san jose offered $15 million to rehire laid off firefighters but the city might have to turn it down. >> good morning. you're waking up to partly cloudy skies, 30s in our valleys, near 50 at our coast and another sunny and mild day today. >> good saturday morning. it's 6:00. i'm jenelle wang. egypt's military leaders just announced current government leaders supported by president mubarak will remain in effect until a new government is named. mubarak stepped down and left cairo yesterday. in the square a live picture. thousands of demonstrators continue to celebrate mubarak's departure after 30 years of power. they've been in the square celebrating 24 hours now. egypt's military court is expected to announce new details about the plan to oversee the government transition. it has already banned current and ex-government leaders from traveling unless they get permission from the state prosecutors or military. leaders announce tonight's curfew will be pushed back and

won't begin until midnight. troops are removing road blocks around the square. today's celebrations are quiet compared to yesterday's wild jubilation. dan ashley has more. >> as if they had been holding their breath for 30 years. (horns) >> the egyptian people filled the streets with cries of victory as the sands of time ran out for egyptian president hosni mubarak. >> egyptian president hosni mubarak has decided to step down as president of egypt and has decided that the higher council of the armed forces will lead the nation. >> chants of egypt is free resounded through the square, the center of this popular uprising. >> you gotta bring him back! our martyr's blocked. not going! that's a good day in egypt. >> across egypt people were literally dancing in the streets. >> power to the people! >> president obama praised the protestors for their peaceful methods. >> the moral force of

non-violence. not terrorism, not mindless killing that sent the arc of history for justice. >> the google executive that used the first protests on facebook.com. his cousin called him from san francisco. >> everyone is celebrating. >> describe it. >> can you describe it? >> like -- >> i have to go, i have to go. >> okay, okay. take care. best of luck. >> sure. >> so this is a boy that actually launches this. >> dan ashley, abc 7 news. >> in the coming days, leaders say they'll hold talks with the military which is currently holding power. former egyptian president mubarak is now at a red sea resort. we talked to a professor that was in the square just after mubarak resigned yesterday.

he's the chair of the history department at the american university in cairo. he marched with other professors to the square and later took these images of the jubilant celebration. he says he believes the revolution in egypt will inspire millions of people across the middle east to stand up against oppression. >> i think now what we're seeing is the people of the region advising that the government has to be responsive to them, to the aspirations and their demands. >> the professor also described in detail what he witnessed and heard in the square. we have posted our entire skype interview with him at abc7news.com. celebrations that started in the streets of cairo quickly spread around the globe. in china, however, state-run media reported mubarak's resignation with only a brief mention of the protests. lillian kim reports that egyptian americans here in the bay area quickly turned a planned protest into a street celebration. (chanting)

>> egyptian americans sang egypt's national anthem like never before. now that president mubarak stepped down, the song carried a whole new meaning for them. >> biggest day, biggest change. everyone is waiting to get freedom and have like better life. and finally we got it. >> this gathering at san francisco's u.n. plaza was supposed to be a demonstration against president mubarak. but when everyone learned of the news, organizers decided to turn it into a celebration instead. after mubarak's refusal to step down thursday night, many became discouraged and also braced for the worst. >> waiting to see bloodshed. we expected that. but thank god everything went smoothly and the people were very smart. they didn't get into any violence. >> morrissey emigrated to egypt 15 years ago. she wishes she was part of the

celebration in the square but being in the company with other egyptian americans and supporters was the next best thing. >> this is an extension of it and just trying to make the best out of it, you know. i don't care. i'm still happy anyway, you know. i wanna celebrate anyway. >> and despite all the uncertainty as to what lies ahead for egypt, it's been all about optimism. >> everybody's going to be on the same page. everybody wants the same thing, their life. their life. food on their table, roof over your head. >> lillian kim, abc 7 news. >> in other news this morning, vallejo police shot and killed a man after officers say he pointed a gun at them following a car chase. it happened on corkrin avenue 4:30 yesterday afternoon. they tried to pull him over for a traffic violation. this marks the second time in two months vallejo police have shot a suspect to death. san jose police hope this sketch

helps them capture a hit and run driver who critically hit a woman. black hair, trimmed short on the sides and a mustache that's split in the middle. erica lunar suffered a crush hip when he hit her early last sunday morning. her family is offering a $5,000 reward in this case. the federal government is offering san jose millions of dollars to rehire 49 laid off firefighters. but the city might have to turn it down. fema is offering san jose $15 million to boost fire department staffing but the money comes with a major string attached. san jose must promise to avoid firefighter layoffs for two years which could mean cuts to other departments. >> we'll certainly need a 10% pay cut in the way of concessions. the question is whether or not we need more than that in order to make this happen without having to hire firefighters and then lay off somebody else in order to cover the cost.

