Responders at a death that happened last night. About 11 30 last night. Riders who were on the train were stranded for a while, then transferred to another train. No word yet on what happened. Were theyre not releasing any information about their investigation. So we dont know why this person was on the track. Theyre still working on that information. Havent gotten it to us yet. All we know is that they are still closed down. Shes telling people who are San Franciscobound to go to bay fare for San Francisco trains. She says there be no buses out of here she knows of. Shes just getting the information as they came in to work. Looked at her computer. There she goes again. Shes so busy trying to get the word out. Shes running around. In the parking lot trying to tell people in the parking lot before they even get out of their car, please, dont get out of your car. Head over, just go to the next station, because nothings happening here. One thing she doesnt know. Key piece of information. When shes opening back up. No word yet on when this station will open. So south hayward, closed for now. Reporting live from hayward, Amy Holyfield, abc news. Sending people to the bay station. Hayward is shut down. New this morning while you were sleeping the Oakland City Council approved plans to build a controversy hightech surveillance center. The Council Approved the Domain Awareness Center overnight. The vote was initially tied, but the mayor broke the tie with a yes vote. 10 Million Center will be funded by Homeland Security and consolidate the citys existing camera and Mapping Systems under one roof. Opponents are concerned it will be used for warrantless surveillance on the public. The family are the patient who disappeared later found dead at San Francisco General Hospital is suing the city. 57yearold Lynn Spaulding vanished from the hospital in september of last year. He bo her body found two weeks later in a stairwell there. Theyre faulting disappearance and the death on the hospital andsheriffs department. Theyre holding a News Conference to discuss their claim. East bay parents worried about safety of their children are calling for action. Planning to open up a place for convicts steps away from an eligiblery school. Reporter Lincoln Elementary school is right across the street from the building where Alameda County wants to relocate its Probation Department. That makes a lot of parents nervous. Weve been informed that the parolees will also be visiting this probation office. Reporter Alameda County officials told abc 7 news all types of offenders, possibly even sex offenders, would report here. The Probation Department was already in the process of moving in which School Administrators and parents recently found out. There hasnt been any response in terms of a Community Group meeting. No responses, and we just want some answers first, and we want some kind of security. Reporter by phone an alameda spokesperson says the project has been in the works a couple of years and by next year, the Probation Department will move in to this building which is right across the street from Lincoln Elementary school. In california, jessicas law prohibits sex offenders from living within 2,000 feet of school, but theres no restriction on where they report for probation. I was quite upset. I i had no idea that probation clients were going to be seen there. Reporter Alameda County supervisor wilma chan says the county is now trying to move part of the Probation Department to another building, so parolees wont come near the school. I think we need to give the county administrator time to talk to the various departments, to see what alternatives there are. Reporter chan says she should hear from the county administrator by next week. In oakland, alan wong, abc 7 news. A man connected to a threedecade old cold case murder has killed himself. Fairfield police say 48yearold Robert Hathaway hanged himself last month. They believe in 1983 at age 17, he sexually assaulted 40yearold priscilla stroll then beat her to death. Hathaway was friends with her son. Police found dna and fingerprints on her body but could not connect them at the tile. When they checked the database again in january, hathaway was match. He left a note saying, quote, i took the early way out. In the Silicon Valley to promote californias growing partnership with israel. Netanyahus visit follow as meeting with president obama monday in washington. Today hell sign an agreement with governor jerry brown to promote trade, research and economic development. Hes planning a visit to apple headquarters in cupertino and plans to meet whatsapp cofounder who sold his company to facebook last month for 19 billion. Abc 7 news report letter have a report live at the top of the hour. Russia agreed to a nato request to hold a special meeting in brussels today to discuss the growing crisis in yew cane. Russian troops continue to occupy the crimian area. He visited kiev yesterday. The Obama Administration is considering slapping russia with economic sanctions as early as this week. Well have a live report from washington on the crisis at the top of the hour. The Alameda County Coroners Office tentatively identified a 56yearold oakland man as the one who burned