invading neighborhoods and causing concern in parts that haven't seen swarms like this in years. we're live with the story. laura? >> hi, care yes lynn, we've heard about colony collapse, it's a problem around the world but not happening here in contra costa county. let me show you bees that have been collected here in contra costa neighborhoods just recently. experts say swarms are pockets of healthy, disease resistant bees that have been immune from problems others are having. it's the season to be a bee in contra costa county. in concord thousands of bees swarmed a car until a kid in a bee keeper suit gathered them up as shown in these pictures provided to abc 7 news. >> this is different. >> shelly lives in the same neighborhood. her car didn't get swarmed but

she nearly did. thanks to the colony in her yard. >> i'm giving them their space, yes. i had three of them fly into my face yesterday. i said that is ochblg i got the message. >> she says she'll leave well enough alone but others won't. >> i'm getting between five to 20 per day. >> mike is with the bee keeper association. he and his fellow bee keepers have been getting swarmed with calls from homeowners asking them to remove what they consider a nuisance. >> we pick them up and bring them into hives or gives them to members to start a new hive. >> he says it's not there are so many bees it's they're out early this year thanks to the unusually dry winter and then, a wet start to the spring. >> because of the rain and on and off rain what happens that they get cloisered. we get nice weather they explode. >> bee keepers say because

they're looking for a home, as long as you don't bother them, they won't bother you but this painter says his close encounter was enough. >> i was painting and i noticed a lot of bees around the area i was painting. i don't like bees. i don't like anything that can fly and attack me at the same time. >> despite the fear, some people have the bees i'm told extermination should be considered as a last resort. bee keepers say in cases an unwanted swarm can be gathered up and take dwron a place like this. that is what the mount diablo bee keeper association does we have their information on our web site. >> thank you. and a shocking insy tent in a youth basketball game in oakland captured on video. an angry fan ran on to the court and punched out a young player in front of a crowd. now, it highlighted here. abc 7 news reporter nick smith

is live in richmond and they're trying to figure out who this guy is? >> they are. you know the rebels and soldiers are long time rivals but believe in great sportsmanship. the commissioners on both teams are speaking out to denounce the conduct in last sunday's tournament game. >> i seen the video ways very disturbed. >> this is what he's talking about. >> i've been working youth sports 30 years. i have never seen anything like this. >> the two teams among the best known and feared aau basketball clubs in the state. and aau is one of the largest nonprofit volunteer sports organizations in the u.s. and rivalry is legendary. to find two of them in a playoff putting everything on the line isn't out of the ordinary. >> what would happen next is. >> i have never seen an adult walk on to a court or field

and assault a player. >> the soldiers 16 and under team were leading in the second half of the championship tournament game against 17 and under oakland rebels. that is when an unidentify adult male seated behind the bench ran onto the court and threw a punch against a team player on the rebels team. >> this is shocking. >> it stunned players, coaches and fans. the video received more than 3,000 hits and has become the talk among the league, comments from social media errorusly identify the adult. >> i want to say i don't know who it was. the kid. and to his parents, we apologize from the soldier family but that has no representation of the soldier autos both are making moves to

assure paernts that this will never happen again. >> most thing that upset me is that just unidentified person came and assaulted a kid and was able to get away. that upset me most. >> moving forward both men appealing to players fans and spectators to help them identify the man who came on to the court. they're saying they'll institute a policy of colored jerseys so spectators and fans and players can identify who belongs to who team. >> thank you, nick. >> the first time since his january arrest suspended sheriff ross mirkarimi talking about the bruise that led to a guilty plea of false imprisonment and a suspension which he's now fighting. >> mirkarimi says he has in the given a public explanation

because he was so, quote, wallopped to the point i was just down and because of advice from his then attorney. he said he regrets that now and feels this was a bad decision. waits an emotional radio interview today in which he recounted his version of the events of new year's eve. ross mirkarimi said this morning that he and his wife had a horrible quarrel in the car on the way to a pizza lunch just before noon december 31. with son in the car he turned around and headed back to their house. and they were fighting about an impending trip to venezuela planned with theo. mirkarimi angry the last trip, six months earlier lasted two months. >> i parked the car. i had already vented what i had to say. so it was off my chest. i acted inappropriately. i swore at my wife in front of my son he said he continued to be angry and had never seen

