in the news this saturday morning, april 21st a man is dead after touching a live power line that came down on his car? and they will be back out missing for morgue hill teen sierra lamar missing more than five weeks ago now. good morning, i'm terry mcsweeney. let's start things off with a look at the forecast. lisa argen has that for us. lisa. >> good morning, everyone. we are looking at a nice clear shot behind you. and temperatures right now in the upper 50s to low 60s. 48 in half moon bay. so it is cool at our coast. but we are looking at temperatures to come up probably by about 8:00, 9:00 so he we will be dropping another couple degrees. but once the sun is up boy, we are going to warm up quickly. high pressure, the same setup as yesterday to the east and west of us will allow for rapid warming.

that's today. so if you like it enjoy today. we've got more 70s 80s and 90ths but the sea breeze confined to the shoreline and then tomorrow the fog moves our way and everybody cools off. i'll explain in a little bit. terry. >> thanks, lisa. pg&e this morning is saying that restoring power to the final homes in the san mateo neighborhood still several hours away. last night a man died after touching a live 12,000-volt power line that came down on his car. it happened in san mateo on south norfolk street. abc7 news reporter tells us what may have triggered the tragedy. >> reporter: she and her family were stunned about 6:30 when the lights went out. >> i heard like three explosions. >> the explosions were caused by a 12,000-volt power line coming down on the 1600 block of south norfolk street. the culprit was a mylar balloon. >> i looked up and it was flashing and the lines were coming down.

this is the power line. also burn itself into a sidewalk. a man in a pickup truck went out to investigate the fallen line according to neighbors. >> what i heard, because i didn't see it for myself, he actually tried to move the power line. >> he actually tried it pick it up? >> yeah. and when the boys were running over and asked him not to. they started screaming don't touch it, don't move anything, but it was too late. he had already touched it. >> she called 911. she said the man was not moving when the paramedics took him away. this is pieces of concrete sidewalk that were turned to glass by the extreme heat when the power line hit the ground. pg&e crews say about 73 homes were left without power when the line went down. >> the victim was pronounced dead at stanford hospital. pg&e said it will not confirm yet whether or not the mylar law -- balloon was in fact the cause of the line coming down.

in san mateo, abc7 news. sacramento county authorities have not yet identified the carjacking suspect who was shot and killed by police yesterday after a day-long crime spree. it began about six in the morning when shots were fired as officers were chasing a stolen white pickup truck. the driver crashed, ran away then is believed to have hot wired a tractor. and then drove it to another carjacking. officers spotted the suspect running into a sacramento county apartment building. as deputies tried to get him to surrender, they saw the apartment was on fire. a sheriff's spokesman said the decision was made to shoot him to save the lives of residents. >> being unable to suppress the fire, being unable to evacuate residents because of the threat he presented, the decision was made he needed to be neutralized. at that point our officers discharged duty weapons striking him. once the fire was contained we were able to get a team of officers in and the suspect was determined to be deceased.

>> firefighters got the fire knocked down without anyone else being hurt. interstate 80 was shut down for six and a half hours during the manhunt and obviously causing a huge traffic snarl. this morning preparations are underway for a memorial flow -- flotilla in honor of the yacht club members who died in last week's accident. we learned the vote called the low speed chase will be retrieved from the farallon islands next week. abc7 news reporter sergio has the story. >> the fire department's boat shoots an arc of water into the air. this is part of the moment of silence in the first yacht race in the bay since last weekend's fatal sailboat accident. it's prompted second thoughts from at least one sailor in this race. >> there's a lure and there's a danger but it's hard to explain. i feel a little funny tonight actually after it happening. >> john says he did not know any of the crew of the low speed

