♪ in the news this sunday morning, november 14th, fairfield police are reaching out to law enforcement agencies across the state down to the mexican border for help in finding a double murder suspect. oakland police investigating assault near lake merritt that's left the victim in critical condition. >> good morning. the wind advisory continues in the north and east bay hills today. notice the shaking camera. we have some gusty winds but another mild afternoon. >> thank you, lisa. good morning, everyone. thanks for joining us. i'm carolyn tyler. the hunt for a fairfield man wanted in this weekend's fatal shooting of his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend extends all the way to mexico. police believe 50-year-old ricardo martinez shot the couple in a jealous rage early yesterday morning.

abc 7's amy holyfield reports on a fugitive police consider armed and dangerous. >> fairfield police say ricardo martinez was waiting and ambushed them as they walked through the parking lot. >> i knew. that's when i told my husband lisa. he killed her right outside my door and her new boyfriend. >> residents had seen martinez before and knew the victim had a restraining order against him. some even heard him threaten her. >> he told her he would come and kill her if he wouldn't leave with her and that's what he did. >> yet it still came as a shock when it actually happened. >> i've seen him before. yeah, i seen him before. but i didn't know he was gonna do that. good grace! >> police believe martinez is now on the run and say he could be driving a white dodge van

with a blue stripe down the side with license plate 8803092 or he might be in a white 1994 ford s-250 pickup truck with oregon plates. license plate 100bwe. >> haven't found him yet. we're actively looking for him. >> the s.w.a.t. team searched his fairfield home and acted as if martinez was inside. they went inside with their weapons drawn but the house was empty. >> we didn't think he was here but there was no way to confirm that he wasn't without actually going inside and checking. we were looking for somebody for two counts of miranda lambert. you gotta use a s.w.a.t. team for something like that. >> she broke up with him about four months ago. she has accused him of physically abution her. >> she was a nice lady, very helpful to everybody. >> police say they have no reason to believe that martinez

is still in the area and right now they're working the phones. they're reaching out to agencies across the country letting him know he is out there and they wanna catch him. they even contact the federal authorities to keep an eye at the border. they want people to consider him armed and dangerous. amy holyfield, abc 7 news. >> oakland police are investigating a near fatal attack on a man found lying on the ground unconscious near lake merritt. the victim was discovered at the intersection of grand avenue and perkins street around 10:15 last night. he had a severe head injury which police say appears to be blunt force trauma. he was rushed to a local hospital in extremely critical condition. police cordoned off the area and have called in homicide investigators. san francisco police shut down a block of fisherman's wharf last night when they suspected a juggler was using live hand grenades in his act. the bomb squad was called out around 5:00 to check it out.

police closed down the busy tourist area along the 300 block of jefferson street. after about an hour, police reopened the street after determining they were fake grenades. two men and a dog were rescued after they got trapped on the side of a cliff on lands end. they ventured into a closed area of the park near the legion of honor. they were unable to get to higher ground. rescue workers used a rope line to pull the man and their dog to safety. except for the scare, everyone is okay. it's a favorite trail for walkers, hunters and hikers. the shooting of derrick jones, the unarmed man shot to death by oakland police last monday. his family and activists held a meeting last night. oakland police say jones ran from them and then reached for a shiny object in his waistband. it turned auto to be a small scale.

the group is making a strong accusation against police. >> he was the man who had stood up as a teenager and won against police brutality and harassment. so he was on a list. and that was not a random shooting by the police. that was a political target. >> his family says derrick was harassed by police 21 years ago. his family represented by attorney john burr filed a lawsuit that was settled and ended in the termination of two police officers. since the gas line explosion two months ago, people all over the bay area have been reporting a lot more gas leaks. on september 9th, a 30 inch transmission line exploded killing eight people destroyed 35 homes. today the san francisco examiner says the number of calls reporting gas leaks in san francisco has doubled since then. the fire department typically

investigates 12 or 13 reports each month. since the tragedy they have been responding to 28 calls a month. pg&e has seen an uptick in service calls but decline to release numbers. both agencies encourage you to go ahead and report any suspected gas leaks. san francisco's mayor is trying to move quickly to land the 34th america's cup sailing event. last week gavin newsom introduced a binding agreement he hopes city supervisors will approve to keep san francisco in the race. it's now down to two: the city of san francisco and the port in italy are the top contenders who host the america's cup in 2013. the choice is up to the last winner, software billionaire larry ellison. if you liked the giants' victory parade, they think you'll love the race.

