Bright sunshine, temperatures will be a little bit cooler compared to yesterday. Inland areas and around the bay in the mid to low 60s by this afternoon. At the coast, having a hard time making it into the 60s. Sun sets at 5 55 with clear skies. Vile a warming trend coming up soon. All right. Happening today in the east bay, air testing of the high school in oakland begin after a cancer causing chemical was found in the groundwater nearby. The school has canceled classes indefinitely according to local and state officials there are several sites that could be the source. Students and teachers dont know when theyre going back. Classes may resume next week. The school year could be extended to make up for the missed days. The search continues for the remains of a missing couple in marine county. Theyre from palo alto. They disappeared while on a hiking treep o hiking trip one week ago. Its now a search and recovery mission. They believe the couple would have been found by now if they were in an area accessible by foot. Deputies thought they had a lead when canine pointed this em to shell beach. The u. S. Coast guard will aid with the search using boats, jet skis and helicopters and drones throughout the weekend. The california Highway Patrol is looking for the driver responsible for killing a Good Samaritan in a hitandrun. Were learning more about the man who lost his life trying to help. This happened just north of the third avenue exit earlier yesterday morning. You can see it on the map. Abc 7 News Reporter amanda coss tee y castillo spoke to the victims family. Early friday morning, family members say jose garcia was making his way home from work. The 31yearold driving where his partner and the couples 6yearold son were waiting. She sent him a text when he didnt arrive home at 2 00 a. M. He never answered back. So i waited and i fell asleep for a little bit. Then i woke up and again wasnt there. He wouldnt make it home. At 1 54 a. M. , the driver of this car crashed into the median. Two other southbound drivers hit the car. A fourth driver, aguilar stopped to help. He was always like that. Hes like too help people. He put on the hazards. He stopped blocking number one lane and got out of his vehicle trying to assist the other people broken down on the road. Aguilar was killed by hate and run driver. Those living off the exit know all about 101 traffic problems. For 70 years, Leonard Johnson heard collisions ring through t neighborhood. A lot of times you can here the squishing and the crash. Several times i came out of my house and see who got hurt. This time a Good Samaritan. Now aguilars family is begging for the driver responsible to come forward. He took a my kid is 6 years old. And the chp is search forg a blue or green box shaped suv. They say it could possibly be a scion or a sub rue. Aguilars family sent up a gofundme page to help with funeral expenses. Can you find that link on our website. Abc 7 news. We feel for that family. All right. Lets get to the ever growing coronavirus outbreak. South korea is reporting a surge in cases as well as a range of countries in the middle east. Irans Health Ministry is reporting two more deaths. This is all as the confirmed total here in the u. S. Reaches at least 24 infected people. And this morning a somber reality check from the director of the world health organization, time to contain the virus is running out. We know of opportunities so narrowing so we need to act quick quickly before it closes completely. There are 77,000 cases worldwide. The cdc is assuring americans the virus is not spreading in the u. S. But warns it could. Health officials in california are asking 76 hub 7600 people that were in china to self quarantine to stop the spread. A Cybersecurity Conference due to coronavirus concern. Verizon dropped from the conference. Six Chinese Companies had already pulled out due to travel restrictions. More than 40,000 people are expected to travel into the city for the event. The mayor is urging attendees not to be anxious about the virus. Okay, new developments about a fire that killed two firefighters at the porterville library. Two teenage boys accused of setting the fire have been charged with murder and arson. Porterville fire captain Raymond Figueroa and the firefighter Patrick Jones died battling the flames tuesday night. The two 13yearolds pleaded not guilty in court yesterday. Theyre scheduled to be back in court in mid march. In the east bay, reminder of how dry our february has been. Yesterday we saw a grass fire in brentwood off deer rvalley road. A home ener trying to get rid of rodents may to be blame. Time lapse video from walnut creek shows how fast and how far smoke from a vegetation fire west of brentwood could be seen. We got a frort a homeowner that 9,000 block off deer valley road of a small accidental fire. That descent, fire officials sashgs was sparked by a smokebomb. Officials say the homeowner was trying to get rid of pesky ground rodents but set off what turned into a seven acre vegetation fire. Officials want to take this opportunity to remind everyone of the dry conditions in february. With the lack of rain that weve been having and, of course, the very dry Summer Season that we had last year, some of that longer grass on the steeper part of the hillside is still dry from last year. So far it has been a dry month. Fire Officials Say luckily no structures were threatened and no one was injured. It is getting serious that we havent seen rain to this point. Yeah. And were tracking a chance of rain right now. But its so light. Were talking isolate the sprinkles and mainly south of san jose during the morning hours. So sprinkles possible. Heres