Believed to be dead are found alive. Thanks for joining us. Imeric thomas. Search crews found this couple breathing and talking. Abc 7 News Reporter has new developments. A rescue helicopter pulling two missing hikers to found alive in a steep ravine. County search and rescue teams along with a search dog found the couple inside dense brush. They were like, thank god you found us. Were so happy. They are doing okay. They were suffering from slight hypo thermia. The couple was found three to four miles from the house they were renting. They had been missing since valentines day. They left for a hike on valentines. They got lost in the dark. The reason they are most likely alive is because they were drinking from a puddle that they found near where they were located. Reporter sheriffs Officials Say ian injured himself in a fall which likely prevented the couple from walking out. Neighbors had feared the worst. But dozens of dedicated search and rescue personnel never gave up, trying to find carol and ian. Speaking with a search manager that we have that was also involved in the fire service and also speaking with the family, this is a miracle. Reporter yeah. A miracle is right. Some of the searchers say the brush was so dense they actually had to crawl in. I spoke with the couples son by phone just a short time ago. He says this is the best news ever and is so grateful to those rescue teams. Well, the couple is recovering from the hospital tonight. Lauren martinez spoke with the family and she joins us now with how theyre feeling. It must be great. They are. The family says they are completely overwhelmed. They drank out of a puddle for water and ate plants in order to sustain themselves. They say this is the best possible ending. I hope that nobody watching this ever understands how happy i am today. Sons feared the worst after rescue missions by land and sea turned into Recovery Efforts for their parents. Family and Officials Say it was thanks to the couples background in the outdoors that helped them survive. His mom is a mushroom hunter. My dad, they know how to find things and eat. So they were eating some part of a fern. The couple used their skills in nature, drank from a puddle for water and had a will to survive. My dad said, you know, i lost a shoe and then i lost the other shoe and i kept walking in my socks. Then i got tired of walking in my socks so i was walking barefoot for a while. Hes 77 years old. Our parents are scratched up a little bit. Like and thats minimalizing it. Theyre probably dehydrated. But for the most part theyre like in reasonably good health. On behalf of the family, they are grateful for the hundreds of volunteers. Three of them got poison oak just grinding through the thick to find people they dont even know. Right . And ultimately did. And were just overwhelmed. It was a pair of volunteers from the marine search and rescue team and a dog who found carol and ian. Their sons say they should be out of the hospital as soon as tomorrow. Back to you. Now, a lot of the credit for the rescue is going to the volunteers who were out searching every day. It was a pair from the search and rescue team that found the couple. Hundreds of people were out every single day spending up to 12 hours searching. It was primarily teams of volunteers out on the trails wandering through the brush. This morning the Sheriffs Office saluted the teams, and we heard from one of the volunteers that found the couple. I dont think think would have made it without this group of people you see behind me. Halfway up we hear voices. First we thought it was another team. We looked at each other, and were like, thats them. It took a long time to move a short distance because it was so thick. If you are interested in joining the search and rescue team, we have a link on our website. Abc 7 news app sent an alert. Enable push alerts from the app. Friends and family of a woman who died one year ago today came together for a memorial. 22yearold was walking her dog when one of the bluffs gave way, burying her under a mountain of dirt. Her remains were found 33 days later. Today family and friends left flowers at the spot where she died. We realized it was someplace she loved because it is the ocean. It is the outdoors. Its a dog park. We just want to express our love for all those who helped in her recovery. And i know that there were so many people on the beach a year ago. The family says they hope to make the trip in honor of her an annual tradition. Tragedy struck tonight in new orleans. A pedestrian was hit by a parade float. The parade was canceled after float 13 according to or organizers. It has over the top lighting that sometimes can be a city block long. City officials responded to the tragedy by banning all tandem floats. And this is a tandem float that is involved, a second fatality this season. I do have my concerns. I think we have to do our Due Diligence in making sure this is a safe carnival for everyone. On wednesday a woman was run over and killed by another float. That fatality also involved a tandem float. A