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>> in the news this saturday morning, may 7, san jose police will be out in full force again tonight after a large crowd caused thousands of dollars in damage to stores on cynco de mayo. san francisco police are looking for a 14-year-old girl who apparently ran away thursday night. good morning, it's a cloudier, cooler and windier start. but we have even clearer weather on the way for mother's day with even a slight chance of showers. >> thanks so much, lisa. thanks so much for joining us. it's 6:00 on this saturday morning. i'm janelle wang. some san jose merchants stayed late last night to guard their businesses from the possibility of a second night of damage by rowdy cynco de mayo revelers. on thursday night, a crowd that gathered in front of their stores became violent and destructive. police say fight broke out as storefront windows wound up being smashed. they dispersed before police
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officers could make any arrests. business owners have to bear the cost of the cleanup. >> it's a disgrace to the holiday. that's what i think. it's disgraceful. disgrace to the holiday. >> this you tube video shows a crowd of about 300 people gathered in east san jose at the intersection of story and king roads. that's where one person got stabbed and another got car jacked. the mob made a run at police who tried to clear the intersection. a motorcycle officer was slightly injured. police had to use pepper spray to repel them. even with all that, this year's problems weren't as bad as past years. about seven arrests were made and those were mostly for misdemeanors. san francisco police are looking for a missing 14-year-old girl who hasn't been seen since thursday. police say emma peacock ran away from her home. her parents became concerned when they woke up yesterday and she wasn't home. they say she's never run away before so this is unusual behavior for her. she's 5'1" and weighs 130 pounds with brown eyes and black hair. she was last seen wearing a white t-shirt and blue jeans
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with black shoes. we could see brand new video of al-qaida leader osama bin laden as early as today. unreleased propaganda tapes as well as home video showing bin laden strolling around his compound. that video is reportedly some of the evidence seized after bin laden was killed. abc 7's tomas ramone has more on the evidence being called the most valuable intelligence break ever. >> the collection of electronic and other materials taken from the bin laden compound contain a strategic playbook of his plans. no current plots were uncovered but bin laden was constantly thinking of new ways to attack the u.s. >> and obviously, the first thing when the helicopter got back into afghanistan was the c.i.a. pounced on that stuff because they knew minute by minute, it was then aging right in front of their eyes. >> dr. patrick teaches international security policy and worked at the national security agency. some of the materials seized included proposed attacks on water supplies, rail, air, subways, hotels and shopping
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centers. the playbook included trying to enlist minorities to carry out attacks in order to incite class warfare. a plan hatcher says other enemies have tried and failed. >> bad thinking on their part that they could do this. that they would be able to manipulate the chicano community in this country. >> by using the tool of minorities as terrorists, i think he wants to create unrest. >> patrick says while the c.i.a. pours through the rest of the documents, al-qaida will be rebooting. >> the safehouses will be gone. any kind of courier networks will be redone for those who survive. >> the plan just revealed included a way for terrorists to obtain international driving permits that would allow sleeper cells to qualify for government i.d.'s so they could travel with ease. despite analyst reports, there was a strategy to attack americans on major holidays and anniversaries. the plot to attack passenger trains brought mixed reaction among oakland amtrak passengers. >> not going to walk around in
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fear, you can't live your life that way. >> i'm a little hesitant but i'd like to think they've increased security measures to kind of counteract this new information. >> to give you an idea of the task ahead for the c.i.a., analysts are going to have to comb through 2.7 terabytes of information, equal to more than a fifth of what's in the entire library of congress. tomas ramone, abc 7 news. >> president obama delivered his personal thanks yesterday to everyone who carried out the bin laden mission including the super secret navy seals that stormed the compound. at fort campbell, kentucky, the president presented the special forces with the unit citation, the highest honor of its kind much afterwards, he spoke to 2,000 troops, many of whom recently returned from a year long tour of duty in afghanistan and he told them about a girl he met on thursday from ground zero whose father called her from inside the world trade center on september 11th to say good-bye. >> words that were hard to hear but what she's never forgotten,
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he said to her, i love you, peyton and i'll always be watching over you. >> the white house has released this rare behind-the-scenes video moments after they learned the mission was a success. >> yeah! this was him. >> calling to tell you that we killed -- we killed him. >> good job, national security team. >> thanks. >> i'm proud of you. >> you guys did a great job. >> the president's cabinet gave him a standing ovation. in local news, a san ramon police officer had his first court appearance to answer drugs and weapons charges yesterday afternoon. prosecutors accuse louie lombardi of conspireing with former central contra costa narcotics task force commander norman welsh. welsh and private investigator christopher butler face accusations of stealing drugs from a police evidence locker so they could sell them. lombardi worked with welsh at cnet. he also faces charges of possessing an illegal assault
