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KGO ABC7 News 400PM January 25, 2017

Bay, to the mouth of the Alameda Creek where it flows into the bay. So the plan is for jaydas family to continue to help Law Enforcement officials comb the banks for her. Multiple assets, including lowflying helicopters have been deployed. Niles canyon road is likely to experience some Additional Closures tomorrow. Well keep you posted on those as they continue to search for Jayda Jenkins, an 18yearold university student. Her family says they are not giving up hope and her mother said that includes her 13yearold little sister. Melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. Berkeley police are investigating the mysterious deaths of a couple and their two cats. Their bodies were found yesterday in their apartment on deacon street near webster. Abc 7 News Reporter vic lee spoke to a friend of the woman who died. He joins us now. ⌞ reporter larry, tonight Berkeley Police tell us they still dont know what caused their deaths and that their autopsies could take well into next week. Now, one of the professors we spoke to that we interviewed with whom youll hear later on told us that this couple went to San Francisco saturday night to dine with friends and that they seemed upbeat and very normal. Now, we dont know exactly when they died. All we do know is that their bodies were found in that apartment yesterday. Everyone knew val to be a very generous and kind person and very intelligent. Reporter to say the least. Valerie morash graduated from m. I. T. , got her masters and doctorate from uc berkeley. Professor marty banks was her advisor. She was the goto person in the lab on any statistical poblem. Reporter morash and her husband, roger, were found dead in their apartment here last night by a friends who went to check on her. Police also found their two cats dead. Fire and pg e crews were called. Carbon monoxide and radiation poisoning came back negative. There was no forced entry or signs of violence. As for the possibility of the couple taking their own lives, the professor says morash was a rising star as a research scientist. Val was on a roll. I mean she was hiring people, she was mentoring graduate students over here. Reporter banks tells us they were a happy couple, roger morash also had a promising future. He was a very good programmer, m. I. T. Educated like val is. Was working on video games. Reporter valerie was working in San Francisco here at the Smith Kettlewell Eye Research institute doing pioneering vision work. All these questions about how to effectively communicate through the hand. To help the blind. To help the blind, mmhmm. That was her primary focus. Reporter police are hoping autopsies on the two bodies will determine cause of death. Vic lee, abc 7 news. A lake tahoe ski patrol member died today following an on the job accident at squaw valley resort. Squaw valley said it happened while the ski patrol was dealing with possible avalanche conditions, but the resort says the 42yearold mans death does not appear to have been avalanche related. Squaw valley closed for the day because of the tragedy. The Placer County sheriff is also investigating what happened. Turning now to the weather, remember sunshine . Remember what that looked like and felt like . The sun was finally out again today. A live look from our mt. Tam camera. Spencer christian with a look at a dry forecast for a change. I think were all happy to see the sun today. The rainy season has lived up to its name in recent days. Not showing any green or areas of precipitation today so lets move along and take a look at recent rainfall totals. Over the last seven days weve seen 10 inches at ben lomond. Nearly 8 inches at san rafael an just under 4 inches in San Francisco. Not so densely populated area, 7. 5 inches of rain. Percent of rainfall for the date, santa rosa and livermore are nearly at 200 of the normal levels of rainfall at this point of the season. Over 150 here in San Francisco. Snowpack statewide is at 197 of normal, which is pretty good. So even though right now were getting a little bit of a break from precipitation, our statewide totals for snow and rain are looking pretty good. Fighting that drought. Ill show you whats coming our way here in the bay area for the next seven days in just a few minutes. Our last round of storms put California Well over the top when it comes to snowfall for an entire winter season. The golden state is now above its annual average and we still have two and a half more months to go. This follows several drought years where california has seen just minimal amounts of snowfall in the sierra. Speaking of all that new snow, you are looking live at some of it at heavenly mountain resort, courtesy of lake tahoe tv. It looks nice with the blue sky too. So far this winter more than 25 feet of snow has fallen at some of the resorts around lake tahoe. A brentwood annual rescue center took a direct hit in the weekend storm. So much so that the they are struggling to recover. Laura anthony is live in brentwood with the story. Reporter hi, larry. These goats behind me have moved to higher ground. As you can see their pen is still flooded. Many others here at the spirited sanctuary are still flooded. As the cleanup continues, so too does the mission. Its been a wild and wet few days at the spirited sanctuary and Animal Rescue in brentwood, founded specifically for abandoned and abused farm anmals. It was horrible. The winds were 50 plus mile an hour, rain coming out sideways. Reporter as if the lives of these horses, pigs and chickens havent been hard enough, their new home, their safe haven, was nearly destroyed by a deluge of water and downed trees over the weekend. See the little greenhouse with mr. Wilson in it . Had his house been anywhere else, he