sawtionz. >> coast guard is really watching. it's one of the bi biggest jobs certainly in this area that they have ever had. >> tonight the coast guard tak takes dramatic action to keep bay area sailors safe. good evening everyone. >> all offshore yacht racing suspended following the disaster at the farallons that killed 5 people. we are life tonight at the st. francis yacht club in san francisco with the story. >>reporter: dan, the suspension caught a lot of the yacht racers off guard especially considering there is a race coming up this weekend. however the coast guard wants to prevent another tragedy. this video was taken from the santa cruz 50 deception during the full crew farallons race on april 14. 5 crew members low speed chase died that indicate after the boat ran aground on the farallons. coast guard wants an investigation into what happened so it is

temporarily suspended all permit for offshore races. >> initial reaction was one of surprise because everybody was planning ongoing on this race. once we understood what was happening i think l it makes a lot of sense. >>reporter: he was in that race about 30 minutes behind the low speed chase. he believes the offshore suspension also has to do with the impending america's cup race. >> we have to have the a racing community both in the bay and out the bay that is safe and the coast guard is really watching. it's going to be one of the biggest jobs certainly in this area they have ever ha had. >>reporter: safety something the yachting community takes seriously. >> we already have very extensive and strict safety regulations within our organization that are far in excess of what the coast guard requires. >>reporter: president of the offshore yacht racing association of san francisco bay says reaction to the suspension is mixed as it comes

just days before the offshore duck ship race. >> some people will be upset because, you know, the evil government is trying to control them. but i think a lot of people like myself have crew already laind up. plans already made. spot on the calendar with race on it. they will go out and do the race wherever the race is. >>reporter: that duck ship rest will good on. it will leave from here at the st. francis yacht club however instead of going all the way out into the ocean and the duck reef they will go out to point bonita and there is another race on may 12 also affected by the suspension. in san francisco, abc 7 news. >> thanks. >> sky 7 was overhead soon after a sailboat run that trouble this afternoon in richardson bay just off sausolito. coast guard says the from a foot sloop 2 people on board had engine problems and drifting toward rocks near the ferry terminal. marin county fire boat liberty and another boat stood by while repair were made. >> developing news tonight in

the mad cow scare. u.s. ago department now says the affected cow has been euthanized that was after it became lame and started lying down at dairy. mad cow virus was found during routine testing at transfer facility. usda says the cow was almost 11 years old not 5 as originally reported. it's only the fourth confirmed u.s. case of mad cow disease officials say there is no risk however to the food chain. people around the bay area are changing their weekend plans because the approach to the golden gate bridge will shut down to all traffic at 8 tomorrow night. first major step in the seismic safety rebuild of the road. couple that construction with the giants game at at&t park and monthly critical mass bicycle riders and recipe for grid loc lock. we are leif underneath doyle drive tonight. john? >>reporter: workers moved in heavy machinery and that includes water supply that will be needed to cut did you know on all the dust when the work

begins and then few difficulties the roadway behind me will be history. >> tonight the heavy equipment is underneath doyle drive waiting and ready to go. for now this is a staging area but in a matter of hours this will be an active demolition site. on ramp from marina boulevard closed at 7:00 p.m. an hour earlier than planned. rest of doyle drive will shut down beginning at 8. that is when traffic going to and from the golden gate bridge is expected to jam up along park presidio and 19 avenue. >> we can't go up to occidenta occidental. i think it's a mess. >>reporter: golden gate ferry will double the number of runs between san francisco and marin county this weekend. that's the recommended way for north bay resident to get to at&t park to see the giants home game. during tonight rush hour marin resident who had planned to come in san francisco this weekend were having to adjust. tom of san rafael has flight out of sfo on sunday afternoon.

>> i might take the ferry or go across the richmond bridge then become through oakland. choices aren't great. >>reporter: workers spend nearly 60 hours ripping apart the road deck and 300 concrete support columns. idea is to have the temporary detour ready to go by 5:00 a.m. monday. for drivers who decide to take the golden gate bridge in and out of the city one of the maniac says roads is geary boulevard which is expected to be congested. over at the tavern here they say bring on the grid lock. >> i anticipate that it will bring us a lot of business over the weekend. hopefully grid lock will block off the streets people want to come in and have a bench. >>reporter: not to say it's a good idea for drivers to have a drink but they hope for increase in walk in business because neighbors have a hard time driving anywhere. in san francisco, abc 7 news. could be a bit frustrating. thanks very much. >> not just commuters affected by the doyle drive closure. aaron and jerrad were planning