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rifle. >> can you say whether there might be more police officers caught up in this? >> there's still further investigation going on so i can't say that there are others and there's never been any other indication of other officers so far. > >> prosecutors say lombardi met with welsh and butler to talk about how to make money in the marijuana business. a new government jobs report shows american businesses have gone on a hiring spree. private employers added 268,000 jobs last month. that's the biggest monthly total in more than five years. however, 24,000 people lost their government jobs and the unemployment rate ticked up to 9%. those national numbers are mirrored to some degree in the bay area. here's abc 7's terry mcsweeney with a snapshot of the jobs picture and a student at st. mary's college pursuing his passion for a tech job. >> want us to proceed with your candidacy. >> dennis has a job in accounting but his thing is high-tech and today, he has high
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hopes. >> i would like to work for a company where i could oversee like how everything works. >> there's reason for hope. at mccall staffing, optimism abounds for job seekers in a variety of fields. >> i think there's an uptick. i feel again very optimistic. i feel positive. i think the economy is changing and shifting. we're seeing our temporary employees, like i said, transitioning from temp to long-term hires. we're noticing that if we're not able to place a candidate immediately, they're getting jobs. very quickly. >> ironically, the good job news could have a negative impact on gas prices. the price of oil dropped under $100 a barrel, lowest price in two months. but an improving job picture and increased demands on the consumers could put a damper on the anticipated drop in gas prices. >> number one, it's about time but it's probably going to be temporary because they seem to
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come up with ways to increase it regardless of the economies or political situations. >> i would like to see a tax imposed on gas significant enough to kind of change -- be a game changer in terms of alternative energy. i think we need higher gas prices. >> back at mccall staffing, he knows a better job will ease any pain from an increase in gas prices or anything else. >> and i feel that jobs are pretty much available out there. it's just -- just have to look for it. >> terry mcsweeney, abc 7 news. >> coming up next, new research from ucsf into the pros and cons of police stun guns. turns out many of the previous studies may have been biased. and the baby that arrived a few minutes too soon.
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>> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld >> doctors treating injured giants fan brian stowe have decided to hold off on performing additional surgery to remove fluid built up in his brain. stowe is still in critical condition and hasn't regained consciousness since his medical team stopped giving him drugs that kept him in a medically induced coma last week. those doctors plan to slowly reduce his medicine. they are looking for the man who
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severely beat stowe following the giants-dodgers season opener. the debate about tasers is intensifying again. two ucsf professors have published a paper that questions the validity of some studies done on the safetive of tasers. as wayne freedman reports, it has to do with who pays the bills. >> it's all about the research or in some cases, research about the research. for that reason, dr. byron lee, a cardiologist at ucsf made headlines. >> research is done by humans and humans can be biased. >> and when that research looks at tasers, it's controversial. dr. lee's study looked at other taser studies founded by taser international. he found results come out favorably 75% more often than other studies funded independently. >> we've seen this with cigarette companies and i think we're seeing it again with the taser companies. >> dr. lee is a noted critic of tasers and he's testified in court against the company. now with san francisco considering tasers, critics, including the aclu are saying
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the equivalent of "we told you so." >> what it really makes clear is those who have been trying to convince san francisco for a while now that tasers are safe, that they're a good idea, they've been playing with a stacked deck. >> predictably, the people at taser international in scottsdale, arizona, disagree with the study about their studies. they say that another study shows tasers are safe 99.7% of the time. to quote -- most of our funded research goes through a conflict of interest committee run by the hannipan medical center in minneapolis, minnesota. all these studies are subject to independent peer review. some of these studies have been funded by the united states department of justice. critics object mostly to how and when police officers use tasers. in this case, peter mcfarland of morin county won a $1.9 million judgment after sheriff's deputies wrongfully tasered him in his own living room last summer. critics fear when police have tasers, they will use them. >> they're more likely to shoot first with the taser and try to
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ask questions later. >> if at least one researcher has not done a study on that statement yet, be patient. with this issue as hot as it is, someone probably will. in san francisco, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >> a newborn baby has made an early arrival at a bus stop in south lake tahoe. the baby's mother was at this bus stop early yesterday morning waiting for a ride to the hospital when her newborn couldn't wait any longer. 21-year-old said she thought she had plenty of time to make the five mile trip. >> the couple decided they would call a cab and meet cab at the bus stop which is at a corner. and as they were waiting, the baby wasn't. >> i noticed that her legs were up, she was right here with a jacket, a black jacket over her. >> police and medics arrived in time to help with the umbilical cord and get the baby boy to the hospital. the parents are exhausted but otherwise, everyone is doing fine. the weekend is here and so is meteorologist lisa argen.
