live doppler hd is dry. and look how behalf the picture is. looking back at san francisco. we are milder, mid-40s through 7:00, and already average as you head outside to lunch today hanging in the mid-60 at the coast and the prosecute of us in mid-to-upper 70s and still mild at 7:00, 58 to 64 and update on the rain is coming next. we here frustration from bart passengers and tiffany is at the not concord bart station, this is an ongoing issue. it is but the bus bridge right new is working pretty well and the buses are very easy to get and arrive every 15-20 minutes, the bart spokesperson arrived here at the station. what is the latest on the issue? >> we did field inspections and we are seeing a spike in voltage damaging the cars. we have taken this track out of service. we cannot afford to lose anymore cars. we will have buses. we have test trains running to see if there is a measurement to find to get to the bottom of this problem. >> is in similar to what you saw through the transbay terminal recently? >> absolutely. the same thing. we do not know if it is the same cause. give yourself plenty of time because the trains are shorter and less frequent fred into oakland. >> what your thoughts on the bart issues? we want to hear from you. use has been dear bart. the man suspected of a morgan hill's kidnap asking murder is if court, garcia-torres claimed to have had d.n.a. of sierra lamar on his jeans and her hair was found in his car. her body was never been found. the morgan hill teen disappeared while walking to the bus stop four years ago. senators for her ended last year but on saturday morning, volunteers will go back to an area near the reservoir to search again. year, family and friends gathered at one of her favorite restaurants in fremont for dipper to mark the 4th anniversary of the disappearance. >> the man of killing an off-duty richmond police officer has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. he i don't get life the richmond police officer gus vegas was killed in his home. the suspect is the father of officer's grandson. vega is due in court next month. >> look at this video, a woman is stealing mail from a home at the front of property. she rings the door. she takes whatever she wants from the mail box. a resident speaks to her through the innercom and slow said she was, looking for an airbnb rental. >> three inmates are suing the deputies and former difficulty charged with forcing them to fight. the three filed the lawsuit yesterday. they say that the deputies made them fight each other for entertainment while locked up. if they refused the deputies threatened to beat them, take away privileges or move them to a jail with worse conditions. an attorney for the deputies denies the claim. >> financial help is getting closer for street vendors and artists affected by super bowl 50. the board will look at legislation to reimburse those who lost money during the festivities. when the plaza and market street were shut down it dislaced 100 spaces remembered for artists and vendors. if approved, the city would city them $100,000 to split. >> more money is coming to clear the air across the bay area. air quality regulators have $9230 million for grants and incentives to help businesses and people switch to cleaner cars or install cleaner burning four places $30 million more than last year. the money is will coming from state proposition approve by voters. >> a major announcement from seaworld. and new detail on aminessive art heist that sparked an international investigation. international investigation. stay tuned. >> good morning, in the traffic center, major bart issues this morning, with continued electrical problems. we have a bus bridge if place between the north concord and pittsburg bay point station. and ten minute delays happening right now on the line. 46 bart trains out there in service at this time. fewer trains. shorter trains. expect major delays. we have an accident at pinole valley road westbound 80. mike? 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>> it is aifing if you take pittsburg bay point line with bus bridge between the pittsburg and bay point station so give yourself extra time with less frequent stops and short are trains. we have an accident here reported and c.h.p. is arrive on the scene when 80, and road sensors are not showing too much slowing but through san pablo. we will check back on that and lane three is blocked southbound 101 in the middle lane so slow traffic is backing to highway 37. expect delays. we have bus cancellations. that is ahead. next report. mike? >> good morning, everyone, we will look at next six hours. you can see absolutely dry weather on live doppler hd. we have northeast wind at nine miles per hour. you can see the flag open right side blowing toward the ocean so ill be warm. that and the sun will give you spring fever. minor chance of rain in the seven-day outlook. today, 70 in san francisco and half moon bay and fairfield and antioch and cloverdale and morgan hill 77 degrees. we have to get 80s for record high. tonight, the marine layer develops spilling interest parts of the bay and the north bay valley and the onshow breeze is mild. our next storm shows "1" light and "5" is we severe on the storm-impact scale coming in quicker on sunday so it is light, with a third of an inch of rain. at 5 o'clock on sunday morning, a limit drizzle. you can see the light rain will