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KGO ABC7 News 400PM January 29, 2015

It was a pretty more filing experience. And the fish did survive. This is the biggest earthquake since the 6. 0 south napa quake back in august. That was on the minds of usgs experts today during a meeting to discuss lessons learned. Jonathan bloom was there. At 6 00, hell show us how it could alter the course of damage done by future events. Youll find guidelines for emergency plans on abc7news. Com. A 24yearold killed monday. Two men accused of racing done yerba buena road appeared in court today. The victims family had an outburst of family. David has a look at what happened. Reporter well, this is a very emotional day. Candlelight vigil scheduled to start here. But in court a short timing a go the familys anger at the two drivers linked to kiran pablas death turned vocal p. The outburst happened as the 23yearold was being he is courted ed escorted out. Hes facing vehicular manslaughter and along with the another man who was not in court today. He have released yesterday on 100,000 bail. The family of kiran pabla wanted to address the court, but the junk said judge said no. Outside the courthouse, they say they want to see the two men punished. I want to make sure these guys didnt get a tap on their hands and let them go. I really want to make sure justice is done for the murder they commit. And i consider this murder racing down yerba buena at 100 miles a an hour. We share the familys sadness. Its incredibly tragic. And our heartfelt condolences go out to them. Reporter San Jose Police will be putting up a temporary radar speed sign here to remind drivers to slow down on yerba buena. That sign was scheduled to question up by tomorrow morning. The vice mayor is also setting other options to see if there are other ways speeding can be curtailed and to stop further fatalities. Five have happened here over the past five years. We will be live here for the candlelight vigil at 6 00. Funeral services are scheduled for friday. Were live in san jose. David louie, abc 7. Napa county Sheriffs Office has released new video of two persons of interest in ht thedeath of a 57yearold rohnert park woman. Investigators say maria bejar met up with two men at a restaurant on november 14 the night before she died. All three then left that bar and went to another restaurant in santa rosa. The next morning, bejars body was found lying in the roadway on highway 29. Investigators say she had been hit by a car. A memorial keeps growing for a mother of three killed in a cross fire of a suspected gang shooting in San Francisco. Police believe the victim was hit while police and two people in cars fired at each other yesterday afternoon. A man in one of those cars also died. The medical examiner says hes 38yearold donte glenn. A woman who was with glenn is recovering from gunshot wounds. A individual why taken yesterday at the hall of justice is increasing tensions mopping ss among police and public defenders office. It caught a confrontation as two men were exiting a courtroom. Police sergeant tried to question them regarding another case, but a public defender stepped in to counsel the suspects and police handcuffed that attorney for interfering. This is not guantanamo bay. You have a right to have a lawyer with you when youre questioned. And she was simply doing her job. She was kept this handcufs for more than an hour. She was eventually cited for obstruction. San Francisco Police claim the officer acted appropriately. In was for a separate matter, not for the ones that they were in court for. And the sergeant has the right and obligation and duty to conduct his investigation. Police say the public defender did not have a right to interfere because her client was not being formally interrogated for a crime. A 19yearold stanford student is scheduled to be a rained monday on suspected rape. Brock turner was arrested last week after witnesses say they saw him on top of an unconscious woman. Two bicyclists were able to scare the suspect off of her and then held him until police arrived. Turner is currently out on 150,000 bail. A woman is recovering after being rescued from the bay in one of San Franciscos most popular tourist spots. Amy hollyfield has video that youll see only on abc 6. Reporter what would he leave this woman must have felt. She definitely looks exhausted. Rescue crews got the call that she had fall nn to theen into the water at 10 42 and she pulled her to safety after 13 long minutes. Witnesses say they tried to keep her calm while waiting for help. She was screaming for help. And we were just guiding her. She was just swimming over here and then the firefighter came. Are the firefighters took her to the hospital to get checked out, but say it looked like she was going to be fine. They say she had climbed up to the seawall to take pictures. This is certainly the spot for that. This morning we found several visitors trying for the perfect shot. They want it get a shot of alcatraz and help one looking back at the city because its so pretty. Reporter the visitors we spoke with says the scenery is so beautiful, there is no need to work hard for the picture. Sean was happy with the pictures he took while standing safely on the ground. I didnt have to get on the wall to see it. Reporter Teddy Williams agreed. But says she has seen people go to extremes for a picture. I saw some people getting some pretty sketchy looking shots. The picture wont to so great if you fall over the side of the cliff trying to take it. Reporter firefighters say when she slipped and fell she did hit her chin on the way down, but they do think that shell be fine. They didnt release any information about her because of confidential iity laws. Amy hollyfield abc 7. Some teachers are trying to get the districts attention by working specifically two rules. Teachers work the hours established in their contract and no more. Abc 7 reporter lee an menendez is live from a middle school with the details. Reporter well, you know it started with two schools and now theyre up to 11 cools s schools here in oakland. And some teachers will now