firefighters are watching for hotspots in a fire that burned four bay view homes. and the death toll rises after this weekend's devastating tornadoes. >> under clear skies we are are starting out just a little bit warmer today. 72 downtown in san francisco this afternoon. >> good sunday morning. i'm terry mcsweeney. carolyn tyler has the morning off. great to have you here. dozens are waking up in shelter after being burn out of their homes last night. the three alarm fire in the bayview district left 28 people homeless, including some children. arson investigators are trying to figure out if the fire on oakdale was accidental or purposely set. it started about 9:30 last night in an abandoned building and quickly spread to three attached

rowhouses. [foreign language] >> she said her neighbor was banging on her door telling her to get up show she woke up for family and they ran out to the street. three ambulances were dispatched to the scene as a precaution but no one was hurt. minutes after getting that fire under control, crews responded to another blaze, this time downtown. it kept firefighters busy through the early morning hours. no word on injuries or how is started. another bay area fire burned a barn in fairfax. it began a little after 5:00 yesterday after at the miran stables. it's been there since 1937. the barn was there for many years and housed horses. all managed to get out safely. an electrical problem may have been the problem there. >> this morning they are cleaning up across the midwest

and south after a series of deadly tornadoes left a swath of destruction, killing 39 people, including one in kentucky. -- or 20 in kentucky. you see one of them in this video. more than 100 struck across nine states. abc scott goldberg reports from one of the hardest hit areas, henryville, indiana. >> overnight in henryville the streets and so many homes were empty. a curfew kept the town's 2,000 residents a save distance from the downed power compliance -- lines and debris. >> at this time we are actually kind of shifting gears. we are actually turning into what we call a cleanup mode. >> the ef-4 tornado brought winds up to 175 miles an hour to town and ripped the roof off the high school. the 11 students that hid in the principal's office survived, and so did gina scott who works there. >> i didn't expect it to look like this when we opened up the door. >> three hours to the east, this is what is left of rest liberty, kentucky, after another twister.

>> about a mile and a half to two mile wide through town. >> a dozen tornadoes hit kentucky, part of the same system that brought more than a hundred tornadoes through the country's midsection from the ohio valley to the gulf coast. >> it's an alert, it's an alert. >> in alabama cell phone warnings saved people who now have to recover from their second tornado in less than year. back in linville, restaurant owner saved himself by going into the basement. he came uptears to find a school bus in the dining room >> we are fortunate nobody got hurt >> but the stories of loss are heart-wrenching. a 4-year-old boy ripped from his mother's armed died. a two-year-old girl also found in a field survived but the family members found with her did not. across indiana police say they haven't counted the number of injuries or the number of people left homeless. to make matters worse, today's

forecast calls for cold and maybe snow. scott, abc news, henryville, indiana. >> police have identified the victim of a fatal shooting in east oakland. after responding to reports after shooting yesterday morning. officers found 18-year-old william majia dead. he was on stone ford avenue. he was found with multiple gunshot wounds, this is oakland's 21st homicide of the year. san jose police say the one-time held angel member accused of shooting another gang member as a funeral was severely beaten before he pulled out his gun. our media partner said he was attacked several times before he shot the man last october. the man died at the hospital. according to a court filing, the person was one of two people who kicked him in san jose. he is due back in court in may. -- or march 15th. a tracey man credits his training in san francisco for the rescue after 15-month-old story. great story.