would have been crushed. The tree came down. There was not one spot that did not have a eucalyptus tree. Reporter two huge trees fell destroying a number of shelters and fences on the property. What wasnt damaged, flooded. The standing water is really bad. Its bad for the horses hooves, we need to get the standing water pumped out and develop a plan to either raise the ground level or build new fencing to relocate the horses somewhere else on the property. Get these guys all cleaned up. Reporter now that the water has gone down, volunteers have moved in to help the nonprofit repair and rebuild. The sanctuary still has a long road to recovery. And is accepting donations of time, services and money to make sure these once unwanted animals still have a safe place to call home. In brentwood, laura anthony, abc 7 news. A pacifica restaurant is still cleaning up after a huge wave smashed through a window this weekend. The impact was caught on security video. Check it out. Look at that. Yeah, the wave went over the sea wall. It was so big it slammed into the side of the restaurant some 40 feet away. The wave hit the food truck. The food truck smashed into the building, broke a window in the food truck. It was quite a mess to deal with very early in the morning. The water damaged the bottom level of the restaurant, a space used for special events. The top level with coast sideviews of the waves remains open. This tree blocked the way to San Franciscos ft. Point. It fell across long avenue. Thats the road that connects ft. Point to the rest of the presidio. They have working to clear the downed tree in order to restore access to the civil war era military post. Caltrans expects to finish repair work on a giant sinkhole in oakland. Sky 7 flew over highway 13 just a little while ago and you can see paving crews putting down fresh asphalt where the giant sinkhole blocked two southbound lanes. Highway patrol officers nicknamed the sinkhole steve. You can see what it looked like yesterday in video shot by sky 7. The hole started small but crews discovered it actually measured about 20 feet by 30 feet. Caltrans blames heavy rain and a ruptured underground pipe for that sinkhole. Potholes brought this mornings commute to a stand still on westbound 580 near livermore. Caltrans shut down two lanes to fill the holes. At one point it took drivers three hours to go less than 30 miles from tracy to dublin. Stocks soared today as the s p 500 and the nasdaq both hit new alltime highs. Investors looked beyond President Trumps protectionist rhetoric and focused instead on the latest round of Company Earnings news. The markets recovered strongly after yesterdays dip. Analysts are cautious because investors are still seeking more clarity on mr. Trumps economic policies. The dow jumped 113 points to 19,913. The nasdaq up 48 to 5601 and the s p 500 jumped 15 points to close at 2280. A state of the state speech. We will defend everybody, every man, woman and child whose come here for a better life. Governor jerry brown Takes Center Stage to deliver a defiant message to the donald Trump Administration. And the White House Press secretary doubling down on a false claim about why mr. Trump lost the popular vote. Also is needed again and again. Its supposed to be a sweet film. Now one of the stars is coming forward to dispute troubling video from the movie in theaters now. At 4 11, a live look at the afternoon commute. This is the Golden Gate Bridge. It looks fantastic, just from the standpoint of a gorgeous view. And traffic isnt bad either with the traffic moving nicely in both directions. Back with more on abc 7 news at 4 00 after the break. Some breaking news right now. This is a live scene from sky 7 at the site of a Traffic Accident outside of Freedom High School in oakley. A Contra Costa County Fire District tells us seven people were hurt. This took place a short time ago. Fire crews rushed to the scene along with paramedics. Its unclear if this afternoons crash involved any students from freedom high, but well keep you posted. Governor brown delivered his annual state of the state today in sacramento. He used the speech to defend california against the Trump Administration. Abc 7 news anchor kristen sze is here with a look at the highlights. This was Governor Browns 15th state of the state but it was the first time hes taken direct aim at a president. Listen to his positions on climate change. We cant fall back and give in to the climate deniers. The science is clear, the danger is real. On protecting immigrants. We will defend everybody. Every man, woman and child whos come here for a better life and has contributed to the wellbeing of our state. Reporter and on preserving the federal funding california received under obamacare. For any of that to be taken away, our state budget would be directly affected, possibly even devastated. Thats why i intend to join with other governors and senators and with you to do everything we can to protect the health care of our people. Governor brown got plenty of applause from the largely Democratic Legislature but republican lawmakers were not as inspired by his fiery speech. There was not enough talk about jobs in california at this time. Im hoping that we can move forward on that front as well. Governor brown did conclude by saying he wants to find ways to work with the federal government. Californias first latino attorney general was sworn into office today. Javier becerra said he would blo block things. They confirmed him 269 with all state republicans voting against or abstaining. Becerra says hes eager to get to work to be a champion for all californians. And i certainly will be there to fight with our legislative leaders and our governor to make sure that we are given the opportunities that any state would expect. The l. A. Area democrat was the highest ranking latino in congress before resigning his post. He succeeds former attorney general Kamala Harris whos now in the u. S. Senate. A new study finds more californians support the idea of the golden state leaving the United States. 