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KGO ABC7 News 500AM February 7, 2016

High in the low to mid60s by noontime but look at the afternoon times. 4 00 we are in the mid70s near santa rosa, 68 at the cost. We will talk about record warmth coming up, carolyn. Thank you, lisa. We begin with news out of San Francisco where a intersection remains closed following a triple fat talty. Three people dead following a police chase. One of the victims tell abc7 news they were heading home from the nfl experience celebrating the super bowl. Police responded to the report of a car doing donuts in the intersection about 9 30 last night. When cph officers arrived, they began the chase but ended it because of the danger to pedestrian. The victims car ran several red lights and hitting a taxi and bursting into flames. It hit a taxi car and the taxi car driver was on the stretcher and they were putting out a fire in the car. Two of the victims burned to death. The other was ejected. Brandon street remains closed between 7th and 8th streets. This is super bowl sunday finally. Almost all of the parties and concerts are over. All thats left is a massive cleanup and a chance to enjoy some football. This is a live look at super bowl city from our visa everywhere camera. It will be open again today but it is expected to draw a much smaller crowd than yesterday. Abc7 News Reporter Tiffany Wilson joins us live outside super bowl to city with all the details. Good morning, tiffany. And good morning to you, carolyn. Well, i have to say the months and days and leadup concerts culminated last night by a performance by alicia keys on city stage. But only the very, very dedicated fans made it inside super bowl city to see the show. Some fans lined up as many as 10 hours early. Police shut down access to super bowl city and then had to close off the northbound lanes of the embarcadero as thousands of additional fans lined the streets. The crowd behave well but multiple children got separated from their families in the chaos. Fortunately all were reunited. But it was disappointing for families who arrived almost five hours before and still got to the delay. We got here about 4 30, 5 00. And it was chaotic. There was no room to walk. We went straight to the line and we were turned down. People in the audience outside of super bowl city said the sound was a little muffled but they are so glad they got to experience the show. Today super bowl city reopens at 11 00 a. M. But it will close down for good about a halfhour before kickoff. And theres one last cop certificate you can check out tonight after the super bowl, rapper t. I. Is going to take the stage at 10 15. Doors open at 9 00 p. M. Tonight. A lot of super bowl excitement, and its all wrapping up today. Live outside of super bowl city, Tiffany Wilson, abc7 news. Thank you, tiffany. The crazy crowds made for a hectic scene yesterday. A golf cart slammed into a truck yesterday in super bowl city. A super bowl volunteer was hurt. No word this morning on his condition. Many fans picked up their super bowl text yesterday. Abc7 news was at Great America in santa clara where stubhub has turned an Amusement Park into a fanfare. A few tickets are still available. The lowest price is nearly 2900. The hottest ticket in town last night was the warriors game against the thunder. Celebrities were in town for the super bowl and were sitting courtside. Super bowl halftime performer beyonce enjoyed the game. Jim said hes looking forward to going back to review stadium to watch the super bowl. It will being great they said they have not seen this kind of demand since the nba finals. All the extra attention, no problem for the dubs. They won their 41st straight regular season home game. The second longest regular season home winning streak in nba history. Shu will have all the highlights coming up later in sports. A look at some of the celebrities in up to for the super bowl. This photo with football legend brett favre. Miss universe is here, and she took quite a nice picture with the Golden Gate Bridge in the background. Actor and musician jamie foxx was at the nfl experience yesterday. Actress Melissa Romano was at Reunion Square and alicia keys took a boat trip when she got into town before her free concert last night at super bowl city. You can see members of the nation showing their pride inside the moscone center. Today is the final day of the envelope experience. Its open until 10 00 this morning until 2 00 this afternoon. Abc news was he is civic San Francisco when the bay area voted two bay area football legends into the hall of fame. Ken the snake stabler was voted in along with owner eddy debartolo. Last night they raised money for important bay area causes. Abc7 News Reporter katie was there. Party hopping from San Francisco to the south bay. It can be done if you dont want to sleep. Its part of super bowl 50. He said sharing is important. The fundraiser is an annual event. Last year hosted bid it allstar Matt Williams and his wife, erica. This is one of the most amazing parties i ever set my eyes on. Its so incredible. And its all for a great cause. They raised more than 1 million. This year they hope to beat the record with california cool, going barefoot. I could not be more excited that the super bowl is finally here, and i could not be more depressed. We had such a bad season with the 49ers. Its a game. Its a party. And as eagles player Demarco Murray said, its important to keep life in perspective and give back. This is the first time. And the real star the california sea lions. Abc7 news. The weather could not be better today. Yes, getting even warmer so a little on the cool side yesterday. Right now even the morning lows are warmer. Pier 15 temperatures in the 50s. No 30s to speak of. Even some 70s today. Stay with us. The extended outlook which includes a surprise is coming up. Thank you, lisa. Also next for many you know its all about the halftime show. The turning point that brought big headlinessers like cold play to the