Grandmother the morning of march 7 when a ford fusion jumped the curb and struck the boy, pinning the younger one against a pole. The driver, 29yearold Daniel Morris, jumped from the car and ran away. A large manhunt that day did not locate him, but this morning, officers arrested morris. Hes now in jail and while the public was a huge help, the chp says morris friends and associates were not. Friends or associates of mr. Morris, who possibly had information that they may have withheld, that could be a future avenue that investigators will take as far as potential charges down the road. Reporter besides felony hit and run with great bodily injured, hell be charged with car theft. The fusion was one of five cars stolen from this ford dealership just hours before the crash. Its a crime caught on surveillance video. Chp still is looking for the other suspects in those car thefts. Today, we talked with the grandfather of this little boy who remains in the hospital after losing part of his left leg. Well hear from the grandfather tonight at 5 00. Laura anthony, abc7 news. The men accused of killing a Richmond Police officer inside his home pledded not guilty by reason of insanity today. Robert vega is accused of murdering officer gus vegas, a 15year veteran of the force and the grandfather of vegas son. You might be one of the thousands of commuters facing delays on b. A. R. T. Today. Equipment problems have forced b. A. R. T. To stop strains. I was taking b. A. R. T. Today because i was going to a funeral, and i didnt want to drive. I thought b. A. R. T. Would be a good way. Wow, bad experience. I missed the funeral. And were taking a live look now at the concord b. A. R. T. Station there from sky 7 hd. B. A. R. T. Is running shuttle buses between North Concord and pittsburgh, bay point. And you can see one of the buses there and the people getting on. Now to the tragic death of a 2yearold in Santa Clara County. The child died in her fathers car who reportedly was living in a home for recovering addicts. Janet o joins us live with what happened. Janet . Reporter ama, its a complicated case. The 2yearold died while being cared for by her father who recently got out of jail and was struggling with drug problems. The mercury news said that child and her father lived here on glenn bury way at a home for recovering adigs. Police got a call about an unresponsive 2yearold on february 8. No one was arrested and the death is currently not being investigated as a homicide. However, the county is reviewing the case, waiting on the medical examines report. An autopsy has been performed, but the results could take up to six months. I think the most important thing that we can do is make sure we carefully and thoroughly investigate what happened so that we understand what the implications of it were, where we could have done a better job. Its our responsibility to do that. Reporter a social Services Manager tells me the priority is to reunite children with the parents. Regardless, no child would be placed with an adult or in a home if thats considered unsafe. Since may of 2010, there have been no deaths in Santa Clara CountyFoster Care Services due to abuse. In san jose, janet o, abc7 news. A man and woman are in Critical Condition after being shot while sitting in their car overnight in south berkeley. They were near the ashley b. A. R. T. Station. Neighbors say they heard gunshots around 1 00 in the morning. Tony hill spotted a victim and called police. I heard about four or five gunshots, sounded like gunshots. So i looked out my front door and i saw a guy limping up the street. So far police have not released a description of the shooter. The incident may be related to a shooting yesterday that injured one person. President obama announced his pick for the Supreme Court today. 63yearold Appellate Court judge Merrick Garland could be one of the oldest justices ever confirmed. Thats if he can get confirmed. Today, i am nominating chief judge Merrick Garland to join the Supreme Court. Reporter as promised, the president announces his Supreme Court pick, an emotional moment for 63yearold federal appellate judge Merrick Garland. His family nearby as he accepts the honor. Its also the greatest gift ive ever received, except, and theres another caveat, the birth of our daughters jessie and becky. Reporter president obama pointed out he has a long history of bipartisan support and called on the senate to have a hearing and a vote. To go down that path would be wrong. It would be a betrayal of our best traditions. Reporter but Republican Leaders are Standing Firm in opposition, insisting voters should decide the idealogical balance of the court when they elect the next president. It is the president s constitutional right to nominate a Supreme Court justice. And sit the senates constitutional right to act as a check on a president and withhold consent. Reporter democrats are pushing back, hoping to reconvince republicans to reconsider. I hope that president obamas nominations will get republicans to change course. Reporter some say they wont even bother to meet with him. In a tweet, president obama wrote hes proud to nominate judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court. I ask senators to give him a fair hearing. Coming up on abc7 news at 5 00, were learning more about Merrick Garland and his bay area connections. Well talk with people who know him. Uc berkeley announced that facebooks coo will give this years commencement speech. The University Says sandberg was chosen because hes a advocate for women. If you dont mind spectacular, this is okay. A live look from our camera right now. Spencer christian is here with the accuweather update. Speaking of spectacular, okay, if i must enjoy this weather, then i shall do so. Sunny skies across the bay area right now. Mild conditions. Heres live doppler 7 hd. I dont think you could ask for more picture perfect day. If you like blue skies, check out this view. Its currently 68 degrees in San Francisco. 