Stepping up enforcement here on crow canyon road. They say Everyone Needs to look out and slow down and keep everyone safe. Reporting live in castro valley, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. That poor family. Terrible. Thank you. It is 4 31. If youre just joining us, lets get an update on weather and traffic. Looking at live doppler 7, we are fogfree once again. Seeing nothing but stars when you step outside and the winds are slower than yesterday much our camera is not bouncing as much as it was. Lets break down the day over the next 12 hours what to expect, mid to upper 40s through the morning commute. Notice the mid 60s at the coast this afternoon. Most of us already 07 70 by noo so some quick warming. Almost as warm as it was yesterday. The air mass is just a little bit less robust today. So 73 to 75. If youre heading out this evening, 55 at the coast. Low 60s elsewhere. Ill show you another run at those record highs coming up. Good morning, everyone. We have a live picture showing you emeryville. Headlights making their way towards the maze this morning. No issues this morning. This is a live look at san jose, 87, very light traffic in that area. Other commuter alert, the san mateo 101 project from 9 00 p. M. To 6 00 a. M. , lane closures between 380 and south san francis francisco. Everything is green across the board. A lot on the line during the democratic primary debate in charleston, South Carolina. We are three days away from the South Carolina primary and six days away from super tuesday. Serena marshall has the debate highlights. Reporter this debate was not like the others. Each candidate coming out forcibly before the South Carolina primary and super tuesday next week, but more than talking about policy, it seemed they were interested in talking over one another. I dont care how much money mayor bloomberg has. The core of the Democratic Party will never trust him. I have been training for this job since i stepped in the pile that was still smoldering on 9 11 and all of the sideshows that the senator wants to bring up have nothing to do with that. Reporter senator Bernie Sanders currently leading in the delegate count taking the most heat throughout the night. Im hearing my name mentioned a little bit tonight. [ laughter ] reporter forced to explain his recent praise for fidel castro, which brought some boos from the audience. What i said is what barack obama said in terms of cuba, that cuba made progress on education. Yes, i think boo. Really . Reporter former Vice President joe biden trying to recapture his momentum coming out forceful and feisty. I intend to win South Carolina. Reporter one team delighting in the chaos, the Trump Campaign calling the Democratic Party a hot mess. This was the last debate before super tuesday. Thats when 30 of the delegates will be awarded. In washington, serena marshall, abc news. We have more on the debate at abc7news. Com. Youll find highlights and a fact check of the candidates claims. At the live desk, im watching a fire at the largest refinery on the west coast. A massive fire broke out at the Marathon Petroleum refinery in carson, south of l. A. The l. A. County Fire Department said most of the fire had been put out and hazmat crews are monitoring the air quality there. Theres currently no threat to the public. Neighbors told our sister station they heard a loud boom when the fire broke out around 11 00 last night. The explosion happened in a cooling tor. Interstate 405 is near the refinery, at one point it was closed in both directions. It has since reopened. A mother recovering after an assault inside their home. Three suspects burst into a house on mission boulevard yesterday afternoon and opened fire. One gunshot grazed a mother and caused her to drop her 2weekold baby. Sky 7 was over the scene. You can see the heavy police response. The father tells abc7 news that the suspects were after him. It was a result of a private dispute. The dad says the wife and baby are doing fine. San Francisco Police are making for another Public Employee for witnesses in a racially charged attack to come forward. Video of this confrontation stunned elected leaders and community members. It shows an asian man being bullied while collecting recycling cans in bayview. It is unacceptable and its not anything we want to see happen in the city no matter what their race is. State senator scott weiner says the incident should be investigated as a hate crime. New developments in the coronavirus outbreak. Several diocese in italy has canceled Ash Wednesday mass as the outbreak grows. In the u. S. , the cdc says the virus will almost certainly spread here. The warning comes as the first u. S. Clinical trial of a possible treatment gets under wap at tunderway at the university of nebraska. And a decision will be made in may on whether to cancel the 2020 tokyo olympics. The east bay times reportsat forth in a memo yesterday during a committee meeting. City officials work with homeless encampments on a case by case basis but setting up a standard could avoid sweeps. They have known about the problem for a year. B. A. R. T. Tries to explain the delay in dealing with bold fare evaders at one station. And a new pot business is set to open near a north bay high school. The owners say parents dont have anything to worry about. And imagine this, an economy flight thats actually comfortable. One airline says it is planning to make it happen. Ill believe it when i see it. Thats coming up. First, i guess this is the day thats not getting warmer. I thought it was for some reason. Its about the same. Its close. The air mass is modifying a bit. A degree or two, you wont notice that. We wont have as many record highs as yesterday. Thats the biggest thing or as many record highs as well have tomorrow when the heat does peak. Still warm. Were playing with semantics right there. Temperature is 44 as we head out in san leandro. Thats the cool spot. 46 in fremont. 