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Its sunday, february 21st. Good morning. Thanks for joining us, im chris nguyen. Carolyn tyler has the day off. Lets look at the forecast. Heres meteorologist lisa argen with the accuweather updates. Hi, lisa. Hi, chris. Good morning to you. Here it is. We have a few high clouds around and we are looking for a warmup to begin today. A huge dome of High Pressure builds. And its just the beginning. It will get stronger and stronger throughout the work week. As we look outside, beautiful visibility here from emeryville. Low 50s oakland, mountain view. 54 half moon bay. Still an onshore flow today but things will switch to an offshore component and from the tower camera looking pretty nice with more 40s. Responding to the early sunshine today. The forecast for today calls for plenty of sunshine, about 60 at the coast. Low 60s San Francisco and into the midand upper 60s elsewhere. Records will arrive throughout the week. And its going stay warm. Chris. Lisa, thank you. Developing news out of michigan. A suspect has been identified in a shooting spree in kalamazoo that left at least six people dead and two others injured. Police arrested the suspect jason brian dolphin, a 45yearold white man from kalamazoo. The shooting started at 6 00 last night and there were multiple crime scenes, including a townhome, a Cracker Barrel restaurant parking lot, and a ford dealership. Among the injured is a 14yearold girl who remains in serious condition. Police say the shooter chose the victims at random. Officials expect him it face murder charges and his arraignment could come as early as tomorrow. Uber has confirmed he was a driver for the company and he had previously passed a background check. Back at home, more developing news out of san jose. Police are investigating a crash that killed two people last night around 9 30 at hicks road and camden avenue. Police say two cars involved in the accident, police say, had major damage when officers arrived. A woman died at the scene and a man was taken to the hospital where he later died. One witness who lives in the area tells us what he thinks may have happened. The one coming southbound was coming up a hill and that hill has a blind spot for some cars, especially at this time of the night when not many people are on the road. Once you get over that spot, that car probably didnt have enough time to react and since that car was coming so fast, they just hit each other. This is san joses eighth this is san jose eighth and ninth traffic fatalities of the year and the eighth and ninth victims of 2016. An emergency meeting will be held tomorrow for displaced residents whose apartment burned in the Mission District last year. City officials have ordered the apartment to be depolished as soon as this week after intense flames ripped through the building, and they say its unstable and an earthquake could collapse the building on to the street. Even if they did stay, rent controls would no longer apply. Renters would have nowhere to go. Many thousand dollars, thats crazy, even in the mission. I think its unconscionable that the landlord has allowed things to get to the point where they are. Supervisor david campose said he calls it unjust and hes searching for a lastminute solution. The owner could not be reached for comment. [explosion sounds] that was the sound of an explosion in vallejo as the bomb squad safely detonated a pipe bomb yesterday. Police say someone left it near the Solano County courthouse yesterday afternoon and near a law office. The device was safely disposed of and nobody was hurt. A fire destroyed this truck hauling two horses and two balls on high which 121 in napa yesterday. Flames did not reach the trailers and the animals made it out safely. Fresh off her win in the nevada caucuses, Hillary Clinton will be back in the bay area today for three events. A conversation with Hillary Clinton starts at 1 00 this afternoon in piedmont. Then in atherton she will speak with Young Leaders and she will speak in menlo park at another fundraiser. If you would like attend, tickets will cost you 500. Also happening today the progressive democrats of americaSan Francisco will host a fundraiser for the Bernie Sander campaign. Its designed to show a contrast in campaigning while Hillary Clinton is also in the bay area. The sanders event starts at 3 30 this afternoon at the black bird bar on Market Street in San Francisco. A major change in plans to the erosion. Have agreed on a 340 million project to close the highway south of the boulevard. Goal is to create a coastal trail in its place in 2021. Heres something we havent seen in morning. Recreational fishermen catching dungeness crab in the bay area. Yesterday we saw lots of big catches. They say its safe to fish for sport south of point reyes after it was closed because of a toxin deadly to people earlier in the season. As long as you just get it all cleaned out. Its been a while before we have been able to fish for anything so Everyone Wants to go fishing. Commercial season has been closed. It will be next week before the state resumes testing to determine if commercial fishing is state. [cheers and applause] the streets of chinatown were filled with the sounds of celebration last night for the Chinese New Years parade. Sergio quintana brings us the highlights. Reporter 2016 is the year of the monkey, and this time they were everywhere. A monkey came with a saber rattler in the streets. Mass he have monkeys were fixtures on floats. Miniature monkeys waved to the crowds and a few monkeys were even in the crowd. Hi, how are you . Good. Good . Are you having fun . That fouryearold was having fun watching the parade but his mom was really having fun. You are really excited this is the first time weve come here and we are having over the top fun. We love this city i cant tell you how much we love living