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KGO ABC7 News 800AM February 20, 2016

Second half of the afternoon. You notice how cool we are in most of the bay this morning. Thats due to the clear xid and in san jose later on today, well see highs in the mid60s. This begins a warmup, well talk about when the rain returns next. Happening now as many as 4,000 people are expected to attend the funeral mass in washington, d. C. For the Late Supreme Court justice antonin xa lea leah. Heres a live look outside at the National Shrine at the i am mac lat conception where the mass is just under way now. Vice President Joe Biden and his wife are in attendance as well as the other justices and scalias large family, including nine children and 36 grandchildren. Abc News Reporter is live in our Nations Capital with more. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning, chris, the funeral mass for Justice Scalia will not focus so much on his life as a man of the law but more as a man of deep faith. This morning thousands fill the largest Roman Catholic church in north america, the basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, thousands more stretched for blocks outside the Supreme Court on friday. Scalia has been a figure in my life my whole lifetime. Set an example for americans that you can stand up on principle and can stand up for the love. Justice scalias former clerks lined the way as he was carried into the court for one last time. The other eight justices waiting in the light filled great hall where scalias body lay in repose on the same platform that once held the casket of abraham lincoln. Let us pray for the coming of the kingdom rt scalias son paul, a priest, offered a prayer. You have called your servant out of this world. The president and first lady paid their respects and patty mill let and sri, said to be on the list. They dont plan to confirm the next justice until after the president ial election. President obama is not waiting to act. That binder he carried as he left the oval office is filled with notes hes reviewing this weekend wiabout potential nominees. He passed away a month shy of his 80th birthday. His family and friends will attends a private burial service. Reporting from the Supreme Court, abc 7 news. Thank you. Developing news now, San Jose Police are investigating a stabbing that left one man dead and another hospitalized. It happened just after 12 30 this morning on the 3200 block of south white road just off the evergreen neighborhood. The second victim is expected to survive but no suspects have been located or identified. Developing news this morning the search continues for a missing gun after a federal agent lost it in San Francisco. Officials say he left it on top of his car yesterday morning but belonged to customs enforcement. Heres the latest. Reporter San Francisco police tell us the ice agents hand gun was reported lost in this engleside neighborhood and dispatchers put out this bulletin to all officers. Stolen and loaded firearm, ice agent left a loaded weapon on top of his vehicle, drove off. The dispatch continued with a description of the gun. The loaded firearm, a black sk 40 caliber weapon. Reporter this is a picture of that gun model from the manufacturers web page in the last eight months, guns stolen from federal agents were used in two high profile murders. A gun stolen in San Francisco was allegedly used to call open muralist ramos and kate steinly was killed with a stolen bureau of Land Management rangers gun. He couldnt answer questions because its still under investigation. In San Francisco, abc 7 news. This morning a british tourist who stabbed in the head during a robbery remains in critical condition. Police say he was attacked by a man and woman thursday night in San Franciscos japantown. The couple took the mans bag that had his passport and cell phone and money and credit card. Police homed to get dna from a scarf left behind from one of the robbers. To the east bay, searching for the responsible person for a killing. People heard the gunfire from several blocks away. It sounded like two pistols going off at the same time and me and my buddy both basically tackled my son and wrapped him up between us. Brad in a flaherty lives two doors from where a bullet riddled car is parked in the driveway. He heard at least 18 shots. Someone was sitting in the drivers seat and he got shot and foot hit the gas pedal over and over again. Reporter its this man shot working on the car, a man with him died at the scene. Stray bullets hit two other people inside the house. A woman shot in the hand and 9yearold boy grazed in the face. I seen that little boy walk away like a champ after he got clipped. Reporter neighbors say two of the adult victims are the parents of the boy. Always comes to my store every day, we always talk and laugh and have a good time. Reporter mostle yellow markers indicate bullet casings scattered all over. Police believe theres more than one suspect and may have taken off in a maroon sedan. Investigators are trying to figure out who would ambush these victims with such extreme force. Alan wong, abc 7 news. Our time right now is 8 06. Happening now, were taking a live look inside the basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in washington, d. C. Where Supreme Court justice antonin scalias funeral mass is taking place. Todays Service Marks the second day of public mourning. The service is open to the public but the burial, set to take place later today is private and that will be attended by family