>> the firefighters' union rejected a 10% pay cut last year triggering the layoff. he said his members will do their part at the bargaining table to help the grant come through. violent sex offender terry burks is back in a hospital after accused of sexually harassing another man during a therapy session. he was chemically castrated after a series of convictions after sexually assaulting men and boys. he tried to move into several cities but was met with protests. he ended up in bay point where sheriff deputies arrested him yesterday. coming up next, it knows who you are, where you live and how much you earn and it's telling everyone. the social media site that spooked a lot of people. also budget cuts strike out cal baseball but last-minute [ female announcer ] back to school means back to busy mornings.

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>> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >> u.c. berkeley has reinstated three sports teams set to be eliminateded in a cost-cutting move. they received 12 and $13 million from donors. that's enough to fund for the next ten years but not enough for the school's baseball team and men's gymnastics. the decision to keep the two women's teams keeps cal in line with quality education. pandora is going public. the oakland-based internet radio service outlined plans for anish public document filed yesterday. the ipo could take ten months. it's been streaming songs online since 2005 and has 80 million registered users in the u.s. boarders is preparing to file

for bankruptcy as soon as monday or tuesday. the book seller tried and failed to get publishers to turn unpaid bills into $125 million in loans. boarders plans to start by closing 200 of its 664 stores nationwide. well, lisa argen is here with our weekend forecast. >> yeah, talking about more record warmth possibly today and squeezing in one last dry weekend and one sunny day, one cloudy day. i'll explain coming up. >> also next another spectacular day at pebble beach where one close game is matching the great weather. larry beil has the highlights from round two of the old clambake coming up in this morning's sports. amy, you're gonna love college.

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>> welcome back. congresswoman jackie speier has introduced a package of privacy bills to protect your personal information online. her legislation comes as the online website spokeio is creating a fire storm of complaints. it calls itself a social net working site releasing information about you. but as abc 7 lisa amin gulezian

explains, the information released isn't what most people want made public. spoke io prides itself on not being your grandmother's white pages. you can find their address, home value and hobbies. for a fee you can get their credit information, income, photos and religion. >> the potential of harm, personal harm, financial harm to any of us is really severe. >> the aclu is concerned spokeio violates people's privacy. that's not all, some users filed suit against them claiming the company violated a federal fair credit reporting act by making people's financial data public but not allowing them to correct inaccuracies. a judge ruled in favor of spokeio this week. >> one judge said that the plaintiffs that were complaining about their practices had no basis to complain because they

couldn't show how they had been hurt by them. >> eric goldman is director of the hi-tech law institute of santa clara university. he offered to search himself on spoke io. >> this is my old address, old information. >> this is why goldman doesn't consider spokeio a threat. he also doesn't see anything illegal about it. >> asoul being that it's all public information being published somewhere else, it's not illegal to put it in a new context. >> but web users we spoke with disagree. >> breaking the privacy issue. like people find out where i live or my family lives. >> is it true that you're a family in your mid--50s or single in an apartment, the apartment's worth $295,000? >> yes. it looks like that. you can actually see my apartment. >> now a consumer privacy group is trying a different route. it filed a complaint with the federal trade commission also

claiming spokeio's information is inaccurate. lisa amin gulezian, abc 7 news. >> you can opt out of spokeio but it's a tricky process. we posted a link that will let you opt out on abc7news.com under "see it on tv." i have to admit i did it right away after i found out about that. so let's talk about our weather though. that's beautiful, great news today, right? >> squeezing in one more dry weekend. which day will be the warmer day? i'll give you a hint: today! clear sky already beginning across the bay area. the view from mount tam. here's where the numbers are chilliest in our valleys of the north bay and panning around to show you what a beautiful start to the day. official sunrise 7:03, setting at 5:45. we will perhaps see more record warmth today before increasing clouds and a big change in our weather pattern tomorrow. get out there and enjoy it, another beautiful day. temperatures are pretty darn cold around the delta. 35 there. but look at livermore, 34

