>> in the news this morning a plane crash near sausalito was captured on camera. we will show you the footage. and fire staffing is down at a time of year when extra fire crews are usually being added.

>> good morning. it will warm up quickly, despite the patchy fog this morning. in fact, a heat advisory in effect for the weekend. >> good saturday morning. i'm terry mcsweeney. we begin with a plane crash off the waters of sausalito. both the pilot and passenger is fine. but in these days where everyone walks around with a camera of some kind, the incident did not go unrecorded. we have the story. >> this is video of the hydroplane attempt to go take off bridgeway boulevard in sausalito. the plane started to takeoff and apparently hit a wake. it flipped nose first into the bay. this man was sitting in the restaurant as it came by. >> it was just kind of floating along and then it gunned it's everyone and went by the restaurant. it had a lot of speed and looked like it started to get a little airborne and hit a wake i think from a boat and shot up and went slamming down into the water. >> jennifer saw the plane and started taking pictures as her boyfriend called 911.

>> they just skimmed the water. they didn't bounce any great height at all. >> sausalito police chief, jennifer tejada said it's being called an incident, not an accident. >> it either caught a a wake in the water. >> as the plane flipped over it had two occupants, two males who were able to get out of the plane without any injuries. they were taken to shore by some private boaters. >> octavia watched the rescue from home. >> they had to like swim or paddle, whatever you want to call it, like 15 feet or something to the tugboat and then they got on. >> both people were taken medical attention but did not require hospitalization. it grew a huge crowd that gathered to see what happened. these photos were taken by two who were looking out of their sausalito condo. they show the two-seater as it sits in the water. >> the police say there were no

drugs or alcohol involved in the incident. they are now trying to figure out how to get the plane out of richardson bay. in sausalito, abc7 news. a san jose state university professor has won $750,000 for the loss of papers he owned written by albert einstein. dan strass also lost two cabins. it was back in 2007 in the lick file in santa clara county. but it was the loss of the einstein papers that were written to strass' father that worked with einstein may have weighed most heavily. >> they weren't just random calculations, they were in relationship to a field that he was trying to accomplish, a theory he was trying to accomplish. there's not a lot of writings on his field theory. >> take a look right there at some of einstein's wrigley. a schoolteacher was convicted of accidentally starting the fire, which also scorched nearly 50,000 acres and destroyed other

structures and homes. >> the fire that killed two san francisco firefighters last month is believed to be accidental. the cause. the fire on berkeley way that killed firefighters vincent perez and anthony valerio was most likely electrical in nature. what firefighters determined is the fire started on the first floor of the four story home on diamond heights. 4th of july weekend is busy for any fire station but one agency will be at their lowest level ever for the 4th of july weekend. we spoke to firefighters about the situation. >> fireworks are already on sale in some parts of the bay area. it's always a concern for local fire departments. that's why the norm, especially on the 4th of july, is to increase staffing. >> in general we usually would like to have an extra engine, sometimes two or three, and we also have paid called firefighters here.

>> this year things will be different at central fire in santa cruz county, which is responsible for so cal, cap toll law. >> we don't have enough to protect those areas. if there's a few fires going on he we can only grab one at a time. >> this year they have a normal compliment for monday evening so that's different than past years. >> in other words, no extra engines will be on the streets for the 4th. the lower staffing levels are a sign of the times. >> the public has to understand that in an era of declining budgets, we will see less public resources available. >> central fire's main concern is for homeowners on the cliff because of access issues, and for those who live near dry vegetation, like this grass which is known to smolder for hours if a bottle rocket lands in it. >> it's sad they don't have the money.

and i wish we did. >> but central fire isn't the only department struggling because of budget constraints. today san jose's fire department announced it can't afford to staff every piece of appear rat -- apparatus in its arsenal. that means two engines will go out of service every single day. >> our city can't afford to go below two. the city has a million people and we are already understaffed with the amount of firefighters and trucks so there's no way we will go below two. >> the department heads already feel stretched thin. forty nine firefighters were laid off and one fire station closed last year. central fire, in the meantime, can also call in extra firefighters in case of an emergency only. they can also lean on neighboring departments for help. california's state parks are open for business this holiday weekend, but next july 4th about 70 of those parks just

