accidental is not the issue. >> the flight was 40 minutes late taking off. we spoke to some passengers when arriving here. they had no idea what was happening. only a hint something was wrong. >> this is only when they landed when passengers found out why they were delayed. >> people started getting texts and phone calls. so a little bit scary. >> like a cold chill. the hair on your neck stands up. >> he appeared in court soon after arrest and is charged with carrying an explosive on to a plane, kit carry 10 years prison time. again, tsa believes he's not a terrorist and he brought fire works accidentally. now, there has been a bizarre series of events and we'll have that expanded story for you at 5:00. >> thank you. we'll see you then. >> a new tactic being employed

in the search for young sierra lamar, volunteers are now covering urban areas. tomorrow will mark two full weeks since sierra disappeared. we're live in the find sierra searchenter. >> there is another incredible volunteer turn out today. 447 checked into the center here today, some still out in the field covering new territory. in addition to the steady stream of volunteers the search center got another big boost. >> on behalf of the state we've collected and given to klaus kids $12,000. >> the donation will help fund operations to find the 15-year-old sierra lamar. she disappeared from her home march 16th. after two days of searching rural areas volunteers got new assignments. more urbanized locations.

>> we never know. and sometimes they find answers and so everywhere should be a good place to search. >> they found the cell phone and purse early in the investigation and near her home. the community based effort is augmenting official search. >> there is an area with a pond. we've covered that area, too. >> detectives called the disappearance a probable abduction. and key areas are being searched a number of times. michael lee says that is important. his sister was killed last year and found by a volunteer team. >> they tell us it took us that many goes around it at the same place to find her. >> coming up you're going to hear from mark klaus,. he is criticizing the school

district system for alerting parents when a student is absent. and we'll have that at 6:00. >> the man accused of killing five people in san francisco now has a new lawyer. that development means he has not been arraigned. we're in san francisco with the story. heather? >> we are at the scene of the crime. the collection of flowers and other items continues to grow here, it was a week ago today that five victims were found inside of that orange colored house and the sole suspect in this case finally has an attorney signed to represent him. we were allowed inside of the courtroom but not allowed to shoot his face. the 35-year-old bint thi luc is charged with five counts of murder with special circumstances. the public defender wants to represent him.

but the judge ruled it cannot because there is a conflict of interest. the public defender once represented his brother, brian who will be now called as a witness against binh. the judge appointed an independent defense attorney instead. and. >> we believe the judge's decision was wrong. >> i think he understands what is going on. and is concerned about having the best representation he can. and i assured him if i am his attorney, he'll get that. >> luc is accused of killing five people, four from the same family. victims were found bludgeoned to death in different parts of the house. and he should be entering a plea thursday, next week. we'll have more coming up in our story at 6:00.

live in the ingleside district of san francisco, abc 7 news. >> an elderly man was struck by a bicyclist who may have run a red light in san francisco today. this accident happened just after 8:00 this morning. according to witnesses the bicyclist was going downhill along castro street and hit the 72-year-old man in the crosswalk, police have not determined who is at fault. >> rick santorum is in the bay area, the first stop is a rally at the jelly belly candy factory in fairfield. abc 7's mark matthews is there now. mark? >> there is your timing is impeckable. they just finished the "star spangled banner" here, rick santorum expected momentarily.

a pretty good crowd gathered here to hear him speak. the ceo is, as you can imagine a staunch conservative sweet on the republican party for a long time. jelly belly as you remember were the beans of choice for ronald reagan. there are portraits of ronald reagan all over the place here. the company's ceo says a neighbor asked him to host and the reaction was "sure. let's do it". >> we want to support all of the conservative candidates. all of them. and we send money to all of them. weird, huh? we do that so they all have a chance to get their message out to the country. so all of the people can hear and makeup their minds who they want to be the conservative guy that walks into that white house. >> he says he's given money to

all republican candidates for the white house but the public finance records show he has not yet given to rick santorum, at least there is no record of it. the record does show he has maxed out contributions to mitt romney and rick perry. we're back looking at the crowd gathering here, waiting for rick santorum, we'll have him for you, live, when he shows up. >> thank you, mark. republican presidential candidate mitt romney received an important endorsement from former president george bush. >> i do think it's time for party to get behind governor romney. and he reminded me kenny rogers time when to hold them and fold them, i think it's time for people to get behind this good man man. >> romney said he was honored and agreed with the former first lady that the coming election is a critical one and will determine the course of america. >> controversial move from

oakland unified school district less than 24 hours after protestors broke up a school board meeting. 10 people were arrested overnight after refusing to leave headquarters and are upset over proposed closure of five schools in the district. the district decided to leave it to emeryville and parents and teachers are outraged by this decision. >> you spent $700 million to improve it and then leave to it emeryville? maybe sell it after that? that is unacceptable. >> it that is giving it away. >> please let our school open. >> this district tabled a decision on turning over another school to a charter school group. >> there are tense and bizarre moments in san francisco at this morning's meeting at uc board of regents. prot yefrts got kind of rowdy.