her so upset. >> she was getting out of her passenger seat. and to unharness or our son who is nearly three. and he was panicked. you can see the panic and she was screaming. i reefed over from the driver's seat still with the seat belt on to put my hand underneath her arm to try to guide her back into the passenger seat so we can talk this through. i put my hand under her arm she'd been -- got bruised. i thought i was being a father in a moment where i had not any premeditated thought and i thought i was coming to, trying to remedy the situation. >> mirkarimi is fighting his suspension and if he loses it will be hearing his official misconduct case monday. he says after going through

this ordeal and being dissected in public opinion he hopes to just evaporate as a person, or better myself as a father, man, husband and sheriff. >> thank you. >> and despite leads a number of volunteers searching for sierra lamar has been dwindling. and abc 7 is live nearby to search center. organizers are using new tactics to recruit more volunteers to help. >> there is media and social media have been instrumental about raising the case so, while the family is following developments, people behind the scenes here are recruiting volunteers now in spanish. steve lamar is a father worried and encouraged. hopeful the information detectives got back will help

find his daughter. >> they told us there are results. whatever sit we're still happy, whatever it s so... because we've got something at least to go on, now. >> dive teams explore the pond and reservoirs trr tl is an aggressive push into the search center as well. nearly a third of santa clara county population is latino. one dedicated volunteer says the community is under represented in the ground searches. >> i was talking to spanish media there is maybe 10% volunteers. >> saying her grandson rode the bus with sierra and doing interviews in spanish to increase awareness about the search for the 15-year-old. this is the first time he has volunteered. >> i think that everybody wants to help out a little bit. as long as it's convenient or people have ability to come out, they should.

>> sierra's family says it's following underwater search efforts and grateful skilled professionals are using sonar equipment to cover territories hidden from view. >> we have confidence is that there are, there is no evidence we're leaving behind. if it's there, we're finding it. >> the family says it feels blessed by the community support and hochs hundreds of people will turn up for this weekend's volunteer searches. >> thank you. there is more coming up tonight. wheel follow up on rescue in southern california and number one threat to whales off the court. >> and a serious work place accident brings this woman to a hospital for a scalp transplant. >> we may see temperatures near 90 degrees, where and

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rescuers trying to free a whale tangled in fishing line near southern california. they've been trying to cut the line away from the whale's head. colored buoy as tached to the whales and yesterday, they were able to remove about 100 feet of fishing line. mark matthews is on the headlands there have been several incidents called recent weeks.

>> there is gray whales and this is the third gray whale that has been caught in fishing gear in the past month. from there, you can see the gray whaul trailing fishing gear floats and a boat. yesterday a team from pacific marine mammal center was able to cut away roughly 50 feet of the fishing line. the whale was moving too fast. >> i dive all over the world. if they're hanging onto the road it's going to rip the mask off and tank off. >> and a naturalist says the video shows a healthy gray whale able to swim for day was a fishing net but unable to feed. and grays are bottom feeder autos it will be impossible with boats wrapped around the head it can't scrape and

fishing gear is one hazard encountered in california. this pregnant blue whale washed ashore. half a dozen were killed in the same way this one on the bow of the ship that hit it when the ship came into the bay. but he says it isn't ship strikes or commercial whaling but gill nets that are the greatest threats. >> the greatest threat to whales is overfishing. >> he says man is stripping the ocean of certain species of fish. >> competition out there is so severe among all marine mammals. we've depleted the ocean commercially of fish. >> and if they'll continue to search for the whale it cannot eat because of the fishing

gear the issue rized is of the survival of the ocean linked to man kind's choice of what to eat. reporting from the marin headlands abc 7 news. >> the police chief stepped down over the pepper spraying of campus occupying protestors last year, students sprayed at point blank range in november and tonight six months later uc davis chief announced her retirement issued a statement saying the university does not want this to be a defining moment. and there is a charter of my life that must be closed. >> gavin newsom decided he doesn't have enough to do as lieutenant governor so he signed on for a side job, hired by current tv the left leaning cable network co-founded by al gore. starting next month newsom will host a weekly talk show on the network.

