California will have a say on the republican side. Reporter david wills is looking ahead. I think things are different. I think people are concerned about their whole family and the money they make and how far that money will go to support families. Reporter this g. O. P. Candidate for u. S. Senate says the longer the season goes, the better for california. On the issueses that are important, it will be helpful to have candidates. Whether republicans or democrats spending time here in california and learning those issues. Reporter president obama will attend a afternoon fundraiser to pay down the cost of 2012 reelection campaign. Prices range from 250 to 25,000 a ticket. The dnc expects 450 people to attend. President obama is due to alive in Southern California tonight. Health officials confirm the first case of the zika virus. The patient traveled to an infected country. Sometimes, a fever, a rash after traveling to one of those countries. That is when it was acquired. Officials told a Congressional Committee have linked zika to the birth defect mikocephaly. Right now, most important thing for americans to know is this. If youre pregnant, we recommend you not go to a place where zika is spreading. If youre pregnant and live in an area where it is spreading do everything to protect yourself against mosquito bites. The number of confirmed zika cases in the u. S. Stand at 66. He says the cdc is working to get more information about the virus, which is spread by mosquitos. The former owner of a north bay slaughter house was sentenced to a year in prison for a tainted beef scheme. He ran the rancho feeding slaughter house in petaluma, admitting to selling meat from condemned and uninspected cattle. The slaughter house is now under new ownership. A police chase from east oakland and to emeryville, with the driver being arrested in berkeley. Sky 7 hd was in the area as deputies and officers took the driver into custody, peacefully. Police say the man drove into six cars, including two police cars. One woman was hurt. Tonight, San Franciscos police chief will present a draft proposal to arm police with tasers but the Police Officers association unexpectedly introduced its own proposal. This issue resurfaced following the deadly shooting of mario woods by Police Officers in the bay view neighborhood. Is this politics as usual . Reporter it seems to. The union is telling everybody if were going to do this, were going to do it right and its going to cost a lot of money. Now, protestors are at about six demanding tasers be used. The chief is ready to make them push for tasers but the surprise was a proposal regarding members. The first of the unions conditions is to arm every officer with tasers as soon as possible. We want those officers first to be trained in crisis intervention and want radio cars to have an automatic external defibrilator available. Reporter on the other hand its believed the Police Officer is proposing to train a few at a time. Arming everyone of them in a short period will cost an enormous amount of money. It will take training and a lot of money to train officers but it needs to be done, now. Training would occur on days off. The commission rejected the use of tasers twice before, but following the mario woods shooting, the mayor and police chief are asking that officers be allowed to carry tasers. Many are speaking out against them, saying when an officer is threatened police are trained to use guns. To be able to save lives that are in danger, theyd, their training is to use guns. Not tasers. The commission is not expected to vote tonight. In San Francisco, abc7 news. Researchers at Stanford University launched a massive project to determine if there is bias in the criminal justice system. Theyll create a data base from cities and towns across the country and use it to determine whether police discriminate against people and the hope is to create software that departments can use. A report card on silicon valleys economy offers good news and bad. Fast job growth are noz not solving problems of high housing costs and bad traffic. David louie is live with the story tonight. David . The incomes and jobs have bounced back, is there a bill to attack these problems which, if ignored could hurt the valley long term . Traffic is crazy, man. Yes. We know. 64,000 jobs were added last year but the outlook is cloudy because of a slow down in the last quarter of 2015, including number of ipos when start ups go public. There are evaluations investors are starting to feel are probably hoo too high and investors have become far more cautious, this is translating into something that could turn out to be a down turn. With average incomes rising to 122,000 a new study worries the gap between high wage and low wage earners is growing. The average person senses it, too. There are people that are underpaid. I think the gap between the wealthy and the middle class or the left band is growing, has grown significantly. Another problem is the availability of newly constructed homes and the job market is changing. Warehousing and storage was outpacing biotech by 3 , leading job declines were i. T. Repairs and nonprofits. So there is room for optimism, but recognition some issues need to be addressed. In san jose, david louie, abc7 news. And new at 6 00, california leads the nation and hits a record high number of jobs in the solar industry. 75,000 people work in that industry, representing a 38 increase over the past year according to the solar foundation. The majority are in installation, followed by sales and distribution. A final plan to remove the old bay bridge could be finalized tomorrow. A little while ago, cal tra transannounctrans transa announced there will be 13 smaller implosions and in between implosions, engineers will repeat last weeks process of lowering sections of the bridge on to waiting barges. Twitter lost active users and the company will likely lose value tomorrow. Twitters Quarterly Earnings came out after the trading day finished today and showed a decline. The company disappointed investors with results that came in below expectations. Twitter gained 0. 