here is the scene. >> amtrak train 718 was on its way to bakersfield with 700 passengers but it hit a semi truck carrying corn. it happened in this unincorporated area of east contra costa county near bixler and orwood roads. near discovery bay. passengers tell us they felt the train shutter. the impact scared passengers, some of whom panicked. this doctor helped a pregnant woman when the woman started screaming. >> we were so scared. and he said we have a pregnant sitting beside me and she was screaming with a panic attack. so i'm a physician so i tried to control her. >> it was panic. everyone is wondering what's going on, what's going on. no one heard anything for about ten, fifteen minutes when they announced it on the speakers. >> i was falling asleep. then i just felt the jerk and i was kind of like freaked out a little bit. >> just a little bit? >> well, a lot, actually.

>> all of a sudden there was a sudden jolt, like we heard this loud noise and when we looked outside the train, while we were slowing down, all you could see is dirt and sparks and things of that nature going by. >> i was sitting in the window seat. i could just see the front of the truck and sparks and a lot of debris and everything in the air. >> the fire chief hugh henderson tells us 45 people have been injured. >> victims injured in the collision from minor to moderate injuries, transported to local hospitals. >> officials say that the driver and a passenger of the truck the train hit are uninjured. abc7 news. >> on tuesday the east palo alto city council is going to take up the safety of an intersection where a six-year-old girl was killed this week. last night a crowd of about 50 people met outside headquarters as city officials talked with the mother. on monday the girl was walking in a crosswalk on her way to school when she was hit and killed by a driver.

[foreign language.] >> mayor carlos romero told the crowd the investigation into the accident is continuing. he added it's more important to have more police in the area rather than install streetlights or warning lights at the intersection where the girl was killed. >> people living in a violence-plagued san francisco neighborhood are getting new attention from top city leaders as abc7 reports. the mayor and chief police hit the streets of the bay view last night where people told them what they see as a big part of the problem. >> the mayor ed lee and police chief greg suhr paid a visit. they stopped at the torino market on third street at palou avenue. sources tell abc7 news that officers have answered more than 70 calls here since march. they said they have tried to control the problem of people drinking alcohol and loitering. >> we call if something happen. >> what are some of the things

that happen? >> you know, i mean the only thing, as i told you, hanging around and the shooting. >> he turned to the mayor and police chief for help. >> we asked them for help, you know, and they are helping. >> some blame much of the violence on the abundance of liquor stores along third street and they want police to do more from having people drink and hang around. they can resolve a lot of this if they do their job and don't allow them to stand out in front of the stores period. and the stores can't do it because they are scared to death. >> they regularly hand out citation for loitering and open-container violations. the visit by the mayor and police chief occurred right before a rally near the spot with a 5-year-old girl was shot in the knee while walking home from school a week and a half ago. >> some of us actually saw the shooting, but that little girl got hit with a bullet. >> they asked not only city hall

but bay view residents to do more. >> that's right, it's about helping ourselves. and we need to increase our standards and expect moreñç from ourselves. >> abc7 news. the man accused of killing a german tourist in san francisco will not face the death penalty. 50-year-old mechtild schroer was hit by a bullet. initially there wasn't enough evidence to hole the suspect, this were released. but this weekend dietments were handed down against seven young men. yesterday six appeared in court to answer the charges. >> we do not believe it practice that we can get a felony conviction in the city of san francisco. but again, this case, even in any other type of circumstances, would not be a case that the death penalty would be warranted by our administration. >> five of the six are facing first-degree murder charges. they have pleaded not guilty. police are still trying to arrest other seventh suspect. today is the day county

jails have been bracing for, the arrival of the first inmates realigning from state prisons. it was signed by jerry brown in april. starting today tens of thousands of nonviolent inmates will arrive at city jails. it helps the state meet a federal order to reduce the population by 30,000. there's only enough money to pay counties for the first nine months of the program. a firefighter swearing in ceremony today at city hall. now separated from the belmont and carlos fire department, they will have two stations of their own to house 15 firefighters, 2 engines and a 100-foot aerial ladder truck. they say they are pleased to have their own department after 32 years of sharing with the city of carlos. the fire department of carlos and redwood city have decide today keep up in a money saving move. >> and there's a new safe may haven for children in santa clara county.