degrees. 35 in santa rosa with upper 30s on the peninsula. 39 redwood city. low 40s for mountain view. concord waking up to 38 degrees. good morning, san francisco. 49 for you. 24 hours ago we were much cooler. in fact, a little bit of a frost yesterday, a hard frost the day before and today really not that bad because numbers will begin to rise 8:00, 9:00. we should be out of those 30s. so sunshine and mild today. cloudy and cooler tomorrow. temperatures down as much as 5 to 7 degrees for your sunday will stay dry but if you head back to work, monday morning commute looking wet and that's going to last pretty much all week long. here's our setup right now. clouds continue to stream up and over a ridge of high pressure keeping the entire state nice and dry and sunny and mild again today. weak offshore flow gets its start today but then the winds will shift and we'll see more of

an onshore push tomorrow that will enhance the cooler conditions. actually a weak frontal ban passing through late tonight and that also will set the stage for that cold front to move on through on monday. so today sunny and mild. talking more 70s around the bay and that could bring some records, especially around oakland today. so here's the setup as we headed towards back to work week, monday morning, valentine's day. rain showers across the bay area. and, in fact, we'll continue to see these by the afternoon commute. today though a dry day. the warmer day of the two where tomorrow we'll see even cooler conditions to our south and the central coast. the numbers, low 70 are santa clara, san jose. continuing with our theme of sunny, mild above average temperatures today. redwood city 70. look for 69 menlo park and upper 60s san mateo, san francisco coming in about 7 degrees above the average. our coast mid and upper 60s

today at the beaches. 69 petaluma and napa today with our east bay numbers coming in a little warmer. 70 oakland, maybe a record for you and 70 fremont. over the hills maybe mid-60s by brentwood and antioch but upper 60s dublin, pleasanton coming in at 70. by the monterey bay, even warmer. low 70s for morgan hill but up to 79 for salinas. the accu-weather 7-day forecast, chilly numbers for the next couple mornings. mild afternoons and then we'll get the milder mornings and the rainy afternoons and much cooler high temperatures barely making 60 by tuesday. we should have some very rainy weather and cold and rainy weather by the end of next week. >> that's okay. we need some cold and we need some rain. okay. thanks so much. well, i know new york is warming up. i think it's in the 40s. in the teens and single digits for so long. let's check with dan harris. he joins us live at new york

city to tell us what's coming up on "good morning america." i know you're following the developments in egypt. >> yes. i think it was in the teens when i left my house at 4:00 in the morning although i'm not sure that's representative. waking up to history in the middle east. the first morning in egypt since the dictator mubarak stepped down. astonishing speed by a peaceful revolution. reporters right out in the thick of it witnessing these scenes and we'll hear from them coming up live from cairo. after all that joy now egypt and the world have seriously pressing questions. what now? how will this key u.s. ally make this from tyranny to democracy. will they continue to be our ally in things like terror. gathering in the nation's capital this weekend. why are so many of them taking swipes at sarah palin. we're going to get into that. and it is safe to say i think we

are a country obsessed with losing weight and celebrity diets have now become a popular way to go but do they work and are they safe. our doctor has convened a panel of experts and we hear from them coming up on "g.m.a." >> i'm interested to hear about those diet tips. >> mostly with thumbs down you'll be surprised to hear. >> i can't wait. look for you in about 40 minutes. in sports saint mary's will meet on the hill top tonight in the biggest game in years for at the war memorial gym. enters the game in second place a game and a half behind the gails. pebble beach pro-am tees off with amateurs trying to make the cut. >> good morning, everybody. does not look like a repeat in the cards or in the closet. for dustin johnson, the two-time defending champion fell six

strokes off the pace but arnold palmer's grandson is very much in the hunt. ah, soaking up the sun in spy glasses. cresttino for birdie at 17 at pebble. got it. sam saunders, arnie's grandson, finishes the day with a birdie on 18. hunter mayhem, also 7 under, with a 67 round 2 at pebble. within 4 feet. knocks it in from there for birdie putt. but the man they're chasing continues to be steve marino. birdie 16. look at the nice break here. marino with a 66 pebble, 13 under par. overall marino the leader by four strokes. after 36 holes, d.a. points, he is alone in second place yet minus 7 including pattie harrington and arnie's grandson saunders. bill murphy's team two shots off the pace.

