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the sun up at 6:15. upper 50s. still breezy today. but our warming trend begins. >> thanks so much, lisa and thank you for joining us. a 53-year-old science teacher is back home this morning after apparently spending four days inside a car that plunged more than 100 feet down the side of grizzly peak. tomas roman says he told rescuers he wound up there monday morning. >> reporter: the car sits 150 feet down a ravine. wright was reported missing monday at 6 p.m he would still be missing if the park ranger hadn't seen a glint of sun from the car's roof and not gone down to investigate. >> there was a guy in the car. and i opened the door and he was okay. and he said hi. i said hey. you're going to be all right. >> reporter: flores wasn't sure why wright didn't climb out on his own.

>> he didn't seem injured. i assumed that he was just too weak. >> reporter: firefighters used ropes to rappel down the slope and pull the 53-year-old man out of the ravine. battalion chief says the rescue was difficult. >> it was a sort of a complicated, involved country indication due to the amount of shrub that's thick and dense and tall shrub brush through the area. i know it was a high angle rescue to get the patient out. >> reporter: he says wright did not seem seriously injured, but was very dehydrated. he was taken to the hospital for evaluation. when asked for a comment, he declined to talk about his ordeal. wright teaches science at north gate high school in walnut creek. his neighbors were surprised to hear he was even missing. >> i'm surprised that he was driving around because he's a walker. you see them walking around. >> reporter: police are glad he's okay, but want to know what happened. >> i imagine the detectives will still do some follow-up and try to contact him and ask him exactly what happened.

>> reporter: ranger flores says he doesn't consider himself a hero for finding him. he was just doing his job. james wright told firefighters that he was out for a morning drive when he went off the road. abc 7 news. >> in other news this morning, the death toll from this week's tornadoes that swept the southeast is up to 339. the scale of destruction stunned president obama during his tour of tuscaloosa, alabama yesterday. that city bore the brunt of a monsterous mile wide tornado. 248 people died in alabama alone. this is now the nation's second deadliest tornado outbreak since 1925. >> i've got to say, i've never seen devastation like this. it is heart breaking. >> this newly released video shows a tornado bearing down. meteorologists confirmed that at least one of wednesday's storms was a category ef-5 tornado. that's the worst of the worst. they suspect there were other ef-5s in wednesday's storms. if you want to help the people in the south, contact the red

cross at 1-800-red cross. we have links to several relief groups on our web site at abc 7 com. click on "see it on tv." san jose mayor reed is looking for the city's unions to make concessions to help bridge a $118 million budget gap. without them, he says they'll risk losing even more jobs. lisa reports the police union has come to the bargaining table with an offer. >> reporter: 1230 officers make up san jose's police force. this week, 106 got their pink slips. detective cam tron is one of them. >> i have a bachelor degree and a masters degree and with seven years experience, it's a hard thing. >> reporter: the police officers association is trying to stop the city from cutting even more. another 165 officers with more seniority, will be on the chopping block unless major concessions are made. the union offered to take 10% pay cuts, accept lower pension

packages, and stop paying officers for their unused sick days. >> this isn't even that much of a reduction. >> reporter: the mayor is demanding the city's 11 unions give up 10% in total compensation to save some jobs. so far only five unions have agreed. >> if this proposal is sufficient to avoid additional layoffs, that's a good thing. but it won't solve the problem with the first 100 layoffs that we're looking at. >> we make concessions once again and they're telling us even if you concede to our demands, we're still going to lay folks off. it's tough to get your arms around. >> reporter: none of it makes sense to detective tron. >> what about us, you know, with the new proposal? we want the job, too. >> reporter: he's not the only one. local business owners are worried. >> there are so then other places they could cut in the city rather than public safety. >> reporter: on tuesday, the city council will decide whether to continue working with the poa on this specific deal.

