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KGO ABC7 News 400PM March 24, 2015

History. Reporter the german giant lufthansa owns the german wings airbus passenger jet that crashed in this area near a popular ski resort. The Company Confirming 150 passengers and crew were on board at the time and all are feared dead, including 16 students and two teachers from germany on an exchange trip. Translator we are in a deep state of shock. Its the worst thing imaginable. Reporter heart sick family and friends are now gathering at airports in spain and germany for any news. Officials say so far they know about 45 minutes into its flight from barcelona to dusseldorf the plane lost altitude for eight minutes. Why . They dont know. For the time being, we say its an accident. There is nothing more that we can say. Reporter the airbus a320 previously captured in this amateur video according to company officials, passed its routine inspection just yesterday. They also say the pilot was experienced. So they dont know why there was no distress call from the cockpit. Germany and spain are among our strongest allies. America stands with them at this moment of sorrow. Reporter u. S. Officials are still in the process of determining whether any americans were on board. While they continue to closely monitor the situation they say for now they do not suspect terrorism. Abc news new york. Abc news is staying on top of all the developments in the crash and well have Team Coverage coming up later on world news tonight at 5 30. Vallejo police and the fbi are working on an apparent kidnapping for ransom case after a woman was taken from her home early yesterday. The boyfriend of 29yearold Dennis Huskins says she was taken against her will from her mare island holm. Her car was also taken from her home and found as an undisclosed location in vallejo. Coming up, youll hear from the missing womans father who came up from Southern California to help search for his daughter. Right now in San Francisco police are still searching for a convicted drug dealer who escaped from jail last night. We are learning there are many questions surrounding the ease of his escape. Abc7 News Reporter vic lee right now at San Francisco county jail. Vick. Reporter there is a 5 million escape warrant out for alexander sand yago gonzalez. And thats the jail over there. As you said larry, you know, there are so many questions today over this escape. Foremost, how could this have happened . Now, the Sheriffs Office has launched an investigation while they look for the escapee. Alexander santiago gonzalez was being held in the county jail while his federal guns and drugs case wound its way through federal court. Last night at about 8 45 the prisoner was put on trash detail. He was escorted by a sheriffs deputy as he carried garbage from the jailhouse to a dumpster. Suddenly, when they got to an unsecured area, he ran from the deputy out to an alley, and then to harrison street. Sheriffs deputies launched an allout search for gonzalez but to no avail. Easy disappeared into the night. Gonzalez was arrested last may by a Multiagency Task force in santa cruz county. Investigators call him a big fish in the drug trade. They confiscated from his home an arsenal of weapons and large quantities of black tar heroin. 14 firearms three of which were assault type rifles. He had hundreds of rounds of ammunition force the weapons. He had two sets of body armor and plus the amount of drugs that he was trafficking into the county. Reporter our sources say gonzalez is part of a bigger federal investigation into illegal drug shipments from mexico. He was convicted once before on drug charges and deported. He had reentered the u. S. Illegally, and as much was placed on an immigration hold. Gonzalez was considered dangerous. Still, the Sheriffs Office held gonzalez in a security level that permitted him to go to unsecured areas to perform chores like the trash detail. We asked the sheriff why. Candidly, i would have to say that it is questionable as to how he might have been classified as an outsider. In fact if he was, again the internal investigation will determine whether or not he was. Reporter this is the second time in ten months that a prisoner has escaped from San Francisco county jail. Timothy midget a convicted drug dealer, was also taking out trash when he ran. He was later captured at a homeless shelter. Vic lee, abc7 news. A woman who went missing during a mike yesterday near citizenson beach is now in jail. The 23yearold became separated from two male friends and they reported her missing. Heres the twis. Authorities say once the woman realized people were looking for her she intentionally hid from them because she had an arrest warrant in mendocino county. She reportedly tried to sneak back to her car around 11 00 this morning but a sheriffs deputy was stand willing waiting for her. She is being hild held on 2500 bail. A Walnut Creek High School added extra Police Officers today because of a graffiti threat. It was found skrauld inside a boys locker room at loss lomas high school. Police conducted a Risk Assessment and determined the campus was safe. Officials decided to keep the school open but assigned more Police Officers to the campus. In less that two hours the agency that provides water to much of the south bay will consider new stricter conservation guidelines, thats on top of the existing rules. Some customers say they are already saving as much as they can. David louie is live at the Water District offices in san jose. Reporter there is no question that the vote thats about to happen in two hours is going to create a Ripple Effect among the retailers who provide the