might be closed. china camp is one of them. the state's budget is about half what it was a year ago and there's not enough money to go around. >> it would be really sad so see it close down because it's such a beautiful view and people enjoy coming here. and also it's a nice local place to come. >> i think people would be willing to pay a little bit more to camp. i don't think we need to close the parks. >> the owner are knob hill foods are going to donate a nickle to the parks for every shopper who brings in a reusable bag. >> there was a rate increase in health insurance. the latest increase mainly affects small business and individual policyholders. premiums are climbing as little as 3% to as much as 92%. the health insurance industry said the increase reflects rising costs for diagnostic testing and increased hospitalizations. >> i have the authority right now to reject excessive rate hikes for auto insurance, homeowners insurance, property insurance and casualty

insurance, but not health insurance. >> the assembly bill 52 would give the insurance commissioner the power to reject rate hikes. that legitimatelation is gaining momentum as a result of the higher premiums. they face a key vote this wednesday. dozens in commissioners in other states can already veto higher rates in health insurance premiums. >> this year rafting area rivers is more dangerous than usual and there's a spike in rescues. and another rate right for uc schools and what university officials are recommending. beth! hi. looking good! you've lost some weight. thanks! you noticed! you know these clothes are too big now, so i'm donating them. nogoing back the again. good for you! how'd you do i

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river. four deputies were swept downstream when they got caught in the debris. they were trying to reach three boys who were caught on a raft. >> i was on the phone with 911 and i was telling her what was happening, we were in the trees for maybe two hours. >> because of some person's ignorance about the ravaging waters here at the merced river caused our officers to get in distress. >> that wasn't the end of it. the rescue he's talking about end up taking ten hours when members of a second sheriff's department team also had to be rescued. 14 rescues on the merced river in 24 hours. high temperatures are melting this year's near-record snowpack, making the rivers fast, swollen, and as we saw, very dangerous. >> more bad news for uc students.

they are recommending a rate increase. it would make up for cuts in the new budget. in state tuition could ride to $12,200 a year. >> imagine spending only a few dollars to send a student to college. it's possible through a new program called college match. here's abc7 with how it works. >> college is an expensive proposition but san francisco's scholarmatch.org is helping some students pay for their education. >> the idea began here at this tutoring center. many students were being accepted into college but didn't have a way to pay for it. >> the executive director of collegematch spoke to us from los angeles while attending a convention there. >> they work with the students before they come to us to figure out how much they need to fill

in the gaps and get in pell grants and get the rest of the tuition money. >> each student must fill out a profile, stating what they are interested in, their major and career goals. >> it's kind of like selling yourself without sounding effortless. >> within two weeks of posting her profile, she reached her goal due to five anonymous donor. she attends city college in san francisco. she has one donor los angeles who has pledged to pay for the remaining three years of edition -- education at saint mary's college. >> that was an amazing thing to here. you feel like you win the lottery in that way because you don't realize until you go to college how much you need money in order to keep going. >> anyone can donate. >> so what we tell people it's whatever you can afford. if you can afford 50 and then you have ten other friends who have $50, you know, all of that money can get pooled together and send a scholar to college.

>> the students then stay in touch with their donors. >> you update maybe every few months or so and tell how is school going, what's it like, how is the first year of college, did you make new friends, are the classes they hard or easy, pretty much, you know, let them know how the money is being used. >> in san francisco, leeann melendes, abc7 news. >> top story this three day weekend, perhaps the weather. >> yeah, i think you heard about it. the heat advisory today, tomorrow and, in fact, the offshore flow, when that's going to happen and where the fog is. that's all coming up. >> and fear the beard in a different way. what set off brian wilson last night in detroit. coming up next in sports.