if something is hashed out, union members will vote on it. in san jose, abc 7 news. oakland mayor has unveiled her first city budget since taking office. it calls for across the board cuts that includes reducing the number of police officers and closing four fire stations. city employees will have to take 15 days off without pay. mayor quann says she's unsure of how much tax revenue oakland will collect in the next year. with sacramento spending less money on public education, city and school districts are putting more parcel taxes on the ballot to make ends meet. voters in union city and lafayette have until tuesday to make their decisions. now we hear what's at stake. >> reporter: the new haven school district in union city has managed to keep class sizes small. only 20 students in kindergarten and 25 in first, second and third grades. to keep those numbers, the district wants to levy a parcel

tax. >> we're pushing the envelope to convince people that this is worthwhile because the money stays here. it's for our kids and sacramento can't touch it. >> reporter: the 3 million they hope to collect annually will help keep instructional days at 180 a year. and maintain after school programs. this wouldn't have been an issue if sacramento kept cuts to education at a minimum and the governor's proposal to extend taxes would have made it on the june ballot. >> the tax extension hasn't gone through. we've been reduced over 20% already from the state and so with the tax extension not going through, it's 25% of our funding is missing. we still have to educate all the same children for the entire school year, with 25% less money. >> reporter: like union city, lafayette also has a mail-in partial tax measure to keep core programs. there they're asking for $176

annually over four years. both cities, property owners older than 65 would be exempt from the tax. union city's parcel tax would not save the middle school and high school libraries, which were axed in early march. this woman is voting against measure b. >> their library, which i used, they're going to be closed, middle school and high school. and that would be someplace where they should spend the money. >> reporter: but art voted yes. he says he wants to invest in keeping what's left. >> the property value goes up and the school districts are good and this is a very good school district. i'm happy to support it. >> reporter: the ballots need to be postmarked no later than tuesday. abc 7 news. >> coming up next, if you have unused medications in your home, we'll tell you how you can get rid of them today for free. the latest on the royal newlyweds who decided to delay

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to postpone their honeymoon. they left buckingham palace by helicopter, but then released a surprising announcement, william will return to his military duties after this weekend. officials say it's the couple's personal preference to delay their honeymoon. they attended parties that stretched into the early morning hours after their spectacular wedding watched by billions of people around the world. abc's simon has the latest from london. >> reporter: in the wee small hours, guests from the party at buckingham palace returned to their hotel. on the streets of london this morning, the clean-up begins. late last night, the newly wedded couple donned the change of clothes and drove to the party. kate middleton, or as we should call her, the duchess of cambridge, dressed in a fabulous white ball gown, like the wedding dress, created by sarah burton. 300 special guests partied into the hours away from the cameras. hundreds of people outside trying to get a glimpse. >> it's an occasion that's never

going to happen again. there are a lot of people. >> reporter: london police say a million people thronged the streets to witness the wedding. earlier as the couple emerged onto the balcony of the palace, kate was clearly overwhelmed by the shear numbers. the crowd was treated to not one, but two kisses from the happy couple and a fly pass by the royal air force. for this bridesmaid on the balcony, the noise was too much. at westminster abbey, a sign of joy and perhaps shear relief. a cart wheeling clergyman. all over the country, brits turned out in force to celebrate the day with street parties and here at london's hyde park, a rock concert atmosphere as william and kate tied the knot. the day had been a flawless royal spectacular with very special personal moments, too. as kate arrived at the altar, lip readers spotted william

saying, you look lovely. you look beautiful. as man and wife, william and kate left the abbey in the open top carriage. no sign of the rain forecasters had predicted. smiles and waves to the thousands who lined the streets. prince william and katherine, no longer miss middleton, but her royal highness, the duchess of cambridge, and a future queen of england. all eyes turn now to the royal honeymoon. it's a closely guarded secret so far and likely to be the first real test between the royal couple's desire for privacy and the media's insatiable appetite to cover everything they do. simon, abc news, london. again, just in the past 30 minutes, the couple decided to delay their honeymoon, personal preference. i believe that. it was just such a big extravagant day. they must be exhausted. i saw pictures of them greeting all their guests afterwards. >> where are they going to get their privacy, though? >> i no he. exactly. i think they'll be able to find

that. our forecast is looking spectacular. >> that's right. we're warming up to a rare seasonal warmth today, five to six degrees warmer than yesterday. a clear start. golden gate bridge, breezy. tomorrow, above average. will it last into the first week of may? i'll let you know next. >> also next, the sharks pull off another overtime thriller in their playoff opener with detroit. larry has the highlights coming up in this morning's sports. make sure you get a shot of that hairpiece. you know what this is, cartwright? yes. nicorette mini. you carry them around everywhere. yes, i do carry them everywhere. because cravings are everywhere. no matter where crime takes me, nicorette mini's there, ready to take a craving for me like a real partner.