a live shot from emeryville looking out towards the bay bridge. We get plenty of sunshine once again. Temperatures are little bit cooler due to an on shore flow. Ill let you know what you can expect this afternoon. Thank you. Also ahead, new details in the Helicopter Crash that killed kobe bryant and eight others. More on the past records of the pilot of that chopper. Plus, an iteam exclusive with the mayor of the second bay and i see this jean jacket. I put it on, popped the collar and looked at the brand. And when i saw the price tag i was like, oh yeah, this is a keeper. It goes with everything. If im wearing yoga pants, i wear my jean jacket. If im going out, i wear my jean jacket. I can go on a dinner dates with my husband, like to the movies, and it just works. Its my, its my go to jacket. Brands that wow. Prices that thrill. Marshalls. Your surprise is waiting tomtrump on the economy. Ald his people over profits plan makes a living wage a right. Creates thousands of good paying green jobs in california. And provides a 10 tax cut for everyone making under 250,000. Toms plan also makes health care a right, by adding a public option to obamacare. Protects union negotiated plans. And ensures californians can make their own health care choices. Im tom steyer and i approve this message. Welcome back. Its 53 degrees right now in San Francisco. We know that francis is tracking possible rain in the south bay this morning. Well check in with her in just a minute. The mother of the second bay area suspect in the killin of an Italian Police officer has kiven an exclusive interview to abc 7 news part of a new abc 7s original documentaries call 32 seconds a deadly night in rome. We have the story youll only see here on abc 7. Reporter the store ji just keeps building, more layers peeling away. Its been seven months since marine county realtor heidi york got a terrible call from her husband. She had no idea her 18yearold gabriel york was involved in a terrible fight with two Police Officers in rome. His friend stabbing one of them to death. He said last night we saw in the news that gabriel and the guy that hes visited in rome were arrested in connection with killing of a police officer. Whats going through your mind at that point . I honestly couldnt i couldnt process it. Reporter the other young man from the bay area claims he stabbed the officer in selfdefense but both boys face aggravated murder and attempted extortion charges h the hour long abc 7 originals documentary we produced about the case airs here this sunday at 7 00 p. M. Is called 32 seconds a night in rome. You can find it on amazon fire now and on abc7news. Com. Were committed to building a better bay area. One of the major issues were looking hat is bart. Enforcing the rules has been a hot topic. Yesterday the Police Department released data showing how officers are doing and in are any racial disparities. Abc 7 News Reporter spoke to barts police chief about their findings. Reporter bart estimates they make 129 million trips a year and with more people riding the system than need for improvements is top of mind for manufacture the ba many bart riders. Then there is this. Sometimes even from just security, they profile me, put in a certain category. The bart director requested Demographic Data on quality of life citations and contacts. They found racial disparity. Why are we seeing 50 of the citations and arrests, why are they received by folks that are black when we know thats not the population riding our system . From 2018 to 2019 an average of 40 citations were issued for smoking and public inintoxication. 50 were issued to blacks. 24 to whites, 18 to latinos. We provide the training to officers. They do bias training every two years. They get into Police Academy and give it to them when they first come to the department. Reporter the bart police chief said he is look teg findings and he is stressing racial equity. We havent had any foul violation. Is training enough . I think we need to do more than training. Reporter and next thursday bart board of directors meet to discuss the data and also come up with plans to fix the system. Abc 7 news. Starting next week, were dedicating our building a better bay Area Coverage to bart. We did it last year. See what changeded and what hasnt since then. Coverage begins monday. Its not a question of if but when the next big earthquake hits the bay area. Can your home hold up . Abc 7 News Reporter david louie explains you can get thousands of dollars to help. Reporter leo heartong shows us the 3,000 check he received for making the 51yearold house safer from an earthquake. Too good to be true. Perfect timing. Its something ive been wanting to do for years. Reporter plied for and accepted to earthquake brace and bolts, a state run federally funded program that provides grants up to 3,000 to hire contractors such as christopher skolof xructi construction cms. He found it wasnt completely bolted to the foundation. Safety codes have changed but an statement statemented estimated 1 mt 2 million homes are vulnerable. This is a typical bolt with a tiny wash eastern little nut. This is what is required now when you build a home, a much bigger bolt, 5 8 thick with a washer and the spacing is now three or four feet apart. In the 60s, they would be six feet apart if that. The work takes a couple of days. I have the triple wall, the area between the foundation and the floor. That we had to add plywood on that. And most homes dont have walls like this. So that was one day just doing the plywood and then the next day then they did the brackets. The state program homes to brace 4400 homes this year. Word of mouth and referrals is a big