and close friends. Stay with abc 7 news and abc 7 news doing news. Com for continuing coverage. Hayward police are investigating a murder but yet to find a body connected to the case. Stacey ago lar was last seen last friday and her disappearance is now a homicide investigation. Heres more. Reporter stacey aguilars family reported her missing following a house party she attended in hayward. As a result of our investigation, we developed information that she is possibly the victim of a homicide. Reporter police interviewed people and investigated a crime scene but only saying they believe she was killed somewhere in hayward. People that live at this house on silva avenue say the 22yearold left the Birthday Party with her boyfriend unharmed. We dont have a body, which makes it more complex. And the other part is that we dont have anyone in custody for the homicide. Reporter police have not named a suspect. Neighbors are watching the case closely. Theres kind of weird, you know, youre afraid because my son had two kids. Reporter detectives are asking anyone with information to come forward. You can make an anonymous tip. Abc 7 news. Back here at home, yesterday hundreds of officers joined the family and friends of Richmond Police officer gus vegas to pay their respects. Paul bearers carried his casket in Memorial Auditorium for a service yesterday morning. Vegas was killed last week in his home while trying to protect his daughters during a domestic dispute. The white house says apple could destroy any software that would allow fbi access to an iphone at the center of the San Bernardino shooting investigation. They recovered the phone after they killed 14 people in december. On tuesday a judge opened apple to create software to hack into the phone. Apple refused saying it would be a breach of privacy. Apple says the phone was in fbi possession when the password was reset. A group in the south bay looking to legalize marijuana in california offered free weed to anyone who signed their petition yesterday. The group weed for votes says they are giving away a gram of pot to the first 2,000 people who sign. They collected signatures in exchange for free weed vouchers. Organizers say each gram is worth about 10 to 20. If legalization passes in 2016, were going to have big events and this is your ticket into the event. Okay. There is a catch though, the free weed vouchers are redeemable only if voters legalize marijuana and you had to be 18 or older to sign the petition. An oakland woman is praising the work of the Berkeley Police department for the return of one of her sons most prized possessions, Barbara Leslie posted this on facebook showing berkeley defendant scott castle and wilson holding a baseball taken from her home when burglaries ransacked her house eight months ago. Its the only item found so far. Heres barbara and her son max, the officers tracked t eed 17yd to hand deliver the ball from the first home run max ever hit when he was just 9 years old. 8 10 is our time. Its nice to see a happy ending like that. Yeah. At least for one item to be recovered. Definitely. It is still cold in parts of the bay area and foggy. Weve got upper 30s in the north bay. Heres a look outside from our camera where its 47 degrees in San Francisco. Still foggy in petaluma and napa and livermore, but well see more sunshine. Slow warmup today then big one then maybe rain returns. Also ahead, a bay area Animal Shelter is temporarily shutting down. How you can give them a helping hand during the closure. Plus the Chinese New Year parade preparations are under way, what four score and seven years ago, our [train horn blares]th to the continent. A new nation. Announcer president s day may be over, but the savings go on at sleep train. Through sunday at sleep trains president s day sale save up to 300 on beautyrest and posturepedic, get three years interestfree financing on tempurpedic, plus sameday delivery, and sleep trains love your mattress guarantee. Hurry sleep trains president s day sale ends sunday. Your ticket to a better nights sleep the time is 8 14, we continue to monitor the Funeral Service for Supreme Court justice antonin scalia. This is a live look from washington, d. C. At the basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. We know that the Vice President and his wife, jill, are expected to be in attendance for todays service. Justice scalia was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1986 by president reagan. He is survived by his wife maureen, nine children and 36 grandchildren. 8 14 the time. No kill Animal Shelter in redwood city will temporarily close its doors this summer and volunteers are now trying to find homes for hundreds of cats. After eight years in redwood city, the Nine Lives Foundation is searching for a new location which means the 275 cats at its current Animal Shelter will need to be adopted. Its been a wonderful location for us but weve outgroern it and our lease is coming to an end. This is a good time to make a move and make some changes. Reporter the foundation gained International Attention for rescuing this little guy, smurf after his previous owner left him to be used as a doggy chew toy. And purrs in your lap. How can he be like that after what hes been through . Jessica michelle has been acting as the foster mom on his road to recovery. Smurf is this crazy little boy and seen the worst of some of the worst sides of human kind yet hes the move loveable cat. One of the most loveable cats that ive ever seen in night life. These days, smurf spends a lot of time