chase personally but they were all familiar because of the camaraderie of the close-knit boating community. >> i think the whole sailing community is very distressed about people dying. it's just not a typical experience. >> low speed chase remains marooned out on the rocks of the islands. as you see from this exclusive video, there are sea lions and other things surrounding the yacht. it's a wildlife sanctuary. so to retrieve the boat, divers have said they have secured the necessary permits for the job and will likely use a large helicopter to pluck the boat off the island early next week. dragging it off with another boat could cause the boat to break apart and the fiberglass pieces could then be dangerous for the animals. back in tiberon, a starting gun fired from the roof of the yacht club, kicks off the race of about 30 boats. for this racer, john, the

tribute puts the risks of racing into a new perspective. >> you think about going out and sailing being a lot of fun and you do you it for the fun and recreation, that's why you get out in the water because you really enjoy it. it's difficult when you have this in the background. >> this event was a bit of a preview for what's expected to be a larger event saturday evening. i talked with a member of the fire department who tells me they expect a flotilla of boats from around the bay area. in tiboron, abc7 news. >> an autopsy will be performed monday to confirm the identity and cause of death of a body believed to be a 15-year-old santa rosa girl who had been missing since last saturday. investigators believe it was the body of charlotte molinari who was found by police yesterday. police were led there by computer records which showed that showed she looked up directions to the park. they feared the worse when they

read her journal which said she had been contemplating suicide. they said it remains an open investigation. >> volunteers will be out again in just a few hours at about 9:00 this morning looking for missing sierra lamar from morgue hill. only a few of her personal belongings have been found. today's search include parts of morgan hill, gilroy and search dogs will also take part in today's search. they are being provided by sheriff's departments in four local counties. alameda county supervisor, nadia lockier, has resigned. the wife of the state treasure claims she was assault bid an ex-boyfriend, and then she went into rehab for alcoholism and addiction. there was reports of a sex tape and an e-mail from her account saying her husband supplied her with drugs. she then claimed someone hacked her account. >> it was something almost every week and it was a distraction and it was a distraction for us

on the board of supervisors in terms of trying do our job and serve the public. >> in a statement released yesterday, she said she wants to concentrate on being a mother. she says, quote, i can surely be a great mom and represent district 2, yet not while also tredging the waters from earlier recovery from addiction and the aftermath of interpersonal violence. her husband released a brief statement yesterday as well. he said the last year has taken a toll on her wife and he fully supports her decision to resign. suspended sheriff ross mirkarimi heads into a hearing having lot another battle to get his job back. mirkarimi's attorney said his suspension was unconstitutionally vague since it was not related to his duties as sheriff. but the judge said those issues should be raised before the ethics commission. mirkarimi said he tried to tell mayor ed lee what happened with

his wife and how she got those bruises on the arm before he was suspended last month. >> how did you arrive at this position? you don't even know what had happened. would you like to hear my story? and the mayor was mute, where he changed the subject. >> the deputy city attorney sheri, said the mayor's recollection is very different. someone tells you they want to tell you something, you say okay. you wait for them to tell you what it is. sheriff mirkarimi didn't do that. >> again, that ethics commission hearing begins monday. both mirkarimi and the mayor are expected to of it. -- expected to testify. >> coming up next, a surprising moment in a florida courtroom as george zimmerman apologizes to trayvon martin's parents. and these babies rescued. how crews got them back to their mom.

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>> this morning the man who says he killed trayvon martin in self-defense remains behind bars even after being granted bail by a florida judge yesterday. it was an emotional day in court as george zimmerman apologized directly to martin's parents. here's abc's matt gutman. >> stunned. the courtroom watched a shackled george zimmerman shuffle to the stand. the gray suit hiding a bulletproof vest. >> please state your full name for the record and spell your last name. >> george michael zimmerman. >> only to be shocked once more when zimmerman directly addressed the parents. boy he killed, dabbing tears just feet away. >> i wanted to say i am sorry fo the loss of your son. i did not know how old he was. i thought he was a little bit younger than i am. and i did not know if he was armed or not. >> at one point his lawyer

