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KOFY ABC7 News 900PM On KOFY February 29, 2016

He just said, dont go down by the wet sand. Reporter friday he helped rescue a family dragged out to sea. The terrifying ordeal captured on cell phone video. This picture shows the Group Holding hands moments before a wave knocked them down. Pendergrass jumped in after them. You have to start moving fast, you know. Just going after the littlest one, and the littlest one is going to have the hardest time. Reporter the littlest one a 7yearold. When i got to her, her eyes were cinched shut and she was scared and in the fetal position. I got a hand on her. I said, were going to make it through this. Reporter he said the girl was very brave and held her breath as waves continued to pound them. A rescue helicopter arrived and plucked her out. Then the lifeguard went back for her mother. Whats going through your mind is im going to lose somebody today. And, you know what, knock on driftwood out here, we didnt. Reporter he said his best advice at a beach like this where the water is rough, is to stay on dry sand. Thats where you know youll be safe. He was hospitalized for hypothermia. The family is calling him a hero. He said he was just doing his job. At goat rock beach, alyssa harrington, abc 7 news. Detectives are looking into what caused the death of a 2yearold girl early this morning in south san jose. A 911 call came in just after 1 00 this morning on glenbury and blairbury way. The girl was not breathing and rushed to the hospital where she died. Homicide detectives are investigating thats protocol anytime a child dies unexpectly. New details on a deadly accident on interstate 880 around midnight. An oakland woman faces charges in the case and was driving under the influence of alcohol. Kerry cash is accused of hitting a man who was on the side of the freeway looking at damage to his car after an earlier accident. The 28yearold man was killed. Officers say cash kept driving and the chp caught up with her. She also faces charges of driving with a suspended license. A Rookie Police officer in virginia was shot and killed on her first day on the job. Two other officers were wounded. Abc News Reporter Gloria Riviera has the latest on the investigation tonight. Reporter tonight a Police Department and the tightknit community it serves devastated by a shocking loss. Prince William County officer Ashley Williams killed one day after being sworn in. It definitely hit us. We werent expecting it at all. Reporter Authorities Say the new officer out on her first street patrol saturday responding to a 911 call reporting domestic abuse. I just want to be clear, do we have officers involved in a shooting . We have three officers that have been shot. Reporter it was here in this quiet upscale neighborhood that rookie cop ashley and two others approached that front door. Police say almost immediately the suspect confronted them opening fire and they all went down. I saw the officer laying right there. Holding his leg actually. Reporter neighbor zach harris saying he heard three gunshots. Police identifying the suspect as Army Staff Sergeant hamilton assigned to the pentagon. Hamiltons wife was found dead inside the home. His 11yearold son also home but not hurt. The two other officers are expected to recover. Now officer ashleys squad car draped in black to honor the rookie lost too soon. Hamilton is expected to appear in court tomorrow. Hes eligible for the Death Penalty if convicted. That was Gloria Riviera reporting. A car wash was held to raise money for the funeral of aguilera. They accepted donations for car washes today. Her body was discovered earlier this month in the Morrison Canyon area of the fremont hills. Her boyfriend and a second man face charges in her death. Warm weather will bring a nice start to the work week. Lets take a live look outside right now. Pier 15, cool outside and partly cloudy. But by the end of the week, we could see some rain. Abc 7 news meteorologist drew tuma has more. Out there right now, we have dry skies. We have clouds overhead. Partly cloudy skies across the region. And as we go into future weather, were not only going to have clouds first thing tomorrow morning, but also some areas of fog. Monday morning 5 00 in the morning, the deep shades of gray you see on your screen, thats an area of potentially dense fog first thing tomorrow morning. By 9 00, a lot of this is dissipating, and by the midday and afternoon hours, well see plenty of sunshine and very mild temperatures. After this warm pattern tomorrow, we are tracking not one, but two chances for storms. Well have the full forecast coming up. You can see why residents of this home wont be able to live here for a while. A huge tree fell on lee valley in mill valley this afternoon. Firefighters tell us no one was home when it happened. As far as we know at this point, just older tree. Possibly dead, rotted. No significant wind. We live in a forest, and there is no way to avoid it other than Early Detection of a dead or hazardous tree. Pg e turned off the natural gas and electricity as a precaution. Tuesday we could see more candidates drop out of the race for the white house. Coming up at 9 00, the controversial comments made by donald trump today tt has opponents on both parties on the attack. The falcon 9 lodge was a go, but scrubbed at the last second. Thats as far as they got. Seconds