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KGO ABC7 News 500PM March 9, 2016

Reporter and all thats left here now is the crane that lifted that car just out of the way just a few minutes ago, that car rolled off the track. Union pacific does twice weekly inspections of the track, more so during a storm if necessary. They inspected the track last weekend. Another train rolled through here just an hour before this derailment. But the Investigation Continues into exactly how this might be prevented in the future. In the meantime, its just now starting to rain. No word yet from ace on when they will resume operations here. Laura anthony, abc7 news. First responders call it a near miracle that no one was killed but four people were seriously injured. Some of the survivors even have pictures and video of what was going on. Vic lee continues our Live Team Coverage from fremont. Reporter as you can senie niles canyon road is still closed off to most traffic. Nine people were injured, four seriously, and two are still hospitalized. Abc7 news last night and today spoke to a number of the passengers. They all used words like terrifying and frightening to describe what they saw. Tonight, we profile two of them. By the time we got to fremont, everything was fine. Reporter john wong took the plane home. Yeah, i was reading a book. Thats what i usually do in the train. And then all of a sudden, boom, boom. Two loud jerks. I saw tree branches hitting the window. And i think the window cracked. Reporter he was in the third car of the fivecar train. Terrified passengers managed to open the doors. Basically, there was mud beside the door. Reality starts to sink in. It was just amazing, the scene was ridiculous. Lights everywhere. Reporter wong tweeted live updates all night. When mocipher got out, he couldnt believe what he saw. The first two cars were derailed. I could see people coming off the window, emergency window, and i heard something like, help, help, and people were rushing to help them. It reminded me of the movie the fugitive with harrison ford. It was a terrifying moment. We are lucky that we were not in that cabin. So we were just praying at that time that the people were safe. Reporter incredibly no one died. Nine were injured. Vic lee, abc7 news. And our coverage of the derailment continues on abc7 news at 5 00 and 6 00. Follow the story all day on line and get updates by following us on twitter. Its starting to sprinkle with another round of showers on the way. Lets get the latest on the forecast from meteorologist sandhya patel with live doppler 7 hd. Right now, yes, it is wet out here. The ground is wet, roadways. Let me show you live doppler 7 hd. Well take a look at where we are tracking some light showers, from San Francisco we take you into street level radar. Brisbane area, as we head towards the east bay, castro valley, hayward, it is wet. Storm impact scale, this one is light up to wednesday morning. Expect the rain to continue tonight at 9 00 in the north bay. Your morning commute includes scattered showers, as you notice. The showers start to wind down as we head towards 9 00 a. M. Tomorrow morning. We do have some heavier rain in the forecast. Well take a look at the timeline coming up. Ama, kristen . Thank you, sandhya. Speaking of time, you may notice the countdown clock on your screen. Its a live countdown to the moment of a total Solar Eclipse that we will bring you live. As you can see, its 32 minutes away. Thats right. Scientists from the exploratorium went on quite a journey to get us the best view. They trekked all the way out there in a boat ride to micronesia. That is the very best viewing spot for this eclipse. That is a total of more than 7100 miles. So quite the trek for them. Well take you to the exploratorium. Drew is out there right now. Were seeing clouds right, drew . This is live television. Reporter a little bit, but that description of the travel of the exploratorium team sounds exhausting. Take a look at the forecast for mi micronesia. Theres tons of breaks in the clouds, so the viewing should be perfect. To see the total Solar Eclipse. That team traveled thousands of miles and for a reason. Thats the perfect spot to see the Solar Eclipse. This is ken fin. Thank you for talking with us today. This is fantastic. Were watching your team right now. One of the things that everybody wanted to know, they all said my mother told me to never look straight at the sun. Is that an old wives tale . Your mom was right. Reporter dont tell her that. If you look at the sun, you can damage your eyes. The lens focuses that light from the sun into a tiny point. That tiny point is concentrated so bright that it will damage and kill the cells on your retina. You dont want that to happen. Reporter your team has their sun glasses on waiting. Where are we right now . Its looking at 50 . We have a ways to go. Right now theyre seeing some darkness in the area. Looking like it might be getting towards dusk. Thats the feeling when you have that kind of coverage. Reporter we are excited. Ken, thank you so much. Were so close to seeing the total Solar Eclipse. Guys . Thanks, drew. And yeah, you can see from that countdown clock, about 30 minutes. Well bring it to you live as toe at happens, which means world news tonight will air at 6 30 p. M. Today. Also making news, six uc santa cruz student also appear in court to answer for drug charges. More than a dozen heavily armed officers raided the homes friday. One had like a big riot shield. Several were carrying assault rifles, and yeah, they just busted in and yelled a bunch of times they had a warrant and needed all to come out. Authorities confiscated more than four pounds of ecstasy tablets worth 100,000. New details now on a deadly shooting involving a san jose officer. It happened yesterday in the fair grounds neighborhood on south 3rd and martha street. Katie is live in san jose where she spoke with people who witnessed that shooting. Katie . Reporter before the shooting those neighbors witnessed a double stabbing. The male victim is still in critical condition. The