on friday the boy wandered into his backyard and fell into the family's koi pond. the family found him, took him out of the street, ran into the street with his boy in the help screaming for help. the next door neighbor just happens to know cpr. >> he didn't have a pulse when i started. he wasn't breathing. he took the gasp for air and his pulse came back. >> and then i heard his votes -- voice calling. i can't tell you the feeling. >> turns out kathy, who didn't know his neighbor until this happened, learned cpr as a reserve police officer for the san francisco pd. the boy's father said he's getting rid of the koi pond. and a play that overturned prop 58 in california was seen all over the world last night. it was streamed over youtube and abc7 was there. >> it's a star-studded reading of the play 8. the play is presently on broadway in new york. tonight google hosted the one

time west coast reading of the federal court's transcripts when it overturned proposition 8. more than 100 people attended a screening at the center in san francisco. >> really great opportunity to show the world what happened inside that proposition 8 trial since the videotapes were not released. >> this is the first time many people here learned about what was said inside the courtroom. the reading of the play in los angeles had such stars as brad pitt as the judge and george clooney. there was laughter and tears at the screening. proponents of prop 8 said they don't think much of the the play. they said the way the actors portrayed the transcript wasn't accurate. >> this man is a supporter and watched it on his computer. >> the question of the emphasis that one places upon the words, how one presents them, and that can convey a totally different sense of meaning. >> he believes that same-sex marriage is destructive. >> it will be a disaster for society because the historically

the marriage was not based on whether two people loved each other, but it was society's permission four couple to have children. >> those who watched the play here had different opinions about the play. >> this is defiant. this is saying we're not accepting that. we are going to tell you what they said in this courtroom. and it's very powerful. >> diane and jewell are married and were also plaintiffs in the original case against prop 8. >> google would decide to air something like this that all of those wonderful actors would want to participate. that's a big change over the last decade. >> it's hard to have a full set of emotions because it still is going through the course. >> in san francisco, abc7 news. coming up next, the historic bay area visit by israel's president, shimon peres arrived.

just as local iranian americans perform a day of service to

>> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >> israeli president shimon peres will be flying in tonight. it's the first time an israeli president has visited the bay area. >> he will be hosted next week. signs have sprung up warning of parking restrictions in a neighborhood surrounding a historic temple tuesday when he is scheduled to speak here. >> i think it's great. i think it's acknowledging the importance of the israeli president in san francisco where

he definitely has a big presence >> the tour will include a public address at the temple, but most visits will be with facebook giant mark zuckerberg and the head of cisco systems and the head of google. he is mostly a government figure head, but he's highly respected as a statesman. >> it's that shimon peres was here and it wouldn't matter what he was when he came, everybody would be interested in meeting him and hearing him. >> the visit comes at a time when people are concerned about rising tensions with iran. >> i think these are perilous times because israel and the world in general is in danger from the iranian nuclear threat. >> peres spoke earlier this week to barbara walters about the iranian situation and the concern the government has about what israel might do. >> all of us agree iran shouldn't have a nuclear bomb. then all options are on the table.

including bombing? >> all options. not specified. >> abc7 news. >> that visit is going to be lasting through thursday. the consulate general's office said peres wants to connect with young people to advance the cause of peace in the middle east. >> and some local iranian americans gave a day of work this week. the work at the san francisco today bank was sponsored around the bay area by the national iranian american council. the hard work and giving was in stark contrast to events in their homeland. iran is moving forward with their nuclear program. the u.s. and israel considers it a big threat and israel may strike iran on its own. >> hopefully israel doesn't go in alone, but israel has an issue as well. iran is talking about blog them off the map and things like that, and that's obviously troublesome. i think israel and america and all the other countries can come

to a diplomatic solution. >> friday's elections in iran favored the conservative opposition, meaning they will most likely continue with the nuclear program. the folks at the food bank yesterday said they are hoping for peace. lisa argen joins us now talking about a great day yesterday. if you like it warm, it will be greater today. >> right. really getting toward shorts and t-shirt weather. >> i was there yesterday. >> right. >> in fact i was there the day before that, too. >> all winter long, right? back in december. here's mount tam and the sun just about up. you notice how beautiful it is out there. 50 san francisco, 47 oakland, 44 san jose. you said it, even warmer today. i will pinpoint those numbers next. >> also as americans deal with severe weather, take a look at what's going on down under. more on the flooding coming up in just a little bit. land o'lakes spreadable butter with canola oil

