tell police that they have them there. That way police can turn to them for help in the event they need to solve a crime. We all know we dont have as many officers as we want or need in the city. Since taking office, hes been searching for ways to maximize limited resources. One of those ideas. The launch of a camera registry that allows people to go online and notify San Jose Police that they have cameras on their homes or businesses. This is something that can help us make the arrests on the burglaries that are so critical. Its often just two or three arrests that will take care of an entire spike of burglaries, we know its a small number of burglars committing a crime. Since installing 12 cameras at his property alone, hes seen a decrease nearby. Especially with san jose being short staffed, this will definitely help. Tony is the general manager at access, a residential high rise downtown. He plans to go before his Homeowners Association to tell them about the program. Anything we can do to help Law Enforcement if there is an incident that happens in the area. Its beneficial they know who has cameras and who may have caught something on tape. Its not even close, this just gives Police Access to a database they can search for cameras innage area where a crime may have occurred. If you dont get the videotape right away its lost for all time. This provides us easy means to ensure the evidence is collected. To learn more about signing up, head over to our website abc 7 news. Com. Chris winn abc 7 news. Coming up on abc 7 news at 4 00, a new option from facebook handling the question, who runs your page, when youre not around to run it any more. We have a winner the lucky east bay liquor store that sold a Powerball Ticket worth more than a Million Dollars. The crippling impact of the work stoppage going on at west coast ports. The one minor issue thats led to a complete shutdown. Checking your traffic at 4 11 in San Francisco. This is your sky way traffic on the righthand side. Your traffic heading down toward 101 south peninsula and beyond. Moving a little better than the traffic on the left hand sides. Stay with us, were back after a bulldog what what . Mattress discounters president s day sale ends president s day . But mattress discounters has the Largest Selection of memory Foam Mattresses under one roof comforpedic. Icomfort. Posturepedic hybrid. And wow get up to four years interestfree financing on the entire tempurpedic cloud collection and, get a queen size serta mattress and box spring set for just 397. 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Officials admit there are flaws in this Electronic System on the Golden Gate Bridge. The toll takers were removed in march of 2013 you may remember. Since then drivers have been paying the price. A large number tens of thousands of people who have been caught up in this. I will reveal the staggers numbers. A huge surprise about who is running the fast track toll collection system. Tonight at 11 00, right here on abc 7 news. It sounds like theres a lot of problems. Theres a lot to talk about. Well see you tonight at 11 00. Democrats settled today on the location for their National Convention in 2016 the convention will take place the week of july 25th in philadelphia. They could see the passing of the baton between president obama and perhaps hillary clinton. Mrs. Clinton has yet to announce her intentions. No other serious candidates have come forward yet. Millions of dreams shattered as just three people won more than a half a billion up for grabs in powerball last night. Theyre trying to figure out how to spend their new fortune. Its a nice problem to have. Marcy gonzalez tells us they arent the only winners. For some, its just a piece of paper, but for others today thats the one right there. Its a life changer. I won a Million Dollars. No, no, no no. Bob is one of the 33 people to win a Million Dollars in last flights powerball drawing. He was oh so close to hitting the big jackpot. 18 and the winner was 19. 564 million now being split between three winners who bought their tickets in puerto rico, North Carolina and texas. Thats a lucky machine. Or just some really lucky people. There was only a one in 175 million chance of matching all six numbers. But the odds didnt keep people across the country from dreaming big. Give me a lucky one. The lucky feeling lingering today for the winners and the store owners getting their own big prizes. A Million Dollars . Just for selling one of those three winning slips of paper. Im so excited, you know. I just call my wife, you know, hey, its exciting. Definitely exciting. If the three jackpot winners choose the lump sum option before taxes, they will bring home 127 127 million. Marcy gonzalez, abc news, new york. Even though there are no really big winners in california. Three tickets matched five