spread to the south bay to the afternoon. it will retreat to the not on monday and to the sierra and by tuesday morning you can see we have a better chance of the light rain rolling through again. rainfall amount is light. .15" in san jose and up to third of an inch in the north bay. for lake tahoe it is warm. before we get to it, the amendments are 49 for the average high and flirting with upper 50s to 60 today and tomorrow and 58 with high clouds and rain on sunday and it turns over to snow on monday. my seven-day outlook shows the 70s are going. after saturday. going to be in the mid-to-upper 60s next week with the umbrella needed. >> the lake tahoe and toyota report: a lot of great snow! there could be rain. no chain requirements rate new. there are no chain requirements but a great drive at an hour and six minutes accident no, three hours and 26 minutes to squaw vietnam and heavenly is looking good, too, a bit longer, and kirkwood has no chains requireed and easy drive at sugar bowl at 185". drive careful. that is the lake tahoe toyota right. >> here is a friendly face greeting visitors at the little farm in berkeley, a cow. there are a lot more animals to see and feed. our news viewers who sent this in said this cow was huge and ate all of the verge talls they brought -- all of the vegetables they brought that day. >> bravo to a bay area teen would won a top prize,en novation award at the talent and science search and one of three teen awarded $150,000 for the invention. she attended high school in cupertino and made a device that degrees chronic lung diseases costing only $35 to build. it can replace more expensive medical equipment in developing nations. >> and now stopping unwanted subscriptions and safe cash. >> if you avoid packing meter fees by parking after hours this could end soon. could end soon. stay tuned. ♪ ♪ abc news app news that lives where you live. >> now, "7 on your side" is answering questions. paul e-mails i am interested in learning more about getting rid of subscriptions that automatically renew. how do i contact them? 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>> yes, everyone, we have a traffic alert with bart. pittsburg/bay point is affected. ten-minute delays on the line. throughout the morning. north concord to bay point is a bus bridge with in service between the stations. you need extra time, 52 trains are in service. golden gate transit canceling pore trips, four in the morning and four in the evening, eight trips together. this morning cancellations for 54 and 22 routes. ace is not reporting delays. all trains are on time. it is dry on live doppler hd, and milder this morning, probable our mildest morning ahead of us, and temperatures are around 42 to 52 and mid-to-upper 60s great day to be outside, mid-60s at the coast and mid-70s around the bay can inland and upper 50s to my 60s at 7:00. we will take a look at your activity lander. next. >> when it comes to bart it seems the early bird is getting the worm if you take bart today head there now. tiffany is at the not concord bart station and how the commute is going. tiffany? >> yes, i have an upstate. bart now said about 50 cars were imaged by the mystery power surgeon update from two dozen officially reported year. bart said they cannot afford to lose anymore and that is why they set up the bus bridge. the good news is commuters so far this morning say bus bridge is working well and it takes 15 minutes to move between the two stations but the buses are getting more crowds as the morning continues. this issue is only between the north concord and pittsburg/bay point and similar to the problems that stalled trains in the transbay terminal two week ago. maintenance and pg&e have been working do resolve the problems. experts are flying in. there is no word when the tracks will re-open. bart said that commuters should expect to use the bus bridge through this morning. riders are grateful bart had a backup plan. all the contingency plan was pretty go. plenty of buses for everyone. it wasn't that bad. >> aside from the because bridge trains headed from here to san francisco or oakland will be shooter and less frequent so you are advised to lean plenty of center time and to expect extra crowding. >> this is an ongoing issue a last you are russ trade and sounding off, and we want to hear from you, post video message to bart #dearbart. people had plenty to say during the bart strike. we will keep close tabs all morning and tell you of any problem when we know about them with updates with the news app, for free, and enabling the push alert. >> bart is warning riders this morning of another closure scheduled for next weekend. passengers in the east bay have to use a bus bridge while bart replaced track and wood tiles on fremont line. the construction will shut down service between slap drove and bay fair station mark 26 and march 27. the work will result in a staver and more reliable mild. >> sierra lamar disappeared after leaving morgan hill hope four years ago and today the man suspected in the kidnapping and murder will appear in court. we our reporter is in san jose. matt? >> yes, the hearing is taking place today at the santa clara county courthouse for the acussedcier of sierra that ma are, garcia-torres, the defensents d.n.a. evidence from the prosecution. according to the court documents the defense said the evidence is material, relevant and necessary to