who got away. >> reporter: suspect enters jewelry store violently. knocks down employee, armed with gun and hammer. >> and you can see he's waving gun around and orders other employees to the ground while trying to take items from the display cases. >> reporter: smashes display cases but gets away with nothing. leaves his mark and picture for all to see. san francisco police are sharing these photos of the suspect without mask on or hood up. >> in san francisco it's likely you'll be caught on camera, not just in the store but neighboring businesses. >> reporter: asking anyone who recognizes him to call police. >> main concern is find out who this person is, it's very violent attack. >> reporter: ended without anyone seriously injured. abc7 news. alameda county medical examiner confirms all 36 victims in the ghost ship fire in oakland died of smoke inhalation, burns or other fire related injuries didn't cause their deaths. victims unable to get out of burning building where this was concert and illegal living spaces. somber farewell to alameda sheriff's deputy killed on the job last week. overflow crowd in the pavilion. he was hit by prison bus at santa rita jail on dark rainy morning. remembered for love for the outdoors and dedication to job and family. >> i don't think my dad realized how many lives he touched and how many people he -- and how many people he helped feel safe. >> in addition to son michael deputy foley leaves behind wife tammy and daughter tanya. 60 years old. march set for tomorrow in berkeley in support for president trump. civic center park at 2:00. jonathan bloom with preview. >> where you're living or regardless of political affiliation, if you want to defend your liberty and rights, march with us on berkeley. >> video announced this protest. >> rich black. >> bay area contact on the national website. says he didn't plan it that way. >> funnily enough. not a trump supporter. >> he does support free speech which he feels was violated after milo yiannopoulos event was canceled. >> seeing people i know getting attacked and having rights shut down. >> berkeley college republicans are not affiliated with the event. >> advising people not go. might be dangerous. >> tore down the fences. busted up atms, i think messed up starbucks too. >> but man we spoke to insists won't happen this time. >> working closely with berkeley pd for the last three weeks and i think do a great job tomorrow. >> but city spokesman told us haven't issued any permits. refused requests to speak on camera. by any means necessary is planning a counterprotest. >> to stand up to trump's hate and berkeley lives up to its promise of being a sanctuary city. trump administration is reportedly considering separating families who cross imlegally into the united states according to reuters. part of the reason to discourage mothers from migrating with kids. parents could be kept in custody awaiting deportation and children with department of health and human services. did he tension of children is currently barred under a court ruling. consulate offices. booths are defense centers. formed partnerships with nonprofits and law schools. spending $50 million to beef up legal aid to migrants in the united states. announced a new 24 hour hotline to report raids. it's posted on the website. contra costa county restored water supply to homes in clayton. were cut off by a slide that blocked the road last week. able to use the water for bathing, flushing toilet and for animals to drink. residents asked to keep drinking bottled water. hillside is still moving. check on the weather and rain. meteorologist sandhya patel. >> get your rain gear out plus your coats. going to turn real chilly around here. clouds thickening up. we are watching rain move in and also over the mountains, seeing snow. this is the bay area, rain and snow mixing in. storm dropping from the gulf of alaska, as it makes its way southward see rain in the bay area and look at storm impact scale, one for saturday and sunday. cold showers, gusty winds. snow level down to 2,000 feet. so mt. tam could be coated by few inches of snow and chance of thunder and hail on sunday. hour by hour forecast tomorrow morning bright and early. at 11:00 it's primarily in the north bay but showers will continue to spread southward and eastward for afternoon and evening. not a complete washout for the weekend but will be parts that are wet. hour by hour rest of the forecast is coming up. storm of biblical proportions is looming in california's future. last 200 year storm hit for 43 days between 1861 and 1862 creating huge lake where the central valley had been. state emergency experts working on long-term flood emergency plan. had practice last week with the flood at oroville dam that people had to evacuate. experts sate state has a set system in place to apply to all disasters including major earthquake. >> look at it as what would we be able to do. different scenarios, helping communities take care of a lot of people in a shelter environment or mass care. may have to do that for earthquake, or a flood. >> earthquake catastrophe plan is already in place for the bay area. last month's storms may have caused a gas leak. 20 customers still without gas this evening. repairs expected to be done later night. sky 7 over the area. utility says last month's rain compromised underground