water to homes and businesses here in the valley. The agency is going to impose a 30 restriction. And one water company, san jose water, says its ready to jump on board as early as tomorrow. Water users will have to more than double their efforts to meet the proposed 30 goal. South bay customers have been iguodala saving about 13 . Thats 7 below the goal of 20 . Residents say they are baffled what more they can do. I dont know. I take shorter showers. I turn off my water when i brush my teeth. So i dont know what else to do. Reporter whats also behalfeling is the potential patchwork goals. While the Water District can set goals they are only recommendations. Retailers are the ones that set goals and restrictions. They are waiting for tonights vote. I think thats a common concern by residents regardless of where they live, is what measures apply and who to report waste to. So the Water Districts anticipated actions tonight would greatly help that. Reporter for example, san jose water, which encompasses most of san jose, allows watering every other day but it plans to embrace the 30 goal if approved. The 5 hund a day fines would have to be done by filing complaints with local police agencies. But there is one way some local homeowners can meet and exceed the goal. By taking out lawns and planting drought resistant plants. Thats being done here at this home. The whole thing was lawn. Now they are getting it down to 50 . In the back they cut it back to 70 . So they minimize water use. Reporter the cost for relandscaping depends on yard size and the design but can range from 3 to 6,000. And the water saving could surpass the 30 goal. In san jose, david louie, abc7 news. We enjoyed mild temperatures today but Spencer Christian says they are on their way up the temperatures. But first its cloudy, spencer, cloudy and cool. It is. It is a bit invigorateing out here. Im enjoying the cool weather because we have much warmer weather coming our way. Then we will be complain its too hot. Lingering clouds today a bit of a breeze. But it is a pleasant afternoon around the bay area. Heres the view from the western sky. Check that out. Clouds at various levels of the atmosphere. 61 in San Francisco right now. Mid 60s in oakland, san carlos 57. 59 at Half Moon Bay looking from our east bay lils hills camera, 67 in santa rosa, napa 68, 70 in fairfield. Upper 60s in concord and livermore. As we look at the Golden Gate Bridge with a cloud cover above, here is our first forecast. Partly cloudy this evening no. Rain expected. Patches of coastal fog will linger early tomorrow morning. By the arch sunny and warmer across the bay area. The coast wont warm up very much. Low to mid 60s there. Inlands, up near 80 degrees tomorrow. And the warming continues thursday and friday. Ill have more a little bit later. Thanks spencer. Happening now a roller coaster at an orlando, florida theme park is shut down after some people had to be rescued from it. Video from about half an hour ago shows people being pulled from the incredible hulk coaster at universals islands of adventure. About a dozen riders were left hanging in the air for 40 minutes. No one was hurt. Universal said there was a glitch and is investigating what may have caused the glitch. Still ahead, Angelina Jolies personal revelation. The medical Community Reacts to the stars stunning surgery. And the most powerful woman on wall street leaves it all behind for Silicon Valley. The executive position shes taking at a hightech giant. New at 4 30 new days about the truck tragedy that claimed the life of an east bay mother. And whats making her passing even more heart breaking. 7 on your sides Michael Finney is taking your questions on twitter and facebook. He will answer them here later. Taking on a live look at traffic, this is 1 to 1 in san jose. Its southbound traffic. Its bottled up as it usually is at this hour. Smooth sailing coming back north bound. Thats 8 from the Film Community to the medical community, everybody seems to be reacting today to Angelina Jolies new medical revelation to have a second preventive procedure to stop cancer before it strikes. Abc News Reporter cana with it worth has more. Reporter as only ainge Angelina Jolie can she wrote about the stifling clarity to ing under the knife again. You know what you live for, and it matters its polarizing and its peaceful. The 39yearold actress wrote in the New York Times a recent blood test found a potential sign of Ovarian Cancer, also the cancer that killed her mother. It was a difficult and deeply personal discussion decision. Jolie said she broke down while meeting with the same surgeon who treated her mother. But the procedure to remove her ovaries and tubes was a success. We dont have a consensus when this surgery should be done. 35, we hear 40. Obviously it has to be done at the end of child bearing because it mayss a woman into immediate menopause. I will not be able to have any more children and i expect some physical changes but i feel at ease with whatever will come jolie said. Acknowledging some things are still out of her hands, jolie wrote the fact is i remain prone to cancer adding i know my children will never have to say, mom died of Ovarian Cancer. Dr. Ashton says the average woman has about a one percent chance of developing Ovarian Cancer but with the gene mutation that risk can be as high as 40 n. Los angeles, cana with it worth, abc news. Closing arguments took place in the lawsuit filed by the venture capitalist attorney suing her former Silicon Valley employer. Ellen pao is suing for 16 mfrlds claim she was retaliated against after an affair with a senior colleague. Paos husband runs a hedge fund which she