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KGO ABC7 News 600AM April 5, 2015

Not much else happening but off the coast you see a few returns and this weak impulse will continue to sink south and east across the bay area today. So by 8 00 we will see some showers from marin through sonoma down around the south bay. And by about 10 00 11 00 it wants to push out of the north bay, pushing into the east bay and south bay by 1 00. After that we will still have a cloudy partly cloudy cool afternoon. With he will line up the temperatures today and talk about a more vigorous systems bringing thunderstorms and perhaps snow to the Higher Elevations around the bay tomorrow coming up. Carolyn. Thank you. A rural east Bay Community is waking up to a new world this morning. A World Without water. About 100 families have seen their as well as dry up and their only other source is now cut off. Tiffany wilson has the story. Tucked into the area here is an area called tassara valley. 1100 families are in the area. When it comes to any water agency, weve been named nomansland. Up until now she has sustained her family and horses with this 150foot well. As the drought deepens, members of her community are starting to see their as well as run dry. We are just wanting to survive. Sandy johnson said her well pumps less than a third of a gallon per minute. She used it augment fore water supply through east mud. Two months ago their access was cut off. Now they of left with few feasible options. Even the haulers, the commercial haulers, are losing their right to deliver us water and im losing sleep over it. If we arent able to go to our normal sources, what do we do now . East bay mud said even if they had tapped into the east bay mud hydrants for years, that was always unauthorized use. Its a very difficult situation burks legally we cannot allow access to customers outside of our service area. Tracie morales said east bay mud must prioritize their 1. 3 million customers and theres nothing they can do to help the 100 families in tassahara valley. Someone needs to call an emergency and say these folks need water just to survive. No one knows how long they can survive on land without water. Tiffany wilson, abc7 news. At this point tassajara valley residents are talking about truck in water from pittsburgh. They say it could cost them up to 2,000 per month. A fire broke out around 1 30 yesterday afternoon near a camp ground in the foothills southeast of fresno. Crews had the fire fully contained by 9 00 last night. Evacuation orders for some campgrounds were lifted. This morning a hayward man is covering when propane exploded while he was barbecuing. His arms and hands were burned. It happened just before 8 30 last night in hayward. A camper and other items in the backward burned. Crews put the fire out within 10 minutes. The flames never reached any buildings. The yemenamerican community in east bay is grieving this morning are to the first reported u. S. Citizen killed in the current rebel fighting. Jamal allabani died tuesday catch visiting a mosque in his home country. He moved to the bay area from yemen more than 20 years ago. Abc7 News Reporter Lisa Amin Gulezian has the details on a special memorial held in his honor. He was always there for support if i needed anything. He was like a second father to me. Jamal allabani was remembered by his closest family and friends. He died tuesday after being hit by mortars in a rebel attack. Some could barely talk about their loss. Well praying together helps. Everyone was worried when jamal left for yemen in february. He wanted to get his wife and daughter out of the country. The two had been living there for five years without him. With the air strikes and bombings increasing, escape proved impossible, even for jamal, who is a u. S. Citizen. When you hold an american passport, you expect a big help. Nothing. Chinese, they got help, india they got help, everyone except the americans. The state department is not evacuating citizens from the area. At least six bay area families are trapped in yemen right now. We are losing life every, every minute. But the one they are missing most is jamal allabani. He is not a troublemaker, he doesnt get into peoples business. And he always has a smile on his face. Jamal has two sons living in fresno from a previous marriage. In fresno, Lisa Amin Gulezian, abc7 news. Police in novato believe a couple wanted for questioning after their child was found dead might be in oakland. The case started when North Las Vegas police checked in on the couples 17yearold daughter and her baby. The 4monthold showed signs of being malnourished and is in critical condition. That led police to another home where they found a 3yearold girl dead, but they were unable to find her parents. Detectives believe Kelly Philips and Jondrew Lachaux might be on the run with four other children or five other children. We have a fourmonthold fighting for its life at the hospital still. So it is imperative to locate these children so we can verify their condition. Investigators arrested the 17yearold on child abuse charges. They say she is the older sister of the threeyearold who died. Their parents have contacts in both oakland and los angeles. The chp shut down two southbound lanes of highway 101 in san jose yesterday for four hours after a car hit and killed a pedestrian trying to cross the highway. It happened around 3 30 a. M. North of interstate 280. Officers say the driver did not appear to be under the influence of alcohol or drugs. The pedestrian died at the scene. The driver was not hurt, but a passenger suffered minor injuries. Mass vandalism in the north bay, novato residents woke up yesterday morning to find dozens of tires slashed. Its a story you will see