58 and the dow dropped nearly 100 points, nasdaq gaining 14 points. This is a live picture from new jersey. Royal caribbeans anthem of the seas ship returned to port after a ride to sea. This ship sailed into Hurricane Force winds over the weekend, causing violent moments on board. 4500 passengers were asked to stay in rooms for hours the captain says he doesnt for see the storm being too sielt. The National Transportation safety board is deciding whether to investigate the decision. A tear down of super bowl city should be finished tomorrow night. Tonight were getting a sense of the impact the nfl had on the bay area, who showed up for events and who stayed away from the city because of them. Im Spencer Christian. Well have a cooling trend coming our way and there may be rain in the sevenday forecast. Spencer, what a nice day on the monterey peninsula. Well catch up with celebrities at the pebble beach celebrity four score and seven years ago, our [train horn blares]th. To the continent. [claps]. A new nation. Announcer why not celebrate president s day with a better nights sleep . Through president s day at sleep train get up to four years interestfree financing on tempurpedic, and save up to 300 on beautyrest and posturepedic, plus sameday delivery, and sleep trains love your mattress guarantee. Hurry this special financing offer ends president s day at sleep train. Signs of the ssh are slowly going away. Workers began taking down the signs on buildings near San Franciscos Embarcadero Center and some streets may reopen as early as tomorrow afternoon. San francisco and the Host Committee gave out a lot of projections before the big event. They did. Tonight we have answers and kristin zee is here to see whether reality met with expectations. Organizers say 1. 1 Million People advise yited events, including super bowl city and nfl experience, ten ps higher than 1 million projected but did that influence translate into a boost for businesses . I grabbed my cell phone and went looking for answers. Businesses say the super bowl was a touchdown. Roadside burgers did great as this pedi cab driver, today, he was happy, gave me a ride just to chat and kill time. So its slower now . Its back to regular february which i would say. Its the slower time of the year, yeah. Reporter but businesses that rely on regulars are harder to find, and were talking about lunch trucks on front street. I think its harder the ferry building. The city announced the streets shut down and will likely reopen on thursday night and muni resuming on monday. Back to the way it was, thank you very much. A follow up on on a story we taught you last week. A man turned his good fortune into a good deed. He discovered tickets last week in San Francisco. Someone just left them. He called police and searched for the rightful owner. No one came forward, he posted a message on his Facebook Page saying hed give the tickets to someone who would give a scholarship to a student. For a check for 8500 ill give you tickets to the super bowl. This was a blessing. Now, its going to a great cause. Guy anthony and his wife bought the tickets, it was his birthday and one he wont forget. The obama administrations goal to replace cal trains aging diesel engines. New electric trains will reduce air pollution up to 96 president. The 2017 budget has to be approved by congress. New at 6 00, for the first time in more than six months, export volume increased. Import volumes jumped 75 in january, west coast sports were in the middle of a labor dispute that slowed traffic. A berkeley based company just won a prize and 1 million in the United Arab Emirates robotics for good competition. This is a pediatric extoskeleton. The found hers hope to develop suits to help children with cerebral palsy. Wonderful. Yes. And now, turning to weather. May as well enjoy spring in winter. That is what it is. We tied one record today. Now, were getting into more seasonal territory. We have partly cloudy skies at the moment, and we have rough surf coming back again. Weve been dealing with these conditions most of the last several weeks now. So saturday, wave rights will be rising. And maybe beach erosion. And mavericks xet tags takes mace on friday with partly sunny skies and highs around noon on friday. Taking a look at the camera along the bay bridge, cooler the next few days but still temperatures above average for this time of the year. And that warming continues into next week. Now, a big ridge of High Pressure dominating our weather picture last several days has been a bit slow to shift eastward. And temperatures wont drop dramatically but will feel a cool down. So some high clouds into tomorrow, and that will drop temperatures a couple degrees but not a lot. 50 degrees in oakland and tomorrow, hazy sunshine, temperatures in most locations, mid to upper 60s on the coast. And tomorrow, the beginning of the looks like a great day for golf. A little bit of a cool down on saturday. And temperatures bouncing back sunday, mid70s around the bay on valentines day and clouds increase wednesday, temperatures dropping off sharply. Wednesday is our next best chance of rain. And our box of chocolate will be melting. What makes the annex hazardous to our health and how much to replace it. Abc7 news sports director larry beil will report live from the nba all star game this weekend. Golden state warriors stars steph curry, and Draymond Green will be there, obviously. You can follow his updates on twitter at larry beil abc7. Stay with us, more still to come. Tracking a marijuana plant from where it was grown to sold, has two points, it allows consumers to stay safe. We want to make sure proper taxes have been collected on the product and, that it came from the places that were correctly licensed in order to be in business. Today, californias board of equalization continued its series of meetings intended to volume medical marijuana policies in the state. A law gives state agencies until 2018 to develop regulations on the cultivation, distribution, sale and taxation in california. Part of the California State Capitol building could be demolished because it contains toxic materials. The materials need to be removed, like lead, asbestos, mold. The Capitol Annex was finished in 1952, the eastern wing of the current building. The proposed budget includes using 1. 