70 in oakland and san jose. 63 in half moon bay. Its 73 right now in santa rosa, napa 69. 72 in fairfield and concord. 71 in livermore. Blue skies own the golden gate bridge. Heres our first forecast. Skies remain clear this evening. Bright skies tomorrow morning. And then tomorrow afternoon, sunny and mild again. In fact, well see highs around the bay and in our inland areas ranging from mid to upper 70s tomorrow. How long will that last . Ill have the answer in my sevenday forecast in a moment. Thank you, spencer. A recent el nino enhanced storms have replenished several key reservoirs. Shasta lake has reached average levels for the first time in three years. We are making progress, but it may not be enough. The bad news is, average isnt good enough. Weve had four incredibly dry years. And it looks like this year, even with the average amount of rain and snow weve gotten, isnt going to be enough to end the drought. The Water Resources control board will meet in may to discuss whether to lift or change the mandatory 25 cut in water use. In vacaville, check out what this dam and spillway looks like now. Take a look at how dry it was in january. Theres really no water at all. The city posted these pictures on its facebook page. A tree trimmer who was trying to clear trees in cupertino went to the hospital today. Firefighters had to rescue him from the tree and they posted this video on twitter. Sky 7 hd was over the scene of a haz mat seat this afternoon in dublin. About ten gallons of motor oil spilled on the ramp off north bound 680. Fire, chp and Dublin Police responded. I dont have money to give them. Air ambulances can save lives, but the bills patients are receiving can destroy them. Coming up on abc7 news at 4 00, what an abc news investigation has uncovered. A chp officer tries to save a life by donating his bone marrow but he too finds out hes sick. Michael finney taking your questions on twitter and facebook. Michael will answer your questions here live in a few minutes. Faking a live look at the San Francisco skyway, backed up in both directions. On the left, trying to get on the lower deck of the bay brid 400,000 americans were rushed to the hospital by helicopter just last year. In many cases, those emergency trips save lives. But in the abc news investigation, found they can leave families with sky high bills. Brian ross has the details. Reporter emergency workers call it the golden hour. The crucial 60 minutes to get medical care for a patient facing death. Theyre just angels in the sky, truly. Reporter that need has spawned a nationwide fleet of helicopter ambulances available around the clock. On an abc news investigation conducted with our stations across the country, has found with some companies they have left many of the people they save facing lawsuits, debt collectors, financial turmoil. I dont have the money to give them. Reporter with bills as high as 40,000 for a short flight whose costs are not disclosed firsthand. And often hand Insurance Companies refuse to cover what they consider excessive costs. The biggest of the helicopter Ambulance Companies operates in 48 states, posting a profit last year of more than 100 million. The company says its expensive to have state of the art helicopters and crews available 247. But Vice President paul webster concedes air methods charges far more than the costs to make up he says for the low government reimbursements for the poor and elderly. If everybody paid their fair share, you know what the charge would be . 12,000. Thats the reality. Reporter the bill to airlift warren and Brenda Larson came to 47,000 for a 79mile trip and insurance covered about a third of that. And as is standard, the consent form he signed before the flight made no mention of the cost. Why dont you put the price here so people know what theyre signing on forsome its a question i cant answer. Reporter and some wonder if helicopters are always necessary. Jeans teenage daughter was airlifted after complications from a consellectomy. But it took almost an hour for the helicopter to arrive and lift off, and she was able to drive the 37 miles to another hospital in almost the same amount of time. I left a few minutes before they took off and arrived five minutes after they did. Reporter a ground ambulance would have cost 1,500. But the bill for the helicopter was 35,000. Even after insurance and discounts, she still owes 17,000. It takes advantage of people when they are at their most vulnerable. Learn more about the high dollar industry of medevac Flight Companies tonight on nightline. Many people came together trying to save a man who has committed his life to protecting others. Officer keith meter suffers from a rare bloody cea disease. He didnt know he had it. Today, other officers organized a drive in martinez and another in dublin. A simple test could save the life of somebody like this officer. I couldnt be more thankful for all the help that they have given me and the awareness that theyre providing. This is just another way for us to further that mission and help save a life somewhere. You can find out more about other bone marrow drives to help the officer on our website abc7news. Com. Employees from abc 7 were among the dozens who gave blood today aboard this blood mobile. They distribute 145,000 pints of blood a year. Each pint can save up to three lives. San francisco is getting ready to remove more than half a dozen trees in the city. The move to prevent future storm damage is causing debate this afternoon. Kristen sze has the details. Reporter you know how many trees toppled the past month in San Francisco . 