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when one thief opened fire and killed him. david, what is the latest? >> latest is that word is just hitting the streets the arrests have been made police are being tight lipped and have not told us whether there are more arrests and whether or not there are more arrests imminent. saturday night he was shot and killed in front of the liquor store. people were shocked to learn he was killed after four men as seen in this surveillance video walked into the liquor store first to buy liquor. then another man grabbed flavored cigars, tripping and falling as he left the store. residents say they have been on edge knowing the men were at large at armed. >> i hope they rot. i really do. because they just took someone's live someone away from their family. >> i'm surprised. >> just really sad. >> residents may be at ease knowing two of them have been arrested. >> thank you very much. tonight police are looking into whether a gang war is underway following a shooting in a popular bar filled with customers that left two people wounded. this morning police they'd one arrest but are searching for another person. police have detained several people suspected of kidnapping a woman and sexually abusing her for several weeks the 22-year-old walked into the police department and told officers she was kidnapped three weeks ago in santa rosa and she escaped when captors left a door open. a university student accused of stabbing his roommate did not speak today. abc7 news was insanity claa clara county superior court. prosecutors say kim attacked his roommate in the middle of the night. >> the victim woke up at 3:00 in the morning to find the defendant standing over him with a knife the victim was stabbed in the throat and started to struggle with the defendant, cut in the forehead and also cut in the shoulder as well. >> the victim is still in the hospital and is expected to recover. kim is being held without bail and expected back in court next week. >> wells fargo reopened it's museum in the financial district after being badly damaged in a robbery. thieves crashed into the store and took the golden nuggets on display this is one of several unsolved robberies in the city. >> that is right, dan. since this museum is actually owned by a bank the fbi has jurisdiction a law enforcement source told us te do have leads and they are pursuing it. police have robberies that happened since this occurred and they're trying to figure out if these are somehow connected. a museum opened after a it closed. >> tourists come and they're coming to expect to see the museum. that is disappointing. >> it was a crash and grab in the night the thieves driving an suv into the an trens holding a guard at gun point and making off with gold nuggets from a case. the fbi has advised wells fargo not to talk about their security. there have been three take overs this no. one tiffany store this jewelry store two weeks ago. and just three days ago, two men at pier 39 as tourists were milling around. the mos are similar. 2 to 3 men, armed with a gun, taking over jewelry stores when open for business. the takeovers including the wells robbery appear to be well coordinated >> the maximum amount of time was about two minutes >> similarities suggest the same robbers may have committed all of the robberies the quickness of the takeovers two minutes, makes it hard to find witnesses to identify them. and there are wanted posters just like the old days. >> crews are now digging up an aging water source that flooded homes in walnut creek from the sierra foothills a leak this week flooded two homes near the mount diablo trail. today, east bay crews drained it and started to dig it up. we're told none of the customers should notice a difference. >> it required us to shut off the transmission line and ensure other two were running at maximum flow. >> the utility says it's working with homeowners to repair the damage. a one and a half billion dollar plan to transform san francisco's public housing. mayor ed lee announced the agreement today helping rehabilitate 4500 units like these apartments city officials say it would ordinarily take nearly 50 years to provide the improvements. >> my envisioning for the challenge, housing crisis in the city is one that i say i'm up to the challenge. we're up to the challenge. and the housing authority is just the beginning. i've got 30,000 units to build. and have got more promises to fulfill in every neighborhood. >> work is expected to be completed by december 2017. >> economic impact of the work slow down is beginning to add up. the national association of manufacturers whose members import and export a lot of products estimate it could cost $20 billion. laura anthony is live with more on why they weren't working today. laura? >> this the long shoremen were going to attend the monthly union meeting. we haven't seen activity yet. pressure is mounting from the outside for these sides to solve the differences. for the fifth out of eight days the port was shut down. >> we had 73,000 