morning, sunday, april 15th. >> three people have been rescued. two by a coast guard helicopter, one by an international guard helicopter. the international guard helicopter also picked up a deceased person. >> thanks north joining us. let's start with a first look ata weather. here's meteorologist francis. >> hi carolyn, good morning, everyone. here's a live look from emeryville. you see the low clouds covering most of the bay area. temperatures in the 40s and 50s. it's 50 in san francisco and napa and concord. 44 in santa rosa. there is some fog developing in parts of the north bay where the visibility is down to a fourth of a mile in santa rosa, even less than that in novato. clear elsewhere. for today you can expect a beautiful day in store for us. the clouds will pull back to the coast by noon. temperatures in the mid-50s and mid-60s. this afternoon warmer with plenty of sunshine getting up to 70 degrees inland. carolyn.

>> thank you, francis. breaking news. the coast guard helicopter crew is searching the waters outside the golden gate in hopes of finding four sailors from a racing yacht that struck rocks yesterday near the farallon islands. three sailors were rescued and the body of a fourth was recovered before sundown. crews have been searching all night in hopes of finding the four still missing. additional helicopters and boats will be sent out at first light this morning. abc7 news reporter sergio reports from the st. francis yacht club. >> at the coast guard air station in san francisco international airport you can see the crew of this air national guard rescue helicopter after recovering the victim of this crash. >> three people have been rescued. two by a coast guard helicopter, one by an international guard helicopter. the international guard helicopter also picked up a deceased person. >> rescue crews continued their ouch but there are still four people missing. yacht that ran aground is call

the low speed chase. it was part of the annual fair lon race that left from the yacht club. the skipper of that yacht and james bradford, but the covelet guard has not released any information about anyone aboard the low speed chase yacht: >> i heard may day calls on the radio. >> mark was sailing a charter near the island and was not part of the race when he heard the distress calls. he said it was a tough day to be out on the water. >> the waves were 10 to 15-foot. it was treacherous. there were waves coming from different direction so there was a cross pattern of waves. >> search crews are using helicopter, and boats. they are still looking for the four people missing. >> there's a high possibilityúú they are in the water, don't know what kind of emergency suits they have on or whether they have life jackets so it's critical that we find them. >> word spread pretty quickly at the st. francis yacht club where the race started and ended.

some of the participants in the race are hoping for the best for the people who are still missing. in san francisco, abc7 news. and more break being news. just as forecasters feared, a spring of tornadoes in the midwest has left at least five people dead in oklahoma. 29 others are injured as search crews continue to look for victims. this is new video this morning from northwestern oklahoma in the town of woodward where those deaths occurred. the twister touched down just after midnight, destroying homes and businesses. woodward's mayor said warning sirens may not have sounded this time, even though they did work during storms yesterday afternoon. in western iowa authorities say 75% of the small town of. thurman is destroyed from tornadoes that hit yesterday. we have more.

>> this is exactly what forecasters feared, a funnel cloud bearing down on oklahoma. one of dozens of tornadoes reported to have touched down across a wide swath of the midwest. 11 states are under threat for severe weather. oklahoma, kansas and nebraska at any risk for tornadoes it. today is the big one you train for, you ramp up for, and you want all hands on deck. >> forecasters have been at it for hours trying to determine the greatest areas of danger. >> three inch hail at petersburg at 3:26. >> this is why. a tornado tore through norman, oklahoma, leaving behind downed trees and power lines, damaged homes, and injuring 19 people. ryan west managed to warn his wife and son to head to the basement just seconds before a twister hit their home. >> i was trying to call her and text her to see if she was okay and she wasn't answering. i see all the trees collapsing and i thought, oh, my god, she's dead, she didn't call me back, and i see her, thank god

everything is okay. >> it's not over yet. forecasters are warning residents to prepare for unpredictable weather. >> this is only the second time in history the storm prediction center issued a high risk warning more than a day in advance. abc news from norman, oklahoma. >> back here investigators are trying to determine the cause of an apartment fire in san francisco's castro neighborhood. it started around 10:00 last night at sanchez street and market. firefighters were able to quickly get it under control. one person was hospitalized with serious injuries. the red cross is assisting at least two people who are now homeless. crews also rescued a cat from that building. in the south bay san jose police continued their investigation into an apparent murder-suicide. violence taking place with a baby in one victim's car.