to death in a fire early saturday morning. Authorities believe its richard fang after seeing her drivers license but dont know for sure because he body was so badly burned. Investigators say the body was set on nir an alley outside his 34th avenue apartment. Police say that is considered to be suspicious. The apartment complex was also the scene of a fatal Home Invasion last month. Police are trying to determine if thements are related. Police in hercules are considering charges to a transgender boy positive mawho story saying three boyce attacked him at a restroom at hercules restroom mopped. Investigators became suspicious when they found no signs of injury. The student confessed to making up the story. School officials claim it a cry for help. Hundreds of mourning the loss of an east bay teen. Hit and killed by a train on sunday. She dropped her cell phone on the tracks and was trying to retrieve it. 1,000 people attended a memorial at martinez junior high, held candles while tells stories about jenna betti. And our media partner the mercury news reports the city council nan moupsly backed a measure raises taxes from 12 to 14 expected to generate an additional 2. 4 million a year. The funds would be used to replace fire stations, rehabilitate parks and build parking garages. 4 38. We, of course have that continuing problem on b. A. R. T. Sue will inform you on that in a second. First up, mike with the weather. Good morning again. Zoomed in on Half Moon Bay where its improved about a mile and a half to two miles. Fog is hanging around Half Moon Bay this morning. Be careful there. Where were seeing the thickest fog on live doppler 7 hd this morning. Maybe a sporadic sprinkle this morning, a drizzle along the coast, Higher Elevations mainly cloudy throughout the morning commute. There may be a better chance of light rain really far up across the north bay, up in northern Sonoma County and northern napa county. Starting off mild, though. Low it to mid50s. 60 as noon. Day planner showing the best chance of steady rain in the north. It quickly moves across the rest of our neighborhoods during the evening rush hour. Temperatures will be hanging mainly in the 60s, right around 60 degreesance for the evening hours. Very mild. A chance of drizzle tomorrow morning. Temperatures a little cooler than today. Sunshine and the warmth returns for friday and saturday. Got another chance of rain sunday, coming up in the accuweather sevenday forecast. Heres sue. Thanks. The b. A. R. T. South hayward station remains closed at this hour due to a Police Investigati investigation. Get on at the hayward station. Traveling to San Francisco, transfer at bay fare. B. A. R. T. Is tweeting they do, or will have Shuttle Service in place from union city, and our abc 7s Amy Holyfield is there pr well check in with her in a minute. Make alternate plans and expect delays on the san mateo bridge as well. Up to the windsor area, a full freeway closure for the next few minutes due to road work there. A detour is in place. No traffic getting through. And some roadwork also in the concord area, eastbound 4, willow pass to bailey. Kristen, eric. Sue, thank you. 4 40. Next, president obama heading to connecticut. Why hes asking the rest of the u. S. To follow that states example. Also, guacamole lovers could soon be without their favorite treat. The climate issue is putting avocados at risk. The south Bay Community shows its appreciation for a world war ii vet. Hes now become a hit around the world. [man] no one told her,right . [son]hi [mom screams] announcer this is abc 7 news. Welcome back. 4 42. Oms statement set to begin this morning in the trial of osama bin ladens soninlaw in new york. Seiulimann aubal gaye is suspected of killing americans after the 9 11 attacks. In the inner circle of bin ladens terror taect attack. Hes revealed key intelligence about al qaeda operatives. The highest to be tried in the u. S. A woman killed in a gas explosion that destroyed ten homes and damaged 45 others. The womans body was found on a car not far from the blast near trenton yesterday. Contractors damaged the gas line while ig digging in the area. The explosion injured seven workers, uprooted trees and blew the doors off several homes. President obama is wanting to raise the minimum wage to 10. 25 an hour. Connecticut recently raised its minimum, as did california. This july californias minimum wage increases to 9 and jumps to 10 in 2016. State senator mark from San Francisco introduced a bill here to raise it eastern more. Republicans warn, a higher minimum wage may lead to job cuts. Sad news to report here. The San Francisco native, the first asianamerican officer in the history of the United States marine corps has died. Major lee served in three wars, obtained the rank of lieutenant after the second world war. He saved as many as 8,000 men from death or capture. He would later reevt navy cross and sill krer cross. The navy star is the second highest to receive in the naval service, and he served in vietnam. Last month served at honorary grand marshal in a parade in San Francisco. He was 97. And greeting a 95yearold world war ii vet on sunday has gone viral. So far this story has more than 10,000 likes on the abc 7 News Facebook