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at president obama's inauguration and, oh, they won two grammy awards. more than accomplished. what's going on weather-wise? >> well, we saw lots of hot temperatures yesterday." no 100s but i think they are in the forecast. the view from mount tam, a little hazy out there. you can't see the fog here but there is some fog out there, a shallow stretch of it. can you see the towers in the distance there from the golden gate bridge? you are looking over the panhandle, golden gate park and mount tam. the fog from 200 to 400 feet deep and quickly dissipating this morning. we will see the sea breeze stick around at the shoreline but then the flow turns offshore tonight for a hotter day tomorrow. 59 in fremont, 69. nos. 2 to 4 trees warmer from mount taken view to san jose. good morning, santa rosa.

the cool spot at 52 degrees. mostly clear and on the filed side this morning. but the heat advisory in effect all weekend long from about noon, 1:00 to about 9:00 tonight and the heat will hold through the 4th of july. we will get some patchy fog along the shoreline monday night. and the temperatures are going to be back up on tuesday. so we are looking at a pretty prolonged stretch of warm weather. usually it's that one, two, maybe three-day event. we are looking for the hot weather to stick around in our inland valleys. so with numbers near 100 degrees, you will notice that all the red has highlighted most of the bay area except forestine son, bodega bay and ocean beach and pacifica where we will feel the cooling effect of the sea breeze. the westerly winds, even though it's clear, we will be keeping the temperatures in check in the 60s at the coast. double barrel high pressure allowing for very warm air today. the down sloping winds, more of

a northerly gradient keeping the heat on, right on through the holiday weekend. off a couple degrees tomorrow then down a couple degrees for the holiday monday and then back up again on tuesday. all in all, still very warm right on through the next several days. 86 in los angeles, 75 in big sir today. 104 fresno with 93 in yosemite. this is today. look what happens tomorrow. a couple degrees warmer. 106 fresno and 85 tahoe. 2 degrees warmer in sacramento with 80 in san diego. even warmer in the southland. back home we will be looking at numbers in 80s, santa clara, peninsula 85 and 78 milbrae, 57 pacifica and 76 downtown. feeling pretty nice in the city. 91 novato. getting hot in the north bay, 84 san leandro, and by the water in hayward a warm day at 85.

inland valleys, 94 danville. the monterey bay, this is the fog, just about the only place. it will just stay offshore. 69 there. here's the forecast for the 4th if you are going downtown. the fog will hold off throughout the early part of the evening so just patchy. the fireworks should be better than last year, numbers dropping into the low 60s by about 9:30. elsewhere more fog in the north bay. i noticed, well, i told you, i don't know if you noticed, the up-down, up-down with the temperatures. >> yeah. >> you only feel the change if you are near the coast. >> thank you very much. right now let's go to new york. we are going to be joined by good morning america to tell us what is coming up. good morning. >> quite the heat wave you guys are having. >> it's long overdue. >> please, i grew newspaper texas. that's a heat wave. nothing like you are experiencing right now. we have a packed show this morning. the stunning turnaround in the sexual assault case against dominic strauss-kahn is leading

the show. he's now free on his own reconnaissance as the case against him appears to be collapsing. we will have the latest developments on that story coming up. also ahead, it's down to the wire in the casey anthony's murder trial. they try to poke holes inner story about key computer searches she said she made. we are live from orlando with the latest details. and plus it will be a scorcher. for a holiday weekend record high temperatures are expected. and the heat may stop some from velez greating with a bang. officials down south have already banned fireworks in some communities. we will take a look why some people will be denied the psychotic part of independence day celebrations. and finally prince william and indicate are taking canada by storm. the newlyweds stole the spotlight in one of their first stops in their north american tour, helping the country celebrate canada day. thousands came out to see the couple in ottawa, and we've been following them every step of the

way. terry, they are heading out to your state next weekend. i will be there in l.a. following their arrival there. >> you are well-connected, you are network level. i need to know, is there a chance they might be swinging by the wine country here in northern california for a look? what do you know? >> you know, i've heard that if a certain man by the name of terry happens to be there, then they will definitely be there. >> then i will join them. outstanding information. thanks very much. >> good to see you. >> have a great weekend. >> bye. >>. more torture for a giants game where a game where brian wilson threw a tantrum in the dugout. what set him off? mike will have it all in sports. >> a two-game losing streak to detroit to the american league tigers. and they put us through or seemingly daily dose of torture. former giant john penny getting the start for the tigers. he drills one into the left

center gap. that will score aaron rowand and the giants go up 1-0. and bumgarner was dealing in the fifth. and one of his nine in the 7 shutout innings but he wouldn't get the win because brian wilson gives up a single. game tied at 1. in the ninth. ripped one deep to center. but the giants back on top. ground-rule double. g-men go up 4-1. but in the bottom half, wilson struggling again. gives up the rbi single to brandon inge. that makes it 4-2. the beard gets the hook and he's not happy. then he will take a bat to it. he needs to take it easy. along comes jeremy affeldt. 4-3, bases loaded for detroit. bosh lines it under the middle but right at brandon crawford. he goes to second for the game-ending play. 4-3, the final. diamondbacks in town and harden was terrific n the fifth gets miranda swinging.

