we begin with breaking news. "l.a. times" just posted new photographs online that the paper says shows u.s. soldiers posing with the remains of suicide bombers. the pictures were taken in 2010 in afghanistan. these are the pictures there's already reaction from u.s. military. a commander in afghanistan is condemning the photos. we've taken out some pictures there of the sensitive matters that were shown. general allen says the actions undermine the daily sacrifices of thousands of troops. he is promising a thorough investigation. we'll continue to follow this breaking story throughout the morning and on our website, abc7news.com. uc berkeley facing a new financial threat. this time over the pricey renovation of its football stadium. fundraising has fallen way

short of the goal line and that could force students to take a new hit. katie marzullo is live at memorial stadium. >> reporter: good morning. the "wall street journal" did the math. the original renovations were supposed to cost 321 million dollars. as of december the university had only raised 31 million dollars. huge discrepancy. the question is where is the rest of the money going to come from? the "wall street journal" quoting campus officials who say most likely from campus funds. guess what money is included in campus funds? students' fees. not new fees, but moving money that would otherwise be used for academics this is sure to cause trouble among students. they are going to be mad. maybe they have the right. tuition for them went up 17% last year that's following the state budget cuts and hikes are scheduled for the next four years. they could be between 8 and 16%. for the university's part they

say they had to renovate the stadium it lights on a faultline they say a lot of it was for safety reasons. 70% they say of the renovations are for earthquake safety reasons. the original plan to use private money was supposed to come from endowments and naming rights, not renaming the memorial coliseum but naming parts of it. i have to apologize to kristen sze and my sister emily this morning, when i say this, that fell through because the team is not that good and university officials are admitting if the football team was better maybe people would have been more willing to pay for those seats. katie marzullo, abc7 news. new this morning, the petaluma teacher who was shot by her estranged husband sunday had been didn't add emergency restraining order last week. the 43-year-old mother of four was gunned down outside her divorce attorney's office where she had gone for help in

obtaining a temporary restraining order. petaluma police say they had five contacts with the couple in the past 12 months, including family disbush banses, -- [ unintelligible ] pinole -- [ unintelligible ] you've got surrounding cities that have already banned those. that does equate to a ban on your second amendment rights. >> [ unintelligible ] i think it is a zoning item only it does not infringe my right of going out to a legal gun store.

>> second amendment rights advocates expected more than 100 supporters at meeting only three addressed the city council. in a few hours divers will start searching four more south bay ponds and volunteers will be back out looking for any signs of sierra lamar the 15-year-old morgan hill girl has been missing more than a month. as the search continues techs are pouring over 12 hours of data from sonar scans taken from several ponds in coyote creek not far from her home they are looking for anything out of the ordinary. yesterday divers found two cars in the ponds. detectives are following up on new leads from the crime lab's analysis of evidence. california's highly controversial high speed rail system will be front and center in sacramento today. committees from both houses will hear from the high speed rail authority on revised businessman o'plan which trimmed 30 billion dollars from construction costs. -- this in the wake of a

report by the nonpartisan -- [ unintelligible ] the san francisco agency that oversees muni has approved a plan to enforce parking meters sundays. directors of the agency voted yesterday to charge for metered parking spaces on sundays from noon to 6. goes into effect next year. agency is facing a projected 53 million dollar shortfall over the next two years. oakland voters may face a new game in november with proposals to eliminate ranked-choice voting. a councilman wants voters to repeal ranked choice a system that elected mayor quan. a councilman wants three, four year terms currently there are no limits. council expected to vote in may on whether to put the

proposals on the november ballot. a few hours from now, major operation to rescue a whale off a southern california coast will resume. >> it looks as though fear has kicked in doing all he can to get away from crews. >> it unfolded live on abc7 news at 5:00 last night, 40 foot gray whale tangled up in 100 feet of fishing line. the adult whale appears to be in good condition before returning to shore rescuers attached three large buoys to the whale to help locate it when the rescue resumes this morning. warmer weather on the way and calmer than yesterday. good morning, live doppler quiet because the clouds are high level clouds, a few low level clouds not as many as yesterday slightly cooler this morning. stepping out now, 49

santa rosa, redwood city, los gatos, 51 san jose, fremont, everybody else around low 50 if i antioch 55, -- high clouds and sun this afternoon, low 60s along the coast mid to upper 60s san mateo, oakland, richmond, san francisco and clear lake low to mid 70s for everybody else today is the beginning tomorrow 80 inland looks like a of four days where we could be near 80 inland we could be near 80 friday and saturday around the bay the coast mid 60s. overturned crash now in a bad spot highway 92, they haven't given the direction, they are saying east of skyline in this area, it is blocking lanes at least another vehicle involved in the right lane.

