nine are confirmed dead. relatives of the passengers gathered at a ferry dock anxi s anxiously waiting for word about their loved ones. it went down off jindo island. >> reporter: a desperate rescue mission. first responders struggling to reach the massive ferry on its side and sinking fast. many of the passengers teenagers off the deck, clutching railings to keep their footing. piling into rescue boats. it was very intense, this man says, e ship was tilted more than 45 degrees. helicopters drops first responders onto the sinking boat. this woman clinging to a ball conn -- ball cony railing. and from frigid 50-degree water. watch as this life raft is thrown to survivors in the middle of the sea. the ferry was sailing to a southern resort island. most of the passengers high school students on a class trip. nearing the end of the journey, the passengers say they heard a thud. the cabins on the upper decks. but one floor below, the crowded cafeteria and game room where many are thought to have been trapped. and tonight, questions about whether those passengers were told to wait for help. the announcement told us that we should stay still, this boy said, but the ship was already sinking it. it took just two hours from the boat to go from this to this. hundreds of angry, frantic families. some parents had received texts from their children. dad, i can't walk out, wrote one girl. the corridor is full of kids and it's too tilted. from another student, mom, i might not be able to tell you in person, i love you. tonight those parents scanning a handwritten list of the survivors searching for their children's names. so many parents lost in their an wish. the latest numbers are at least six dead, more than 200 still missing. >> gloria riviera reporting from south korea. members of the bay area korean community are looking for ways to help. >> happening now, emergency crews on the scene of an apparent boating accident in the bay. they've towed a vessel called bella to shore. a body has been brought to the dock. we have crews on the scene. we'll bring you any updates during this newscast and our reportering also continued on twitter. the deadly crash between a tour bus and a fedex truck happened a week ago tomorrow. that's when the chp will recreate the collision. they will conduct the recreation near the crash site in the town of orland. ten people died in the collision, among them, five high school students. all but one of the dozens injured have been released from hospitals. 14 people are hurt after two fire trucks crashed in southern california. the accident happened around 3:00 this afternoon in monterrey park. two fire trucks were headed to a house fire when they slammed into each other in an intersecti intersection. sex people were treated at the scene, another nine were taken to the hospital. >> a house fire today took the lives of a san francisco woman and her toddler. tonight,s victim's family members are talking about what might have sparked the flames. >> reporter: a woman tucked behind yellow tape clings to a little boy. the victims who died in the fire were about the same ages. >> so hysterical. i found out when i got here the baby didn't make it. >> reporter: she struggles to contain her emotion. >> he gone. he not here no more. >> reporter: his mother also parished in that -- perished in that fire. she says the victims were her 33-year-old niece and her 3-year-old son. >> i work graveyard. i went to sleep this morning. i woke up people talking about fire, fire, fire. >> reporter: she jumped out the window and escaped without injury, but certainly not without harm. her longings charred to pieces. this is what little remains of the mat rest. a crowd gathers to watch as firefighters investigated. mothers cuddled toddlers perhaps a bit tighter than before. she says her niece often left food on the stove. >> my niece is good at leaving stuff on the stove and leaving it unattended. she done that so many times. >> reporter: ms. brooks says the culprit is something else. >> i told my brother numerous times go get the baby. it's not safe for him to be there. >> reporter: in san francisco, tiffany wilson, abc7 news. ka da version dogs have found possible remains over the weekend. this man is now charged with starting the fire. he's 55-year-old stillman zeffer. witnesses say they saw him pour, squirt, or spray something right before the fire broke out. homeless people were known to live inside, including the man himself. no word yet on a motive. a new twist this evening in what started out as a kidnapping report from a teenage girl. police now say it may be a case of sex trafficking. the girl says she was kidnapped and robbed in oakland this morning. witnesses say living in the neighborhood, they womb up around around 5:00 a.m. to the sound of a girl screaming that something had been sprayed in her eyes and been raped. she was taken to the hospital. the only update police are giving tonight is that it now appears to be a sex trafficking case. a santa cruz county man was in federal court this afternoon. the early morning raid took place in the live oak neighborhood at 37th avenue. neighbors say about 60 asians -- agents descended on the home. the man was aarrested. they say he was taken into custody on a weapon's charge. >> it now appears the as won't be moving any time soon. the team is now ready to sign a multi year lease at the coliseum. they want to sign a new ten-year lease. much more ahead tonight on abc7 news at 9:00. the declaration of war on bay area pot smokers. also bay