one of his six punch-outs on the night. the a's come alive the bottom of the frame. and double down the right-field line, cliff pennington and coco crisp both score and utility -- puts the a's up 5-1. harden getting help from the defense. parra sends one deep into center. coco crisp says not on my watch! rich harden gets his first win of the year, 5-4, the final. >> in colorado mark ellis knows how to make a first impression. a day after being traded from the a's he goes 3 for 5, a home run, and 3 rbi and leads the rockies to a 9-0 win over the royals. i thought there was going to be an upset yesterday in the men's semi's and it would have been andy murray knocking off rafael nadal. but the racket club is look for their first male champion in 75 years and the drought continues.

how about this world champion? mark wood, the five time match boring. andy murray came out smoking. a big forehand nadel can't handle. he will take the first set. but in the second, rips the backhand. check out the touch at the net. that is some soft hands. he wins the second. he rolled from there. on match point, the big serve. watch his forehand. that's nasty. defending champion has won 20 straight wimbledon matches for the four-set victory. and djokovic meeting tonga. djokovic, the ace. he takes the first one. also won the second. but tsonga answers in the third. watch the reflections at the net from the big guy. he would win the third set but too much novak in the fourth. tsonga can't handle the serve and with the win djokovic takes over the number one ranking from nadel and will go on to face rafael nadal. the nba lockout is official with the league shutting down

for the first time in 13 years thursday night at 9:01:00 p.m. teams can no longer contact players, agents or family members until a new bargaining agreement is reached catch lot of players will be going overseas to play. some will go back to school and some will chill and go back to their families. local agent, bill duffy, who represents over 35 nba players, is not optimistic about the lockout. >> i just feel frustrated because i feel generally that the league is in good shape. there's a lot of excitement and for us to have this type of potential work stoppage would be catastrophic. with the global economy, the way things are, there's a lot of uncertainty moving forward, more than in the past in my opinion. second round of golf. at&t national. shot of the day on the 18. going right at it. bottom of the jar for birdie and by doing so he makes the cut. k. j. choi, check this out. nearly holds it. ties the course record.

6-under 64, 7-under, he leads by two strokes. that's the way the ball bounces. have a save holiday weekend. i'm mike shumann, have a great day. >> we will show you how cops in chinatown are trying to keep a lid on illegal fireworks sale, especially those online. and what studies say

police are patrolling china down they are checking online for illegal sales. authorities don't want to see this kind of thing again. outlawed fireworks set off fires in neighbors, endangering communities. dick lee on the city's stepped-up efforts. >> this is what worries cal fire, the sale of fireworks on websites like craigslist. >> whether they are safe, it is against the law to sell them on the internet. >> in the past five years they have seen an increase in the sales. the agency said it's a huge business. >> we have been able to confiscate anywhere between 65,000 to 100,000 pounds of illegal fireworks every year. that's not only through the internet, but that's also off the streets >> but street sales still make up most of the illegal fireworks trade. these teenagers were in chinatown looking for fireworks. >> is if pretty easy? >> no. we heard it's been easy, but i cannot find fireworks.

>> maybe they weren't looking in the right places because the young entrepreneurs were out here in mass. >> the whole street, all the way down to bush street, a lot of little kids, 15-year-olds, are selling fireworks on every corner. >> we bumped into a team of officers from a nearby central station who were look for them, as well. in the past police have confiscated lots of fireworks here. just last week undercover officers in china town made several arrests and seized more contraband. >> there was quite a variety of fireworks and some the more powerful m80 types. >> the 4th of july i won't here explosions. >> she knows just how powerful m-80s can be. four years ago on july 4th she and her friends were in dolores park watching the fireworks display from the wharf when people began throwing m-80s into the crowd. one of them exploded near her.