it happened at a busy shopping center on east capital express way >> we found a 17-month-old baby in one of the vehicles associated with two of the individuals. child protective services has the baby at this time. >> the names of the man and woman involved have not been released. here is what police say happened. around 9:30 yesterday morning the driver of the bmw parked, got out of his car, walked up to a woman standing a few feet away shot her and then shot himself. people eating there ran outside to help but it was too late. >> i ran over by where the body was on the ground. i looked to see if he was breathing. there was no breathing. i didn't see his shirt moving and i seen a group of people gathering around the girl on the ground over there. >> police found a handgun near the body. investigators are not speculating on a possible motive. >> they will be back at in this

morning look for a missing teenager, sierra lamar. she was last seen on march 16th. yesterday many people walked through the hilly, muddy terrain looking for the missing teenager burke they found no signs. >> i do know that having the community support and the team support and the media support for keeping the message out there does help. that's what we are going to keep doing, is keep getting the message out there and keep everybody with their eyes open. >> anyone who wants to help can report to the "find sierra search center" at the burnett elementary school this morning starting at 8:00. that's in morgan hill. the wife of suspended sheriff ross mirkarimi is negotiating to prolong her stay in her native venezuela. today san francisco chronicle reports that ms. lopez is communicating through intermediaries with about mirkarimi. he's under court order to have no contact with her. she's under court order to return to san francisco on april 28th.

mirkarimi pleaded guilty to false imprisonment involving a domestic abuse incident and has been suspended without pay. it was mirkarimi's refusal to allow his wife and son to visit her family in venezuela that led to the couple's new year's eve argument and the bruising of her right arm. up next, secret service scandal. allegations of heavy drinking and prostitutes. the latest on the controversy threatening to overshad he president obama's trip to colombia. and people around the world commemorate the 100th anniversary of the titanic, including a ceremony above the spot where the famed ship went down.

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>> a growing scandal is involving prostitutes and secret service agents is affecting president obama's trip to colombia. 11 agents have been placed on administrative leave and forced to return to the u.s. here's the latest from colombia. >> the scandal is an unwanted distraction for president obama. members forecast secret service team were relieved of their duties and sent home following allegations of excess drinking and many of the men solicited prostitutes. the incident doesn't involve those agencies guarding the president every day. the personnel in question were working on security in advance of the president's visit here. >> he was made aware of it, but beyond that i'm not going to characterize his reaction. >> but the accusations were serious enough for the secret service to pull the entire unit out thursday before the president arrived. another team was flown in to

replace them. >> to take chances like this and to compromise security like this is a scandal. >> the agency said at no point was the president's security compromised. the secret service in a statement is promising a thorough investigation. the secret service takes all allegations of misconduct seriously. the entire matter has been turned over to the office of professional responsibility which serves as the agency's internal affairs component. the last time the secret service faced this kind of public scrutiny is when agents allowed the now infamous party crashers to attend a steak dinner september of 2009. >> if found guilty of misconduct in the scandal, the secret service personnel could face rep -- reprimand and possibly lose their jobs. in cartegene colombia, abc news. >> and north korea's new leader has spoken publicly for the first time since the death of his father four months ago.

he praised the achievements of his father and grandfather as north korea marks the 100th birthday of the country's founder. yesterday's first televised speech by the young leader comes two days after a failed rocket launch. people all over the world are commemorating the 100th anniversary of the titanic disaster. at 9:47 pacific time last night a moment of silence was observed on a ship directly over the spot where the titanic went down in the north atlantic, about 400 miles off the coast of newfoundland. a cruise ship carrying descendents. titanic passengers and history buffs were there to mark the anniversary. more than 1500 people died when it sank back in 1912. a few hours after the ship struck an iceburg just before midnight on april 14th. >> francis dinglausen is in for

lisa argen. >> i think you will like today's forecast. here's a preview of the sunrise. we are looking east toward mt. diablo. we have some warmer temperatures in store for us, and i will have those details and the accuweather 7 day forecast. >> thank you, francis. also next, the giants get a walk-off victory on a night they needed some kind of uplifting win of a receiving bad news about one of their all-stars. mike shumann has the details and the highlights coming up in sports. hey guys, breakfast!