numbers in our state, including one sold in san leandro. One lucky customer won just over a Million Dollars, which is not too shabby. He only bought one ticket not like the rest of us that were hoarding them. The store owner gets 7,000 just for selling it. Spencer christian was a smart one. He did not buy into the office pool at the time. I do have a winning forecast. You would know, you would be the one that could see into the future. Just about seven days. Heres live doppler 7 hd ill show you what things look like right now. Sunny skies, a few high clouds around, what a lovely mild afternoon. Lets start well drought watch, a week ago, a good portion of the remainder of the state under extreme drought. We still have 40 of the state under exceptional drought. Look at the improvement. A wide path of the state has improved from extreme drought to severe drought because of the recent rainfall. Wish we could get a biltmore improvement across the state. Heres a look at a beautiful western sky looking out over the bay. Forecast features, warm afternoons will continue into next week. Record highs are possible. Hazardous beach conditions are possible as well. Large ridge of High Pressure is still the dominant feature. And our weather picture bringing us much warmer than average weather. That pattern is going to hold for a while. Well out to sea these forms are unable to breakthrough the ridge of High Pressure. They are generating the large swells that are contributing to our beach hazard alert. Long range as we look from today, february 12th lincolns birthday to february 22nd. Pretty dry between president s. No rain in sight for the next 10 days. And im sorry to say, we do have some lovely weather coming our way. A few high clouds, low temperatures will be generally in the mid to upper 40s. Richmond oakland and over on the coast at half moon bay. Tomorrow, sunny and warm in the south bay, with highs in the mid mid70s mainly. 76 at morgan hill on the peninsula. Low 70s for the most part. 71 in san mateo. 73 at mountain view, would be a record high for tomorrows date. Half moon bay downtown San Francisco. 68 in the sun set district. Look for highs of 72 at santa rosa and napa. Over on the east bay, up to 73 at oakland, freemont 72 in castro valley. Well see highs in the low 70s as well up to 74 at livermore. The accuweather seven day forecast monday is president s day, temperatures start to taper off a couple degrees on tuesday wednesday and thursday. But well remain above average. This mild dry pattern of beautiful but very dry weather continues for at least a week. Larry and alma. Thank you spencer. Google really has thought of everything. Their latest social invention to protect you against bad body odor. New after 4 30, move over hidden cash, the good will spreading to some luksy diners. Checking our traffic on the san mateo bridge. On the righthand side that is your traffic heading away from us. Going over toward the peninsula, a little less traffic than on the lefthand side. That traffic is heading whats that thing . I moved our old Security System out here to see if it could monitor the front yard. Why dont you switch to xfinity home . I get live video monitoring and 24 7 professional monitoring that i can arm and disarm from anywhere. Hear ye the awkward teenage one has arrived dont be old fashioned. Xfinity customers add xfinity home for 29. 95 a month for 12 months. Plus for a limited time, get a Free Security camera call 1800 xfinity or visit comcast. Com xfinityhome. Smokings toll on health is even worse than first thought. Google is sniffing after a device that gets rid of body odor. Heres jane king with an illness report. A new study adds at least five diseases and 60,000 deaths a year to the toll taken by tobacco. Smoking was also linked to increased risk of infection, Kidney Disease and heart and lung ailments. People without dark chocolate 59 of dark chocolate products in the u. S. Contain traces of milk it isnt always labelled. Milk is a top ator again. Petco will launch a multimillion Dollar Campaign to show people the frozen, raw organic and grain free foods it offers for pets. Some are not cheap. Some can cost up to 63 for a package. Google has been granted a patent for a fragrance emissions device. Until it happens, it also plugs into your social network and steers you away from your friends until youre smelling fresher. From the nazdaq, im jane king. Isnt that a little much . It does. Moving on to something that is a little employermorbid but worth asking. What do you want to happen to your Facebook Page after you die. Facebook announced today users can choose a legacy contact. That person would be able to respond to friend requests. Although, if im dead i dont know how many friend requests im going to get. Update your profile. Youll find the legacy contact prompt. Users type in the name