before liftoff today, space x aborted their rocket for a third time in a row. There was a low thrust alarm tonight that started because of a few minutes earlier, because a boat entered the rockets landing space. Space x is trying to land a rorkt on a barge in the ocean which has never been done before. They believe reusable rockets could transform space travel as we know it. Donald trump is getting a lot of backlash tonight after he refused to reject an endorsement from a former grand wizard of the ku klux klan. I know nothing about david duke. I know nothing about White Supremacists. And so youre asking me a question that im supposed to be talking about people that i know nothing about. Trump was apparently caught offguard during the cnn interview this morning. On friday he disavowed duke. Opponents from both parties pounced. Hillary clinton had this to say before rallying several hundred supporters at a historically black college in tennessee. Thats pathetic. We cannot be a party that nominates someone who refuses to condemn White Supremacists and the ku klux klan. Marco rubio called trump unelectable at his own rally in virginia. 12 states vote on super tuesday. If trump defeats rubio and cruz in most of those states, he could become a lock for the republican nomination. Coming up next at 9 00, could we see rain on the way . Meteorologist drew tuma is up next with our forecast. Its been quite a 24 hours for steph curry. Abc 7 news was in san ramone to fight the use of Prescription Drugs. The san ramone valley organized the dose of Awareness Walk and expo. The kickoff to todays walk, the entire event honored the memory of thousands of americans killed by Prescription Drug abuse. Good cause. We have drew here. Definitely our weathers changing a little bit. Yeah, tomorrow morning first thing, fog develops. But after that, a nice day for monday afternoon. Showing you partly to mostly cloudy out there. We are dry. Underneath those clouds, were still rather mild right now. Temperatures across the board, you notice were all sitting nice in the 50s currently. Tonight with those clouds overhead, numbers are going to stay pretty close to where we are right now, in the mid40s across many spots. Well see fog developing for your monday morning. Already seeing it developing right now in the live look from the Golden Gate Bridge camera. First thing on monday areas of fog. Some of those pockets of fog could be rather dense. By the afternoon, the fog is out of here. Nothing but total sunshine. You do notice by 4 00 in the afternoon, were nice and mild once again with most spots getting into the 70s. Highs for your monday, 74 in concord. Mild 73 oakland. Comfortable 70 in downtown san francisco. San jose up to 76 degrees. Santa rosa, a mild high of 74. As we take a look at the week ahead for oakland specifically, monday, tuesday and wednesday were sitting in the 70s. Rather mild. You notice the second half of the accuweather forecast, noticeable cooldown back into the 60s. That cooldown comes with two chances of rain. Ranking our storms all season long from 1 to 5. 1 is light. To give you an idea what to expect with each storm. First on thursday morning, this is a 1. A really light storm. You notice the north bay going to be the, quote unquote, jackpot, most areas you can see are going to pick up less than. 10 of an inch of moisture. As we head into thursday morning, you do note, here comes the cold front. Its a really light shower out there. But as it tries to push onshore, its going to encounter a lot of dry air. The dry air is really going to quickly eat away at this storm system. It looks like the heaviest rain amounts will be in the north bay, and the lightest rain amounts will be in the south bay right around san jose, where i think a few spots could pick up less than. 10 of an inch of moisture. Then were going to track a stronger system. Well jump ahead into next saturday night, sunday morning, you notice the pockets of yellow, indicating the heavier showers. And the strong winds associated with this storm system. So right now, the early call on this next weekend storm, looks to be a 2. Moderate storm, really the effects will be felt sunday morning. Total rainfall could be rather widespread. From 1 2 an inch to 1 1 2 inches of rain. Well finetune the details. But something were watching in the next seven days. Tomorrow we have the morning fog. Nice afternoon. Lots of sunshine. Mild. That mild pattern sticks with us by tuesday and wednesday. Thursday, that cooldown comes with a light shower. From 1 on the impact scale. Friday, mainly sunny day. Saturday increasing clouds. Sunday were tracking the breezy and rainy storm with a 2 on the impact scale. Could be a soaker of a storm the next seven days. Thank you so much, drew. Draining threes, not named curry. Or kerr. One of the greatest shooters ever in nba history. Thursday night cal bears hit 20 wins for the first time in the regular season since 20122013. Also the last time cal made the ncaa tournament. Against usc. The only cal player from the last tournament, soaking up senior night. And so is jalen brown. With moves like this, his next stop is the nba. 3. 