here. The San Francisco Chinese New Year parade is the largest and only event of its kind outside of asia. This year it featured sever floats, hundreds of fans and people marching along the parade route. There is so much to see, some spectators try their best to soak it all in. We saw one was snapping pictures with his ipad and his iphone. What have you seen so far that impresses you the most. Firecrackers, line dancers and fire blowers. And this nineyearold was having so much fun with the bubbles she didnt want to talk much the guy with the microphone. Are you having one with the bubblegum . [no response] it signals the entrance of the gigantic dragon. A 270foot dancing puppet that always closes the show. Sergio quintana, abc7 news. The 27th chinatown street fair continues today with more dance, drumming on washington street below grand avenue. The event runs from 9 00 a. M. To 5 00 p. M. Weatherwise, you might need a jacket if you head out to morning. Yeah, it was really cold this morning when you were sleeping. Right now other degrees San Francisco, 51 san jose. And numbers warmer than yesterday. Not too warm, but, boy, we had that in the forecast. You are not going to want to miss it. Thats next. Also ahead, a surprise reunion for the injured baby horse that stole hearts across the bay area on valentines day. And battered and bruised. The south bay woman look for 9 12 is our time. Welcome back a live look outside from our san mateo bridge camera. Cool temperatures for now but a warmup is on the way. Lisa will join us with a full accuweather forecast. In san jose, someone lured a pet cat away from his home and then tortured him for hours. Abc7 News Reporter tells us the disturbing details with a story you will see only on abc7 news. And a warning. Some of of the images may be difficult to watch. This is his feeding tube here. Banks can barely move these days. Two weeks ago someone grabbed him from his alma neighborhood and tortured him. The twoyearold has a broken jaw thats now wired together, a feeding tube, a punctured tail, a cone, and a massive hematoma in his chest. The vet thinks he was hit with a baseball bat. I dont know how someone could do that to an animal. Banks is an indooroutdoor cat, so it wasnt a surprise when he didnt come home the night of the attack. But 24 hours later he eventually returned, but he could barely walk. Im grateful and thankful he was able to come home, yes. But i cant imagine the hours spent in so much pain. Banks has to be tube fed daily. His owner started a go fund me account to help with the vet bills. It took just four days to raise the money. Elizabeth donated 100. Shes horrified by what happened. If they are torturing animals, that doesnt lead to anything good. Some in the neighborhood is afraid the suspect is living among them. You never know when somebody comes to a store and they are trying do that. Its kind of scary. It can be anybody. It can happen to anybody. The owner plans to get the police involved. In san jose, lisa amin gulezian, abc7 news. A warning from Santa Cruz Police after someone spotted a Mountain Lion yesterday afternoon. It was seen in the area of escalona drive. Residents are advised to use caution and secure small pets and children. A baby horse that fell down a ravine got a special visitor this weekend. The fremont animal officer dropped in. As you recall, she held the horse while crews pulled it from a ravine on valentines day. Shes making great progress. The city of fremont is taking care of fremont until a longterm home can be found. Theres an otter baby boom in the elkhorn slew north of monterey. Scientists have recently counted 12 sea otter pups with the latest coming thursday. This is a look from the otter cam. Sea otters were nearly killed off in california because of trapping but in the last 15 years conservation efforts have brought them back. Biologists believe their return to the slough means that some day they could be populating areas like the San Francisco bay again. For many women losing their hair is an emotional side effect of fighting Breast Cancer but now theres a new device that helps them keep their air during chemotherapy. We have the story on abc7 news at 11 00. She will explain why the technology isnt available to everyone, and what one group is doing to try to help everyone. Home run king barry bonds is back at spring training in a big league uniform. This time as a hitting coach for the miami marlins. When asked whether he should be in the hall of fame, he said there is no doubt. I dont really have an opinion about it. I know im a hall of fame player. I dont really need to get into that. Theres not one player that can sit there and say im not one and theres not a coach that ever coached me that said im not one. And until you guys decide to make that final decision and that final decision will be made on your terms, but in my heart and soul, and god knows im a hall of famer. In the latest round of hall voting by the Baseball Writers Association of america, bonds got about 44 of the votes cast, leaving him 31 short of the threshold for admission. It was his highest vote total on the fourth year on the ballot. Bonds conviction for obstruction of justice stemming from a trial was overturned by the ninth circuit last spring. This probably isnt the place you would expect to find actors and star athletes. Take a look at this. Abc7 news was at Oakland Technical High School yesterday for a football camp. Player and oakland native Marshall Lynch and josh johnson coached and encouraged some very lucky young players. Also on hand actors teron eggerman and hugh jackman. Their upcoming movie is about an eagle that soared because he never stopped believing in himself. When you watch the movie, you see it here. You see the guys inside who are motivating. They arent there in the game, but without them, you know, it wouldnt work. Jackman even got the chance