it could affect traffic, likely will affect eastbound out of half moon bay towards san mateo. when there's an overturn crash injuries reported as well that will slow things down we'll let you know when they cheer this the other crash westbound 580 -- due through the dublin grade on the shoulder traffic seems to be flowing well at 59 miles an hour out of dublin towards castro valley and san leandro. the other spot we are following roadwork eastbound 4 antioch actually closed until 5:30 from loveridge to somersville, detour in place, easy one westbound traffic still looking good, a little yellow, so it looks like traffic is flowing to under 40 miles an hour towards loveridge and somersville. 106 years ago almost to the second the great san francisco earthquake struck. amy hollyfield joins us live

from a place where they met following that quake and they still meet today market and concern any. >> reporter: good morning. -- they are here to celebrate the survivors, look at the scene behind us, a large crowd today but are going to solemnly remember the 3,000 who died this is the fountain where survivors met after the quake this say check-in point where family members would come to find out if everyone was okay this is where they would reconnect this has become the spot where they commemorate the quake every year. it happened at 5:11 in the morning that's why they are out here so early. any second now they are going to have a solemn moment of silence. right now there are dignataries speaking. i asked one native here in costume wearing traditional dress from 1906 why he's here?

he said it is important to let people know to remind then that this earthquake happened and to celebrate the fact that no one give up and the city is what it is today, because of what happened. there are two survivors here today. they are 106 and 107-years-old. watch right now as the corner of market street goes completely quiet even though there's a large crowd here.

[ sirens ] >> reporter: the fire sounds to commemorate the call the quake killed 3,000 putting a quarter million out of their homes because of the fires that resulted after. there are a couple of survivors here. they are being given the royal

treatment here this morning. they pulled up in a 1931 lincoln converse ability. they were interviewed and sell -- lincoln convertible. they were interviewed and celebrated by the crowd. they will be honored at a breakfast at lefty o'douls. that is open to the public. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> beautifully done, great tribute. >> you could hear from the two survivors. right now we move on to other things. >> warren buffett reveals a problem with his health. igniting a new controversy. the question used to be where's the beef? now it may be how much is the beef? curious -- [ unintelligible ]

at progressive, you can bundle your home and auto policies and save. don't worry, tiny people. flo is a gentle giant. bundle home and auto at progressive.com. . warren buffett disclosed his diagnosis in an open letter he says he was diagnosed last week after a routine psa blood test that fact is likely to reignite controversy a leading government task force warns against psa testing for men

over 75 because prostate cancer grows so slowly in older men it rarely proves fatal, buffett is 81. he wrote his condition is not remotely life-threatening and went on to say, i feel great as if i were in my normal excellent health. he plans a two month course of radiation treatment in july. attention shoppers expect to pay more for beef. prices have dipped due to the pink slime controversy the cost is now expected to increase. because the department of agriculture says the nation's cattle herd is the smallest it has been in 60 years because of the drought in the southwest and increases in the cost of feed. meat markets say prices are inching up 20 to 25% and some prices are being passed on to the consumer. much anticipated list of acts for this year's outside land festival is out.

♪ ♪ i just called to say i love you ♪ ♪ >> stevie wonder will do more than just call he ail appear at the festival from august 10th to 12th at golden gate park. he will be joined by metallica, kneel young with crazy horse, foo fighters, norah jones, jack white, 60 acts in all, tickets go on sale noon tomorrow to check out the list go to abc7news.com and click on see it on tv. >> she is revved up about metallica coming up one of her favorite bands. >> all the bans are going to be great, the whole experience. -- all the bands are going to be great, the whole experience. >> meteorologist mike nicco is here bringing warm sunshine today. >> let's look outside. we'll talk about that sunshine