his office says he'll donate whatever he makes to charity. current tv is the network that justifiered keith oberman. >> it's a lovely day out there. it's warming up. >> absolutely. >> it's going to be warming up summer like levels. and by weekend. and might see something close to 90 degrees. there is a live view from our south beach camera here in san francisco. loonging towards sutro tower, above, mainly blue skies with just thin high clouds. today was a summer like pattern, mild inland and cool at the coast. 60 degrees in half moon bay. milder than in santa cruz. a high of 67. and there is 72 in morgan hill. so mild inland and getting milder and warmer.

there is mainly mid to upper 60s in other locations. there is 55 in half moon bay. mostly cloudy skies overnight. warming trend continues tomorrow, temperatures speak this weekend into upper 80s to almost 90s. there is a frontal system passing north with an area of light rain witness. we don't expect that to move to work down into the bay area, we expect this rich to work and build in bringing us sunny skies and pushing clouds away and of course, bringing us a major warm up friday, saturday, and sunday throughout the weekend. there is clouds increasing and there is little bit of rainfall collapse getting close to clover dale. generally low temperatures into low 50s. and clouds hanging around and

they'll follow animation, burn back to the coastline giving us sunny skies and it will be warm and so it's skip around the bay area. sunny skies in the south bay and highs into upper 70s and 79 in campel. we'll see low to mid-70s in the peninsula. and upper 50s to low 60s on the coast with fog. downtown san francisco a high of 67 tomorrow, 66 in south san francisco. north bay highs mid to upper 70s. there is near east bay highs into low to mid-70s. 74 castro valley. there is upper 70s in concord and pleasanton. 80 in antioch. and there is mid 70s in

watsonville and santa cruz. here is the accu-weather forecast. mid to upper 80s inland friday, saturday, sunday. we're posting 88 saturday but there may be an 89 or 90 degree read something where. there is a cool down into mid week next week. >> wow. >> sure is. >> coming up next anniversary of the great san francisco earthquake. >> and a mix up that spoiled a longstanding tradition. it

tonight money matters ebay says it took in more than $3.2 billion last quarter. profits up owe%. and disappointing earnings in intel and ibm. the dow lost almost half of what it gained yesterday. nasdaq and s and p negative as well. a new report says revenues from internet advertising set a new record. $31 billion last year, almost half from search-based ads. and in menlo park facebook has been given permission to expand and bring thousands of employees into the campus. >> san francisco marks a 106th anniversary of the 1906 earthquake and fire today. fires on vehicles blaired at

5:11 a.m. two survivors joined city leaders with is a pointing point. >> we're surrounded by legacy of 1906. buildings around us, people here, spirit of the city. they're direct relation to that event. >> to the celebration hit a snag and tradition called for painting this fire hydrant gold but silver paint came out of the can. this man fixed the problem after a trip to the hardware store. they credit the hydrant for saving the mission district. and on twitter look for the hash tag. >> passing of an american legend. dick clark. some musics he helped make famous.

>> abc 7 news anchor sharl cheryl jennings sits down for a rare interview with china's counsel general. >> take a look at this, a passenger proving there is nothing to hide from airport security. another half hour of news is coming up.

late today on the hollywood walk of fame flowers placed on the star of a television ik yachblt a man who wasn't a musician but whose name is synonymous with rock and roll. dick clark has died he had a pro found impact on the entertainment industry. he suffered a massive heart tack today and died at age 82. don sanchez is hear now with some of the bay area musicians he influenced. >> interesting and people knew him from around here.

he had an ability to know what could become a hit. the kids could dance to. and he brought rock and roll into the main stream and was a smart businessman. the bay area people who knew him ream -- remember. >> it's time for "american band stand". >> every day, that dance show from philadelphia is forever changed music. >> dick clark comes into the living room and makes music not safe in a bad way but he showed everybody that rock music could be wonderful. >> and the producer after bay area rocker gray kim's first appearance his dad sent clark a thank you letter he said i've had thousands on the show. the the only thank you letter i've ever got. it endeared me to dick clark. >> she'lly e says in 1985 he

made her wear a cape to cover up her costume. she called him an icon. and he says walls in clark's bathroom have pictures of the stars on the show. clark branched out into awards show, new year's eve in times square, and game shows, george devine senior won $5,000 on the show. >> he allowed credits to run long so everyone on the show could get help in the career. >> and when writing for "rolling stone" he had a contentious interview he was just a generous guy about no matter what you think about the business side and how he did everything for money. >> yeechb a stroke didn't stop the senior citizen teenager. >> really is leaving a mark.