work to rule. A strategy used to get the attention of not only district, but the parents. Teachers at Edna Brewer Middle School ended their day on time at 3 25. Something they sell bombdom do. Any other time, you would not see them out here. What would you be doing . Id be working on ieps on paperwork. We couldnt object to them exercising their legal right. We wish we werent in this position. Reporter both the union and district are in the middle of contract negotiations. The district is offering a 10 hike over three years. The Teachers Want a slightly higher increase. But a major Sticking Point is over class sizes nofor kids with special needs. They want a hard cap. They need the most help they need the most time of teacher and of instruction al assistance. Reporter the district says a hard cap would force them to hire more teachers. Only because we dont want to be bound into a situation that would be catastrophic for the district financially if the revenue projections fail to meet expectations. Reporter the district has already agreed to reduce the student teacher ratio in transitional kindergarten through third grade to an average of 24. In the meantime, some teachers will continue it work to rule until an agreement is reached. To make the district pay attention, but more important, to make the Community Pay attention. I think the kids are the ones look lose out but the teachers arent getting paid enough. So they need to do something. Reporter oakland teachers arent the only ones taking this action. On monday, teachers with the New Haven School district started to follow their lead. In Oakland Lee Ann molendez abc 7. They stopped this item that they spotted someone trying to get it past security at oakland international. The tsa tweeted this picture of a dagger hidden instead a replica eiffel tower. It was confiscated after it was found in the carryon of a 52yearold woman. She was allowed to continue on to her flight. A group immigrant students rallied outside the oakland office. A California Attorney harris they want her to get tougher about implementing the trust act. Today the students met with representatives from the attorney general tootosay not all counties are complying with the law. Today we got the impression that shes not aware of the violations which to us is a big surprise because as a chief legal officer, this is something that should be in your agenda. The demonstrators want harris to issue special visas to immigrants who qualify for the trust act but were deported any way. That he have follow up meeting with the attorney general in two week. I hear harleys. The weather is nice enough for that i suppose. Drew not riding. P. Yeah, a lot of folks out and about on the embarkcaderoembarcadero. Another perfect day. We have quiet conditions. Partly cloudy skies. Well take you live outside. Just high clouds out there and sunshine out across San Francisco. 61 currently in downtown San Francisco. 65 in oakland. 60s all the way through morgan hill. Half moon bay 59. A live look from our east bay hills camera showing you good air quality. Its a nice day to be out and about. Not hard to breathe. 68 in santa rosa, mid to upper 60s through fairfield concord and livermore. So the forecast this evening calls for mainly clear skies. Overnight deniesse areas of fog developing. Mild temperatures on the way. 35 days since weve seen any rainfall. Well see if we can get a storm on the horizon when i see you in a few minutes. Still ahead getting around bay area traffic. The new interactive tool just released today that can show you traffic twrepds and help you try to avoid the biggest the hot spots. Plus new metering lights and they will be on even longer. Where and why this is all happening. And new at 4 30, dozens of sea birds rescued after being covered in that mysterious goo. As you know doubt know the bay area is home to some of the worst traffic in the whole country, but what if there was a better way to help you navigate through it all. Chris is here to explain a new way aimed at motorists. Reporter a lot of people like to ask the question why is traffic so bad. Well, Staff Members with the metropolitan Transportation Commission spent the past year combing threw data hoping for answer that question. Frustrated. I try not to be an angry driver but traffic doesnt help. Reporter katherine moved to san jose about two years ago. Shes looking for a tool that will help her save some time. Anyway to get a clear indicate of how long it will take you you and what to expect, id certainly would use it especially if it was easy. Reporter her wish may have been answered. The Transportation Commission just unveiled a new initiative and web site called bay area vital sign. Were taking complex data tables and turning this them to interactive maps and charts. Reporter dave is the manager on the mtc project from land use to the economy and the environment, he hopes this data will help residents understand the pulse of the bay area. Transportation findings were released as a key part of the first phase. Even as Traffic Congestion has gotten worse the time weve spent commuting is stable the types of transportation have remained relatively consistent. Reporter whether using for a commute time or comparing the bay area to other Major Regions this website has the details. And project leaders hope youll use to your advantage. To use this information to understand more about their city, their neighborhood as well as the region as a whole. And just to get involved. Reporter in the meantime commuters will try to stay patient. Decide is it really worth to sit in traffic and oftentimes the answer is really no. Reporter to learn more about the initiatives just led over to our website abc7news. Com. Chris winn, abc 7. An aim to redugs speeding by narrowing the roadway. As you can see here, farm hill boulevard currently has four lanes two in each direction. That will change when a Pilot Program begins in july. Crews will reconfigure the roadway to one lane in each direction. They will also add bike lanes and a two way left turn lane. Farming hill connects downtown redwood city. And caltrans is changing the way south bay commuters get on to highway 85. 