page. Abc 7 News Reporter leaisa has e story. Reporter cheering on runners as they passed by his house sunday morning. Watch what as few seconds later. Runners crowd around bell, dressed in his world war ii uniform. Thank you, thank you reporter the 95yearold was shocked. Oh, yes. Sometimes they catch me, yeah, yeah. Reporter the kisses and attention just kept on coming, and an offduty News Reporter julia sulick caught it all on her iphone. Just this amazing tribute. He told me today that hes never really received recognition for anything. But this is where we were in shanghai. Reporter joe bell was a corporal in the army, eventually settling in san jose. Every now and then he likes putting on his uniform. On sunday he thought it would inspire the runners. He was right. He inspired all of us. Yeah. Because he was standing there standing on his own with no walker, no cane, in his uniform, proudly. Reporter these two longtime fraen friends and runners had no idea what they a part of sunday would become something so big. Amazing. Its really fun, and, i mean, it just makes you really feel good. Reporter joe bell still isnt fully aware of what he started sunday, but you can bet the next run that goes by his house, hell be there in his uniform. In san jose, for abc 7 news. If lewd like to check out joes story on facebook or share on your own page go to facebook abc7news. Love to hear your thoughts. Trying to get to San Francisco or oakland, even from fremont or hayward on b. A. R. T. , big problems. Start to sue in traffic about that. Thanks, kristen. Heres whats going on. Police investigation has the south hayward station closed right now. So b. A. R. T. Is telling us they have a shuttle in place between union city and fremont. If want to get to San Francisco, you get on at the hayward station, transfer at bay fair and this could mean delays on b. A. R. T. Most of the morning. You might want to make ultimate plans if thats your commute. A look now, slow traffic beginning to bunch up out of the central valley. Not too bad for this hour as you make your way in to the livermore area. A full freeway clocher in windsor due to roadwork another few minutes. From fulton to shiloh picked up at 5 00. There is a detour in place. A live look at the san mateo bridge, could bear the brunt of a lot of drivers coming into San Francisco from the b. A. R. T. Closure. You can see now taillights headed to westbound, looking pretty good at this hour. No major d. Tsch delays here. Heres mike with a look at your weather. For those driving, mike. They dont have to deal with rain and wet roads. Not this morning, but looks like this afternoon and into the evening, going to be wet. Check out live doppler 7. Pushed up farther to the north. You can see its mainly the northern third of the state thats going to be wet for the better part of the daylight hours. You know that this is moving pretty much just west to east, and thats why i think its going to take it a while before it starts sinking down to the south. Youre safe this morning. At least from the wet weather, but check out how mild it is. Especially on the peninsula. Menlo park 53. Red wood city, palo alto 54. San bruno, 55. Belmont, 57. Everybody in the low to mid50s for the most part. Some of the other warm areas, Mountain View and San Francisco at 56 along with santa rosa. The way it looks from the roof cam this morning. You can see cloudiness out there. Its going to be a pretty gray day today. With the rain, staying up north during the day, but sliding down during the evening commute. All of us will have rain during the evening hours. Warmer and brighter friday and saturday before another chance of rain returns sunday. All right. Take a look at whats going to happen today. Temperatures are going to be very mild once again. Mainly mid60s, but upper 60s to low 70s into the east bay valleys and the south bay, because youll be the last ones to get the wet weather. Tonights going to be another mild one, temperatures in the low to mid50s. Notice still sporadic sprinkles, drizzle and scattered rain during the morning commute tomorrow. Whats happening, High Pressure down to the south actually helping steer the atmosphere towards us. Just these systems are so weak, for today, its going to be gray most of the day. Not until the cold front starts to sweep through during the evening hours well see the rain become nor likely. This is the way it plays out. Here you go. 7 00 this morning, quiet. By noon, steady rain, well up into the north bay. This system may be one or two hours faster. By 5 00, you can see some of the steady rain moving in to the heart of the bay. By 7 00, all dealing with steady rain through about, say, three in the morning. Then you can see at 7 00, pretty quiet and the sun pops out by noon tomorrow. Rainfall amounts, very mild. 0. 