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in a tempting new cereal. mmm! [ female announcer ] new multi-grain cheerios peanut butter. >> now that the weather is nice it's a good time to get out and enjoy the strand sunday streets program. today parts of drives in golden gate park will be clowe today traffic so people can get out and do like these people are doing, riding bikes or skateboarding, anything you want to do and do is safely. this is the second sunday streets event for this year. so great weather here but back in the midwest with the tornadoes. >> yeah, we've been watching that as well, the deadly tornadoes that went through oklahoma. the tornado watch did just

expire within the last 20 minutes. >> that's good. >> but there is still a severe thunderstorm warning in effect through parts of the midwest that could still produce a tornado. i want to show you a couple of live spots in the bay area. here we are dealing with the low clouds. mound tam. sunrise coming at 6:24 and we will have a beautiful day in store for us. i want to take you to the midwest and show you the severe storms still moving through the area, through oklahoma city and kansas city. now, the severe thunderstorms, look out for gusty winds up to 60 miles per hour. there still could be flooding through the area, and even penny-size hail expected with the system as it moves toward springfield and missouri. so still not quite over, although the tornado watch has expired. here in the bay area look for temperatures in the 40s and 50s. 49 in san francisco. in san jose 46 where it's clear. 50 in napa and 44 in santa rosa

where there is some fog. some visibility in parts of the north bay, down to a fourth file in santa rosa, half-mile in novato. along the coast we will have low clouds that will stick around through most of the day. elsewhere it is look clear in terms of visibility and, of course, also clear in san jose. but we will deal with the morning low clouds and that will make way for a sunny afternoon, dry and warm all week. we really could use a nice break and we are going to get a long one. in fact, you can put those umbrella's away maybe for the season. we will let you know. here's a look at the satellite radar image. this area of high pressure is building that will give us stable, sinking air and warmer conditions. the storm system that we thought might skirt past the north bay on wednesday looks like it is going to stay farther north and therefore will be dry all week with lots of sunshine. in fact, temperatures climbing even to above arnold by the end of the work week. here's a look at the forecast model. the clouds pulled back. by midmorning a lost us will see

sunshine. then this afternoon we will still see some of those coastal clouds along monterey and maybe parts of it creeping in toward san francisco. so temperatures along the coast not warming up as much, but inland we will be getting into the 70s in fairfield and antioch with more sunshine. 66 in richmond, 62 in san francisco, 60 in in half moon bay. also look for some low 70s through morgan hill and gilroy. cooler in monterey at 59, but you will see more sunshine in santa cruz at of 68 degrees. a lot of folks doing some outdoor abc news tests are heading to the giants' game. it will be sunny. the game starts at 1:05. temperatures right around 62 degrees for most of the game. here's a look at the accuweather seven-day forecast which you will notice it's different. lots of sunshine. dry and warmer. i wanted to make it sunny all the way through, but we will see some partly cloudy conditions on wednesday. and then look at that, by the end of the work week into next weekend we are going to see

possibly some upper 70s. >> oh, my goodness. and you actually think the rainy season might be over? >> it could be. it's been so odd. we really don't get this much rain this time of year. so maybe. >> all right. thank you, francis. well, coming up at 7:00 is good morning america. and paula is joining us live from new york to tell us what you are working on. i'm sure you are looking at the deadly twisters, as well. >> yes, we are. a lot of devastation in the heart of the country, carolyn. good morning to you and good morning to everyone in san francisco. coming up on "good morning america" a lot of breaking weather news. death, destruction and devastation in the country's heartland over more than 100 tornadoes have been reported. he's been a sheep less nice following a long day as the powerful storms are ripping through. our reporters are right there in the danger zone. and 98 of the 120 reported tornadoes touched down in kansas. just unbelievable. and also new details and new

accusations in that racy, secret service scandal in which a dozen agents were placed on leave. they are under investigation for allegedly soliciting prostitution, and that is not all. now military personnel have been implicated. and wait until you hear how these guys were found out, how they were busted. plus, this grandma looks pretty innocent, doesn't she? but she's not. she's been busted for allegedly running a multi--state drug ring. she is now in jail. yeah, she looks like she can't hurt a fly. she's apparently, though, not the only elderly dealer making her mark. you have to pay the bills, right? and finally, we have brad jolenea fever. i know a lot of people can't get enough of the wedding of the century. i'm not sure i buy that. but they are officially engaged. we will dig into their nuptial plans. hope you can join us. and for all of you in

