i'm pleased to announce that the federal government had s open for business. >> the federal government is open for now. but federal services have been cancelled. >> good morning, i'm meteorologist jeff martinez, a cold start to your saturday. 30s and 40s out there right now but a beautiful forecast, we'll be warming up and have the details in just a few minutes. >> janelle: it is 6:00 this saturday morning. i'm janelle wang. this morning, the u.s. government is still in business but it was a close call with just one hour left on the count down clock, the government seemingly uncompromising parties found middle ground. john hendron reports from washington. >> they waited literally until

the length hour. >> i'm pleased to announce the washington monument as well as the entire federal government will be open for business. >> after one summit after another. >> we're not going to rollover. >> not on other watch, no way, no how. >> we just say no. >> in the end, two seemingly uncompromising parties found the middle ground and sealed the deal. >> senator reid and i and the white house have been able to come to an agreement that will in fact cut spending and keep our government open. >> we didn't do it at the late hour for drama. we did it because it was very hard to arrive at this point. >> the shutdown had already begun. tourists at museum were already ushered out. vacationers would have been out of luck at national park. yellowstone would have gone black and the lady with the torch in new york, she would not

have been welcoming anyone for a while. >> for government workers it meant no paycheck, for front line troops and families that would mean fight now and get paid later as the bills keep coming in. everything but the paycheck. >> reporter: two sides agreed to pass a stopgap measure to fund the government through thursday which gives them time to pass a budget for the rest of the year that would cut $39 billion for spending and leave planned parenthood untouched. >> janelle: despite the last minute resolution, they had cancelled a special event that was planned for today. the u.s. postal service cancelled all passport processing. >> we were scheduled to have passport application processing available in certain offers on

saturday between 10:00 and 2:00 on april the 9th but as a result of getting a notice from the state department we had to cancel. >> janelle: passport applicants will be able to get saturday help when the event gets rescheduled. jury deliberations in the barry bonds trial resumes on monday as jurors ended their first day of deliberations yesterday without on a verdict. they did ask to hear read back of testimony. kathy hoskins testified that she saw greg anderson give him an injection before 2002 road trip. jury will have a transcript of that testimony read back to them on monday. jurors also listened again to a recording that hoskins' brother made of anderson talking about injecting bonds with steroids. legal analyst dean johnson may indicate the jury is leaning. >> the common tact for steve

hoskins and kathy hoskins' testimony is evidence that barry bonds was getting injections from greg anderson. that would support one count. if the jury is focusing on that count, they could have heard evidence that could lead to a conviction. >> anderson was released from jail yesterday after refusing to testify against bonds. the contra costa county d.a.'s office has dismissed 15 criminal cases linked to a former drug force commander is accused of teaming up with a private investigator to steal evidence. they filed a case against steven tanabe. he is accused of receiving bribes as a dirty d.u.i. scheme in danville. >> there is a reward for leading

to an arrest of killing of a well known man. campos was an icon in the community. police believe the shooting was the result of a botched robbery. merchants met privately with the mayor to express their frustration over growing violence in the area. >> still ahead, banning tanning. california steps into international effort to look at the health risks and make them off-limits for millions of people. >> powerful pump is on its way from southern california to northern japan to help cool down the failed nuclear power plant. now you see it, now you don't. watch oakland's former navy hospital that stood for decades hospital that stood for decades come crashing down in n

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>> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >> janelle: more fallout from the japanese earthquake and tsunami personally impacting a food staple in their diet. they are banning rice around the crippled fukushima nuclear plant. this means shortages of rice. japan says they had to act quickly because it is rice growing season. farmers that can't grow rice will be compensated. >> the world's largest concrete boom left los angeles for japan. the engineering marvel was load aide board a huge russian cargo jet at lax. it will be helped to cool the nuclear power plant. it has a boom that can reach