>> we all scattered and it tore apart my right-hand. >> she lost one finger and tendons in other fingers were severely damaged. she has gone through twelve surgeries and lots of hand therapies over the years. she's now going to college on the east coast and she's a drummer in a band. she tells me she's become quite good at holding a drumstick with her injured hand. all of that is good news. vic lee, abc7 news. times are about to get tougher for some of california's poorest residents. billions in funding for the low income healthcare medicaid runs out this week. abc7 cecilia vaga reports on the impact for millions of people. >> leeannna powell is one of the 7.6 californians who rely on medicaid, also called medi- cal for healthcare. she has dreams of becoming a nurse.

if there are more cuts to the system, she fears the worst. >> everybody who uses social services, medi-cal. they aren't criminals. >> but the cuts of coming. the $90 billion pumped into the system as the situation worsened runs out this week. this become advises the poorest of the poor at the east bay medical law center. she said people are being forced to make desperate decisions. >> you decide one versus the other, and if you decide medical co-pays so your kid could see the doctor, you may not have money to pay rent. >> part of the cuts mean california will be forced to reduce their medicare payments to doctors and hospitals, and that means poor people will have an even tougher time getting medical treatment. >> the cuts also mean that california recipients pay new co-pays for drugs, doctor appointments and hospital visits and they will get just 7 doctor visits a year unless a doctor approves more.

>> john grahame directs healthcare studies at the pacific research institute think tank. >> there's a reality here that we've hit that's correct we are bust. despite massive increases in the spending over the years, we aren't seeing good outcomes, they aren't seeing good access to care so we need a fundamentally different model. >> washington is considering even more cuts and leeanna can't imagine what in a might mean for her or her future. >> i have worked. i'm not abusing the system. i can become a productive citizen. >> in oakland, cecilia vaga, abc7 news. french authorities are reporting that country's first death from the european e. coli outbreak. health officials say a 78-year-old woman died this morning. ♪ eight deaths from e. coli have already been reported in germany, where almost 4,000 people are ill. many are suffering from a

complication that could cause kidney failure. the source of the outbreak is believed to be a batch of an herb, the seeds of which came from egypt. the former head of the ief is free on bail this morning. dominic strauss-kahn released by a judge yesterday. he still faces sexual assault charges, but the case against him appears to be falling apart. prosecutors now say the housekeeper who is accused of him of raping her has a criminal record and she transferred money from a drug dealer to her checking account posing serious questions about her credibility. >> today is a the fires giant step in the right direction. the next step will lead to the complete dismissal of the charges. >> but manhattan's district attorney hasn't decided whether to drop the case yet. strauss-kahn is free to travel anywhere within the u.s., but they still hold his passport so he cannot leave the country. maria shriver has filed for divorce from arnold schwarzenegger. it does not list the date they separated. it comes six weeks after he

admitted fathering a child with a member of their household staff. shaw raver's pegs seeks custody of their two sons. millions of people will celebrate the 4th of july weekend by taking in a parade. tonight there's a new study -- this morning there is a new study that suggests the simple act of taking your child to see the parade shapes not only their patriotism, but their politics. here's sharon. >> forget independence. researchers say the 4th of july is really for republicans. a study out today shows 4th of july parades not only boost gop turnouts at the polls, they boost the likelihood that the kids watching will become republicans. yes, republicans. >> bull, bull! >> researchers from harvard claim that every year a child goes to a 4th of july parade, it increases the likelihood by

2% that they will become a republican. >> they might already be republican. >> but not everyone is ready to hand the holiday over. >> do not tell me it is a conservative holiday. don't tell me they are the only people who love america. it's not true! it's not true! >> after all, the parade in her hometown, boston, one of the oldest in the country, they haven't elected a republican mayor since 1926. most people are adamant that the 4th is a birthday party, not a political one. abc news, new york. the warm weather and sunny skies are bringing people outdoors. yesterday temperatures reached the mid-90s in some of the inland areas of the bay area. san francisco's washington scare -- square park, busy in the middle of the day as some people started off their long weekend early. >> you get outside on the 4th of july weekend and to a little reading since the san francisco fog is gone for the time being. >> lisa joins us now to see how hot it will be and hot today and hotter tomorrow? >> that's right. the fog has been increasing a little bit closer to the coast this morning.