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be definitely warm. even if you need it warm, really warm, it's going to be very, very nice down on the beach today in surf city. one man dead and thousands stranded as devastating floods move across southeastern australia. this morning a body of a 43-year-old man was found in new south wallets. he was washed down a swollen river. they tried to drive across the river. they didn't make it. the flooding forced people to evacuate to higher ground. water level is expected to stay high the next 24 hours before receding. and perhaps that woman there can return to her home. all right. lisa argen is here now to talk about -- i was looking at that beach in santa cruz, and i have to tell you, first week of march when it's good to be at the beach in santa cruz, that's a good day. >> yeah, or stinson or anywhere around here today much we will see probably some 60s at our coast with a late sea breeze. we are talking above normal

again today. i don't think we will see record warmth, but heavenly right now, 19 degrees at the tahoe valley airport. this is a look at heavenly. there will be skiing today, despite the mid-50s for afternoon highs. we do have some snow showers for tuesday in the forecast. and back home it's clear, 6:36 is the official sunrise. san jose has had just a little over 3 inches of rain for the season. 27% of normal for san jose. with an afternoon high of 66, they will be well into the 70s today. about 10 degrees above the average. so not really working out for us in terms of climatological precip where it should be this time of year. it is what it is. 50 in san francisco with upper 30s in napa and fairfield. so this morning, 24 hours ago we were cooler. right now five degrees warmer

than we were yesterday morning. oakland, redwood city, san jose, and three degrees warmer in los gatos. the coast not as windy. we are clear everywhere. warmer every are today. cooler and breezier tomorrow. we have a little bit of precip headed our way monday night into tuesday and maybe tipping the rain buckets in some parts of the bay. back to today, here are the forecasted highs. low 70s in san francisco, as well as redwood city. mid-70s elsewhere. records for this date, we only have to make it into the upper 70s in the city but the low 80s elsewhere. i think we could see some 80 in the central coast, perhaps monterey, salinas, gilroy we could see records shattered because of this huge dome of high pressure carving out dry, stable, warm air over the bay area and much of california. in fact gusty winds continue. the circulation around the high bringing the santana winds into

southern california. for us it's the short term, but as the high continues to fade and move to the east of us, we will see the onshore flow. but today nothing doing. the ridge is still in place and we are looking at more widespread 70s. here comes the trough tomorrow. notice a few more clouds and by late tomorrow, overnight monday into tuesday we have the chance of showers from miran to sonoma. then is kind of limps through the rest of the bay area in the we early morning hours of tuesday. then we are looking at partly cloudy skies. still cool tuesday. the ridge continues to build into the middle to the end of the work week. today 60s in the suggests earn earn -- southern sierra. in the city, 72. san mateo 72. mid-70s. there's your beach whether, santa cruz and the look ahead. we are talking cooler, breezy, maybe a few drops into early

tuesday and then we are mild again. but that's not the whole picture. that's why you keep tuning in. >> right. >> things will change again into the middle of march. >> do you think we can get a surf report out of you later on? >> well, maybe. >> all right. thanks a lot. we are joined from new york to tell us what is happening at seven on "good morning america" and good morning to you. >> good morning, terry. i want a surf report, too. >> come on out. >> and i want an invitation. >> you've got one. >> happy sunday morning to you. unfortunately we are going to start with some rather tragic news. we are getting photos of the scene, the carnage, towns torn upside down. the powerful tornadoes that ripped through the midwest and the south. incredible stories of survival as well. one little girl angel survived the unthinkable. also, a bizarre case, unbelievable medical mix-up. a pharmacy in new jersey at a

major drugstore chain gave kids a cancer drug instead of fluoride. parents are outraged. more on that story coming up as well. plus the shocking double life of a high school star. listen to this. she was a rising student, former president of the student council, arrested for robbing a bank, and there's more to her secret life we will tell you about. i don't know if you watched saturday night live last night. you probably go to bed too early. but if you watched on youtube or dvr it, someone made a comeback to television, lindsey lohan. the big question can her comeback repair her bad girl image or is it irreparable. we will go through all the stories on gma. >> when i see lindsey lohan, i find myself rooting for her to beat all those things that seem to be interfering with what could be a fantastic career. >> you have to think this is the time, right? this the opportunity finally. you are right, she's very talented actress. i think a lot of people forget that. >> look forward to that story.