more than 200 feet making it possible to shoot water in the overheated reactors. >> marine corps unit trained to help rescue people in nuclear emergencies is in japan if help is needed. they arrived with lots of high-tech equipment. it is the first overoverseas deployment there. they will be there indefinitely but there are no plans for them to go north closer to the nuclear plant. >> not to get into a situation, a suicide submission type of things. we are not here for that. >> janelle: in a demonstrate for journalists the marines and japanese counterparts rescued mock victims as if they had been exposed to chemicals or radiation. >> one popular, tanning beds

have made a cop come back, perhaps due to sarah palin that put one in the governor's mansion. but they can boost the risk for skin cancer and california lawmakers are set to do something. >> the bright, bold colors of prom season are back when tanned skin is the accessory of choice. not if you are teen in great britain. they are banned from use sun beds. 12 states have laws that propose age restrictions for commercial tanning salons. in the golden state, a bill is underway to ban those for under 18. >> i have a name for tanning beds, i call them cancer coffins. if they only knew the real wifk. malignant melanoma kills people. >> according to the skin

foundation, indoor tanning before age of 35 raises the risk of melanoma by 75%. laurie greenberg had no idea she was putting herself at risk when she starred using tanning beds in the ninth grade. she has been battling melanoma off and on for the last decade. >> she got it because of the tanning beds because of natural sunshine. >> they recently added tanning beds to group one of cancer cause can substances. while the fda is considering stricter regulations on tanning beds they are currently in the same medical category as band-aids. the indoor tanning association maintains the decision should be left up to a teen's parent. they released a statement, if such a law was passed. a 17-year-old could join the military and not be allowed to san sun tan indoors.

>> just go outside and get some sun the natural way. jeff is here with the forecast. >> hit the slopes, whenever i go skiing i lather up. great skiing conditions if you are headed up to the slopes up around lake tahoe. if you are staying in the city, beautiful weather to talk about. nice shot from the sutro cam. a chilly start to the day. i'll have the forecast in just a few minutes. >> coming up next, the implosion of oakland's oak knoll navy hospital. it clears the way for a future development. when you've been together as long as we have --

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half an hour from now. jeff will have our full forecast coming up. >> and east bay landmark disappeared yesterday when a cloud of smoke. -- in a cloud of smoke. >> it took 800 pounds of dynamite to level the oak knoll naval hospital. it had 600 beds when it opened in 1968. it closed in 1996. they were hoping to replace with homes, parks and stores and we'll have more on this coming up in about 30 minutes from now. jeff martinez. that was a beautiful shot and beautiful morning. >> good morning to you. beautiful day shaping up. cold start, frost advisory in effect around the area but it will be short-lived. nice shot from heavenly, beautiful day shaping up around

lake tahoe. we'll have a few left over snow showers but nothing major expected. about a foot of fresh snow in the past week alone. record snowfall so far this year in the sierra has been incredible. how about this, incredible shot of the cia bridge, beautiful. sunrise around 6:43, just about to get underway with cool conditions in most areas. weather highlights on this saturday morning. cold start to your day. that frost advisory in effect until about 8:00 this morning. lots of sunshine expected today and tomorrow and started to warm things up in the middle part of the week ahead into the end of the week. temperatures in the 30s and 40s no most areas. not too bad. i don't see freezing conditions. that frost advisory will expire here in about another hour or so. in case you missed it. beautiful shot, look at these storms that tried to develop.

trying to get organized but a pretty good cap is what we call it. they didn't get organized to produce any precipitation but impressive nonetheless. how about this past week with the storms on thursday that did produce hail across the north bay. just been a wild and crazy weather week for sure. all of that, high pressure setting up here. here is the low pressure that brought us the stormy weather finally pushing to the east. accu-weather forecast right through today and tomorrow looking pretty good. by sunday evening, a chance for precipitation and very weak storm system, looks like the north bay and few sprinkles on monday. if you are heading up to lake tahoe, no chain controls in effect, highway 50 and 80 looking good. temperatures will be in the 30s and even who's by sunday. so again, not bad at all. how about your forecast for today around the area. again 30s and 40s in the morning

hours. by noon we'll be in the 50s. kind of a cool afternoon. we'll still be in the upper 50s to lower 60s in most areas inland. not too bad. a little breezy in the afternoon. our coasts will be breezy and 64 degrees in cupertino. cool 50s in pacifica. mountain view, around 64 degrees. in the city we'll see about 59 degrees, close to 60 and a little breeze, maybe 10-20 miles an hour out of the west-northwest. 62 in oakland. castro valley 62 degrees. a little warmer, low 60s toward danville and brentwood. monterey bay, 58 degrees for the high. seven-day forecast, beautiful today and tomorrow. slight chance for sprinkles on monday but temperatures rebound nicely.