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>> welcome back. in the presidio in san francisco, the recent discovery of sudden oak death in a tree has sprung the park and its staff into action. there is more at stake here than the health of the trees. wayne explains why. >> reporter: expert can tell you there are 280 different species of trees and plants in san francisco's presidio, though it may take a person like sam clinton to walk you through them. >> that's a monterey cypress tree. >> what kind of grass? >> we have some ripkabroam. >> reporter: he has learned to identify them through 13 years as a park gardener. today sam and others like him took a class on how to find a

new life form, the pathogen that makes sudden oak death. >> one of the symptoms of sudden oak death, which is the bleeding and the cracked mark. >> reporter: this doctor is an expert on the pathogen which has killed thousands of trees from humble to southern monterey counties. the best way to fight its spread, he said, to create armies of citizens who can identified it not only on trees, but the garden environment oramountal plants that probably brought it here and spread it in the first place. >> if we could he indicate everybody, we would. if you see it, there are things you can do to protect it. >> if there is something unusual going on, do you spot it? >> yes. >> reporter: the problem in the presidio is unique because people visit here from all around the world. there is a very distinct possibility that someone could pick up the pathogen here, get on an airplane, and spread it somewhere else. >> you go to australia, you just dump the leaf and that starts a new infestation in a different continent. >> reporter: until now, sudden oak death had appeared mostly in forested areas.

not in the middle of a city. to have it here now only heightens the urgency. what's at stake? >> a decline of the oak trees here, the few natives we have left. >> from the presidio in san francisco, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >> okay. lisa has fantastic news. it can't get any better than the weather forecast. >> that's right. finally temperatures will be warming up. the winds will be backing off a bit and then the warmest weather for tomorrow and extends and continues into next week. the first week of may. so as we get started this morning, the view, pretty breezy still this morning. the sun officially up five minutes ago, setting right before 8:00 o'clock tonight. so these winds, they will back off a little bit today. but tomorrow will be the much warmer day. today instead of those 60s, plenty of 70s. this morning, lots of 50s all across the board. it's 56 in redwood city. good morning mountain view. 55 for you.

53 in napa. 54 in san rafael. our winds, take a look. pretty gusty at the airport, napa, gusting to 25 miles an hour. look at the livermore valley. north winds gusting to 31 miles an hour. we usually get those gusty winds through the delta, but today, especially blustery. but by this afternoon, we'll see that offshore flow take place and these winds, although they'll still be with us in some spots, a warmer wind than yesterday. so yesterday we woke up to those 40s. this morning, as much as 12 degrees warmer in redwood city. 11 degrees warmer in free month. napa, 20-degrees warmer. our highlights, breezy and clear this morning, warming trend gets underway today. and we'll see temperatures flirting with 80 degrees by tomorrow. that warm weather is going to stay with us into next week, staying pretty mild at the coast, but inland, we'll see plenty of 80s. this has been the set-up.

clear and dry conditions as a ridge of high pressure establishes itself to the north, to the west of us, upper levels of the atmosphere and over the weekend, it continues to build in to the eastern pacific. so that will allow for the occasional offshore winds, the occasional breezy conditions, but as a result, the temperatures warm a little bit today five, six degrees. another five to maybe eight degrees of warming tomorrow. 73 in fresno. big surf. 70 degrees. 87 in los angeles. very windy conditions in the sierra nevada. back home, 73. really average highs. spot on normal for the south bay. peninsula, look for 72 in redwood city. this is what early may should feel like. 60 in pacifica. san francisco, 68 today. finally where you should be for this time of year, about four degrees warmer than yesterday. in the north bay, 78 in santa rosa. 71 san rafael.

near east bay, 73 at oakland with 70 in newark. a little breezy north northwest winds here. over the hills, 75 in danville. 77 in pittsburgh. with livermore coming in at 74. by the monterey bay, we'll keep it cool there, but you head inland, low to mid 70s. three to six degrees today, another five to eight degrees of warming tomorrow and above normal tomorrow all through next week. it's looking hot! when is the last time we saw that 7 day outlook with all the 80s? >> it's been weeks. last year. >> wow. >> almost. >> yeah. that looks fantastic. thanks so much. in sports, a third day of the nfl draft continues today. last night the san jose sharks opened their second round playoff series at the tank against the detroit redwings. like many of the games, in their opening round series, the sharks needed overtime to settle the outcome. here is larry beil with sports.