female victim was released from the hospital this morning. While police do not have body camera footage of the incident, the neighbors were there for it all. James and victor, trying to help their neighbors, who were entangled in a Domestic Violence fight. He got stabbed in the face and the neck. And a lot of blood was coming out. Reporter a male victim stumbled into the street around 6 15 last night. He was coming back to stab the guy some more and they both spun around and fell to the ground. Reporter then the man who police say is an estranged husband, began stabbing the female victim, as well. I told him he needs to stop. He arrived on scene within seven seconds of the call coming out. The next arriving officer did not arrive until about thee minutes later. Reporter he says a young girl came out of the house in the line of fire behind the suspect. The cop was good, he didnt pull the trigger right away. The girl came around and then the cop repeatedly asked him to stop. When he was shot, he was going towards the area of the house. First it was three in a row. The guy turned back and looked at them, then kept walking, having been hit three times. Reporter the man died on scene. In san jose, abc7 news. A school that opened to serve chinese immigrants in San Francisco is closing its doors. And a green light for the california high speed rail project. And the 7 on your side tax hotline is open for business. Give us one of the oldest Catholic Schools in the bay area will suspend its Elementary School operations in june. Lack of enrollment and money is driving the decision. Melanie woodrow has more on what this means for community. Melanie . Reporter parents are saying this is a big loss, especially because the school is bilingual. Administrators are calling it a suspension, not a closure, suggesting one day it could reopen. Since 1921, the school has offered a bilingual education. Its saddening that theres not going to be this staple that has been in the Chinese Community for years. Reporter his 5yearold daughter charlotte is in preschool. Our plan was to keep her till eighth grade. Reporter the catholic k8 school will suspend operations in june. The decision comes down to lack of finances and low enrollment. I feel for those parents and those kids that are 6th, 7th grade. Reporter the preschool will continue operating. In a few years, the parish will reconsider reopening the school if theres sufficient demand. A big loss. Reporter Florence Chen was on st. Marys drum and bell corps for 75 years from 1940 to 2010. The school recently presented her with this piece of her old uniform. People try to help them out by donating and they still are closing. How much have we reached out to the community with all these tech companies. Reporter its a concern he says hell share tonight at a public meeting. The department of Catholic Schools plans to help parents find alternatives. A judge has removed a major hurdle to the california high speed rail today. The 64 billion plan does not violate promises made to voters who approved it. One of the biggesti ishbiggest finding enough security to cope riders safe. They have to come up with a way to provide security for 800 miles of open track. That means that all down along huh the valley or wherever it may be, somehow theyve got to figure out some way to protect this. A 250mile segment from san jose to the bakersfield area is set to Begin Operating by 2025. The always popular 7 on your side tax hotline is up and running. Michael finney is standing by to answer your questions over the fun and on facebook. If youre into social media, get ahold of us by askfinney. Right now were in the social media room with the big screen area. Of course, you can give us a call at 4159547621. Right here bart and laura. Laura, youre with the California Society of cpas. What was it that you wanted to talk about . Amended 1099s. Right now about this time, brokers get corrected information on investments you may have. And they issue an amended 1099. A lot of people issued a return with the first one. So if you get an amended one, you may want to talk to your tax preparer. What a mess, huh . It is, yeah. And it happens right about this week is when people start watching your mail to see if you get an amended 1099. So important that you talk to your tax professional. See what changed and see what the consequences are. Very good. Thank you. I know youre with united way. Earn it, keep it, save it. Thats correct. What does united way do with taxes . United way is interested in getting low and middle income individuals and families to file their tax returns and claim the earned income credit, because its a very generous credit allowed by the irs or by the congress actually. And it allows people to get extra money credit for earned income that theyve had and it gives them a credit to help them pay their bills. Its like 30 that could get it dont, isnt that the number around there . Unfortunately, its a wonderful benefit that not everybody gets. Thank you very much. I appreciate it. Well be here until 8 00 tonight, so askfinney or 4159547621. Reporting live from our social media room, im Michael Finney. Thank you so much, michael. Still getting more gray out there and getting some sprinkles. Meteorologist sandhya patel joins us with the accuweather forecast. Outside here, people have their umbrellas out for their hoods on for good reason. Check out live doppler 7 hd. I am tracking some showers right now. As i take you in closer here, lets start in the south bay. Seeing light returns from kendall to saratoga, cupertino. Redwood city, san mateo, pacifica, into the east bay. Hayward, union city, heading out towards the san ramone valley. Getting chilly. Weak system between tonight and wednesday morning. This storm is a twoday event. This is a two, a moderate strength storm, the heavy rain will bring flooding concerns, the heaviest in the north bay. Wednesday night, 11 00 p. M. , well have the cloud cover, the rain moves in during the morning commute. Thursday, 5 00 a. M. , youll notice pockets of moderate rain. It will be heavier at times, heading into the east bay, as we head towards the evening hours. Notice the south bay doesnt get much. This system stalls out, which is why it will dump pretty good rain, pushing towards the south bay. 6 00 a. M. Friday, were looking at wet roadways. 