32 of californians now support withdrawing from the country. Thats according to a reuters poll released this week. Thats significantly higher than 2014 when 20 backed the plan. A proposal has already been submitted to the Attorney Generals Office for the 2018 ballot. Congress would still need to approve it. The chp is investigating how somebody set up an antiPresident Trump banner on the Golden Gate Bridge over the weekend. Zack fernandez posted pictures on instagram showing a banner reading impeach on the ginl. Fernandez used a walkway to hang his banner on saturday in protest of mr. Trump. Fernandez gained worldwide fame for turning the Hollywood Sign into the hollyweed sign earlier this month. Minutes before officials took it down. Collars with metal spikes poke the neck of a dog when pulled. They are requiring owners to take the collars off their dogs when they enter their offices. The anxiety of the dog increases. So your dog might not be yelling and screaming in pain, some do. But we know that pain inducers is a poor way to train a dog. The spca will put flat collars on dogs while in their care. Pet owners will be told about the negative effects of using prong collars but they will not confiscate them since they are legal to use. Spencer is back with this new phenomenon, sunshine. Blue sky out there. I wanted to put on my sunglasses today but i lost them, its been raining for so long. They washed away. Heres a look at live doppler 7 and we are seeing no rain on the radar image today. A few high clouds are passing by, but otherwise skies are mainly clear, so this clearing pattern for now is what we have, a little bit of relief from recent rainfall. Check out this view from our sutro tower camera. Its 53 in San Francisco right now, 51 in oakland and low to mid50s also at mountain view, san jose, gilroy and half moon bay. This is the view of the western sky which is mainly sunny from our emeryville camera. We have current temperature readings of 55 in santa rosa and mid50s at napa, novato, fairfield and concord and a mere 50 at livermore. This is a beautiful view of the Golden Gate Bridge with mainly blue skies above and heres a look at our forecast. Well feel chilly conditions overnight. Well see areas of morning fog. Mainly sunny and dry days ahead into next week and well have a brief warmup on sunday and monday but thats about it, about two days. Forecast animation overnight shows fog over in the central valley. Pachds of fog here in the bay area. For most of the day well have sunny skies tomorrow. Getting back to the Early Morning hours, the big feature will be the big chill. Low temperatures will drop down to or below freezing in some inland locations. We expect lows of 31 in santa rosa and 33 at napa. It will be quite cold in our inland valleys and chilly in the bay as well with upper 30s and low 40s. We look at our day planner tomorrow. Well start the day with a few high clouds and Early Morning patches of fog. During the maid dmidday hours well see temperatures above 50 in most locations and cool down tomorrow evening. About 56 across the bay, 56 in san jose and in the north bay 53 at napa, 54 at santa rosa and here is the accuweather sevenday forecast. A string of sunny days coming away, hard to believe. Saturday marks the beginning of the chinese new year. Its the year of the rooster and the weather is giving us lots to grow about. Could have done without that. Yeah. Its going to warm up a little bit on sunday and monday with high temperatures climbing into the mid60s but the warm up will last just a couple of days. Thank you, spencer. The musical is back and if the oscars are any indication, we could soon see a lot more of them. Just ahead, the big nominees and the local stars making headway in hollywood. Directv now the f[ now echos ]s now. now does not mean now. future is a relative term. Nfl sunday ticket, red zone and the nfl network are not included. Cbs and showtime, again, not included. Most live local stations only available in select markets fingers crossed. Streaming to more than two devices at once is a subject wed rather not talk about. Dvr and downloading on the go, yeah, good luck with that. All other terms and frustrations apply. So why wait . Call now. Dont let directv now limit your entertainment. Choose xfinity and get more to stream to any screen. The Oscar Nominations are in an a hollywood musical is the top contender. I dont know why i keep moving by body la la land leads with 14 oscar nods. This makes the 89th Academy Awards one of the most diverse in history. Kenneth moten has a look at the nominees. Reporter hollywoods biggest honor, the Academy Awards. The academy announced the oscar nods in an online video with help from past nominees and winners. For best lead actress, isabel huppert, ruth negga, natalie portman, emma stone and meryl streep. Supporting actress, viola davis, nicole kidman, octavia spencer, Michelle Williams and naomi harris who told gma her brother broke the news about her nomination. He was screaming and then i was screaming. Reporter leading men casey affleck, andrew garfield. Reporter also ryan gosling, viggo moth viggomorenson. Jeff bridges, lucas hedges, dev patel and michael shannon. La la land 14 recordtying Oscar Nominations. Its up for best picture along with top contender moonlight, fences. This year diverse teechlt the social media hash tag oscarsowhite this year we had an abundance of films that represented inclusion. Reporter the academy says it continues to work on inclusion. The nomine

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