and some of the areas that could hit 80 not necessarily today but starting tomorrow and lasting for about four days. 5:19 looking down from vollmer peak, a few clouds most of the high variety except for patchy low clouds especially along the coast, temperatures just updated these we still have mid to upper 40s los gatos, redwood city, santa rosa, everybody else low to mid 50s. upper 40s santa cruz inland to gilroy. high clouds and sun this afternoon, the warming trend begins today. 80s away from the coast possible friday, saturday and sunday more clouds and cooler weather but dry next week. today low to mid 70s in the south bay, san jose 74°. low 70s in the peninsula, pacifica 59 otherwise low 60s along the coast mid 60s downtown and south san francisco coolest weather in the north bay, bow --

inland upper 60s to low 70s in the valleys. 70 fremont mid to upper 60s across the east bay shoreline. east bay valleys mid to upper 70s this afternoon same for morgan hill, gilroy, hollister. low to mid 60s carmel and monterey. heading to the giants game, we won yesterday they won the first game both are 5 and 6 right now, 61 cool, dry at 7:15 the first pitch by the end of the game 56°. a lot of low to mid 50s tonight except palo alto, morgan hill, santa cruz and some of the north bay areas upper 40s. cold front, warm front both to our north where the rain is going to stay, check out this high pressure and the warm weather it brings. heat will peak friday, saturday mid 80s inland 10° warmer than today, 10° cooler tuesday. we are watching this

overturn crash highway 92 east of highway 35. they are saying it is blocking the right lane. it might be exactly where there's two lanes and then switches into one lane. we'll let you know if this causes any slowing. right now emergency crews are heading to the scene, injuries have been reported. it does look like it is in the eastbound direction. they haven't confirmed that yet. we'll let you know, they are saying three miles east of half moon bay on highway 92. the bridges now no trouble at the bay bridge toll, no even across the golden gate bridge, traffic looks light out of marin into san francisco. of course, get ready for that doyle drive closure coming up in a few weekends, april 28th, i believe that weekend. also, we'll check out the san mateo bridge and you're good to go in either direction westbound leaving hayward eastbound looks great as well at this point out of

san mateo. we are following that accident near skyline. 5:22. coming up next, dropped from the dance. big name headed to the sidelines on "dancing with the stars." >> milestone for an iron man the pitch is proving the game can keep you young

good morning it is wednesday 5:24. live look of the embarcadero in san francisco. we are going to have nice warm weather today. mike will tell us more in a moment. a young at heart pitcher

made a little history last night in colorado. 49-year-old jamie moyer became the oldest pitcher to ever win a game when the rockies beat the padres in denver he went seven innings, his 268 career victory. six of the padres were not even born when moyer made his debut in 1986. >> they've got a lot to learn from him. >> dancing with the stars tried something new last night first ever dancing --. the cha-cha challenge ending with judges voting to keep jalil white in the competition. -- degraw said he knew there was a chance he would not come out on top. >> this show gave me another perspective, an opportunity to step outside my element into

someone else's element and realize what a big pair of shoes they are. >> the eight remaining stars move on to the next monday night where the theme turns to motown. "good morning america" will have more coming up at 7:00, right after our newscast. i can wait to grill josh elliot -- we continue to follow breaking news involving u.s. troops in afghanistan. new photos emerged that appear to show soldiers posing with dead insurgents. uc berkeley facing a new financial hurdle, fundraising for costly renovation of its football stadium falling hundreds of millions short. what this could mean with students -- what this could mean for students. why the police department is joining in the investigation into the boat crash at farallon islands. mid to upper 50s in seattle, portland to boston low to mid 50s d.c., new york.

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good morning i'm terry mcsweeney in for eric thomas. and i'm kristen sze. latest on breaking news we've been following all morning. the "los angeles times" has just posted new photographs online that the paper says show u.s. soldiers smiling as they posed with the remains of suicide bombers. the pictures were taken in 2010 in afghanistan. there's reaction from the u.s. military. the commander in afghanistan is condemning these photos. general allen says the actions undermine the daily sacrifices of thousands of troops. he's promising a thorough investigation. the new photos come as u.s. military continues to deal with a series of high profile controversies connected to the war, including a previous

photo controversy and the deadly protests in afghanistan, after the accidental burning of copies of qur'an. we'll continue to follow this breaking news story throughout the morning and on abc7news.com. uc berkeley's football problem -- -- football program has a new problem, paying for renovations to the stadium. katie marzullo joins us live from the stadium. i guess the problem is not just the sport department's it is all the students' problems. >> reporter: the entire student body might have a problem. we know the students are already mad about rising costs to attend uc berkeley we've seen plenty of protests to prove that this morning the "wall street journal" is reporting renovations for the -- the fundraising have fallen way low what was projected. so university officials have told the "wall street journal" that the money might have to