facility. that and seismic movement likely caused the leak. four homes evacuated as precaution, asphalt cracked and broing. more bad press for uber. focused on a secret program that let it skirt local laws and operate in cities where it was banned. ca gray ball, trakd police and city officials to prevent them from hailing rides in case they were part of a sting operation. used in portland, boston, las vegas, boston and other cities. used phones bought at electronics stores in case used in stings. uber acknowledged use of the program. east bay fixture of the oakland skyline is vanishingment demolition of the bay bridge. >> if you don't look fast, you'll miss the speeding prius. that's coming up. a tech firm giving a boost to young women who east bay you may have noticed a piece of the oakland skyline is slowly vanishing. demolition on the span is ahead of schedule. more of what is next for the project. >> reporter: take a drive on the eastern span of the bay bridge and may not is missing. >> every time i come across, a new chunk missing. slowly disappearing. >> reporter: he's not imagining things. old span is going away. one truss is still visible from the new bridge but two more out of view set to be demolished and will happen fast. >> end of march, beginning of april, last truss span. sentimental time. >> reporter: not only one who gets misty thinking of the steel bridge constructed in 1930s which started coming down in 2013. >> i grew up here, always remember. but i like the new bridge too. >> reporter: time lapse video of the project, dramatic piece of engineering. concrete marine foundations will be demolished this fall. fish and wildlife protected by underwater net to catch the debris. >> with each passing day and truss span coming down, even more phenomenal vistas to behold. >> reporter: sky 7 with the preview of what will be left behind, vistas of oakland and east bay. new perspective for the future. cornell barnard, abc7 news. a tech company in seattle hopes to expand diversity settling up hub for female students. six women pursuing computer science undergraduate degrees. company's founder says one quarter of the jobs held by women and needs to change. hope to be a safe place to collaborate. a link on the website or if you know somebody who wants to apply. deadline is april first. there's a pretty cool opportunity for fans of warriors superstar steph curry. under armour will drop pairs of his high tops in manhattan. he's a top client. under contract with the company through 2024 for estimated $4 million a year. includes equity stake in the company. warriors take on the knicks sunday in new york. coverage begins on abc7 at noon. and stay tuned for larry beil and adonl foil. and mike shumann with live reports from madison square garden. huge air lift took place today to help communities left isolated by landslides near big sur. fuel, food, pet supplies and school work to 450 people living between pfeiffer canyon bridge and mud slide. 58 homes are isolated. vehicle access may be restored in ten days, repairing the bridge will take a lot longer. planning a trip to yosemite, longer drive. quickest route is closed. crater opened up when heavy rain shifted soil underneath the road. that means drivers have to take a detour to highway 140 entrance farther south. important of highway 41 is also closed for emergency repairs. winter storm watch for the sierra saturday to sunday afternoon. sandhya patel has been tracking the forecast. here's the latest. >> tracking changes. live doppler 7, starting to see the clouds gathering and rain is not far behind. wind right now, take a look. it's a little gusty. sfo out of the west. will switch out of the northwest and will be a cold wind heading into tomorrow night. be prepared. kgo roof camera, flags swaying a little bit. breeze coming up. visibility is good. temperatures in low 50s right now. lovely view of the city by the bay from the mt. tam cam. it's a little shaky. 48 in santa rosa, 50 in fairfield, livermore, 58 degrees. notice there are clouds but tomorrow see damp roadways as well. snow over the high ef peaks and thunderstorms possible as well. on the storm impact scale it's one. light system for saturday and sunday. notice that the showers are cold in nature. gusty at times. snow level down to 2,000 to 3,000 feet. means highest local peaks will be looking at snow that will accumulate. chance of thunder and hail. watch out for that. best chance of thunder on sunday. hour by hour forecast, saturday morning slight spotty showers. 8:00 still shower activity but light. not everyone sees the rain. scattered nature. north bay and parts of san francisco and east bay and by 3:00 showers sliding south and eastward. trend will continue as front comes in. intensity of the rain briefly pick up. yellows and oranges indicating moderate rain for saturday night. heaviest and most organized. then sunday morning, watch out for this. will be some snow over mt. hamilton, indicated in the bluish white. also in the mountains right above lake county, mendocino county and sonoma county. some could be slipping down into your area. it is winter after all. 9:00, still looking at spotty showers of snow and rain showers. and 2:00 sunday afternoon, showers keep the roadways wet. sunday night it winds down and another wave come through as we head into monday morning. rainfall totals