rain will be back by the middle part of the week and next weekend looking good with 70s to talk about. a little chilly and temperatures will be in the 50s when they start the game tonight. >> cardinals and then the dodgers on monday, so clear weather for them. >> pretty much. >> janelle: definitely go out and enjoy the weekend. in the last possible hour, the government avoided a shutdown. joining us live from new york, good morning deanna. >> good morning. >> democrats and republicans reached a budget agreement in the length hour narrowly avoiding a shutdown but no freeze on for planned

parenthood. massive hailstorm pummeled oklahoma and a weekend of wild weather. our weather team is tracking the storms and tell you which states are bracing for tornados. >> christian louboutin is seeing red. french fashion mogul is accusing the fashion house stepping all over his signature red sole design. more coming up. >> it was a television event that shocked the nation, the elimination of american idol contestant left people with their jaws drop. it could have a fact that she is a woman. maybe there is female haters out there. it's interesting to see the dynamic play out. >> i know a lot of people were disappointed because of what happened? >> a lot of viewer outrage. we'll have more on that story.

>> janelle: thanks so much. we'll see you at 7:00. >> terry: world champion san francisco giants did not disappoint their fans at yesterday's home opener against the cardinals but it was another day of torture. colin rush has more. >> good morning, why would we think the season would be any different. torture continues and giants had a little of everything with the raising of the world champions banner. a picture perfect day at at&t. champs were back and they were playing like it. tejada, deep to left and gone. solo home run would tie the game at 1. sanchez, a liner down the front baseline, 2-1 giants. and then adding to the lead,

burrel, 3-1 and nice win, right? wrong. brian wilson, bases loaded, two outs, he brings home two cardinals and sandoval comes through with two outs with the bottom of the ninth. game tied at 4. rowan at the plate, started the ninth inning rally and sends a sellout crowd of 24,000 plus home happy. 5-4 giants. reaction now. >> it felt good at the plate. i didn't care what pitch it was, try to get something over the plate and hit hard. >> you put all your personal stuff aside. just happy the team won and come out on top and you win. >> now the pre-game ceremonies that was something else. after each player touched the

championship banner, brian wilson went up the ladder and the ceremony raising. yes, 2010 champions. >> it was a honor to be part of that and be the guy that puts it up on the flagpole. it was a special moment for the city. >> a's were in minnesota yesterday for their home opener. here is one in third. fourth inning, down he goes. and in the eighth, two outs, rips a single to right. down the line and one scores and that would turn out to be the game winner. 2-1 twins. a's fall to 2-5. >> the formula last night as simple as it would get for the sharks, beat phoenix, attain two points and they would get second

seed for the playoffs. didn't happen. shark fans surfacing in the desert. down the center, ray whitney scores, coyotes up 2-1. eric passes one, coyotes go up 3-1 and joe thorton, that was 1,000th career pointed. sharks would rally but not quite enough. they fall 4-3. can still wrap up with a win tonight. back home against the saints. >> and for my wife, if she will just wake up. get up. tiger woods is on the attack in augusta and you know the field has taken notice. round of the day, from jason day aussie swings within a foot to

get a birdie. 8 under 64. he is minus 8 for the tournament. macelroy drains it again, that set up a birdie, he is mine minus 10. the story, tiger woods, seven under. he then finishes with a birdie putt on 18 for a six under 66. tiger back in at 7 under. woods in. >> phil mickelson an even par yesterday, he is 8 back heading into today's third round. >> cal bears baseball lives on. welcome news for a program that dates back 118 years. now the program can get back to preparing for 2012 and beyond.

