determine what caused an explosion inside a livermore apartment. three people were burned. and the former site of the san francisco supervisor's camera store for milk will open as a suicide center. and we have coastal clouds. winds will pick up today and a cooler afternoon. >> thank you, lisa. good morning, everyone. thanks for joining us. i'm caroline tyler. livermore police and fire investigators are been working around the clock trying to determine what caused an explosion that severely burned three people inside an apartment. it happened around 5:15

yesterday on fiddler oaks way in downtown liver mohr. neighbors say their windows shook, their floors rumbled from the force of that explosion. firefighters found all three victims outside conscious, but burned beyond recognition. as of last night police have still not confirmed their identities. two men and one woman all in their 20s were airlifted to regional trauma centers in san jose and sacramento. firefighters were able to put the fire out within 20 minutes but that area remains taped off this morning as a crime scene with police and fire investigators calling it suspicious. governor jerry brown has declared today harvey milk day. it's the second annual state-wide come memorial rags. today would have been milk's 81st birthday. this morning the former side of the former san francisco supervisor's castro camera store will open as a suicide crisis center. it will operate as a call center for the trevor project. a nonprofit that provides crisis

is intervention to lpg youth. back in the 70s he used the store for campaign headquarters and also took calls from lpg youth. minnesota voters get a chance to decide on a constitutional amendment that bans gay marriage. yesterday the lawmakers voted to put it on the 2012 ballot. the state heard has a allow prohibiting same-sex marriage but supporters say it needs to be written into the constitution to prevent judges from tampering with it. opponents include minnesota's governor who calls it discriminatory. this morning a masked man is still on the loose after stealing more than $10,000 in cash. police say he robbed the pacific precious metal store in mill valley around 10:00 yesterday morning. officers say the robber pulled a

gun on the store's owner and demanded cash. suspects came in the business with his handgun. i'm assuming demanded the money. there's no audio. there's only video. i mean, that's all we can talk about at this time. >> officers and sheriff's deputies searched the area near the store for almost two hours but they failed to find the man. the store's surveillance cameras might help identify him. well, the world continues rolling along this morning. the doomsday deadline has come and gone without the rapture predicted by a radio evan gelist. but the millions of dollars harry camping's warning worldwide did attract an audience. there was a circus-like campus feel outside the oakland radio station. ♪

>> it was sort after cornelio velasquez here at family radio oakland station. the parking lot in front of the station was filled with christians, dancers, protesters and those who just wanted to make noise. most were here to call harold cappingches apop lips calling a sham. >> we are here to say don't think so. >> this church was more for giving. >> even though i'm a christian, i make mistakes all the time. >> it will be the beginning of judgment day, and it will begin and wherever the calendar says may 21. >> i thought it would happen. >> tom is a radio listener and dot of harold camping. he came to his home to get him some team. camping was last seen by neighbors. tom said he has not lost faith in capping or his teachings.

>> i didn't lose confidence. i still believe the end time is very close. >> 4, 3, 2, 1! >> those here cheered and jeered when the deadline passed. some launched anatomically correct rubber dolls into the air mimicking the rapture. the church said they would welcome those who are now disenchanted with camping's teachings. >> harold camps followers who are depressed are welcomed at our church. we will show them love. >> they came all the way from maryland as a sort of pilgrimage from oakland for the rapture. >> i have no regrets. it's going to happen when it happens. >> but it didn't happen. we tried to reach harold camping to find out why not. we called him and knocked on his door but the house was shut up twice. many people gathered said they wanted to find out when, where and how he would admit to his

latest doomsdaying mistake. abc7 news. it wasn't exactly the apocalypse but a small earthquake rattled part of the bay last night. 39.6 quake struck about 2 miles south of hercules and about 8 miles north of berkeley. there are no reports of any damages or injuries. pg&e plans to start another gas line pressure test tomorrow. south san francisco and san bruno people are being warned that they might smell gas, natural gas, during the testing. the state ordered the pipeline test in response to last september san bruno tragedy. a gas line explosion killed 8 people and destroyed 38 homes. testing began in mountain view two weeks ago. last week pg&e had to retest the line in antioch after getting slightly different readings. the pipeline tests are conducted

