House. It was quite an operation for firefighters to get through the house. If this home was abandoned, the big question is, who was inside . Who has been inside . Neighbors say the homeowners actually have nod been here and have not lived here in years. A lot of questions to be answered and investigators like we mentioned will be here. We are told when it is daylight they will move in and look at the scene and investigate further into this large marijuanagrowing operation that firefighters found here last night. We are live in novato for abc7 news. In three hours the election to select a new leader for catholics around the world will begin in the vatican. Our News Reporter is live in the newsroom with a close are look at the process. The process began long before most of us were aware with 115 cardinals taking part in the mass. Also, the nonvoting cardinals, those over 80 and bishops and deacons and priests and lay people. It was then on a giant screen in st. Peters square. This was a long and loud round of applause during the mass after the dean of the college of cardinals offered thanks to Pope Benedict xvi. The mass now has ended, next is the conclave, at 7 45 the cardinals should be inside the pauline chapel and then they move to the cistene chapel and then the master of ceremonies tells everyone but the voting cardinals it leave and then we wait for the smoke with white smoke meaning a new pope has been selected. When the cardinals and the holy father leave the cistene chapel, the first stop is in the pauline clap el where the holy father can pray alone. The cardinals can cast a first vote today. They dont have to. If they do we could see smoke between 10 00 a. M. And noon. It is unlikely there would be white smoke on the first vote. The new pope needs twothirds majority and the longest conclave in the 20th century lasted five days. A special mass is scheduled at st. Marys cathedral at 8 00. The archbishop is asking all to hold services for the start of the papal conclave. Catholics attended a 5 30 mass last night in st. Dominics with hopes for the new pontiff. Someone that draws people into the church because so many have left the church. It could be someone from africa or a pope from latin america. They talking about a pope from the philippines. I would think it would be great to have a pope from america, of course. Leaders in San Francisco believe a new pope will be selected by thursday. Stay with abc7 news for the latest news from vatican city. Abc7 news will provide extensive coverage of the papal conclave including a special report at 8 30 this morning when the cardinals enter the cistene chapel as we reported. Abc7 news will breakin to program when a new pope is elected. 5 06, a preschool is holding a meeting for parents to answer questions about a criminal investigation into a child would was tied up for refusing to fake a nap. The Christian Preschool is suspending classes for five days going friday while the staff undergoes intensive training. A complaint filed march 5 with the department of social services alleges a former teacher bound a twoyear old girls wrists and ankles with tape and made her sit on a cot while she took a photograph because the bill refused to take a nap. No one knew of this incident until months later when the photo was then to other teachers a at social gathering. Abc7 News Reporter, amy hollyfield, will have more on the developing story in 30 minutes. An oakland man is out prison after serving 14 years for a Sexual Assault he did not commit. This is the 38yearold Johnny Williams leaving a few role office after a judge threw out the conviction on attempted rain charges. New d. N. A. Results proved his innocence. He was convicted for 1998 attack on a girl in oakland. Her family identified williams, a former neighbor, as a possible suspect. He was later convicted. The Northern CaliforniaInnocence Project worked on the case for two years. The District Attorney says that the victim is understandably upset. This morning, an oakland womans family is turning to the public for help in finding her. 391yearold mask layers maskaleris was supposed to be on a flight to houston to visit her brother. Oakland police are investigating the disappearance of the woman. A man speeding away from the scene of a hitandrun caused a crash that killed three Family Members. The 28yearold faces three counts of murder for saturday nights crash in daly city. He is accuses of hitting a car and then a second car with four people inside killing a 14 yearold boy, his brother, and their mother. There is a street side tribute where the accident happened. The sonoma board will director a proposal to give cyclists and pedestrians more protection making it easier to sue vehicle drivers would intentionally threaten or harass them. The proposal is pushed by bicycling advocates after a series of recent crashes that have injured or killed cyclists. It would afford the same rights to drivers who are threatened by cyclists. A nice morning out there if you are one of those folks who can ride to work. Good luck. Here is mike. The temperatures are running much warmer than this time yesterday from one degree, not much warmer in san jose, but five degrees warmer in mountain view, and three in concord and seven at Half Moon Bay and three in napa. What are we doing right