search is on for the driver that killed a Good Samaritan in a hitandrun. Jose Garcia Aguilar stopped to help the driver that crashed in a median and was hit by two other cars. His family is begging for the driver that hit him to come forward. He has a sixyearold child with his partner. She says aguilar liked to help people. The family has set up a gofundme page. Investigators are looking for that driver, believed to be in a blue or green box shaped suv. Now on to nevada and the race to see who will take on President Trump in november. Abc news projects that senator Bernie Sanders will win the silver state. He has a sizable lead followed by joe biden, mayor Pete Buttigieg and elizabeth warren. Alex is in las vegas with more. Reporter Bernie Sanders is moving on to texas, encouraged by a big boost in the nevada caucuses. In nevada, we have just put together a multigenerational, mul Multiracial Coalition which will not only win in nevada. Its going to sweep this country. Reporter sanders is receiving strong support from latino and young voters. Other democrats are increasingly confident that he could be a candidate to beat donald trump. Reporter for other candidates results heightening the importance of the South Carolina primary. That is the choice in front of us. We can prioritize ideological priority or inclusive victory. W can either call people names online or we can call them into our movement. We have a great team down there as usual. I think we have exceeded expectations. Reporter the other story voter turnout. 75,000 early voters. 84 of Nevada Democrats made thaer minds up early. 40 in favor of Bernie Sanders. Joe biden is hoping to close the gap. Now were going on to South Carolina and winning and then were going to take this back. Reporter as for the republicans, President Trump is expected to receive all 25 delegates from the state. The Republican Party here canceling its caucus and deciding to bind all its delegates to him. Abc news las vegas, nevada. Today marks one year since the passing of former San Francisco public defender best remembered as a fierce and outspoken advocate for criminal Justice Reform in his 17 years. He died at the age of 59. The citys medical examiner found he died of an over dose. Air testing is underway after a cancer causing chemical was found in nearby ground water. They want to know whether tce seeped into classrooms. Classes were abruptly canceled for 350 students. The district is eyeing several other sites nearby to hold classes starting this week. We do not have school on monday here or anywhere else. Trying to figure out where to put them starting tuesday. So were hoping to get back to some semblance of normal by tuesday with the students. John says results should be back late next week or early the following week. Preliminary results today show no signs of tce. Still ahead, a dog owner reunited with his beloved pet. How much cash he had to fork over to make it happen. Plus, the Basketball Team goes the extra mile to make their teammate feel like he belongs. And im drew. We have a breezy night on the way, and that leads to a cool end of millions of americans during wall strethe recession. Advantage so, my wife kat and i took action. We started a Nonprofit Community bank with a simple theory give people a fair deal and real economic power. Invest in the community. In businesses owned by women and people of color. In affordable housing. The difference between words and actions matters. Thats a lesson politicians in washington could use right now. Im tom steyer, and i approve this message. A reunion there that one owner never thought would happen. A dog was stolen from inside a parked vehicle last night, and today its owner is thanking the community for helping him get reunited with his beloved dog. Live from the news room with more on this story. They both look so happy. They are so happy. This story does have a happy ending. But 24 hours ago, the prospects of getting holly back according to its owner seemed almost impossible. Today he paid 1,000 to a stranger that handed him his in a duffel bag. Right here. We turned the corner. He was walking up and he had a bag. He said, i got her. Inside the duffel bag was holly. She had been taken from inside his vehicle around 10 30 p. M. Friday. Windows get smashed when computers left in them, when phones get left in them. It sucks. Thats just the way it is in San Francisco now. But a dog . Thats crossing the line. Reminding him of one of the worst days of his life. I cried a lot this morning, you know . Its like having a kid taken. Dave and his girlfriend filed a Police Report and got to work. People started saying just keep handing these out in these alleys, like someone knows where she is. Thats what people kept saying. Someone knows something. Well call you. Family friends came to help find holly and one of envisioned this moment. Just had a dream. Now here we are. Around 2 30 p. M. Saturday, dave got a call from a stranger who asked him for 1,000 in exchange for his dog. The meeting spot this alley. Yeah. She was kidnapped and