to get married on saturday at the historic presidio chapel but then cal-trans announced the demolition involving 40 wrecking cranes working 24 hours a day right next to the wedding. >> i literally thought my leg were his going to give out. i just didn't think would it happen to us. >>reporter: couple worked fast and were able to secure a new church and second floor event space at the ferry building. sent out a mass e-mail announc announcing the change. jerrad says not quite how emily post warm front done it but the family and friends certainly understand. last cars will drive down doyle drive-by 8 tomorrow night and then all access to that road will be shut off. the primary alternate route to get to the golden gate is 19 avenue park presidio. richmond san rafael bridge also an option to get to the and from marin but whichever route you take you can expect heavy traffic all weekend long. as john mentioned another option would be to leaf your car at home and take the ferry across the bay. golden gate ferry operates twice as many trips as usual

between sausalito and san francisco from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. tomorrow and on saturday 27 daily trips from larkspur to san francisco from 8 in the morning until 10:30 at night. sunday last trip back to larkspur at 8:40 p.m. 7 news is your source for the doyle drive closure. we have updates on the progress of the construction and the detour as well. you can get instant notices when the road reopens twitter facebook and text alert and our exclusive app helps you navigate around it all. it's available on our web site. >> governor brown today ordered prison officials to explore using a single drug for leftal injection instead of 3. this move comes as the state appeals court ordered that blocked execution in the past 6 years in california. federal judge ruled the 3 drug procedure that was being used could cause inmates excruciating pain. meanwhile measure to abolish the death penalty all together

qualified monday for the november ballot. >> new concerns tonight about terror threats from al qaeda. increase in chatter from terror groups especially out of yemen. concern stepped up weighs near may 2nd. anniversary of osama bin laden death. there are no specific threats that there will be extra security at airport in the u.s. and europe over the next several days. >> a cat is helping bring the mid east and the u.s. together at least showing some cooperation. this cat was discovered on the streets of tehran unable to move and covered in wounds. poor thing. animal care group in iran happened to know a person who was traveling from iran to san francisco so the cat was brought here to be treated by animal care and control. the cat that means cute in farsi, fitting name, had the leg amputated but doctors say he's now recovering. >> san francisco planning commission today approved plans for new hospital complex on van ness avenue. given final approval by the board of supervisors. the medical center there will replace the

old cathedral hill hotel on van ness and geary. in addition to 5 55 bed hospital plans include medical office building across van ness connected to the hospital by a pedestrians tunnel. >> first day of the nfl draft brought grit news for stanford star quarterback luck and also brought a pick for the 49ers. of lisa is live in santa clara tonight where a big nfl draft viewing party took place. >> that's very true. the party ended only after the main even event. the moment the 49ers made their draft pick. this was the moment forty-niner fans were waiting for. >> san francisco 49ers select l. >>reporter: forty-niner 30 draft pick today and chose wide receiver aj jenkins from illinois. >> wide receiver and young can only help us in the future. it's a good thing. >>reporter: 3400 fans packed

the santa clara convention center for the 49ers annual draft party. some focus mainly on the selection. including stanford andrew luck who was the first draft pick. he will play for the colts but others came for the fan experience. >> this the is our fourth time coming to the draft. we have a real good time. we love it. >>reporter: what is your favorite part of it. >> i'd say seeing people. picking up souvenirs. >> i lake the niners and see all the cheer leaders. >>reporter: fans wanted to see and learn more about the new stadium being built writ now across the street from the cop convention center. >> just lick how it is open. see the hills hand it in milpitas. just feels lick hom home. >>reporter: the new home is expected to open in 2014. >> this fan fest filled out very quickly. believe it or not tickets were just 5 collars each. live in santa clara tonight, abc 7 news. a lot of value for the 5

dollars. thank you. >> coming up next. meat glued. >> this is really gray area, very dark gray area. >> abc 7 news i team on what meat glue is and where you find it. substance is perfectly legal but potentially dangerous. >> also. it's nearly may. look at this late season snow fall in the sierra today. >> then later on "nightline". >> coming up next on "nightline". 6-year-old girl vanishes without a trace as her devastate the parents plead for her return. tonight the search for little isabel sell. >>q heene the scene of dial a star where d.list cash in on the 15 minutes of fame. that's the 15 minutes of fame. that's up >> thanks. stay with us. all coming as 7 news at 11:00 coming as 7 news at 11:00 continues in 60 seconds.