they expect to receive a $1.4 billion economic boost. >> i think people got a flavor of the world series and what that meant to san francisco and the entire region, this entire state. that's what we're talking about for america's cup on a much larger and grander scale. >> to have that in san francisco it would be a tremendous economic boom, a job lifter and tax generator for the city. >> mayor newsom has an agreement he hopes they will approve. newsom dills misses reports that the giants want some piers for themselves. ellis's team would pay to shore up the dilapidated structures and get development rights in return, something that concerns supervisor john avalon. he says supervisor chris daily are the only that voted against a non-binding proposal and daily

says nothing has changed his mind. >> it's clearly a huge outlay of cash, a huge liability and long-term commitments on public lands. i think all san franciscans should be concerned about this big welfare for a billionaire. >> and critics may have more ammunition. according to today's san francisco examiner, that proposed agreement includes a provision to give away two acres of city waterfront to larry else son, not for a long-term lease but forever. the next step is a hearing in december. a very special motivational speaker was in san francisco last night. nick voy cheech was born without arms or legs. but that has not stopped him. that's one reason local church and civic leaders invited him here, to be an example. he shared how he went having a life without limbs to a life without limits. and judging from the crowd's response, it looks like his

words and examples had an impact. up next president obama finishes his trip to asia after meeting with russia's president about completing a nuclear weapons treaty. here at home commercial crab season is about to begin. find out

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>> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >> president obama is back in washington after his ten-day asian tour that wrapped up with leaders agreeing to work towards building a free trade zone. the president met privately with russian president assuring him that one of his top priorities is get the senate to ratify the

stark nuclear weapons treaty. the president made a sentimental stop there at japan's great buddhist statue that he visited as a six-year-old boy. he also did a little shopping picking up bracelets for daughters malia and sasha. an international spotlight is focussed on one of the world's most famous political prisoners. peace laureate arm song sue che was mobbed by thousands of reporters today as she arrived out of her former political headquarters to greet them. she was released this weekend without any restrictions after seven years of detention by the military leaders of what was once called burma. lindsay davis has more. >> these were a few steps forward for democracy. sue che was greeted with cheers

and flowers and supporters after seven years. i haven't seen you for a long time so i have lots of things to tell you all. it ended the latest ordeal, the latest price she paid as a crusader for democracy. the 65-year-old noble peace prize laureate has been under detention for more than 15 of the last 21 years. traveling in japan, president obama said in a statement she is a hero of mine, adding it's time for the burmese regimen to release all political prisoners, not just one. it gave heart to fellow democracy activists. >> she cannot only addresses to the people of burma waiting so much and so long for her release but also the international community. >> it has one of the world's worst human rights records after

48 years of brutal military rule. the government does not represent the people of burma. the feeling among burmese people is that it does represent the people of burma. >> refuses to give up on her dream. on sunday she'll meet with her supporters. lindsay davis, abc news. >> well, take a look. this is one of the bay area's most anticipated times of year. dungeonness grab season begins at midnight. this is shaping up to be significantly better than past seasons based on catches by sport fishermen whose season opened up last weekend. dungeonness crabs are meatier and sweeter than their cousins. they're found from santa barbara to alaska but only the large mature males can be legally harvested. it limits the season from november 15th through june 13th. today the crabbers will head out, set their traps.

set a negotiate it had wholesale price for those crabs, $1.75 per pound. that translates for about $3 per pound for consumers. not sure that's what the stores will charge but i'll be buying. >> good, good. hopefully enjoying the weather the next couple days before we bring out the umbrellas. mound tam, the sun coming up at 6:49. we have sustained winds of 59 mph, plus above that at about 3800 feet that's mound diablo. the windy weather, the warm weather, that's all coming up. >> thank you, lisa. also coming up cal battles number one ranked oregon and berkeley to the wire. could the bears pull off an upset?t?t?t?t?t?t?t?t?t?t?t?t?t?

