You know . He put out that he was there to help them. And he helped them in the past. The girls ended up selling their bodies at busy thorough fares. Our calls were not returned. Vic lee, abc7 news. A fire in a cab Company Body Shop sent a big plume of smoke into the sky. Take a look. This video taken by a business next to the luxor cab body shop. Sky 7 shows how flames shot out from the building. Firefighters poured water on the building to douse the blaze. Crews were cautious because of the chemicals inside. There is paint and stuff that will explode if ignited. Smoke could be seen for miles, these pictures sent to you report. The cause of the fire still under investigation. All workers managed to escape without injury 2500 people honored two fallen patrol officers in fresno. Governor brown along with Law Enforcement officers took part in the memorial at the safe mart center paying tribute to officer Juan Gonzales and brian law. Brian and juan were doing what they dedicated their lives to do. Responding to protect those in danger and assist those in need oochl they attended academy together. They gave the ultimate sacrifice together. And are both heros. Both joined chp in 2008. A perfect is hes of cars escorted the families to separate burial ceremonies. A father of three has been killed during a street racing accident. It happened last night in fairfield. Nick smith joins us live with the story. Nick . Good evening. Was it road rage . Drag racing . Was it neither . Police tell me they dont know. They believe the driver can provide them with information about the seconds before a crash killed a father of three. We still cant believe it. The 31yearold struck and killed on sunday, leaving behind three young boys his 11yearold broke down. He was a wonderful person. He kept us safe. Ron died at the scene of the crash just west of i 680 sunday evening. Police tell abc7 news the accident happened when the drivers of this infinity coupe and a black Toyota Tundra started heading at high rates of speed he was making a left turn when the car smashed into his mazda. Evidence fuelled investigator was more questions for the driver because did he not stop after the crash and has not come forward today sh police were back on the scene looking for witnesses were trying to identify who it can be. So we can talk about what his involvement was. Police are trying to determine if road rage or drag racing were factors. Questions only the drivers can answer. Particularly one who hasnt come forward the driver of a newer model black Toyota Tundra. We need to talk to him to put the pieces of the collision together. The driver of the infinity remains in critical condition. Those who knew, and loved, ron are struggling to understand it all. We just want the person to come forward. And say what happened. Some kind of closure. A storm is coming in faster and stronger than first anticipated. What do you think, spencer . A quiet weather condition at the moment but that wont last long well give you the satellite view. You can see first storm moving into our direction now coming in on wednesday bringing some strong winds, friday, not much of a break between the two. Were going to get a nice dose of rainfall. Its going to be a stormy period. And by wednesday, by thursday morning with a storm beginning on wednesday, but thursday morning we should see rainfall in the north bay mountain asks south bay mountains up to three inches into wettest locations and up to an inch in lower elevations. So not a drought buster but a significant amount of rain. Ill have more details in just a few minutes. Look forward to. That thank you. Bart is back running on schedule today. After a train derailed on friday was removed from the tracks over the weekend. Laura anthony is live with the latest. Laura . Hi, ama. A spokesperson told us theyre doing a complete analysis of the development. One thing is clear from the get go. It appears the accident has many of the same qualities. Theyre 104 miles of track. There are two derailments in the same pot in concord within three years. Barts latest derailment is in the same place where another train ran off the track. An interlocking device may have failed or abc7 news learned investigators are looking into whether the wheel axel damage theed the frog. Over the weekend, bart spokesman said there is no evidence the interlocking device is the culprit. There is no evidence to lead us to believe this would occur. Its going take investigation the California PublicUtilities Commission is investigating the accident. A process that could take up to a month. Patrol says its been assured there will be no more bottle throwing in snoenla county. Nine vehicles were hit. They had their windshields shattered. Chp identified the pick up. The owner wont say when has been driving it his lawyer told officers it will not happen again. Still, the investigation remains open. The dalai lama wrapped up a threeday visit today with a daylong stp at santa clara university. To an invitation only gathering of Business Leaders this afternoon. The dalai lama used both events to call for more passion. The dalai lama says hearing a performance reminded him of the childhood love and smiles left a life long impression on him. That was the message he wanted to leave for Silicon Valley leaders. Compassion brings comfort. Materially brings us physical comfort. We have this mind and physical we need north. The dalai lama pointed out health care is make a difference. Then, that concern should spill into every business. Maybe it should go together. Be wise selfish. Father than short sighted. That left an impression on the people who attended the morning event. I want to bring that perspective into the work life. Or whoever i might be dealing with. Holding them and human beings and people that care about their happiness. Proestors who have shown up indicated they were not happy with him. Others say they will praise his teachings of kindness. I dont know what how to be happy. He taught me making others happy will bring happiness to you. Still ahead tonight who is taking aim under San Francisco pet population. Could this machine be, want to be answers to the California Drought . How it can make water out of thin air. Later an oscarnominated film a man forgiven for his past. Can you have a diet delivered to your front door . Im Michael Finney, seven on your side with the answer is co not my strong suit. We get to the end of the day and i am toast. In fact, weve had toast for dinner. But tonight i nailed it. Kfc family feast. 