15 on ramp metering lights went online today. From cupertino to mountain view. Theyre timed to turn on the at 6 00 a. M. And off at 11 00 a. M. Monday through friday. The goal is to ease Traffic Congestion. Last week caltrans activated seven new meergttering lights southbound during the evening commute. Apple closed higher at 115. 3 after reporting record earnings in the fourth quarter. Usa today reports cooper teeupertino company is doing so well it could pay every man women and child in the u. S. 556 each. Apple has a record amount of cash and investments of nearly 178 billion. Usa today reports hike microsoft is the closest and could pay americans 119. Id gladly accept that if they were willing, which i dont think they are. Willing, able and free to you. Where are the checks. We have to get that money. 500. Wow. That is a company to be working for. Live doppler 7 hd is working today. Not finding any rain unfortunately. And thats what we really want to see. Right now were just doing the partly cloudy skies. Well take you outside. Everyone is in the 60s. Currently 65 in oakland, 65 in san jose. San francisco 61. Fairfield 64. And concord 68. As you go through the next couple of hours talking about the fog forecast, were not seeing any areas of widespread fog, but were patchy areas do develop, some of that could be on the dense side especially early thursday morning. Live look outside just a delightful picture on the bay waters. A light chop. We have high clouds, but leaptplenty of sunshine. The forecast does call for areas of fog overnight. Mild days continue through the weekend. And no sign on the horizon of any significant rainfall. And the reason why, not one not two, we have three areas of High Pressure blocking all of these storms pushing them well north continuing that pattern of january dryness through the next couple of days. The High Pressure is certainly he rebuilding. Well look into the long range forecast and see if we can find moisture. There is some that does develop in the desert southwest. It stays to the east of the bay area over the weekend. And as we go into february, there is the chance at least the second week of february a cold front approaches the region but this is still ten days out. So basically youre wish casting. But its something well keep our eye on. But certainly is a very significant trend weve had. The last time we have had rain here in the bay area, christmas eve. Ever since then, dry dry, dry. And even into january. Were on a 35 day consecutive streak. And counting. We keep records back until 1860. And weve never had a january that has been completely dry. So this could be a first for us. Good afternoon. We have one coming out of the bay waters right now. Folk bes coming home. This would be the first in january pa that we would have dry conditions. So well keep you posted. Hoping for some rainfall. Overnight low, well see 30s in the authoritynorth bay. Thursday ample sunshine. A little bit 6of haze with high cloud. 66 in san jose. 7 day forecast pretty consistent pattern. Sunshine through the weekend. Temperatures well above normal. So it looks like we will close january without any significant rainfall, a first in more than 150 years. And we have motorcycles and cruise ships but no rain in sight. A lot of noises, but no noise on live doppler at the least in the near term. Well, up next, a u. P. S. Driver is fire for leaving more than just a package at home. And possible big changesic cigarette years. And taking a live look our traffic, mcarthur maze. Going toward the bay bridge, that is 80 westbound moving a little bit better than 80 eastbound where theyre really not going anywhere. Good morning, usher hey did you know bees communicate through dance . Me too. Were practically twins a great turnout today for the abc 7 sponsored job fair. Dozens in search of a job or Career Change put down their resumes to shake the hands of employers. The free hire event cosponsored by the job journal allows job seerks to meet with potential employers face to face. Next job fair takes place february 25th at the hilton concord hotel. Thats from noon to 4 00 p. M. A u. P. S. Driver has been fired after he was caught on home Surveillance Video doing some unsavory things. It shows the drive are urinating on the side of his house earlier this month. Not only that it also shows the worker tossing packages over the homeowners fence. One burst open when it hit the ground. Up. P. S. Says they were dismayed by actions that violated decency and delivery care. Should you exercise before breakfast . Also what is Proper Office etiquette for the flu season. Jane king has those stories and more. If youre looking to lose weight, you should exercise before having breakfast. A belgium study showed what previous studies also have, that working out with an empty stomach or what they call fasted exercise can improve energy and endurance. The conclusion is that fasted exercise can also help in weight reduction. Meanwhile weight training can also help keep the weight off. New york times found people who continued to exercise after losing weight are less likely to experience the regaining of that weight. Thats even if they continue to consume more calories. Another mark against sugary drinks. A new study found they are associated with early men strags in young girls. The study published online found the girls who drank soft drinks started periods about three months earlier than those who didnt. Early men vagsstrags is linked to breast cancer. And people are going to work sick. The most people feel comfortable telling a sick colleague to go home, a third didnt want it shake their hand. Open office plans which with r. Popular make protecting yourself from germs more difficult. Im jane king. Here is to your health. Just ahead at 4 00 they are back in the air. The first birds treated after that mysterious goo was found. Well tell you how the rest of the birds are doing. Plus the cleanup begins on the east coast after that blizzard that knocked out power to thousands. Nd and the popes request to

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