is says glue meat if not happened properly could make you sick. >> nice juicey frank steak. >>reporter: fat rare cooked fillet is not what it seems. we used meat glue on cheap beef scrap to fake a steak good enough to please a professional chef. >> it's nice. it looks almost too nice. >>reporter: meat glue is a powder officially known as transglue natural enzyme harvested from animal blood or ferry mened bacteria why. added to meat it forms a nearly

invisible bond to any other meat you stick it to. chefs here take food seriously doesn't use the glue in his restaurant but lick many chef he knows how it works and agreed to show us. >> this is just kubd beef. you take the powder now and dust it i liberally over the meat pieces. then just kind of tumble them around. >>reporter: coated stew meat went in a circular tin to give it a nice round fillet shape. he also decided to make a new york strip out of thin cut round steak adding water makes a soup glaze and easy way to coat the meat. >> as you can see this is really sticky. gluing my fingers together. >>reporter: final step are to seal the meat in a vacuum bag adding pressurexd to the bond then off to the frig to set overnight. >> 24 hours later we have stea

steak. >>reporter: here they are. our fillet. >> here we have a not so new york steak. >>reporter: in the pan and on to the table. >> it tastes lake meat. >>reporter: our humble stew meat now 25 dollar a pound prime. this is generally recognized as safe. it's okay to eat cooked meat glued but hears the problem. the outside of a piece of meat comes in contact with a lot of bacteria. making its way from slaughter house to table. usually cook ago steak on the outside will kill all that off. the center of a single cut of steak is sterile. that's why you can eat it rare but glued piece office meat together and now bacteria like e.coli can be on the inside. >> say somebody wants that fillet steak rare, the center temperature is not going to reach the temperature that will actually kill the bacteria and

that's also really, really happy environment for things that can kill you. >>reporter: pinning down who is using the glue isn't easy. one meat company owner says it's a common practice and the most glue product by far fillet destined for the food service industry. we confirmed this with an stroo trade group. meat glue is common where fillet is serve entered bulk at restaurants, banquet, cafeteria or hotel. >> you ask yourself how can they make money selling these cheap steak all day long and that look really nice and this is one way of doing it. >>reporter: usda says the glue must appear on ingredient label in addition to terms lick formed or reformed meat but that is the second problem. if you are eating glued meat at banquet or restaurant you are not likely to see reformed meat on the menu you would never know. we asked the meat lobby

in washington about that. >> you bring us a valid point and they may not see the label but what they ought to do is they have concerns and we understand that consumers they want to understand where the food is coming from. they should ask the wait staff. >> hasn't reached a point where people generally are aware of it. i think it's primarily because like pink slime nobody knew where it was. >>reporter: food safety attorney says meat glue is used more than you think. and the meat industry isn't giving consumers the whole picture. >> i think what the fear is is that the public will look at the information and go i don't want to eat that. >>reporter: now people inside the meat industry tell us this is so common if you are eating someplace serving a lot of fillet at cheap price it could be glued meat. continue eat it rare. make sure it is cooked through to kill the bacteria that might be inside. >> rather eye opening. >> good to know about.

>> exactly. >> thank you. >> well moving on. it's almost may of course but snow is still falling in the sierra check it out. video shot today near lake tahoe. resort now closed for the season but still a lot of snow coming down. shame they closed. >> very unusual april hasn't i it. >> about sandy has documented all of it. >> that's right. cull el days ago we told you snow at higher elevation in the sierra an they got the snow. rain is gone. snow g.o.p. i'll show you an amazing photo. look at the picture. this is the international space station crossing the face of the sun posted by steven c to my face book. steven c he said thanks for arranging for clear enough weather in san jose for me to pull my effort to capture the iss crossing the face of the sun. the that's remarkable picture. he tells me you really have to time things perfectly. so there's a

beautiful shot for you. all right. temperatures right now in the 40's and the 50's and have you felt the cool needs in the atmosphere. numbers are running cooler than 24 hours ago down 11 degrees in fairfield. 10 grease cooler in napa. 7 degrees cooler in san jose. compared to 24 hours ag ago. so we are going mostly clear colder overnight. sunny warmer into next week with the warmth weeking heading into mon. satellite radar there's the cold front that brought us the showers this morning. now we are basically seeing this clear and cool flow of air basically clearing out most of the cloud across the bay area. here's what happens. high pressure expanding and taking control of our weather things change. today caller afternoon with the passing of the front. higher pressure build ins. friday running a little bit milder and then the weekend will feature a warming trend. temperatures will be noticeably warmer especially around the bay and inland. tonight you will feel the chill in the atmosphere. make sure the