lopez 13 under with maury povich. tiger woods looking for his first win in over a year and playing it in the dubai desert classic in the middle east. tiger's focussed. seen that look before on his 13th hole of the day. when he putts, he's tough to beat. 6 under 66. 7 under after two rounds. rory mcel roadway, the irishman, 4 under 68. the sharks put their five-game win streak on the line in new jersey. climbed all the way to the top of the pacific position, now trying to stay there. with the devils, done murphy laying people out. really hot as of late. very good again in this game for 50 minutes. saving a beauty there. scoreless into the third. highlight pattie marlowe on the doorstep, 1-0. devils with a 4 on 3 power play. rips it and that ties it up.

four minutes left on the faceoff. the $100 million man beats the emmy. win streak comes to an end. sharks drop out 2-1 devils. quarter finals open in san jose. the top of your screen, four-hand winner takes the first at 6-2 with lateton hewitt. more of the same here. hewitt about to turn 30 years old. punches one to the corner there for a winner but no match for dellpo. you would hit wide, 6-2, 6-3. only the top seed. in the semis today in san jose. in the nba, cleveland's finally won a game. not everybody! j. j. hixson, he says learn to live with rejection, baby! williams knocks down the three. calves up by 6 with the l.a. clippers. b. diddy.

he had 26 points and ties it 108. very happy with himself. hixson denies. they go to overtime. no goaltending. another former warrior, james son with 35 points and after 26 straight defeats, the longest streak in probowl history, it's over. beat the clips 126-119. don't know if johnny mcenty, but in terms of accuracy you cannot believe what this kid can do. he's the quarterback at the university of connecticut. off the cue stick, eight ball corner pocket and three stories up. there's johnny into a bucket on the 40 yard line. you kiddin' me? left goal post. right goal post. cross bar? yeah, i think so. skeet shoot! pull! got it! full court underhand, nothing but the bottom of the net. (laughter) >> i like the celebration. how about from the stands. you see the little yellow mark. there's johnny. this is a bank shot and the bank

is open! love that kid. he had 3 million hits on youtube.com with that video. can go forever on this. tremendous! johnny, he's our national hero now so is mike shumann. he'll be here at 5 p.m. 6:00 and 11:00 with all your day's highlights. have a great weekend, everybody. i'm larry beil. >> thanks, larry. at 6:30. >> a california lawmaker wants to ban recipients with taxpayer money. many say that's not fair. >> also find out can i eat heart healthy without giving up taste? a man can only try... and try...and try. i heard eating wle grain oats can help lower my cholesterol. it's gonna be tough...so tough. my wife and i want to lowe our cholesterol,

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♪ barry bonds will be back in federal court in a few weeks to be arraigned on the latest indictment against him. the former giants slugger now faces four counts of lying to a federal grand jury about using steroids and one count of obstructing justice. federal prosecutors dropped the number of counts in the indictment from 11 to 5. march 1st bonds' personal trainer says he plans to continue to refuse to testify against bonds. anderson has already spent about a year in jail for refusing to testify against the home run king. the judge is currently looking into whether to throw out another key piece of evidence, a

tape recording which allegedly has anderson discussing bonds' steroid use. there's a push in sacramento for the state to act as food police when it comes to food stamps. one senator is proposing legislation that would prevent people from using those stamps for junk food and sodas. nanette miranda reports from sacramento. with few exceptions, food stamp recipients in the cal fresh program can buy virtually anything edible at the grocery store, even junk food. now a lawmaker wants taxpayers to stop footing the bill for unhealthy eating. mike rubio is proposing band foods from being used like chips, donuts and soda. counties where it allowed, he doesn't want benefits spent at fast food restaurants either. >> moves toward the position where the government should give people what they need rather than what they want. >> the senator hopes to curb the obesity problem.