of the person they wish to take over their page if they die. I may designate you as my legacy contact. Post anything about a dog. I think were good. Up next shipping at west coast ports grinds to a halt. Will the feds intervene to bring an end to a simmering labor dispute in. And a judge steps in to clear up confusion over alabamas same sex marriage laws. Are they legal or not . Remembering cbss bob simon new details about the fatal car here are the headlines where you live. As we approach 4 30. People across the country are mourning the deaths of three College Students in North Carolina. It was all over a parking dispute. The family of the victims believes they were targeted for their muslim faith. There are multiple visuals throughout the bay area tonight. The sister of one of the victims is a doctor at San Francisco general hospital. Family members identified the man shot by police in san jose last night. Abc 7 News Reporter again rated the picture of phillip watkins. He was shot by Police Responding to a 911 call about an intruder. You can see the security measures underway for president obamas bay area visit. Hes expected to arrive here around 5 30 and will be in the bay area saturday. This is another quiet day up and down the ports. Ships are stuck, waiting to have containers offloaded. The standstill is part of a labor dispute between dock workers and their employers. Laura anthony live at the port of oakland with the latest. Laura . Hi, larry this has been going on for some time. A complete standstill here at the port of eke land. You can see all the containers stacked up behind me here. Secretary of commerce is in town, she could see all the container ships out in the bay. The union slowdown has been going on for a while. They didnt want to pay the longshoreman extra for working on lincolns birthday. As the cranes and containers sat idle at the port of oakland u. S. Secretary of commerce was in San Francisco taking a tour of a Company Called dodo cakes, that relies heavily on trade and exports. Its not time for the federal government to step into the on ongoing labor dispute at west coast ports. This is going to hurt global trade. We really are urging and encouraging the parties to resolve this at the negotiating table and to do so now. While the west coast ports were mostly still today. Negotiations between the union and Pacific Maritime association are ongoing. The focus of the union is on the negotiations we want to resolve this without the kind of shutdowns that the employers are imposing and causing problems for everyone. Especially customers who need their containers. In the meantime, truckers of the port dont know how much longer they can wait while their lots fill up with shipping containers that cant be moved. Theyre still charging us penalty on the containers we cant pick up and we cant return. And its caused by them and were still getting charged. Busting at the seams, every truck yard, every yard that you see around the port is full of containers. The port is supposed to reopen tomorrow with limited activity. But then close again for the remainder of the long holiday weekend. In oakland, laura anthony, abc 7 news. The Senate Confirms president obamas choice to run the pentagon this afternoon, Ashton Carter will replace chuck hagel. He will be the president s fourth defense secretary in six years, he faces immediate crisis in two areas, the battle with Islamic State militants with syria and iraq, and supporting ukraines military needs without escalating the conflict there. The confirmation comes as Congress Considers the president s request to use force against isis. Now to the battle over same sex marriage in atlanta. There has been lots of confusion this week after some judges handed out marriage licenses. The confusion may be cleared up soon. Karen traverse explains. On monday, alabama became the 37th state to allow same sex marriage. Its conflicting legal signals and for many same sex couples, bitter disappointment and frustration. State judges in at least 42 alabama counties out of 67 are not issuing marriage licenses to same sex couples. A federal judge today ordered one of them in mobile, alabama to issue marriage licenses this couples went to get their licenses there earlier this week, and struck out. To celebrate and for us, to get married. Our trying to figure out why we dont have the same rights as other living breathing human beings. They overturned alabamas ban on same sex marriage. The States Supreme Court justice then ordered state judges to refuse to issue marriage licenses to same sex couples. He told abc news this week, that oath he has the authority over those judges who issue those licenses. They dont have to follow the federal judges order. I think a redefinition of the word marriage is not found within the powers designated to the federal government. Several same sex couples went back to judge grenade and asked them to force the judge to issue the licenses. And she did just that. Now the judges ruling may send a signal to other judges throughout alabama that were defying the federal court order it may mean some same sex couples there are still waiting. Karen travers, abc news washington. 