>> there it is. >> the golden gate bridge, there it is. it is shallow, it will disappear, but the numbers will stay warm for the next several days. i'll tell you how hot it will get over the weekend coming up. >> all right. and a new food safety la cantera be implemented, at least not quite yet. quite yet. we will tell you why there's a

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back toward san francisco. what you see there is a sliver of fog. not going to last. can't stand the heat. the heat is here. let's take a shot looking back at mount tam from san francisco. you see a thin layer of fog sitting over part of the city right now. can't hang in there. sheet on the way, sunny skies, too. lisa is here as well. and people are soaring over the plaza, thanks to the return of the famous zip line. the city's rec and park department has partnered with a company to offer the zip line rides from now to october. some campers and counselors taking the first rides out there yesterday. all the excitement last year was free. this time around they aren't going to be free. they will be $29 per.

but i hear they are exciting, and from the sounds of things, it's a scream. lisa joins us now talking about how to make some people scream, temperatures getting toward the triple digit mark. >> yes and there's a heat advisory in effect this afternoon and for tomorrow because temperatures will be hotter than yesterday. here's a view from the airport. you see the fog in the distance. it is hugging the shoreline. and another view for you. we are looking clear downtown. you see the tower. some some parts of the bay area the fog is creeping in along our beaches, particularly along half moon bay and the coast but not for long. 59 in fremont. the cool spot, sonoma county, low 60s. 64 in antioch. mostly clear this morning, mild temperatures. but by this afternoon it will be warmer than yesterday. so from about noon, 1:00 to 9:00 tonight the national weather

service has issued a heat advisory. heat will hold in the inland valleys through the 4th of july. in fact, tuesday i think will be the hottest day that we will see in this stretch. so the heat advisory everywhere except right at our shoreline. so from stenson beach, bodega bay, to pacifica, davenport looking fine. but you head inland and we are talking about 100 degrees. inland valleys close to that, the santa clara valley. we do have fog this morning and it will be very patchy. 200, 300 feet deep. then by the tim it clears i don't think we will see it again until the 4th because the winds will switch to an offshore component as the area of high pressure tense to build into the pick northwest. we have the weak see breeze today but the flow around the high allowing for the offshore flow tonight, into tomorrow. so i think sunday will be hotter than today and also tuesday. here's a look at the high temperatures today.

75. a nice day at big sur. 98 sacramento. look for 86 in los angeles with 93 in the southern sierra. back home we will see numbers in the 80s and low 90s today. and peninsula 85. and 86 redwood city. look for upper 60s half moon bay, a nice day there. 76 downtown. in the north bay numbers from the upper 60s, so comfortable at the beaches, to the mid-90s as you head toward cloverdale. 83 oakland and 87 fremont. inland valleys low to mid-90s here. we could see some upper 90s for show. down by the monterey bay we are talking 75 watsonville, 76 salinas. here's a look at the forecast for the fireworks tomorrow. i think there will be patchy fog after 9:00 at the coast and with the sea breeze it will be cooler than it will be around the bay. but it should be a good forecast for the 4th with clear skies around the bay. 60s and 70s.

a light west wind. how about 70s and 80s in the inland valley. in tahoe now you have fog. by monday evening we will see temperatures in the 50s there with very light winds. of course, clear skies. here's the look ahead then. notice the temperatures will come up a little bit today. even warmer than tomorrow. it will see a little bit of a dip on the 4th and the hottest day i think should be around tuesday. so an extensive forecast of some very warm weather. >> i couldn't help smile a moment ago. i think that's the fires time davenport has gotten the due recognition they deserve. a local woman, a local story. thanks a lot. a new state law requires restaurant workers to pass an exam on food safety but a language barrier and a lack of notice is delaying the rollout. how teaching food safety can lead to healthier eating. >> most of the time dining out is a pleasant experience but a rare exception could lead to the hospital. >> sick for a few days from food

poisoning and ended up in an emergency room. >> prevention is the new goal after new law taking effect friday that requires everyone in a restaurant to have one of these, a certificate after taking a class and an examine on food handle and safety. >> i think most restaurants don't even know about this. it was a fluke accident we even found out about it. >> jeff is the executive chef of one-star, michelin rated steakhouse in cupertino. sanitation is a priority for him and his kitchen staff. while the new law hasn't been widely publicized, he recognizes bad practices when you see them going out to eat. >> you see them smoking cigarettes, touching their hair, wiping their hands there. are some issues involved. with the most common thing is just a staph infection or staph contamination and that can be prevented simply by washing hands. 60,000 employees at 6,000 restaurants in santa clara restaurants will need to take the test.

