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KOFY ABC7 News On KOFY 7PM March 9, 2017

Police are advising people to shelter in place or stay away from the area all together. The search area is focused around durant and college avenues. Good evening. Im dan ashley. Im ama daetz. Todays top story is International Womens day. Millions of women around the world are taking part. Today officially commemorates the achievements of women and the progress of womens rights and includes a political element, as well. We have Live Team Coverage to see what is happening in the bay areas biggest cities. Start with leeayanne melendez w the message women wanted to get out with todays demonstrations. Reporter the message was if you want change, you have to organize and show up. For some of the people who attended, it was their first time going to a rally and some of the more experienced protesters said they are not ready to give up. It was a gathering of seasoned women marchers and newcomers willing to follow their lead. You know what i find very encouraging is the number of young men and women that are coming out, and thats why i say its incumbent on me, the people with silver hair to get them organized. Reporter while some wore pink hats, some chose the collar red. A day without women would be a very unproductive and unsatisfying day. Reporter she helped organize todays rally outside San Franciscos city hall following the success of the january womens march. I am one of millions and millions of women who have been showing up and doing this work and if you want to get through to anyone else, you have to go through all of us first. Reporter women were asked to stay home to highlight their role in the workplace. There is a lot of women that cant afford to take the day off. Employers dont allow them to take the day off and i stand for them and for everybody. Reporter ally rivera and kathy bush work for youtube. After therally, they were headed to support women and minorityowned businesses. The chef and owner is gabriella. It only shows we still need it. We still need to bring attention to these inequality issues, unfortunately. Reporter those who attended the rally showed support. Leeann yanne melendez, abc 7 ne lets continue coverage with keith larson where the womens march is is happening now. Kate. Reporter this oakland event just got started about an hour ago but already there are hundreds of people here and more are on the way showing up as we speak. Take a look, this all got started about 5 00. Of course, everyone in red mostly women but some men here, as well, who showed up in front of the Oakland City Hall for International Womens day. The women i spoke to are here for very different causes but everyone said they want the Trump Administration to know the Womens Movement only picked up momentum since the marches across the u. S. On january 21st. We believe in womens rights. We believe in black lives matter, immigrants rights, health care, the environment and the fact that our president doesnt believe in most of those things. We just want to make sure our voices are being heard. Those who dont think that this has staying power havent really talked to the people getting out into the streets. I, the rest of the moms here, i mean, we voted. We Pay Attention to politics, but were not, you know, activists and we have become f rights. So many of our basic issues are up for grabs right now and its up to us and everyone here to keep coming out and showing this is not okay, this is not the country we want to live in. Reporter one berkeley woman i spoke to organized this flash mob for bay area events. Shes a dancer and choreographed the dance and posted it on social media and says thousands of women across the country learned the routine and are performing it today. This event started about an hour ago and expected to go until 9 00 or 10 00. Hundreds of people here and certainly picking up steam and getting louder behind me. There are Oakland Police officers here, but everything that weve observed so far has been peaceful. Well be here throughout the night and bringing you the latest at 11 00. Live in oakland, kate larson, abc 7 news. Thanks very much. Today is an International Day aftof recognition for women the country of georgia women gathered with a mock glass ceiling. In our nations capital, women marched through the streets of washington d. C. Baring signs and chanting slogans. In the most populace city, san jose, thousands of women turned out for vents, not just about going to rallies. We want to see womens day from your perspective. Share photos and video with the hashtag abc 7 now. Lets move on for the moment. Tomorrow a public hearing will put san joses response to the recent massive flooding under a magnifying glass. Today were learning if a glaring time gap between the flooding and order to evacuate. Abc News Reporter david louie is live with the inside story youll see on abc 7, david . Dan, an Evacuation Order is meaningful when it comes early enough to allow people to get out of danger. San joses order came hours after firefighters had gone into rescue people from the rock springs area of san jose. And the flood waters damaged their homes, their cars, and left them fuming. An earthquake is difficult to n anticipa anticipate, however officials in san jose and santa clara were aware the dam was spilling over and creeks were rising and various agencies were collaborating six days before three san jose neighborhoods were submerged in flood water. San jose didnt issue an Evacuation Order for coyote creek