super bowl to stage. To super bowl when it comes to the fithings you love,. You want more. Love romance . Get lost in every embrace. Into sports . Follow every pitch, every play and every win. Change the way you experience tv with x1 from xfinity. I am sircanalot, here to save you from another breakfast bore. Wake up those eggs with glorious spam see what spam can do. At spam. Com earning is set and ready to go for super bowl 50. The most watched event. The year will be beamed all over the year as the panthers and broncos battle for supremacy on 100 yards of levis stadium turf. We are joined live now with the latest. Good morning, brandy. Oh, good morning, carolyn. This is it, super bowl sunday we are already starting our early tailgate here outside levis stadium. We have to. This is how we rollout here, right . We still have several hours to go, but we couldnt resist. And after a week of practices and weve been seeing it all over the bay area here, both teams say they are fit, fired up, and ready to faceoff. Super bowl 50 is finally here. Go broncos excitement building for the ultimate football showdown between the Denver Broncos and carolina panthers. At 39 Peyton Manning is one. Best quarterbacks of alltime. Uncertain if tonights game will be his last. I catch myself being a little more emotional at times. Manning manning and the tougs defense take on the undefeated panthers led by 26yearold cam newton. I plan on this being the marquee win we need as a franchise. And theres a massive security presence on the ground and in the air. The fbi is unaware of any Credible Threats specifically targeting super bowl 50. And with 189 million americans expected to tune in, those famous super bowl ads are also competing for attention. Are you look for these . Along with cold play and special guest beyonce and bruno mars headlining the halftime show. The biggest honor, the biggest privilege so they put their life and soul into it. The same 50. If you cant be here you may be one of the millions of americans going to a Super Bowl Party today and likely to consume 1. 3 billion chicken wings today alone. Thats the estimate from the National Chicken association. You mentioned the massive security. How tight is it out there . Extremely tight. We have our credentials to get this close. But as you have been covering all week long, you have a twoyear planning experience here. The fbi, local law enforcement, coast guard, air force. They are pulling out all the stops after incidents like the paris attacks and also the terror attack in san bernardino. They arent taking any chances. You heard there is no serious screed i believe threat but there will be a lot of undercover officers making sure everything is safe later on today, carolyn. All right. They need to do it. Thank you so much, brandi. We will see you later. You know, potato chips, drinks, hot dogs, even new tvs, americans plan to spend big this super bowl sunday and retailers believe millennial, those between 25 and 34, will spend the most of my group, 130 per person. They figure the average american will spend 82 bucks on the game. Super bowl to halftime shows team to try to outdo the ones before, but that wasnt always the case. Abc7 morning news anchor reggie has more on how one year in particular was a turning point. Before beyonce, there was 24 yearsal brian headline. And super bowl 26 in minneapolis featured a Winter Olympics team. They skated on platforms topped with fake ice and glycerinsprayed plastic. My friends dont even know. You know, its the super bowl halftime show. They said really . And then they look and up and say this is hilarious. And some say tights the moment when the super bowl, nfl had a entertainment change of heart. After this happened, we got this. Super bowl 27, michael jackson. Thats a big leap up. They havent looked back since. When you see the big names at super bowl 50, you know what to think. And because of you, brian, we got beyonce . I will take credit for that. It was sort of in the master plan. He doesnt have the heart to watch the halftime so but he still remembers his name. Hi, everybody, im brian. And im Dorothy Hamel. Come on, and field the cold its winter magic feel the cold abc7 news. Reggie made a good Dorothy Hamel there. The weather today, very nice for everybody who is planning super bowl parties. Definitely. In fact with lots of sunshine. We will begin our warmup after the sun comes up. We are looking at temperatures today well above average. We should see about 61 in santa rosa and mountain view. We could be flirting with 70 in some spots. Heres a look hat live doppler 7hd with the storm track heading way up into canada. We are looking at not only a ridge of High Pressure building in today, its going to stay centered over the bay area and just begin to move on tuesday. Thats why tomorrow and tuesday look to be the warmest to days. So right now 52 in the city. Its 47 in oakland, 46 in san jose. 43 morgan hill. Half moon bay is at 48. Weve got offshore winds in the upper elevations that are quite gusty. Santa rosa 42. 41 napa, and no fog to report of. And we are looking at temperatures a little bit warmer. Now those gust at the winds are above 2500 feet. So gusting up to 50 miles an hour from mt. Diablo and they are out of the east. We are looking at some fog thats being pushed offshore or doesnt have a chance to form and then the warmth will make it all the with a i to the coast today. Spring like warmth looking for records possible tomorrow and tuesday. And cooler and the surprise i spoke of before its going to be dry. So we are looking at dry weather unfortunately right on through next weekend. Took the little chance of rain out. Still have a beach hazard statement throughout the afternoon today with swells anywhere from 7 to 10 feet. And the current wave height 7 to 8 feet out there. So still pretty dangerous all the way up and down the coast. So heres the plan today. Sunny and warmer. Take a look, weve got some low clouds at the coast but they make zero impact as we are just looking at the clear conditions. So upper 40s today in the northern sierra nevada. Unfortunately by tuesday we will be up to 58 degrees in the sierra. Looking at 82 in los angeles. So weve got warmth all the way from north to south. And its going to stick around. The ridge is going to be slow to break down. So heres a look at monday, which will feature the upper 70s. You can see the orange here coming up from the south. Thats where we got the warmest condition and the records would be in the midand upper 70s for San Francisco and oakland. Perhaps shy of that but look what happens on tuesday. We are still in the 70s. Still temperatures well above average. And by wednesday looking like more of an on shore push but its going to take all week lock for the temperatures to come down to near normal. In super bowl city today we are starting out with low 60s at 11 00. 