and the president says he will be remembered for being as young and vibrant as he was. so, dick clark so long. >> thank you. >> and viewers reacting to the death of dick clark on our facebook page. jan says she spent many saturdays watching "american band stand" trying to learn how to dance. kathleen says thank you dick clark for great music you helped bring my way over the years, if you want to join just go to facebook.com abc 7 news. >> secret service says three employees are out of the agency in the wake of a prostitution scandal in columbia and other agents are now under investigation for possible drug use. a total of 11 secret service members and 10 military personnel accused of having as many as 21 prostitutes in

their hotel rooms. abc 7 news learn aid hotel worker claims he saw a line of white powder on a glass table in a secret service agent's room. inskbrorkts are on the ground interviewing women involved and collecting hotel surveillance video. >> defense secretary is condemning photos of u.s. solders posing with body parts of -- photos obtained from reportedly from a pararooper, one photo shows soldiers posing with mangled legs of a suicide bomber, panetta called the pictures inexcuseable. >> we know war is ugly and violent. and i know that young people sometimes caught up in the moment make very foolish decision autos u.s. officials

urged l.a. times not to publish the photos fearing it could incite violence against u.s. troops. the army opened a criminal investigation into this matter. >> the chinese consul general is celebrating the 40th offers of president nixon's trip to china. and he talked about that in a variety of issues the consul general in san francisco has a big job in his key post, overseeing china's relations in california. consul general gao says china and america have come a long way since the visit by former president nixon 40 years ago. >> 40 years ago our trade was neglect. nowadays china and america are becoming each other's second

largest trading partner. >> the u.s. census shows china right behind canada as a multi billion dollar trading partner. president nixon's visit unlocked a door a secretive country. >> when i heard the news from the radio i couldn't believe my ears he was the first year college studentsent in china at the time. >> it was totally a shock. the president of america, our enemy will visit china? >> the counsel yul general says that helped begin rapid development in-to-a country emerging from thousands of years and america is on their radar. a if you report says there is a growing interest in luxury services like travel. >> china's people are gaining rich and more money. and there is benefiting the

economy. the economy. >> san francisco is a destination for many tourists. he says it feels like home to him. >> about 400,000 chinese americans are here and american chinese new year. >> there is more people to people contact than ever before between china and america. >> last year about p.3 million visits were made between china and america. >> the door president nixon gently pushed over is resolving frequently. >> naigsz will be more secure when we work together. >> china's president visited with president obama in washington this year and the vice president is in line to become the next president and

met with president obama this year. >> china and america are nation of peoples have achieved a lot in the past 40 years. and i do believe that by dealing our hands closely they can achieve much more. >> coming up next a young woman whose work place injury

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three conservation groups are suing for the way they respond to oil spills, at issue are the december percentments and chemicals break oil down into tiny drop des lets but the groups say they approved use without knowing if they harm endangered animals. >> surgeons in california ma pacific medical center performed a rare operation, reattaching forhead and scalp of a 22-year-old stockton woman. >> sonia and her doctors have a lot to tell. two weeks ago the 22-year-old

was flown in from stockton. surgeons only had hours to reattach her forehead and scalp. this is what she looked like. >> walking into that warehouse, without a scalp, without her hair. >> within hours sherk was in the operating room. >> some people think we can put it back on and stitch it together. but would it never live, it's lost blood supply. >> this is not the actual operation but one using the same techniques. in order to save the scalp they had to repair and connect with the help of a microscope. >> this is restored and hair began to grow again.

she was having stubble grow out. >> for having a scalp and forhead is extremely rare. >> the first performed in the u.s. was done by his father in 1976. the clinic continues to be a pioneer in these procedures. >> without them i won't probably have any hair or probably not be here. so it's good that doctors took care of me and the way they did. >> cal osha is investigating the accident. it could take up to six months and it's worth mentioning the company has never been cited before by the state. >> coming up next the mix up that made this woman afraid to get behind the wheel of a car.

