The sticks to punish those who dont. We begin with abc 7 News Reporter tonight. Reporter Governor Brown made history announcing the first ever mandatory water restrictions in california. Make no mistake this executive order has the force of law. The water board has enforcement power. That enforcement power will go down to water districts and individuals and companies will be required to comply. Reporter the mandatory water restrictions call on water agencies to start charging more for excessive water use. Requires new homes to have water efficient drip irrigation. Requires golf courses, cemeteries and other large spaces to use less water. All of that because of the snow pack which accounts for 30 of the states water supply has dipped to 19 below normal to date. If californians dont cut usage by 25 it means water districts would begin charging extra. Double or triple the rate or do you have a graduation that increases for someone whos really wasting water. 25 will be measured against water use in 2013 before the drought began. Reporter last year San Franciscoens reduced their water use by 8 to 9 . System wide 14 . Many believe there are ways to conserve even more. Im sure businesses waste as much as an entire block of residents, you know. I have seen it before in places i work that they waste water and theres no one really regulating. Reporter the 2. 6 million customers in the bay area wh rely on them for their Drinking Water supply havent done enough. We have a meeting tomorrow to talk about the meeting and put everybody on notice that it is bet tightening time again. Reporter those include wholesalers like san mateo, northern santa clara and southern alameda. Abc 7 news. During his remarks today the governor ordered the conversion of 50 million square feet of lawn to drought tolerant landscaping. 1. 8 scare miles. You can hae how big the area would be. It would save 2 billion gallons of water a year. The governors announcement puts agencies and municipal tis on notice to tighten their belt on water usage. Heres abc 7 News Reporter carolyn tyler. Reporter venn knee shah residents reduced Outdoor Watering by 20 last year compared to 2013 and preparing to face cutbacks again. Laura pattersons property still looks beautiful but there are patches of cry cracked soil. Do you support the water restrictions . We have to. It is a given. We dont have the water here. So yeah i support it 100 . Reporter residents and commercial businesses with odd number addresses can water, mondays, wednesday and friday. Even numbers ux tuesday thursday and saturday and only before 8 a. M. Or after 7 p. M. Californias fourth year of drought is taking a toll. The city receives much of its water from lake otherville. The state told us we will see 25 allocate occasion of our state water. They had to buy water on the open market to make up for dwindling state supplies. More and more residents like mary alden are helping conserve by putting in drought resistant plants. They have the highest participation in solano county. In a turf replacement rebate program. But alden takes her saving further. I dont take a shower every day d. When i do i put a bucket in the shower until the water gets hot. I save that water. And then i put it on my lawn. Residents who use high amounts of water will pay a drought surcharge. Those who are caught violating the conservation schedule will face fines up to 500. Carolyn tyler, abc 7 news. On average a every californian uses 72 gallons of water per day. To cut that 25 as the governor wants wed have to find a way to cut 18 gallons a day out of our usage. Consider buying a highefficiency toilet. Depending on what you have now you could save a gallon or more per flush. High efficiency washing machine can save more. Most districts are offering rebates on new toilets and washing machines. As the woman in carolyns piece does, use a bucket to catch the shower as the water warms up and you can use it on your plants. Each minute you cut from your shower saves 2 1 2 gallons. Visit on our website on the steps to conserve water during this difficult time. For more on the snow pack we count on for our summer water needs check in with drew. Measurements we got today were not very good to talk about in terms of the summer water we need. Take a look n. Terms of snow pack, across the sierra we knew we hadnt had a lot of snow this season. That wasnt surprising. What was surprising is how little we have right now. Unprecedented times. Record low of 5 . This time a year ago it was 33 . Not as bad as rgh now. What we are seeing in the short term, a little snow. Not talking about anything to make a huge dent. Over the weekend in to early next week a system will move through. Above 4,000 feet that could bring some snow showers to South Lake Tahoe and kirk wood. Anywhere from one to three inches of snow once these temperatures move through. The good news, systems move through the bay area and bring us changes. First, we will have cooler temperatures and then we are talking about a wetter pattern to end the weekend. We will have details and show how much rain you can expect with the sevenday forecast when i see you in a bit. Thank you very much. A frightening ordeal for a cab driver in San Francisco. The cab Surveillance Video shows the man attacking the driver with a padlock hitting him in the head repeatedly. The dash cam recorded the moments before and during this attack. Started to hit me. The car was still going. I was like, the car is still moving and theres this guy hitting you and you are like e oh, man, what is the healthgoing on . The passenger hailed a cab driven by ben valis at seventh and townsend. He told the driver to go to the b. A. R. T. Station at fifth and