san francisco hope you can join us this morning on gma. >> i guess the kids really put the pressure on brad and angelina. >> well, i don't know if you have kids, but if any of you do, kids are really the boss, right? >> well, they leak things in a traditional manner, kids do. >> yes, they do. yes, they do. >> we will look for you at seven. take care. >> yes. >> we are going to check out sports this afternoon. ryan vogelsong makes his first start of the season against the pirates as the giants go for the series sweep. it's at 1:05. last night they won in dramatic fashion as fans learned one of the team's all-stars is probably going to be lost for the season. here's mike shumann with the details in this morning's sports. >> good morning. the giants got some very bad news yesterday. an mri shows closer brian wilson has structural damage and has an issue with a ligament in his shoulder. -- or right elbow. the manager said season-ending surgery is likely. he will meet with the surgeon, which could mean tommy john surgery. he was bothered by what he

called an ankle injury in his last appearance thursday in colorado. here's bruce bochy. >> i feel terrible for willie. i know how hard he's worked. you know, he says it, and we're going to move on and the old willie will be back. but right now we will go with our 25 guys and find a way to get it done. >> and at&t park, the first inning. neil walker lines a single into the hole. two runs scored. 2-0, bucks. and emmanuel ties the game with an rbi single that scores nate schierholtz. he looks strong in his second start. allowing just two earned runs in seven innings to keep the giants in it. go to the ninth. game tied with the bases loaded. the grounder to clint. looks like an out but he throws it in the dirt. giants walk off with the 4-3 victory.

seattle look to get over the .500 mark. second inning crushed to deep center off tommy malone. he was 2 for 3 with 3 rbi. 1-0, mariners. that's all hector needed. six strikeouts, 5 hits in 8 shutout innings. a's blanked for the second time in four innings. st. louis looking to win game two. there are shark fans in st. louis and they couldn't have liked this start. a minute in, the slapper slips through niemmi's hand. they try to rescue the puck. knocks it in. 1-0, blues. to the second. he scores. 2-0, blues. then it gets physical. to the third. now 3-0. as time winds down we have an all-out war on the ice. five-on-five fighting. blues win it, 3-0 to tie the series at one game a piece. expect a battle in game three here at the tank on monday night. well, the warriors were getting

a center. david lee could miss the rest of the season with a strained groin from a stress reaction in his hip. richard jefferson also out with a swollen knee. l.a. took advantage early. griffen over biedrins, for the jam. jordan another spike. clippers up 19-30. tried again from downtown. he had 18 the first half. warriors down just one at the break. nate robinson, huge off the bench. the floater for two of his season high 28 points. chris paul takes over down the stretch. 28 points, 13 assists. this one to eric bledsoe for the flush. clippers go on to win 112-104. are you ready to football? i know it's springtime but i can never get enough no matter what time of year. how about the stanford string game at the stadium. they are looking for a quarterback to replace this guy, andrew luck. nottingham came in with the upper hand but a little mistake here. picked off at the goal line. his competition, josh nunez,

looking good. throwing on the run. todd montgomery, a great catch here for six. these two showing a little chemistry. nunez again to montgomery for the touchdown. the cardinals beat the white 39-29 and after the game the coach talked about his young quarterback. >> we didn't give him the entire playbook as we did in the last couple years. we gave him enough. we wanted to challenge him mentally and didn't want to just give him the easy stuff and let him go out there. that's just not how we want to play. >> that's the way the ball bounces. see you again tonight at five. i'm mike shumann. have a great day. still ahead, new pressure from president obama on mitt romney to complete his taxes and release them, as tax day nears. and big changes ahead for san francisco voters. the new districts that could affect how some people vote.

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women come back, everyone. >> welcome back. are you among the millions of americans spending at least part about of this weekend scrambling to finish your taxes? well, this morning there's pressure from president obama on mitt romney to finish his taxes and to release them. here's abcs david curly. >> for the first time, and just after he released twelve years of his own tax returns, the president directly called on his likely opponent to match his move. >> absolutely. with i think that it's important for with any candidate for public office to be as transparent as possible. >> romney has released just one tax return, and just asked for an extension for this year. meanwhile in his weekly address -- >> by voting for the buffett rule -- >> mr. obama continued his campaign for a change to the tax code named after a millionaire. -- a billionaire. >> the buffett rule. >> the buffett rule