his defense. historian said that there were 11 other partial hits and they want did see them of the hearing is a day after the four-year anniversary of the last time that sierra lamar was seep leaving her morgan hill home living in fremont before she moved south. last night friends and family gathered at her favorite restaurants there. >> birthday, going to college, things like that, everything i can see myself getting older, i think of her a lot. she should be expensing that. she was icen away. >> we weekly searches for sierra ended last year but on saturday volunteers go back to an area near the reservoir outside morgan hill. they believe it wasn't such thoroughly the first time. gore sea torres, the trial is scheduled to start next month april 25. >> we have a follow-up to a story the abc time brought you ten months ago a marin county man who raised money posing as decorated war hero is facing several charges. greg allen is the owner of the now closed jim called "house of steel," training young men interested in joining the marines and held fundraisers. he wore a purple heart and bronze star but the medals were fake. he never served in the marines, prosecutors charge him with fraudulent lengthily using the purple heart to on the money a misdemeanor. he will appear in court next month. a driver arrested for an accident that left a six-year old boy permanently injured could be arraigned by tomorrow. police captureed this man daniel morris yesterday morning in hayward and we. [ it on the midday news. c.h.p. said that morris was driving a stolen ford fusion and he struck the by in castro valley march 7. the sex-year-old had his left leg amputated below the knee walking to school with his 8-year-old brother and grandmother. the father family is relieve someone has been arrested. >> i hope he stays in jail a long-term. he literally ruined grandson's life. abefore the crash, police say that the fusion involved was stolen along with four other cars from this dealership in livermore. police are still looking for the accomplices. >> a man wanted for a double shooting is accused of trying to kill a parka police officer, they spotted him walking on highway one yesterday morning, an officer tried to take him into custody but he put up a fight. they say he fired at officer. the officer does suffer minor injuries in the scuffle. but he arrested him. he is wanting for shooting two men on saturday and faces three charges of teened murder -- attempted murder. >> highway patrol troopers, firefighters and the public 10 lawsuited fallen officer nathan taylor as the procession drove along i-80 from sacramento to truckee. person flags hung from the first trucks on the route. taylor was hit by a car while directing traffic over the weekend and died on sunday. taylor worked for c.h.p. for 60 years, three at the san jose area office. >> some san francisco push officials are using a secret app to keep their chats and messages private. curing to the business inside the tell gram app has become a popular way to evade public record laws. if you are not familiar with theup it destroys messaging when they are read. california law states that text and mill are considered public record if they relate to public business. according to be named government staff member, several supervise easy are using the app. >> a state of emergency has been declared in moraga as clear the way for 500,000 in immediate funding to fix a giant sinkhole there. it opened up on sunday at the intersection of rheem boulevard and center street. it also suffered a pg&e gasoline affecting 2,500 people and swallowed up a traffic lit. the state of emergency means the town can access $500,000 for emergency repairs to the sinkhole and bypass the usual bidding process. crews have to figure out what caused the suspect hole in the first place before they can fix it and until that time drivers have to keep out of the area. >> good morning, everyone, we have a bart remember with the trains delayed out of the pittsburg/bay point but we have for train service between north concord and with less frequent and shorter planes so give yourself plenty of tie. if you commute, it is slug we on the span, with brake lights to the tunnel and the toll plaza shows metering lights on at 5:29 stacked to the macarthur maze. from 80, it is a solid 30 minutes from golden gate field to san francisco. we have an early problem at pinole valley road westbound 80 with the accident moved to the shoulder and slow traffic begins through el sobrante into san pablo and richmond to the east shore freeway where you find your bay bridge and macarthur maze backup. we have multi-pole golden gate bus cancellations all ahead next. mike? >> multiple chances of height rain in the seven-day forecast. first, if you wake up and heading out, it is clear with temperatures in the mid-to-upper 40s but pittsburg at 59 and mount tab let at 50. the bay shore from vallejo, san francisco, to san jose, low-to-mid 50s and pacifica, we have 47 and mid-40s in the north bay valley. activity planner, gardenening is good until you have allergies, with best bay to hang out at pool a ton of sun and warmest day for walking the dog. sun is breaking the horizon and the sunlight is at 101 and 880, temperatures are from 71 today in san francisco, to the south by at 79 and notice the cooling trend more marine layer clouds and breeze that will drop our temperatures friday and saturday