area real estate and the value of your home. prices are climbing, but when will more people be willing to sell? easter weekend is right around the corner. i'll give you a look at what to expect in the next few days and the accuweather forecast in just a moment. not just any high school video. their incredible school spirit and the good female announcer: get three years interest-free financing on brand name mattress 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this sunday, they promise a crackdown. there will be more police in uniform and under cover. juvenile probation officers, parking control officers to ticket and tow. and there will be no concession stands. >> i don't think that we're naive enough to think that we can stop everybody in san francisco smoking marijuana on sunday. there's plenty of other things that came with it that we will not have. >> reporter: the super visor developed the plan. >> we're not here to judge anyone's recreational activities. but we want to make sure because people in our city respect one another and they remain safe. and that's the message here. >> everybody be happy, be safe, be kind and pick up after yourself. >> reporter: in san francisco, carolyn tyler, abc7 news. tonight, the woez of buying a home in the bay area. new findings show bay area home prices surged in march, a seven-year high, a 23% increase since march of 2013. we have the story from redwood city. >> reporter: how would you like an extra half a million dollars? they asked 1.4 million and got nearly 1.9. >> really, the past foyer of five months has been a market that we haven't seen in a very long time. >> reporter: this realtor says this is just one example. >> it just bolls me over that it got close to $2 million. >> reporter: she says the whole character of the neighborhood is changing. >> i would say two or three properties every couple of months come on the market and they sell basically over night. >> reporter: rigs says buyers are having a rough time of it. >> they're settling for something they don't quite like and they're paying a lot more than they feel like they have to. >> we have a little girl on the way. that was actually the catalyst for us to move. >> reporter: they found a house they liked only after making four offers. this house had 18 offers before it sold. >> we tried to cut down our line, write a personal letter about our family. but more money. more money. that's the key. >> reporter: the local economy is on the rebound and it's simply supply and demand. >> the inventory is extremely low. there's so many people who want to move here and so few people who want to leave. >> reporter: and buyers can only hope the market keeps going up to protect that pricey investment. abc7 news. >> and bay area apartment rents are reaching record levels. from january through march of this year, rents average just over $2,000 a month. that is an almost 10% increase over the same period last year. the main cause is that the area's red hot job market is outstripping housing construction. time to get a check on the weather. another nice day. >> a beautiful day and we've got more to come. it's going to cool down a little bit, but not a lot. here's live doppler 7 hd. there's a chance we may see a few patches of low clouds along the coast overnight, but otherwise, skies will remain clear. rooftop camera looking out towards the bay bridge. 67 deposition right now in -- degrees right now in san francisco. 54 at half-moon bay. here's a live view from the east bay camera in emeryville. 47 degrees -- 57 degrees at this hour. and a live view from our mount camera looking down over the bay and portions of san francisco. minor cooling the just couple of days. temperatures will rebound for easter. and then we'll have weather turning charply cooler -- sharply cooler early next week. ridge of high pressure is bringing us the weather wae currently have. but we do have clouds moving in our direction. will bring us a few more clouds the next couple of days and slightly cooler weather. if we look at the high temperature range for the week ahead, in san jose, a little bit like a roller coaster ride. 75 tomorrow, easter sunday, 78 degrees. to 75 on monday. sharp drop down to only 63 on tuesday. that's the day when all parts of the bay area will see temperatures dropping and maybe a few rain drops as well. tonight, low temperatures dropping into the upper 40s in some inland locations. low 50s right around the bay. upper 40s to near 50 on the coast. and patchy low clouds along the coast as well. tomorrow, the morning clouds moving away on the coastline. a few of them coming back. mainly sunny around the bay and inland. pretty wide temperature range from 50s on the coast to upper 70s inhappened. highs in the mid to upper 70s. on the peninsula, 68 -- excuse me. 71 redwood city, 72 palo alto. on the coast, breezy and cool from half moon bay to pa sif ka. mid 70s in the valley from santa rosa over to napa. on the east bay, high temperatures right around or just above 70 in most locations. here's the accuweather seven day forecast. mid-70s around the bay. tuesday, temperatures drop off shorply in all -- sharply in all locations. just a few showers. thank you. watch abc is now available to bay area dish customers who want to watch abc7 online. just go to abc7.com and click on the watch abc to download it. still to come on abc7 news still to come on abc7 news at 9:00, he can be 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two lucky kids hitch add ride today with hope francis during