45 in castro valleyment union city, 47. Oakland, 49. Everyone else, 50 to 54. 42 in pleasanton. Brentwood, 47. 39 in fairfield. Napa at 40. 10 degree drop from san carlos at 54 to 44 at mountain view, back up to 50 in san jose. Everything is green. Clear, jacket this morning, no jacket this afternoon, smooth sailing on the bay. The peninsula, 47 this morning. By 11 00, 67, and from noon through 5 00, around 70 to 73. For the east bay valleys, another warm one out there. Sarting off kind of cool. 44. 56 at 9 00. Low to mid 70s from noon to 6 00. Well spike around 75 degrees. In the south bay, 49 this morning. 70 at noon. Mid 70s for several hours this afternoon before dropping down to 64 at 7 00. Heres jobina. Good morning. Good morning. Thank you, mike. Good morning to walnut creek. 680, live look here, beautiful commute so far this morning. No major issues on the road. If youre thinking about heading out the door early, why not. Overall, everywhere is looking good. Albany to the maze, about four minutes. Fremont to san jose, 14minute ride. Highway 101 to cupertino, 10 minutes. This is our map im talking about, you can see here everything green is good. Normal conditions are in effect there. The only slow spot are super commuters coming out of tracy. Vo while other candidates argue about health care, Mike Bloomberg has a record of doing something. As mayor, he protected womens reproductive rights. Expanded Health Coverage to 700,000 new yorkers. And decreased infantmortality rates to historic lows. As president , hell build on obamacare, cap medical costs, and will always protect a womans right to choose. Mike bloomberg a record on Health Care Nobody can argue about. Mike im Mike Bloomberg and i approve this message. Tomtrump on the economy. Ald his people over profits plan makes a living wage a right. Creates thousands of good paying green jobs in california. And provides a 10 tax cut for everyone making under 250,000. Toms plan also makes health care a right, by adding a public option to obamacare. Protects union negotiated plans. And ensures californians can make their own health care choices. Im tom steyer and i approve this message. Our effort to build a better bay area focused on b. A. R. T. A year ago we alerted b. A. R. T. Leaders to fare evaders. Melanie woodrow went back to the station to see if anything changed. Reporter b. A. R. T. Estimates it loses 15 to 20 million a year due to fare evasion. They say the san leandro station will be made more secure by june, but until then fare evaders are getting by. There is no emergency at san leandro station this day but the emergency exits are swinging wide open as customer after customer after customer leaves without paying. Nearly one year ago abc7 news brought the issue to b. A. R. T. s attention. This is what it looked like then. Spokesperson said would be hardened by end of the fiscal year, june 2020. Changing infrastructure. We showed him what it looks like now. Its frustrating for me to watch it, for anyone who abides by the rules. Reporter why has it not changed . Weve started the station hardening. Its harder to push open the barriers of the fare gates. Additional work is raise the barriers to five feet and have the swing gates locked unless opened by official or in emergency. Thats going to be done by june. Reporter said will also alarm the emergency exits. Other stations have the alarms. Not san leandro. Why in a year couldnt it be done . Thats a whole year of lost revenue. The crew that does it has other responsibilities, theyre pulled away for emergency work, like if a pipe that bursts, they need to address that. But it is on the priority list. The way we prioritize stations is by ridership. Reporter san leandro has 7,000 people entering daily. 7,000 people daily. Montgomery street in b. A. R. T. Says work will take weeks. In the meantime station agents are left shaking their heads. B. A. R. T. Doesnt want employees getting into confrontation with fare evaders. Officials also understand that not everyone can afford to pay. This spring theyll roll out a means based system that gives lowincome passengers a fare break. Six more stations will be made more secure by june this year and june 30th 2021 and another by june of 2022. Melanie woodrow, abc news. Youll find our b. A. R. T. Stories on abc7news. Com. That includes one of the top clicked stories, a b. A. R. T. Station agent making moor than 100,000 in overtime. Now to north bay. Marin county supervisors have given the green light to a controversial cannabis business outside of mill valley. Supervisors heard people in favor of and opposed to it yesterday. Some neighbors are concerned because its less than a mile from tamalpais high. Elite herbs says they are a delivery only service and have no plans on selling cannabis onsite. People in economy on flights usually get the squeeze, but Air New Zealand filed a patent for the economy sky nest. It consists of six fullsize bunch buds, they would each have a pillow, sheet, blanket, privacy curtain. Air new zealand is thinking about installing the pods for the 16hour flight between auckland and newark, new jersey. It will decide whether to install the sky nests next year. We dont know how much this will cost. Dont they look cool . You got my vote. Im in. Definitely. How do i get up there . Friend, that may be hard for you. You get on the bottom. Not to be spoiled here, i love to lay down, but where do you sit up . You dont. You cant sit up on the bed . For our friend reggie, he cant sit up. No, ill have to lay down the whole time i guess. Yeah. How i do feel about that . I guess i feel all right. Maybe they have a lounge. Maybe. No, maybe they will. Never enough. Its becoming a cruise liner in the sky. If youre up there for 18 hours, give me a lounge. Hi, everybody. Its 4 47 on this wednesday. Looking from sutro tower down on Clear Conditions. Total sunshine again today, almost as warm as yesterday. The warmth will peak tomorrow and linger friday before our coolest weather and breezy conditions take over for the weekend. Heres two areas of high pressure. The jet stream yesterday was going well up into the arctic circle. Its lower now. It weakened it briefly today. Thats why its not quite as warm as yesterday. It will come back tomorrow and reestablish itself. Well have a better chance of records. 