we've talked about the weather in places like minnesota, iowa. not good there. lovely here. we do have a bit of high winds though. >> higher elevation winds over 1,000 feet and 2,000 feet. elsewhere it's been really nice. in fact, a little breezy at the surface but not so much. i'll show you that in just a minute. a live look outside. it looks pretty tranquil out there. it is. sun coming up officially 6:49. setting at 4:59.

those daylight hours are shortening. get out and enjoy the great weather today. temperatures around the bay, well, they are gonna warm up. in fact, we will be looking at temperatures very similar to yesterday's readings. in fact, maybe a little bit warmer. so as we start out numbers, they will be on the mild side. this is a look what you can expect for the rest of the day. but we will look for numbers this morning. in fact, very warm. in fact, with all the winds and that mixing going on, we're at 67 right now in napa, 51 santa rosa, 63 fremont with a cool 45 menlo park. 24 hours ago we were cooler. 30 degrees warmer in napa. with that wind, mixing up the air, it is definitely a warmer start. san jose has some gusty winds and 5 degrees warmer in menlo park and san francisco. we are looking at the winds at the surface, not bad. pretty calm. oakland, mountain view out of the northeast, fairfield and hayward.

but i talked about the gustier winds, the higher elevations over 3800 feet. that's where we're looking at 50, 55 mph winds atop mount diablo. clear and mild this morning, sunny and breezy today with the cooling coming in on tuesday. wind advisory through tomorrow north bay mountains, east bay mountains, the delta and the diablo range. so we will be looking for this big ridge of high pressure to hold on for another day. take a look. you'll notice the flow around the high. the clouds going up and over the ridge. the storm track lifted well to the north into canada and that's where it's gonna stay for the next three, four days. and then eventually a ridge of high pressure will travel to the east and we'll get a trough, an area of low pressure that will bring the rain our way next weekend. actually friday. 74 sacramento. look for more sunshine all the way up the coast. los angeles with numbers in the mid-70s today for campbell and

san jose. so 2 to 3 degrees warmer than yesterday. breezy at the coast but still very mild with numbers in the low 70s. half moon bay, 74 palo alto. 72 downtown. we'll be looking at numbers ranging from the upper 60s, stinson, bodega bay to near 80 santa rosa. 78 calistoga. 60 for richmond, berkeley, san leandro and castro valley. mid to upper 70s antioch and livermore. 74 walnut creek down the monterey bay. a clear start, a mild afternoon with 70 there for you. the seven-day forecast, still breezy in the hills of the north and east bay and the winds diminish by tomorrow. a little cooler tuesday. cooler still on wednesday. increasing clouds thursday. i think the rain should come in overnight on thursday. maybe lasting right through next weekend. we'll see. >> is it pretty good, a good soaker -- >> yeah, it looks moderate and looks cold from the gulf of

alaska. that's why we can expect hopefully snow in the mountains. >> let's check in with "good morning america." that's coming up at 7:00. deanna is joining us live to talk more about that. good morning. >> good morning, carolyn. happy sunday to you. a fierce winter storm hits part of the midwest. it's the biggest prethanksgiving snowstorm in 20 years. we'll take a look where it's heading next. and sarah palin, reality tv star? with the season prem mer of our new show tonight, whether it could help or hurt her political career. then calling all actresses. the catholic church to teach more priests how to perform the ritual. plus could it descend on new york city muzzle style? an inside look at the game made famous by harry potter. that's the beauty of living in

new york city. these are the things you report on. >> all right. we've got all sorts of things like that going on here in san francisco but i don't think we've seen that. have a good sunday. >> you too. >> we're gonna check out sports now. this afterthe niners will remarkably try to get back in the nfc west divisional race when they take on the first place st. louis rams. the niners are two games behind despite being 2 and 6. last night cal tried to shock the nation and upset number one ranked oregon? did they do it? here's shu. >> kick off with a little college football. cal has their duck and cover defense working but the bears let this one slip away. getting the student body fired up before the game. second quarter bears up 7-0. chris hairs steals the punt at his own 36. the sophomore out of fresno has some serious speed. gets outside, cuts back inside.