grilled the state's chief investigator and seeming to punch a hole in the prosecution key assertion that zimmerman was the aggressor in the confrontation with martinez. >> do you know who started the fight? >> do i know? >> yeah. >> no. >> do you have any evidence that supports who may have started the fight. >> no. >> his father also testified by phone that his son was hurt that night. >> his lip was swollen and cut and there were two vertical gashes on the back of his head. >> did you see any pictures of that? >> yes, i have. >> [inaudible] >> i saw one on the news today. >> he's talking about this image provided to investigators and obtained exclusively by abc news, which the photographer says shows the bloody back of zimmerman's head. the photo snapped just three minutes after martin was killed. after a two hour hearing the judge made a bail decision on the spot. >> set bond in the amount of $150000. >> heartbreaking to martin's

family. >> it was devastating that he got to give a self-serving apology to help him get a bond. >> abc's matt gutman reporting. zimmerman is expected to be released as soon as the attorneys can get the money. his attorneys said that could take several days. before he's released he will be fitted with a gps ankle bracelet. >> knew this morning a blind sea lion in southern california has found a new home, in the utah desert of all places. the 700-pounder, appropriately known as big guy, has been swimming in a pool ever since he was found injured more than a year ago. he's been nursed back to health but because he's partially blind he's not going to be released back in the wild. instead he gets to share an $18 million habitat with another partially blind sea lion at a zoo. in other news a couple lost baby owls are back with their mom in milpitas.

the two week old owls were found at the bottom of the tree on thursday night. their nest had broken apart. last night the organization "wild rescue" made the nest stronger by using a laundry basket. when mom was gone the babies were brought up and out. >> she's in the tree which is great. we looked up and there she is. we aren't too worried bat guy. we will have people checking on her from time to time. but we wanted to get us, the predators out of here so she has time to reconnect with her babies. >> the nest should last for several years for the annual broods. and the they have forgiven mom for not following the instructions on how to build a proper nest. it's all forgiven and they are in the laundry basket now. >> it might have been her first nest. we don't know. >> what's going on weather-wise? it's going to be a nice one. >> yes. we have cool condition at the

coast and we will have the sea breeze again. we are talking about a lot of sunshine. we will be in the mid-70s by noontime here. highs today, once again well above normal. i'll detail the forecast next. >> also next, angel pagan finds his stroke against his former teammates in new york. mike shumann as the giants and mets highlights coming up in sports.

>> lisa is joining us now talking about a forecast. when we say enjoy it while you can we really mean it and here's why. >> we have steady dropping temperatures tomorrow and even rain in the forecast by the middle to the end of next week. but get ag head of ourselves, we don't want to do that. talk about today. >> yes. >> in fact we have some really nice weather out there from tahoe right now. we are talking about 32 trees in truckie. it's clear here. but there is fog in truckie. 34 at the tahoe really airport. going up to 72 degrees today in the northern sierra nevada. isn't that crazy? back home, vulmer peak, numbers to about 60. and clear skies everywhere. there is going to be a little bit of a fog offshore. and then that's going to slide up from the south overnight tonight. but so far we are looking at a really sunny day, even at our

beaches. look at half moon bay, though. 48 degrees. winds offshore gusting out of the northwest to 25 miles an hour. that's why we have the cool air in place here. elsewhere, wow low 60s fremont. 60 concord, 62 in antioch. so toasty once again inland. that means a return to the 90s about ten to fifteen degrees above normal. mild to warm around our coast and bay with cooling getting unway for everyone tomorrow. but more dramatically from san francisco to our north bay valleys as the fog is going to get sucked up from the big sur coast all because of this area of low pressure. so we've got high pressure dominating once again, and that is allowing for the same weather pattern yesterday as today. so we are going to start out with slightly warmer temperatures and with those down-sloping winds sinking air, that allows for rapid warming. i'm not talking about the offshore flow. that's why we have the winds out of northwest 5 to 10 miles an

hour. then it's this area of low pressure as it begins to drop to the south. well the atmosphere always try to equalize itself and that's going to pull up the fog. and that will allow for the cool-down and gusty winds overnight tonight, moving up. so be aware of that in case you are going to be out late tonight. you will notice that the fog is going to be with us and it will be cool down here. owes you won't notice much of a change not in land valleys. it will be subtle cooling but a small craft advisory will allow for it to be a little chop by tomorrow on the badu to the southerly winds. 92 fresno. 78 los angeles with 80 in the southern sierra. we are talking about some very summer-like temperatures all across the state. back home once again in the upper 80s to about 90 for san jose. 88 sunyvale and milpitas with super tino coming in with 89 today. pacifica, yesterday you were in the mid-60s. today upper 60s. half moon bay a lot of sunshine and low 70s.