>> good morning, everybody. overtime is the right time for the sharks. three of their four wins in the first start of the playoffs came in o.t. and more last night as they opened the second round with detroit. nothing beats a shark devour ago detroit fan, i tell you. redwings break the ice. great pass. bang, bang play. redwings lead 1-0. third period, thornton the shot. the rebound here. it's plucked out of midair. serious hand-eye coordination there to tie it at 1 apiece. they go to overtime. the unlikely hero seldommed used ben shot off the stick of defenseman brad stewart. game over. drive home safely. sharks win 2-1. he turned 24 yesterday. happy birthday, ben. >> you got to be ready when you're called upon, try to stay loose and engaged upon in the game. when you get a chance, make the most of it. >> nice birthday present to give

yourself? >> yeah. >> how old are you? >> just turned 24. >> happy birthday. game 2 sunday in the tank. with alex smith working out at 49ers headquarters yesterday, the new coach drafted his qb of the future. moving up in the second round to snag nevada's collin kaepernick. taking advantage of his great speed and skills. 6' 4, 230 pounds. a long funky delivery. a lot of raider fans wanted to see him in silver and black. instead, he will wear red and gold. the raiders did not have a first round pick. they took with usnewski. 48 overall. 300-pounder out of penn state. the nephew of steve wisnewski. great day for shane vereen taken by the patriots. his stock went up dramatically after the nfl combine.

he's 5' 9, but excellent first and he goes to one of the top organizations in all of football in new england. on the baseball, a's opened up a four-game series with the rangers at the coliseum. it's now known, overstock.com coliseum. 1.88era coming in. convince letter called strike three. he doesn't like the call. he's 4-0. suzuki back from paternity leave. sharp single to left. 1-0 a's. they settled for a 3-1 victory. the giants opening a four-game set in d.c the giant offense is in hibernation. second inning, lance nicks, two run homer to right. the giants get shut out by the veteran jason marquee. -- 3-0 the final in washington.

nba playoffs, spurs trying to stay alive. from beyond half court, this player stumbling and he hits! spurs down 4. they had no answer for zach randolph, barely ripples the nets. 31 for the zach attack! the grizzlies win 4-2, becoming the fourth eighth seed to beat a one seed in nba playoffs history. mike shumann will be here with more of your highlights at 5:00 p.m., 6 and 11:00 o'clock. have a great weekend, everybody. i'm larry beil. >> next, some gifts to text messages. a livermore mom reveals why she seduced teenage boys. and chevron explains why their earnings have little to do with what you pay at the pump.

for the first time, a livermore woman who had sex with her daughter's boyfriend is talking publicly about her crimes. christine hubbs is convicted last month of unlawful sex with two 14-year-old boys. it's a case that has caught national attention. the i. team's dan has an exclusive jail house interview with hubbs and a word of warning, this is a sensitive topic with sexual content. >> i have to take responsibility, but i don't want to be portrayed as a predator or someone that went out and forced this on anyone. this was not the case at all.

>> reporter: how pronota predator? >> well, i knew this boy for a long time. >> reporter: hubbs met her first victim when he was wrapping up the 7th grade at mendonhaul middle school. he was her daughter's boyfriend. she began showering him with gifts. >> big screen tv for his birthday, two phones, two ipods. >> reporter: wasn't there a game system? >> yes. an x box and i think the playstation. >> reporter: and sports equipment, clothing, and airline ticket, hubbs spent tens of thousands of dollars on her two victims. she secretly got the money from her husband's dental practice in livermore. she managed the office. police say she was grooming the boys, getting them to depend on her. >> it's like christmas every single day when christine came by because she'll give you cash. we've got witnesses to prove that. >> reporter: she took boy number 1 on several family vacations. a trip to their cabin in tahoe after christmas 2008 is where it turned sexual. hubbs says she fell asleep with her two daughters and the boy in