and officers taking down one protestor and three prot yefrts were arrested after police gave him a disperseal order. and they say they're spring broke because of rising fees. they got rowdy when regents limited public accident and this meeting is now resumed. >> let's check on the forecast now. >> there is spencer christian. >> another rain storm is moving into our direction. there is some light rain and there is as you can see concentrated rain is well north but moisture is getting close. this evening, we'll see cloudy skies and there is

temperatures ranging from 50-60 degrees and clouds linger into morning and we'll see breaks of sun early in the day. morning temperatures ranging from up to 40s, will be mild tomorrow with highs up near 70 degrees and partly cloudy. north bay will be cloudier. and i'll be back to give you a look at the time line. hour by hour as the storm approaches. >> thank you. >> still ahead why researchers believe they're seeing such an increase in the number of children dealing with autism. >> also, emily chang tells us about the beat meeting that got mark zuckerberg to ditch his tee shirt and jeans for a suit. >> later internet uproar over this. alisha silverstone's blog shows her feeding her infant son like a mother bird. stay with us.

checking healthy living news a study indicates autism is even more common than previously thoupgt. findings show as many as one in 88 children have autism. and that means autism is nearly twice as common as health officials thought it was. a million american children and teens are affected and officials triggered increase largely to better recognition of cases. another study finds the vaccine for humanpapilloma virus could have benefits for women already infected with hpv. the company found the vaccine reduced recurrence of the diseases by 46%.

it's a sexually transmitted cyrus that can cause serve cal cancer in women. >> on to business news, facebook mark zuckerberg friended the prime minister of japan in person and even put on his sunday best. and first, let's talk about research in motion. things not looking good, i guess. >> and yes. larry. things looking grim over the maker of the once popular black berry reporting earnings were dismal. research in motion reported a $125 million loss, ouch. the new ceo says he is considering selling the company with partnerships or joint ventures and former co-ceo is resigning from the board of directors and says he is going to feed consumer markets to apple and google an

droid and will focus on business customers. the company has been losing power in the market as more consumers pick up the iphone and an droid devices. zynga priced it's secondary offerings. investors are selling stock at $12 per share, meaning millions for many. this will raise about $516 million and comes less than four months after the market's debut, marking the first time they'll be able to sell shares on the public market. stocks mixed today. dow closing higher, and your bloomberg index is down. apple pushing lower after news broke an audit found violations of china labor laws.

and rupert murdock denies accusations it had one of its technology firms hacked. reports say that the company had hackers crack the code, then poftd it online. so viewers could watch other channels free. british police are considering an investigation. and someone other than president obama has gotten facebook founder mark zuckerberg to wear a suit. he got all dressed up today for his meeting with japanese prime minister. in tokyo. he told the pchl prime minister that facebook is growing fast in japan and doubled users after last year's tsunami to more than 10 million. facebook zoomed head of a domestic competitor in japan. >> thank you, perhaps this will be the final word in bacon-inspired items.

a company has come up with a coffin painted to look like bacon. creators say it's for people who love bacon to death. i just read them. this is a classy way to go out. >> it doesn't look like bacon. >> it does not. looks like... >> like a camouflage to me. >> maybe that is what the motive was there. >> there is a new product. >> let's move on to weather. shall we? >> the forecast is dead on. there is a live view looking west, low clouds, high clouds and it's looking dreary out there. there is a look at live doppler 7 hd. you can see the moisture well north throughout mendocino county now. there is cloudy conditions and

temperatures into upper 50s and around the bay to low to mid-60s inland so mild conditions right now. these are the highlights. sprinkles made -- may occur tomorrow, mild conditions tomorrow in the south bay. it becomes windy, rainy by saturday morning. satellite radar shows there is a slow-moving system to the northwest. and developing storm going to be a blustery storm is this one. it's steaming into our direction. let's start our an maigts 5:00 tomorrow afternoon. we'll probably see light rain already having developed in the nornl bay and maybe spotty drizzle down along the coast. then, late tomorrow night into early saturday morning rain becomes more concentrated and better organized. we'll see a cold front sweeping in and bringing heavy rain to the north bay. then pushing to other parts of