it's the hub. the center will provide legal and medical sport for current and former foster youth, as well as employment, housing and education assistance. >> we want to make sure this will be the hub of resources for all foster youth. we named it the hub because we want it to be the core, the epicenter of what's going on in the county. >> foster age can use the boost. more than 55,000 of them age out of the system at age 18 and one year later barely half have received a high school diploma. food and drug administration inspectors are checking out a field in watsonville and a processing plant. the recall involved 90 cartons that were shipped to an oregon food distributor. now under 2500 cartons are under suspicion. there's no connection with the deadly listeria outbreak linked to cantalopes from colorado. that outbreak has killed 17 people.

>> coming up next, the strike that took down the man that some call the most dangerous man in the world and why the white house is now defending the action. and plus the phenomenon that is ztzp

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>> president obama is calling it a major below to al-qaeda's most most active affiliate. a u.s. airstrike in yemen killed american-born cleric anwar al-awlaki. now the white house is defending his death. >> he is consider to be the world's most dangerous man. he's the latest high profile terrorist target taken out by the cia and the u.s. military. he's an american citizen, the head of al-qaeda in yemen was killed in a drone strike there. >> the death of al-awlaki marks another step in defeating al-qaeda. >> officials say the fryar cleric has been actively looking at attacks on the u.s. and aggressively pushing them online. >> never underestimate the power of fear, especially when the enemy is al-awlaki.

>> they say he was in direct contact with the fort hood shooter before the 2009 massacre. al-awlaki also personally advised the so-called underwear bomber before his mission to blow up an american plane over detroit on christmas day, 2009. >> he was the main recruiter. he's the most charismatic leader, much more dangerous than osama and he was obsessed with the attack of the united states. >> they have been trying to kill or capture the 39-year-old cleric for almost two years, but he was never charged with a crime. the white house refused to explain their legal explanation for an assassination without a trial. >> i'm not going to speak about the circumfs his death. >> u.s. officials are concerned about revenge attacks in retaliation for al-awlaki's death. is sources say the government remains at a state of heightened alert and security efforts had not been fully reduced since the scarce

-- scares of the 9/11 anniversary. abc news, washington. paramedics who tried to save michael jackson's life said things just didn't add up when they arrived on the scene. one testified yesterday that dr. conrad murray told them he had given jackson just one drug and not the powerful anesthetic propofol. murray hay also said the singer was working long hours and was dehydrated, but they saw something much more serious. >> his skin was cool to the touch. his eyes were open, they were dry and pupils dilated. when i hooked up the ekg machine, it was flat lined. >> the paramedics testified murray said he called 911 as soon as his patient became distressed but there was more than 20 minutes passed between the time he was found unresponsive and the paramedics arrived. dr. murray has pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter. >> down to san diego, the surf is up and very weird. take a look at this, it glows knee on blue at night.

it is called schedule tide because of algae in the water. at night the millions of microscopic cells get jostle causing a colorful tech any color reaction. that is period. >> it is weird. >> i don't even see the surfer anymore. i hope he's already. he disappeared into the blue water. what's going on? >> we will see some changes. things about get cranked up here in terms of rain. we are talking mainly monday into early next week. although right now we are looking at clouds. over an hour delay at sfo on arriving flights. 60ths, mild numbers to start. we will talk about it coming up. >> i've looked at the old farmers almanac, and i'm going to have the long-range forecast from the almanac. i'm just trying to get in on the abc news. and raiders are preparing for a showdown with tom brady and the patriots. find out what they expect to show the sellout crowd.