>> the buffet rule. >> the so-called buffett rule would require those making more than $1 million to at least pay the same rate as the middle class, 30%. it's warren buffett and said he shouldn't pay a lower rate than his secretary, and the american public seems to agree. a gallop poll just out shows 60% of americans say congress should pass the buffet rule. 37% say it's a bad idea. >> the tax deadline has been extended until tuesday, april 17th sense monday is a holiday in washington d.c. >> san francisco voters could see changes at the policy. abc7 news reporter shows us the new math. >> this is the final meeting of the san francisco redistricting task force. after 30 meetings since last august, a final district map was accepted. >> i'm happy to say that we now

have an approved final map. thank you all. >> the new map adjusts the cities 11 districts according mainly to population. task force had to consider not diluting the voting power of minorities, district cultural aspects and keeping neighbors intact. the red lines on the map show the old boundaries. the black shows the newly-drawn lines. eric macdonald has been the chair of the task force. he said this will change the political character of the city. >> it probably has implications for who they are represented by in terms of a supervisor, has implications tore how their new community now gets represented. >> the 2010 census found the city's population increased by about $30,000 people. as you see, some districts had lines redrawn in order to take a percentage of population away from one district to add it to another to balance the numbers. many of these meetings were packed with residents fight to go keep the status quo. >> we had to defend the inner sunset to keep it in the district where they vote the same way that we vote.

>> the san bruno area by highway 101 was taken from district 10 and added to district 9. we had trouble finding someone who knew of the change. >> doesn't matter what district you are? >> no. >> 14th street and valencia business owner, alex, said whoever now represents his district needs to take care of business, literally. >> as long as they pay attention to the businesses and for the better area, better neighborhood. >> the map will be presented to the full board of supervisors this tuesday. city voters will find out what district they live had in when they get their november voting packets. >> abc7 news. >> the community effort to save a landmark daly city bowling alley continues with a last ditch rally today. sarah bowl is shutting down for good at the end of business today. it's been in operation since 1951. the owner of the property simply wants to do something else with the property and has told the management to get out.

devastated league bowlers plan to hold a rally and sign a petition and they tell stories of what sarah bowl has meant to them for all these years. >> i have actually bold there, francis. >> i think people miss the unis shine, and 23 you want to go outdoors, you can. here's a live shot in santa cruz. there's some low clouds this morning. i'll have your temperatures for the morning, afternoon and what you can expect also in you are heading to the giants game. >> thank you, francis. also ahead a sojourn to the past. three bay area colleges that are teaching lessons of the civil rights movement with one of the professors straight out of that history.

a new u. c. davis study suggests a link between obesity during pregnancy and autism. it's the first i'm researchers linked autism with weight. abc7 news reporter heather has

the story. >> this 7-year-old was diagnosed with autism when he was four. his mother said he had a seizure right after an infant immunization and she thinks there's a connection between that shot and his autism, though that theory has been rejected by researchers. now a new study says obesity during pregnancy might increase the chance of autism, but ronny said her weight was always normal, before and during pregnancy, and she tries to dwell not on discovering a cause but focusing on his needs now. >> obviously i would love to find what caused this, and then i think intervention is really key, though. it's hard to find out when your child is special needs, you know. but i think the quicker the intervention, it's better for everybody. >> the davis study looked at 1,000 californian children 2 to 5 years old. nearly 700 had autism or other

developmental delays. more than 300 did not have those problems. on average, there is a 1 in 88 chance of having a child with autism. the davis study shows obesity during pregnancy increase that chance to 1 in 53. >> what we found is that the children with autism or autism spectrum disorder were more likely to have a mom who had been obese during pregnancy or had diabetes or hypertension and that was about a 60% higher risk. >> the study senior author said all three of those conditions share chronic inflammation and increased insulin levels but that's just a jumping off point for more research. >> exactly how that would affect the brain of the fetus is not very well-understood. >> there needs to be more work

to show how those conditions can actually increase the risk of you having autism. i think it's pretty preliminary. but it kind of adds another suggestion as to why it's not a good idea to be obese when you are getting pregnant. >> the u. c. davis researchers say they would like to see more studies on environmental factors contributing to autism. abc7 news. >> looks like our weather is going to be heating up, right, francis? >> heating up and getting into the 70s today. i have a beautiful live shot to show you. we are looking at the sunrise from mount tam, i believe? yes, mound tam, sun advice at 6:34 so just about five minutes ago. most of us are still under these low clouds. it will break back to the coast later on this morning and we will see a lot of sunshine today. temperatures right now in the 40s and 50s. 50 in napa. santa rosa is where we've had fog this morning so visibility still down to about a fourth of a mile. half-mile visibility in novato, and also along the coast, 2 1/2