9 pieces any recipe, 3 large sides, 6 biscuits, 19. 99. Do not give up on dinner. A new warning for San Francisco pet owners tonight. Another batch of phone shally poin onus meat balls have been found. Similar looking meat balls found yesterday at la playa and balboa street a block from ocean beach. One dog died and one other became severely ill in july. A trial date set for a state lawmaker accused of a long list of corruption charges senator ron calderon pleaded not guilty to 24 counts today. His trial is set for april 22nd. If convicted he faces nearly 400 years in prison. Calderon accused of accepting bribes and trips and funneling some of the money to his children and political groups his brother, tom, facing Money Laundering charges. A referendum to overturn the states transgender law guarantees students in grades k12 the right to use School Bathrooms and participate in sex segregated activities that with their gender. Election officers ruled only about 488,000 signatures were valid. Brace yourself, members of the Golden Gate Bridge district recommended a 2 toll increase. Under the proposal the toll goes up 1 in april, then 0. 25 a year after that. If you use fast track youll continue to get a one discount but the toll rises from 5 now to 7. 04 years from now. The bridge district faces a deficit for expenses linked to the operation of more than just that iconic bridge. We spend half of the tolls to subsidize our bus operations during xhet xhoout we remove 20 of the traffic with buses and ferries. The full panel could vote as soon as friday. One bay area county is exploring ways to deal with the drought. The supervisor joined Santa Clara ValleyDistrict Board members for demonstration of new Drinking Water technology, removing moisture in the air and condenses it into pure Drinking Water. Its powered by electricity. Its an idea worth looking at. Its not the only Technology Well look at. Were not necessarily endorsing this product in the county but were looking to make sure we can deliver services in the county. He says he hopes that the county will consider using the generators if the drought gets so severe were not able to depend on our local supplies. Its an option to consider. Yes. Rain is approaching the bay area, our countdown shows its just two days away. You can track it with abc7 news weather app. Were going to get a good soaking in the area, live doppler 7 showing mild, calm conditions now and a live view from our south beach camera looking back over the skyline of the financial district of San Francisco. Temperature readings into low 60s in San Francisco and oakland. 66 san jose. A cool 54 in half moon bay. Post sunset skies, bright towards golden gate from our emeryville camera. Temperatures 68 in santa rosa. Napa, 65. San rafael, 72. Mid to upper 60s in fairfield. One more live view from our mount tam camera looking on to the city of San Francisco. These forecast features wet, windy wednesday a chance chance of thunderstorms wednesday. There is a string of active weather days coming our way. Out to see a cold front bringing us storm one on wednesday. Storm risk factors here sort of a moderate risk of urban flooding meaning pooling or puddling on lowlyings wind damage, and thunderstorms may occur as well just a slight chance of creek flooding. And driving conditions will be hazardous. Friday, second storm comes through. At 8 00 wednesday morning rain approaching the coastline. By 10 00 moving on shore. By 4 00, will being for wide spread rainfall areas of heavy rain at times and hazardous driving conditions for that Late Afternoon, early evening commute. Rain continues into thursday night and thursday morning rather. Showers continuing throughout the day on thursday. And by about 10 00 thursday morning, well look at rainfall totals that are rather generous. Wind gust animation showing strongest gusts occur Late Afternoon wednesday. Strongest rain will fall, there will be gusts on the coast up to about 50 miles per hour. But those winds taper off overnight wednesday into thursday. Now taking you into friday, i want to show you the second storm. Most of this energy aims to our south towards los angeles well get steady rain into this system. Low temperatures mid to upper 40s. Tomorrows highs mild tomorrow. Highs into mid to upper 60s to near 70s. Here is the accuweather forecast. Showers thursday, more rain friday. And showers continuing into the weekend. Well dry out a little bit monday. Then, rainfall totals, ill reit trail from 1 to 3 inches into higher elevations. Good and this will be a good dent in the old rainfall deficit here just mentioned were in our studio and we appreciate it sticking with us. Its cool. Yes. Very nice. A reminder abc7 is the only place you can see oscars this sunday, march 2nd. Be sure to printout a ballot and go to my picks section. Coming up a 12yearold beat cancer. All he