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. >> 6:17, looking out. a gorgeous shot of san francisco and the bay bridge and the

lights and it is spectacular. no clouds that low, but there are some clouds elsewhere. eventually they are going to bring all kinds of weird stuff to the bay area. nonfirst-week-in-october stuff in my opinion. >> the cloud, the deck is pretty they can out there. we get to about 3,000 feet and it mixes out. that's due to a weak system that's on the way. that will aid us in a little bit of clearing later on this morning. we are talking afternoon when skies turn partly cloudy. right now there are some clouds around the bay and we are talking about very mild temperatures in the 60s." this is what i mean. look, from a roof camera, starting to see partly cloudy skies. so we are talking numbers in the 60s to start out. that sun coming up after 7:00. and also some raindrops to come your way perhaps this morning, favoring the north bay. we will squeeze in a pretty nice weekend and then we will see some more showers for monday.

maybe not the morning commute but the evening commute. 64 to follow. and concord this morning it's 60 in santa rosa and napa and delays of over an hour an arriving flights at sfo. some sprinkles this morning favoring the north bay. then partly cloudy, mild conditions. mid-and upper 70s. warmest locations today and tomorrow. rain develops on monday, probably by about 10:00, 11:00 in the north bay. spreading across the bay area throughout the day. we are talking an evening commute that will be wet on monday and more raindrops on tuesday. the big system holding off until wednesday. here's the first weaker system that is right now just off of crescent city. no one is looking at rain yet. it swings through quickly. then conditions will go downhill after the weekend. the next system, the stronger one, coming in on monday. and then the monday afternoon

commute will be wet so you really should clear out the storm drains, prepare for that rain coming our way not only on monday but we are talking about this area of high pressure that usually keeps us dry really phasing away throughout the middle of the week. by wednesday the next system heads our way which could bring one to three inches of rain in the higher elevations of the north bay mountains. we are talking about mountain snow above 7,000 feet, wendy conditions and then things really clear up here not until thursday. taking it hour by hour by monday morning, here we are at 9:00," 10:00. you will notice the green representing the rain from mendocino, so moment ma county, napa, and by the afternoon hours, look at the monday afternoon commute. we are wet in the east bay, the south bay. santa cruz mountains not so much. by the overnight hours things are just scattering. scattered showers. then we will look for the next system coming in, heavier system

tuesday into wednesday. 67 in the southern sierra. 69 in big sir with 80, maybe showers in los angeles. no 80s here. 76 livermore today. partly sunny skies with upper 60s san francisco. so mid-70s, a few upper 70s by tomorrow. maybe sprinkles this morning, a light shower mainly north and here comes the stronger system on monday. scattered showers tuesday and then wednesday it looks like a rainy day, back to normal thursday and friday. >> would you be interested in hearing the old almanac has to say. >> yes. >> above normal rainfall for northern california this year, especially troublesome mid-november and december and a rainy april and may. write that down. >> okay. >> you can read that. probably can't read it. lisa, thanks a lot. that's my forecast. >> okay. >> what's coming up at 7:00 coming up on "good morning

america"? good morning, dan. >> i wrote down that stuff in the farmer's almanac. to i appreciate that. >> we have big breaking news overnight. we have new developments in the targeted killing of this man, one of the most wanted terrorists on the planition, anwar al-awlaki. u.s. officials think they might have also taken out one of al-qaeda's top bomb makers. we will have the report coming up. and look at the newly released video of casey anthony. from the moment she learned her daughter's body was found. why they thought so hard to keep this under wraps. >> and she's known as the heavenly homemaker, but her daughter has painted a book that paints a rather helilish picture of growing up with martha stewart. this is a son rescuing his elderly father from a ravine after a six day search to find him just south of ewing, california, just north of l. a..

coming up, the incredible story of what one group of siblings did to bring their father home. that's a great story coming up at 7:00 your time. >> the martha stewart story, what is revealed in her book, did she actually burn some of the pies before serving it to the kids? >> actually there were no pies at all. apparently she didn't keep any food around the house, which is rather surprising. >> wow. good to watch just based on that. >> we like to give reasons for watching. and maybe i'll follow your inspiration and read from the farmer's almanac, as well. >> the old farmer's almanac. don't make that mistake. >> see ya, terry. >> ucla down on the farm, san jose state goes to colorado state, hoping to end a 16 game road losing streak. in major league baseball last night the american league got the playoffs start bud not before there was fallout from the boston red sox from their collapse at the end of the season. here's larry with the details in