150. The majority of them ficuses. Abc7 news shot video of these trees freshly tagged. The city says they pose a hazard. We saw several of them come down last week. This one at city college of San Francisco damaged four parked cars. And this one in the Mission District took down muni lines. The limbs have sopped up all the water and become very heavy and with winds come down. And these trees are more prone to limb failure. We dont plant these trees anymore in San Francisco. Reporter the friends of the urban forest works with the city to replant after a tree is removed. For now, the idea of replacing healthy trees doesnt sit so well with all of the people in San Francisco. Norah tweeted, not good. Very sad to see them go. Too many changes for one neighborhood. And chris tweeted, hopefully they are not just removing but replacing. The fact is yes, in fact they are, chris. Back to you. Thank you, kristen. If youre looking to be around happy people, catch a flight to denmark. A United Nations initiative ranks denmark at the top of its happiness report. The survey began four years ago and denmark won it three times. Last years winner was switzerland, followed by iceland. The u. S. Ranks 13th on the list of 156 countries. Danes say their country is the happiest place because they dont have much to worry about. Neither does Spencer Christian. Hes considering that rayciovic assignment. Ive been there. I happen to have a tiny bit of danish ancestry. Heres live doppler 7 hd. Weve got sunny skies across the bay area right now. And my gosh, what a Beautiful Day. Just stunning. Heres the view looking out towards the golden gate. The warming trend were experiencing peaks tomorrow. Spring begins saturday night and light rain coming in sunday night into monday. For the week ahead, san jose is our indicator of the temperature trend. Average high of this time of the year, 67. Tomorrow it will be 77, dropping off to the low 70s, friday, saturday, and sunday. Now, on our storm impact scale, the approaching rain is a light storm. It continues in sunday evening, producing less than a quarter inch of rain. It will bring breezy conditions. Rainfall totals we project by 5 00 p. M. Monday will be, as i mentioned, under a quarter of an inch for most of the bay area. The north bay will be a little wetter than other regions. Overnight, lows in the upper 40s. In the north bay valleys, lows in the low 40s. Tomorrow, just another stunningly beautiful late winter day with sunny skies and highs ranging from near 70 at the coast to low and mid 70s around the bay. And even some mid to upper 70s in inland locations like fairfield, morgan hill. Even san jose may hit 77 tomorrow. Heres the accuweather sevenday forecast. Temperatures drop off just a few degrees on friday. But still well above average for this time of the year. Clouds increase on saturday and on sunday evening, the beginning of the light storm, ranking one on the storm impact scale. Showers linger into monday. And theres even a slight chance of light rain or showers on tuesday. Wednesday, we have sunny and dry weather again. But pretty sharp drop in temperatures on sunday. We wont see these 70s again for a while. Thank you, spencer. Up next, a 400,000 ring. Oh, my gosh, did you see that . It was tossed in the trash. What it took to get it back is coming up. Another look at the afternoon commute. If you have to head out on the san mateo bridge, go. It is smooth sailing in both directions. Back with more on abc7 what will you do . Ctric nissan leaf. How far will you go . How much will you see . Electrify the world. Now with a classleading 107 miles on a charge, the nissan leaf is the best selling electric car in america. A missouri woman is thanking the trash company for finding her 12. 5 carat diamond wedding rook, worth 400,000. She said she accidently dropped it into the garbage and the trash was picked up. Didnt she hear the huge thud . She called the company and convinced them to stop the truck at the transfer station. They dug through ten tons until one of the workers found it. My first thought was, were never going to find it. Its like a needle in a hey stack. Im like, yeah, i found it. I took it over to her and both pieces were laying right there. Hard to miss. They say it was like winning the powerball jackpot. Oh, my goodness. They must have won it the first time to afford the ring. President obama has filled out his last ncaa tournament bracket while in office, picking kansas to win the Mens National championship. North carolina and Michigan State round out the final four on the bracket he filled out for espn, which is our sister network. His choice might be unpopular in the state of kansas. You see the president has not correctly predicted the National Champion since he selected North Carolina in his first year in 2009. He also picked hawaii to upset cal on friday. As abc7 news at 4 00 continues, one step closer to the white house. Yesterday, the big primary. Why donald trump says he will be the republican nominee. Plus, a tourist and father lured into a trap and killed. Today, the men convicted of murder are sentenced. Just ahead, the emotional response from the victims father. A new vision for silicon valley. The plan t these are the hands that build the machines, the machines that sort, stack and seal. These are the hands that keep private information private. These are the hands of pitney bowes, the craftsmen of commerce. These are the hands that dig for opportunity, identify patterns, and uncover risk. These are the hands of pitney bowes, the craftsmen of commerce. Live from the kgo tv broadcast center, this is abc7 news. In news making headlines, the white house is preparing for a battle over president obamas Supreme Court nomination. Merrick garland woul