the bay area later in the morning hours. there are some down pours and behind the front saturday throughout the day there is periods of showers and rainfall. a pretty wet and messy day, but we expect it to be over. in the sierra. there is a winter storm watch in effect and there is one to two feet of snow about 6500 fee. gusts 60 miles per hour. back to the bay area another mild, cloudy night. low temperatures into low 50s and then, tomorrow, we'll see partly cloudy skies foremost of the bay area, cloudier up north. and highs there into 50s and we'll see mid to upper 60s and almost 70s in other locations tomorrow, here is the accu-weather forecast. there is windy, rainy saturday, presidenty and milder, drier sunday. pleasant, mild sunday and monday and tuesday. next chance of rain will be wednesday, mid week next week. >> pretty active pattern but

we like it we'll take it. >> sure. >> and thank you. >> next at 4:00 nfl works into a texas death row inmate's last words. >> a look inside one of the plants turning beef parts into pink slime. operators say it's crucial they keep at it. >> then at 5:00 california lawmakers suit up in hoodies at the state capitol. but did it draw the same condemnation here as in congress?

just minutes ago rick santorum took to the stage in fairfield at the jelly belly factory calling it the conservative heart of northern california. >> let's go live to mr. santorum. >> they need the government come take care of things and provide for you. these that things are too complex so you need him and elites of the society to make decisions for you. it's harkening back to another time. and time in the late 19 70s where there was a sitting president with a similar idea that america's best days were behind them and we needed government to do more and more things for our lives and that america would have to receive around the world that we would no longer be a force for good around the world and needed to

pull back within our shores. that is the america ronald reagan confronted. and yet the establishment was against it. everyone said his time had passed and as a result of the 60s and 70s, well, america had changed and they weren't ready for someone from a bygone era with bygone beliefs. and reagan used to refer to it the three-legged stool of conservative, beliefs america was the greatest country in the history of the world because we believe in founding principles of our country, founded on limited government and constitutional government, limited government and unlimited potential of the american people. a hopeful speaker, someone believing in the institutions

and that three-legged stool talked about a strong economy. a strong economy based on all of our government used to say government is the problem not the solution. and in fact ronald reagan was a strong message of limited government. and this 10th amend amendment, having a track record in california. >> you're listening to rick santorum, republican presidential candidate speaking here at fairfield tlchl is a fund-raiser after he finishes this rally now. then he'll head to alamo. >> and he is trying to show the connection to ronald reagan, very popular as president and republican icon in his day, trying to create a link. >> we know reagan's fondness for jelly bean autos and

moving on with other news, what goes through a pesh's mind moments before being put to death? for one texas man it was dallas cowboys. >> the 47-year-old convicted sex offender beat to death a 10-month-old boy shouted "go, cowboys" just after being legally injected in huntsville you might remember in 2007 a convict yelled "go raiders" before drawing his last breath. >> another condemned man said woe use magic to bring a championship to the cleveland browns. the browns are still leading. >> yes. >> and when the news at 4:00 continues the glitch put lives at risk in the state of colorado. >> suffering going into ipads. a look at the investigation exposing harsh conditions at apple plants in china. >> school kids picking up garage bath and finding

treasure instead. we'll show you, next. >> and there is wide spread clouds across the area, how soon rain will follow in the accu-weather forecast coming up. clclclclclclclclclclclclclcll

an audit of three

factories in china that makes apple's iphone and ipad found workers put in excessive overtime and didn't get paid for actual time worked. >> david louie has been covering this story for years and joins us live with details. >> the extensive audit is supporting what many have said for years that the main contractor in china has been ignoring safety and forcing workers to do excessive overtime on the assembly line. investigators went to three production facilities and discovered that workers exceeded 60 hours per week, shoe though chinese legal limit is 49 hours, including overtime. some employees worked more than seven day was out time off and didn't get paid for actual overtime worked. there is if a worker puts in 29 minute there's is no overtime pay. 58 minutes resulted in 30

minutes of overtime pay. health and safety issues came up in all three factories, 43% experienced or witnessed an accident resulting in work stoppage. accidents ranged from hand injuries to vehicle accidents. in addition inskbrorkts found blocked exits and missing or faulty protective equipment. tim cook visited one of the newest factories. fox con told auditors it will correct violations. this group some of us has been leading a group to petition apple. >> we hope this will result in change. i can't say i'm holding my breath. >> there may be a wider impact on all factory autos this is and will be made an as example that this cannot fin tin in any factory. >> this audit and remedies are expected to have an impact on