registering your car is usually simple but not so for one woman. >> for a year police kept pulling her over. >> michael finney stepped in to help. >> liz beth sweeney felt fearful every time she got behind the wheel because of this. expired rej traigs tag on her car. >> the tag said 2011. we're in 2012. so... officers will stop me. >> she has been driving around nearly a year with expired tags and she says it's not her fault, she paid the registration but dmv won't give her new tags. >> i said is there a problem? they said yes. you have a citation it hasn't been paid i said no. i paid it. >> she admits she did let

registration lapse of. she was cited and she paid. however, she tried to register and the citation showed up on records, he had to go back to the court house to prove she was cleared. >> he tells me no. it's paid and should be fine. just wait a couple days it and should be in the system it wasn't. she got a copy of the record and a letter and took it right down to the dmv. >> and they said no. this doesn't suffice. >> the dmv said no tags. elizabeth said she had no choice but to drive without one. >> i was very tense every time i got behind the wheel. ways always watching every so often she'd hear the siren. >> oh, i'm late for work very to pull over. >> she kept this envelope with

the court papers and her registration receipt. the cops were sympathetic. but still she was getting stopped. she also received this $279 parking ticket for expired tags and her records still show that had citation. >> i was frustrated at this point. and called channel 7. >> within hours, she got a call to come down with her paper work and after a smog test she was handed the orange sticker. >> i am so incredibly relieved. >> dmv said we're unsure why this took so long to be handled. there may have been an issue with communication. we apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. now, she carefully applies that precious tag.

>> i'm done. >> she drives off feeling free. >> thank you so much for helping me. >> so if you get a citation make sure you get a receipt saying it's been cleared up. >> there is one less mystery. last of the megamillions lottery winners revealed themselves today. and she says she smiled for hours after learning they'd won a third of the jackpot with a $3 quick pick. they took the $157.8 million lump sum payment. >> wow. >> portland oregon man trying to board a flight in san jose went to extremes to show you had nothing to hide, taking his clothes off, all of them at the check point, apparently he thought screeners were

harassing him. and tsa agents ordered him to put clothes back on when he refused the 49-year-old computer consultant was arrested for exposure and disorderly conduct. >> they just let him do it cohave walked through with the rest of the people. >> not sure about that. >> let's get a check on the forecast now. >> there is tomorrow's weather, sunny warm into the southern part of the state. 78 in los angeles moving north still in the south. a high of 81 there are showers up north. in the bay area we'll have sunny skies inland. fog, low clouds clinging to the coast. will be cool with a high of 62 in half moon bay. there is santa rosa from a high of 76 to 83 by saturday. san francisco, 67 to 87 by

saturday. there is maybe a location to come close to 90. here is the accu-weather forecast very warm weather inland. friday, saturday, and sunday upper 80s is the general range and there is a a cool down. >> with no precipitation in site. >> there is funky week. >> yes. >> definitely baseball weather. >> the verdict is in on brian wilson. >> how long we'll have to wait before batters fear the beard, again. ♪

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wilson. the next move for giants closer will be surgery. that will come tomorrow in florida. wilson will have surgery to repair damaged ligament in his elbow and will be bun dijames andrews who did a similar procedure in 2003. he is hoping that he comes back better and stronger. 9ers have begun work outs and there is a chance for new accusations to and among them, mario manning have been coming off of a super bowl championship. he likes the red jersey. >> going there for a second time, you know, feels like i can bring a little bit more experience. >> there is who knows this, is

a new year. so... going to try to get off on a good, good foot. >> there is josh johnson competing for a back up spot. he was in tampa bay and played at the university of san diego. >> he feel like he showed me how to play the quarterback position in different ways. there is when you never knew what i was capable of. he opened my iz. >> this is sharks down two games to one, prepping for game four with st. louis tomorrow night in the tank. and on the ice today todd mcclellan working on special teams among other things so

jumbo joe going to try to help out there. and i think this doesn't matter. we're interchangeable. everybody played wings and it doesn't matter. cot bomb six play, too. >> so kobe bryant will to the play in that game, he has been out with a injury. and jerry west is busy working. dropping in for a shoot around and surprised brandon rush. this is like getting tips god on how to play. and there is, dinot expect that. and he is often giving me good

points on what to work for. how to create space. >> that is great stuff. palo alto native jeremy lind made the list of the top 100 influential people in the world. and there is other names and what a journey for jeremy lind. influential in the world? >> i'm not sure i'm the most influential in my house house. >> you're not. >> i'm barely on the list. >> thanks larry. >> and you can join the conversation on facebook.com/abc conversation on facebook.com/abc

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