05, half inch to an inch in the mountains. Sevenday forecast, mild, temperatures friday, saturday, dont forget, spring forward, set the clocks ahead and lose an hour sleep saturday night. Rain likely everywhere sunday and monday, tuesday, spring warmth and dry. Kristen, eric . Mike, thank you. A new prediction by california scientists could have severe consequences for guacamole lovers. Scientists at Lawrence Livemore predict Climate Change will cause a 40 drop in avocado production over the next three decades. Restaurants are taking the news seriously. Charging more for organic prices with prices already higher because of the drought. Tomatoes, avocados. We know the weather is changing and trying to make our best effort to get them. Chipotle, a company that uses 35 Million Pounds of avocados a year, warning investors, it could drive the chain serving guacamole out altogether. Say it aint so. It aint so. A new poll out this morning shows how americas feelings are changing. And the spring air travel forecast is out. What experts are predicting about those taking to the skies in the coming months. Welcome back. 4 53. New this morning, more evidence of americas shifting attitude towards gay marriage. A new poll shows a Record Number of americans support gay marriage, and say adoption by gay couples should be legal. Furthermore, they see gays and lesbians as good parents. Those opposed any trite refuse service to gays including on religious grounds, a bill vetoed by the governor of arizona last week. 17 states now allow gay marriage. This next story has one lucky dogs tail wagging after being plucked from a frozen lake in michigan pap coast guard cutter found the dog stranded on the ice five miles offshore on lake saint claire tuesday. Crew members say the dog was balled up sitting on the ice. Didnt have any tags. So they hoisted him on to the ship. Gave him some food and firstaid and took him to an animal shelter. The shelter managed to locate his owner, and reunite the two. The delighted owner said the pooch had been missing since last month. New this morning if youre planning a trip this spring youre not alone. An Airline Industry group predicts air travel will rise to its highest level in six years. Releasing its spring travel forecast shows a Record Number of passengers planning to travel internationally on u. S. Carriers. 130 Million People are expected to fly this month and next. Thats 2. 2 million passengers a day, including 280,000 on international flights. Thats a new record for the industry. 4 54 now. An update on problems on b. A. R. T. If you normally use the south hayward station, find another way. Right. Closed down to a Police Investigation. B. A. R. T. Has a shuttle in place between fremont and union city. You need to transfer if youre headed to france at the bay fair station. Once again, south hayward closed. You can get on at the hayward station. No other problems. The full road closure in windsor for another few minutes until 5 00. North 101 between fulton and shiloh. There is a detour in place for you there, and your drive out of antioch is looking pretty good at this hour, if youre making your way toward pittsburg and bayport. Seeing all green. Can which is good. Mike has a look at the forecast. Start talking about the snow pack which continues to slowly get better as we have waves of light precipitation roll through. Over 22 prd prd. Up to now 33 better than yesterday. We could use more. You see more rain moving through the northern part of our state, and a few high elevation snow showers possible in shiloh, heading to the south, partly cloudy, temperatures in the 60s and 70s. Heres the my accuweather sevenday forecast for tahoe. Wintry mix tomorrow but breezy. Kind of sunny and warm friday and saturday before more light wintry mix sunday, monday, tuesdays going to be dry also. Have a good one. Safe travels. Kristen and eric . Mike, thanks. 4 56 now. Exciting news again in the fight against aids and hiv. Researchers at glaxosmithkline announced theyre close to developing a drug that protects people from getting infected with the aids virus. Monkeys given the experimental drug were 100 protected after being exposed to hiv. Unlike tra vada which needs to be taken daily. This new drug can be taken once every few months. High on the skinny scale, a gallup survey, mississippi was the fastest state with more than 35 of its citizens considered obese. Montana had the lowest rate of obesity making it the slimmest state. Also the lowest rate of people. Its a small sample in montana. Yeah. Its 4 57. Next at 5 00 a. M. , more on the breaking news in the east bay. B. A. R. T. Riders might want to find know way to get where they need to go this morning after a fatal incident overnight closes a station. Live with the latest. Plus thousands of l. E. D. Lights turn the bay bridge into a shimmering display every night. The plan that will keep those light shows coming for years to come. And Congress Takes action to save hundreds of thousands of homeowners from huge increases in Flood Insurance premiums. Announcer abc 7 news starts right now with live, breaking news. Good morning its 5 00. That breaking news is of course on b. A. R. T. This morning. B. A. R. T. Service shut down on one east bay route after a deadly accident on the tracks overnight. The Ripple Effect is very wide this morning. We start with abc 7 News Reporter Amy Holyfield at the south hayward station with more. Amy . Reporter hi, eric. Yeah, the station agent here just found out herself when she got to work. So she quickly handmade some signs for her gate here, which is closed, telling people, no service here. Go to bay fair if you