the bakersfield democrat says many recipients ends up with medical problems from eating poorly and taps are likely to pay for their care but opponents say it's not fair to target just one group. >> we don't think we should just single out families on food stamps or the cal fresh program for that kind of attention. this is a societial problem, not a low income problem. >> the senator says the ban won't be difficult to administer. the women and infants program known as wic limits purchases to healthy food. >> still food stamp recipients think it's ludicrous. >> you're telling me what i can and can't spend my food stamps on. if i want chips, i should be able to buy chips with food stamps. >> they need to not make that a law. it's not fair to kids. some kids, that's the only way of any type of money. >> other states have tried to

implement similar spending restrictions but the federal government never granted the waiver because of the cost to create a system that can weed out jumping food. >> one of america's dying cities is right here in the bay area. according to recent rankings by news week. vallejo is the only city in california to make the top ten list of dying cities based on population decline. vallejo suffers from one of the highest foreclosure rates in the country. only hurricane "katrina" ravaged new orleans ranks above legislate. hialeigh, florida, is third. rochester, new york, and cleveland, ohio, round out the top five. supervisors are considering seeking a bond measure to pay for a $155 million county jail even though the county is in financial trouble. the existing jail is nearing capacity. our media partner the san jose mercury news says the sheriff fears the county will have to release inmates if it doesn't

build a bigger facility. the new jail would house 750 inmates and already in the design phase and expected to open by the end of 2013. san mateo county has just $17 million in reserves right now and faces a projected deficit of $100 million by 2015. san mateo county may also join a growing list of peninsula city governments from banning restaurants from using non-recyclable containers. already banned millbrae and san bruno. the mercury news reports it will only affect unincorporated areas. if approved, it will take effect july 1st. also ahead inside the caldecott tunnel a 24/7 project to ease traffic projections but lisa is going to tell us about our forecast. sorry! >> no, that's fine. stick your head out the window, get a good idea of chilly numbers. no fog and the sun coming up, plenty of sunshine, another mild day today

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. >> okay. can wear short sleeves and flip-flops. >> you wear them no matter what. >> they're comfortable! >> you have to bring up sweaters and umbrellas. the rain coming back. this week squeezing out a dry one, in fact the warmer day of the week and sunnier outlook,

you can see from this live camera with clear skies out there, we have dropped into the 30s in our protected valleys once again but not quite as cold as it has been and we'll begin to warm up quickly. in fact, more record warmth today. enjoy it. this is the last day. changes begin tomorrow. 39 in napa. 35 in santa rosa. a chilly 34 in the livermore valley. 38 in concord. good morning, redwood city, 39 for you and 37 on the coast, half moon bay. so looking at a chilly start, a mild afternoon, and already with a slightly warmer air mass out there, you have an idea that it's gonna be a nice afternoon. in fact on the mild side. if you like that, we have it on tap again. sunny and mild, cloudy and cooler tomorrow begins the changes we've been advertising the past ten days or so and then the wet weather pattern begins on monday. in fact, cold and wet by the middle of the week.

so we're sitting right now status quo with high pressure in command once again allowing the storm track to be well to the north. but by tomorrow, we'll see increasing clouds as high pressure begins to shift to the east. but today we still have a slight offshore flow to get started. that will bring sunny, mild numbers with high temperatures in the record category once again. plenty of 70s out there. and then we'll see low pressure take over and a cold front offshore by monday morning. but just in time to bring us rain for the morning commute, the afternoon commute and a stronger, wetter system moves on into tuesday. today sunshine, upper 60s pebble beach, low 60s tomorrow and then you too will see the rain by the central coast by the beginning of the week. 72 campbell as well as cupertino. low 70s from san jose and

milpitas. gets milder and milder and that ridge getting really pumped out up ahead of the trough. look for another mild afternoon with 68 half moon bay, 67 millbrae. san francisco upper 60s for you. 65 in daly city. north bay numbers, some of the mildest readings here. parts of the north, calistoga, east bay upper 60s from hayward to newark with fremont coming in about 70, 3:00 this afternoon. more 70s around pleasanton, 67. concord and danville, walnut creek 68 for you. by the monterey bay, 5 degrees warmer than our east bay valleys. you'll enjoy 75 hollister as well as watsonville. the accu-weather 7-day forecast sunny, mild today, cooler tomorrow, increasing clouds. look for rain to arrive early on valentine's day. it will be a soggy one with heavier rain perhaps on tuesday and then cold showers. we're talking maybe a couple of inches of rain by the end of the