>> you hit the recruiting trail and get the players that are necessary to compete in the new pac-12. we're looking forward to it. we would rather have that hard job than the job of not being here next year. >> unfortunately after receiving the great news, not a great outcome for cal. they fall to arizona 5-4. coming up later today, rick quan is in and a's continue their series in minnesota and red and white game is happening. have a great day everyone. >> janelle: next at 6:30, u.c. berkeley police are looking for a man that robbed and sexually assaulted a students on campus. and a preview of the new sustainable terminal 2 at sfo

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u.c. berkeley police are looking for a man that robbed and sexually assaulted a student yesterday morning. the student says she was walking through campus with a man grabbed her in behind sexually assaulted her and robbed her. police say there have been several attacks recently on campus. >> the suspect description does match from other incidents that happened recently. >> janelle: rapist is described as a white man in his 20, about 5'7" with a thin build. he was wearing blue denim overalls and green sweatshirt. a driver who was caught by one of his red light cameras in

daly city took indicates to court. vic lee explains how the decision in that case could affect hundreds of others. >> the only thing they have is up here heading west. >> scott was mapped by a camera here. he hired a lawyer. she claims daly city contracts with a company that violates the vehicle code, specifically the regulation of these signs warning drivers there are red light cameras ahead. >> the way this contract is written, redflex is responsible for inspecting and maintaining and that violates lawsuit. >> the law, indeed, states that the responsibility for these signs may not be contracted out to camera makers. that the city must inspect and maintain them. last friday, it went to trial. she says the commissioner agreed with her and dismissed the tickets.

mendelson other daly city ticket holders have a legal reason to fight their cases. >> anyone that gets one of these tickets from daly city from april 1st forward should be challenging the ticket vigorously. set the matter for trial and challenge it based on the contract. >> not so fast says city attorney rose zimmerman. >> the city followed all the requisite steps to ensure that we are in compliance and redflex is in compliance with us. we are not in violation of the vehicle code. >> but what is this? the city's contract that redflex will shall be solely responsible for installing such signage. >> the way the contract is written it is not a legal contract. >> zimmerman contends the commissioner dismissed it on technical grounds related to evidence presented by redflex and not because of contract

issues. but scott feels vindicated. >> we're all suppose to be following the rules. ignite who is making the money should have to follow the rules as the guy that is paying the money. >> the hard fought battle whether to turn a prime piece of richmond real estate into a indian gaming resorted came to an end this week. they voted against building a casino. but cecilia vega reports as one fight endsite appears another one begins. >> this quiet point on the water's edge has been at the center of a real estate battle that has been going on for more than six years. it took one final city council vote and another five hour debate to seal the fate. there will be no mega casino here. which means now a new fight on what to replace it begins. >> we had hoped something was going to happen out here. we've been waiting for ten years. they keep going back and forth

and back and forth and change their minds. >> eric owns a yacht harbor. he is tired of waiting for transformation on the navy base. the caretaker, he is tired of waiting for much needed jobs in richmond. >> 78 years old and been here my whole life. they are right here in my backyard. >> on both sides of the fight there are opposite views on what the point should be. >> i've been here for ten years and nobody has helped anything out here. >> and that debate still goes on between casino backers and the environmentalists. >> we're not going anywhere. we don't quit. we're going to make this a beautiful site and protect it and do a what we can. >> the developer has 120 days to come up with a plan for the

point, a plan that does not include a casino. >> what i want to see is something that truly reflects the image of a richmond in transition of a richmond on the rise. >> i want it to be whatever is the best for the city. >> that may be the only thing everyone agrees on. in richmond, cecilia vega, "abc 7 news" can. >> next week san francisco travelers will be welcomed back to terminal two, part of the airport that has been closed for renovation. it will be home to american airlines and virgin america. we're told it's spectacular. don sanchez has a preview. >> it's called the most modern terminal in the u.s. >> do bring back the romance of travel. >> there is artwork. you can fill an empty water bottle and take it on board. people were impressed by what they see. >> we immediately felt we were walking into a five-star hotel lobby. >> the terminal was built in