thank you very much and look forward to seeing it. >> bye-bye. >> the oakland a's introduce their brand new player today and which college teams will have the cinderella dream when march madness begins? mike shumann said that's being determined right now. then flying through the line and off the glass before the break, a career high 24 points for doolen. here's the gaels in the half. to brad waldo. gives them their first lead with 12 minutes left and the dons never get back on top. the floater in the lane. saint mary's win and advance to the conference championship monday night in las vegas.

the stanford men face today and thanks of ucla's upset of washington yesterday they can clinch a bid for the title with a win over the cardinals brewer playing spoiler second half. now a minute left. tied at 69. tyler lamb misses the three. travis ware with the put-back. bruins up 2. huskies trying to steal it late. grant can't connect. bruins win it, opening the door for cal to grab a share of the pac- 12 title later today. wcc women's tournaments. semifinals. the gaels hanging in. cala, 31 points. gonzaga ends the gaels season with the victory. and linsanity. jeremy lin and the knicks head to boston to take on the celtics for a 10:00 tipoff.

the giants ready to make a run for the title. they began their quest yesterday facing arizona. tim lincecum coming off the first losing season of his career, goes two innings, strikes out two, but allows a run off of four hits. giants get on the board in the second. brandon crawford ripped a two-run single into the hole. and also three hits and a home run. the d-backs win it 9-6. giants take on the brewers today. >> and a 26-year-old will replace scott sizemore who will miss the season with a torn left acl on the 40-man roster and he will be introduced today. a's and mariners yesterday. a great debut for parker, who came over on the trevor deal. ed a's pounded out 16 hits. there was also a two-run homer. the a's win, 9-2. to the ice sharks. hosting st. louis. they had anti niemmi singing the

blues three minutes in. blues on the power play. niemmi chasing the puck. bounces to macdonald. are you kidding me? 1-0, blues. later in the period, torrey mitchell throws it on net. it trickles in. the sharks first goal in more than 123 minutes ties it at 1. takes the blues just 20 seconds to respond. t.j. tips it in and the blues prevent the sharks from retaking first place with a 3-1, victory. third round of the pga on da -- honda classic. 22-year-old roy mcillroy has a chance to take over number one in the world. on 11, 47 feet, got it. up two shots on english and gillis. english is a 22-year-old rookie. also shoots a 66. the birdie chip here. rare when two 22 year olds are in the final group these days. five players within four shots of the lead.

no gimmee for mcelroy. that's the way the ball bounces. i'm mike shumann. see you again at five. have a great day. >> coming up at 5:30. romney on a roll in the gop race for president. can the other republicans catch up, as we move toward super tuesday? plus big changes in what kind of food is being served up by santa clara county. you might be surprised. interesting menu coming up next.

>> good morning, i'm terry mcsweeney. carolyn tyler has the morning off. thank you very much for joining us. 28 people, including some children, are homeless this morning after a three alarm fire ripped through their san francisco homes overnight. the fire started in abandoned building in the bayview district. it quickly spread to three other attached row houses. investigators say the fire on oakdale street started about 9:30 last night. it took crews an hour and a half to get the blaze under control. how is started is still a mystery.