not impressive. expectng about a quarter to half inch of rain for most you, could be higher in isolated spots tomorrow morning. temperatures in the 40s, not as cold. tomorrow afternoon much cooler. showers around. mid-50s to low 60s, temperature trend, sharp drop-off, ten degrees below normal on sunday. take a while to bounce back. feel the difference as well. bring out winter coasts. one storm impact scale. breezy and wet. thunder popping up. monday a one, scattered showers, dry and milder as we head into next week and 70s do reappear but not until late in the work week. thursday one computer model is bringing in potential for showers. good thing is you can download the abc7 news app and use it to help you track the system. work is progressing to repair the damaged oroville dam spillway. man believes the erosion is golden opportunity. - everything we stock at grocery outlet has crazy low prices. do you know how we do it? - how? - bargainomics! say, if california has a bumper crop and produces too many oranges. or a winemaker in sonoma suddenly has 1000 bottles too many. we've got name-brand, top-quality groceries priced 40-70% off every day. bargainomics. 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not long ago undisclosed prospector found this 75 ouncer at undisclosed location. sold for $350,000. more recently 14 ounce piece was found. anything like that down here? no telling but digger bob would love to find out. >> because gold is so heavy, always seeks lowest area, constantly wants to go down. >> reporter: where crews are currently cleaning up debris and perhaps a whole lot more. >> all of this dirt came off the hillside and it's full of gold. >> department of water resources officials say they're unaware of any gold found but studying the protocol if any is found in the future. scientists hoping giant crater in eastern siberia, largest hold in the world of its kind. it's still growing about 33 feet per year thanks to water from melting frozen soil. believe allow them to view 200,000 years of climate change in siberia. how the climate changed as earth warmed and cooled. provide insight into climate change issues. cell phone dangers just revealed, white state refused to release a report about the health risks of using your phone. and democrats and republicans battling it out over russia. terminating i've spent my life planting a size-six, non-slip shoe into that door. on this side, i want my customers to relax and enjoy themselves. but these days it's phones before forks. they want wifi out here. but behind that door, i need a private connection for my business. wifi pro from comcast business. public wifi for your customers. private wifi for your business. strong and secure. good for a door. and a network. comcast business. built for security. built for business. today, finally, acknowledgment from the california health department stating concerns p exposure to cell phone radiation. this is a story that affects almost everyone. 97% of americans own a cell phone. draft report of studies of long-term exposure. >> reporter: holding a cell phone next to your head or body seems to be a way of life. >> usually in pocket and pick up and hold it like that. >> reporter: but people long suspected that all that ra cause damage to tissues. >> evidence of brain and head and neck tumors, sperm damage in males, infertility in females. >> reporter: with the uc berkeley school of public health. took california to court to force release of this document. suggests that long-term cell phone use may increase risk of brain cancer and other health problems. says there's been a lot of pressure from the wireless industry to keep negative reports on cell phones hidden from the public. >> wireless industry had a vested interest in manufacturing confusion. done a good job about it. >> reporter: suggests keeping phones away from your body, use headsets, speaker phones and next more. few follow the recommendations. >> next to my head. >> reporter: concerned at all? >> not typically. >> reporter: most people say consider adopting the recommendations. >> concerted message from sources that are trusted. >> reporter: part of the reason the state refused to release the document is because the centers for disease control and prevention insist more research is needed. in san francisco, abc7 news. a romance gone wrong may be behind some of the threats at jewish community centers nationwide. federal authorities arrested juan thompson at home in st. louis, missouri, accused of making threats at at least eight jewish community centers. according to complaint, used to harass former girlfriend. used her name in some of the threats. president trump says it's a witch hunt but calling for -- moscow meddled in the u.s. election that made trump president. russian official seems to be a familiar presence in the trump circle. >> reporter: president trump arrived for another florida weekend at mar-a-largo, trailed by more questions about campaign's contacts with russian officials. questions swirl about team trump and this man, russia's ambassador to the u.s., sergey kislyak. who met with several top people. reluctant to disclose it. jeff sessions didn't in confirmation hearings. now he says. >> in retrospect i should have slowed down and said i met an official a couple of times. >> reporter: likewise carter page. >> did you have