got was a tee shirt . How he at Kaiser Permanente weve reduced serious heart attacks by 62 , which makes days with grandpa jack 100 more possible. Join us at kp. Org and thrive. A north korea defector is asking for help in bringing down the he regime of kim he has been yugs them to smuggle ucb drives and dvds critical of the government which has tight control of the internet and media. There are engineers and Hardware Developers that could make what they do more effective. Were trying to see if we cant make the balloons go to more targeted places, go further, drop more stuff. Park wants donations of gadgets like radios. His goal is for north Korean People to rise up and overthrow the government. A 12yearold boy is using a battle against cancer to help other children fight the disease. He is known as the leukemia slayer. Today, saying goodbye to staff there after receiving his last round of chemo. Hes been getting treatments three years and now cancerfree. Jacob uses social media to raise awareness, and money for Childhood Cancer research. On his last day of treatment jacob gave gifts to the other young Cancer Patients and some advice. Any kid starting out, keep going. Youre going to do a great job just keep going. 50 years ago his cancer was incurable. Now, children with the most common type of leukemia has a 90 chance of surviving. When a change that is. Good for jacob. There is more still to come. The mysterious poliolike disease doctors cant figure out. There is a bay area child who has it. Abc7 news i Team Investigates the death bed confession of a man claiming he was the bay areas infamous he Zodiac Killer. Also a crimefighting robot headlines a local launch festival. The besis that millioa is that millions of people will qualify for Financial Assistance. Its important to remember that the lower your annual income, the greater Financial Assistance you will receive. Enroll today at coveredca. Com. A polio like virus has taken two dozen California Children the first case in 2012 in a 2yearold from berkeley. One arm remains paralyzed two years later. Her symptoms are similar to other cases a respiratory problem, then a limb is weakened or paralyzed. Researchers are concerned symptoms are not improving. Throughout the acute onset of symptoms they may have been within a few weeks mild improvement but in cases there was actually no improvement. So this severity of the initial deficit that actually remained very concerning. The good news is that they say it is not spreading at a greater rate and cdc says its not been discovered in other states. Family members and loved ones of those who died at the Golden Gate Bridge gathered in San Francisco city hall today this, is days after the report on the record 46 sue sides at the bridge in 2013. Theyre protesting the districts delay in getting a suicide barrier on the golden gate the board approved a barrier in 2008 but refused to fund it. The group says without a barrier, more people will die at the bridge the district says its figuring out how to raise money for the project these numbers are a disgrace. Golden gate bridge district acknowledges numbers still allows them to grow by their own boards inaction. Were having conversations with lots of funding agencies and trying to see if we can finalize the conversations to put together a funding plan. The final design has been delayed twice. Tonights Money Matters free Smart Phone Service for everyone on the planet. Mark zuckerberg outlined the plan today, facebook will provide basic phone and internet for everyone everywhere, within w. Emphasis on developing countries also, the messaging service bought last week today says it plans to add voice messaging to. A big shot in the arm for netflix giving in to demands from comcast to pay for improved video streaming of the movies. Nobody will say how much it will pay but it should improve the service. And if 10 30 is too early for breakfast, mcdonalds is looking to serve egg mcmuffins and the rest of the menu throughout the day. Entrepreneurs converged on San Francisco today for the launch festival. A threeday conference where start ups unveil their new creations. Reporter launch festival packs a Convention Hall with thousands of techies, entrepreneurs and a big robot. Weighing in at 300 pounds its a supersized r 2 d 2 going to cut crime by 50 in the geo area. Its robo cop . No. This is a match up of everything great about Silicon Valley. Made here in the bay area, night scope thinks of the k 5 as a Friendly Police robot. Or a security guard. Idea to see, feel, hear, smell, its got 360 video. Thermal imaging. Night time imaging. Add a lot of Computing Power and it can roam around, looking for things out of the ordinary. Its only for rent at 3,000 a month. There is a government version. For airports it can find chemical activity. In packages. Another innovation getting a lot of attention is a game controller. Good to be walking around. Its a mind blowing experience. And its simple. A slippery bowl spare paired with slippers it solves a biggest problem in virtual reality. Its how do you physically walk around in a Virtual World . You need an omni directional treadmill. Iet works for training and architecture tours and it can burn 400 calories per how, why not use it . Everybody wears the shirt all their live. But this one is really wearable technology. It tracks your heart, blood oxygen and will make rec mening days based owe on them. Tell someone to sit down because theyre going to have a heart attack or sleep early because of a risk of having a cold. Or, tell you to work out. Maybe by playing video games. In San Francisco, abc7 news. Its been 40 years since Zodiac Killer began his reign of terror in the bay are