people whose jobs rely on the port. >> it's a reality not lost on the oakland mayor, attending a summit with ed lee. >> this business can go to vancouver, mexico ports on e gulf. >> i need beans. >> he and his family own peerless coffee. a roaster who relies on imported beans that arrive by ship. he says many are looking for alternatives. >> i think you're going to see how coffee comes to the u.s. change dramatically, sadly. it's going to veer away and go towards houston or to the east coast. >> tony is with a company that makes messen ger backs and backpacks in san francisco. >> having a major negative impact. we've had our product on boats outside of the golden gate for three weeks now. >> mike spikes is also feeling the pinch. >> we've heard where the items are, you know, at the port sitting there and everything is good. we just need to be more patient. >> the agriculture transportation industry is speaking up. 500 companies sent a letter to the congressional delegation urging them to put more pressure on parties to settle differences. in oakland abc7 news. >> here is part of a statement today by senators boxer and feinstein. every day that goes by only adds to the economic pain for the west coast and entire country. this cannot continue. >> well still ahead here tonight at 6:00, 7 patients infected by a hospital super bug. we're live in los angeles tonight officials saying there is nothing to worry about. >> there is the animal. >> later tonight las vegas police arrest a teenager for a road rage killing. >> in just a moment we'll take a look at what is now a diminishing chance of rain in the future in the accu-weather forecast. >> park in san francisco. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ everybody deserves $73 fares. because wedding season can get expensive. book your low fare now at southwest.com. >> nearly 180 patients at ucla medical center are being warned they may have been infected by a drug resistant super bug and the fda is worrying that a commonly used medical scope could be the source of the infections we're live from ucla with the story. denise? >> what happened here sparked national discussions about the particular scope devices these procedures can be life saving yet in rare instances dangerous infections can happen and in this case it may have contributed to the deaths of two people. >> when something like this happens, it's really just gets us in our gut. >> doctors at ronald reagan ucla express condolences and broke down how to discover the deadly infection that contributed to death of two patients. first red flag in mid december following an endoscopy to access a gal bladder. >> the patient developed a bacteria resistant to a lot of strains of normally-active antibiotics. >> they identified two devices embedded with cre bacteria. investigation revealed a total of seven patients had undergone a procedure with the same scope with the same infection. the hospital immediately contacted the department of health and upgraded their cleaning process. >> since we changed over the cleaning process january 28th we've had no additional cases. >> today, fda issued a warning saying the complex design of the scopes may make them difficult to clean. >> this out break of cre is not a threat to the health of the public in los angeles county. >> as the government works with doctors and manufacturers to improve sterilization, health officials reassured the public. >> demanding an antibiotic when not needed can induce these organisms and lead to the spread of the problem. >> health officials reassure us this is not a public health threat and not easily trance trancemissable. officials hope this is the end of the outbreak. live in los angeles, abc7 news. >> thank you, denise. super bowl 50 won't be played until next february how far far -- however, the nfl is welcoming bids from lucrative contracts from businesses, women, people with disabilities and veterans hundreds packed the center in oakland to learn about the push to get small businesses involved. >> we want to be a part of super bowl 50. >> the deadline is april 30th. the league will notify winners in may. we have information on our website abc7 news.com. >> amgen tour announced roots for the competition. as you know, the tour attracts many of the world's top riders. it's the largest bike race in the country. and this year, 18 teams will compete. it will start in sacramento may 10th and end at the rose bowl in pasadena. stage three will take riders from san jose, to livermore then down to morcycle county park. this is the amgen tour's 10th anniversary. >> you might want to avoid the caldecott tunnel. caltrans will be closing the new fourth bore for emergency response drill held every year. it will allow caltrans to test technologies. traffic will be rerouted to the third bore during that drill. and this weekend your telephone dialling habits will have to change if you're in the 415 area code. ska, you'll have to dial one plus area code even if it's another 415 number. if you forget, you'll get a reminder and your call will not go through. and a new area code 628 area code. that starts next month. but the dialling change begins this saturday. >> lots of information. >> i hate that tone. it's irritating. >> let's get the 411 on weather. >> from mr. 415 himself. we're number one. looking at live doppler 7 hd, we have had low clouds around longer today than expect sod it didn't warm up very much. right now, clear skies with low clouds present near the coast and expanding inland. temperatures about 54 degrees here in san francisco. 