now . Hanging out in the 40s to 50 and American Canyon and petaluma and palo alto at 41 degrees. Financial district right now is 50 followed by richmond at 49 and san leandro and union city at 48 and along with pittsburg and saratoga and santa clara at 45 degrees. As we head through the morning, we will hang out in the lowtoupper 40s from our inland neighborhoods through the coast and to the bay. By noon, the clouds throughout now, the fog is gone and sunshine and a few high clouds from time to time like yesterday but the new temperatures, the outdoor patios the be packed in the favorite restaurants as you head to 4 00, upper 60s around the bay and mid70s inland and we will settle in the throw upper 60s around the bay and inland during the evening hours and cooler at the coast admit 60s. The warmth will reach the height tomorrow, but tapering on thursday and friday but still above average. An update on the accident in oakland, west 24 at telegraph, there are four cars involved and they were all able to move off to the side of the road, change information and they will be on their way so this is west 24 at telegraph in oakland. Otherwise, we do have road work out there, we have north 680 from south mission to north mission in the lanes until 6 00 this morning and in the st. Helena area an injury accident, highway 29 at white hall lane we are waiting on further information on that. Kristen and eric . Next, strong reaction to new passenger safety rules, should small knives be allowed on airplane . How the t. S. A. Is defending that decision. The threat forcing a controversial nfl quaterback to step out of the public spotlight. Hey did you know that honey nut cheerios has oats that can help lower cholesterol . And it tastes good . Sure does wow. [ buzz ] delicious, right . Yeah. Its the honey, it makes it taste so. Well, would you look at the time. Whats the rush . Bee happy. Bee healthy. With clusters of flakes and os. Oh, ho ho. Its the honey sweetness. I. I mean, you. Love. San rafael, south bay, pleasanton and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. This week the head of the Transportation Security Administration plans to defend his decision to allow passengers to now carry small knives on planes again. The new t. S. A. Policy would allow small foldable knives with blades up to 2. 36 as carry on items. T. S. A. Head will testify before a House Homeland Security committee on thursday laying out how the policy change will affect security lines and how a threat assessment determines small knives could not cause catastrophic damage. This has been criticized by Airline Employee groups. These will be concealed weapons and there were blades smaller than this that caused the damage on september 11th. The new rules are set to take effect later next month. A controversial nfl quaterback is calling off a book tour based on what is called Credible Threats to his safety. The Philadelphia Eagles signal caller michael vick was to promote his new ought biography in georgia, new jersey, and pennsylvania but there have been threats and to being worries at the stores he would visit. The threats stem from his role in running a dogfighting ring which sent him to federal prison for 18 months. Former 49er kicker wants his two super bowl rings back. Burglars broke into the Las Vegas Area home on thursday taking the ridges that he earned in 1989 and 1990. He played eight seasons in the nfl and his exwife tells the las vegas newspapers they made off with a coin collection and an xbox console but left a diamond ring. The break incurred while he was bank his sons High School Baseball game. 12yearold is prosecuted as a juvenile in los angeles after pulling off a prank on Ashton Kutcher admitting he made a fake 911 call that sent emergency crews returning to cuppers hollywood home, the latest case of high profile swatting, a trend where people try to get the swat team to show up at celebrity doors. The 12yearold reports people with guns inside cup kutchers home. The boy had previously done the same thing to Justin Bieber and to a bank. That is fun . Not funny at all. Now we will check on the Weather Forecast. We will talk about something wider and brighter, good morning, everyone. We are look at live doppler 7 hd and it is not finding any wet weather. It is dry. This is moisture trapped in the lower legal of the atmosphere but right now you can see downtown San Francisco the Ferry Building to the bay bridge, everything is quiet, temperature at 48 in San Francisco, and san bra know and redwood city city and 46 in san mateo and Half Moon Bay is 50 and that is because of the cloud cover. The east bay, oakland is 48, along with union city, and we have 46 in walnut creek and richmond is warm at 49 and pleasanton at 44. In the south bay dress for 46 in san jose, and 47 in cupertino, and 41, and morgan hill is 45 and gilroy is 42 and in the not bay, everyone in the lowtomid 40s until you get to sausalito, there, at 49 degrees, petaluma and santa rosa are the cool spots at 41. Now, what will happen in the forecast cycle, mostly sunny, warmer temperatures this afternoon, and even with the cloud cover, we will be warmer during the afternoon hours with less clouds and still mild temperatures tonight and it will only be slightly cooler by the weekend. The storm track will stay far