a light sea breeze. not much change here. we climbed early in the low 70s in san francisco. so once again, a rapid warmup this morning with 88 in here. cool here but nice day at the beach. 87 vallejo. near east bay. getting worm in oakland at 85. and low 90s for livermore. brentwood 92 and down by the monterey bay, how about 70 there? 84 in santa cruz. 92 in hollister. so a little cool down gets underway tomorrow. mid-80s and then it's about 80 inland monday. partly cloudy skies. the area of low pressure is going to come visit us and that could mean a chance of showers tuesday into wednesday and then 60s for thursday. [laughter] >> i know. >> the variety pack. >> yeah. >> lisa, thanks a lot. well dan harris joins us from new york to tell us what is coming up at 7:00 on "good morning america." good morning to you dan. >> haywood, terry, good morning sir. coming up on gma, george

zimmerman may be hours away from being released from jail. this after he shocked pretty much everybody by taking the stand and apologizing directly to the family of trayvon martin but the question is did he help his case? we will talk about that coming up. and also danger on board air force two. vice president's biden's plane grounded after a bird strike while landing. it happened on the same day hillary clinton and also a commercial jetliner hit birds with their planes. how big a riske is this? new details leaking out tonight secret service agents. three more fired for partying with prostitutes in colombia. more expected to resign soon. the question, will the head of the secret service be able to survive the scrutiny? terry, i think this is my favorite story of the morning. this is a version of the hang over. three young men go out partying and they weak up to find a penguin in their hotel room. [laughter] >> the story of how the penguin got in their room, and the poor decision-making that led up to

it is all captured on videotape. it's like a gift for us and we will be passing it along to you on the broadcast this morning. terry, no matter how many crazy nights you have had in your life, and i'm sure there have been many, but -- >> but they never included a penguin. i look forward to that reporting. thanks very much. >> thank terry. >> in sports tonight the sharks are on the brink of elimination, needing a win in st. louis to stay alive in their playoff series against the blues. puck drops at 4:30. this morning, vogelsong will be pitching after a nail-biter last night. here's the sports. >> good morning. the giants began a four-game set against the mets yesterday in new york with barry zito on the hill. the only city more beautiful than new york, san francisco. top of three, no score until angel pagan takes jonathan deep to left center. first home run of the year.

1-0 giants. zito looked strong early, but struggled mid-game. gave up two home runs. nieuwenhuis went to second. 3-2, giants. john closed had out in the ninth. singles. and we go to extras. top of ten, runners on second. sanchez comes through with a single and melky cabrera comes home. clay minutesly close it is out. giants win, 4-3. a's hosting the indians. the mustache shirt. missed his bobblehead. 1-nothing in the third. reddick a solo shot. his second of the year. game tied at 1. bottom of one. the double down the left-field line. two men score. hanahan three rbi on the night. 3-1, indians. bottom of four, now 4-2, indians. jamal week scores after the single. two runs batted in. 4-3 bases loaded and two out. and kyle grounds out to hannan to end the inning and the a's fall to the indians, 4-3 that final.

the warriors in dallas, five games left them lost six straight. if they lose out it will be better news for them in the nba lottery. a lay off spot for dallas. the one handed slam. 17. 40-29, mavs. to the third, charles jenkins, the alley. jeremy the hoop. warriors take the lead. mavs without a three-pointer until west gets one at the buzzer. dallas, an nba record, 1,084 consecutive games with a three-pointer. they go up six and pull away in the fourth. last year's finals mvp dirk nowitzki, the jumper. two of his sixteen. warriors seventh straight lot. 104-94 that final. after thursday night's loss to st. louis the sharks find themselves in a 3-1 hole. the stats are against them. only 24 teams have ever come back down 3-1. but the head coach mclellan is confident his team can come back tonight in st. louis. >> i think there's going to be a team that comes back from 3-1 in this playoff series and there's a number. a number of us that are at it, and it might as well be us.

