mirkarimi lost a second of three legal battles, rounds three since monday. there is a story about a fight over a suspension. >> that is the court house mind me. and she's been in that court house two days. yesterday, he lost his court challenge to remove the city attorney's office from the suspension proceedings and today, he asked the judge to stop the proceeding and reinstate him as sheriff. he lost, again. ross mirk ream ease lawyer argued the charge of misconduct on new year's eve happened before he was sworn in as sheriff. wagner said suspension was unconstitutionally vague since the incident was not related to his duties as sheriff, but the judge ruled those questions should be raised before the ethics commission and the supervisors. he says that there is a city

chart yes according elected officials whether another elected official should remain in office. and deputy city attorney says she's looking forward to the testimony. >> this is the first time the sheriff is go tok required to answer under oath charges that have been made against him. >> the mayor is expected to testify before the ethics commission. >> we must always be held to highest legal and ethicack yal standards. >> two differ on what happened the day before lee suspended mirkarimi. the day they mitt met privately. both do agree the mayor started by saying he was giving mirkarimi 24 hours to resign or he would suspend him, mirkarimi said he asked why. >> how do you arrive at this condition? you don't know what happened. would you like to hear my story? the mayor changed the subject. >> the mayor's recollection is

this. >> someone tells you they want to tell you something. you say okay. you wait for them to tell what you it is. sheriff mirkarimi didn't do that. >> and mirkarimi suspended with out pay and today the judge denied a motion for salary back. the judge has given the go ahead to begin its proceedings and that starts on monday. >> interstate 80 is back open after a manhunt shut down the freeway in both directions. hundreds of cars were stalled and police hunted for a suspect wanted in a shooting and a series of car jackings. there is a when it began this morning after 6:00. police say a man opened fire in west sacramento and police say the man took off after a chase, crashed the truck and then, ran from the crash.

police are still searching for the suspect. >> santa clara county sheriff deputies what they are calling a resigned search for sierra lamar. she vanished after leaving home to catch a bus for school. the search will include people from several agencies and there is this area in the past and tomorrow, they will search on foot from 9:00 in the morning until sunset. >> san francisco police hope that a new set of sketches will help them capture a group of conartists targeting older women in the chinese community. and and it came after the women told victims they had bad luck unless valuables were purified. they apreched older women walking alone. others bought a jade bracelet and paid between 2,000s skpdz

$15,000 for it. police say it's worth about so. >> and california job recovery suffered a set back. the city economic development department says the rate rose to 11% in march, up a ternth of a percent. and there is 20,000 more people looking for work in march. >> a san francisco restaurant. it's last call for gordon birsch will close next week after running into lease problem autos i'm devastated. i've been there eight years. i love my jobs and co-workers. i love the beer there and community there. but rent is going up. there is nothing they can do. you know? and we're a corporation now.

people only pay so much for food and beer. >> apparently rent being raised from 65,000ses today $80,000 a month. management says they're looking for another spot nearly. >> today is national day of silence. a student-led event bringing atension to antigay bullying in schools. how one school celebrated this day. >> this started 17 years ago. every state in the nation participates to bring attention to this problem. this student spoke not a word today. also wore a tee shirt with a picture of jamie rodmyer. a 14-year-old who took his life after years of bullying because he was gay. >> this taught me in the hallways. i feel i can never escape it. >> it's called day of silence,

thousands of thousands thoes paid tribute to those in the lgbt community. >> we're voices of the people not able to have a voice. >> this student wore a tee shirt in memory of kenneth wishen. >> he was 14 and came out as a gay teen earlier this year. and in light of that received a lot of bullying and chose to end his life. >> and there the school principal says this day is comment to create social change. >> i look at it as a broader thing. i want respect for all students and this is an opportunity for that to happen. >> wrist bands were also worn

today. >> bullying will still occur but i'm thankful to live in california. >> the president said he would such port two bills meant to protect the students and white householding a screening today of the much-talked about movie "bully". >> neighborhood watch volunteer accused of killing a unarmed florida teen apologized to parents today. >> i wanted to say i'm sorry. and i did not know how old he was. i thought he was younger than i am. dinot know if he was armed or not. >> george zimmerman addressed the family today, his first public statement. he claims martin attacked him and slammed his head against the ground and abc news obtained this exclusive picture of what appears to be

zimmerman's bloodied head. a judge allowed him to post bond to go free if he waits to go to trial on a second degree murder charge he got to give a self-serving apology to help him get a bond. >> this is the most unmeaningful apology we've seen in our lives. >> he could be free in several days and will be required to wear an electronic tracking device. >> a special memory and members of the yacht club will dedicate friday night race to sailor who's died. a month silence will begin a minute before the race. and in the meantime abc 7 news learned a vancouver washington scavenger won the bid. it will be air lifting it out sometime next week. >> there is a warning about a possible mountain lion sighting. the sheriff department says

residents report that had sighting this morning on graceland avenue. and the animal leaped over a fence and deputies say they did not see a sign of the mountain lion. >> the president declared fort ord a national monument today. the army decommissioned fort ord in 1994. and the order will protect nearly 15,000 acres in all, it's beautiful as you can see. eagles and deer and protected lizard live opt grounds of what will be now called fort ord soldier's national monument. >> coming up, rare penny minted a small fortune an option. >> and type of fertility treatment tied to a higher rate of birth defects. >> there we're heading into

hot tear tore, there are numbers getting into 90s. >> local research that could be the answer to rising gas prices. and how to driving 1,000 miles on a single charge stound to you?