until 1 44 p. M. Four hours of rock springs was submerged. That was verified by the office of emergency services, which pushes out alerts for san jose and other cities. It shouldnt be on First Responders to bear the burden of evacuating somebody when they could evacuate themselves. Reporter thats what happened. Firefighters recognized people were wading through contaminated water. It was unsafe for anyone to be in that environment and so we told everyone they need to leave immediately. Was an Evacuation Order issued that the point . We had not been told to issue any type of mandatory evacuation but as firefighters, if you find an unsafe environment to keep them safe, its proactive action we take. Reporter accountability for putting lives in jeopardy is expected to come up at a much anticipated public hearing thursday. Weve got a lot of problems to fix when it comes to warning and notification of our residents, when it comes to flood control, and when it comes to ensuring we have Clear Communication between agencies. Reporter the cities reliance on the internet and social media to push alerts may come under review. Would have been easy for a strike team of ten or 12 people to take the blocks. 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Sky 7 just got this video of the scene. The school has sent out a warning message to students. Police are advising people to shelter in place or stay away question, and be honest. Are my teeth yellow . Have you tried the tissue test . The what . Tissue test hold this up to your teeth. Ugh yellow. I dont get it. I use whitening toothpaste. What do you use . Crest whitestrips you should try them whitening toothpaste only works on the surface. But crest whitestrips safely work below the enamel surface. To whiten 25x better than a leading whitening toothpaste you used the whitestrips i passed the tissue test. Oh yeah. Would you pass the tissue test . See for yourself with crest whitestrips. They are the way to whiten. A man arrested after police say he blujed to death his own daughterinlaw at the home they live. Laura anthony is live at the Police Headquarters with details on this case, laura . Reporter dan, police told us here today when they arrived today crime scene yesterday morning, the suspect was extremely calm, even as they watched investigators collect evidence at his home. It was only here yesterday at Police Last Night at Police Head Quarters that he began to talk. The suspect became angry and armed himself with a hammer. Reporter an argument over something as simple as a bike may have lead to the murder at the hands of her flat near law, 63yearold singh. The bike was pushed over or thrown down, something happened to the bike and words exchanged which the suspect felt disrespected through that exchange. Reporter it happened early Tuesday Morning in the this quiet city nieighbor hood. Police say her husband and his brother came home and found her dead in the garage. The elder saying his wife and 2yearold grandson were in the house. Its really sad. Its really sad. There is a small child, you know, family, just torn apart like that. Reporter it was only much later at the Police Station where investigators say singh confessed. We were talking to different members of the family throughout the evening. It wasnt until the very last interview we did with him that he did finally admit to this and describe how it happened. Reporter si ngh represents in fairfield where a Committee Member told abc 7 news hes known as friendly, volunteers often and attends wednesday and sunday prayers. Very, very nice guy. I dont know. Reporter today at the family home, friends stopped by to pay their respects. Singh is expected to be arrai arraigned for murder by the end of the week. Laura anthony, a be, c 7 news. And we are learning more tonight about the murder of a popular San Jose Little League coach. Six members of a family are charged with the murder of frank navarro. The suspect at the top left of your screen, Santos Trevino is identified as the person who stabbed him. It happened early sunday february 26th. Prosecutors say one of the suspects tried to get into the bar using his brothers drivers licen license. They were turned away and called family members and there was an altercation. Navarro tried to intervene. Justice needs to be served. This is a senseless tragedy that did not need to occur. According to the criminal complaint, if convicted two suspects could face life in prison under the three strikes law. The first of three hearings on implicit bias and the effect on women like wage gap took place today and biases are judgments people make on others. The chairwoman of the state Senate Budget committee will be examining budget requests this year through the lens of implicit bias looking at whether those policies will disproportion anytimely impact women or people of color. This is a lens that i will use as we look at all of the policies in the budget. Its a lens we need to use to inform all of our policy work, not just one piece of legislation. Outside the state Capital Building today, hundreds gathered to celebrate women os progress. Its a social movement to promote womens rights and interest but taking on a political tone. Christian zee is here with a look at the different messages. President trumps first tweet of the morning is this, i have tremendous respect for women and the many roles they serve that are vital to the fabric of society and our economy. It got more than 80,000 likes but plenty of ridicule. Look at that face. Would anyone vote for that. Can you imagine