75 in concord. 77 in santa rosa. We have our best chance of records at the airport sites. Low to mid 70s around the bay. Upper 60s in richmond, San Francisco and half moon bay. 68 and 69 there. Tonight, like it has been the last couple of nights. Mainly clear out there, temperatures from the low 40s to upper 40s. Lets look at our chance of wet weather. Saturday, increasing clouds with that onshore breeze. Look at the sierra. Some snow developing saturday evening. The chances of snow are looking better for saturday and sunday. Our chances of wet weather are looking less and less except for that one blip in the south bay. Look at the rainfall potential, saturday into sunday, if you get anything, maybe a hundredth of an inch. Talked about this. I wasnt convinced it would rain sunday. Temperatures well above average through friday. You can see that dramatic drop, 10 to 20 degrees for the weekend. Some 60s and 70s return next week. Jobina . Good morning, everyone. 4 48 right now. Showing you the golden gate bridge. It is pretty quiet right now. People making their way. Overall quiet on the roads. Hopefully it will stay that way for your commute. Its picking up in oakland. This a live picture showing our camera, 880 at the coliseum. Headlights making their way south this morning. You can see thats moving but busy. Walnut creek to dublin, 13 minutes. Santa rosa to San Francisco, 47 minutes. And highway 101 to los gatos, 20minute ride. Amazon has opened a fullsized Grocery Store and it has no cashiers. And Virgin Galactic is taking reservations. Amazon opened its first fullsized cashles Grocery Store. The shop and go store is stocked with fresh foods and more. Shoppers swipe in with the amazon go app, take what they want and your bill is added to your virtual card. Virgin galactic is taking applications for its space 2 space plane. Applicant also have a chance to make a future trip. And gif peanut the company teamed up with on the label to show it should have a hard im confused. Its jiff. Its just jiff. We receive it. Its a modern twist on an old scam. The Technology Criminals are using to scam you out of your money. And the new study involving iphones and apple watches. To give his money to charity, giving pledge when this californian walked away from his billion Dollar Company for good. He drives a chevy volt, flies commercial, and spends his days building grassroots campaigns for social and environmental justice. Why . Tom steyer believes every child deserves the same opportunities as his. A healthy planet. Good schools. Quality healthcare, living wage jobs, and life without fear of discrimination. Im tom steyer and i approve this message. Steyer wall street banks took of millions of americans during the recession. 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. Attention to the sun, usually im getting ready for bed at about 6 00 in the evening, this is what candy captured last night. A gorgeous sunset on our 28th consecutive day without a rain. Expect another gorgeous sunset like that tonight. Heres the calendar as we rack up another dry day. Were tied for seventh longest mid winter streak without rain. Well talk about march. We have nice rebounds after dry februarys usually. Thats coming up next. Apple is hoping its devices can help detect a leading cause of stroke. People 65 and older on medicare are eligible to participate in a twoyear Research Study will be tracked on their iphones and another group will receive an apple watch. Apple hopes the study will show how technology can contribute to science and improve your health. Clever criminals are recreating the voices of yourte lo money from unsuspecting victims. The federal trade commission is warning scammers are using Voice Cloning Technology to recreate voices. All somebody needs is about five seconds of a recording of someones voice. With that they can create a conversation using that persons voice. Criminals are using the Te Technology to pretend to be a loved one in urgent need or help. Authorities say if you get a phone call like this ask questions that only the real loved one would know. What . I dont like it. Me neither. All right. In the south bay, some Morgan Hill Police officers helped kli deliver a baby. They posted the picture on social media. They say a father to be called 911 and told the operator his baby wasnt going to wait to get to the hospital. Officers found the family in their car just as the little girl was making her way into the world. Police say everyone is doing well. My gosh. What a moment. Theres a great story. Lets talk about friday. High clouds rolling in. And thats why you see the grayness to the colors that we usually show you. These are high clouds. You can see when they block the sunshine, it drops our temperatures down a little bit from the highs tomorrow. Look at the sea breeze kicking in saturday and highs of 50s and 60s. For sunday, 50s and mid 60s. Jobina . Good morning. Heads up for anyone who is traveling westbound, we are following a crash involving multiple cars on westbound 92 before foster city boulevard. Two lanes are blocked at the moment. It doesnt look like injuries have been reported here. A live look of 280 at king street. Very quiet in the city. San rafael, 101, a bit busier but also Clear