the same queen sized bed. >> i was exhausted and i don't know what happened. i don't know how i broke down. i don't know how i let it happen. >> reporter: when you say you let it happen, that takes responsibility away from you. >> well, i didn't start it. i didn't touch anything back. it was him and he started it. >> reporter: hubbs claimed she was concerned her kids would wake up, so she walked the 14-year-old to another room. >> reporter: what happened in the other room? >> we had a sexual encounter. >> reporter: police say that's not the way it happened. that christine was the aggressor from the start. boy number 1 was asleep alone in a bedroom at the cabin. >> and he woke up into the middle of the night, christine walking in with just a coat on, completely naked. >> reporter: hubbs admits the sex continued in the coming months, in hotels outside livermore, in the spare bedroom above the garage at the family home, and in the back of christine's hummer. this one with the license plate.

the detective read thousands of texts christine sent boy number 1. >> you are mine, mine, mine, so tell all the other girls to f off, i miss your touch. >> reporter: many of them are far too graphic to include in this report. others show the boy tried several times to stop seeing her. >> he started to pull away. that's where boy number 2 came in. his best friend, she used his best friend to make him jealous. >> reporter: the detective says hubbs began the same process with the second boy, starting with the gifts, the racy texts, and then the sex. christine says it became physical after the boy called her to pick him up from a party and they parked at a little league ball field. >> it just happened. it's my fault. >> reporter: what happened? >> so we just had sex in the back of the car. >> reporter: in the back of the hummer? hubbs continued contact with boy number 1 and it was a photograph she sent him that finally got her arrested last summer. >> what sorts of shots did you

send? >> topless. >> reporter: with your takes, too? >> no, no,. >> reporter: the boy's mother found one of the pictures and called police. hubbs was charged with 67 counts. she pled guilty to four. unlawful sexual intercourse, oral copulation, person under 16, and two counts, lewd act upon a child. >> what concerns me the most is that she has of yet to fully accept responsibility for her actions. >> reporter: i played the interview for dr. woodard, manager of the psychiatric medical services. he has experiences evaluating sex offenders for the court system. >> if she does not realize how she did this or why she did this, she is a danger of possibly doing it again. >> reporter: looking back, christine hubbs blames her health. she has type 1 diabetes, financial problems, and stress in her marriage for impairing her judgment. she says long before her arrest, she wrote a letter to the mother

of boy number 1 confessing to what happened, but never sent it. >> i was trying to get out of it, but i couldn't. how do you turn yourself in and go to jail when you have kids? >> reporter: are you really accepting full responsibility for being the one who called the shots? >> but i do feel that i was pushed, too, by the bay. >> reporter: by a 14-year-old boy? >> yes. i shouldn't have let it happen, but i was. >> that's dan reporting. dr. woodward says it's common for sex offenders to blame their victims that they made them do it. we're going to hear from her husband later this morning on abc 7 news at 8:00 o'clock. in business news, chevron's first quarter profits rose 36%. it's the latest in a series of strong earnings reports from major oil companies. chevron sold its oil for an average of $89 per barrel in the last quarter compared with $71 a year ago. that led to a $1 billion increase in profit.

a chevron spokesman told abc 7 the profits have little to do with the price of gas at the pumps. president obama is calling for an end to $4 billion in tax subsidies for big oil companies. meteorologist lisa is here with our beautiful forecast. >> it's gorgeous out there. clear skies. still a little breezy. numbers already in the upper 50s. we'll start our warming trend today and then getting a little hot out there. i'll detail that forecast next. >> also next, a place that's definitely not thin on history. how san francisco wants to take the old mint beyond mint condition.