8 00 a. M. , slow going, indicating some heavier rainfall. 10 00 a. M. , looking at widespread rain. That continues the threeday totals will look like this. The heaviest amounts will be up in the north bay. Three to four inches is expected. Very little compared to the north bay and the south bay. San jose, about a half inch. The concern is the russian river. It is expected to peak at flood stage saturday morning. So that could lead to the rapid rises on the rivers there, so keep that in mind. Listen to officials there. Temperatures for tomorrow morning, upper forts to low 50s. Make sure you have the rain gear tomorrow afternoon. Most areas in the 60s. 70 in san jose. 57 at lake port. A look at the accuweather sevenday forecast. One on our storm impact scale for tomorrows system, which is tonight through tomorrow. Two for thursday and friday. Flooding concerns with mudslides and trees could topple. Saturday and sunday, we have one. It will be breezy, rain begins in the north bay. And then showers for your monday. Dont forget, set your clocks forward one hour sunday morning. We spring forward. Kristen, ama . Thank you, sandhya. Coming up, an icy rescue. Its all captured on camera. And check it out. Oh, man, that is stunning. A live like from micronesia, as we count down to the total Solar Eclipse. See it here on abc7 news live as it happens. And new at 6 00, the rescue all from the welcome aboard my starship. Ahoy, mateys its full of things i love. Like me brave crew. And my fellow Space Adventures and free of things i dont. Like aliens. Just like eye patches. And when its time to refuel, i eat chex cereal. Its full of stuff we pirates need. No artificial flavors, and its glutenfree. Excelsior eat up, me hearties keep it down im exploring the galaxy. Arrrr, thats not even a real spaceship. Its another pivotal tuesday in the race for the white house. Republican voters will decide on a president ial nominee in mississippi, idaho, hawaii and michigan. Democrats face contests just in michigan and mississippi. Polls are now closed in mississippi and abc news projects Hillary Clinton will carry that state on the democratic side. Its too close to call between donald trump and ted cruz on the gop side. All eyes are on delegaterich michigan where voting is still under way. If clinton carries that state, it could signal that she wins another large delegate rich state, as well. On the republican side, trump is favored to carry most of tonights contests. A dog gone good ending to a days long end and difficult rescue. This black lab had been stuck on a frozen lake in utah for days. Rescuers tried to catch him, but he would just run away. Finally he was snagged by the collar and pulled to safety. Happy ending. A social media site wants to help ease your bay area commute. The local traffic trouble spots that facebook is focusing on and the possible solutions. And a telescope in micronesia is ready to capture a total Solar Eclipse. Its about to happen. Well bring it to you live when it does. Of course, that means that world news tonight with air at 6 30. Keep it here, because we have about 13 hi, this is jennifer. i will be out of the office until monday and wont be checking voicemail during this time. Ill reply just as soon as i get back to work. Sail with princess cruises, the Number One Cruise Line in alaska. Sail to alaska from San Francisco. 10day fares from just 1099. Call your travel consultant or visit princess. Com princess cruises. Come back new. Facebook is funding a 1 million study to help with traffic deadlock on the dounbar bridge. Possible Short Term Solutions include improved traffic light timing and using the old rail bridge. Longterm possibilities including building a bus Transit System or installing hov lanes. Sky 7 hd showed as crews installed glass panels at apple. It will feature a theater to serve as the venue for the launch of future products. Up next, the soon and the sun are set to work in tandem to give us a sight to see. It is a unique and amazing opportunity to do science. Our nasa scientists are hoping to seize this opportunity for their research. And that eclipse is happening right now over the pacific. This is a live picture from micronesia. Almost at the point of totalito. And Michael Finney has your tax help. It took Joel Silverman years to become a master dog trainer. But only a few commands to master depositing checks at chase atms. Technology designed for you. So you can easily master the way you bank. Good evening and welcome back. Im ama daetz. And im kristen sze. Welcome to this special edition of abc7 news at 5 30. We are monitoring a total Solar Eclipse. Stay with us, because were bringing it to you live right here and right now. This is a look from a telescope stationed in micronesia, near indonesia. You can see that we are getting very close to the moon taking a complete bite out of the sun, covering it completely. We are now just less than seven minutes away. Well bring it to you live as it happens. That means that world news tonight will air at 6 30. Meteorologist drew tuma is live at the exploratorium in San Francisco. The excitement is growing. It is. Im talking a little quieter, because i want to show you all the folks that are waiting here at the exploratorium to watch this event, easily over 100 folks have gathered here to see this event that can only be seen on a live stream, because its happening in totality in micronesia. Weve been talking about the cloud cover there, but there should be enough break in the cloud cover in the next 10 to 15 minutes that the team from the exploratorium will see that Solar Eclipse in totality. I want to bring in ken fin. What are the folks going to see . Its going to be really exciting. As the sun gets blocked out, it will get so dark that they can

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