to run a few drills himself. [cheers and applause] San Francisco police chief greg suhr led a charge of officers into the chill of water in the waters off aquatic park yesterday. It was part of the ninth annual San Francisco polar plunge and 5k dash and splash, all to benefit charities in california. Last year they pulled in 235,000 for charity. Weatherwise, nate has not been delivering in the rain department. No, not at all. And this is one of the coolest days of the week, if you can believe t we are warming up today. Yeah, this is february. Go figure. And temperatures continue to warm to above average readings. Even today not all of you will see aboveaverage readings, but some of you as High Pressure is in control. Still an on shore push. We will look for a light breeze and then things switch around to an offshore component as High Pressure builds. Just a little cloud cover out there and there maybe some more today in the extreme north bay. Theres a tail end of a very weak front that pushes into northern california. Thats about as much excitement we can muster for the weather in terms of today. Although we have the big ridge of High Pressure, and as that builds things change dramatically daytoday. A look outside from mt. Tam. A couple high clouds for you. Late in the day you may not see any at all. Good morning morgan hill. 54 on the coast, half moon bay, and everyone warms up today by a couple of degrees. You warmed up about 6, 7 degrees in san jose with morning lows in the low 40s. So at the beach in santa cruz, about 68 today. You can see nothing but sunshine here. Certainly a chilly morning with the clear skies. This is probably the coldest morning as we gain a few degrees of warmth each and every day with the heat peeking by thursday. 45 in santa rosa, and novato with 46. Livermore. Right now 48 by the delta. In your opinion the mid30s this morning and concord, you had 37 early this morning. Already up to 49 degrees. So check it out. The golden gate bridge, very sunny out there, and looking at the clear and Cool Conditions for everyone this morning. More sunshine today. Flirting with records. A couple weak weather systems will flatten the ridge a tiny bit or give us some high clouds. Check it out, by 3 00, 4 00, way newspaper the north bay you might see some few high clouds, into sonoma, but thats it. It dissipates and maybe a little rain by mount shasta, eureka. Otherwise sunny in the Sierra Nevada. More sunshine on the coast. Mid70s in los angeles. Getting set for near record warmth this week. In san jose we are warming a couple degrees today for a high of 67. Look what happens as the high builds in and the winds shift to our offshore component. We are in the mid70s each and every day. Looks like thursday will be the warmest day of the week for most of us. Then even by saturday as the temperature drops it will take a while to break it down. Palo alto, upper 60s for you. And we look for more upper 60s. Milder today, warming trend really gets going tomorrow. Pretty everyone in the 70s except at the coast. And you will notice few high clouds on wednesday. That ridge rebuilds. Everybody in the upper 70s, maybe 80 thursday. Time for the ridge to go away and bring in more seasonal weather. The sunglasses arent going anywhere anytime soon. No, and the sun block. Lisa, thank you. Coming up next, first jerry rice did it, now Danica Patrick goes under cover. We will show you lyfts latest stunt. First, in honor of black history month, were celebrating locally owned businesses that make a difference where you leave. He have lets barbecue has made a claim to game ever since they opened in 1973 and there are now six restaurants in the chain. You can learn more on our ba since we consider our pets parts of the family, find being the right kennel is important, but how do you find a good one . Heres mike finney with tips and advice. These two guys are taking a break as wonder bars pet hotel. They run around, get attention, and have playtime. Its all part of the routine here. Kevin is with bay area consumers checkbook which has just rated kennels. There are a lot of great kennels in the bay area and most of the kennels that we evaluated, our last report, rated very highly by their customers for quality. One in walnut creek and owned and operated by mindi. She says take a tour before selecting a kennel. It shouldnt smell. It should have a clean smell because animals are clean. Look to a staff thats very into their animals. And when they go on tour they should be able to take their pet along and see if its a Perfect Match for them. Check out the play yard. Wonder bars pet hotel was one of only two kennels to get checkmarks for both price and quality. Some kennels charge twice as much as their nearby competitors for the same stay. And and this adds up to a lot of money. Especially if you are gone a week, its a couple hundred dollars or more per dog for the differences. Many are closed on sunday, which means you can be billed for an extra day stay since you cant pick up your pet that day. The last 25 years weve been open on sunday and we do the later time, 5 to 7, so they can be away longer and dont have to rush home. You can contact me for questions on abc7news. Com. Im michael finney, 7 on your side. In San Francisco everyone seemed to be irish last night. 7 on your side, michael finney, our very own irishman, hosted the United Cultural Center rose of trolley international festival. Food, music and the selection of this years rose court were a part of the festivities. The rose court will be on a float on the annual parade in San Francisco. We will have live coverage. St. Patricks day parade starting at noon on march 12th. You can also watch it on abc7news. Com and the abc7 news app. Abc7 news anchor ama daetz was the m. C. Last night at the wine and wishes fundraiser at the San Franc

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