19534 and has undergone this massive $383 million renovation. >> this is big part of economic growth. >> also on plane was sir richard branson. >> it's the adventure and challenge. in an exclusive interview i asked him why he did it. >> to try to get the technology right another element to see what one is capable of. >> newest adventure is submarine that will go down 36,000 feet. >> enable to explore the ocean, zor l discover species. >> flights begin april 14 zbltdz there is a way to predict earthquakes maybe by a minute or two.

such a system already xistsd. it worked in japan and as wayne freedman reports, money is an issue. >> of all the places they can pitch for earthquake safety, why not u.c. berkeley that straddles the hayward fault. >> it was two seconds. >> precious seconds. they say an early warning system in california like the one that saved countless lives in japan last month. it gave residents five to ten seconds warning. time enough say the experts. >> if you are in harm's way you can get away from things that are about to fall on you. >> a professor carries such a system in his laptop. it allowed operators of high speed trains to slow down enough so none derailed. without one in california, the vice president of bart board of directors says dangerous

derailment when the big one hits. >> if we end up derailing 20-30 trains, that is a casualty, mass casualty event of biblical proportions. >> it would take 3500 sensors in the state. they would notify us by a cell phone for instance. we had such a system when loma prieta would have hit, san francisco would have a 20 second warning. >> worry about five years away from a full system if we had the funding. >> the system would cost $80 million in five years but with federal budget cuts looming it may not happen at all. such a decision would cost a lot more money later on. >> we're very aware of the risks we have in the bay area and in california as a whole. the idea that you would, it's been proven in japan.

>> wayne freedman, "abc 7 news." >> lisa argen is out but jeff martinez is in. so good to have you. >> good to be here. finally a nice weekend to talk about after all the storms and rain we've been dealing with throughout the area. gorgeous from the south from emeryville cam. should be a great day today. a little chilly but you will like the seven-day forecast. i'll have that in just a moment. >> janelle: and two teens are shaken but recovering from a lightning strike that shattered the tree they were sitting

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highways are clear so if you want to head up there, you should have no problems. he will have the full forecast coming up. >> two freshman teenagers are recovering after being hit by lightning in the wild weather. lightning bolt tore the bark off a free. -- bark off a tree. >> they had come in from shelter from the storm. i remember seeing a bright flash. they were both unconscious and they woke up but they were very fortunate. >> one of the teens just said he felt fine. the other said he had on headache. both were briefly hospitalized. fortunately that wacky weather is over. it's pretty chilly out there this morning. >> good morning to you. temperatures in the 30s and 40s. we do have a frost advisory, set to expire around 8:00 this morning.

beautiful shot from sutro looking at the golden gate. few wispy clouds but otherwise a beautiful day today. finally drying things out and looks like a gorgeous forecast whatever you have planned today. good morning. hope you are enjoying your saturday so far. temperatures in the 30s and 40s and cool conditions. i don't see freezing temperatures right now but certainly a cool start to your day. not to worry. things should warm up nicely today. upper 60s and we really start to warm up by the middle part of next week. few sprinkles on monday but nothing happening out there for this weekend. area of low pressure that brought us all the stormy weather finally pushing to the east. so high pressure will build in behind that. that means sunny conditions, dry conditions so things are looking pretty good. across the country, another story, big thunderstorm, this is

the same area of low pressure we had two or three days ago now moving across the mid section of the country. oklahoma saw big time thunderstorms, we had a hail, strong winds and it was just a really wild weather with severe thunderstorms. lightning and touched off this roof fire. can you believe that. both the lightning and fortunately nobody was injured in that but rough weather across the middle part of the country. so if you have travel plans, we do have minor delays out toward chicago and and i swo speck out toward the east. good going out to sfo, san jose and oakland no delays if you have any travel plans. good news there. we'll take a look at your forecast for today looking very good. by tomorrow evening, this next storm approaches us, cold front, not a strong system, not compared to what we've seen the