only after the natural gas is removed from the line. president obama begins a six day trip to europe tomorrow with visits to ireland, britain, france and poland. a bbc interview broadcast yesterday president obama said he would not hesitate to order another covert military raid like the one in pakistan that killed osama bin laden. he said he respects the sovereignty of pakistan but his priority is to protect the united states and he would send troops in again if a senior taliban leader took refuge in pakistan. >> a crowded field for republican presidential nominees is getting a bit more crowded. tomorrow former minnesota governor tim pawlenty is expected to announce that he is running, too. abc's david curley has the story from washington. >> pawlenty has been flying under the radar. he hopes his announcement will reintroduce him to republican voters who don't seem happy with their presidential field there.

there is plenty to attack. mitt romney passed the healthcare system in massachusetts that looks a lot like the president's plan. >> i agree with mitt romney. >> newt gingrich in the first week of his campaign angered republicans. he attack his pear's budgeet and medicare plan. >> i made a mistake. >> and jon huntsman worked for president obama as an ambassador but he told george stephanopoulos he would have voted for the republican budget. >> because the only thing that scares me more than that is the trajectory that our debt is taking. >> here's where we stand. gingrich, pawlenty, paul is in. romney probably, and waiting for huntsman, daniels, bachman and palin with trump and huckabee out. >> there's going to be a call for anybody else probably until early fall when it's really last call. like the bar calling and saying we only have another 15 minutes before we close this down.

>> there are still a couple of wild cards out there, jed bush and chris christie. both continue to say they won't run. we will see. the republicans aren't happy with the slate they have so far. abc news, washington. >> up next, a marathon spacewalk for a pair of astronaughts on the spacestation. it's still underway. and a volcano in iceland, another one shuts down that country's airport. find out if the it is expected to disrupt air traffic in europe the next few days. [ asst mgr ] what are you doing? fixing the name. it'siber none.

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>> two astronauts are taking a walk right now outside the international spacestation. they started the spacewalk just after 11:00 last night. this is a live look from nassau tv. they aren't expected to finish the maintenance work they are doing until about 6:30 this morning. not too far away. some of the tasks include things like refilling radiators with ammonia and lubricating parts of the spacestation robot named dexter were that robot is capable of handling delicate tasks currently performed by spacewalkers. san jose's mission specialist is coordinating the spacewalker's activities from inside the spacestation. on friday he took his first spacewalk. he called it a dream come true. those pictures are amazing. >> this morning iceland's main international airport is closed because of all the volcanic

eruption that spewed a plume of ash, smoke and steam 12 miles into the air. but scientists say the good news is the ash plume is blowing toward greenland, not heading toward europe. officials say there is no sign yet the eruption will cause the widespread travel disruption like the one seen last april, triggered by another icelandic eruption. that's what europe's airspace was closed for days because they feared the ash would harm jet engines. scientists had been expecting this activity from the volcano. it started erupting yesterday for the first time since 2004. new. >> just three more episodes before oprah goes off the air but before she signs off she will reflect on the legace she leaves behind. on tuesday at 7:30:00 p.m. abc7 will air a special called "oprah looks back, 25 years of the

oprah winfrey show." her final show airs the following day at 4:00 and then on thursday we introduce our 4:00 news. so what do you think? were you an oprah fan? >> yeah, of course. yeah, it's going to be strange. >> it is going to be kind of a different tv landscape out there. >> she still surprises, i'm sure. a few surprises in the weather. we are waking up to some clouds, the coastal clouds but you can already see breaks. temperatures are cool, mid-40s some spots. a full look at the rest of the weekend and week ahead coming up. >> thank you, lisa. also next the freak, tim lincecum, shuts down the a's in the second game of the bay bridge series. mike shumann has your highlights