>> i think it will bring out the best. it always does. this time of year you want to play, whether it's game one or game seven or, you know, do or die. we are in now, they won three against us. there's no reason we can't. >> that's the weather makers the ball bounces. i'm mike shumann. have a great weekend. >> still ahead, a big scare for passengers as they prepared for takeoff at lax. also next weekend's doyle drive closer and what it will look like when it reopens. san jose state's new president, the immigrant from afghanistan that could use his new job to influence foreign policy.

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c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c >> new this morning, the faa is investigating a big scare on the tarmac of los angeles international airport last night when two planes collided on the ground. take a look at a picture sent by a viewer to our sister station kabc in los angeles. you see the damage right there. a parked sky west plane received damage to his right wing after it was struck by another sky west aircraft preparing to take off for palm springs. the collision occurred as the palm springs-bound plane pushed back from the gate. there were 28 passengers on board. no one hurt. the faa is investigating. good morning america will have more coming up at 7:00 a.m. congress is poised to reject funding for california's high-speed rail project. the "sacramento bee" reports it's not necessarily the end of the line for high-speed rail. the state has already received

more than $3 billion in federal funding to build the first leg. the chairman of the high-speed rail authority said he's not surprised another billion dollars got left out of next year's transportation spending bill. but the long-term plan is built on the expectation of the feds kicking in $42 billion worth of the $68 billion project. next weekend doyle drive will be closed completely to traffic. it will be demolished and replaced with a detour. a major step in construction of the new doyle drive. abc7 news transportation reporter, heather, got a behind the scenes look at the project. >> this caltran animation shows what it should look like in 2015 with traffic coming over the golden gate bridge heading into the first tunnel. the new southbound connector to the tunnel is completed and so is the first tunnel. but come monday morning, april 30th, both north and southbound traffic will be on that new bridge and in the new tunnel, sharing them for three years so that the rest of the new doyle drive can be built.

traffic will be separated by a movable barrier. >> this is a whole brand new driving condition so we need people to be aware that there is going to be an adjustment period. >> the three-year detour that begins april 30th also features a ground-level road east of the completed tunnel and an intersection near the palace of fine arts. but before any of that is put into use, the old rickety doyle drive dating from 1936 needs to be demolished. that's why it will be completely closed to traffic the weekend of april 27th. >> the golden gate bridge will be open to and from 19th avenue. but we are asking people to avoid the area completely. expect major delays on the golden gate bridge. >> the finished product promises to be worth the traffic hassle. the new tunnel is only one of four that will create uninterrupted views of christie field and the bay. from the cemetery those cars will be gone, down below in the tunnel instead. and the tunnel roof covered with vegetation. >> there was a lot of time spent

going into the aesthetic part of it because we are in a national park. and obviously we are at the shadow of golden gate bridge. so we have to make this -- make it look pretty. >> that movable barrier will be a huge improvement over the existing doyle drive where there is no barrier between north and southbound. also the detour and the new doyle drive will be a vast improvement in seismic safety which is the whole reason behind the replacement project. along doyle drive, heather ishikawa, abc7 news. >> new this morning president obama is talking about the higher cost of higher education n his weekly address he points out that for the first time americans owe more debt on their student loans than they do on their credit cards. president said a college education is no longer a luxury. >> it's an economic imperative that every family must be able to afford. that's why next week i'll be visiting colleges across the country talking to students about how we can make higher education more affordable. and what's at stake right now if congress doesn't do something