>> an arson team is on scene and they will be conducting their investigation to determine cause and origin and they are also talking to the residents and trying to get a hold of the property owners of the building. >> no one injured, but the red cross is helping displaced families find temporary housing. republican presidential contender mitt romney chalked up a win in washington state this weekend. it is his fourth victory ahead of next week's super tuesday contest. he picked up 37% of the votes in washington. ron paul, 25%, rick santorum, 24%. newt gingrich back at 11%. abc has the latest on the campaign. >> ron paul greeted voters in washington. gingrich, sanford and romney sprinted into ohio. >> get out and vote on tuesday! thank you so much! >> super tuesday, that is. ten states voting and romney seems to have a spring in his step in ohio, closing the gap on sanford. >> -- on santorum.

obviously if i got the nod from the people of ohio, that would send a big statement. romney knows his opponent has a problem. santorum didn't fell out all the paperwork in ohio so more than a quarter, up to 18 of ohio's delegates, could be out of reach. romney's campaign jumped on the mistake, calling into question santorum's ability to run an organized campaign, and therefore the country. gingrich joined in, two. >> there are a number of places where we have filed delegates and some other folks haven't, so we have a chance because we have a pretty good number of delegates. >> santorum tried to brush it all off. >> that's okay. if that's the only thing they find is a problem with my candidacy, we are in pretty good shape. >> just two days of campaigning left with ten states to cover. the candidates are picking places where's they think they can pick up some votes. except for newt gingrich, who is doing some talk shows and taking sunday off. abc news, washington. in the overall race for delegates, romney leads with 185, santorum has 90, gingrich

33, ron paul 23. keep in mind it takes 1,144 delegates to win the nomination. conservative talk show host rush limbaugh has apologized to a law student for calling her a slut and a prostitute. he directed his words at sandra fluke after she testified on capitol hill. she was supporting the obama policy that would require employers to offer birth control in their healthcare plans. after some advertisers pulling their ads, he said he spoke wrong words and he didn't intend a personal attack on fluke. >> gas prices skyrocket up another cent overnight. prices have gone up daily for the past 36 days. they are up a total of 30 cents in the last 30 days. national average now $3.76 a gallon. whoever thought that would look good. here in california the average

is $4.40 per gallon of regular. cancer survivors are gathering in san francisco this weekend for the 11th annual breast cancer conference. the conference is sponsored by the cancer prevention institute of california. the patients were taught how to communicate with doctors so the women can get the latest information on treatments and the role of genetics in breast cancer. >> it's aimed primarily at women but we encourage family and friends. there are a number of men have come for their daughters, for their wives, and occasionally men get breast cancer as well. every once in a while we will have a man here with breast cancer. >> the conference is held every year on the first saturday of march. the cancer preventionñr institue of california tracks patterns of cancer throughout the speier population and identifies those at risk for developing cancer.

some new nutritional guidelines approved in santa clara county mean big changes are coming. it affects everything from what is in county vending machines to the meals served to jail inmates. abc7's corina rusk has a look at what is in store. >> the food served in this santa clara county calf fear yeah will soon be healthier. the board of super advisers unanimously passed a new man date demanding items served in county facilities be more nutritious with specific guidelines for fat, sugar and salt. >> people have more options. >> starting july 1st the county is implementing what may be the strictest nutritional standards in the nation. hospitals and jails will see the biggest changes. some foods fried or contain too much sugar will be eliminated all together. >> we know the obesity epidemic is just as severe here in santa clara county as it is everywhere. it certainly harms individuals' health and also is costing the county millions and millions of dollars. >> there will also be change on what you can buy on county owned or leased vending machines. no more soda or junk food. >> the county already requires half of the beverages and snacks stocked in the vending machines

be health alternatives. the new policy goes all the way and some say too far. >> i think it's a personal responsibility to make your meal more nutritious, not the county's. i think people need to take responsibility for their own diet. >> the people behind the campaign they say the county is not trying to dictate what people should eat but lead by example >> we've been doing it but this is a major effort in walking the talk and doing something. and hopefully others in the country will take our example and utilize it. >> santa clara county was also on the cutting edge when it first tackled fast food kids meals and menu labeling for restaurant chains. abc7 news. >> if you live, work or visit san francisco there are dozens ever place us can sit and enjoy the view but many you may not