come from campus funds. in those funds, students' fees. those are fees that otherwise might have gone to academics and to cover academics students are paying more. last year their tuition up 17% in the wake of state budget cuts and more fee hikes are on tap 8 to 16% hikes are scheduled over the next four years. the university needs money, they are going to the students for that. they are gonna need money for this massive renovation as well. and it is massive. estimated to cost 2321 million dollars the "wall street journal" says as of december the university only raised 31 million dollars. it money was supposed to come from private endowments, naming rights, people didn't bite on those offers, katie marzullo, abc7 news. new face back extension

last night it was voted unanimous to approve a deal that would bring thousands more employees to its headquarters. menlo park will get millions in taxes and money for capital improvement. in antioch investigators trying to determine the cause of an apartment fire that damaged eight homes the fire started after 9:00 last night. it took nearly 40 firefighters a half hour to knock the flames down. six apartments were severely damaged by smoke and fire two others have water and spoke damage no word on how many were displaced. the fire chief says nobody was injured, two were taken to the hospital as a precaution. the san francisco police department is opening an investigation into a yacht racing accident off the farallon islands. the vessel crashed after being

hit by two large waves saturday. one boater was killed, four are missing and presumed dead. three were rescued. the farallons belong to the city of san francisco, police are in charge of any accident investigations. narrow window for salvaging the low speed chase opens this morning. the effort has to be stopped one the nesting season for birds and pupping season for seals begins, which is soon. the low speed chase has to be airlifted off the rocks to protect the environment. we are learning new details of an growing prostitution scandal involving the secret service. investigators say u.s. agents and military personnel checked at least 20 women into their hotel rooms before president obama arrived in colombia for a summit last week. the secret service director says 11 agents and 10 military personnel under investigation are telling different stories. he has dispatched more investigators to colombia to interview the women. the accused agents will be

forced to take a polygraph test. we'll have the latest in a live report from washington in 15 minutes. on capitol hill less than two hours from now a senate committee will grill officials from the general services administration about lavish parties paid for with taxpayers' money. house oversight committee has been questioning officials for the past two days. the testimony revealed the san francisco based manager who planned the $820,000 trip to las vegas also visited the napa wine country, hawaii, guam and tie pan all on the taxpayers' -- dime. officials say jeff neeley took those trips after he was warned they were excessive. the whistle-blower says the gsa is trying to ref cover the cost of all those trips. let's check in with mike knee -- mike nicco. >> shorts maybe? >> maybe a coat this morning, then shorts this afternoon. one of those days where you

have to change with the time of the day. live doppler not picking up any organized areas of rain maybe a little drizzle along the coast for the most part dry everywhere clouds around the bay shore right now at the reporting stations they are not reducing visibility not causing delays into sfo. mostly cloudy through 8:00 this morning, mix of low and high clouds, temperatures where they are now upper 40s to low 50s, by noon we start to lose those low clouds, high clouds persistent in the forecast, today upper 50s along the coast into san francisco, low to mid 50s for us during the lunch hour. mid to upper 60s around the bay. low to mid 70s inland around 4:00. if you are sneezing here's the reason tree pollen and mold high, grass moderate ragweed almost nonexistent. the warming trend will hit 80s inland tomorrow, 80s around the bay warmth peaks saturday

with mid to upper 60s along the coast. let's get a check of traffic. how is the commute in morning frances? the one spot where we think traffic could slow down is on highway 92 between half moon bay and san mateo overturn crash reported with injuries they took the person out, the person has gone to the hospital. it looks like a lane still may be blocked. we are trying to get confirmation as to what direction of 92 it is in. it could be eastbound, westbound, chp en route saying possibly westbound at this point. most commuters will be heading eastbound out of the half moon bay. i want to take you to the waze traffic map to show you that we are picking up slowing from drivers who just went through the area around 31 miles per hour that is in the westbound direction. of course, if you are heading through there, turn on waze so we can track the slow down for you and you can share that

information with other commuters. bay bridge toll very minor wait now for some of the cash paying lanes. 5:38. next, coming soon to a theater near you the movie star signing on to tell the oscar grant story. r-rated stripper truck that caused a stir in a san francisco neighborhood.