about it? >> the president wants congress to extend the law that cut interest rates on the federal loan program for low and middle income undergrads. in their message republicans say the president should be more focused on lowering gas price by expanding domestic production. >> yesterday an event was distinctive for a number of reasons. here's david louie with a story from san jose. they call it an investiture ceremony. all the pomp and circumstance of graduation, but instead this marks the assent of a new university president. >> all we can say is with confidence is that change is constant, and necessary. that's the best way we can predict our university's future is to create it ourselves. >> dr. mohammed qayoumi was born in afghanistan the son of a carpenter. the president of afghanistan sent a special greeting through it's ambassador to the u.s.

>> you are a source of our pride. we miss you, the best of everything. our pray will stay with you and our support will be with you forever. >> students seized the inauguration to protest fee hikes and budget cuts that impact class offerings. others see it as a fresh start with leadership change. >> a new president equals new ideas, new improvements. >> dr. mo as he's finally called sits on the board of the central bank of afghanistan. faculty and staff wonder if he will use his position as a bully pulpit to re-examine the u.s. strategy in afghanistan. it came up at a reception. >> he can say things that other people can't say or they can say it but nobody hears them, and he can say things from the base of knowledge that is his country. >> this president isn't tipping his hand. >> in my native land, but at the

same time when i became an american citizen, i take pride in it, and i take pride in truly this is the land of opportunity. >> dr. mo did tip his hand about one thing. he wants to see more interdisciplinary courses integrating science, technology, math and engineering in all courses. in san jose, david louie, abc7 news. >> this day is off to a very nice start and it will continue along those lines. >> yeah. we have a very nice picture to show you of the beach. santa cruz right now, the temperatures later on today -- >> that's great. >> 84 degrees. it's summertime today. we do have some changes as soon as tomorrow so stay with us and i'll tell you about it next. >> also ahead a good ole american ingenuity is now trendy again. all you need to make your own museum exhibit is a little imagination.

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and it was not like -- like sherlock holmes has all kinds of twists and turns going on. >> the battery 500 team is unraveling the mystery of how to borrow oxygen from the air and produce an electrifying chemical reaction using lithium. one key element is membrane technology. >> it has to be holey enough for the air to get through and have the reaction take place with the lithium ions. >> the battery technology takes time. they hope their lithium air batteries are powering our cars in the next ten to fifteen years. so far they have been able to build a battery the size of a dime that powers this tiny l.e.d. light for two days. now the work focuses on how to produce a larger battery that recharges safely, cheaply, and can work for many years. this machine is helping ibm fine tune the formula.

>> this is essentially a breathalyzer for batteries in the end. it allows us to look at gases that evolve from our battery as we recharge the battery. >> ibm is known worldwide as big blue, but it admits to taking on a green hew with its battery 500 project. in san jose, karina rusk, abc7 news. >> we are looking at the cameras around the bay area and everywhere we turn a gorgeous golden shot. >> yeah. a lot of that today. and the only cooling you will feel will be at the coast where you go the sea breeze u you see a little bit of haze out there on the horizon. we have fog way out there. but the winds ever pretty dusty offshore. northwesterly at 25 miles an hour. but you won't feel much of a sea breeze at all unless you are right at the beach. and even there it's going to be light. out of the northwest at 5 to 10 miles an hour. because of that wind offshore it's cool half moon bay.

48 there. 57 already in the city. 59 in redwood city. and we haven't dropped out of the 60s in parts of our east bay. also fremont 63. 60 in mountain view. so the warmup gets going within the next couple of hours. so we will probably be in the 70s in many locations before noontime. so we are looking at toasty temperatures again inland with mild to warm conditions around the bay, and at our coast with numbers coming up there just a couple of degrees. the cooling will begin tomorrow. so if you don't like it hot that's correct sea breeze will be back and it will spread not only along the shoreline, but parts of the bay and certainly into the north bay. so high pressure will be weakening tomorrow. today it's firmly entrenched and with that that sinking air, allowing for the heat and the lack of the sea breeze. but you will notice to the north and west there is that "l." that's an area of low pressure. it will pull up the fog as soon as tomorrow night.