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>> hi there. good morning, everyone. low clouds and fog this morning. you can see it here and they've been ushered in on some gusty we westerly winds and tell you how the temperatures will affect your forecast coming up. >> also coming up, another frantic finish. the sharks tried to close out the detroit red wings. larry beil has the highlights in this morning in sports. >> all new. oprah: the only child of sonny and cher. when did it fully occur to you, i'm in the wrong body? >> oprah's world exclusive with chaz bono. oprah: how did you tell your chaz bono. oprah: how did you tell your mom?
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it's 44 in redwood city. good morning. a cool start for you. 47 at the coast, half moon bay. san francisco, the same as yesterday, 50. 53 in fremont. 49 in san jose. so the wind have been breezy gusting to 21 miles an hour out of the west. that's that cool direction at sfo. elsewhere west at 15. oakland and napa, calm winds, mountain view and san jose. right now, temperatures are averaging as much as 4 to 7 degrees cooler this morning than yesterday morning from mountainview, san jose, concord and oakland. so you'll notice that starting out cooler for the most part today, a few more clouds around. not only the low clouds but we're looking at some higher and mid level clouds today but they will begin to break up. we'll see some sunshine later on today but the winds will be a factor. it will be breezy. that will continue tomorrow into mother's day and then we could see a few showers tomorrow with a few breaks in the cloud deck so we're going to see pretty much everything all weekend
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long. and the shower activity we see any if at all, it's not going to be much. here's the front. area of low pressure hung up to the north and west of us so we will look for the cloud cover this morning. we have the layered clouds but as some of that cooler air gets ushered in, that cloud deck will begin to break up. but the winds, they're going to be kicking up as well. so they're anywhere from 10 to 20 miles an hour now and those breezy winds gusting up to 30 miles an hour later on today. so if you have plans and are traveling across the state, 78 in sacramento so still pretty nice in the valley there with 77 in yosemite but it's tomorrow that we're going to notice the big difference. 72 in los angeles. 66 big sur. and a dry day across the state. but we will be looking at things changing as early as the overnight hours tonight. 1:00. look for the chance of showers to come into the peninsula. the east bay. the south bay and as you wake up tomorrow, the winds continue to be blustery. but then, due to that cold
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front, we'll see that marine layer, that deck of clouds begin to mix on out. but here comes the chance of snow. 3 inches at lake level in the sierra nevada. back home, 69 today in coopertino, temperatures cooler than yesterday. 65 menlo park. mid to upper 50's here with the breezy winds. 60 downtown. average high should be 65. napa 71. near east bay, plenty of low to mid 60's today. breezy winds inland. mildest day. 72 in danville and down by the monterey bay, 59 monterey. here's the accuweather seven day forecast so still kind of nice in our inland valleys with the winds kicking up, chance of showers tomorrow. slight chance for mother's day. the cooler day out of the two and then low to mid 70's into next week. janelle? >> thanks so much, lisa. i know somebody who went skiing on this last weekend, one of the last weekends up in tahoe. gma is coming up in 40 minutes. let's check in with dan harris live in new york. hi, dan. good morning. >> hey, janelle. good morning. coming up on gma, it is so nice.