5 billion to replace the annex and other Office Buildings in need of renovation. The Legislature Still has to approve the plan. Still ahead, the news and huey lewis. Who else mike shumann found down there today at pebble beach. Takes a minute, maybe two minutes. A 10,000 theft in San Francisco. Details could link the thieves to other crimes. Another look in new jersey. Passengers from the cruise ship disembark. They survived a severe storm along the cruise. All our handcrafted february is huge for us. Classic footlongs are just 6 each. The media is going a little crazy. Submageddon with an incredible amount of accumulation inside. That now seems. Enjoy all our classic footlongs for just 6 each. More than 10,000 worth of merchandise stolen in union square just before closing last night at the ferragamo store. Police are looking for ten thieves. Reporter brazen thieves walked into luxury store salvatore ferragamo, grabbing 10,000 worth of merchandise. They did use force to stop one employee trying to do the right thing and prevent them from leaving. Sfpd says its similar to others targeting high end stores. Theyre sometimes known as rainbow girls or rainbow crew. Police arent sure if theyre the same individuals. Its the style, which is going to a Department Store when theyre open, grab the high ticket items and run out. 10,000 for me would be half of my stock. Christina owns top shelf store, nearby. These crimes occur so quickly. By the time it goes to dispatch and to us, theyre long gone. Investigators say the thieves are between 1825 years old, and they have left the area in a silver suv. There is Surveillance Video but sfpd isnt sharing it yet. We want to make sure we can do our Due Diligence and make sure we can identify who these criminals are. Investigators say its possible whoever is responsible is also responsible for other crimes. In San Francisco, abc7 news. Only on abc7 news, daly city leaders are considering a proposal to save 750,000 a year, its opposed by officers who say it would put Public Safety at risk. Dispatchers agree. They come into the center, we know them, the way they talk, we know the codes and it saves us a lot of time if we can shorthand words on radio. Rank and file officers signed a petition against the move saying the dispatchers do a lot of work for officers on the side. The city will take up the proposal in two weeks. Happening now, president obama is in air force one approaching california landing at Moffett Federal Air Field shortly. Reporter air force one could arrive by 7 00 p. M. , the start of a very brief bay area visit for the president. Mr. Obama is coming from illinois, where he left around 3 00 p. M. Our time, his visit is purely to raise money for the democrats so there will be no public appearances during his 18hour stay. As soon as he arrives he will be heading to a hotel and spending the night, then, tomorrow he has two events. As our chris nguyen reported there will be a fundraiser for the democratic senator yil Campaign Committee in palo alto and another for the dnc, taking place at the atherton home of former state controller steve wesley. That event will include 450 supporters who contributed up to 25,000 so its scheduled to be a short but lucrative trip. Hes scheduled to leave here for los angeles tomorrow at 2 15 p. M. Despite el nino winter, california is still in a drought. The drought in marin county exists perhaps in name only. Six of seven reservoirs are considered at capacity. The one that is not is at 95 . Wayne freedman has the story. Reporter marin county has a reputation for big homes and wealth but in a drought year. There is a different definition. Not money, but liquid gold thanks to the Mount Tamalpais wat watershed. Kristin manages that water shed. Its a rosie picture compare toed the rest of california. If the rest of california was at 98 would we still be at a state of drought . No. So this is unique . Yes. This year, marin has a third layer of riches. That is Gregory Andrew as he spotted and counted one of 500 coho that returned to the creek this year, this is due to storms that arrived early, allowing coho to swim upstream. For fish, its been a perfect el nino. I have said the salmon population is stable, but tenuous. Im not changing that. A tenuous population, having a good year. Google gets to move forward with itself driving car program. How life changing this can be for some bay area people, including one who is googles first test driver. Plus. All sorts of life style descriptions i was probably spending 100 to 200 per month. Michael finney shows how to get rid of those recove tonight, tesla says its model 3 will be revealed on march 31st. Production launched in 2017. Tesla confirmed it will be offered for around 35,000 before tax breaks. The auto maker says it will come in both sedan and crossover suv. Today, the federal government redefined what it means to be a driver. The decision is important to this man, passenger one, a blind man, the first person chosen to give googles self driving car a test drive. Jonathan bloom explains why. Reporter for steve, traveling across town requires planning. He lives two miles from the nearest bus stop. When the family is at work, he relies on the paratransit. I have to make arrangements for those rides a day before. Reporter that is why a right he took three years ago was magical.