that, the face of our next president. First Lady Melania Trump hosted a lunch honoring International Womens day and spoke about equality and her experience as an immigrant. In the meantime, the head of the International Monetary fund offered advice. Be mindful of other women and make sure youre not only a role model but make way to others after you. Reporter senator Diane Feinstein said wear it with red and didnsaid to goat stand witqe women of california and our country. Thanks, kristen. Well, our warmup continues to be well underway. Weve got sunny skies right now, clear skies, the sun officially set but take a look. Here is live doppler 7 and we can see clear skies and almost no cloudiness showing up on the radar and high temperatures today were certainly in the spring like range and up to above 70 degrees in places like clover dale and santa rosa and napa and san rafael and numerous upper 60s and more on the way. Check out this view from the camera. Here you can see a little bit of fog off in the distance along the coastline but skies were clear over the bay and inland. 57 in San Francisco, 60 to low 60s at oakland, mountain view, san jose, gilroy and 55 half moon bay. This is the view of the post sunset sky. Its 63 right now santa rosa and low to mid 60s in every location here except that vnavato and al checking in at 63 to 65. Here is a view you can see the fog trying to work its way through the golden gate. We may see a little bit of it pushing locally out over the bay tonight. So fog along the coast overnight and patches beyond the coastline. Mild sunny days lie ahead into next week and there is no rain in sight for the next seven days, but once again, we have that fog, it will be along the coast and may spill locally out over the bay tonight, maybe Central Valley fog will spill through the straight, as well. Generally the rest of the area will be under Clear Conditions with low temperatures overnight, mainly in the upper 40s and then as we at the pattern for another day or two. High pressure to the east, southeast clockwise circulation around the high is bringing warm air from the west and as it continues to spill into the bay area, storm track will remain to the north, so it will be wet in the northwestern corner as you watch the timeline tomorrow. Sunny and mild conditions will continue to prevail here in the bay area. Well see wide spread high temperatures in the 60s and 70s and if you think about going to the beach, might be a good place to go if you dont mind low cloudiness and light breeze but skies will be mainly sunny as you get closer to the coast and high temperatures will be in the low to mid 60s, except the bay which will have a high of 58 and santa cruz milder with a high of 71. Generally highs tomorrow in the low to mid 70s and our inland areas upper 60s to about 70 near the bay. Rainfall potential next seven days, absolutely zero. Not to be confused with absolute zero, which is minus 273 celsius and minus 459. 7 fahrenheit. Fyi. Not that im trying to be forecast shows sunny skies and dry conditions and very mild and dont forget the spring forward today light savings time over the weekend. Youre using all the 10 words. I got good words. [ laughter ] thank you. Thank you, sir. Coming up next, find out why it could cost as little as 3 a month to reduce crowding on ba question, and be honest. Are my teeth yellow . Have you tried the tissue test . The what . Tissue test hold this up to your teeth. Ugh yellow. I dont get it. I use whitening toothpaste. What do you use . Crest whitestrips you should try them whitening toothpaste only works on the surface. But crest whitestrips safely work below the enamel surface. To whiten 25x better than a leading whitening toothpaste you used the whitestrips i passed the tissue test. Oh yeah. Would you pass the tissue test . See for yourself with crest whitestrips. They are the way to whiten. News. U. C. Police finished zessearchi the area and declared all clear. They warned people to shelter place while they searched for an Armed Robbery suspect. They didnt reveal if they found the suspect. Bart found a way to get riders to change their commute times and didnt take much. The bart parks have been released. The golfs to reduce crowded train cars in the morning commute, specifically during the peak hour of 7 30 to 8 30 a. M. Participants who rode during off peak hours were rewarded with points, which could be turned into cash prizes. Almost 18,000 people signed up, nearly double the expectation. A few people earned more than 100 but on average participants received just 3 per month. Still enough to get 250 riders each weekday to avoid the peak hour or the equivalent for two bart cars. The program cost more than 200,000. Paid for with a federal grant by sales tax income and by bart itself. Two years of Free Community college will become reality for hundreds of san jose students next year. Abc 7 news was in san jose today as leaders announced the plan called san jose promise. It includes more out reach to middle and High School Students to prepare them for higher education, and an expansion of Financial Aid. Financial aid and i made it super easy was like 600 to be full time and the Financial Aid chopped it down to like 30. The state will provide most of the funding. 750,000 each to evergreen valley, west valley and San Jose City colleges. The city will provide infrastructure with a gl oal of bringing in more resources and donations. Students graduating from a San Jose High School can start apla

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