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can't tell you how nice it is to be able to lead our show with some actual positive news on the economy. job numbers are going up. oil prices are going down. gas, food and clothing prices may be about to drop soon, too. so when is this going to happen and by how much? we have some answers coming up. then in decidedly less upbeat news, we may be about to witness the worst flooding in hundreds of years when the mighty mississippi swells to record levels leaving states from southern indiana to louisiana under flood warnings. our team is on the banks of the mississippi river this morning where entire towns are already submerged. it's incredible to see. plus the parents of tyler clemente, the rutgers university student who jumped to his death after being cyber bullied they're speaking out for the first time. we'll tell you what they have to say to the students who have been charged with causing their son to commit suicide. it was, as you might imagine, very emotional. and just a week after her fairy tale wedding, kate middle ton was seen out and about doing her own grocery shopping. could this be the new face of
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the royals? it's all coming up next on "good morning america" on this saturday morning. janelle, back to you. >> they're just regular everyday people, aren't they? >> so they say. >> yes, so they say. with all the cameras following them. thanks so much. >> thanks. >> well, let's switch over to sports now this afternoon. local trainer jeff bondy will have his first run for the rows when twice the appeal races in the 137 td kentucky derby. last night, the sharks tried to get into the winner aers circle in detroit hoping to close out the red wings. here's larry beil with the highlights. >> good morning, everybody. the sharks almost got crushed in detroit last night. and they almost pulled off a miracle comeback. bottom line, they're coming back to san jose for game five. a welcome to game four greeting for todd bertuzzi. taking the linesman out as well. he would get his payback. six minutes in, spin cycle and then lifts the back hand over. impressive. 1-0 red wings.
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2-0 game. check out the hand-eye coordination from nicholas lidstrom blasting a fluttering puck home. power play goal 3-0 detroit. the sharks would answer, though. 15 seconds later, logan couture, the deflection. somehow sneaks it past jimmy howard. sharks down 3-1 and he find the back of the net. his second goal of the post season. 3-2 game. now in the third, to danny healy on the doorstep. comeback is complete. his third goal of the playoffs ties it at three. just over a minute left in regulation. patrick eaves cross ice to darren helm who shoots and scores 4-3. detroit stays alive. still down 3-1 games with game five sunday in the tank. >> we have an opportunity to win at home. we're going to learn from this one. we're going to go back and work on our game tomorrow. and we're going to be better, recovery from lopsided or one goal doesn't matter. you lost the game. move on. >> the giants honored the great willie mayes last night. what better way to honor the say hey kid than with a comeback
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victory in the bottom of the ninth? willie turned 80 years old. the celebration complete with cupcakes, former teammates, and touching video messages from celebs like bill clinton and bill cosby. second inning, south bay native going deep on matt cane. his eighth homer of the year. the rockies would build a 3-0 lead. fast forward, bottom of eighth. giants down 2-1. sherholz comes through. two run single and we're tied at three a piece. bottom nine, runner at second. freddie sanchez up the middle. the chopper gets through. cody ross scores. good night. game over. drive home safely. giants win 4-3. a's at the royals. david dejesus, his return to kansas city. top of five, a's down 2-0. andy laroche, r.b.i. single that jump-starts a three run inning to put them ahead 3-2. tying run at second. matt trainer chops one to third. laroche's throw is up the line. connor jackson makes the play
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but trainer almost took his arm off here. scary play. that had to hurt. connor jackson is ok and the a's get the win 3-2. nba playoffs, game three. mark cuban from "the shark tank" to courtside. mavs seemingly in trouble in the fourth. kobe bryant with a pull-up jumper. he had 17. lakers led by six. they rally behind dirk noviski. mavs take it 98-92. they have a commanding 3-0 series lead on the defending champs. in atlanta, newly minted m.v.p. derek rose and the bulls visiting the hawks and rose goes off, down the middle with authority! bulls up eight and pulling away. rose driving here with the ridiculous floater high off the window. finished with a career high 44. the bulls victorious, 99-82 and have a 2-1 series lead. we will have game three of the heat-celtics series right here on abc 7 with the tipoff at 5:00 p.m. followed by another edition
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of our nba after the game with our special guest former warriors head coach heath smart. hope to see you then. have a great weekend, everybody. i'm larry beil. >> well, next at 6:30, a major breakthrough from silicon valley. computer chips that could make your phones and computers faster. plus cutbacks at cal fire. what the state's budget crisis will mean for putting out fires this summer. [ female announcer ] mother's day is not for celebrating moms. it's for celebrating all they've given us. really?! [ female announcer ] the tough love...