with his best friend, a blind kitty named wanda also rescued. Its incredible what they are doing here. Every day its inspiring. This summer the foundation plans to open a separate Spay Neuter Clinic somewhere in redwood city and need to raise 1 million to go towards building a new shelter. Volunteers are organizing a Capital Campaign and hope the community will help. Now its a family of thousands that support us, its been amazing. Reporter the lease for the foundations current building will end in late june. Smurf and wanda have a Facebook Page and already up to 16,000 likes. Ive posted a link on my twitter page. A stunning announcement about hover boards from the federal government. Safety Officials Say all hover boards sold in the United States are unsafe. Abc news reportser matt gunman has the details. Reporter they spontaneously come busted in malls and park paths and blamed for house fires and banned on airplanes. This morning the government cracking down. It is irresponsible for a company to continue to sell hover boards that they know do not comply with the standard. Reporter since not a single one is certified as safe, the Consumer Products Safety Commission warns consumers risk serious injury or death if the selfbalancing hover boards ignite and burn. This couples nashville home reduced to ashes after a hover board caught fire. It could happen. I dont think its worth the risk. Reporter it was the hottest item on many christmas lists and ebay at one point selling one every 12 seconds. Would you let one of your own children ride a hover board . Absolutely not. Reporter which is why the cpsc says the fist thing is to take these away from your kids. Go to your retailer and demand a refund. At least one retailer, amazon, is honoring refunds. Of the 12 companies con tacked by abc news, only one swagway offered a statement. Saying we have an actively working with the cpsc on the investigation of hover boards and actively conducting r and d on our own and continuing to work on improving our product features, including enhanced safety, which remains a top priority for us. Abc news, los angeles. Happening today, the year of the monkey will be celebrated in style abc 7 news was where the finishing were being put on the Chinese New Year par prad. The star attraction, 270 food Golden Dragon that will close out the parade. Festivities begin at 5 15 tonight. First float rolls through at 5 15 at second and market and union square own post and powell before heading up to kearney to columbus. 8 19 is our time. Weatherwise, were in for a chilly start to the morning but the sun will eventually peek through. If you were up very early, we were in the 30s but things have improved considerably, we have hazy sunshine and the fog is still in pockets in the north bay. As you look at live doppler 7 hd, we have a veil of high clouds over the area. They will thin out. Were looking at a slow warming trend over the weekend but once the weekend is over, things really get going, a big ridge of High Pressure builds in, still a quarter mile visibility from petaluma to napa. Livermore and east bay valleys very foggy. It felt like winter probably. But we are looking at that to clear and as we go through this computer animation, youll see the cloud cover, waves of it through the morning hours, high clouds and batch of them and theyll thin out and well call it partly cloudy for most of today. That fog sort of floating by over the city. 47 here. Its 46 across the bay. And down around the peninsula, 49. 50 in san jose. Morgan hill is 50 and Half Moon Bay was 39 degrees this morning. 10 degrees warmer right now. San jose gray skies for you. Napa and 45 in livermore. Were looking at not only the high clouds here but you can see the low clouds as well. A mixture ever that and mild weekend ahead. Not too hard to take. As we get into first part of the workweek, weve got another strong ridge of High Pressure. Unfortunately looks like records for much of the week. Pattern change is on the agenda for the end of the week and that could see a return to the wet weather. Statewide if youre heading out and wanting to take a road trip, no problems weatherwise. Tons of sun from the Central Coast down to los angeles. Palm springs 85. 57 in yosemite and were getting the snow melt for sure in the Sierra Nevada although we had bonus snow the past couple of days. It looks like its going to be another dry week in the mountains, 61 is the average high in San Francisco. Well go to 65 tomorrow with low 70s on tap for much of the upcoming workweek. Well look for the cool down as this ridge backs away and hopefully another weather system brings us some rain into next weekend. Highs around the bay today, ranging from low 60s in vallejo and livermore. 64 in oakland. Partly cloudy skies for your saturday. Tonight if youre headed into town for the Chinese New Year parade, the sun sets the 5 54. At 5 00, still be in the upper 50s but the clouds will clear and it will be a clear night and numbers in the low to mid 50s by the later evening hours. The accuweather sevenday forecast, high clouds and sun today, seasonal, tomorrow a little warmer, monday and tuesday and wednesday, upper 60s coast side. Mid 70s bay and inland. Its not until the end of the week when perhaps we can look at the possibility of some more rain. Not on that panel but maybe into saturday. Another spring preview. Totally, yeah. Thank you. Still ahead on the abc 7 saturday morning news, today is a big day for all of the president ial cand

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