with it there's at piece of energy that will drop down and that will allow not only cooler condition but by midweek perhaps some hours. here's the fog. not until the overnight hours will you feel it and you might even hear it. it gets quite gusty with the southerly winds. it's much winnier tomorrow on the bay. if you had plans today and you wanted it to be nice and warm today is your day. 70 in the northern sierra with 90s sacramento. upper 70s los angeles and 94 vegas. they saw a record yesterday in reno. numbers in the low 80s once again so that's possible. records here would have to be in the low to mid-90s. i think we will be shy of that. well above average with 9 in cupertino today, as well as santa clara. campbell coming in at 90 and on the peninsula yesterday we saw 91 in redwood city. still it will be quite warm from menlo park and upper 80s. a couple mid-and upper 60s from pacifica.

but half moon bay, 27 today. san francisco climbing through the 70s through the 11:00 hour. we will look for 77 at about 3:00 this afternoon. in the north bay mainly wide-spread mid-and upper 80s. at stinson and sausalito, you will notice 70s there. out toward bodega bay. 83 only land and castro valley 86 for you. dublin coming in at 90 today. so the east bay valleys, 83 watsonville. and 92 hollister and monterey a comfortable 70 degrees. the next seven days, you can see the downward slide starting tomorrow with temperatures coming down as much as five to ten degrees. monday a few more clouds, even cooler. tuesday overnight we could see a slight chance of showers and by wednesday we are talking 60s. thursday it looks like rain is likely. we are only talking a couple part of an inch but you see how

quickly the weather systems move in and out. >> lisa, thanks a lot. usually when you go to a museum you are looking at an exhibit made by someone else maybe a famous artist. but san francisco is turning the idea upside down. now you can create your own exhibit. it's part of a resurgence in making things. abc7 news anchor dan ashley tells us good old american ingenuity is trendy again in assignment 7. >> this is open make, a once a month event where people reconnect with how things work. there's no right or wrong. >> what is it? >> just tools. a wild collection of supplies and imagination. >> see what it looks like. oh, i love it! >> i feel like people destroy a lot of things, so it's nice to create something. >> it's really about getting your hands on things and investigating. >> a lot of visitors really get into it. six-year-old henry has been working for an hour and a half. >> taking a pot, a typewriter.

>> taking apart a typewriter. >> the water comes out of the reservoir -- >> he is here to inspire others with his invention. a lollipop licking machine. >> and i kind of wanted to look at what happens if you are licking a lollipop but it's three feet away and you can't actually taste it. >> she is making jewelry out of old binoculars. >> it's the most fun on earth. you have to try it. >> that kind of enthusiasm has created what is known as the maker movement. >> this do-it-yourself spirit. there's a resurgence partly because of the economy, partly because of the creativity that's in all of us. >> it's really exciting. >> san francisco's hands-on science museum, the exploritorium, is helping lead the way. >> the bay area is a hotspot for making and tinkering. >> the exploritorium's open make days was developed in partnership with make magazine headquartered in sonoma county. it also puts on an annual maker fair in san mateo. the company gave us this video of the fair which last year attracted 100,000 people and has

inspired similar events all over the world. >> what they come away with is appealing, they can do things. >> making things is so hot right now the exploritorium is planning on make it a big part of the new museum it's building on the waterfront. it's under construction at pier15. >> the tinkering studio and the do it yourself activities are part of a trial run for the museum. >> what it is for us, we are able to blend the traditional topics of science, art and technology. >> the new building will open next summer, continuing the tradition of hands-on exhibits with an increased focus on turning consumers into creators. >> dan ashley, abc7 news. you will find links to the maker fair next month and open make day at the exploritorium today. i can find allful that on our

website under "see it on tv." don't go away, 7 on your side is next. >> a couple loses their home but keeps getting charged for home alarm service. i'm michael finney. coming up, 7 on your side gets their money back.

like millions of others, a bay area couple lost their home and jobs in the recession. on top of that they had a hard time getting a refund for an overpaid bill until 7 on your side got involved. here's michael finney with the story. >> it was always my dream, go, unquote, the american dream. >> it was devastating when kathleen paul and her husband lost their home to foreclosure. nearly a year later the house still sits empty and the hurt remains.