know about. carolyn tyler explains. a city lawmaker wants a change. >> they are called popos, privately owned public open places. plaza's and small parks that dot small town san francisco. >> i have a map and keep it on my desktop at work, and if i have time at lunch i go and visit one. i bring my lunn were. >> you might need a map to find the popo he is enjoying. it's on the roof of the mechanics bank building in the financial district. there's a plaque on the outside of the building inviting you up, as there are signs for all the privately-owned public open spaces. but you have to know where to look. >> i don't want to say they have deliberately tried to hide the spaces, but the fact of the matter is if you go around the downtown area it's just not easy to find the spaces. we want to make it easier for the public. >> supervisor david chu is working on a measure to increase the size and placement of the

signs. since 1985 city law has required downtown develop efforts to include these spaces and they are responsible for the upkeep. the buildings owners and management association said current properties should not be affected by any new city mandates. >> if they want to put some new rules on how you advertise these privately owned publicly accessible spaces, that's something for new projects and new issues down the road. but don't change the rules that were approved already on existing building owners. >> the issue of popos was addressed in a 2009 report by spur, the san francisco planning and urban research association, which counted 68 of what it calls the city's best kept secrets. >> the way that they function as public spaces is only as good as people utilize them. so if nobody knows about them and nobody is talking about them, and nobody is using them, then they really don't serve their intended purpose. >> and spur has a guide to all the popos throughout

san francisco. we have a link on our website, abc7news.com. just click on "see it on tv." in san francisco, carolyn tyler, abc7 news. >> if you are wondering why she isn't sitting here, she's taking the weekend off. what is going on with her? she will be back next week, though. >> good day to do that. we will see plenty of sun. enjoy it, we have a cool down on the way. but not yet. in fact, we are talking about maybe temperatures getting near record warmth. i'll explain but still a few raindrops to talk about as well. that's coming up. >> plus, the polar baron cub who was an internet star before he could even walk and now he can do that, too. we will show you.

>> we have a great day ahead of

us. lisa argen is talking about temperatures in the 70s. might dip into the 80s here and there. we will find out exactly where here and there in a little bit. the sea otter considered the most important in the otter research program has died. tula was rescued on a beach back in 2001. despite a brain condition that prevented her from being released back into the wild, she became the first otter to serve as surrogate mom for stranded pups. tula died of natural causes. she was 16. a baby polar bear who has become an internet sensation just took his first steps at a wildlife park in denmark. here it is. [baron sounds] >> sights and sounds. even though he's a bit wobbly, he eventually got up on all four feet in the snow. seeku was born in late november, but his mother couldn't produce any milk, so park staff are caring for the cub until he's old enough to join the big bears.

until then he sleeps right there. he's with his keepers and a stuffed polar bear. you hear everybody saying ooh and awe. don't come out of the video. stay with it as long as possible because the bear is so cute. >> very cute. he wants that cold, cold weather. >> nothing around here. >> we are spilled all winter long. numbers continue to rise. in fact we will see four degrees warmer in san francisco than yesterday. we were in the upper 60s. 72 today. here's a look at heavenly at the tahoe valley airport. we are at 19 degrees. highs today there in the mid-50s. and back home from our sutro camera, nice and sunny. san francisco, you have only had 40% of normal. 7 one-third inches. rain for the season. average high should be 62 degrees. today three to four feet surf

out there. it's looking good. the water temperature only at about 50 degrees. so we are looking at chilly conditions in the water, but beaches today, probably a popular place to be with numbers in the upper 60s. everyone else in the 30s. 38 in napa. we are looking at 37 in fairfield right now. so temperatures are a little bit warmer this morning. look at that, 50 san francisco, 42 in in redwood city, as well s half moon bay, and 45 in mountain view. 24 hour temperature change. warmer everywhere from three degrees in san francisco to six degrees warmer yesterday morning in mountain view. so it's clear everywhere this morning. temperatures will be warmer on the average of two to five degrees warmer today than yesterday. and we will see cooler and breezy conditions arrive tomorrow with a few raindrops possible monday night into tuesday, as the trough replaces this huge dome of high pressure that's been firmly in control of