switching to progressive could mean hundreds more in your wallet year after year. feed me! saving you money -- now, that's progressive. call or click today. people are headed to lake tahoe, like many are, the highway is open. >> we still have showers in our own forecast but not until the middle of the week. tahoe looking good. partly cloudy conditions to mostly sunny. heavenly right now, a nice look there. and the tahoe valley airport coming in at 28 degrees. later on today 61 and partly

cloudy. back home we have the fog rolling on in. you can't see the golden gate bridge in this shot but the westerly winds gusting to over 20 miles an hour at the airport and half moon bay, keeping it cool at the coast with numbers in the 50s throughout the afternoon. right now 52 redwood city as well as half moon bay. 49 san francisco as well as fremont and livermore. the coolest numbers to the north. napa in the mid-40s. we are looking at numbers from 2 to 4 degrees cooler than yesterday. so with a little bit of a breeze today, anywhere from 10 to 20 miles an hour out of the northwest. the average highs are coming down and we will be once again below normal. cloudy around oakland and san francisco but elsewhere sunshine, breezy and cooler today. we will look for the numbers not to recover really until tuesday with minor fluctuations day-to-day up and down. so starting out with a few clouds but by later on partly to

mostly sunny. the 50s will remain firmly entrenched from the north and down to the santa cruz mountains but we will see more 60s around the bay and a few 70s returning to the far north bay. you have to really get into the central valley to warm up into those 80s. so still a series of troughs continue to affect the golden state yesterday and today and again tomorrow. with the weak disturbances to the north of us, we aren't look at any rain. maybe some in the highest elevations of the sierra nevada but we are looking at the stronger sea breeze that takes effect after the passage of the trough. with that today the northwestly winds. tomorrow 10 to 20 miles an hour. so we won't certainly get used to any warm weather anytime soon. temperatures still on the pleasant side. >> 68 los angeles. 67 big sur. upper 70s for sacramento and a few slight rain showers in the

northern and southern sierra. other than that we are looking at a spring-like pattern with mid-to upper 60s in the south bay. and on the peninsula, and only mid-and up he were 50s for the coast. itit will be cool today. milbrae 64. san francisco 61 today. in the north bay look for numbers to be about 2 to 4 degrees cooler. east bray breezy, 63 richmond and 66 union city. numbers topping out right around 70. livermore and danville and walnut creek 69 today. we have the breeze keeping the boardwalk cool. monterey just 60. the accuweather forecast, a couple temperatures in the low 70s but the bees will keep it cool today and tomorrow, the breeze will, and maybe a few degrees warmer into tuesday. increasing clouds wednesday, maybe a few showers. we will try to warm it up by the end of next week.

>> that would be nice since the holiday is coming up. >> ah-ha, and wrapping up the month and all that. >> all right. thank you, lisa. coming up at 7:00 is good morning america. we are joined live now from new york to tell us what is on tap. good morning. >> good morning to you, carolyn. coming up on gma, a series of tornadoes ripped through the plains overnight, nearly destroys one town in kansas. we are live with the latest stormout break this month. and they were the man counting on to save the party in the 2012 presidential raise. but he says he will not run. take a look what this money for the gop. and the deadly virus spreading among horses in the earn with part of the u.s. the devastating impact the virus is having on the $39 billion industry is coming up. get ready for the part two of anchor trip. one wasn't enough. we have a two parter here.

dan and i hit the open road in search of the best ways to save money on vacation. this morning we will are be fishing, exploring and heading home from one of the cheapest get-aways ever. you will get to hear me sing again, as well. >> that's what i was going to say. i enjoyed you sending yesterday. you were off key but you were enthusiastic. >> my parents say i sound good. [laughter] >> that's because they love you. all right. >> have a good day. >> we will look for you at 7:00. thank you. >> bye. >> we are going to check out sports this afternoon. the san jose sharks will try to even their western conference final series with the vancouver canucks at the tank. game four starts at noon. last night tim lincecum showed the a's why he's called the franchise. here is shumann with the highlights in this morning's sports. >> good morning. tim lincecum pitched a gem against the a's, a