mile visibility in half moon bay. clearer conditions in the north bay. we will see a sunny afternoon and then it's going to be dry and warm all week. here's why. we will show you the pacific satellite image. this area of high pressure is now going to bring us some westerly breeze and also stable, sinking air. the storm has moved well to the east. and this storm we thought might skirt the north bay on wednesday but it's looking like it's going to stay farther north so we don't get any rain in the bay area at all all week. and with kind of a zonal flow, we will see dryer and warmer conditions all week, getting up into the upper 70s for next weekend. so even a little bit warmer than afternoon. here's the forecast model which shows the low clouds kind. dissipating. and then still lingering on by

lunch time along the coast. so along the coast temperatures won't warm up as much, but inland will get up to 70 in fairfield and antioch. look for 69 in livermore. san francisco at 62 degrees. it will be like that for the giants game today. 62 and lots of sunshine. 67 in palo alto. santa rosa at 68. in monterey bay look for some low 70s around morgan hill, gilroy, and inland areas. cooler in monterey with clouds sticking around with the afternoon. 59, 68 in santa cruz. around the state it will be mild and dry. 67 in los angeles with a lot of sunshine in palm springs as well. 78, partly cloudy conditions in tahoe, 53. chico as 70 degrees. we see the rain moving in toward eureka. it will probably get rain on monday but not tomorrow. also, in terms of rainfall, we did put a little bit of a dent in terms of percent of normal or average. santa rosa we are now 68%.

san francisco, over 15 inches, 69% of normal. now last friday we had like 1.12 inches that one day. we normally get 1.4 inches for the entire month of april in san francisco. so that gives you an idea how much rain we had to deal with. here's a look at the accuweather seven-day forecast. warmer and dry today. and then we see partly cloudy conditions wednesday, but then just sunshine throughout the will get back and even warmer for next weekend. >> oh, you are just lucky to be here giving us great news >> i know. poor lisa, she had to work a lot during the week. >> we are happy to have you here. thanks, francis. >> well, for many years we've been reporting on a program that teaches bay area high school students about the civil rights movement by traveling through the south. well, now there's a new version of the program at the college level. one of the professors is right out of the history books. >> who has the institutional power? any ideas?

>> she's not rosa parks or dr. king, but minie jean brown trickie is an icon from most history books. >> they didn't mention her name. there was very little information. every section i look for that talks about african americans in history is very small. >> now in front of students at skyline college in san bruno is a missing chapter. one of what came to be known as the little rock. >> when the time comes for equalization, we are turned down. >> 16-year-old mini jean and others volunteered to have the first black students to enroll at all-white central high in little rock, arkansas back in 1957. this, after the u.s. supreme court ordered the desegregation of all the nation's schools. carrying that out in arkansas required presidential intervention and federal guards to deal with angry white mobs.

it was a pivotal point in the civil rights movement. >> on that first day, watching all that opposition, i said, oh, i'm coming back no matter what. >> her story is one that former day area high school history teacher jeff steinberg wanted his students to learn firsthand. so starting in 1999 he began loading up buses and heading down south, stopping to introduce his classes to ordinary people who did extraordinary things during that challenging time. >> i want them to know that at 16 you can take responsibility, and you must. >> when they are no longer here, who is going to continue the legacy if we don't know the stories? too much pain, too much sacrifice. we need to know the stories so they get passed down from generation to generation. >> so far more than 6,000 students have taken part of his program, called sojourn to the past. it was recently honored by michelle obama at the white house.

with a national arts and humanities award. >> not everyone can take the bus trip through the south so the lessons of the civil rights movement have now come to a classroom near you. >> community organizing is a very interesting thing. >> and now for the first time mini jean brown tricky and jeff steinberg are team teaching at three bay area colleges, including skyline. >> i can't explain how honored i am to have her teaching a black history class. >> i feel like it's an integral part of our history and who we are as a nation and she is the key. >> this 70-year-old, a living lesson in courage. >> mini jean brown tricky and the program is taking place at the skyline college, the college of san mateo, and kinyada college. this black lab is staying close

to her golden retriever friend who had been struck by a car. she braved traffic as karstens rolled by dangerously close, while the retriever could not be saved, the lab, called grace, is now in the care of la county animal control. despite tv news coverage, no one has stepped up to claim ownership of grace see she will likely be put up for adoption soon. don't go away. 7 on your side is next. >> some call e-books the way of the future. i'm michael finney. ahead on 7 on your side, why book publishers may be holding back that future, at least to the public libraries.a