our weather the past few days. here's the expected highs today, low to mid-70s. that's well above normal. but records maybe around the central coast, monterey we could see some records because we would have to make it up into the upper 70s in san francisco to the low 80s to see records. enjoy the mild weather today because you will feel an adisrupt change tomorrow with some very gusty winds and some much cooler air, as much as five to ten degrees cooler. but today with the high in place, things are calm. the atmosphere is pretty quiet and everything is in balance, the way it likes to be. with that ridge in control, still we are looking at a slight offshore flow. and today, with the high pressure ridge in control we are looking at quiet weather all the way through tomorrow. let's say the early morning hours because then by the afternoon we begin to see the winds kick up. 70s today. and with the forecast models for the next couple days, here are

the changes. with the clouds overnight and then by monday night into tuesday, perhaps a few raindrops from the sonoma county coast to the san mateo coast. then we get back into partly cloudy skies. but temperatures won't be warming back up until the middle of the week. so today another warm day. the warmest day of the week. we will look for 63 in the southern sierra. 85 in palm springs. back home how about 74 oakland. san jose, and livermore 74. upper 70s here. salinas 78, as well as hollister, and look ahead. much cooler, breezy, turning partly cloudy in the afternoon. maybe a few raindrops monday night into tuesday. some snow showers in the sierra tuesday. then more mild weather right into the end of the work week. >> you know how amazing she is, you got in the surf report? >> well, yeah. three to four feet. >> that's a surf report. >> just high. >> all right. check it out. >> you ask for it, you get it. fantastic. thank you very much, lisa.

here's a question. who would you use this device on? it's a new high-tech device who can silence anyone who speaks out of turn. yes, created in japan, the speech gun operates on the concept of delayed auditory feedback. the sound is played back .2 seconds later. it confuses the brain, making it nearly impossible to talk. researchers say it doesn't cause any physical harm, it just confuses the mind. developers say it can be used to silence people in libraries or maybe to shut people up so company meetings don't drag on too long. but you critics say it could put free speech at risk if the gun is used to eye lens protesters or speakers with unpopular views. speech gun. a sweet victory indeed for an enterprising man in pet aluminum ma. what started out as a small business is a booming success. after you see this you may ever look at our local cows quite the same way again. here is jonathan bloom.

>> petaluma has an awful lot of cows, and it turns out their milk is part of something utterly unusual. >> all the happy california cows. >> this is neil, who left a job in corporate america six years ago to start an ice cream shop. >> i wanted to do something to combine the inner do-gooder in me along with the dirty capitalist. i felt organic ice cream would be a good compromise but he had no idea how good it would be. filled entirely with milk and cream from local dairies, he told us the material for three continues of ice cream. >> this is just the milk. >> spins it around and around in the freezer. >> until it gets to the front and ice cream comes out frozen, which is why this pipe itself is frozen. >> where does it go from there? a giant machine that spits out a perfectly swirled pipe every two seconds. his ice cream became so popular that two years ago he opened the

nation's only fully organic ice cream factory right here in petaluma. >> this freezer is bigger than our first store. >> employees wrapped in eskimo coats stack up 12,000 pints a day. soon they will be sold at whole foods store in all 50 states. >> this freezer is so cold it makes it difficult to think. negative 20 degrees now. i can't feel my fingertips and it will be negative 30 in here overnight. this is the secret for hardening the pints of ice cream. >> but it was a simple recipe and a fair price. >> it's still high in fat and sugar but that's what makes it delicious. >> in petaluma, jonathan bloom. >> i don't think i will stop. i might jump in there as well. >> abc7 news. don't go away. 7 on your side coming up next. so, this is delicious okay... is this where we're at now, we just eat whatever tastes good? like these sweet honey clusters... actually there's a half a day's worth of fiber in every ... why stop at cereal? bring on the pork chops and the hot fudge. fantastic.