scientists getting closer to making an electric car that could travel, get this, 500 miles on a single charge. abc 7 has more on the battery 500 project. this is what cutting edge battery innovation looks like. ibm super computer told these researchers it's possible to build a battery light enough, powerful enough to travel 500 miles on a single charge. >> there is a fundamental

process occurring. and it was not often in sign. this is a battery 500 team unvalving the mystery to produce an electrifying reaction using lithium. there is a key element of membrane technology. >> it has to have a reaction taking place with this alliance it takes time and ibm hopes they're powering our cars in the next 10-15 years so far have been able to build a battery the size of a dime that powers this light two day days. now, they're trying to produce a battery that can recharge safely, cheaply and many

years. >> this is a breathalyzer and allows to us take a look at gases that are from our batteries recharging the battery autos ibm is known as big blue. and admits taking on a green hue with this project. >> a truck and distracted drivers led to crashes on the san mateo bridge and hours of gridlock this morning. traffic came to a stop after a costco big rig smashed into a stalled truck. fuel started to leak. and then about 45 minutes later someone driving in an opposite direction was looking at the wreck, rubber necking and smashed into a chp patrol car with this result. pushing it into a fire truck. chp wants to remind everyone april is distracted driver awareness month. >> had they been paying

attention to the road rather than what is going on on the other side this would have been avoided. >> and i did notice a lot of spectators trying to film us. >> it appears just a small amount of fuel went into the bay. all lanes reopened by 10:30. >> a startling statistic about the risk highway workers face on the job. 72% saw drivers crash into the construction zone this year. 50% said their work we ares were injured and 52% had one construction worker killed. the rates are higher than national average where workers are injured 30% of the time and killed in 18% of the crashes. >> there is a protest a raid on the cabinnis college.

the crack down shut down oaksterdam university. and they want the federal government to respect california's medical marijuana law. protests held on april 20th for 20 is a popular slang trm for marijuana use. >> a new study raising questions about in veto fert saigs. researchers found babies conceived by ivf are 30% more likely to have birth defects but the number jumps for ivf baby foz four. researchers have not determined why, and that stud gee published in journal fertility. >> the state's largest premier gathering of professional business women coming to san francisco may 15th. congress woman jackie speier

says it's a great way to network and hear inspirational speakers and hear about critical issues facing women. >> this is ironic a 40-year-old woman who doesn't smoke pays more for health insurance than a 40-year-old man who does smoke. >> you'll hear more on this sunday at 10:00 a.m. go beyond the headlines here on abc 7. you can hear more about the conference on our web site. >> and you know pennies now cost more to make than they're worth leading to debate whether they should be done away but this rare experimental penny just sold for $1 million. it was minted in 1792 from copper wrapped around silver and says "liberty. parent of science and industry". only 14 still exist. the same coin sold last for

105,000s ndz 1974. >> wow. >> and lots of folks enjoying warm weather today. there are some taking advantage of the heat. and it's going to be hotter this weekend. >> and there is puffs to make it into the building. >> it's only going to get tougher to stay inside and this is going to be gorgeous outside tomorrow but only going to get hotter, there is a live picture as we look across the bay there are clear skies towards pin twin week peeks. there is another live picture, in high definition looking at ocean beach that will be the

place to be if you do not like the heat tomorrow because it's going to be mild. there is where fog has been burn wai.d 63 degrees in hoofl moon bay. san francisco, 77 degrees, there is highs so far 87 concord. there is wide spread warmth today and expecting it to get hotter inland. 80s out there there is mild to warm for coast and bay. cooling on sunday. will be notice in areas. satellite and radar showing you this large ridge of high pressure today. it's going to spill over into tomorrow z as a matter of fact

will be hitting our peek tomorrow, temperatures climb into low 90s, bayside areas coming up as well. there is coastal areas we'll expect temperatures to stay writ was today. so fog in the morning in patches just near the coast going to be dense like this morning. one again, quick burning and quick clearing out, i should say in the morning. low 60s expected around antioch. there is a mild start going to heat up quickly. that fog will be around in the morning blows away. we have a sun out and we enjoy mild day at the coast. intid, warm. inland areas getting hot by spring standards you have 92 degrees inland. and on sunday a southerly surge bringing fog back in. there is locations noticing temperatures falling a bit on sunday. there is is 90 degrees for you

in campbell and san jose. try to stay cool out there. mid-80s for redwood city. there is where you have to go. warm day in downtown san francisco today, and into north bay, warmth with near 90 degrees, towards east bay there is inland areas getting steamy. there is 91 for in antioch. 71 degrees in monterey. 69 in carmel. low 90s inland. accu-weather forecast there is warmth around sunday and not quite as hot. cooler sunday and monday. and there is a chance of showers coming into tuesday and wednesday. dropping back down to where we should be at this time of the year. rain likely thursday. >> okay. thank you very much.

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>> and taking aim at high price of gas there is a plan to put a lid on what we may pai at the purpose and down on thur luck couples and an era of san francisco used to be second only to new york. and those stories and more tonight at 6:00. >> world news is coming up next. i'm cheryl jennings. >> for all of us thank you for watching. we're going to leave you with a flash mob in downtown san francisco. >> they've got the groove on today at union square. >> they look good. >> having fun