11 years ago today that then San Francisco mayor gavin newsom ignored state law and began issuing marriage licenses to same sex couples. It turned into a lengthy battle in court and at the polls. 1234 heading overseas now to malaysia, where a protest took place outside the headquarters of Malaysia Airlines. 16 relatives of chinese passengers from missing Malaysia Airlines flight 37 o are in kuala lumpur, upset about how the investigation has been handled by authorities. Last month malaysias Civil Aviation authority officially declared the plane had crashed with no survivors. Relatives continue to question the authorities lack of evidence to make a conclusion. New York City Police say long time 60 minutes correspondent bob simon was not wearing his seat belt when he was killed in a car krsh last night. Investigators say the town car simon was riding in hit another car that was stopped at a manhattan traffic light and slammed into metal traffic barriers. Seat belts are not required to be warn by passengers in taxis, town cars or limos in new york. Colleagues at cbs news fought back their grief as their praise for simon as a talented journalist will be very hard to replace. Bob simon has a remarkable ability to but himself where it was a time that reporting was needed. He was captured by iraqi forces near the saudi kwautty border at the start of the gulf war, and spent 40 days in an iraqi prison. Simon died 25 years ago to the day that he was on hand for Nelson Mandelas release from prison. Bob simon was 73. Still ahead here tonight, the Little League champions at the center of a nationwide scandal fight back. What theyre asking from the Baseball League and the high profile help the team is getting. Looking out over San Francisco and the bay blue skies now, and blue skies ahead all have the accuweather forecast coming up in a moment. Check our traffic at 4 37 this is san jose, 101 southbound on the righthand side, while your traffic is backed up northbound looking good as usual. Officials from Jackie Robinson west Little League in chicago are vowing to strip that team of their title. The league will not relinquish its championship banner until it receives more information from Little League International Officials in Williams Port pennsylvania many. Until we know that the process for attacking the title was fair was above board all the is were dotted and ts were crossed, the storys not over yet. An investigation determined that officials from Jackie Robinson west and illinois district four knowingly violated rules and regulations by placing players on the team who live outside the leagues boundaries. The reverend Jesse Jackson is organizing a rally saturday to honor the team. Our weather is pretty spectacular. Indeed. Words we use when we think of spencer christian. The weather is indeed spectacular, heres a look at live doppler hd just a few high clouds, thats a patent entire state is enjoying, will enjoy again tomorrow from eureka down to san diego. Palm springs and yosemite. Sunny excise once again, we expect highs in the low 70s in some coastal areas low to mid 70s around the bay low to mid70s inland. Lets take a look at the threeday forecast, as we head into the weekend finals at pebble beach at t, high temperatures in the upper 70s on saturday. Mid70s friday and saturday. Lets check out the weekend forecast for tahoe monday is the holiday president s day. There will be record warmth in tahoe saturday and sunday, with highs in the low 60s dropping off to 50s on monday, do not expect snow in tahoe this weekend. Still ahead at 4 00 this bottles on the house. The secret somalia spreading goodness to diners. Cool places to ex bulldog mattress discounters president s day sale ends president s day . Get up to four years interestfree financing on the entire tempurpedic cloud collection and, get a queen size serta mattress and box spring set for just 397. Mattress discounters hey, gracie. You know how our family has. Daddy and mommy. And me yeah, thats right. Pretty soon. Youre going to have a baby brother. And. A puppy. [ chuckles ] deal. In honor of black history month, were using our instagram feed to celebrate events where you live. Check out the afro Jazz Ensemble in San Francisco tomorrow and saturday. We have more information on our abc 7 news bay area instagram feed. That sounds fun. A mystery woman is creating quite the buzz in the east bay. This is sort of like hidden cash, but with wine. A woman has been spreading joy by buying people a bottle of wine anonymously. Cornell