>> i cried for a couple of months. and even now i get. >> the couple moved into some small apartment and now a reminder of their devastating loss, a bill from adt home alarms which had protected the house they lost. >> end up paying for two extra months because they were claiming that i owed this money to them, so i went ahead and paid it. >> kathleen said she cancelled her service last june when they had to leave their home, and in a flurry of moving she overpaid. adt agreed to refund her $215, but months later she hadn't received her money. >> some people say that's not a lot of money. well, maybe it isn't to some people. >> but on top of losing their home and looking for work, the money meant a lot. >> it was devastating. it was just real hard. i mean, you just have so much that's coming down on you. >> kathleen contacted 7 on your side.

we contacted adt, and it wasn't long before she received the 215-dollar check. >> as soon as i contacted 7 on your side, i would say within three days i had my refund. so i was ecstatic. >> adt said there was a delay in issuing the refund back in june when kathleen couldn't recall her cancellation code. adt won't shut off service until it confirms the cancellation is really being made by the home owner and not a potential burglar. there was another delay when the check was sent by mistake to their old address, twice, before finally reaching kathleen. the company says we apologize for the inconvenience to our customer, and we are very happy she received her refund. >> we've made it through, and now things are starting to look up. so i was happy. [laughter] >> kathleen said things are getting better. both she and her husband are now working again, and they hope to buy another home.

i'm michael finney, 7 on your side. >> we will

>> a forgotten part of broadcast history is being recalled in a new book. it was about how san francisco was once the second most important broadcasting center in the country right after new york city. abc7 news and arts and entertainment reporter don sanchez tunes in to some long-forgotten sounds. ♪

>> he takes great pleasure in presenting dr. frank mccoy. >> radio the way was it. and across the nation people were listening to shows from san francisco. >> before radio there was no national entertainment. >> it changed our culture. radio historian john snyder has chronicled bay area broadcasting history in this new book. a thousand actors, musicians and writers were employed. the soap opera "one man's family" originated here. >> cost was no object. nwc was started by rca and their objective was to sell radios. >> in the early days the networks set up duplicate west coast studios. >> after we did a program in new york, they would put all of the scripts and the musical scores and everything on a train and send it to san francisco and a duplicate staff would duplicate the entire program for the west coast a week later. >> san francisco had become a broadcast center because there were no direct lines to los angeles. and movie studios wouldn't allow their actors on radio.

>> they saw radio as competition because people who would listen to the radio at home wouldn't go to the movie theaters. >> but, of course, that changed. everything headed south to hollywood. people like merv griffin. studios here became a ghost town. showplaces never saw their full potential. >> hello, san francisco calling. the san francisco network broadcast era went from the late 20's to the early 40's. it's a legacy that really has been forgotten. but now this book is bringing it back on the air. so too, the experience here in the california historical radio society museum. in the old kre studios it's like a time machine. old radio lives here. >> south of the island will be heard again at 9:15 tomorrow morning. >> in berkeley, don sanchez abc7 news. >> one last check of the weekend forecast with lisa argen. >> we have allergy sufferers and that doesn't help with the heat out there. we have something for everyone

because today is the warm day. tomorrow a little relief. 84 in san mateo. 677 san francisco with 91 in livermore 90 san jose. 71 monterey. so no fog today. a sea breeze right at the coast and then fog tomorrow. the cool down with maybe showers by the end of next week. >> all right. everything. >> yeah. >> thanks for joining us on the abc7 saturday morning news. the next newscast at 8:00 a.m. keep track of the latest breaking news on twitter and abc7 news bay area. have a great day!