best buy has announced the locations of the 50 stores it plans to close this year. two are here in the bay area. the company will shut the doors of its pittsburgh and east palo alto stores. the struggling electronics chain

is losing ground to discounter target, as well as amazon.com. best buy lost almost $2 billion in the last quarter. a recent survey finds one out of five of us has read an e-book in the past year. but if the major publishers get their way, you won't be getting e-books from the library. 7 on your side's michael finney explains why. >> an early morning crowd recently gathered inside the digital bookmobile in vallejo. the huge trailer is on a national tour to answer questions about e-books and tablets. >> oh, they are huge and growing by leaps and bounds. we noticed a big increase in use after the december holidays when many people received gifts of e e-readers and tablets. >> three, two, one! [cheers and applause] >> was this a hoopla over the release of the final harry potter book back in 2007.

the book has just become available as an e-book this month at libraries. but more recent titles may be harder to find. >> i think it's a challenge. if you are going to get them through the library. >> a survey of major publishers found mcmillan, simon and schuster and scholastic refused to sell most of theire-book --. mare e-book books to lay burglaries. penguin terminated its contract with an e-book distributor back in february. and hatchet currently releases only those books published before april, 2010. the only major publishers to make their e-books widely available through libraries are harper collins and random house. >> they see them as a source of greatly increasing revenue to the general public, but they are worried about piracy. >> overdrive is a major distributor of e-books and sponsor of the digital bookmobile national tour. >> it varies by different publishers and it's really just

trying to going out the best way to distribute the content. >> the san francisco public library began lending out popular titles on e-books about three years ago. right now about 3.5% of all the books checked out in san francisco are e-books. usage has tripled just in the past year. >> everyday from the public library about 1,000 e-books and e-audio books are being checked out and about print books and print media are being checked out. >> libraries see those digital numbers increasing with younger readers being among the early adopters. libraries continue to work to try to get the publishers on board. >> we are in the very beginning stages of this process so everyone is just -- we are just trying to make it as easy as possible. >> each of the pushlishers mentioned were contacted. penguin says it will continue it's ongoing talks to work out the right model. simon and schuster is in search of a business model it says it can feel comfortable with.

harper collins has found success limiting the number of times an 29,000 e-book can being checked out before a library needs to relicense. scholastic, which specializes in children's books, makes its e-books available through schools. the other publishers did not respond to our inquiries. i'm michael finney, 7 on your side. >> coming up, why it takes weeks to create a few seconds of film. arts and entertainment reporter, don ♪

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but it's not easy in this new 3-d film with the technical requirements. when peter and lord started, the figures were clay. now they are silicone. they move, talk, show expression in the time-consuming process of stop action. >> to make it move, to make him a bit live, the animator moves him a little bit like that. moves a little bit and they can move the hand, they can move the finger. >> twenty four times a second. >> i've got some 250 different valves. i can take one off and put a new one on. >> each for a different sound or mood. there are at least 25 of the lead character figures because multiple crews are shooting scenes at the same time. the ship is a real model 15 feet long, 20 feet high. >> all right. hurry up, lad. >> hugh is the pirate captain's voice. much more robust than we've heard them. they have some fun at the expense of queen victoria

>> she doesn't get very good press. >> he doesn't think it will affect his standing to be able command an empire, if it's needed. it is based on a book series. there may be a second film but if this is an indicator, it will take some time. >> from picking up the book to the last sound effect was like five years. >> my, goodness. >> the pirates band of misfits is in theaters april 27th. don sanchez, abc7 news. >> here's francis with the final look at our accuweather forecast. >> all right. we are waking up to gray skies but that will breakaway and temperatures will get up to 70 degr in fairfield, antioch and even 71 in morgan hills a few degrees warmer than yesterday. so we are going to be at 62 in san francisco and that will be the temperature for the giants game. a lot of sunshine in the east bay, as well. 67 in the north way, and napa, vallejo, and 67 in san jose. here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. a big change from last week. it's almost a complete opposite.

lots of sunshine, drier and warmer and even warming up into next weekend. >> that's looking good. that is going to do it for us. thank you for joining us. i'm carolyn tyler. along with francis, our next newscast is at 9:00. you can keep track of the latest breaking news on twitter at abc7 news bay area. and talk about it at facebook.com/abc7news. good morning america is up next.