this morning's sports. >> good morning, everybody. when you have catastrophic collapse, somebody is going to get blamed. in boston it's terry francona who is out as manager of the red sox. he led the sox to two world series titles, but this season boston capped off september with the biggest collapse in baseball history, blowing a nine game lead. francona was upset with the attitude and arrogance he perceived on the roster and clubhouse. he said after an eight-year run, the decision to leave was his. >> i think it's time for a new voice here. i was frustrated with some of my inabilities to get some things done here, and after talking to ownership at length, multiple times, i think it's the right thing to do for the organization and myself. >> the rays and rangers opening up the playoffs. six-year-old cooper stone tossed out the first pitch. his father, shannon, died at a

rangers game earlier this year when he fell over a railing. a lot of emotion in arlington. now the rays road a wave of momentum, as well as boston's collapse just to get into the playoffs. they are still riding the wave. johnny damon goes deep on wilson. and kelly shoppach, what happened to him? shoppach, a light-hitting catch er with two homeners this game. 22-year-old matt moore, his second major league start, went 7 scoreless, 2 hits, 6 strikeouts. the rays roll in game one, 9-0. >> three weeks ago in the minor leagues and to be part of this now and the postseason, it's something i never dreamed would happen this year. >> in the bronx, the pride of vallejos. c.c. sabathia in game one. trouble in the first inning. delmon young over the right and gone. 1-0, tigers. the yankees would answer in the bottom of the first. a-rod, a grounder to third. brendan inge could have had a play at the plate but he decides

to go to first place and that ties the score at jeter comes in. then it started pouring. the game was suspended. they will resume today with the score tied 1-1 and they will pick it up in the second inning, weather permitting. the raiders are getting set to host their second straight elite team from the east with the patriots visiting tomorrow. can they put up enough points to keep pace with john brady and company? two of the best offenses in football squaring off. both teams averaging more than 30 points a game. the second straight sellout crowd should expect the scoreboard to light up. >> two offenses that like to score points. i think both teams do things very well to get the ball in their playmaker's hands. new england likes to get the ball, and they have great tight ends. they have young receivers tom brady is tom. he will go out and distribute the ball around. >> the nfl upheld a five game suspension for tyrell prior.

remember when he was at iowa state was suspended for rules infractions. he said he would not allow a player to escape the consequences of bad behavior and get paid for doing so. what a finish for byu and the backup quarterback is cody hoffman. byu is down 24-20. on the final drive they go 96 yards. seconds left and the pass deflected and caught for a touchdown by marcus matthews, byu escapes and pandemonium in provo and the cougars win it, 27-24. unbelievable! see if we get that kind of a finish this afternoon when wisconsin takes on nebraska. it's big red against big red. that's at 5:00 p.m. on abc7. we will see you after that with another edition of lexus after the game. have a great weekend, everybody. i'm larry beil. >> next at 6:30. the buffet rule. and why warren buffett is taking

issue with the tax the rich proposal he inspired. >> he is not alone. the last minute rush to protect bay area students before they are locked out of school.

>> president obama is calling on congressional republicans to justify their opposition to his $447 billion jobs bill. in his weekly address the president wants them to spell out exactly which elements they like or dislike. >> are they against putting police officers and firefighters back on the job? are they against hiring construction workers to rebuild our roads and bridges and schools? are they against giving tax cuts to virtually every worker in small business in america? >> republicans are using their weekly address to pitch for legislation that reduces government red tape on businesses. the all-or-nothing proposals come up for consideration in the senate next month, but neither is likely to pass the divided legislature. president obama may have thought he had allie in warren buffett who recently admitted to paying only $6,000 in federal taxes, a lower rate than his secretary. before he said the rich should pay their fair share but yesterday he clarified that. here is abc7s wade freedman. >> it is one community we did not pick at random.