says went bankrupt about the time she filed the suit. Wall streets most powerful woman has made the jump to Silicon Valley. Ruth pourate has been hired as googles new chief financial officer. She worked previously at Morgan Stanley and played a pivotal role in the crisis. Pourate is no stranger to the bay area. She grew up in palo alto and graduated from stanford. President obama said today he plans to keep just under 10,000 troops in afghanistan through the end of this year. The announcement came right after his First Oval Office meeting with new afghan president ghani. Mr. Obama planned to cut troops in the coming month but adds this exings tension will help keep afghanistan safe and better aid with the total withdrawal planned for early yeks near. Sharon jennings was the very First Western journalist to interview the new president in afghanistan. She talked with him about working with the san rafael based nonprofit roots of peace. George zimmermann says president obama is to blame for ramping up sentiment during the Trayvon Martin case saying if he had a son he would look like trayvon. He called the comment insends year and blasted the president for directing the Justice Department to do a baseless prosecution. A florida jury acquitted zimmermann of manslaughter in the 2013 death of 17yearold Trayvon Martin. New Research Says doctors are failing to disclose to patients they have alzheimers. An angry outbursts are harmful to your health. Those stories and more in todays wellness report. Reporter more than half of people with alzheimers or their caregivers have never been told by their doctors they have the condition. The Alzheimers Association says this is alarming because people are being robds to be able to make important decisions about their lives. Doctors sometimes withhold the news about the uncertainty about the diagnosis, lack of time to fully discuss it or fear of causing emotional distress. Medical researchers increasingly are finding how toxic anger can be. New evidence by Duke University says the risk of a heart attack after an angry outburst goes up eightfold. Taking cigarettes off the store shelves wont stop smokers. Thats according to former wallgreens ceo who says pharmacies should do more to help people quit. He also recommended telemedicine, where clients can talk to clients. The wall street journal reports on a Pilot Program that pushes routine testing for osteoporosis which strikes as many as one in four men. Women are still more likely to suffer from osteoporosis but men are twice as likely to die in the year following a hip fracture typically the first sign of osteoporosis. Lets get to the weather. A cool but invigorated Spencer Christian. Always invigorated. Its one of those days i fine inspiring and energizing. I know larry you wouldnt know about that. Here live doppler 7 hd. We have brighter skies right now than we did ten minutes ago. We have cloud cover but its not extensive. This is a view from the roof top camera looking over the bay. Our forecast features are these. Patchy coastal fog. Warmer pattern tomorrow. Continues through the ends of the week. Record highs are possible on thursday, which will be the peak of our warming. Here is a weak disturbance moving through the bay area right now, thus the clouds. But we have a surge of warm air coming our bay from our southwest. Thats going to produce the warm up over the next few days. Watch the warming friend here starting with tomorrow. Well see highs in the upper 70s to near 80 inland. Not much warming on the coast. Thursday it will be in the upper 60s on the coast and well see mid80s inlands on thursday. Thats where we may see records. Friday cooler at the coast and in most areas near the bay. Inland still quite warm with mid 80s in places like antioch and dloefrdale. Saturday and sunday back to a more seasonal range of temperatures. Overnight look for partly cloudy skies near the coast and some fog near the coast as well. Mainly clear inland especially up in the north bay where lows will drop into the low 40s. Low 50s for the most part right around the bay. Tomorrow mainly sunny. Mid to upper 70s. 76 at san jose. On the peninsula look for mid 70s. 74 at redwood city and mountain view. Low to mid 60s on the coast, manically low 60s. Downtown San Francisco a high of 69 tomorrow. Up in the north bay, sunny skies with highs at 77 at santa rosa. Napa at 76. 73 at Oakland Union city 74. And castro valley, and freemont. Around 80 at antioch. 77 at walnut creek. And livermore, 76 and pleasanton. Record highs are possible in some spots on thursday that will be the peak of our inland warming. And then well be cooling down a little bit around the coast and around the bay on friday. Eel lovely weather ahead. Of course we still need rain. And well keep talking about it. But thats not making it happen. Well see how invigorating you are on thursday when you are the wilting Spencer Christian. Sveltering out there. Up next, dancing dismissal, singer redfoo tells us about husband out offing from the abc reality show. New after 4 30, ray mcdonald is getting ready to suit up for the second week of dancing with the stars, the theme was, my jam monday. And despite the celebs giving it their all one couple had to go home. Abc News Reporter george pan actio has more from los angeles. Reporter redfoo was the weeks most improved player up nine points from a week ago, but he and partner emma slater were sent home anyway because the eliminations are based on the previous weeks judges scores and viewers votes. Next week i was going to get better. Thats just how i do it. I guess it was the start was a little too slow.

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