consumers and says social responsibility is that customers swril to share that cost. apple has not responded to our request for comment on this audit. >> some students got quite a surprise. laura anthony joins us live. the loot. >> that is right. weekly trash clean ups turned into treasure hunts. let's show what you they found this afternoon. sixth graders were doing their thursday afternoon clean up of lake merit. they found some thing that's were too heavy to lift up with their nets. they were at least 100 pieces

of silver and gold are rings and even silver candle holders. >> you don't find this kind of thing, do you? >> not really. no. and it's kind of amazing. >> there is several dozen rings with opal and maybe gems on it. a lot of old gold watch that's used to be given away when people would retire. >> looks like claims and things. and as you can see kids had a great time looking at all of the stuff. and after minutes it was bagged up and turned over to the hands of police to investigate writ came from. the man out here told us they

haven't found anything like that. and you'd be surprised to hear all of the things they have found here in the lake. in oakland abc 7 news. >> somewhere there is an unhappy criminal tonight. >> yes. thank you. the controversy over the future of an oyster farm in the point reyes national sea shore is heating up. yesterday revealed park service failed to attribute data in a review that will be determining the fate of the drake's bay oyster company. the report led readors to believe audio levels of farm equipment were higher. this is not the first time scientific research at the park has been questioned and senator feinstein says through the path of using park service

employees will be once again fabricating science. the department of interior declined to comment. >> and meat industry officials say 650 jobs could be lost if consumers insist on elimination of so called pink slime from ground beef. and today governor governors tour aid prant and the industry is facing consumer backlash over the products. several chains have pledged they lo longer purchase the ground beef. the products plant in nebraska says it will eliminate 650 positions. >> still head new insight into the domestic violence case surrounding suspended san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi. >> what his wife posted on the facebook page. >> cloudy, dreary now. i'll have the accu-weather forecast coming up.

>> and a check of traffic now looking at downtown san francisco in the skyway. bumper to bumper for folks trying to head left and right z not a lot better for those folks heading southbound. stay with us. news at 4:00 continues.

you can see there are a lot of rain clouds forming there.

spencer christian will let us know when we can expect the next storm. the wife of san francisco's suspended sheriff has left the country. she's responding to an article written by a friend. what she said may surprise you. carolyn? >> she has been friends with lopez for the past couple years. both speak spanish and have children the same age and has v.been over the guilty plea and arrest of ross mirkarimi. she believes at approach has been heavihanded. >> we need to, as a society fund programs that do counseling and family support and therapy and antiviolence education work so when it starts small we can prevent it from getting larger rather than just criminalizing it. >> she's written an article

about that as well as criticizing the antidomestic violence advocates for not consulting iliana. qlopz post that had piece of the facebook of a prominent domestic violence organization. saying that i hope that this works as a truthful insight to a very complicated issue. kathy black heads la casa. >> this has remained steadfast and unwaivering that this is about victim safety and that the issue, mess yanl we have is bigger than any one person. >> this is a national domestic violence conference kicks off today, tonight at 6:00 what some of those attending had to say about the mirkarimi case. in the newsroom abc 7 news. >> thank you. >> in colorado state officials are apologizing for letting a controlled burn get out of hand. there is some video near

denver. >> this family escaped safely. the fire started monday has killed two people and destroyed dozens of homes. >> on behalf of the california -- colorado state forest service this is heart breaking and we're sorry. >> it's frustrating i understand they have to do controlled burns but it did happen. >> that fire burned six miles southwest of denver and authorities say some people in the fire's path did not get an ought yes mated phone call giving them a mandatory he vac order. >> still ahead, everyone is talking about this. take a look. asking pediatricians to weigh in on a video showing alicia silverstone chewing up food and feeding it to her baby. >> a berkeley woman won a

marathon just six weeks after giving birth. stay with us. the news at 4:00 continues in just a moment. >> makes you feel like a ]x

>> some call it gross, others, natural. actress alicia silver stone believes in giving her baby boy the best including chewing food and playing the role of a mama bird. >> i just had a delicious breakfast of mismt so soup and radish. yum. and a bit of veggies from my mouth to his, its my favor skprit michblt he crawl as cross the room to attack my mouth if i'm eating. >> this video has gone viral with many people remarking on the ick factor others point out moms have been chewing their childrens' food for centuries smchl say it's risky. >> some mothers who co-put their kids at risk for having cavities if there is a bacteria they pass off to the baby. >> and the cdc says prechewing food can transmit diseases.