bernard is on the lookout for the somalia. This is like a little downtown urban legend now going around. The woman whos dubbed herself secret som on twitter is for real. Shes plotted sneak attacks on unsuspecting diners gifting them bottles of wine. Does she have a name . She did not give me her name. Owner of the Cellar Door Wine bar says secret som came in last friday, and asked if there was a deserving customer who loves a good red. They came up and said the secret som had a kbot el of wine for us. What did you think . I was shocked. She tweets clues about where shes going last weekend from an asian restaurant. Grab your chop sticks ive arrived and im hungry. Check out the pictures of happy folks and their lucky bottles. The tech executive has spent thousands on strangers. Secret som wants to stay anonymous, she told us i love the trivalley and i love wine, i want to share my passion by spreading some joy. Many hope they are next. Ill be right leer at the cellar door, come find me. Shell be taking a break after valentines day weekend unless she feels the urge to give. An emergency medical technician in colorado faces criminal charges for allegedly stealing pain medication for a woman he was helping. Emt brandon long walking into the womans room, where he he grabbed what appeared to be a bottle of pills and snaps them into his pocket. She came from the hospital and noticed the pills were gone, and thats when she checks out the surveillance video. I mean he seemed like a regular guy in the back. I had no idea he had my narcotic pills in his pocket. The alleged theft took place last july. Long has been fired by the company, hes expected in court next month. Pope francis made some interesting remarks today on couples choosing to have children, the pope said opting not to have children is a selfish choice. A society that views children as a worry is a depressed won. He also praised big families saying having more children is not irresponsible. He visits the United States in september, hes scheduled to make stops in washington, d. C. New york and philadelphia. If you want to think outside the heart shaped box of chocolates this valentines day and you are pushing for picnic baskets, have you other options. Ideas on how to explore where you live. No one enjoys a lovers quarrel. Justin herman will become ground zero for fun. Feathers will fly when thousands come together for the annual valentines day pillow fight. You dont even have to clean up the mess. Tony bennett said it best the i left my heart in San Francisco 10 k is giving him a run for his money. 60 hand designed hearts each with its own question will be scattered across the city. Answer correctly and youre off to the next one. Singles or teams of up to five people are welcome. Perfect for a date or the whole family. Disneys fantasia live in concert. For your viewing pleasure digitally restored footage of the classic will be projected on the big screen throughout the performance. Disney is a Parent Company of abc 7. In just one week the bay area will be celebrating the year of the ram, which means Chinese New Year preparations are underway. Stock up on all the traditional flora. Pick from a variety of auspicious blooms, such as peach blossoms oranges and tangerines. For more information about these and other events where you live go to our website at abc 7 news. Com about. An 8yearold boy with leukemia who we introduced you to last week is on the road to recovery. Austins mother sent us this photo of him recovering in the hospital after a bone Marrow Transplant on monday. It was initially a rough few days, hes doing well now. The 8yearold created this lion named simba, of course out of gauze and tape. Thats pretty good. He hopes to paint it. Abc 7s give where you live teamed up with disney on ice to give austins bedroom at home a lion king makeover last week. Disney is the Parent Company of abc 7. Its great to see him smiling. Up next put those smart phones down the important life lessons that San Francisco students are picking up for taking a timeout from technology. Coming up new at 5 00 roll the dice and hope for the best and shes a great match. In fact shes the best match, the woman who gave her heart to her husband years ago now goes one better. How tesla wants to go beyond your car and abc 7 news at 11 00 use watch abc to catch all those shows live on the go with your smart phone, tablet or computer. Visit watch abc. Com for details or download the free app by selecting watch abc in the app store. Ask your kids to give up all of their technology for 72 hours. You know what would happen in my house, laughter. No one would take that seriously. Students at one school have pledged to do just that, and a few parents say theyre also trying it. Well see how it works out. Leon ma len dez joins us now. What are they going to do . No technology . You know what would happen in my house, chaos. The redhot chilly peppers came up with a song called throw away your television someone eventually is going to record get rid of your smart phone. Today a group of students and staff from a local school close to 700 of them did just that for about 72 hours. Calling it mindful disconnect. At 8 00 this morning the unthinkable happened at the schools of the sacred heart in San Francisco. Students fourth grade through high school were asked to put away their smart phones. And we mean put away. In a sealed envelope with a tamper proof sticker attached. Put it in. I was a little nervous since i spent a lot of time on my phone. I decided it would be a good thing for me to breakaway from my phone a little bit. What would they miss . Netflix. Texting and face time. The students put their phones in a secure place and made a pledge to take a tech timeout for 72 hours this is what life without a smart phone looked like today during their down time. Students played a card game others were introduced to a series of books they had never seen before called an encyclopedia. At home they were expecting several eye opening moments. Were allowed to use home phone lines so we can call each other, and use a phone book. Kids are spending more screen time than ever, and that may be affecting their personal growth. The president of the schools of the sacred heart said shes heard that from students. I know when i feel socially awkward, when im at a table and i dont feel connected to the conversation or i am not sure who i should sit at lunch with all i have to do is pull out my phone and i have an excuse to not be connected. Having some down time without Electronic Devices is necessary for the brain to process information. Rest time, inactive time, when actually our brains are at the most active phase in processing information, and our thoughts. Some parents also took the pledge to disconnect. But only beyond working hours. Most here are betting on the kids. In San Francisco, leann ma len dez, abc 7 news. They probably said what . Encyclopedia. If youre looking for love on valentines day, this may help. How do you find that special someone is being introduced by friends. 24 of couples surveyed say thats how they met. 15 say they met at school 13 met at work. 8 met at a bar or a party. 7 say they met online or through a dating app. Yes. You have to take your phone out for that though. That is very true. Thank you so much for joining us, for abc 7 news at 4 00. Abc 7 news at 5 00 begins right now with cheryl and dan. I was upset about not being able to ride the cable cars. What you need to know about traffic trauma right now. Eye on the crime. What a new partnership feels like big brother. One controversial push to stop the spread of measles. Warm enough out here for record high temperatures, more are coming, ill let you know what your valentines day and president s day are looking like straight ahead. Hes almost higher, another coast to coast trip for president obama, he boarded air force one this morning and is due to arrive in the bay area any minute now. Traffic troubles are already beginning as a result of the president ial visit. Thank you so much for joining us, the evening commute might get a little messy, the president is scheduled to arrive at San Francisco International Airport in half an hour. Head to the Fairmount Hotel in the city. No events tonight, but tomorrow morning he keynotes a summit at stanford, before a 10,000 a plate fundraiser. Vick lee joins us from sfo waiting for the president. Vick . The president is expected to make it here at about 5 30, but we are now told that he may be a bit earlier. Now, this is of course a secure part of the airport, and robert if you can pan down, well show you about three dozen people here, they are family and friends of federal agents and workers, government workers here, of course, to see the president firsthand and possibly shake his hand now. Sometimes the over to the crowd and shake and do some shakings of hands, but that dependses on his schedule, if hes on time. He will be heading to San Francisco from here. Once the president ial motorcade leaves here, it will likely head up highway 101 into the city, which means rolling traffic breaks on jam packed 101 in the middle of rush hour, of course. The chp says theyll make the shutdowns as painless as possible. There will be some lane closures today, there will be some on and off ramp closures as well as some freeway closures. These will all be temporary our goal is to have the railway closed for as little time as possible. Heres the president s First Destination of Fairmount Hotel in california. We went by there earlier today the no parking signs were already posted for several blocks with barricades waiting to be set up
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