>> lisa is here. i wore bright colors for you because i knew it was going to be such a fantastic weekend and week. >> i know. you're right. in fact, temperatures not only warming today, but getting even warmer tomorrow and that sets the stage for a warm first week of may because we're looking at a big pattern change coming our way. a look outside, the golden gate bridge, nice and bright. 6:15, the official sunrise. 7:59 setting tonight. and it is going to be a beautiful day today with the range of temperatures right around average, 60s, 70s, even maybe a few upper 70s. then you'll want to stay tuned for the seven-day outlook. good morning mount view. with the mild numbers come the

gusty winds. they've stayed with us all night long. still winds out of the north, gusting to over 30 miles an hour from the livermore valley, the airport. pretty close to that. the napa valley and oakland, well, you were a little gustier last hour, so we are seeing occasional wind gusts around the bay this morning. the winds will continue to abate a little bit this afternoon. but due to all that wind, starting out much warmer. so we haven't dropped off nearly to the chilly conditions we saw yesterday morning. we will have those tonight, though, with lighter winds. we're 12 degrees warmer than we were yesterday morning in redwood city, as well as concorde with 16 degrees warmer at this hour in the livermore valley. our highlights, breezy, clear this morning. a warming trend getting underway for the weekend. beginning today with temperatures right around average. a couple degrees above average and then mild to warm numbers into next week.

we're talking 80s, maybe mid, even upper 80s out there. so it's about time. we deserve some nice spring weather and it's all due to this strong area of high pressure that is beginning to push in to the eastern pacific. it's dominating our weather. not only today, but as it pushes in to the eastern pacific, we're going to see these occasional offshore winds and that will aid in our warming. so today, numbers coming up as much as five to seven degrees and that trend continues into tomorrow. then we'll see a few subtle changes throughout the rest of the week. 70 big sur. 61 yosemite with 76 in sacramento. we will look for the warming across the entire state. back in the upper 80s for los angeles today. back home, numbers run average for the south bay, 73 in san jose. 60s here. occasional northwest winds, over 20 miles an hour at the coast. it will be cool there, but san

francisco, how about four degrees warmer today? 68 degrees. in the north bay, look for those 60s by the water. even 59 bodega bay. near east bay, 73 in oakland with our inland valley, 75, danville, pleasantton, by the monterey bay, more 70s. at our coast, we'll see the 60s. tomorrow, warming up even more. here come the 80s and slightly cooler come monday and we'll see temperatures continue to warm tuesday, wednesday, thursday, even getting agents hot out there. but hopefully no complaints. >> that means i can wear my flip flops again. >> she wears them in the rain. >> true. now it will be warm. >> yeah. >> thanks, lisa. san francisco's old mint has been a landmark since the 1870s. it once held a third of the nation's wealth in its vaults. when the treasury department left in the mid 90s, its future seemed uncertain. this morning's assignment 7 report, dan ashley takes a look

at what is hoped will be a golden opportunity. >> reporter: the old mint was built in the 1870s. it spent decades turning the gold and silver from the hills into coins. today the granite lady in san francisco sits empty, a quiet monument to that bygone era. >> this building is a national historic landmark. >> reporter: it is in the process of breathing new life into the old mint by turning it into a san francisco city museum. this is what the museum and visitors center will eventually look like. but there is still a lot of work to be done before the first guest arrives. >> we do need to complete seismic upgrades, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, ada compliance. >> reporter: the old mint housed treasury offices until 1995 and was handed over to the city in 2003. it was the bank that funded the reconstruction of the city after the 1906 quake and was one of the few buildings to survive it without being damaged.

>> you can see there is virtually nothing standing around this. it was essentially -- it existed in a sea of rubble. >> reporter: paul is the design director for the architects reimagining this building. >> the greatest challenge was probably figuring out how to honor the history of the building to preserve it, and to repurpose it, if you will, to renew it into something that's meaningful not just for our time, but for the next 50 or 100 years. >> reporter: natural light will replace lamps. fresh air will be circulated from the outside. the three foot thick walls will control the temperature. but there will be modern twists. a floor put in decades ago, will be replaced with glass to light the galleries below it. above that, a soaring glass roof. not only will it protect the deteriorating facade, but collect rain water that will be used to water a roof top garden. that garden will replicate the we had lands that once stood where the building sits today. >> it will be one of the most environmentally innovative national historic landmarks in the united states.

>> reporter: the first phase was funded by the sale of specially minted coins and private contributions. >> so after $13 million in the last seven years, we're now at the point to do the final fundraising and start construction of the building. >> reporter: another $35 million must be raised to open part of the building to the public. they hope to start construction by next summer and open by the end of 2013. >> dan tells us that will only finish part of the project. the final price tag is expected to be close to $90 million. to find out more how you can help, check out our web site and click on the see it on tv tab. don't go away. 7 on your side is next. >> how easy is it for kids to purchase alcohol at the self check out at the local grocery store? i'm michael finney with a hidden i'm michael finney with a hidden investigation on "7 on your you can turn ordinary chicken into luscious, delicious, and scrumptious. with recipes from campbellskitchen.com, and campbell's cream of chicken soup.