and push a chance of rain into sunday and tuesday forecast with an hour-by-hour look and how much to expect from the storm. next. >> president obama's nominee to the supreme court plans to meet with democratic senators today and the senate republican leaders have made it clear they are not going to fill the supreme court vacancy until after the november election. the show down over filling the spot intensifies the second president obama indrove duesed judge merrick garland yesterday. the to republicans believe that the next president is the one who should pick the income justice. all the senate's constitutional right to act as a check on a president we and withhold its con superintendent. >> six republican senators say they are open to meeting with merrick garland but at this point there are no sign any of the meetings will lead to confirmation hearings. >> a local food bank needs your help community action napa el said it is really short on food with donation falling dramatically in 20 phone calling agency employ is to scramble to help nap positive's most needy including seniors on a fixed income. the decline is shocking with donations dropping 50% last year, from 2014. it will take food, money, whatever you can give. >> san francisco unified school district will serve the 1 millionth breakfast today. many schools have the program where every students get a free healthy start to the day. the student of the one millionth meal gets a golden ticket and last year it minute free movie tickets. it is a surprise this year. the program set up to give students proper nutrition and energy boost before they start class. >> people in a san francisco neighborhood are concerned about a proposal to bring professional soccer to a field near their homes. the reason residents want to block this plan next and chipolte is working hard to bring back your business which means free world. but first, a look at "good morning america" at 7:00. amy? >> a big announcement from seaworld expected. they are partnering with one of their vocal credits the humane society. we sat down with the c.e.o. and we sat down with the c.e.o. and how they will change how killer that's a fact. but this whole "blondes have more fun" thing... ♪ standing by for fun. ♪ >> students and families from am lull rock school district in san jose will march in honor of the life of caesar chavez with a opinion at 8:30 am. this is the 23rd year the district has marched for the labor leader. >> professional soccer could come to san francisco. today the department of recreations will discuss bringing pro games to the stadium. a permanent has been filed for a period up to five years to hold 15-20 soccer game as year. this is video of the stadium renovation in 2014. if the city gives the green light to left the pro soccer there it would allow alcohol to be sold starting in 2017. that is what has neighbors concerned about noise and traffic. the meeting starts at 10:00 at city what. if your car has been protecten into you are not alone. san francisco police say car break-ins have tripled in five years up 31% since 2014. this shows how fast it can happen. watch as the thief smashes a when. in a few seconds, he walks away and has $4,000 worth of stuff. this happened february 25. police say if you are only thing of break-ins when you park the car it is too late. >> put it in the trunk of the vehicle or taking it with you. especially do not put it in the trunk where you park the vehicle do it before you arrive to your destination. >> last year officers say there were 70 reports a day of car break-ins. >> the man charged with killing six people in michigan while driving for uber is now sue the uber service. jason dalton filed a lawsuit jail blaming uber for putting him this. he is seeking $10 million saying uber never paid back wages offer overtime during the years working there but a source said that he was original employed for less than a month. he is charged with murder and attempted murder last month in the shooting spree in kalamazoo. six died. two were hurt. uber is releasing a statement and i quote, "it is hard to necessity how to respond to someone who refuses to take responsibility for his actions our hearts go out to the victim's family whose have to live with the consequences." >> bay area residents growing tired of the rising cost of living. here is that story and more in the money report. amen, sister. >> good morning, i wanted to say that we are in the green on st. patrick's day but we are not we are trading a little bit lower down 20 and s&p and nasdaq is modest losses across the board. so far. what does the no change some interest rate mean for federal remember decision made yesterday? if you look to take out mortgages or loans you can continue to do so at occur rent rates which are hisally low but saveers and retirees depending on incomes will continue to see little return or their money. san francisco voters are weary of the side affects of working and living in the strongest looking natural economies and the chamber finding are that ever higher rents, greater traffic congestion and rides homelessness take their toll. >> chipolte is fining that giving away, withs. executives say they will look at extending the free burrito program and other dailies including buy one get one free, with the promotions drawing customers would steered clearest chain in the wake of the disease outbrooks last area. >> a wanting