his general audience. the pontiff jumped off then asked if anyone of them wanted to take a spin. of course, they all yelled, me, me. the pontiff picked two 11-year-olds and they hopped on board for the ride of a lifetime. one of the kids said it's really exciting. another half hour of abc7 news at 9:00 is just moments away. ahead, you'll hear from residents of korea town. also the man who abandoned a backpack on the anniversary of the boston bombing. and how a house cat force families in korea awaiting word tonight on the fate of hundreds of passengers, most of them young people, missing in the singing overnight of a korean ferry boat. nearly 300 people are unaccounted for tonight. what caused the boat to capsize and sink is still unknown, but the u.s. navy is on the way to help find the missing passengers. >> reporter: cell phone video shows some of the high school students had time to put on life vests. others found themselves submerged and possibly trapped as the ferry capsized and sank. many began to text furiously to say good-bye to loved ones. it was supposed to be a fun four-day trip. at breakfast time, the ferry began to shake and take on water. this 17-year-old girl had been texting too about the ferry incident. >> we should all pray for them and they're trying to spread the word. >> reporter: the south bay is home to a large korean-american community where residents have been fwglued to tv coverage. many looks for what they can do to help grieving families in south korea. >> i think the pastor will talk about it. >> reporter: how can you help? >> pray for them. whatever the church, they decide what to do, we going to follow them. >> reporter: the u.s. navy is sending in helicopters to support the search operation. beyond that, they are uncertain what they can do. >> when there's issues, we have fundraisers here to send money. we've had events such as that. but as of right now, it's too early to say what we can do for the families there. >> reporter: we know at this point about five of the six people who died, three are young men and high school students. in santa clara, abc7 news. police are stepping up patrols in boston one day after a masked man walked into the street with a rice cooker in his backpack on the anniversary of the marathon bombing. a judge ordered him to be evaluated at a state psychiatric hospital. his mother says he has battle the bipolar disorder for years. they are asking people to leave backpacks at home. more than a million are expected to be on the sidelines. a los angeles county judge has given a former city manager the maximum sentence. robert rizzo has been ordered to make restitution of $8.8 million. he apologized for his actions during today's sentences. >> i breached the public's confidence by starting to look at the position more towards myself than towards the community. i am very, very sorry for that. i apologize for that. >> rizzo pleaded no contest to 69 counts. six other city leaders have also been convicted in the scandal. the city of rkeley is considering a 16-story hotel that would alter the city's skyline. the ak texts and developers unveiled new details about the project this week. it would have room for a restaurant or bar. it would be at the current bank of america site. according to the san francisco business times, developers first need to overcome resistance from some berkeley residents. its estimated cost, nearly $100 million. yahoo's ceo is reportedly trying to convince apple to change the default search engine from google to yahoo. it would deal a significant blow to google's revenue. yahoo is pursuing the idea in hopes of tapping into apple's vast user base. google pays apple some $1 billion per year for the traffic it delivered to google service. meantime, the recently fired chief operating officer will have a package. they decided he wasn't doing a good enough job. three people were taken to 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>> this was pretty much a one-take thing. >> reporter: one take after six weeks of participates, mapping out the school, and one frightening rehearsal. >> people were in their right spot. they didn't know what they were doing. >> reporter: it all came together flawlessly. the student camera man rolling along in a chair. >> this is probably the most fun thing i've done in my teaching career to this point. >> reporter: the goal to raise $20,000 for the local children's hospital. an american high school uniting with one voice. david wright, abc news, los angeles. >> came out great. things looking nice and clear. no clouds around right now. we could see a couple patches of low clouds along the coast tomorrow night. warm in most locations. up in eureka, a little rainy and drizly. in the bay area, high temperatures in the seasonal range. upper 60s to low 70s right around the bay. tomorrow afternoon at at&t park, it's day game for the giants and dodgers. it will be sunny. uv index will be high. if you're going to be exposed to a lot of sunlight, might be wise to put on sunscreen. we've got a beautiful seven days ahead. it's going to warm up up nicely on easter sunday. pleasantly mild on monday, but a sharp drop in temperatures will occur on tuesday along with afy extra clouds. we might even see a couple showers. just light stuff. a zoo in china is turning to television in hopes of cheering up a lonely panda. it all started when its companion moved to another zoo. the staff brought in a television to entertain the panda. according to the local paper, they are playing images of