three-hitter, to be exact. that's a rarity in baseball these days. and a beautiful afternoon for baseball in the city by the bay. the strike off brad anderson. buster posey grounds it to second. 1-0, g-men in the first. anderson would settle down after that. in the fifth he gets pat burrell looking. anderson with 5 ks and one-run ball. lincecum cools coco crisp. retired 21 straight batters at one point. cliff pennington caught looking. g-men added an insurance the bottom of the frame. cody ross a single to left. buster posey scores. 2-0 johnson in the ninth. 133rd pitch of the game and lincecum punches out ryan sweeney with 99 mile-an-hour heat. lincecum 6 career shutout, and 4 straight win for the giants. a's have dropped three in a row. >> i think it goes pack to having good rhythm throughout the game and not expending yourself too much throughout the game to allow yourself if you

get in a jam you can take it to another level or kind of up your velocity a little bit to get it by some guy or throw a better pitch. >> he's good. all right. to the hardwood. nba playoff game. o k.c. hosting dallas. mavs are the king ever the road. best in the west in the regular season. then rocking the house. second quarter all mavericks. shawn marion with the steal. there was a 23-point lead. but the thunderstorm back in the third. kevin durant pulls you have and hits. he had 24. in the 4th westbrook finishes with the left hand. 8-point game. mavs hang in there. during nowitzki came up big when it counted. dollars reclaims the lead with the 98-97 victory.

>> we haven't had a triple crown winner since 2008. animal kingdom tried to snag the second leg yesterday but instead got a triple frown. in baltimore we had a clean start of the race. 14 horses trying to hold off animal kingdom and shackelford battled for the lead right out of the gate. jack ford in front. animal kingdom on the outside is coming. and shackelford and animal kingdom. and shackelford holds on to the preakness. >> shackelford, your winner at 12-1 odds holding off animal kingdom by half a length. ridden by jesus castanon. there will be no triple crown winner 2011. sharks and canucks on the ice today at 12:00. highlights at five. i'm mike shumann. have a great day. >> up next at 6:30. a south bay council men who has found a way to save thousands of

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>> welcome back. san jose is facing a $115 million budget shortfall. hundreds of people face layoff notices. but the elimination of one position in one council office is so controversial it's become a legal tug of war. abc7s corina reports on how saving money has created an uproar. councilmember pete constant did something in late 2007 that is still reverberating on the 18th floor of city hall. every council member in san jose relies on a staff of 4 to 6 people and every council district is served by an administrative assistant except district 1. >> of course, there is still administrative tasks to do, but that can be shared throughout everyone in the office and everybody has to do a little bit, and if i have to do a little bit, i do it. >> the union representing the administrative assistants is crying foul and here's why. the administrative assistant position earns about $71,000 a year, but the salary for council

aids vary dramatically. the four people in constance's office make $12,000 a year for an intern position to approximately $40,000 for a council assistant. the union said it's in their contract that administrative duties be performed by someone from the confidential employees organization. the union said the position is to serve the residents, not the individual council member. >> these are professional people. they do have professional skills. these are also people who have an extensive knowledge of how the city works, what the city does. >> council member constance says he was able to save the city about $50,000 last year and has a more flexible staff, better able to go into the community to serve his constituents. besides, he says, mobile technology allows him to do a lot of his own scheduling and traditional administrative work. san jose's director of relations is backing the twice elected representative of san jose.

>> that's what we should be looking at all the time is what is the best way to get the work done to serve the residents of san jose. >> the union is fighting back. and in march was successful in forcing the matter to arbitration. it is arguing that the skilled position must be filled and that council member constance didn't follow the proper procedure in doing away with the job. >> he does not have the right to unilaterally decide that this is a position that the city of san jose does not need to fill or its residents do not need. he does not speak for the entire city. >> until the legal process results in a decision, district 1 will have no administrative assistant and given the city budget crisis, the council member scoffs at the criticism. >> i'm trying to be as efficient as i can with the tax dollars given to me to run my office and if that means i'm being too efficient, i don't have any apologize for that. my job is to serve the residents

in the most cost-effective way i can. >> he is the only republican on the city council and so far the only one to opt out of the administrative help. san oh say, corina rusk, abc7 news. >> the security chief at san jose minetta airport is speaking out against his offices saying they are risking passenger safety to save money. san jose police captain jeff smith tells our media partner, the mercury news, it would be a mistake to replace city police at the airport with sheriff's deputies. he calls the proposal to do so a power grab by smith. and the santa clara county sheriff. he said there are not deputies to handle a major incident like a crash or an act of terror at the airport. san jose's police chief, chris moore, disagrees saying the retiring captain smith not speak for his apartment. city council is expected to decide next fall which agency will patrol the airport.