>> that is standard stuff in woodside where the average household income exceeds $200,000 a year and some make much, much more. it seemed like a perfect place for reactions to what warren buffet said about remaking america's tax structure. >> it isn't to have the rich pay more taxes, it's to have the ultrarich pay for taxes. >> and here we go again. the conclusion to a week that began monday, the president talking about high earners paying more to reduce the deficit. >> this is not an issue of do we somehow try to punish those who have done well. >> he thought warren buffet to be an allie in that until he made a clarification about drawing a mere line between the mere rich and the rich. >> the top taxpayers average 227 million of income per person and pay 21% rates on average. some pay 35% rates but that means a lot pay 15% or less. >> granted, woodside only has a few residents in that category and they weren't talking. among those who did we heard one

theme over and over. >> i'm a fan of proportional taxes. >> proportional of what? >> earnings and income. >> not necessarily who makes the most, but, you know, i'm in favor of a flat tax actually. >> what about those who make $250,000 a year, qualifying as rich? >> what would $250,000 buy in woodside? >> in terms of a house, nothing. >> in short, it's all relative. >> somebody that buys a stock index future and sells it 10 seconds later and gets 60% in long-term gains, they would have a different world to live in. >> it might be here, maybe not. from woodside, wayne freedman, abc7 news. >> a deadline is looming for students who have not gotten the whopping cough vaccine. they won't be allowed in school monday if they don't get the

shots. laura anthony has more. >> our principal, mr. johnston, will be notifying parents and doing a call. >> with deadline day upon them, nurse necessary oakland schools worked hard to get all their students the state-mandated whooping cough vaccine. that included sending a team from school to school giving last-minute shots. >> there you go, sweetheart. nice job. >> 1300 of oakland's 12,000 seventh through twelfth graders still need to get the vaccine or present a waiver from their parents excepting them from them. waivers are granted for religious or medical reasons only. >> there you go. good job! >> skyline senior came into the skyline clinic only after his girlfriend heard an announcement about the vaccine over the p. a. system. >> my girlfriend kind of dragged me over here. i tried to run, but that was the end of the story.

>> scott is 18 so he can give his own consent. for younger students the hangup seems to be in the home, where parents haven't signed or sent in the required paperwork with their student. >> we are continuing to do intensive outreach with those families. >> she is the health director for oakland unified schools. any student who has not received the vaccine or hasn't present add valid waiver will be turned away monday morning. >> we obviously plan to comply with state law. so students who have not been vaccinated cannot attend classes. >> he got his shot but he knows plenty of kids who have not. >> it's important. i mean, they don't want you to get sick. they should do it. >> now as of today, according to the district, only about 50 students have submitted those waivers. the district will lose $29 per student who is not in place starting next week. oakland schools will be running those shot clinics to get those

students back in class. those clinics will run all the way through next week. in oakland, laura anthony, abc7 news. take a look at these vaccine compliance figures for other large school district. san jose unified said only 11 students out of 32,000 still need to get the whooping cough vaccine. diablo, fewer than 100 students, and out of 15,000 still need the jack -- the vaccine. outside of oakland things are looking pretty good. not looking so good weather-wise, though. >> it's really partly cloudy this morning. not bad. temperatures mild. still a weak weather system to come this morning. >> that's nice, like a painting. >> yeah. we will squeeze in a pretty nice weekend before rain heads our way monday, tuesday and the big system heading in wednesday. i'll explain next. >> all right. also ahead, how children with

autism are improving their language skills. yes,

>> do you want to so a gorgeous shot. the water on the bay. look at that ceiling? it is sitting there saying i am a ceiling. almost as flat as a ceiling.

lisa is here to explain everything we just saw. >> not what you said. >> no. >> she is in charge of weather. >> we are looking at a weak weather system this morning. then we will see a nice weekend. and, boy, an early season rain headed our way. >> another beauty. >> partly cloudy skies. we will look at sprinkles favoring the north bay this morning. and because of that, we will look at temperatures held down a bit for the afternoon hours because we will recover with some sunshine, but, you know, the cool down has been underway since last week. we will see mid-70s at best today and tomorrow. but look where we are starting out. quite mild, 64 hayward. 62 in the city with over hour delays at sfo. we have sprinkles on the way, mainly for the north bay between now and 11:00. by about noon after that we see partly cloudy skies, mild numbers, and then the rain arrives, not for your monday

morning commute but by the afternoon and the evening commute. this is the way it looks now. the atlanta and radar composite. here's the weak system i was talking about. it gets spread out as it heads closer to the california coastline. that's why we are looking at some clouds and sprinkles. then this system is in control of the whether this system but this system is a little stronger. it brings us maybe a quarter inch of rain by monday afternoon, monday evening. that one pushes through. some leftover showers on tuesday. then right on its heels we are looking at the next system that will make it all the way into the sierra nevada. we are talking anywhere from an inch to three inches in the north bay mountains, and we are looking at some very gusty winds. snow above 7,000 feet in the sierra nevada. we will take you day-by-day, starting out at about 6:00 in the morning. so this is around the morning commute on monday.