8 seconds left in the half. Look at him go to the rack and iffen with the left hand. Changing hands in midair. My goodness. Cal by 14 at the break. Second half, runaway. With authority. That was wallace. He had 12. That is going out in style. Steve kerr, thats pretty good right there. Lets check out his son, nick, a walkon senior. Last name is kerr, so he can knock down a three. That was the final bucket of the game. Dad loving it. Cal wins 8765. Perfect 180 at home for martin. The last time that happened was 1960. Consider your ncaa ticket punched. The little ones. 13 stanford for the regular season finale. Stanford opens up with a 150 run. Erica mccall got a doubledouble by halftime. The runaway is on. Mccall again here. Mccall career high 25 points. Career high 18 rebounds. Stanford rolls 6942. The cardinals open up the pac12 tournament friday night. San jose sharks havent played vancouver all season long. This week they play three times. The sharks with six games in eight days with two backtobacks and two home games. Somebody made the scheduler very angry. Oh, canada, first period. Dorsey with a nice movement. Jones makes the save out front. Canucks leading 10. Two minutes later, hurdle tips a justin blast. The power play, marlow with a goal. The empty netter braun puts it in. Nice bounceback for the sharks after the loss to buffalo. They host montreal monday night. In atlanta, joey loganos pit crew. Late caution one lap overtime. Kevin harvick led for 131 laps. Johnson holds on for his fifth atlanta win. Also, his 76th career victory. That ties him with the great dale earnhardt. Johnson a salute to number 3 on his victory lap. Final round honda classic. On 12, he sticks it. Birdie this for a twoshot lead over sergio garcia. Coming through in a clutch is tougher. Consecutive bogeys on 16. Tying scott. You notice hes using a short putter. First tour victory since 2014. Sergio gets a nice check for coming in second yet again for 700,000. With hunter pence nursing a sore achilles, a chance to remind ourselves about parker. Parker became the first giants since willy mays in 61 with at least three homers in the same game. Parker was going to get a long look anyway in the spring because the giants seem to be in need of outfielders. But the pence injury makes this a little more necessary. Great shape. B. P. , you see him. Hes doing his thing. He looks good. I cant say enough about these guys. Theyve been there for me since day one, helping me out in any way they can, any questions ive had. I want to help make a difference this year. I want to be a part of a team that wins the world series. So its exciting. It starts here. Giants looking for outfielders with power and parker may be the guy. Thank you so much, larry. In honor of black history month, were using our instagram feed to celebrate the people making a difference where you live and around the world. Today we recognize soul City Movement founded in capetown, south africa, by bay area photographer jessica cross. Soul City Movement provides opportunities for artists of all ages. And we have more information on our abc 7 news b the moments people are talking about at the oscars. Live Team Coverage in hollywood at 11 00. This year in the inmoem or yam package, is this going to be black people shot by the cops on their way to the movies. Addressing diversity, chris rock pulled no punches in his monologue, tonight on abc 7 news at11 00. Speaking of the oscars, it wrapped up just moments ago with spotlight. Surprising win for best picture. Brandy has the recap outside the dolby theater. Reporter the best supporting actor was full of heavy hitters. The oscar going to mark ryeland. If you ever wondered about acting with tom hanks, would it help, the answer is yes. Reporter alicia took home best supporting actress. Thank you so much. Reporter while mad max series took several awards, including production design, film editing, and makeup and hairstyling. If they nominated hosts, i wouldnt even get this job. Reporter chris rock didnt pull any punches addressing the diversity controversy. Im a danish girl. Reporter placing black actors in parodies of nominated films. Dont worry, you will. Reporter calling hollywood racist. Hollywood is sorority racist. Its li you, rhonda, but youre not a capa. Reporter best actress went to i want to start big because the thing that i love about movie making is how many people it takes to make it. Reporter and after five acting nominations, it was finally Leonardo Dicaprios year earning best actor for the revenant. Let us not take this planet for granted. I do not take tonight for granted. Thank you so very much. Reporter Leonardo Dicaprio received a standing ovation from the crowd. Now here it is on to the afterparties and governors ball. 1,500 guests will be celebrating here. Many people leaving the oscars right now. Theres a lot of food, dancing and more than 1,000 bottles the wine waiting for them. One big party here in hollywood. Reporting live, abc news. Now back to you. Thats it for abc 7 news at 9 00. Our next newscast is, of course, at 11 00 over on abc 7 where well have more on the oscars, plus everything going on in the weather. Well let you know how many of those 1,000 bottles of wine theyre hitting at the oscar parties. Exactly. All right. Well see you over on abc 7. Have a great evening. Its the michelle meow show, your a to z covering the lgbt, lmnop, and everyone in between. Heres michelle meow. Welcome. Welcome to the first show of the year, and the first show of our newly expanded schedule. Thats right, the michelle meow show is on every sunday night at 9 30 after abc 7 news. 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