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millions of americans buy cell phones at a discount or get them free with a service contract. you may notice despite the deal,

you pay tax on the full price of the phone. but that might be changing. 7 on your side's michael finney is here with the story. >> the tax is $45. >> john couldn't resist. at&t was offering i-phones for just $49 with a two-year contract. john marched right down to get one. then the shock. >> the price of the phone in the end was not $49, it was double that. >> john is still fuming. here you see he was charged $49 for the i-phone. but the sales tax was another $45. nearly as much as the phone itself. certainly more than the 8.5% tax he was expecting. >> how can tax be 100%? it's a $50 phone. they said, no, the total price and the tax is based on the presale amount. >> john was upset with at&t for failing to display the full price. but the carrier said it's the state charging a sales tax, not the company. here it is. regulation 1585 says if you

receive a cell phone at a discount or for free with a wireless plan, you still have to pay sales tax on the full retail price. a big tax. the new i-phones cost upwards of $500 without a contract. >> there's a lot of goofy things in the way california does things. >> this state senator said it's not fair. he proposed a bill to charge sales tax on the actual price you pay, not the full retail value. >> it's a matter of fairness. frankly, it's pretty common sense. >> the state board of equalization enacted the regulation back in 1999. a spokesman said the sales tax rule is based on the fact that mandatory service contracts are taxable. the board says consumers receive a phone at a discount only because they are buying a wireless plan so the board

decided to collect sales tax based on the full value of the phone. >> frankly, they will try to tax as many things as possible, and they always try to tax on the highest value. >> he said the system is confusing for consumers. the state taxes all other sale priced merchandise based on what you pay, not the full value. john couldn't agree more. >> you are trying to avoid any kind of discrepancy or misunderstanding to the effect of is this the price, is this not the price? it shouldn't be a surprise. >> now if dutton's bill passes it would save consumers an estimated $82 million a year. but that means the state loses $82 million a year. that bill is going to hearings in the upcoming weeks. i'll keep track of it and i'll let you know what happens. i'm michael finney, 7 on your side. so your pictures are always out of focus? no problem. you just need a new camera. next we will show you a revolutionary new camera that people are on waiting lists to buy. ♪

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>> if you have ever taken a picture that wasn't in focus, help is on the way. a start-up company is shipping a camera that guarantees you will never have the problem again of out of focus pictures. it's already so popular there's a two-month waiting list. >> it's one of many self-based startups, but one on the brink of no longer being obscure. light-tro is a room is filled with a lot of hardworking people, including a c.e.o., and that is if a stranger can pick him out. >> who is the ceo? >> i am. >> mr. young, his company started shipping the first one. the light-tro would change photography as you know it. >> it has applications for everything that has a lens in front of a camera. -- or a sensor. >> until now it was absolute. it could be the post a few feet away or it could be me right here or some point in between. with the light-tro, everything is in focus. >> you think about what is out of focus and in focus, but now you also think about what will become in focus.

>> instead of aiming one beam to a specific point, the camera uses a special sensor and software to capture all of the information. they call it light field imaging. >> here in a creative mode. >> that's him putting his finger on the surface of the lens. after importing it to his computer, he showed us how we could follow it around in fingernail and to infiniti and 3d. all this in a camera retailing roughly $300 that uploads to places like facebook that allows users to manipulate the images too. >> the goal is to make it available to as many people as possible. they say a video version of this camera is on the way. in mountain view, wayne freedman, abc7 news. >> no more out of focus pictures, i like that. >> that's cool. >> a good day for picture taking. >> absolutely. clear as can be. we are looking at a temperature profile today that beats yesterday's. 72 in the city, 74 oakland.

57 fremont. san jose, morgan hill 77. 79 in gilroy. and the look ahead, much cooler tomorrow with breezy conditions, a few drops perhaps tuesday morning, then we are mild again. >> all right, lisa. thanks very much. thanks for joining us. next newscast at 9:00 this morning. keep track of the latest break news on twitter on abc7 news bay area, and you can talk with at facebook.com/abc7news. good morning america coming up next. have yourselves a great day! captioned by, closed captioning