it doesn't look all that wet. in fact, we are looking at mendocino county, sonoma county. but you can plan on the rain because this is still about three days out. plan on showers to start out and then by monday afternoon, here comes the front. it pushes into the east bay. we are talking showers for concord and san francisco, perhaps livermore by the evening, and then leftover showers into tuesday. then we have our next system wishes will allow for more generous rain on wednesday. 88 in fresno. 76 sacramento. showers around palm springs and back home we are talking a mild afternoon with some sun. in san francisco 68 today. 72 in san mateo, mid-70s, partly cloudy skies for concord and livermore today with 74 in san jose. so after these morning showers push on through, we will see more clouds favoring the north bay. but really brightening up around the bay. here's the look ahead. we are talking on sunday upper 70s. so almost as knows.

and monday, here comes the showers. tuesday scattered showers left over. it's wednesday system that we are looking at to bring you unseasonably wet day. it's not very typical to see this much rain, of course, in early october. but by thursday and friday it's behind us and we are back to dry, sunny and mild. >> the rain will be in north bay, and goes all the way down to. >> i think everyone could see about -- south bay, east bay, maybe a half in and much more in the north bay. san francisco upwards of an inch. decent. >> lisa, thanks a lot. >> okay. >> more travelers are using the convenience of the internet to book trips online but for one family an online booking resulted in them being charged double for a vacation. here's michael finney with their story. we do not have that story. we can do a story now about a

new -- take a break i'm being told in my ear. let's go along with what the director says.

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and communicate like never before. as abc7s lyanne melendez explains. using an ipad makes a difference for children on the autism spectrum. >> i pop the red balloon. >> i pop the red balloon. >> nice job. >> this is a tool she uses to help her autistic students improve their language skills. >> it's a pracical way to use an educational tool in the classroom that ads to what you are doing because you are eliciting language all day long. that's all i want to do, get language for the kids. >> she has been testing an app called in-genie made by a company in albany. >> are you ready to plant your last one? >> yes. >> okay. nena is engaged, something that doesn't become naturally to kids on the autism spectrum. and ms. johnson is with the project. she said the auditory and visual cues help these kids retain new words. >> the modeling of language is really important. >> here's another game.

>> children will dig right in and experience it for themselves. >> that back and forth action done when sheering the sheep develops their fine motor skills, needed to start writing. it also allows her to move around and teach anywhere in the classroom. it also encourages independent play. shana of redwood city still remembers the phone call she said changed her son's life. >> out of the blue i got a phone call that said i won an ipad and i said, okay, that sounds great. >> leo was already using an ipod touch with little success. >> he has problems with fine motor skills, and so it didn't matter how fun the apps were if he couldn't manipulate them properly. >> but the bigger screen on the ipad changed everything. >> i wrote a word. i think it was "goat" and i started writing g-o, and he said, "go" and i wrote the a-t, and he said, "goat." i thought what's next?

>> leo attends the autism center in san jose. >> this group uses several learning tools, including the more traditional one but he often loses his focus. leo has much better results when working with a touch screen and sticks with it for a long time. apple contacted shannon after she blogged about the results. >> this is something that my son can do. he doesn't need me. i don't want him to have to need me all the time. and when steve jobs announced the launch of the ipad-2, leo was one of the kids featured in the video behind him. today the number of apps designed for children with autism and those with learning issues continues to learn. the in-genie one. it costs $49.99. and there's a list of favorite

apps for children with learning disabilities and shannon has compiled her own list on her blog. >> debbie of "parents helping parents" have studies hundreds of them. >> in ten years it will be wearable. they will become just a part of our outfit. >> and shannon and leo will be first in line to try them out. in san jose, lyanne melendez, abc7 news. there is a conference on autism today at santa clara university to find out about that, or the in-genie app that leeann mentioned there. go to our website abc7 and click on "see it on tv." >> more travelers are using the convenience of the internet to book trips john lean. for one family booking it online resulted in being charged double for a vacation. here's michael finney with their story.