market. Heres what happened next. If you are going to b. A. R. T. There is a station closer, just straight ahead. For real . Thank you. That will save you a couple bucks. Reporter when they reached their destination, 7th and market, the passenger began to pummel valis with a padlock and tried to rob him. The passenger was attempting to take the drivers electronics and other devices in the front. Reporter he got nothing and ran in to the b. A. R. T. Station and disappeared. This is a second assault on a San Francisco cab driver in over a month. This yellow cab driver suffered serious facial injure riffs from a brutal beating after his assailant refused to pay the fare to san bruno. The camera recorded the mers louse attack. You can see the man on the driver repeatedly beating him until he loses consciousness. The city of San Francisco mandated cameras in taxis years ago. Among the reasons to protect drivers. Since then robberies have declined. You have a good view if the camera is operating properly of the backseat and the passengers in the backseat as well. Reporter obviously these predators need reminding of that. Vic lee, abc 7 news. One of three bay area men convicted of kidnapping 26 children and their bus driver almost 40 years ago was granted parole today n. 1976 james schoenfeld, his little brother and another man kidnapped a bus load of children and put them in a van buried in the sand. They planned to ask for a ransom but the children and driver escaped. He received a life sentence. This was the 20th time the 63yearold had asked for parole. The rule willing go through an internal review and could take four months before a recommended parole date is sent to the governor. His brother was released in 2012. The other kidnapper Frederick Woods has been denied parole 14 times. Strong support for Law Enforcement tonight as the city of san jose prepares to honor a fallen officer. Thousand of people are expected to attend tomorrows public memorial for officer johnson shot and killed eight days ago. Abc 7 News Reporter chris knew jen has more. We learn to appreciate the work they do and to respect them. It is a tough job. Reporter heart break when he learned about the shooting death of officer johnson. They risk and put their lives on the line every day and do it for us. The veteran was killed in an apparent ambush. Hes the first san jose officer to die in the line of duty since 2001. For paul kelly with the Police Officers association johnsons death is personal. Im going to miss the most not seeing him. Him not being here. Him not being part of our police family. Its tough. Reporter at the Marriott Hotel downtown this tribute greets visitors as they walk inside. A lot of people liveeaving and coming in. They stop by and pay their respects. Santa clara county Law Enforcement agencies and the chp will be patroling neighborhoods within the city during the Memorial Service. But he will show his gratitude by practicing his trade. Taking care of the officers who trust him with their gear. They want to send them off looking and being at their best both off and on. Thats fitting tribute. A Community Coming together to recognize the sacrifice of others. In san jose abc news. There are several road closures along the procession route. Officer johnsons casket will leave at 10 00. The procession will head up win chester to caesars creek boulevard. We will have coverage of the Memorial Service tomorrow morning on channel 7. When that procession begins and well dream it online at abc 7 news. Com. A lot more to get to for you tonight. Defending security at the International Airport even after this woman made it out on the tarmac. The clear advantage some San Francisco giants will have when it comes to getting in to at t park this season. Drew is standing by with the full forecast and that chance of rain he mentioned. What there are new questions after another lapse of security at the International Airport. A woman was arrested last night accused of jumping the fence and caught walking across the airfield just after 5 00. Police say she also resisted arrest. Today abc 7 news spoke to her uncle. He didnt want to be identified and didnt know about her arrest. Just a dumb action on her part. I dont know why she did it. Reporter Officials Say its layers of security are working because she was caught. This is the fifth lapse of security in the past year. They want to do more, including raising the height of the fences. We have done certainly is increased the patrols along our fence line over the past years. Thats been a real deterrent. She is held without bail at the Santa Clara County main jail in san jose. Be prepared to pay more if you are heading to National Parks this summer. The federal government is increasing the price of admission at some public land and raising fees charged for camping, boating and other activities after a sixyear moratorium. They hope to generate as much as 45 million annually from the increases. That total is a fraction of the 11. 5 billion needed to repair and maintain roads, trails and park buildings. The new list of American Cities with the worst traffic. You can see at the bottom san jose did make the list. Top three, los angeles San Francisco and honolulu. San francisco worst traffic. But best views. Very nice. If you are stuck in traffic you can look around. May get blown around today. It is windy, drew. The winds will be with us tomorrow. Not as breezy fwhau will help to cool us off. A nice end to the workweek. A lot of sunshine and then a little rain to talk about. Finally seeing a little bit of a good pattern change. Tonight clear skies up above. Live outside our explore tore yum camera showing you the tower aglow on this evening. The breezes have calmed down. The trees not moving much. The forecast calls for a sunny mild end to the workweek. As you look at the weekend, we turning cooler ahead of a cold front moving our way. That cold front will bring us a chance of showers as we move in to Easter Sunday. As you look at our winds right now along the coast we are pretty gusty. As you look at the cameras, Half Moon Bay 23 miles an hour. Pretty calm around much of the bay. Thats good news. Keeping temperatures on the mild side out there. Right now in the low to mid50s. 57 oakland. 