little ones have jacket or sweater first thing in the morning. chilly night 43 in livermore, 42 fairfield, you have to dress in layers if heading out the door with no kid. 41 agrees for new santa rosa. upper 40's san francisc francisco. oakland last couple mornings we have had 50's across the bay area. mild and muggy but tomorrow morning certainly a chilly start. better sleeping weather. tomorrow afternoon another breezy 1. a little bit milder than today. 61 in half machine bay. 63 for new san francisco. get up into santa rosa, napa, low 70's there, 78 in concord, 71 in fairfield. 70 degrees livermore san jose 68 on palo alto and monterey bay 69 if santa cruz. northwest breeze up to 20. 72 in gilroy. 70 degrees in holster. here's forecast for the giants game. back at home tomorrow as they play the padres at 7:15. ideal ball game weather. clear breezy. temperatures in the upper 50's drming down to the mid 50's as the game gets under

way and here's your accu-weather 7 day forecast. temperatures inch up each and every day gets you into the weekend upper 70's to low 80's inlistened. mid 60's coast side numbers will continue to move up monday and then of slow cooling trend carolyn and dan but we don't have any written in the accu-weather 7 day forecast writ now. >> quite sunny. >> yes thanks. >> coming up next. talk about hitting a sour note. >> what is the story with the playing in piano? playing in piano? stay with us. ed

>> 49ers planning to go wireless according to the silicon valley business journal. they picked san jose system to build a eye tie network providing fans with free internet access. cost estimate 5 million dollars. apple got the permit to build a huge restaurant for the cupertino employee. all together 2 stories and 21,000 feet of eating space. more on these headlines in tomorrow print edition of the silicon valley business journal. right now we have a picture to share. look out below. the

it happens every year. dropping of piano off the roof at mit in cambridge. why? to celebrate the last day students can drop classes without having them appear on their college transcript. >> poor piano. >> i know. death of a piano. >> larry. >> we love destruction. everybody wants to see that. is it's human nature. human luck surprising pick in round one of the draft. even the guy they selected was stunned. they selected was stunned. sports next jeans.

>> good evening. even knew what was going to happen it was still a special moment today as andrew luck taken first over all by the colts with the topic in the nfl draft. >> with the first pick in the 2012 nfl draft indianapolis colts select andrew luck quarterback stanford. >>reporter: luck job now to replace the man he describes as his football hero peyton ma manning. estimated luck will get 4 year 22 million dollar

deal with the colts. don't expect the money to change him. andrew still has a flip phone and remains humble as ever. >> so excited. so excited. nothing really trawl a done deal until it's done. amazing to be out here. amazing this moment for the family to be here. really excited. >>reporter: after luck redskins took heismann winner griffin the third and richardson was picked and jacksonville trades up to 5 to take oklahoma state receiver black man. 49ers selected illinois receiver jenkins with the 30th pick in the first round. 6 feet tall. 192 poindz pound. 90 catch. 8 touch downs this past season. most people projected him as second rounder and even he said he was shocked that the niners took him. here's coach harbaugh. >> talking to him earlier and excitement he has. remine me of the movie shaw shank redemption on the bus read to

meet his friend and the excitement he feels. these youngsters feel. they go into the day not knowing what the future is. now it's just beginning. >>reporter: only jim harbaugh can find a link between the shaw shank redemption and nfl draft. the giants on the verge of being swept today in cincinnati until some 9th inning heroic. manager said it was one of the gave that saves your sanity. help from above. always welcome. sandoval 1 for 5 today. hit in the fourth. hitting streak alive. 19 games and counting. giants record two batters later. belt. belt home the panned a.giants tie it up at 2 appease 6 innings. gave up 4 runs. bruise. launching a two run homer to break the tie. now check out the guy holding his son. i got it. i got it. i got it. i ain't got it. 4-2 reds. top 9. 2 on for angel. jumps on

hanginging curve for marshall. 3 run jack. game winner. 6-5 giants home tomorrow host the padres. a had the day off. the spurs tonight san antonio rested all starters. millions taking over. lose the game the keep the lottery hopes alive. jenkins 16 points. keeping it interesting. wright. with authority. tied at 82. right at 25. mills with career high of 34 points. 12 assist. warriors come through washington loss. 107-101 and finish in a tie with toronto. coin flip to stay in the low seventh and fan didn't make the million dollar shot. the show you the interest the spurs in tonight's game. head coach greg didn't come to town for the game. he's back in san antonio. >> oh, man. >> great weight on this game. >> love the passion.

>> of thanks for joining us everyone. >> appreciate your time