the county's environmental health department will do outreach over the next six months to encourage compliance. >> everyone who will be touching the food, whether the wait staff or the bus staff or the people actually preparing the food will be required to have this food handlers card. >> the test originally was only available in english and spanish, but with the proliferation of asian and other ethnic restaurants, the test is now available in chinese. >> it's expected that exams in even more languages will be needed. this bar tenor said it took two hours to complete the process. >> there's a lot of people, including myself, that can be remind about that kind of stuff. >> the test cost $15 but for diners it can make a big difference. abc7 news. >> don't go away. 7 on your side is coming up next. >> a major catastrophe can blast a hole in your insurance coverage. one woman's battle ahead on 7 on your side.

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this stuff really works. been having trouble getting her house repaired after the pipeline explosion damaged her home last fall. 7 on your side's michael finney tells us about the fight with her insurance company. >> this last happened down the street from her home. >> the house was jumping up and down. we had a hard time getting out because it was jumping, going back and forth. >> nine months later, the brick has been replaced. the chimney, fireplace and shattered times have been retired. the cracks on the walls on the side of the house have been patched up. the suit has been cleaned up, and the bathroom gutted and rebuilt. state farm paid for all the

needed work except one very expensive one. >> the roof has been replaced. it's been replaced, but the insurance company refused to pay for the roof. >> tammy sent us two reports from contractors, both recommending that the 25-year-old roof be replaced. one report stated the majority of the damage was to the southeast, facing the side of the gas explosion. the other stated the cause of the newly displaced shakes may have been a wind gust, a blast from the event or major foot traffic. state farm used the analogy of someone getting into a fender-bender to explain its position. >> given the fact that the car is 20 years old, the whole vehicle could sure use a paint job." while the insurance company, in this approximately, is not going to repaint the entire vehicle, but it will replace the bumper that was damaged in the accident. >> state farm agreed only to pay for a roof repair bush not for a replacement. amy boch is executive director of an advocacy group for

insurance holders, united policyholders. >> when there's a lot of money involved, the insurance companies will really clamp down and they will -- they will put up obstacles, and unless you can negotiate your way around, you are not going to get a full and fair settlement. >> one of the most common problems for homeowners is that they are underinsured. >> i think people just don't check when what the replacement cost to their house is on a regular basis. if they don't do that and your house appreciates in value -- not as big a problem now as sometimes in the past -- but even now many people are still underinsured. >> hiring an independent contractor or using software programs are two good ways to get estimates on replacing your home should it be destroyed. we have links to additional information at abc7 news.com. i'm michael finney, 7 on your side. >> still ahead, strand's connection to the third transformer's movie. our don sanchez has more on that, plus a review of

>> the third transformers movie opened. here is arts and entertainment reporter, don sanchez, on the isle. ♪ an alien ship crashes on the moon. when our astronauts go there in 1969, they are in awe. >> we are not alone after all,

are we? that is only the beginning because what is on the moon is headed our way. the special effects rathe they are about to unleash is a spectacle. it's the good guys versus the evil decepticon. sometimes you can't tell who is who, but they have some emotions. he is back with a new girlfriend. megan fox is replaced by rosie huntington whitley in this badly-written, laughable script. she shows she doesn't need to act. this is a long film, 2 1/2 hours. the final hour is the big battle in chicago, and it is destroyed. chaos is everywhere. rá)vives.. of course it's ridiculous. this is an exercise in excessiveness with mind-boggling effects from our own industrial magic.

♪ i am really worn-out by this demolition derby orgy. it is a showcase of everything they do so well. the dialogue sucks and i have to feel sorry for chicago. here's a city that lost oprah, and now all their landmarks are gone. but it will do great box office, so i will give it a full bucket. overall, though, the picture gets a half a bucket. i'm don sanchez, abc7 news. see you on the isle. see you on the isle. >> our next newscast is at 8:00. denny's new tour of america menu. 50 star cuisine. the new tour of america menu. starting at $4.99. only at denny's. america's diner is always open. the frontline plus killing force is there annihilating fleas and ticks. ♪

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