a new movie is being planned about oscar grant and the day leading up to his killing. his family has signed a deal for the independent film titled "fruitvale" named after the bart station where grand was shot on new year's morning 2009. fruitvale is the brain child of east bay filmmaker who is the writer and director of the film. oscar winner octavia spencer has design -- has signed on to play grand's mother wanda johnson. >> we want people of color to see the disadvantage that we have. we want them to learn from what happened with oscar to try to stop that from happening to anyone else. >> actor michael b jordan said to be in talks to play grant. production could begin in july.

larry flynt's hustler mobile is leaving san francisco for greener pass . it has been rolling through the city advertising his north beach bar it ran into trouble in the richmond where it has been parked overnight. when he found out his constituents weren't happy the supervisor asked that the van be relocated. offs say the truck is take its act on the road and will end up, where else in las vegas. some of the things to say, none appropriate. bloomberg business report is coming up. have you filed your state tax returns? you may have to do it again. the last minute policy change in sacramento that could mean you over paid your taxes. >> secret service sex scandal keeps growing. investigators in colombia interview key witnesses. details coming up. possible deal in the works in a washington that could keep dozens of post offices from closing.

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welcome back. rain across the northwest corner of our state, eureka 56 today. mid to upper 70s sacramento and fresno into l.a. warm spot 94 in palm springs.

this morning investigators sent to colombia as the probe into a prostitution scandal involving the secret service grows deeper. lawmakers are asking whether the women had access to sensitive information that could have dazed president obama's security. that money -- that could have jeopardized president obama's security? >> reporter: this scandal keeps growing. key members of congress say alleged behavior like this could put the president's safety at risk. investigators are in colombia liking for people to talk to, looking for witnesses. the secret service agents accused of soliciting prostitutes are about to face serious heat. the accused agents will be forced to take lie detector tests about their alleged mis-- misbehavior in colombia. this morning u.s. inspectors are on the ground interviewing witnesses and collecting hotel video. sources say many of the suspected prostitutes have been identified and will be interviewed. >> when you bring a guest into

a hotel in colombia, they have to leave their photo id at the main desk. >> reporter: some agents implicated are talking, trying to explain away their bad judgment. >> some admit they did the wrong thing. others are denying there was any involvement with prostitution that these were women they happened to >> reporter: sources tell abc news in addition to secret service agents 10 or more military personnel from every branch are implicated as many as 21 local women were allegedly involved. critics say national security was put at risk. >> they could be employees of the local drug cartel, spies planting eavesdropping devices, kidnap them. >> reporter: key woml) in congress briefed calling the alleged behavior dis-- despicable. >> all the women in america were insulted, offended by the actions of these individuals. >> reporter: the white house says president obama still has confidence in the secret service director and that the president is

receiving regular updates on the investigation. a lot of information there, we are learning more about how investigators found out about this inappropriate behavior. >> reporter: yeah, that's right we knew that -- we learned about this because there was an alleged dispute between the secret service agents and one of the prostitutes what is new, according to two sources the alleged dispute was over less than $200. >> that money, thanks very much. -- a -- franchise tax board has made a late decision that can save taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars. last fall the franchise tax board announced guidelines for taxpayers warning they could no longer diagnostic items. including the cost of mosquito -- abatement in some local school and library fees the

only item that could be deducted were taxes based on at saysed val property. after hearing from the irs the tax board has reversed its position causing many to review their returns. >> i'm disappointed in the fact that theyth was revealed at the last minute. i -- fact that this was revealed at the last minute. intend to amend my return and take advantage of the additional deductions because it is worth enough for me to do it. >> a spokesman says the board is exploring remedies for taxpayers tripped up by the change. mike is here talking about a warming trend, getting borderline hitting trend. >> getting close, especially inland we could have four days in a row of 80° temperatures something we haven't experienced yet. we'll show you those numbers in a second of the first let's show what is going on. you can see some of the high clouds out there right now, even the moon looks -- hanging