meetings with russian officials in russia, outside russia? anymore? >> no meetings. >> now, did you meet sergey kislyak in cleveland? talk to him? >> i won't deny i talked to him. >> and jared kushner joined meeting between flynn and ambassador in december. democrats say it calls for independent investigation. trump calling it a witch hunt and tweeting out photo of chuck schumer eating doughnuts with vladimir putin, writing should start immediate investigation. total hypocrite schumer said it took place in full view of the press. abc news new york. vice president pence is downplaying his use of private e-mail account to conduct business as governor of indiana. contacted -- via aol account hacked in the summer. voc vocal critic of hillary clinton's use of private e-mail server. he says there's no comparison. >> i'm confident that e-mail practices were in full compliance with all of indiana's laws and in service as vice president will continue that practice. >> as in clinton's case, concerns he didn't comply with archiving and open records guidelines. arnold schwarzenegger is terminating his role in "celebrity apprentice" he blames president trump for low ratings. boycotting the show because he was still a producer. prompted president trump to call it a ratings disaster and said would pray for arnold and better ratings. jeff bess oes is aiming for the moon. trying to sell trump administration on the idea of establishing a settlement on the moon. amazon executive wanting spacecraft to shuttle goods and humans to the moon as early as july a high speed chafs two bank robbery suspects in houston reached speeds above 100 miles per hour and damaged at least pfeiff five cars. at lea one of the car's tires blew out. chase ended. driver got out of the car and spectator tackled him before police arrested him. second suspect also chased down. different kind of police case in kansas. yeah, those are cows running on the freeway. big rig rolled over and cows made a run for it. police had hard time tracking them down. one spotted on the nearby roadway showing no signs of slowing down. eventually herded to gated pasture. others were smarter, headed for the hills. also unusual this race in sonoma county. you will relate closely if you own or drive a prius. sonoma raceway. >> reporter: nothing as seductive as smell of charged battery and roar of prius hybrid. >> don't peel rubber when you leave. >> went be able to. >> reporter: wondered about the difference between can't and won't, should have joined us at the raceway. more about fingers across keyboards than automobiles careening across the track. how many gs? >> .3 maybe? >> reporter: one of the quietest races in the world. not about being fast but -- >> efficient. >> reporter: top speed is 60 and slowest is nine or ten as they crest the hill. wonder why the drivers even wearing helmets. different from fabled races at sonoma. average slow driving prius driver in the city catch a dozen dirty looks and get 40 miles to the gallon. here they expect to crack the century barrier. all about strategy. >> comparison -- >> reporter: allowed to ask questions? >> sorry? >> reporter: today's winner was 85 miles per gallon and few of the people competing drive priuss in real life. if you own one, imagine what you could do. then again, please gone. wayne freedman, abc7 news. a brand new look at tale as old as time. ♪ >> go inside "beauty and the beast" hollywood premier. and a sale that seems it's beautiful. was it a hard place to get to? (laughs) it wasn't too bad. with the chase mobile app, jimmy chin can master depositing his hard earned checks in a snap. easy to use chase technology for whatever you're trying to master. at enterprise, we guarantee it. next vehicle purchase? head to your neighborhood enterprise car sales and let the people who buy more vehicles than anyone... change your thinking about buying your next one. in the animation world disney's "beauty and the beast" is a classic. now a new version. live action. more from the hollywood premier ♪ >> emma watson plays the beauty belle in new adaptation of "beauty and the beast" paige o'hara who voiced belle in the original likes the casting. >> would have been my first choice. >> very feisty and in this one you see she wants to spread her love of learning and books. teaching another girl to read in the story, a scene i really love. >> dan stephens is the man behind the beast. used motion picture technology to work magic on face and body. >> show me the smile. >> take it away, morph it into the beast and map on the body we puppeteered. on the day i was there in lycra on stilts sweating away. >> luke evans brings gaston to life. >> most gorgeous thing i've ever seen. >> it really is special. loved reading the script and seeing how much of the original we kept. >> i hope it's wonderful addition to what everyone loved in the '91 classic and continues to expand on it. ♪ >> interracial relationships and same sex moment this film as well. it's so important because disney is shining a light on the world that exists. >> nostalgic and magical, brings out inner child in everyone. >> you can see this "beauty and the beast" beginning in theaters, march 17th. abc news. real live disney princess in san francisco so support the release of "moana" who captured the lead role. performed oscar nominated song "how far i'll go" and kept