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♪ ♪ introducing purina one beyond a new food for your cat or dog. >> the big news this week was the death of osama bin laden at the hands of the navy seals. president obama is still keeping his sights set on the u.s. economy. >> and i absolutely agree that the only way we'll be able to afford the things we need is by cutting the things we don't and living within our means. but i refuse to cut investments like clean energy that will help us out innovate and out compete the rest of the world.
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>> he recorded his weekly address while visiting an indiana company that makes fuel saving transmissions. engineers at intel say they've overcome a major stumbling block that was making it difficult for computer chips to keep up with the speed of new devices. as abc 7's david louie reports, intel's rivals may not be able to catch up for several years. >> intel hit this one out of the park. i mean, it's in the bag. >> the excitement is over this new 3d transistor that took intel engineers 10 years to create. it will speed up performance, use less power and take up less space. those are important as devices such as smart phones and tablets get smaller. the flat design in use since the late 1950's wasn't keeping up with computing needs. nathan berkwood is a chip industry analyst in silicon valley. he was briefed by intel ahead of the announcement. >> when they were lying down, you had a transistor gate that was getting smaller and smaller and therefore, the number of electrons that could flow through it was being somewhat constrained.
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>> intel says 3d transistors will allow the number of transistors on a chip to continue to double every two years. it's known as moore's law named after gordon moore, an intel co-founder and former ceo. the key to this is giving the chip fins so there's more space for electrons to move. >> this transition to 3d devices will help us continue moore's law. clearly, you can pack more things in the same space if you begin to go up as opposed to just sideways just as a skyscraper than buildings around him. >> watching movies and videos streamed over the internet to handheld devices is a big trend. analysts say intel's new design should allow the movies to play more smoothly and be able to watch the entire movie before the battery runs down. >> being able to do this with this kind of processing power gives you a huge advantage. if you can get the power envelope down to where you just don't drain the battery in a single movie. >> intel plans to have mass production under way by the end of the year. known as the trigate, six
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million of them fit on a dot the size of a period. in san jose, david louie, abc 7 news. >> after enduring one of the worst cyber security breaches in history, sony is bracing for a third wave attacks. according to cnet, a group of hackers plans to hit sony's web site this weekend, the goal, to publicize the information they're able to copy from sony's servers which include customer names, credit card numbers and addresses. the attack is apparently in retaliation for sony's handling of the playstation network breach. they apologized for the breach that has impacted some 1 million customers. they are offering very identity theft protection. the wildfire season in california doesn't officially start for several weeks. when it does, state and local firefighters will have to do the best they can with much fewer resources. the question this morning, will budget cuts put safety at risk? here's abc 7's laura anthony.
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>> with california grasses starting to dry out, cal fire wants the public to get ready for what could be an intense wildfire season given higher than average rainfall this past winter. >> obviously this year we received above average amounts of precipitation across the state and all that rain has led to an abundant amount of grass and brush that's very overgrown this year. >> when the season begins, cal fire and many local districts will have to fight fires with fewer people. thanks to $30 million in state cuts, cal fire will have 700 fewer seasonal firefighters on the front lines this summer. that means each engine will have just three people rather than four. >> these are tough budget times, and we understand that. this isn't the best situation. we know our men and women will stand up to the challenge and be able to respond with three people on an engine. >> and cal fire will depend more on its 4,000 inmate crews and on local districts when a wildfire breaks out. fire officials also want property owners to do their part. >> this is the perfect time
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where home owners should go out and get rid of any of the weeds, anything that's been overgrown. we require 100 feet of defensible space around homes and having that clearance dramatically can increase a home's chance of surviving when a wildfire does strike. >> given the limited staffing levels, cal fire expects to rely more than ever of their partnership with local agencies. they'll be stretched thin due to budget cuts. as a last resort, governor brown can hire back some of those seasonal firefighters by executive order, that is if the fire season gets especially bad. in san ramon, laura anthony, abc 7 news. >> in an effort to cut costs, the city of palo alto is considering mergeing its police and fire departments into one public safety department. palo alto's city manager believes doing so will lower administrative costs. they already share the same leader, police chief dennis brown. he also serves as acting fire chief. palo alto is also looking at sharing its emergency dispatch system with others as another means of saving money.