to the north away from us and here it is. You can see the High Pressure over us moving closer, bringing the warmer air with it and as long as the storm stays to the north, so does the rain and the cooler conditions. We will talk about todays temperatures in the south bay, you have on go way in Santa Clara Valley to find morgan hill and gilroy at 77 and santa cruz, Beautiful Day on the boardwalk, 74 in santa clara and san jose with lowtomid 70s on the peninsula and millbrae is cooler at 67 and 59 today at Half Moon Bay and if you are headed to the sunset at 58 but downtown San Francisco 71, that is the micro climate showing you in march and 69 in sausalito and mid70s through the north bay valley and our beaches show upper 50s to low 60s. 70 to 72 on the east bay shore and the east bay valleys are warmer 71 in san ramon, and 78 in pleasanton and livermore for the warm spot and tonights temperatures, mainly clear sky, i dont think we will have the cloud cover we had this morning just mainly at the coast at Half Moon Bay at 48 and san mateo and oakland and fremont and san jose at 50 in richmond and 51 in San Francisco, and mid40s in our inland valley. The sevenday outlook shows we will get near 80 tomorrow inland and well hang around in the midtoupper 70s through sunday and low 70s around the bay and only 60s at the coast through the end of the weekend. Have a great day. The east shore commute if you are traveling from the richmond area through berkeley and emeryville past University Avenue to the macarthur maze you can see it is moving nicely funneling to the bay bridge with all toll lanes open with a stall eastbound coming out of San Francisco on the decline. That is not right lane. Otherwise, the westbound normal commute direction is slowing nicely, and this commute from antioch, you can see speeds are slowing as you make your way from hillcrest toward railroad avenue and it picks up in pittsburg and slow from 2305 and tracy to the Altamont Pass and it looks good through livermore to dublin pleasanton. Kristen and eric . 5 20. Easter candy maker hatches a new product. Also, bringing a bit of mars to state capital. 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Im like digging this yogurt thing. I feel healthy. New honey bunches of oats greek. Welcome back at 5 23. Stargazers want to make sure they step out at twilight to catch a comet in the sky in Western Australia last week. Now you can see it for yourself this week in the Northern Hemisphere without binocularors a telescope. The best shot is at twilight looking to the crescent moon. It will be visible in the Northern Hemisphere for weeks to come. We will look for that. The team that helped send nasa to mars is honored at the state capital. Five engineers for the laboratory in pasadena helped kickoff California Aerospace week in sacramento getting a proclamation from the assembly in recognition of their hard work. Today, nasa will display a model of the recovery on the steps of the capitol. Scientists are set to reveal the latest discovery from a rock powder sample collected by curiosity. Employers may slow down the hiring pace over the next few months. Here is the Bloomberg Business report. Employers will will be less in a hiring mood compared to the First Quarter but still higher than a year ago. It is anticipated a considerable increase in hiring in the Construction Industry in the west and midwest. The Dow Jones Industrial average hit a new record high yesterday, for the fifth day in a rode and the s p 500 was at an all time record high. And marshmellow peeps maker is running the first tv ad in a decade, and usa today says 2012 was their best year ever after fresh management introduce ed new products. Coming up on 5 25 we will open up the Weather Window on the Golden Gate Bridge. We have more warm air rushing in and today, one to four degrees warmer than yesterday. If you are traveling around the state, no need to worry about wet weather, have the sunglasses and something proper to wear with upper 70s to low 80s through the Central Valley and tahoe is at 63 degrees and yosemite is 72 and same in san diego and palm springs have the short sleeves and 89 degrees. Our coolest weather is around eureka at 53 with cloud cover, notice the cloud cover along the coast this morning, that is going to pull away as we head into the afternoon hours, and well start to develop an offshore flow so it will be so warm. Have safe travels. We take a look out there and speaking of which we have heavy fog reported at the coast specifically on highway one, if you are driving along that direction, give yourself some extra time out of the Central Valley we seeing a lot of slow traffic up and over the Altamont Pass, with a stall just reported in the walnut creek area, this is outbound 680 blocking a lane of traffic there as you make your way southbound toward the 5 80 junction with traffic slowing nicely through the San Ramon Valley. Listen to this one, harvard is apologizing for snooping. The school admits they conduct add secret search of the email accounts of resident deans, last year as the school tried to find out would leaked information to the media about a cheating scandal. Harvard says the search did not involve email content only the subject line and identified a dean who had forwarded a confidential email to t