60 in hayward. and here is a live view looking at still bright western skies. we'll see low clouds expanding tonight. and sunday is oscar sunday now, here is a familiar pattern. a ridge of high pressure continues to hold through saturday. after that changes. starting on friday, this is a upper level low to the northeast going to drop into our region sunday and temperatures temperatures 4 to 6 degrees. and there may be snow south in tahoe. that is as we continue looks like a chance of rain are fading fast. yesterday looked like we might get rain around the end of the month. now, looking like probably no rain. and below average precipitation here in the bay area. the national precipitation outlook calls for better conditions in southwest and u.s. and southeast but not the case here in the bay area. in northeast it will be cooler with warmer than average here in the bay area. so that doesn't help our prospects very much. overnight sh low clouds across the bay locally inland. and tomorrow sunny skies and milder conditions than today owe, highs from low 60s to upper 70s to around 70s near the bay. and here is the accu-weather forecast. mild through saturday. just cooling down from 70s friday and saturday. then a pattern establishes itself sunday will get a warm up towards the end of the week. >> all right. thank you. >> yes. >> thank you. >> female announcer: through sunday, save up to $300 on beautyrest and posturepedic. even get three years interest-free financing on tempur-pedic. and of course, free same-day delivery. but hurry! sleep train's presidents' day sale ends sunday. in our house, we do just about everything online. and our old internet just wasn't cutting it. so i switched us from u-verse to xfinity. they have the fastest, most reliable internet. which is perfect for me, because i think everything should just work. works? works. works! works? works. works. from chinatown to little saigon the asian american community is celebrating the first day of the lunar new year the noise is meant to scare away spirits this is the year of the ram. and you might see real rams that took part in the celebration today. >> i bumped into them in the hotel. this is something they never see. so i'm glad they got to be a part of it. >> in san jose, dozens gathered to raise the south vietnamese flag in city hall. chinese new year parade will be march 7th. >> san francisco is getting ready to mark the 100th anniversary of the 1915 world's fair. abc7 news was there for a community celebration this saturday in the marina district. the site was one of the original locations of the panama pacific exposition. people were fascinated by airplanes which did stunts over the bay. >> did a full loop upside down. >> the california historical society will have it's own event sunday, more events plan planned in both locations throughout the year. and you should know awbc7 news anchor cheryl jennings will be hosting the event this saturday at noon. >> a las vegas murder arrest. >> there is the animal. a block away. >> the capture of a suspect today in the road rage killing of that man's wife. a south bay congressman reveals a sensitive family matter. his public embrace of a transgender grandchild. >> in a laboratory in search of a >> las vegas police arrested a teenager in the shooting death of a woman after a road ranl incident. they arrested a 19-year-old and police say the teen and victim tammy meyers had a sort of confrontation meyers drove home, got her son and went out looking for nosh. her son and nosh exchanged gunfire and meyers was killed by a bullet to the forehead. her husband watched the standoff. >> are you happy? my wife looks like an animal. my son. there is the animal a block away. >> mier's husband said the family knew the suspect considered him trouble and reportedly tried to help him several times. a bay area congressman turned to social media to share his pride at being a grandfather of a transgender child. this is the photo with his 8-year-old grandchild who identifies as a girl. honda said melissa has been insistent about her gender identity and agreed to let her grandfather talk about it. >> at 18 months old, she said mom, i'm a girl at two years old she said my name is melissa. she developed in an environment in the family that respected herself identification. >> honda says he with her parents and brothers have embraced her identity. >> better medicine on the battlefield means more americans are making it home but for those seriously injured life could be different at times. tonight jonathan bloom takes a look at what