for drivers in the north bay, closing roughly 30 miles of the fairfax county road popular with bicyclists, authorities say the road conditions are not safe even for them. a mud sight made a mess on monday and this is near the lake alpine dam and c.h.p. enclosed the road and now, the conditions are worse they say than first thought. >> we have a bart issue affecting us in the east bay >> it has been plaguing us since yesterday and now the pittsburg/bay point is experiencing 10 meant delays with no service from north concord to pittsburg/bay point and a bus bridge is in place. golden gate transit has canceled eight trips four in the morning and four in the evening because of a staff storage. there are multiple cancellations this morning and they are on twitter so you which check your bus. ace train one is on time arriving in san jose and three and five are on time. no delays. because of the bart situation we are seeing extra slow traffic language highway 4 westbound as you tray to get to north concord so it is 30 minutes from pittsburg to concord. because of bart situation. so glad it is not raining. because of that. i don't need the maims we are still in a drought. i know. >> nice to see you on thursday, it will be our warmest day. we have warm temperatures under the her sky and rain beof colors from mount tamalpais and we are going to have total sunshine. spring starts on saturday. with cooling trend chance rain sunday and monday. 77 today if cloverdale antioch and morgan hill. san francisco and half moon bay at 70 which is as cooling a it is this afternoon. tonight is mild. mid-40s to let 50s. the marine layer is developing as the breeze developing. look for fog in the north bay and coast. "1" is light and "3" is medium and (3) is severe, no damage less than a third of an inch of rain coming in quicker from mid-morning to mid-afternoon hours and it will be light. notice on monday morning, monday afternoon, quiet, tuesday morning we have another chance of light rain. my seven-day forecast shows it will bring a lot of rain and knock the 70s out of the forecast and back in the 60s on monday and tuesday and wednesday next week. have a good dare. >> a balloon did this, look at the video showing a massing flaring in southern california, has has said the balloon hit a power lane and it caused a system disturbance resulting in a dip of volt average. residents have called for the closure of the plant. >> pest could be spreading in the north bay. agriculture officials found the pest egg masses in inspects in napa. they can destroy a wide variety of plants and spread lethal diseases to almonds and grapes. they were found in shipments of trees from orange county. >> many of you are big dog fans. we have a special thing on abc7 news on wednesday march 23rd "national puppy day." so we are launching an adoption event to help dogs fine forever hopes. we are asking you to post your photos of your pump byes with # puppyieson7. you have responded. we love what you have send. join us on wednesday at 4:30, live streaming our puppy camera all morning. hopefully you will be inspired to take one of the babies home. >> seven things you need to know before you go but, first, a look at lake tahoe this morning with weather and traffic updates ♪ (vo) making the most out of every mile. that's why i got a subaru impreza. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. >> here are seven things you need to know before you go, bart commuters are boarding a bus between north concord and pittsburg/bay point as crews work to resolve a power issue. a surge knocked out power to 24 cars. >> the bart problem is similar to the issue from usually this month trying to figure out what is causing the spike in volt agency that is damaging dozens of trains. >> three, a serious accident in san jose right now with a jackknifed big-rig and now cars blocking all lanes of traffic northbound 101. take highway 85. >> check out the soft sunshine from the east bay hills camera, it will be sharp sunshine this afternoon with temperatures from 70s in san francisco to inland east bay at 77. >> leaders in moraga declare a state of built if as the town continues to deal with a big sinkhole allowing repairs to start when crews figure what caused the problem. >> seaworld announcing they are ending their controversial orca breeding program. they are teaming up with the loudest critics, the humane society, trying to help the whales. >> judge meg america -- merrick garland is meeting with democrat senators today hoping to put pressure on republican senators. happy st. patrick's day. good morning, america. donald trump takes aim at hillary clinton. >> and the last person hillary clinton wants to face is me and i mean i know that for a fact. >> as he backs out of the next debate his chief rival says he's ducking him and the president prepares for an epic showdown over his supreme court nominee. breaking news, seaworld's stunning announcement, the end of the orca shows. the park now partnering with the humane society. the tides now shifting. is this the end of shamu? family first. a major league star drops a baseball bombshell walking away from his team and $13 million after management stopped him from taking his son to work. did the team go too far? a royal exclusive. prince harry one-on-one revealing the mission that's changing his life. >> i'm now lucky enough to watch someone who should be dead run the 100 mete