64 yards later has a two-point conversion. ducks at the half. the same score. after a brief fumble, jeff mail. and mail, 29 yards, ducks on top 15-7. but the bears rally. strips thomas. fall in a fumble in the end zone. a heroic effort. two-point conversion. the 24 yard field goal give cal the lead. called for illegal motion. clearly jumps the gun. has to kick it again. this time only 29 yards and pushes it and that was the difference. cal's upset did fall short. 15-13 the final. >> you have a chance to win the football game and it didn't get done when you pour your heart and soul into something and you give the effort you gave and lay it all on the field and come away, you know, there's really no consolation to it. >> stanford and arizona state, the first quarter gets things

started bulldozing his way up the gut. stanford 7-0. asu ties it up. steven will do it himself. the quarterback keeper over the left side. second quarter three looking for his second touchdown. he's tattooed by michael thomas. recovers for the touchback. only sacked three times all year but dropped fumbles. recover 7-7 at the half. jerry taylor. former 49er taylor's nephew up by 3. catches a couple breaks. completes the ball to baldwin but asu called for a face mask. you can see it. there's the penalty. that sets up another score. stanford takes the lead 17-13 and that would be your final. and the warriors hoping to ends their road trip with a winning record. but other ideas. scores and is fouled.

we go to the second quarter. jennings takes it from curry again. along in the corner. still buries a 3. up 15. moves to the third. monta ellis. two of his 24. and the 4th monta. warriors within 6 but shuts the door with 50 seconds to go. game high 26, 79-72. finishing 2-3 on this road trip. to the ice hawks hosting the flames, 2-1 off the rebound. finds the net for the first time in nine games. sharks up 3-1. in the third ryan crowe crosses. the sharks hold on to win it 4-3. san jose earthquakes and the rapids. on the receiving end of a beautiful cross. puts the ball in the back of the net and enough to wrap his win 1-nil in advance to the nls

finals. manny packo made history beating antonio margueriteo. improved to 52-3-2. we'll have those highlights tonight at 5:00. >> up next at 6:30. >> i'm nanette miranda in san francisco. the invasion on ocean beach.

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for a special legislative session. abc 7's capital correspondent nanette miranda reports from sacramento. >> while governor schwarzenegger likes the green technology he's seeing, his next agenda is all about red, the red ink plaguing the state budget. calling a special session next month to tackle a deficit now before it grows to $25 billion next year. >> i spoke to governor elect brown. he knows the less he has to deal with it. >> schwarzenegger thinks there's only way to solve that shortfall, more spending cuts. >> those legislators will find out there will be no other choice but to make those cuts. >> but with less than two months less in office, democratic leaders are reluctant to act on a lame duck governor's request. they rather wait until jerry

brown takes over before making major decisions. >> not going to do anything until working with governor elect jerry brown. >> nobody's pretending there won't be deep cuts. >> the deficit is obviously still very large. and there's no doubt that there are gonna have to be more cutbacks. >> community college students haven't heard anything bin creases but with budget cuts looming, some are expecting the worse. >> if they do, i have to probably look for another two or three jobs to at least pay for that. >> parents wonder what more cuts will mean to public schools. the school she sent her kids to are saving to help out. >> $350 per child what they're asking. they can't demand but they're asking. >> the governor believes with the election over, maybe lawmakers are find it easier to make the cuts. nan met miranda, abc 7 news. >> tomorrow the san mateo city council is expected to approve a