researchers are doing now to help amputees feel whole again. this is a story only on abc7 news. >> be nice to be myself again. >> in a video, a man paralyzed controlled a robotic arm using his brain. >> reaching out to see my girlfriend, holding her. holding her hand. >> it's research funded by darpa. but there is something something from the robotic arm. >> you can't feel what you're touching. it feels like an instrument. >> that is where this comes in. in this video, the man with a prosthetic hand is asked to pluck stems from kerrys and failed, nine out of 15 times. >> very difficult. >> they repeated it enabling this circuit implanted into his arm. >> this is what touches a nerve. >> it sends signals to let him experience a sense of touch. >> your strategy is make sure two fingers before i pluck. >> out of 15 cherries he only damaged one. >> they're restoring natural sensation. and the sense of having your hand back. >> making parts to go inside of the human body requires a degree of precision and almost-unthinkable degree of cleanliness. this is where computer chips are made. parts are fabricated using some of the same methods. >> if you have one hair, you've destroyed the entire thing. >> the electrodes are thin because they're easier for the body to accept. they'll use a short range radio to connect those to the artificial hand. it is the stuff of science fiction. >> luke skywalker is able to get that back on. he couldn't tell the difference >> technology of jedi warriors brought to life for america's warriors. >> that is incredible. >> have you ever had to circle for hours to find street parking in san francisco? >> maybe you're just giving up? >> well michael finney is here with a new option for us. >> you'll remember this. whether headed to work in the financial district to dinner in the mission district or shopping in union square, park sag problem almost everywhere in the city. do you know you can have someone else park your car for you? and pay as little as five bucks? melissa barker says parking with a toddler can be painful. >> it really sucks we had to walk ten minutes just to get from parking garage to here. >> now, in some parts of the city, you can get a valet on demand. in the last year lux valet launched in san francisco. >> lux is a new way to park. instead of going through haggle of trying to find parking on the streets you let us know through our app and selection a location we'll send a valet. >> nicole lives in san francisco and uses lux valet to compute to work with her puppy. >> easier to do a door to door service versus getting toys out and cage and bringing it into the office. it's super convenient just to store it up. >> she finds it saves money too. >> we find under utilized spaces and rent those and pass savings to customers. >> lux charges $five an hour maxes out for $15 forhe day. zurch charges a flat fee of $15 as long as you retrieve the car before they close. many find it cheaper than paying to park. >> one day i drove in, with a world series game day with giants and every lot was $60. zurch was still $15. >> we tried out both services. it's quite simple. boom, the valet is waiting. when ready to have the car returned i request it back on the smart phone. credit cards are in the app and tips in the fee so there is no money exchanged with the valet. both companies carry $2 million in insurance. >> people park cars we do a seven-year background check onned check dmv for points and violations. >> but beyond that you can see a picture of them so you know it's them. >> both companies offer to fill up the gas tank and wash your car. >> tonight we'll ride along with a professional hacker to show how easy it is to get inside of the home. >> we're in the car and going to hack into the home security system and disable it. >> see how little time it took and what you can do to protect yourself in a special seven on your side report tonight on abc7 news at 11:00. >> boy. >> scary. >> yes. >> thank you. >> sure. >> coming up next, they're the cream of the crop. in the grape industry. >> top pruners computing ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ great rates for great rides. geico motorcycle see how much you could save. >> pruning shears out today in napa valley. it was time to trim the vines back. >> today was the day of a vine trimming contest at beringer vineyards. >> i see through this. >> no. >> the instructions. and the trek they've made so many times before. >> this is when she might be under scoring the point. >> there is more than a belt buckle. a cash prize, maybe a raise and prestige to know you've beat the best viners in the county. how they choose to cut the vine can hak a difference between a great bottle of wine and a headache. >> one of the judges came from mexico 35 years ago, and worked into a partnership at silver raddo farms. it's a career built from the vine up. >> i think the opportunity is here for everyone. >> and celia finished fourth. >> fourth place. are you okay? happy? >> a little bit. >> there is always next year. >> that means you better