only on abc7 news. Many people wrestled with jacks and lug wrenches as they changed tire after tire along the east side of Fourth Street near vallejo avenue. They say vandals targeted 20 cars. Our crew counted at least 40. Im sick, i dont know why they nailed my corvette. One tire is 500 bucks. We arent rich people. We are working we work every day to have something to eat. Police are looking not only for tips, but for any Surveillance Video in the neighborhood that would help them identify the vandals. This morning San Francisco police and fire officials are not commenting about a body found inside a trashfilled home in the citys Inner Richmond district. Firefighters wearing gas masks had to enter the home on Fourth Avenue yesterday through a front window to get to the body. Last week authorities were alerted to the home where debris was packed so densely inside that the front door was nearly blocked. Neighbors tell abc7 news a senior resident in the home has been hospitalized at least once for extreme hoarding. If you plan on taking bart today you might face delays through oakland. Bart will not be running trains between the fruitvale and coliseum Oakland Airport stations because work with begin on a project bart calls vital. Crews will Begin Replacing tracks and other equipment. That work with take place over 11 weekends between now and august. Buses will shuttle bus riders or bart riders between fruitvale and coliseum. Traffic backups expected this week along San Franciscos van ness avenue where crews will install a new tunnel for the New California Pacific Medical center. Starting tomorrow van ness from post to ellis will be down to one lane. Thats in each direction overnight. Then start ing friday it will be completely shut down until sunday night. It will connect the new hospital to the medical office building. Thats ban long time coming. And lisa is here talking about Something Else a long time coming. Thats right. Temperatures will be cool today. Breezy. Heres a look from the sutro tower camera. Temperatures are just around 50 degrees. Scattered showers for the easter bunny today. A little break and more heavier rain with a colder system. We will talk about it coming up. Also ahead, the annual easter celebration this morning at glide church in San Francisco. Dont leave a used car lot with a him. Im Michael Finney ahead with 7 on your side i wear my clothes like this because i can, i wear my hair like this because i can, i walk around like this because i can, and i do my thing like this cause its who i am and i do my thing. Maxx your thing. At t. J. Maxx brands that help you express yourself at prices that look good on you keep your standards high and your spending low. Maxx life at t. J. Maxx. vo at jennieo, we heard of a place in iowa where every thursday people ride ten miles for tacos. We thought wed show up and surprise them with a better kind of taco, made with jennieo ground turkey, cooked thoroughly to 165. mom id feed my kids turkey tacos over regular tacos any day. woman i think that theyre light and theyre just fresh tasting. vo its time for a better taco. kid the tacos tonight were pretty much perfect. vo make the switch. Look for jennieo ground turkey at a store near you. Theres a fabric matt liner in the trunk and you lift that up and smell it. If it smells musty or moldy, that means there had been a lot of water in the trunk. Thats the sign the car has been in a flood, hurricane or has a serious water leak. Take the car for a test drive and listen for engine knocking. That sound is an alert for an internal combustion issue. Inspect the car not only for scratches, but for warning signs on the tailpipe. If the tailpipe is black, then its got some issues. Or you have your friend start up the car and usually upon startup its having oil burning issues, blue smoke will come out. And lastly, check out the latest Auto Reliability report from Consumer Reports. The lexus rx is among the most reliable premium s. U. V. Available. Overall lexus and toys do well toyota do well in reporter reports. Hightech safety gear such as rear tooth cameras and bluetooth can be troublesome. Electronics or the number one trouble spot in Consumer Reports reliability survey. We found some models from lexus and toyotas have a lot fewer electronic glitches than other car companies. Subaru has done a great job making their cars in the short term reliable and in the longterm reliable. Mazda showing signs of improving in this area. But nissan has taken a step back and is described as doing only soso in testing. And the chrysler minivan has done poorly. They have fallen from great. They used to be the kings and now they are street sweepers. Minivans. You can get a reliability on 240 vehicles based on surveys on more than 1 million car owners. Its available in the april issue of Consumer Reports. Im Michael Finney, 7 on your side. As you would expect, there are several easter celebrations all over the bay area today, including an all day event at San Franciscos glide memorial church. Glide will provide hot meals and Easter Services to the needy at its ellis street location. Nourishing the body, as well as the soul. A Fried Chicken dinner will be one of the days highlights, as well as the music provided by their house band. The glide foundation has been providing meals and healthcare to the needy for more than 50 years. In just a few hours hundreds of worshipers will attend the annual Easter Sunrise Service on Mount Davidson in San Francisco. The huge 103foot cross at the summit, the largest in the nation, as illuminated last night, providing a beacon for easter morning pilgrims. Munis 36 line is providing special bus service to the site. This morning marks the 93rd annual anniversary of Easter Services on Mount