on as we look back to the southeast under the bridge towards the port of oakland. let's move on, here are those numbers, the warmest temperature so far at the official reporting station, santa rosa has hit 80 february 22nd when livermore hit 79, concord hit 78, san jose hit 77. a day later napa hit 78. -- it has been a while since we've experienced this kind of warmth everybody -- stepping out now, does for upper 40s, santa rosa, redwood city, 46 los gatos low to mid 50s for the rest of us. upper 40s gilroy and santa cruz. today high clouds and sun, we have a few low clouds this morning, those will evaporate

quickly and that will help the warming trend today, 80s away from the coast, specifically, friday, saturday, sunday, possibly thursday, more clouds, cooler next week, no rain in this forecast, you may want to get the sprinkler system to roll. low to mid 70s south bay low to mid 70s -- pacifica the cool spot along the coast 59, low 60s from half moon bay to daly city and the sunset, mid 60s other side downtown and south san francisco cool spot up north bodega bay 57. -- heading over to the east bay shore, mid to upper 60s, warm spot fremont 70, oakland not far behind 68. mid 70s east bay valleys, walnut creek 75 same with livermore. same temperatures -- low to mid 60s carmel and monterey.

tonight third game phillies 7:15 first pitch, cool, dry, 61 dropping to 56. tonight upper 40s clear lake, cloverdale, -- everyone else in the low to mid 40s. cold front to the north ushering in high clouds and warmer weather today. high pressure will take over and keep that rain track to the north with the warmest afternoons friday and saturday, mid 80s inland near 80 around the bay, mid 60s at the coast, 10° cooler by next week have a great day, here's frances. major problem developing southbound 101 in san rafael, here's a live camera shot past north san leandro we can see the back-up growing on southbound 101. the accident is just past this towards central san rafael. i want to take you to the waze traffic app to show you how it

looks now. major accident just reported this was seven minutes ago by a traffic spotter. traffic is moving around 34 miles an hour in the area. looks like the traffic spotter just got past that a little beyond that accident. now he's moving at over 40 miles an hour. but, just before this as well some folks did report very heavy traffic approaching the scene. apparently someone call the chp, multiple vehicle injury accident air bags, chp en route. the other hot spot is highway 92, there was an injury crash as well overturned accident reported in the westbound direction. another person reported it as well. it is blocking a lane, this person is now headed around 25 miles an hour, looking like that person is headed eastbound.

there could be slowing in both directions we'll keep an eye on that. southbound 101 past central san rafael the one where i think is going to cause a big slow down for the morning. are you looking for a job? key industry looking to hire thousands. >> should i be looking for a job? here's jane king. good morning. women still earning less on average than men that goes for women of all ages, races, ethnic backgrounds and education levels. the american association of university women says in 2010, the median annual salary for women $37,000 compared with $48,000 for men. if you are looking for a you might try the tool and dye industry making equipment others use to make products. 80% of the nation's 5800 tool and dye firms in hiring mode now according to a source.

the paper says after apprenticeships, starting salaries can be $60,000 a year no college degree necessary. looking for more artistic jobs, you might try searching on google. the company looking for a new doodler to make creative special designs and the word google on its home page a sense of humor among the qualifications google is looking for. i'm jane king. governor brown says a review has found state employees regularly compile more than 700 necessary or outdated reports. some of the reports include annual report on the kangaroo population in australia. also a monthly report on response to the 1989 earthquake. the governor has ordered an end to the production of half of those reports. he says he requested the review as part of efforts to cut state spending. state senate committee approved a key bill that reduce penalties for

possessing drugs, changing the poe of heroin, meth and cocaine from a felony to a misdemeanor it would send people convicted to drug treatment centers before they go to prison. the bill was introduced by senator leno of san francisco who says drug users who get help will be less likely to commit more crimes because they will receive treatment. state law enforcement agencies are opposed to the bill. it still needs approval by the full assembly and state senate. lawmakers considering a bill that could delay or prevent post office across the nation from closing and save saturday mail delivery. two are among the facilities facing closure. the senate is debating whether to stabilize the u.s. postal service with a cash infusion of 11 billion dollars the money would be a refund of overpavements the postal service made to a federal retirement. the service planned to start shutting down 3700 post

offices this year but the closures have been postponed to may while lawmakers consider additional funding >> why students at uc berkeley may foot the lion's share of the bill for renovation of the stadium. remembering one of san francisco's darkest days. the tribute that brought hundreds out in the cold this morning. revelation in the murder-suicide the protection the victim sought and was denied one week before losing her life. ititititititxxcñ