part of this program. As a matter of fact, while we were shooting the story, one of his neighbors called to find out what we were covering. He told them about the program. And now that neighbor is interested in applying for the earthquake brace and bolt program. In san jose, david louie, abc 7 news. National tribal leaders are in the bay area to oppose a plan that would cover up that controversial mural at a San Francisco high school. Tribal leaders held a blessing ceremony at the School District office before delivering a letter in support of the mural. They say the atrocities depicted should not be forgotten. It depicts murdered nativeamerican alongside george washington. The School District voted to cover up the mural last year. The truth hurts and thats what this is, it is the truth. And we should we need to embrace that, understand that and not let it happen again. The nativeamerican leaders will hold an Educational Forum at the palace of fine arts today to explain their support for the mural. The Assembly Begins at 1 30 this afternoon. New details this morning in the terrible tragedy of the Helicopter Crash that killed kobe kbrint a kobe kbribryant and the others. There were weather related rules. In 2015, the pilot was dedied clearance through lax because of reduced visibility and flew anyway. In last months crash, the pilot was asking for special permission to fly in foggy conditions. And tomorrow marks exactly one month since the crash, were learning more about mondays massive memorial at staples center. Police are asking anyone who hasnt purchased a ticket to stay away from the area in downtown l. A. 20,000 people are expected at mondays public memorial. Fans without tickets are encouraged to gather elsewhere around l. A. Several murals and memorials have sprung up around the city honoring kobe and his daughter gianna and the seven other victims. Happening today, a 49ers ledge send stopping by union square. Jerry rice will be there to celebrate black history month. Hell be with customers discussing his work on and off the field. Yes, you are invited to go. It is free and you can even snap a photo with jerry after the discussion. The talk starts at 2 00 p. M. Okay, lets get a check on the weather with francis. Hi, liz. Good morning, everyone. Great weather if youre heading to union square today. Jerry rice is so friendly. I have met him in person. Here is a look at live doppler 7. So were noticing Clear Conditions in the north bay. The high clouds that we saw yesterday, those are moving south. We ha have cloudier conditions. Its due to an area of low pressure that is going to bring scattered showers to monterey bay, Central Coast as well. And for us, maybe a slight chance of showers in the south bay. Were keeping an eye on. This we even saw some thunderstorms off the coast of this area as well over the last few hours. So heres a look right now outside towards downtown San Francisco. Its going to be another gorgeous day. Temperatures are in the mild side right now. San francisco 53. Oakland, 56. San jose 56 as well. Cooler in gillroy and pacifica. And this time as we look from the east bay hills out towards the bay and San Francisco, you can see clear across the span winds are very light at this point. Santa rose yashgs one santa rosa dropped into the 30z there. We also have low 40s in petaluma, fairfield, concord and livermore in the low 50s. We check out the bay bridge and how pretty it is with the lights, heres what can you expect for the forecast. We have morning sprinkles possible. Just a slight chance. South and the south bay, san jose and monterey bay, its going to be breezy and cooler this weekend as on shore flow returns. And then High Pressure rebuilds much warmer next week. Ill show you that in a little bit as well. So there is this area of low pressure. You can see it wrapping around. It is counter clockwise direction. Its going to bring scattered showers to Southern California and even out towards arizona for any of the baseball practices. Also, highs today, we got plenty of sunshine this afternoon, temperatures will be much cooler especially along the coast where that sea breeze returns. So well get that westerly flow, 10 to 20 miles per hour. So San Francisco hitting a high of 59 as well as half moon bay. Well see some low to mid 60s around the bay. Possibly topping out at 70 in some of the inland areas. Also some upper 60s through santa rosa. And then lows to night will be in the mainly in the 40s. Well see some low 40s in the north bay. Well see clearer conditions. And then mid 40s and upper 40s around the bay. San jose, 44 tonight. Now heres a look at the week ahead, for example in, san jose. We are well above average but cooler than yesterday. We dropped down a little bit more tomorrow because of that sea breeze. And then the High Pressure building. We can be anywhere from about 15 degrees above average and it looks like the warmest days will be wednesday and thursday next week. So its looking dry the next seven days. So cooler weather today. And then even a little bit cooler tomorrow. But then sunshine, lots of it, during the week. And even much warmer especially on wednesday and thursday. Well above average for inland areas around the bay. Mid 60s and at the coast, mid 60s. So it is going to feel warm around here. And its going to feel very much like spring already. In fact, the pollen is already coming up for trees. It is crazy. Winlt running yesterday outside. All i kept thinking is this just feels like may. It just doesnt feel like february. It doesnt. It doesnt. Were well above average and even more so by next week. All right. Thank you. 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