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on monday, san carlos city council is likely to approve 5% lower salaries for firefighters when the city begins contracting out for fire services. the budget saving plan approved last month calls for san carlos to work with redwood city to create a new hybrid fire department. san carlos firefighters would likely be rehired and redwood city's top brass would manage it. our moda partner "the daily news" reports that staffers recommend paying firefighters 5% less to put the city more in line with other small peninsula cities. the council may begin discussing reduced firefighter benefits. but that won't come up for a vote until later. the weekend is here. meteorologist lisa argen is here with our weekend and mother's day forecast. >> the low clouds and fog have moved in over the bay this morning and with it, some pretty gusty winds around the bay area. so a big cooldown this weekend. even maybe some showers tomorrow. i'll have the details coming up. >> also, next, snakes alive! a behind-the-scenes at the
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>> welcome back, everyone. on this saturday morning at 6:38. low lying clouds and the camera is shaking and jostling a little bit. i'm not the expert. so let's let the expert handle the weather forecast and check in with meteorologist lisa argen. >> you know what? we felt a little bit day to day the changes and today even bigger changes and by tomorrow, even maybe some showers around. you can see the low cloudiness here so ushered in a gusty westerly wind. low clouds across the bay this morning and as a result, temperatures are cooler. it's gusty in spots as well. 49 in san jose with 51 in
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oakland. 49 in napa and we are looking at the winds really beginning to become a factor from the airport with the wind gusts of 21 miles an hour to oakland this morning at 15 miles an hour as well as napa. they're going to increase throughout the day today and yesterday, you felt that cooldown. that's the cool direction the winds off of the water and so today, that continues although we're going to add more cloud cover. so across the bay, we're talking a cooler start in most neighborhoods, concord and fairfield, 7 degrees cooler. 6 degrees cooler this morning in redwood city with not much change in san francisco but numbers this afternoon, well below the average. low clouds and fog this morning. cool and windy for today. and then tomorrow, we're going to bring in a chance of showers in for mother's day. so here's a look at what's going on. we've got a cold front, an area of low pressure and colder air bottled up to the north and west of us and it all heads south throughout the weekend so cool and breezy today although we are going to see some sunshine this afternoon.
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and the rain is going to hold off until tomorrow. but good chance of rain anyway. 66 in big sur today. very windy conditions in the sierra nevada with 66 in the northern sierra. snow coming in tomorrow. lake level as much as 3 inches and as much as 6 inches above 6,000 feet so here's the time line for the rain. overnight tonight, we'll begin to see a few showers pop up. peninsula, east bay and down around the santa cruz mountains. by 9:00 tomorrow, you'll see the cloudy skies and then the winds continue to pick up throughout the afternoon. we'll see some sunshine, we'll meet it. it's going to be colder tomorrow. so here are the advisories. winter weather advisory from 2:00 tomorrow afternoon to 11:00 on monday morning for that blustery and wintery weather in the mountains. upper 60's to low 70's today. you'll see a sunny afternoon but it will be breezy in the south bay. blustery with winds gusting up to 30 miles an hour here at our coast. mid and upper 50's.
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66 in palo alto. san francisco, as much as 5 degrees below the average for this time of the year so it will be a cool day here with highs just topping out around 60 downtown. south city, only 59 and in the north bay, 70 petaluma. 65 in san rafael but it's going to take you a while to get here. the winds will pick up, starting out cloudy and then sunshine in the afternoon with breezy winds on the east bay with only 62 in berkeley. so feeling kind of blustery this afternoon but the warmer temperatures will be here in our inland valley. pleasanton at 3:00, 71 with mid 70's and here's the accuweather seven day forecast. cooldown continues becoming partly cloudy later on today with windy conditions. chance of showers tomorrow, even cooler and then temperatures try to recover but still stay below average throughout the work week. next week, numbers in the low to mid 70's for the high temperatures. janelle?