her and her old companion playing. they say she is feeling much better. all right. time to turn to sports. colin rush is in. >> we know when the warriors are going to play now in the play justifyoffs. they had to rest half their team tonight. harrison barns in particular. bulldog: [yawning] it's finally morning! i can't wait to get to mattress discounters because the tempur-pedic bonus event is ending soon. i'll have first pick from the huge selection of tempur-pedic mattresses. then, i'll get to choose $300 in pillows, sheets, and other free gifts. on top of that, up to 48 months interest-free financing. it's a beautiful day for mattress discounters' tempur-pedic bonus event. mmm, some alarm clock you turned out to be. ♪ mattress discounters safeway gets that staying on budget can be a real bear. that's why they've got lots of ways to save. real big club card deals, the safeway app and gas rewards. for easter, get a safeway spiral sliced ham, for just $1.99 a pound. cadbury mini eggs are only $2.69. talk about a sweet deal. and arrowhead water is just $3.33 a case. there's more savings to love at safeway. ingredients for life. coming up tonight, we are following breaking news. what was supposed to be a carefree evening of sailing turned deadly tonight. the bizarre accident that left one person dead. and a local toddler just moments from death saved. meet the boy who is lucky to be alive and the doctors who made all the right moves. join us for abc7 news at 11:00 other on channel 7. all right, we know more about the warriors. >> we know when they're playing. oklahoma city, they beat detroit tonight. they'll be the two seed in the wets. that means the warriors will open saturday in l.a. a 12:30 tip at the staple center. curry rocking the played suit. most getting the touches as well. andre suited up but didn't play. barns 12 in the first quarter. warriors up 11 after one. wait. there it is. aaron brooks, bad decision to contest that. 28 for barns so far. warriors lead it. giants dodgers calling a gem of a game for ryan. hunter pens, who's going to beat crawford's throw. four hits allowed. one of the two strikeouts. used one out, tied at one. jean coaches the one, two, three double play and that gets them out of trouble. good piece of hitting by the panda. goes down and gets it. there's your score right now, giants leading 2-1 in the 8th. as looks for a three-game sweep of the angels. have you heard of this mike trout kid? he's pretty good. alberto, stay hot, my man. top four, laces worn down the line. two batters later, brandon moss with two on. deep for right and gone. three-run shot. his second of the season. right now, 8th inning and the as hanging on leading 4-3. great father and son combinations in major league baseball. of course bobby and barry barns. and perhaps the next in line, chili daifts and his son kai. >> reporter: 19-year-old kooi davis grew follow-up arizona. his father played 19 years with five teams including the giants. kooi is playing for city college in san francisco. >> i tell him, he can be better than i was. kid's a good athlete. >> reporter: kai wants to prove he can do it himself. but a former teammate of chili told him he needs to take advantage of his dad's knowledge. >> he's always telling me he was one of the smartest hitters i've ever seen. >> reporter: kai's a switch hitter like his dad. he came to ccsf late, but he's working hard for more playing time. >> he's a good kid. he's got real good skills as far as bat skpeed. the one thing i like about him is work ethic. he wants to earn everything he's got. >> reporter: kai is happy to be in the bay area with his father. he'd love to play in the majors. and his dad, well, he has his usual stern advice. >> keep your mouth shut, play the game, be on time, and just work hard at the right things. >> he's got a lot of wisdom. he helps me out as much as he can. i work so that i can make it so that i'm kai davis and not just chili davis' son. >> sounds a lot like my dad used to back the day. todd mclegal lan is playing it close to the vest. game one tomorrow night against the kings. the veteran, he's the expected choice. consider this about the 26-year-old. in 18 starts this year, he had a better goals against average and a better saves average. regardless of who he chooses, he needs the team to play the way they did about three weeks ago. >> probably about ten weeks ago, we were really firing on all clin ders. we got a lull in the game. which sometimes happens. i was happy with the effort we got in the last two or three games. he should be prepared after practice this week to throw our best game out there. >> let's hope they do so. this sports report brought to you by toyota. i will be live at the shark tank tomorrow night. a all the insight into this matchup. so the so cal versus no cal match up. >> should be fun as long as we win. >> right. and of course the giants and dodgers. >> yeah. cool. >> good stuff. all right. thank you for joining us. for all of us here at abc7 news at 9:00, thank you so much for watching. abc7 news continues online, on twitter and all your mobile twices with our new app. join us at 11:00 over on channel 76789 we leave you with a live look from our camera. lton [over. it's the last day to sign up for a spring semester elective. horseback riding, waterskiing, fencing. those are just a few classes we can afford to offer if enough people pay to learn hopscotch. oh, they've got a class on jokes. don't take that. i dropped it after the lesson on setups. the professor is so old...