last few days. few sprinkles towards the north bay. not a big deal. looks pretty good, cool start, mid-50s by the afternoon. see some 60s further inland. a little breezy and winds gusting around 15-25 miles an hour. definitely you'll need a coat if you are going to be out to the coast. toward sunnyvale, 62 degrees, 60 all across redwood city up to pacifica. few clouds throughout the day. really not a big day. 59 downtown. we'll see 50s and 60s up in the north bay. santa rosa, hello to you, 66 degrees. out toward the east bay, we'll see 62 in oakland and fremont, 63 degrees. warm spot will be out to pleasanton and danville with perhaps mid-60s. monterey bay, looking at 58 degrees. accu-weather seven-day forecast,

slight chance of a few sprinkles in the north bay on monday. that is it, we transition into more spring like pattern. high pressure throughout the rest of the week ahead. with even 70s on thursday and friday. head out to cherry blossom special in japantown today. right here in the city, all day today and tomorrow. it goes on for two weeks. >> that will be so much fun. thanks so much. >> the end came for the former oak knoll naval hospital in oakland. after few booms, it was gone. it opens the door for a new era in the oakland hills. as lyanne melendez reports a lot of people came out to say goodbye to the memories.

>> it was one of those you had to be there moments. she would not have missed it. she worked at the hospital on and off from 1972 to 1996 when it closed. >> my insides were shaking. it was like watching something you love go away permanently. it meant so many things to so many people. >> his son was born here. >> born here in 1985. it was cold as all winter in november. it was even cold in the hospital. you needed to wear a jacket to stay there. >> the hospital opened in 1968. it served medical personnel throughout different conflicts. it was a huge training facility. when the base closed the empty building begin to attract the homeless who started moving in. then in 2005, a development

company bought the property. >> the plan was to have 960 homes, commercial space and parks. but suncal's main partner lehman brothers went bankrupt. they are still looking for a partner. in the meantime, the demolition plan had to be carried out. they placed 800 pounds of dynamite on five levels. here is the play by play. >> now you heard the boom, boom before the explosives. that is the cord lighting the fuses in the columns. they have a nine second delay. >> steve louie started out as a patient and later worked here. >> we build good organizations and trained a lot of good people. >> in oakland, lyanne melendez, "abc 7 news." >> don't go away, 7 on your side

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going make a point to send in product registration cards. >> we have a link to the government's one stop shop for recall information. to check it out go to abc7news.com. >> a new exhibit opening in san francisco features rogues and assassins, not evil people but evil plants. now a preview. >> there is evil lurking in the garden at the conservatory of flowers, evil that looks pretty but can kill. >> if you are a plant it's pretty important not to get eaten. they can't run away and hide. they can't fight back you but they can inflict pain and suffering. >> amy wrote a book depict go all the unusual pain can inflict on humans and animals. the conservatory of flowers decided to bring the book to life.

they needed a garden full of killer plants. >> it wasn't to scare people but remind people to respect nature. >> like this hemlock that is known for killing socrates. the curator wants wanted to get marijuana or the cocoa plant which cocaine is extracted from but the city attorney said no. >> i think it would have been cool if they were able to do that. i visited a place in the great britain that was able to do that but we're not quite there yet. >> tobacco they crowned as the most wicked plant in the world. >> 90 million people have been killed. >> many have a story, like white smoke rooted which is best known for killing a mother.

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actor charlie sheen took his tour to new york city but with all accounts he should have stayed home. his torpedo of truth tour, the fans that showed up say he has lost his touch. he only stayed for an hour. >> cool start.

50s and 60s most areas. chance for sprinkles by monday but otherwise a beautiful weekend and we really warm up by the middle part of the week, 60s and 70s. gorgeous weekend. bring your jacket around the city. it's a little chilly. >> nice to have you here. we will both be back at 8:00 a.m. "good morning america" is next. have a great day. achoo! the seasons change,

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