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>> lisa, thanks so much. well, the summer of slither opens on monday at the california academy of sciences in golden gate park. it's a new exhibit of giant snakes and lizards, crucial cogs in the ecosystem and to many, just plain cool. in this morning's assignment 7 report, dan ashley goes behind the scenes at the museum getting ready for the big opening. >> this reluctant star is lemon drop, the 15 foot long headliner at the academy of sciences new show. >> they're quite rare. >> the cameras were flashing when lemon drop arrived here last month, just in from a breeder in los angeles and then he had to sacrifice his dignity for a few minutes to get a checkup. >> he doesn't like this part. >> lemon drop is missing the dark pigment that normally helps pythons hide so he'd have a hard time in the wild. but here, at the academy, he'll be safe, well fed and living in a custom home. >> sort of a re-creation of a malaysian rain forest. >> this python's home was made at a workshop outside of
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sacramento. >> what we're trying to do here is create a connection between people that view the exhibit and the animals and their wild spaces. >> the exhibit has a steel and wood frame covered with foam and fiberglass. now it's being covered with epoxy mixed with crushed walnut powder. >> has no sharp edges. >> by the time lemon drop finally checked out his new accommodations, there were embedded heat mats to keep them cozy and a luxurious hot tub. now the race is on to get the rest of the exhibit ready for 60 other snakes and lizards coming from the american museum of natural history in new york. it's a show with a purpose. chris andrews is in charge. >> we want to dispel some of the myths and misconceptions about snakes and lizards. >> myth number one -- they are slimy. not true. >> they're quite smooth and feel like warm leather if they've come from a warm place.
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>> snakes and lizards take their body temperature from their surroundings like this one. >> the guy that looks like a pancake, it really is great being a lizard because you spend a lot of your time laying on a rock sun-bathing. >> myth number 2. they are all venomous. >> only about 1 in 5 are venomous and most of those not really pose a threat to humans. >> this viper is venomous. and surprised us with a close look at the big pink glands that hold the venom. but he's still not likely to attack unless provoked. myth number 3, snakes and lizards bite. well, actually that's true. but chris thinks they get a bad rap. >> they can bite but so can hamsters, dogs and small children. >> the exhibit contains so many exotic creatures that if they were all laid end to end, they would stretch across an entire football field. the big ones include a burmese python and this water monitor that looks like he's wearing lipstick. then there's the much smaller blue tongued skank and the frill lizard.
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sometimes it just relaxes on a branch but whether it wants to look menacing, it can spread out the skin on its neck like a mane. despite their diversity, all these animals share a key feature. >> they're just wonderfully adapted to the world in which they live in. >> each one is a vital part of an ecosystem. >> if we just leave it alone, let them do their thing, not only do they not do us any harm but they're actually beneficial. >> that was dan ashley reporting. he also says the exhibit will include a giant robotic snake that was used in the movie "anaconda." it opens on monday and will run all summer. to find out where can see the exhibit, when it's going to happen, look for a link at abc7news.com under seen it on tv. stay with us. 7 on your side is next. >> it's the secret credit score millions of credit card holders receive but are never told about. i'm michael finney. we'll let you in
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>> welcome back, everyone. you can see a live picture from our roof camera on top of our station here. downtown san francisco, financial district. you see some low clouds moving through. we've got a little bit of some breezy conditions. but good day today actually to get outside because there's some activities still going on. perfect day for a peace walk that's happening saturday, today, this morning at 10:00 a.m. cheryl jennings will be there raising money for a good cause. if you want to go out there and visit our wonderful show, jennings will be there. more news now. how would you feel if you found out someone was reading your credit card bill and telling others how much money you spend and where you spent it? not a hypothetical question.
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michael finney exposes a dirty little secret of the financial world. >> maybe you've been shopping recently at a discount store or took time to see a marriage counselor. all that could negatively impact your behavior score. >> it's a fact that where you use your credit card does in fact tell a story about what type of risk you pose to the credit card issuers. >> john is with smartcredit.com. before that, he spent more than 12 years working for two credit reporting agencies. he says almost every large credit card issuer in the country uses behavior scores. the score is separate from your credit score and never revealed to the consumer. >> uing your credit card at places like pawn shops, title lending, using them at places like marriage counselors, massage parlors, tire retreading shops, discount stores, that could indicate that you are, in fact, a higher credit risk.