the minute we posted this story on our facebook page, comments came in. there is a even split now between people think oh, no. and those believe it's no big deal. kathy m wrote hello this, has been done since the beginning of time. jeanette counters but there wasn't always gerberz this thought. it isn't wrong ask she has the right to do this but that doesn't mean i'm not completely grossed out by it. the conversation happening right now on facebook and i had a chance to speak with a professor of pediatrics and he says it's a personal choice and echoed some poster who's said that this has been done sent riz and it's probably okay if you have a cold. >> i know it's normal if you're a sparrow but it's not wild kingdom. do you know mom friends have

done this? >> i can't say i do. but you don't think bit we asked could there be benefit to this? there are enzymes could that have some benefit to the system? he said yes, it's something perhaps is beneficial and hasn't been studied but if it's been done he says three to four generations have moved away. >> and other cultures. >> i'm hoping by the time he's a teenager it stops. it's going to be tough to be a popular kid in school if that is going on. let's leave it there. there is a spoonful of weather. >> i won't have to force feed thu one. let's take a look at live doppler 7. there is lots of moisture well north around fort bragg. it appears there is light rain pushing in and approaching the

sonoma county line. there is cloudy, rainy and cool there is hot down in palm spring was a high of 92. and here in the bay area will be mild into south bay tomorrow, partly sunny skies and highs near 70 degrees. there is maybe light drizzle on the coast tomorrow. a high of 6 to. rain may arrive there before afternoon gives way to evening. there is 67 in fremont. and near monterey bay, will be mild at times in low 70s.

and at least beginning of the day is going to be raw, rainy and messy. >> it's getting family. >> we're going to go back there, i just knew it when the news continues a couple lottery winners share advice to help you win biggest jackpot, ever. >> and there are problems with those prepaid debit cards. what you need to know before you put cash on one. >> a tender age dating violence begins and what is being done in california to stop before it's too late. >> that is ahead at 5:00. diane saw jer here with a look at world news with 5:30. >> more on the tape swhoed you last night of george zimmerman on the night trayvon martin was killed. what clues are on this tape?

and there is a plant making beef filler critics have called pink slime let's us go in. we skpee have tough questions. they answer. tonight after abc

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those subcards imply they can improve your credit history? consumer reports says they can't. >> is there a type of card so the big three agencies don't use any of the activity on them to determine your score. >> and this tv personality suze orman's card is trying to change that in a pilot program with transunion. consumer reports says it's uncertain that will be. companies that sell the cards say they're a good alternative for those that don't qualify for a credit card. however, consumer reports says that they should have the same legal protections. and fees should be disclosed so people can compare them. >> this berkeley woman who won last woman's berkeley marathon

was a guest on "7 live". >> she ran and won this race just six weeks after giving birth. you saw her newborn named tatum rose, she says she ran 40 miles per week until she gave birth. >> i trained three my pregnancy. and i was a runner before i was preg nachblt i cut back a lot, running easier and slower and i was able to jump right back into it. >> says says it doesn't hurt as much and puts idea of athletes missing games because of a sore toe into perspective. that is a tough young lady. >> she looks fabulous. >> and megamillions is now a record $540 million. >> officials say they're selling as many as a million tickets per hour. your chances of wing are one

in 176 million but someone has got to win, right? former winners have tips. >> stay within your budget. don't play quick picks and get financial advice if you do win. there are exemptions on "good morning america" a woman says she does use quick picks to win $112 million. >> yeah. i mean... to me it's, there is two ways of winning. quick pick it or... >> you didn't choose your numbers? >> no. i chose amount i wanted to win. period. >> that is the way to go. winning big isn't what it's cracked up to be. that is the subject of a special edition of "20-20". >> the drawing is tomorrow night at 8:00 we'll tweet the numbers and post them as soon as they're drawn. >> you can follow us on twitter as well as our facebook page.

and i don't know about you but i'm willing to take on the complications. >> thanks for joining us for a. c 7 news at 4:00. >> thank you. growing anger by parents aichl local school district let's $700 million in school improvements go down the drain. >> why there may be no better time than now to jump into the housing market. >> i'm sandhya patel, rain, wind, possibilities of thunder coming in for part of the weekend. i'll have details coming up. >> good evening, i'm dan ashley. >> anger and arrests at the oakland school board meeting. >> anger over school clo skmurz arrests because emotions are running hot. there is some people arrested last night came back and most

people were at work making for a noneventful meeting. early afternoon school board meeting kept most away. and there is a far cry from the packed meeting. 10 people were arrested. today the board was able to prot on a proposal to lease this school to emery school district. it is one of five schools closing at the end of the school year but first, there was public input do you speak proud bli closing the structural deficit on the backs of these poor school kids whose schools you want to close? >> monica smith was one of the people arrested last night. >> he will make it last thing i think about before i go to bed and first thing i think of in the morning to make your life a living hell. because that is what you're doing to people of oakland. >>