her cool when hit on the head with flag on stage. >> happened the day before in rehearsal. double whammy. guy is forever holding his peace. >> ali was the last to audition and beat out competition for the role. rey lated company to abc7. dropping fares 99%. you need to buy by midnight today and travel on tuesday or wednesday between march 14th and april 11th. but deals are good. flight from oakland to atlanta drops price to $96 round trip. today is national unplugging day. challenge people to keep electronic devices unplugged an. hoped to use the time to relax with family and friends or be alone. sit down with people face-to-face and talk. that's a concept. good luck. navy pilot in washington state may be father of the year. check out project he made for 3-year-old son. scott was planning to build his son wyatt a treehouse in backyard, decided on this complex rollercoaster instead after a trip to disneyland, spent three months building it under the guidance of retired engineer who published books about back yard coasters. made with pvc pipe and two by fours put together. solar ellipse from space. european space agency's spacecraft. moon passing over the sun. wasn't total eclipse but centered to create a ring of fire. probe's task is stare at sun so we don't have to. will we see the sun? >> peek-a-boo but most of the time showers and clouds. east bay hills camera. sun down at 6:04 and stunner tonight. quite a bit of cloud cover and soon a storm moving in. light system, level one on the impact scale. gusty winds. snow level 2,000 to 3,000 feet. meaning snow capped mounts and maybe thunder with hail. light showers tomorrow morning, carrying over into late morning or early afternoon. more organized in evening hours. sierra winter storm warning. rough conditions heading up there. three feet of snow expected over the passes. good amounts and resorts enjoying this. about 1 1/2 feet of snow there. highs cooler, low 60s. showers around. one on the storm impact scale saturday through monday. snow on the mountains. then dry up, warm up. you know the drill. anthony flores in for larry and sports. >> reason the warriors lost two in a row the warriors are in a slump. lost back-to-back games. 20 for 87 from behind the arc in the last three games. steph curry 4 for 31 from deep. worst three game stretch of his career. as result lost two in a row for first time in nearly two years. >> sucks to lose but got to keep pushing. 21 games left to lock up that one seed, so there's bigger goals than that streak.evn thou keep it going. >> only way to -- i don't know if slump you call it that. shooting. neither one of them is going to stop shooting. they'll fine. pac-12 women's basketball. stanford against washington state. standford up 10-0. doesn't end there. mccall with the finish. stanford started with 21 straight points. another triple to beat the halftime buzzer. stanford cruises. take on washington/oregon winner in semifinals tomorrow night. cal trying to knock off oregon state and osu in control most of the game. christine anigwe trying to keep the bears in it. had 26 points as climbed within single digits several times but wooes was too much, single digits. career high. bears lose and wait for selection to see if they make the ncaa tournament. colin kaepernick no longer a 49 aero, opted out of his contract. 9ers don't have a single quarterback on their roster. christian's name misspelled. supposed to be rey. maybe he has a point of being underestimated. fourth overall. mccaffrey also impressed in the skills portion with footwork. no doubt turned heads of nfl coaches and executives. quarterbacks on the field tomorrow, including cal's davis webb. scheduled to arrive in camp tonight and miss the first round of the classic. as for the a's, pitcher -- decided to skip. giants lost six straight since starts 3-0. left field contenders down swing against antioch in the seventh. break up in the bottom of the inning. deep three. first spring training home run. a's win it. fourth in five games. >> truly have a good group of people in the clubhouse, and coming together as team really well. we feel confident and it's exciting group. we have such a young core of starting pitching and veteran bull pen and lineup to accompany that. san jose earthquakes begin season tomorrow hosting montreal. brought in several players from europe in hopes of getting back to the postseason. >> been great. they add a touch of class and they have some great technical ability. it's nice to have them. >> what i've seen now, in a few weeks, fantastic club, very well organized and everybody with good dream. nice to be here. >> season opener tomorrow night at 7:00. this abc7 sports report brought to you by toyota. coming up an abc7 news at 11:00. fear of i.c.e. raids in the bay area and one community has a way for neighbors to watch each other's backs. plus no cheers from parents and students after a school district makes a tough decision about cheer program. join us on channel 7. i'm ama daetz, thanks for joining us. see you at 11:00 on 7. announcer: this program contains material that may be disturbing to some audience members. viewer discretion is advised. today, the mysterious death of a british businessman in a chinese hotel. investigators wonder if it could be a homicide linked to one of china's most powerful families. azari: bribery, defection, and