$5 increase in parking fines. most are 35 to $40 right now. the san jose news points out they were raised last year. the rates increased for people who parked for more than three hours. tomorrow the city council is expected to sign off on buying 13 new police cars at a cost of $315,000. how much would you be willing to pay to drive your car into and out of san francisco? the city is looking at several options for congestion pricing. all of which will cost drivers money during peak commute times. abc 7's transportation reporter heather ishimaru has a look at the proposals. >> transportation planners say something must be done about traffic congestion in san francisco. and we have to find new ways to pay for transit and infrastructure improvement. the san francisco county transportation authority says it found a way to do both through congestion pricing and just

completed a study of options. >> it encourages people to think twice about using a car. >> one option is charging $3 during peak commute times when a vehicle enters or leaves the most congested northeast quadrant by laguna and 18th street. another charge $6 when leaving only during the evening commute. a third option puts the fees at the san francisco san mateo county line charging $3 in both directions in the morning and evening on the major arteries. the authority says the 60 to $80 million revenue would go into transit and infrastructure improvements. >> we understand this is a very big change in people's lives potentially. we're not talking about doing this tomorrow. >> commute time is a little ridiculous. >> she takes transit but doesn't always go home on transit. >> sometimes my husband picks me up after work. he's close by. is he just gonna pay $6 to get in the car and leave the city.

>> the northeast quadrant would be good for him but not so on the southern border. >> that's tough because i surf. and i go down south quite a bit on 1. that would be -- that would be tougher for me. >> the study recommends a 50% discount for low income owners. next month the board of supervisors will decide if the authority should keep working toward a plan like this. heather ishimaru, abc 7 news. >> officials in redwood city are study ying the potential tax impact of the united's expansion in their city. it could become stanford's first major expansion outside its main palo alto campus. the university is a tax exempt organization so a city consultant is weighing the potential loss of tax revenue against economic gains a satellite campus could bring. the report is due out next year. right here right now

meteorologist lisa argen to give you a preview of the accu-weather forecast. >> warmer than normal numbers. that continues today, tomorrow. but the winds up as well. isn't this beautiful from our roof camera. the sun officially up at 6:49. very few clouds and warm up significantly again today. but changes for the week ahead. your forecast straight ahead. >> also ahead the invasive aguat dick weed becocococococococococo

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floating off the coast since april. they say it is not unusual. they're likely moon jellyfish which are common along the coast. some of them drift close to land, get caught in the surf where they wash ashore at high tide and then die. what was once simply a popular aquarium plant has become an evasive aquatic leave so pervasive it's threatening boaters, swimmers and wildlife. laura anthony has this assignment 7 report. >> now what you see. >> it litters the otherwise pristine bays of discovery bay. its long mangy tentacles rising to the surface following the water at nearly every turn. >> not great. >> called a brazilian water weed, it's a weed that many fear could take over these waters, one that already services more than 12% of the dealt.

>> basically an aquarium plant that was probably released via an accidental aquarium dumping or pets put in the wild and don't realize the impacts to the environment. >> now as deep as 20 feet, it's not just a nuisance, it's become a danger to delta boaters, swimmers and wildlife that depend on these waterways. >> totally changed this habitat. one so crowded the larger fish can't even swim into that area. >> this past summer in parts of the discovery bay, they became so thick homeowners paid to cut back the plants. then they put up special buoys to try to keep it from coming back. >> in other areas homeowners have come up with their own methods for fighting back. >> this is the first year we've seen it like this, you know, to where now it's really starting to come up at low tide. you just see it. >> it's so hardy, so pervasive

and insidious, the efforts of homeowners provide only temporary relief. >> it's going to be the wild west show. they're going to throw chemicals in, bleach. >> that's why contra costa officials are dealing with other local and state agencies to form an invasive weed task force. >> we need to keep the agency at the table, work hard on legislative intent and language to give the power and authority to work more comprehensively on the issue and funding. funding is critical. >> this is the worst year that we've seen as far as the weed ooh a long-term discovery bay resident that served as commissioner of boating and waterways. >> the plan going forward is going to be a combination of trying to harvest a lot of it in the very beginning in april and then apply a herbicide that has