>> $350 million, that's how much impact a local travel gathering is expected to generate in new tourism business for san francisco. a lot of money, which means, as abc7s david louie reports, a lot of effort to keep those folks happy. a fresh coat of paint never hurts when you are trying to make a good impression. san francisco is welcoming more than 3,000 travel writers and tourism officials in the weeks ahead. it's called international powwow, a project of the u.s. travel association to entice more visitors from overseas. competition for international visitors is heating up. a disembarking passenger from vallejo saw a lost of them aboard a princess cruise ship. the ship sailed from alaska. >> a lot of poem on the boat, mostly -- mostly from out of the country. >> a lot of brits and chinese. >> san francisco, who earns $8 billion a year from tourism isn't alone wooing overseas visitors.

>> if you are in shanghai, you may say i want to go to san francisco or sidney or paris or one other place to go to. there are places all over the world competing aggressively. a large delegation of tour organizers will be attending the powwow to determine why she should steer their clients to san francisco. but there's run hurdle standing in the way. post 9/11 measures make it difficult for the chinese to get a visa. >> they have to travel in person to a consulate. they have to get the appointment set up and in many cases travel thousands. -- thousands of miles and bring the family. >> tourists spend money on tours, they eat in restaurant s and they create jobs. >> it creates a lot more jobs. >> fog harbor fish house has added seven servers as tourist season ramps up. 5 more may be hired. >> the welcome matt is out. organizers are opening bay area residents will do the same because every favorable

impression made could mean more tourism and more jobs. david louie, abc7 news. >> lisa is promising chamber of commerce weather for those folks, right some. >> yeah, it will be size tuesday and sunny out there. typical, though, the wind will be with us. northwestly at our coast and cloudy around emeryville. temperatures in the 50s. mid-40s. is there a warmup ahead? i'll let you know next. >> thank you, lisa. also ahead the california towns that are on flood alert. a look at what could happen if the sierra snowpack starts melting all at once. can i eat heart healthy without giving up taste?

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have already been placed on alert. laura anthony has this morning's assignment 7 report. >> this past winter will be remembered for near record snowfall in the high sierra. well huge snowpack is a bounty for california's water situation, it could create problems for those downstream. >> the main area of the concern is in the san joaquin river valley. dave is chief of california's snow surveys. with that much snow sitting in the central and southern sierra, and those reservoirs are already full. they will have a major juggling act to pass that flow through the reservoirs and down into the river and into the valley without inundating the system. >> major rivers are running high, especially in the san joaquin valley where the waterways are smaller than those in the north and the sacramento valley. so far state managers have released water gradually from some reservoirs. but if the weather gets too warm too soon, things could change in a hurry. >> if it gets really hot,

undoubtedly the flows will come down in a way that will create flood issues. >> joe is the former chief of flood operations for the army corps of engineers. >> we have a snowpack that will provide more water than we can deal with. it's going to fill out the reservoirs. we aren't going to have any reservoirs that will have any empty space in them. >> the levies are carrying water right now and they are going to be carrying it for two months. >> the area of most concern is west of modesto where fragile levies have been saturated for weeks. >> this is the choke point. all the water that comes out of the san joaquin and all its tributaries all comes together here and it's got to come through this channel. >> in 1983 a major levy broke, flooding a vineyard and prompting the evacuation of nearby residents. though there have about some improvements since then, the central valley system with his limited capacity and aging levies is just as it was and just as vulnerable.