week and that should translate into maybe 2 to 4 feet of snow. but during the week we're talking 100 mph winds at sierra crest. so very windy up there. quite a change. and then the big holiday weekend next weekend. >> president' weekend. crews have been carving out the 4th bore of the caldecott tunnel. the project is still a couple years from completion but crews have been working around the clock and facing some rereal dangers. here's alan wang with this morning's assignment 7 report. >> for every 5 feet this road header carves through the east bay hills. a quick coat of shockcrete is on the walls and another 6 inches of shockcrete finishes the process. the 4th bore will be 4,000 feet long. but each day the miners only

advance 10 to 15 feet hauling out 1,500 tons of muck. so far they're almost a third of the way through and every day poses new challenges. this is considered a gassy sunshine which means something as simple as an electrostatic spark from a cellphone could turn a pocket of methane gas into a deadly fireball. >> all about safety. it's not an easy job. could be dangerous if you're not smart. >> a process called brassing in and out is mandatory. >> of all the safety projects and warning signs on a construction site, this is a sign you will only find on a tunnel project. brass tacks identifying who's in and out of the bore. brass was refused because of its high melting point. >> in the event there's a fire that won't melt, it will survive the fire and the identifying

imprint will still exist. it's constantly blasting air into the tunnel. >> if there was a pocket of methane or poisonous gas it would be diluted before it even got to the sensors. >> as it goes through the formation in gray and the formation in brown, geologists expect to find larger pockets of gas and more dangerous rock formmations. >> rock can fall down, break out and that makes it dangerous for the miners. >> the geologist hired to oversee the construction company's geologist. despite the redundancy and safety measures, they had a sobering moment last november when a large chunk of shockcrete broke off and injured two miners. >> they were putting the second level on there and they jumped on it too quick. it just hadn't cured. >> you know, you have work

inside of the tunnel, that something can happen. because you never can measure everything. >> is that something that you foresaw? >> no. >> with all this geological technology, he says he could not have predicted the temperature's effect on the quality of shockcrete, the changing shape of rocks or where exactly the water was leaking. it's gist another dangerous unknown these crews face as they mine their way through the mountain. reporting through the fourth bore of the caldecott tunnel, i'm alan wang, abc 7 news. >> don't go away. "7 on your side" is next. >> if you're receiving unemployment, you won't be getting checks anymore. i'm michael finney. ahead on

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but the state won't issue benefit checks anymore. "7 on your side" michael finney explains. >> billy jean carter is doing his laundry while he still can, making his phone calls and catching up on tv. he knows his water, phone and cable are all about to be shut off. >> due to this debacle by the state of california's disability department, i have absolutely no income. >> here's why. billy jean is on state disability, but the state is phasing out payments by check. instead the money is loaded on to one of these debit cards issued by bank of america which for billy jean was a major problem. three weeks after it was due, he still hadn't received his card so no access to his money. >> it's humiliating and frightening not to be able to pay my house note. >> he isn't the only one. jeffrey webster also received his card late and once it arrived, he had to figure out how to get the money out.

>> when we went to pull a cash advance out of the atm, the first thing the atm brought up was the fact there will be a $3 charge for this. >> not only that, the atm would only allow a withdraw up to $500 so some of the money was stuck on the card. also atm's dispense 20 dollar bills only so he wondered how to get those left over dollars. >> you can't pull small change out of atm's so how do you get your money? >> "7 on your side" received dozens of complaints from disability recipients saying they haven't received their cards and when they do, they worry about the fees. >> we would anticipate certainly there's always an anxiety going to a new system. >> that's laura levy from the state development department. it should run smoothly. the money is automatically loaded each pay period. >> they can have that immediate access to their money, much faster than waiting for a check in the mail.