been approved for the area and won't damage the water or the environment. >> it's a plan that will require at least two to $3 million in funding from a state that may not have it to give. a solution can't come soon enough for those most impacted by the insidious plants. here in discovery bay, the weeds have grown so thick that some places folks have a hard time getting their boats out of the slips. >> now we're stuck. >> in fact, the boat we were riding in became entangled in the weeds, a vivid illustration of a problem that's literally growing by the day. >> not good. >> in discovery bay, laura anthony, abc 7 news. >> that's sad. but our weather is anything but. it's looking good. >> that's right. our offshore flow continues. beautiful sunrise behind us with a clear sky. the winds also a factor though. the higher elevations. from mount tam, 20 to 30 mph

winds in some spots above 1,000 feet but you get above 2,000 feet, much gustier than that. but the winds helped to keep us warm overnight. we're in the 60s in the north bay. 67 napa. they've usually dropped into the 30s for many mornings of november. really a bonus with the warmer air by the delta, 61. oakland 52 for you. already warming up in the east bay cool spot menlo park at 45. you warmed to 69 yesterday. that will be one of the coolest places. other than that we're talking mid to upper 70s today. 24 hour change, everyone is warmer today. in the south bay you've had gusty winds as well. 10 degrees warmer in the livermore valley. 18 degrees warmer in the north bay. this weather is gonna last for probably two more days and then we'll get into some cooling. our high pressure ridge is gonna weaken.

but in the meantime surface winds are calm but the mixing from yesterday and that warm air keeping the numbers up. we haven't cooled back and we're looking at a light northeast wind in hayward this morning. nice start to the rest of your weekend with clear, mild conditions. sunny and breezy today but windy, above 1,000 feet. midweek cooling by tuesday. the wind advisory continues until 10:00 tomorrow in the expected spots: north bay hills, east bay hills, diablo range, martinez strait and delta. be careful if your riding your bike, hiking. very breezy. here's why. take a look at our pacific satellite picture. we've got the low around the high with the storm trek to the north and that cloakwise flow allowing for a big dome of stable airor carved off by the

coast. by tomorrow this a little bit where the winds die back. won't be until about thursday when we see a real pattern change. 50 in the northern sierra. even tahoe warming up although 25 this morning at truckee. 73 fresno and back home mid-70s campbell and san jose. peninsula 72 as well as half moon bay. san francisco low 70s. advertised mid-60s so warm irthan that. north bay how about 80 santa rosa, 75 ukiah. 73 berkeley. low 70s in newark today. 75 fremont and over our east bay hills. beautiful day, a little windy though in spots. 74 dublin. mid-70s santa cruz. the seven-day forecast, once again mild tomorrow, less wind. tuesday we begin some cooling and next chance of rain not

until overnight north bay on thursday. usually the cold refer cold systems don't pack a lot of moisture. the same with some rain into mountain snow. >> all right. thank you, lisa. don't go away. "7 on your side" is next. >> a simple safeguard to protect senior citizens and disabled in your own homes has been ignored by the state. i'm michael finney.

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watch abc 7 sunday morning news. a settlement has been reached in the case of a 92-year-old woman who fell victim to financial elder abuse. that lawsuit has brought attention to the home care provider industry, part of which is not even regulated here in california. here's michael finney with this "7 on your side" investigation. >> 92-year-old rose michael gets a helping hand from her son and daughter. two years ago rose's family says she was swindled out of at least $30,000 by a caretaker hired through a home care agency. >> didn't realize it. >> tanubo pled guilty to felony financial abuse after being accused to signing checks to self and making fraudulent purchases on rose's cards. >> better part of a year when we

started realizing some things were not right. >> the family would later learn the caretaker was convicted on drug charges back in 1994. she was paroled the following year but both in and out of prison from 2000 to 2004 on various parole violations. then in 2008, the san mateo county superior court issued a restraining order to keep tanubo away from her own child. the company home care assistance then placed tanubo into rose's home. >> we trusted the agency that they did national and criminal background checks on local criminal background checks. and that they were placing the best people in my mother's home. >> but the background check they conducted failed to bring up tanubo's criminal history. they sued them for elder abuse, for falsely advertising it conducted thorough background