here near newman, this trailer court and others have already been evacuated because of the high water. >> these are resort kind of trailer parks along the river bottom, and we had to do evacuations as the water began to encroach on the living pads. we had to move them up for safety reasons. >> that water is supposed to come down in a couple months maybe. >> and we will be right on it everyday. we will work at it every day to keep it out of here. >> for those folks the spring and summer, the ball knowledging -- bulging river is a constant reminder that sometimes there's too much of a good thing. laura anthony, abc7 news. >> you said they have gotten a ton of snow. >> and the warmers have been in the 60s. no big heat wave right now but once that happens we will see dramatic snowmelt. the winds are blowing and some

clouds but really at the coast. otherwise it's pretty calm across the bay waters and temperatures this morning are cooler all around the bay. starting out in the mid-40s for the cool locations around santa rosa and napa. 52 here. upper 40s for livermore and antioch and 51 in oakland. we have the clouds around san francisco and oakland, but everywhere this morning cooler, anywhere from 2 to 4 degrees cooler. by the afternoon that will be the trend. a cooler day today. partly cloudy skies this morning. the winds kicking up out of the northwest today. tomorrow that will keep just minor variances in our temperatures. a few ups, a few downs in the days ahead. so monday and tuesday below average and then by midweek wednesday we are looking at another system that wants to bring us a little bit of rain. so here is our forecast to show the cloud cover. you will notice that it quickly dissipates. but we will hang on to the low clouds along the san mateo coast

and it will be cool there with the breezy winds. 60s around the bay and the 70s shrinking. we saw the north winds yesterday. it felt pretty good, like a mini warmup, but today cooler and breezy as we get behind another trough. so it's been a series of weak systems to the north of us. one yesterday and another one today. that will allow for not only high pressure to hold on behind these weak systems, but the stronger sea breeze. that brings a little bit of a bite in the air. so that will create the cooler conditions at our coast. and locally around the bay. some gusty winds from time to time around those coastal gaps. we are still looking at the chance of some light showers in the northern and southern sierra. temperatures in the low 60s for tahoe, 68 in los angeles with 81 in fresno. and back home, my goodness, we are cooling off again with temperatures well below the average. we should see highs in the

mid-70s for san jose. 68 today and 70. low 60s for mountain view. we are below average here. 65 san mateo. 60s for pacifica. in the north bay, you know santa rosa should be 81 for late to mid-may. just coming in at 71 today. and oakland not doing too bad. a mice afternoon but a little breezy for you at 66. 65 castro valley. and danville today topping off around 70. it was breezy in the higher elevations. in the valleyed to breezy as well with 68 in pleasanton. here's the accuweather forecast. notice no big heat wave. we are looking at low 70s today. cooler today with breezy winds throughout tomorrow. the coastal clouds. tuesday a little warmer. the next system in the middle of the week that could bring some rain behind it. we hope to warm up to the

mid-70s next weekend. >> i think it's time for the rain to stop. we are almost to june. >> it's been a string. but remember how cool it was last summer. >> sure. >> and we had a strange winter. we are kind of into this pattern. we'll see. >> thank, you lisa. coming up next i have two dollars bills you can buy for ten dollars. the kincaids live here. across the street, the padillas. ben and his family live here, too.

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two dollars bill. >> it was a good price and thought it would be a present for my husband. >> they said the bills are extremely rare and normally cost $30 each. >> i figure it was a collectors item and i figured i was buying it from the u.s. government. >> she called the number and immediately was put in an automated ordering system. she ordered the yellow stone bills, then the recording prompted her to prompt more items. >> asked if i wanted to order the grand canyon. i said no. and then it said do you want five consecutive yellow stone bills and i said no. it went on and on with all the other items. >> michelle said the prompts wouldn't stop and days later her package arrived and to her surprise it was stuffed with items she didn't order. >> the five consecutive yellow stone bills, the five consecutie grand canyon bills. >> the company build her $185 in all. michelle called, returned the unordered items and demanded a refund. >> i didn't hear anything back and that's when i contacted 7 on your side. >> we looked into the matter and found dozens of similar