>> she has fond memories of the family's vacation in palm springs. >> we laid out, relaxed, tanned, went up on the tram, had a nice time. >> joanna said booking was simple, too. she went online to hotels.com and reserved a room at the ace hotel and paid the room charges all at once. >> it was just convenient. when i decided to book i didn't is to call anyone, i just did it over the internet. >> however, it turned out things weren't quite so simple. two months after hotel.com charged her for the room, ace hotel also charged her credit card for the same room. >> i thought this is simple. they made a mistake. i'll call the hotel since it was ace hotel that charged me, and i did. they said, no, we never got paid from hotels.com. >> they wouldn't refund her money saying they never received payment from hotel.com. but the online booking site told joanna it was ace hotel mistake. >> and they will be issuing me a credit and i would see it on my

next statement. but that didn't happen. >> she said ace hotel had every right to charge her for the room. what about getting her money back from hotels.com? the bank said she missed the 60-day deadline to dispute that charge. >> he was really upset at that point because now i paid both charges. >> joanna said she kept calling the hotel, her bank and hotels.com but could not get a refund. >> okay, i said this is it, i'm really angry now and now i'm going call channel 7 on your side. >> and she did contact us and we contacted hotels.com asking why joanna was charged twice. the company said there was a rare miscommunication between the hotel and hotels.com that resulted in the hotel not being paid. the mix-up started when joanna cancelled one day of the reservation and hotels.com rebooked the room. after it was sorted out they did reverse charges on joanna's account and provided a $100

travel voucher on top of it. >> that was the first time i actually contacted channel 7 on your side and it was amazing. >> when you stay at a hotel, typically you must provide a credit card to cover any unpaid services. so if you have paid for your room through a website or travel agent, make sure the hotel received that money before you actually check in and even when you check out. remember, credit card companies aren't legally required to dispute charges that are more than 60 days old. i'm michael finney, 7 on your side. coming up next, this weekend thousands of people will flock to golden gate park for free live music. the annual hardly strictly bluegrass festival.edededededed

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a free concert is taking over golden gate park. hardly strictly bluegrass is in its 11th year and some say it gets more hardly strictly every year. abc7ths don sanchez explains. ♪ >> you throw in solid rock n' roll from san francisco's own chris isaac, who lives just two blocks from the park, add some funk. ♪ nobody knows the >> and why it's called hardly strictly bluegrass. founder warren hellman said he started the event so he can play banjo with the bands, but there is more.

>> just to recreate a bit of woodstock and to give hundreds of thousands of people pleasure for a few days. >> it's become such a special event, musicians want to play here. >> we're not thinking about politics, we aren't thinking about anything else but music. >> thousands share the experience and catching groups on six stages requires planning. >> it requires a bit of timing, a sense for the show. and if you think it's time to pull the parachute and run to the other stage, you do it. >> pull the parachute? must be a canadian thing. >> for me it's going to be robert plant. >> they don't sell alcohol here and you are not supposed to smoke, but some folks do flash back to another time in this park. >> it's a throwback to the '60s. people come out. >> you can learn something here. when dan akroyd was in college he caught blues charlie musselwhite performing.

he's the inspiration for the blues brothers. >> i would come in, wearing shades and the black suit and may harp case, and that's where he got the idea for the work. ♪ >> all right. that was chris isaac going into the crowd with 930 bands, get intimate with the performers. so much more is coming. it's, of course, a three-day event. with 90 bands. warren hellman tells me he is already working on next year's number 12. in goalen gate park, i'm don sanchez. abc7 news. >> finally, let's check in again with lisa. >> tomorrow is a sunnier today but today we are looking at sprinkles. numbers in the mid-70s. the next rainmaker comes monday. it will be showers on tuesday, bigger rain on wednesday. >> a lot of rain, too. thanks for joining us on the abc7 saturday morning news. the next newscast at 8:00 a.m. keep track of the latest breaking news on twitter.

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