checks. bother parties reached a confidential settlement in the case. it is now conducting criminal background checks with the department of justice on all its caretakers. >> the industry and state of california, neither have regulated it at all. we want to set more of these checks in place. >> rose's attorney. >> this case is important because it will send a message not only to home care assistants but elders are vulnerable, trusting. >> what happened to rose is sadly not an isolated incident. background checks conducted by the state under a new law passed last year that found nearly a thousand convicted felons working or seeking jobs as caretakers for seniors and disabled in california. but the law only mandates background checks for

californians poor enough to qualify for in-home family assistance or rich enough to afford caretakers also qualified to provide medical care. rose is part of a large middle class paying for her own care out of pocket and currently unprotected by the new law. >> anybody can go out and call themselves a home care worker, put an ad in the paper and they're not required to have a criminal pat ground check. >> pat mcguinness is a director for nursing home reforms. she points to a murder in pleasant hill just this past june. prosecutors say mary jane scanned ling used craigslist to hire the caregiver that would later kill her. diane warwick is accused of stabbing scanlon to death. warwick was convicted of attempted murder in 1999 following an incident at napa state hospital. but a jury later found her not guilty by reason of insanity. >> i definitely feel a little

let down by the state. feel maybe the state has regulations maybe this wouldn't happen. >> in 2008 the legislature passed a law that provides at least some protection but little is done to enforce it. the law gives the state's public assistance program in-home support services the authority but not the mandate to conduct background checks for all seniors and disabled looking to hire caretakers. we called the counties of san francisco, san mateo, santa clara, alameda, contra costa and marin. only san mateo county offered to do a background check. the other counties told us they couldn't do background checks unless the caretaker was already registered in that system. >> we pay legislators to enact legislation that would protect the public like this and then nothing happens? it just sits there on the books? what's the point? >> the california advocates for nursing home reform blames the department of social services for not implementing the law.

the department of social services told us it doesn't think it has the authority to do that. and it declined our request for an on-camera interview. i'm michael finney, "7 on your side." >> and coming up next, the exhibit now open that celebrates one of the most important playss

>> the pulitzer prize winning play angels in america got a start in san francisco 20 years ago and one of the most important plays of the 20th century. a revival is showing on broadway while at home there's a new exhibition of its history. here's arts and entertainment reporter don sanchez. >> your life and what you want! or what you believe. >> ahbo film of angels in america, the story tragic, disturbing and hilarious focussed on aids, community,

love, death and politics in new york in the late '80s but started on stage here. >> the first was in san francisco and every step of the way its development happened first in san francisco. >> crish ner was back to celebrate its 20th anniversary with a retrospective of performance and design. >> moving and slightly strange out of body experience. >> it worked because his theater is so extraordinary. you can't put up a couple photographs and say you're serving angels of america. you gotta have wings, you gotta have a show. >> there are the original angels wings used in the first production and other sets of wings as the show just got bigger. it's award a pulitzer prize, a tony award, drama critics, the emmy, the actors who began it. it's like life's work. he wrote on this formica top table on a legal pad like this putting down words that would change theater. writing in longhand words and

notes that led to two plays, seven hours of theater that was simply ground-breaking. >> when it arrived, there were certain things going on in the country that made it play life that was necessary. >> the aids epidemic, the counterrevolution to the '60s. the environment. some things have not changed. >> has a certain resonance to the event. >> the exhibition is up through next march but he hopes it goes on tour. don sanchez, abc 7 news. >> here's lisa argen now with a final look. >> want to show you the numbers. the temperatures now in the 60s. it's beautiful out there. san francisco in the 50s so we haven't dropped too much. a nice mild morning. and the winds are still pretty gusty in our east bay hills. we will be looking at those 60s translating to 70s pretty soon. 60 san jose. gusty winds from the higher elevations of the east bay, the

north bay mountains, the carquinez strait, the diablo range. but look at the highs today, 75 concord, 77 livermore, 76 san jose. nearly 80 in santa rosa with 77 morgan hill. not as windy tomorrow, still mild. slight cooling midweek and more cooling the ends of the week with our next chance of rain possibly into friday morning. >> so get out and enjoy. thank you for joining us. our next newscast starts at 9:00. i'm