complaints online. customers said they were charged for items they didn't order. the better business order received 281 complaints about the new england mint's company over the past three years. turns out they are a marketing company. they take real two dollars bill and covers them with a layer of plastic. so are they collector items? >> these colorized notes are considered damaged to the serious collector. >> ron said enhanced two dollars bills are worth two dollars. >> when people come in with this type of merchandise, it is surprising to them it is not worth more. >> a federal law said it's a crime to mutilate currency. however the new england mint said it's enhancing the bills, not damaging them. u.s. secret service which enforce the currency laws would not comment on whether the company's practices of altering and selling the bills is legal or not.

charles, precedent of the new england mint company said the bills are perfectly legal. he did not respond to our request for an on-camera interview. but in a statement he said there is nothing illegal by enhancing u.s. currency. i am a business and entitled to sell a collectible at any price i want. the future value of any collector item is impossible to determine. we believe we have created beautiful piece of art. on a two dollars bill with national parks on them. as for items not ordered he said many customers order things on the phone, forget what they ored -- ordered and then are shocked to see the bill a few weeks later. and new england mint provided michelle with a refund of $147 for items she didn't want. michelle said the bills she did order are souvenirs. >> i guess i will keep it and we will have lots of stories to tell about it. >> despite 281 complaints, the better business bureau does give new england mint's parent company an a-plus rating.

that's partly due to the fact that the company has made efforts to respond to each complaint. i'm michael finney, 7 on your side. >> coming up next, johnny depp's return as the captain. jack sparrow. done son the tells us why he thinks the next installment of the pirates of the caribbean is the best pirate yet. #t#t#t#t#t#t

>> this weekend the summer blockbuster movie season is underway with "pirates of the caribbean - on stranger tides." it is the fourth film in the popular pirate series and perhaps the best one yet, abc7 arts and entertainment reporter don sanchez has his review on the isle. >> it's a journey. >> the latest pirates chapter is as much fun as the first time you took the pirates ride at disneyland. >> you haven't seen the fountain of youth. >> i'm sorry, could you repeat the question? >> johnny depp as captain jack sparrow is searching for the fountain of youth, but so is she, penelope cruz. new to the series.

a perfect match to denker's sparrow. she is his daughter. this is less dark than the last one. >> is that it? >> i think so. >> part of the journey involves mermaids, these amphibious creatures. they seem charming at first and then turns vicious. could be a bit scary for young kids. you know what i like? they have held back on the cgi overkill. i'm sorry, iom. but a lot of the film is a tribute to the work of stunt people. >> did everyone see that? because i will not be doing it again. >> they have even gotten into the film in the bay area. this is a rollicking good time, very funny and finally a script you can follow. and johnny depp has finally met his match in a newly found relative of mine. >> cousins, yeah. >> that's right, cousins. you see her real name is panelope cruz sanchez. when we met for this film, she

decided we were related. you know what? i'm not going to knock that. this film isn't perfect but i will say it is the pest of the pirate films. and the producer said they are working on number 5. this one i give three quarters of a bucket. i'm don sanchez, abc7 news. we will see you on the isle. >> maybe because his cousin is in it. one of the bay areas most famous cat burglars headlined a local event that honors pets and the people who love them. abc7's vic lee hung out at the tenth annual redwood city pet parade yesterday with dusty. dusty's owners call him klepto the cat. surveillance video caught him stealing piles of be longs from the neighbor's homes. dusty served as the grand marshall of the parade, even though he was wearing his prison stripes. it encouraged people to adopt pets. >> here's lisa with a final check of the accuweather forecast. >> we have a couple weak systems in and around the bay the next couple days. that will keep us on the cool

and breezy side. >> 63 san francisco. clouds hanging around the coast with only 68 half moon bay. talking low 70s in the north bay and a chance of showers on wednesday. looks like we warm up by the end of the work week. >> all right. that is going to do it for us. thank you for joining us. i'm carolyn tyler along with lisa arkansas general. our next newscast is at 9:00. have a good sunday.