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>> behavior scores are used by credit card issuers to determine your interest rate, your credit limit, even if you get to keep your credit cards. shoppers we talked to were surprised to hear about behavior scores. >> i wasn't aware of that but i think it's wrong. >> well, and in the first place, it's discriminatory. >> that's horrible, you know. you shouldn't be judged from where you shop at. >> josh frank is with the center for responsible lending in oakland. >> the people cut back on their spending and try to behave in a way that's more responsible. that actually can turn against them because that raises a red flag for some issuers and they consider financial distress. >> federal reserve in 2010 found that 35 million card holders in a single month were reviewed using behavior scoring. but a very small percentage of those were actually adversely hurt by their score. just 1900 saw a reduction in their credit line. now, there are also other little known methods. credit card issuers use to
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measure your credit worthiness. 7 on your side obtained this promotional flyer put out by experion promoting its bankruptcy predict score. it forecasts the chances someone will file for bankruptcy. the score is not revealed to the card holder. they declined an interview about the bankruptcy score but john of smartcredit thinks the concept is a good one. >> if a credit card issuer shuts down my neighbor who is about to file bankruptcy, then they don't have to charge me a higher interest rate to subsidize that loss. >> others say both behavior and bankruptcy scores adversely impact minority and low income consumers. >> it can focus on certain groups indirectly. in a way that arguably is illegal. >> they also declined an interview for this story. we've posted the flyers we obtained that promote these scoring methods on our web site. i'm michael finney, 7 on your side.
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>> coming up next, most people say you can't put a price on how much being a mom is worth. but a new report does. just in time for mother's day. [ female announcer ] bedtime is not for sleeping.
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>> nobody picked all six numbers correctly so that jackpot will grow to at least $60 million for tuesday's drawing. >> versatile movie star and hunk hugh jackman is performing a one-man musical at the theater in san francisco through may 15th. the australian actor's career began in musical theater. abc 7 arts and entertainment reporter don sanchez caught up with him at a rehearsal. >> this is the hugh jackman most people known as wolverine but here is where his heart is. >> ♪ that's all i have to do >> hugh jackman rehearsing his new show. this really is your first love, your first career. >> yeah, certainly being on the stage was where i started. before i came to america, i did a number of musicals. >> he says san francisco and the curran theater here are a logical place to launch this show. it's a concept that he's been dreaming about for years. >> ♪ i have no doubt that i could love you ♪
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>> i kind of call it the soundtrack of my life. my life is eclectic. >> he won a tony award playing songwriter peter allen in "the boy from oz" on broadway. >> i had the time of my life. so -- >> extraordinary performance. >> thank you so much, don. thank you. but i'll be bringing him back. my caveat is i don't want him to take over the entire show. >> dancing with the rockettes when he hosted the tony awards. but the show that knocked off everyone's socks is when he hosted the oscars. >> it's one place where you can be hosting in front of a billion people and everybody in the audience is more nervous than you. i don't know whether they're going to win an oscar for not. >> jackman says there are no plans to take this show to broadway yet but his right to do it. >> lucky enough to get opportunities, try to open as many doors as possible.
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>> and keep them open. >> in san francisco, don sanchez, abc 7 news. >> maybe take your mom to see that. that might be kind of fun. speaking of mother's day, it's tomorrow. don't forget. while it seems impossible to put a dollar amount on her worth, a web site has tried to do that. they say the job as a mom should pay about $61,000 a year. site divided typical mom duties into 14 different jobs. that's it? she has so many more and then they used bureau of labor statistics on hourly wages to see how much would have to be paid if those jobs were outsourced. mom earns the most for taking care of the kids. it's about $21,000 and her home haircuts are worth $300. but i wonder if they considered overtime and, yeah. >> nonstop job, 24/7, right? you know. ok, so final check of the forecast now? >> we are looking at some more clouds around. not only today but those clouds could bring some showers and some gusty winds all throughout the weekend. live look outside so over the
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bay, the low clouds, the stratus with us. but they're clear so we'll see some sunshine today with temperatures coming down, though. very breezy winds and 60 downtown. 62 san mateo. warmer numbers over the hills. low to mid 70's but the winds will be with us all week understand long. 59 in monterey. chance of showers comes in overnight. stays with us throughout the day tomorrow. few sunny breaks and a cool week ahead next week. >> thanks so much. happy mother's day. thanks for joining us. back at 8:00 a.m. "good morning america" is next. [cheering] listen to it. almost sounds like cheering. well, here's something you can applaud. hooray, bacon!
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