58 hay heyward. 55 san jose. Half moon bay where it is gusty, 52 degrees. Temperatures will fall to the 40s. One location that could drop to the 30s, north bay valleys once again. Satellite and radar will show you High Pressure in control of the weather. Sunshine over the next couple of days. The mild afternoons. Watch what is lining up in the pacific. Not one but a pair of storm systems that will first bring us cooler air and then showers are going to arrive first on Easter Sunday. As we fast forward to tomorrow morning 6 00 on your thursday in the morning, the winds will pick up once again. Winds nearing 25 miles an hour. By the afternoon, as High Pressure gets over and on top of us, it will help to calm the winds down. As we fast forward in to easte sunday, thats when we are tracking the first chance of rain. Notice the time stamp on sunday. 9 00 in the morning as the system moves to the north. Scattered light showers around the region. The Second System has more energy with it. With that monday in to tuesday looking at more showers to start off the new work and school week. When this is wrapped up, i think a tenth to as much as a half inch of rain by tuesday evening. Overnight lows tonight. Plenty of stars out there. Dropping 36 napa. 50 down San Francisco. 45 overnight low in fremont. 44 concord. Highs for thursday starting in the south bay plenty of sunshine. 72 san jose. 72 peninsula, around menlo park. To the north bay 72 santa rosa. 73 the high in sonoma. East bay plenty of sunshine. 71 oak left hand. 70 newark and 74 antioch. 73 fairfield. 72 san ramon and tons of sunshine. Sunny and mild through friday. Clouds increase on saturday that. Will cool us down. Rain moves in Easter Sunday. Light and scattered. Steadier showers move in on tuesday. Before that system moves out on wednesday. All right. Hope it hangs around a while. Thank you very much. Still to come here on abc 7 news at 9 00 a whale of an exhibit. Giants covering santa clara, San Francisco, east bay and all of the bay area. This is abc 7 news. An exhibit all about the Worlds Largest animal is on display in San Francisco. Abc 7 news was at the California Academy of sciences today as dignitaries led a traditional blessing of the whale exhibit on loan from a new zealand museum. The exhibit has dozens of whale skeletons, skulls and artifacts. A chance for visitors to get up close and see these incredibly large mammals. We have large skeletons, sperm whales, a variety of different whales around the world. You can enjoy whales, giants of the deep at the California Academy of sciences starting friday. The whales will be on display until the end of november. Getting in to at t park will be easier for fans who have been approved for fast access at Airport Security check points. It is just one of several new features unveiled that the giants unveiled today for the 2015 season. Clear travelers will be able to bypass long metal detector lines. Also new, another food court behind the garden that includes its own garlic you want to hit that place. Fans will be able to trade up if they see better seats that arent being used. They will be able to use the ballpark app to upgrade their seats anywhere if in the ballpark to a seat of the season Ticket Holder that is not here. The team also unveiled some of the we are giant tv commercials that will run throughout the year. Another 30 minutes of abc 7 news at 9 00. Coming up the massive fire ball in the gulf. Oil rig workers jumping for their lives. The latest on the disaster. Opponents of the religious objection measure in arkansas say they are encouraged tonight. How the debate is hitting close to home for arkansass governor. The race for mcdonalds live from the kgo tv Broadcast Center this is abc 7 news. Dramatic images coming in from the gulf of mexico tonight where an oil platform exploded off shore. Workers jumped in to the sea to save their lives. One saying there was nothing you could do but run. The fire waged for hours off the coast of mexico today. Four were killed, Dozens Injured and hundreds evacuated. Abcs magtd gut man has more. Reporter the inferno lighting up the gulf of mexico tonight. The fire ball sometimes blinding. Survivors of the blast saying they took these cell phone videos. This man describing the fire as huge. We couldnt do anything but run away. Many many leaping in 0 the water. Mexican Authorities Say the blast and plaim flames have killed four, dozens more hurt and 300 evacuated. The mexican Oil Authority said cruise shipsized firefighting boats have been dousing the flames since dawn. Those giant arcs of water doing little. They didnt say how the fire broke out on what it called a processing platform and said it was not pumping directly from the sea bay. The blast just days before the fifth anniversary of the deep water horizon explosion. The pictures of those sky scraper size pillars of fire so eerily similar. Mexican Oil Officials insist this is not attached to the seabed. They refuse to answer our questions about whether or not this could trigger another oil spill in the gulf of mexico. Matt gutman, abc news miami. New jersey democratic senator 0 bob menendez vowed this evening to fight