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>> there are concerns from alcoholism prevention experts that the growing automation of the supermarket checkout is making it easier for teens to buy alcohol. here is michael finney with the results of a hidden camera investigation. >> reporter: the grocery industry has no hard numbers, but estimates many transactions are done where alcohol is available. the fresh and easy chain opened in the bay area and is 100% self-checkout. the marin institute is an alcohol industry watchdog. >> we have over 2.3 million youth that are drinking in california every year and self-checkout is too easy of a way for them to beat the system. >> reporter: here is how it works. when an alcoholic product is scanned, the system is supposed to lock up. in some stores, a light goes off and a clerk is alerted to come

over and check for i.d. before the transaction is completed. the california grocers association says the system works. >> we believe the protections are in place regarding insuring that underaged individuals aren't able to manipulate the system. >> reporter: we decided to find out for ourselves. we sent 22-year-old blanca garcia to purchase beer at safeway, lucky's and fresh and easy. her first stop? safeway. the system failed to lock up, but a clerk did come to talk to her. >> she didn't ask for i.d she didn't ask me how old i was. she reminded me to grab my change and i walked out of the store. >> reporter: safeway declined to comment on camera, but in an e-mail told us it's continuing to investigate this incident and hopes to determine if it was a computer or human error. we also went to a second safeway. there we found the system did

work properly as it also did at the one fresh and easy and lucky's we visited. safeway insists its policy is to card anyone who looks under 30. blanca says students who drink will try to get away with what they can. >> try to get away with not being carded. if they're under 21, trying to push the boundaries on the self checkout. >> reporter: our small sample roughly matches that of two larger studies. in 2009, ucla researchers found that out of 97 alcohol purchases in southern california, stores didn't check or ask for i.d. one out of five times or 20%. a similar san diego state study done in 2010 found that out of 216 attempts, the self check scanners in southern california failed to flag the alcohol purchase 9% of the time. and no i.d. was required more than 8% of the time. san francisco assembly woman introduced a bill that would

prohibit the sale of alcohol at self-checkout scanners. >> i.d.s are not being checked and we feel that this is a loophole that's going to make the situation worse and we'd like to make sure that anyone who buys alcohol needs to be i.d'd at the checkout stand. >> reporter: the grocers association says the bill is unnecessary. >> no retailer out there is going to want to lose their alcoholic beverage license. it's something that's very important. so they're going to do everything they can to protect that. >> reporter: alcoholism prevention experts have a different take on this. >> if it's completely self-checkout, it means there is no humans involved. it's just kids versus the machine and i think eventually the kid will win. >> reporter: the grocers association questions the validity of both the ucla and san diego state studies. the bill is scheduled to be heard by the appropriations committee this coming wednesday, may 4. i'm michael finney, 7 on your side. coming up next, details on how you can pick the name of the

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don sanchez, abc 7 news. >> starting today, you can vote to name san jose's four paragrin falcon chicks nesting on an 18th story ledge at city hall. a researcher dropped in on them thursday to determine their sexes. there are three males and one female. you can choose from a final selection of names submitted by school children. the winners will be announced may 6. for a web link, go to our web site and click on "see it on tv." >> the forecast now with lisa. >> gorgeous out there. lots of sunshine. still a little breezy. this is a view from the camera. gusting to over 30 miles an hour in spots right now. throughout the afternoon, we're beginning to dial back a little bit. but those offshore winds will warm us up today. more 70s than 60s. 68 in san francisco.

72 in fremont. by the monterey bay, '60s at our coast. mid 70s in gilroy. so today our warming trend begins. we'll look at 80s by tomorrow inland and inland numbers will stay very warm all throughout next week. still comfortable and kind of cool at our coast. >> perfect forecast. thanks so much. thank you for joining us. we will be back at 8 a.m gma is next. have a great day, folks. achoo! the seasons change,

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