i paid her ransom. He hopes this will teach other dog owners that not even dogs are off limits. Now it is getting to the point where dogs are being taken out of cars . Nothing can be left in a car. San franciscos District Attorney is proposing a new idea that could possibly be a first of its kind in the country, reimbursing owners of cars for the cost. In the news room, abc 7 news. Thank you very much for the report. Getting to the weather now. Spring around the corner . Lets check in with drew for more on that. Were hoping that winter makes a comeback. We need some rain. Today not only was it dry, it also felt much cooler compared to yesterday. Live doppler 7 showing us we remain rain free. A live look right now. Partly to mostly cloudy skies over the city. The north bay is mainly clear right now, but the south bay, a fair amount of cloud cover is over head. In and out of the cloud cover, so to speak. That marine layer above our coastline. Right now we cooled off into the 40s and 50s after a day spend in the 60s in a lot of spots. 53 in the city. 45 in santa rosa. 48 that current temperature in livermore. Compare to yesterday and most cities are cooler by 8 degrees in the city. 4 degrees cooler in santa rosa and oakland is 7 degrees cooler right now than this time last night. Part of the reason why, an onshore breeze kicked in today. It is still pretty active over the city. When you have that wind coming off of the ocean like it is right now, it really helps to keep afternoon highs on the cool side. Thats why it felt a lot cooler today compared to yesterday, because of this breeze. Currently 24 miles an hour in the city. 26 in concord. 20 in fairfield. This breeze will continue tomorrow as well. The cooler air will stay in place for our sunday. Live doppler said we were so close to getting some rain. There was a storm system to our south. You noticed it in the form of high clouds from time to time today. And that storm system actually brought some beneficial rain to southern california, parts of nevada and arizona. Thats now pushing off to the east. This is our best chance of perhaps finding any wet weather this weekend. The next seven days looks very dry across the entire state. Back here at home, overnight tonight it is a mix of stars and clouds out there. We will likely find some fog after midnight tonight. Otherwise, most spots will drop into the 40s overnight tonight. Now, tomorrow there is a lot of sunshine, but it will be breezy and on the cool side for february. Only 57 in the city tomorrow. 60 in oakland. High of 66 in santa rosa. 61 in freemont and concord 67 degrees. Our dry pattern is still locked in place. That storm track continues well to our north. The best chance of finding any rain will be from portland to seattle and most of california remains dry. It looks like we will go the entire month of february without seeing any rain. That is something that has not happened in the city since 1864. Its been a very long time. Here is the seven day forecast. Morning fog tomorrow. A cool p. M. Look at what happens, though. Sunshine dominates the forecast. Spring really makes preview here midweek, wednesday, thursday, friday 70s and low 80s. Then well bounce back to where we should be. But a lot of sunshine out there and very warm temperatures, guys. Basically enjoy it while it lasts. Still ahead, a Second Chance to score. How one high school Basketball Team showed a south dakota High School Basketball player with down syndrome got a Second Chance at glory. Gabe smith first missed that final shot but the opposing team grabbed the rebound and gave it back to him and he hit the buzzer beater and both teams celebrated the win. The basketball coach shared the video on facebook writing being good is more important than winning every time. The word for that is called sportsmanship. Nice to see. Do we need more of that in professional sports . Sometimes. Sometimes. That was really great. Coming up in sports, the giants and as begin. 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Opposite field, impressive swing of the bat to right. Giants lose 104. They will play the as. Tomorrow speaking of the as, the cubs. Kris bryant there. As second baseman of the future maybe next month future. Its franklin barreto. They lose this game 122. Good news out of warriors practice today, Stephen Curry is close to returning to action. Cheered for contact and scrimmaged for the First Time Since breaking his hand in october. His target date is set for march 1st. Well get stefs reaction at the bottom of the hour. The nhk trade deadline is monday. A lot of familiar faces could be wrong. Sharks facing the rangers. Joe thornton could be one. Well wait and find out monday. He doubled his season goal totals. First period blasts that one home. Sharks let 21 on in the second. Evander kane turns it over in a tieing goal. 22. Third period. The first stop, but fast the goal. Capitals take on the devils. Third period. Alex ovechkin scores 700 gear goals. Second fastest to get to that mark. 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