Davidson. Throttle of activities lisa. The rain will hold off for most of them . No. You will have to watch my forecast. We do have a couple waves that will be moving through. In fact, really over the Morning Hours in the north bay the central bay and 1 in the south bay. We will put it all together for you in just a moment. Live doppler hd, its raining in santa rosa. Sun comes up at 6 k 39 and sets at 7 36. But that time everything will be over, in fact well before that it will be over. This is a very weak system and the first push is showing activity well to the north. Here we are to mount st. Helena. The sweep on top showing the scattered showers down through santa rosa. Clear lake, glen ellen. You look at this line offshore continues to push to the east. Just south of davenport and the Central Coast likely getting wet in the next hour or so. And up through the Sierra Nevada, this is where we have the winter storm watch in effect. Snow flurries in blue canyon and we could see 3 to 6 inches here. The winds gusting over 35 miles an hour in the mountains. A lot of folks not used to the Winter Driving conditions with the long dry stretch and the drought. Do be careful. From our sutro tower camera its quiet right now. 50 in San Francisco. Temperatures cool, in the low 40s down through san jose. 39 in morgan hill. It will get kind of slick out there throughout the day. East bay hills camera looking at temperatures in the low 40s from the delta upper 40s concord, livermore and 45 right now with light rain showers up in santa rosa. Our exploratorium camera, showers sweeping through today for this Easter Sunday. Heavier rain late tomorrow with wind gusting out ahead of this system. Most of the rain will fall while you are sleeping. But by tuesday afternoon the cold core of the system heads over the bay and with had some sunshine we could see some afternoon thunderstorms, including some hail and low snow levels. This system you can see its originating out of the gulf of alaska. It has very cold air certaintied with it. The first piece of energy across the bay area today. And we will time it out for you. So 8 00 we have the showers from the north bay. Even into the east bay in santa cruz. But it doesnt end there. It will be sliding to the south and east, that line. And then by about 1 00 its still hung up in san jose, but by 3 00 it pushes on out. You can count on the light shower activity throughout the early Morning Hours into the early afternoon, a couple hundredths maybe. 2inch up in the north bay. Here comes the brake. Cloudy tomorrow, getting breezy. And here comes the rain just in time for the afternoon and evening commute. But you can see the heaviest rain holding off until about 11 00 monday night. The cold air with it allowing for snow in the sierra. Here we are tuesday with the scattered showers. Kind of a raw day with 50s and 60s. By the evening still showers around anywhere from. 75inch. 1. 5 in the north bay, and about a half in inch the south bay. A goodlooking system allowing for the gusty winds, 3 to 6 inches of snow through midnight and then the Second System could bring over a foot of snow. You can see right up through the north here around blue canyon and donner and kirkwood a foot and a half maybe half foot around south lake. 60 today. Cool day in fremont. And 61 down around san jose. 62 in oakland. Look for some afternoon sun. Temperatures well below average for the first part of the work week. You see the heavier rain arriving late monday into tuesday. You know the second half of the week is trending dryer with more sunshine. Temperatures climbing through the lower 70s. You can see what is showing up on live doppler 7hd anytime with the abc7 news weather app. Its free on apples app store or google play, more information at abc7 news. Com apps. You are saying you remember easter parades that were wet. Yeah. Cool and wet not unusual. Not unusual for april. Thank you. Thank you lisa. Up next, the search for the elusive golden egg. The big prize for some lucky bay area okay buddy whats your favorite kind of cheerios . Honey nut. But. Chocolate is my other favorite. But Apple Cinnamon is my favorite too. And fruity. Oh yeah, and frosted okay, but. Whats youre most favorite of all . Hmm. The kind i have with you. Me too. Youve been part of the family for as long as i can remember. And you just mean so much to all of us. The holidays wouldnt be the same without your crescent rolls. We got you a little something. We got you jeans. Its about time. Pipin hot pillsbury crescent rolls. Make easter pop well, i drove grandpa to speed dating this week, so i should probably get the last roll. Dad, but i practiced my bassoon. And i listened. I can do this. Everyone deserves ooey gooey pillsbury cinnamon rolls. Make the weekend pop almost all of us are looking for the faster Internet Connection and have heard promises that its coming some day soon. Last week in the heart of Silicon Valley they made a big step toward speeding things up. Heres Jonathan Bloom on cupertinos fast fiber connection. Heres Jonathan Bloom on cupertinos fast fiber connection. At the cupertino at t store it feels like a party. Thats because across town the company just lost something big. We are thrilled to be the first city on the west coast to help launch gigapower. Home internet speeds after gigabit per second, seven times what customers are used to getting, thanks to new fiber lines strung throughout the city. They they they beat googlepower to the punch. We reached out to google in our campaign for several years. They chose other places. We would be still delighted to have google come in. In part thats because at t has been known to lower prices in markets where it competes with

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