68 degrees 2 00 in the afternoon. And you will notice conditions will be milder by 6 00. In is and around the bay today look at the numbers. Doesnt look like february, looks more lake april. 74 in napa, and in santa clara, 3 30, still looking at low 70s. A warm day. And by about 7 00 we will be in the upper 50s. So the accuweather sevenday forecast featuring sunny, springlike temperatures right on through the middle of the week. A slow cooling trend with partly cloudy skies and unfortunately if we extended that outlook for ten, twelve days, still looks dry. And obviously above average . Yeah. Thank you, lisa. Up next, bieber fever heading to the bay area. The pop stars trip around San Francisco. This is our abc7 news 360 camera. Give you a press pass to all super bowl events all weekend long. Folks lining up in super bowl city and San Francisco. Even you can manipulate the video from your phone and tablet right in your hand. We will be updating the images and video all dude, dude, dude. group chatter this is bad. I think were stuck. Were going to have to talk to each other or something. Nooo. I dont like this elevator. group surprised and laughter how did that feel . Was it fun being stuck . I do not like getting stuck so, the nissan leaf s only gets 84 miles on a charge. But the 2016 chevy volt gets an estimated 400 miles or more on a full charge and a full tank of gas. Woah hows that for not getting stuck . Look, i know youre a cow and all. And you may not know what im talking about, but, uh. The yogurt made from your milk, is delicious. Mmmm, yoplait. On this super bowl sunday we will be watching a game strategy. For the first time this season a handful of nfl teams used a new tool to help them out with their opponents. As Jonathan Bloom found out, it all started at stanford on the field and in the lab. Its the closest you cap get to the field without being on the field. Video recorded during stanfords regular football practice in virtual reality. Its called striver. Sports training in vr. This was my graduate project. He had seen football simulators before but they all used animated graphics. That receiver, lineman, doesnt move like a real person in the real world, sites not going to work. For the split second decisions the quarterback makes. Stanford research suggested real video would work better. Seems it was right. Coach shaw sat me down the end of the season in 2014 and said you need to give this a shot because its too good. And the goal of virtual practice is to make them smarter. Before the ball is snapped, if i know here ive eventually won the play. He teaches quarterbacks to recognize a defensive play, not from a camera on the sidelines but from where they actually stand on the field. Come saturday you say wait a second, ive seen this before, i know whats about to happen before it happens. They can review the play over and over, practice where to look and coaches can watch. Though it started to are quarterbacks, it works for other players, too. And they can really get into it. We are seeing guys actually getting in their staps, take a draw and actually play the position without having to run and sweat and hit somebody. After all, while practicing can help you win, being well rested can do too. They dont need to do the physical work as often. And actually Research Says they should train less during the season when they are competing. Abc7 news. Santa Clara University students the will have another chance to get vaccinated against meningitis. They held a clinic yesterday after receiving 2,000 additional doses of the vaccine. 4200 students received shots thursday and friday. Santa clara launched the vaccination drive after three students were diagnosed with meningitis. A group of young heart artists is part of make oakland more beautiful. Heres photos of the new mural at mcarthur boulevard off interstate 580. It used to be a target for graffiti at the end of a vacant lot. An Oakland School teacher, who is also an artist, recruited local artists to help paint the wall. You are looking at aspiring basketball players renewing a lunar tradition in San Francisco. Yesterday twelve teams played in the year of the monkey basketball jamboree. Players represented San Francisco middle schools and Community Organizations from north beach and chinatown. Organizers tell as many former players, volunteer to mentor, todays stars coaches and referees. Chinese new year, by the way, begins tomorrow. Among the celebrities in town for super bowl 50, singer justin beiber. He posted a series of videos on his instagram yesterday taken all over San Francisco. One shows him sword fighting in chinatown. Another has him run being down the middle of the street. He also did a little bit of skateboarding. Do you ever get that sinking feeling something is wrong . It happened to more than a dozen drivers at lake geneva, wisconsin. The cars were parked on the frozen lake for the citys annual winter fest when, yeah, they started breaking through the ice. The cars were unoccupied so thankfully no one was hurt. Attend december are accustomed to the lake being frozen over for that event. M

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