watch out. >> coming up oscars most-unpredictable category. a producer shows what ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ everybody deserves $73 fares. because wedding season can get expensive. book your low fare now at southwest.com. well oscars just three day as way now and one of the most-unpredictable categories is best original song. >> three years ago, only two songs got nominated and this year there are five. >> what it takes to win. >> part talent part sentiment, part timing. michael walden says the recipe changes every year we listened to the nominees this year, this song from the lego movie. he says nominating a song with this production is a message from the academy. >> you want to be really on the cutting edge of what is modern at this time. >> they must be written for a movie. that even includes songs playing just during the credits like "grateful" from the movie "beyond the lights". >> occasionally, they're pivotal to the plot. the song "lost stars" is an essential element, performed in part by adam levine. >> very nice to hear it under produced. just a guitar. when the chorus hits, cello hits not drums. he's a good singer. >> this year, only one nominated song is both written and sung by the same person. >> glenn campbell co-wrote this song for a documentary about his final tour after being diagnosed with alzheimer's. >> narda called him a musical genius. >> god bless him if he wins, it's a sentimental vote. i can see it going to him. he says it's likely it will go to an emotional song. >> john legend's song is from the movie "selma". >> they modernize it yes. but it's today, today, in our country. >> find out sunday night if narda got it right. >> so much to tune in for. abc7's live coverage begins at 2:00. >> stars begin to arrive at 4:00. >> then see who wins. >> and our live report begins tomorrow. >> our forecast >> to the east, it's brutally cold when factoring in the wind chill, it's feels like minus ten. tomorrow sunny skies highs from low 60s to upper 60s and near 70s around the bay. here is the accu-weather forecast. two mild days saturday. and highs into 60s for oscar sunday. next week temperatures climbing gradually again. >> thank you spencer. >> larry beil is what's that thing? i moved our old security system out here to see if it could monitor the front yard. why don't you switch to xfinity home? i get live video monitoring and 24/7 professional monitoring that i can arm and disarm from anywhere. hear ye! the awkward teenage one has arrived!!!! don't be old fashioned. xfinity customers add xfinity home for $29.95 a month for 12 months. plus for a limited time, get a free security camera call 1800 xfinity or visit comcast.com/xfinityhome. good evening yet another sign of the growing popularity of the golden state warriors clay thompson adorns the cover and caption reads unlikely turn around. it's the first time on the cover of si. >> it's cool. never envisioned myself in this industry growing up. . >> i grew up putting these covers on the wall. >> i think 49 more catches. >> the nba trade deadline came and went today. right now, one seat in the western, they didn't need to mick a move at the deadline. >> so sometimes if you make a trade and bring a guy in, it's about chem tri. >> sons clinging to the age spot traded guard for a package including two first round draft picks. so it had to deal them. here is the concern. oklahoma city just half a came out and cantor averaging 14 points and eight rebounds. the odd deal of the day had kevin garnest returning to minnesota. starting his career and he would have loved seeing warriors in the second run. you probably remember first time new designers head coach addressed the media? it went a lot better. he joked about his news conference turning into a melt down. >> good afternoon. we'll try this again. go ahead and shoot. i'm happy and excited to see you all. and looking forward to the questions. >> i have to watch manners and so that is what i've got to get better at. >> more comfortable, today. >> one question is what to expect from matt cane to remove bone chips from an elbow. and abc7 news anchor mike shumann is heading to spring training and reports begin monday. >> thank you, larry. >> a first of its kind discovery. what researchers learned about marine life scientists have never proven before. >> then, if your home security system putting your privacy at risk? michael finney with what you need to know before you buy one. >> here is the prime time line up here on abc7. tgi thursday. and stay with us for abc7 news at 11:00. go to abc7 news.com and be sure to get it in time for oscar sunday. >> that is a good idea. >> yes. >> we appreciate your time. >> from all of us, we hope have you a great evening >> see you at 9:00 and 11:00. female announcer: through sunday, save up to $300 on beautyrest and posturepedic. even get three years interest-free financing on tempur-pedic. and of course, free same-day delivery. but hurry! sleep train's presidents' day sale ends sunday.

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