>> come june, workers receiving unemployment benefits will also get debit cards instead of checks. they expect to save $4 million in printing and mailing costs. in all about $22 billion in benefits will be funneled through bank of america and into the hands of the unemployed and disabled. for some it made dealing with a bank not of their choosing. >> my disability payment is being held by bank of america. >> bank of america isn't charging the state a penny for the debit card service. instead the bank makes its money off the so-called fees paid by merchants when customers use those debit cards. b of a says any delays should be minimal and with careful use you can avoid debit card fees. >> joe rideout says the debit cards are a good deal,

especially for those using expensive check-cashing services in the past. the cards offer two free atm withdrawals per pay period and unlimited free use of bank of america atm's. there are no overdraft fees since transactions are rejected if there are insufficient funds. as for left over dollar bills, you can cash in the entire card inside a bank that accepts visa. but there are drawbacks. some companies charge fees to use debit cards at a point of sale. if you buy gas with the card, the gas station may put a hold on all your remaining funds. a good strategy? set up a direct deposit of the benefits into your own bank account which is exactly what jeffrey did. >> the fact i got the direct deposit squared away, it's going to be a plus for me. >> as for billy jean, he finally did get his debit card three weeks late but still worried about how to extract his funds. >> nothing but a big hassle.

>> it is a lot to get used to but if you'd like to reduce the hassle, there are tips and tricks how to best use these debit cards. i posted that information on abc7news.com. i'm michael finney, "7 on your side." >> coming up next, a revival of the arts at school and how it's making a big difference in the lives of these young students.

here are the winning numbers from last night's megamillions draw, 8, 9, 17, 32, 34 and the meganumber 13. nobody correctly picked all six numbers so tuesday's jackpot is now estimated at $40 million. the san francisco arts education project is giving young people a chance to shine on stage. this weekend they're performing the music of cole porter at the eureka theater. arts and entertainment reporter don sanchez takes us to a rehearsal. ♪ >> a cole porter classic in an all singing, all dancing review called everything goes. the performance of the arts and education project which brings them the experience of live musical theater and it expands their possibilities. >> it helps me learn how to speak in front of a bunch of people and how to sing and more about music. >> jackson and his younger brother oliver share the stage

in what their father calls a life-changinger. >> changing the way they actually behave, much more open and outward. ♪ >> san francisco arts is part of a program started in 1965. now it's expanded to summer programs after school with artists teaching them something that is uniquely american. >> we think that that's a powerful thing, to have them perform it so they learn that music and that they begin to connect what this form is. ♪ >> it is also a confidence builder. >> you have like a solo, it makes me feel special about my voice and what i have. >> having the chance to express yourself in that way without being afraid of what other people will think of you is amazing. ♪

>> this requires dedication. rehearsals twice a week after schools, six hours on saturday. but it's ignited the flame of creativity in most of them. >> she gets to see for herself what she can create when she works really hard. >> they give it their all at eureka theater this weekend, don sanchez, abc 7 news. ♪ bravo, bravo! plays today and tomorrow at 2 p.m. at eureka theater on jackson street. final check on the forecast. >> more fog. looks like another great one. if you like it sunny and mild, maybe a few records from mount tam starting out with clear sky and we are looking chilly though in the 30s for east bay valleys, north bay valleys. but later on today maybe a record in oakland, 70 for your high as well as palo alto and fremont. 66 in antioch with the monterey

bay coming in in the low to mid-70s. so just a beautiful day. definitely spring fever out there but back to winter as we head towards valentine's day and beyond with rain, much cooler conditions. maybe some snowy peeks around here by the ends of the week. talking a couple inches of rain maybe here by the end of the week and we do need it but we will enjoy another dry day tomorrow even though we see increasing clouds. >> looks good. we need some rain. thanks, lisa. thanks for joining us on the abc 7 saturday morning news. we will both be back at 8 a.m. so we'll see you then. have great morning, folks. captioned by: closed captioning services, inc. caw caw! [ director ]what is that? that's a horrible crow. here are some things that i'll make as little portals. honestly, i'd love to do this for the rest of my life so i've got to take care of my heart. for me, cheerios is a good place to start.

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good morning, america. i'm bianna golodryga. >> and i'm dan harris. this is saturday, february 12th. and this morning, revolution. the regular citizens, who in just 18 days, peacefully toppled a 3-decade-long dictatorship. scenes of sheer ecstasy, as the country that has endured so much repression, now takes its first, tentative steps toward democracy. >> there are very few moments in our lives where we have a privilege to witness history taking place. this is one of those moments. this is one of those times. the ripple effect. beneath the palpable joy,