in the mission valley athletic league he ran the ball very well. he's a big guy. it's hard to stop him. >> and. >> he was a great guy. full of smiles, laughter. really close friends. he had your back no matter what. >> this teen lad a hard time coping with the murder of his closest friend in december, 2010. he threatened the live of another student who send unkind things about ofoa. from that, he was expelled from school, but was later rescinded. he says he was starting to accept the loss when this happened. this streetside tribute is also now a memorial for his friend. >> it's not right that he's gone like this. five weeks until graduation. five weeks. >> now, police began making

arrests sunday night at about 7:00. they arrested abraham waite, 18 years old and charged him with murder and three other juveniles for being accessories to murder. >> a golden gate transit announced it's canceling ferry service because of a labor dispute after a union representing boat workers intend they intend to walk off the job tomorrow. and if so you'll need to get to and from work another way tomorrow. service employees union plans to take over city hall tonight. the fdiu claims members are prepared to stay overnight to call for reforming san francisco business tax z occupy oakland intond protest traffic during the oakland community. >> we're learning more about the murder of a transgender woman over the weekend.

brandy martel was shot to death at franklin and 13th streets. her friends believe the killing was a hate crime. abc 7 news joins us live from hayward. laura? >> well, this is where the 37-year-old grew up, and where she lived until she was shot and killed yesterday morning in downtown oakland. and martel was sitting behind the wheel of the car, one, or two men began a conversation. a witness told abc 7 it was cord yil but minutes later one of the men became angry, firing into the car where she was sitting. and until last year she worked as an outreach worker that serves the transgender communities. >> when you don't provide a space in society for people

who are other and different, if you don't provide places for them, whether it's socializing or services, this is what happens. >> now, last night people gathered at the scene to remember martel. her murder is one one of three over the weekend. investigators are trying to figure out what led up to this shooting. it could be considered a hate crime if they find out the shooter was motivate bid a perception of the victim's sexual identity. now, i'll have more on what led up to this shooting from a witness who was inside of the car tonight on abc 7 news at 6:00. >> thank you, laura. from a former oikos university student one goh pleaded not guilty that he shot and killed victims.

the sheriff of course goh has been moved from the infirmary in santa rita jail when he began eating on his own over the weekend. he refused to eat for the first few weeks after his arrest. >> a marin businessman has been jentsed to 22 years in prison for defrauding dozens of investors. and he was convicted of stealing tens of millions to pay for a lavish style life including a private jet. he was convicted of fraud, money laundering and tax evasion, a judge ordered him to pay back $31 mill dwroin victims. investors are doubtful they'll see the money again. >> this i think he spent it all. would it be nice to get something back but i'm not hopeful. >> among victims was van gaurd public foundation, a civil

rights charity that was forced to shut down. >> the temporary doyle drive bypass is open for business. and there is a live look now to check and see how traffic is moving. it looks very light before dawn this morning. and speed limit is 25 miles per hour. and there is most of the rest is 35 miles per hour. you can see just a bit of the debris there left behind that. is creating a drax for drivers. abc 7 news shows us what the new drive to the bridge looks like from the car. >> this clock started at 8:00 p.m. friday. don't be fooled by this video. crews needed almost every minute to tear down doyle drive. >> weekend was amazing. >> they did it. >> first cars breezed through and this is the pace of traffic slowing to a crawl as

the morning went on. >> this commute has backed up. there no question. there is coming into city streets with a traffic light. it's just the way the commute goes and tends to back up to around probably just behind me. we do expect with new configurations there will be a bit of a back up. >> the chp will have extra patrols through at least today, as drivers get used to not only a tunnel but a new curve in the road and a new 35 miles per hour speed limit. we know one driver got a ticket this morning. there are pedestrians taking it slow and enjoying the view. >> obviously the construction, you're, you know... pretty much waiting you know longer. so it's a nice morning walk. you can see the bridge and everything. >> i come down underneath it and looks awesome. >> appearance of the $1.1

billion object is secondary. the true purpose is safety. >> there is seismic safety and traffic safety. >> part of what makes this more safe is a median keeping cars as well as allow and to hope the amount of lanes are going in the right direction. the total project due to be done in late 2015 including three more tunnels. two sets of twin tunnels as well as a direct connection to the presidio. >> and one more look at the traffic affect around the golden gate bridge. you can see cars moving quite nicely through that bypass and on to the bridge here, heavier heading north to marin to. become an exclusive traffic spotter down load waze from the apple store or an droid market. you can learn more about it on abc 7 news.com. >> there is a fantastic

weekend. >> it was. >> there is warmth that did hang around today, highs into low to mid-80s. and there is mainly cloudy skies with low clouds hanging around. and will cool down overnight, then, tomorrow morning mostly sunny skies. temperatures from 45-a2. afternoon, mild, and highs ranging up to about mid-70s into warmest inland locations. there is a cooler week ahead and maybe some rain. we'll take a look at that later. >> coming up why some drivers shouldn't think about their phones when on the road. >> and barns and noble inking a megadeal with microsoft. what this means for the future of e book autos michael finney is taking your consumer

questions through his facebook and twitter pages and will answer them here live later. you can contact michael on twitter at m finney and facebook.com slash michael finney abc 7.

checking healthy living news findings show america's obesity epidemic is weighing heavier on medical costs than anyone realized. research at university of chicago shows additional spending because of obesity is double estimates skpechleeds those of smoking. those costs include obvious, such as higher health insurance premiums as well as more hidden expenses like hospitals ripping out

wall-mounted toilets and replacing them with floor models. and there is a suspect that it it will lead to introduction of policies to fight obesity. >> thinking of sending a text is enough to increase the likelihood of getting into aan accident. there is a modest 1% increase among those who spent a lot of time thinking about texting or talking on the phone. a separate study shows those who texted as they drove were up to eight times more likely to drift between lane autos if you take diet sup plems you may be wasting your money. research published online finds there is no such thing as a vitamin providing insurance against cancer. claiming supplements including beta-carotene may increase the

risk among some high risk patients. >> the e reader marketplace is getting fierce. barns and noble has a strong ally to revitalize its nook unit. >> barns and mobile goes on the offensive against amazon today, teeming up with microsoft, microsoft is investing $300 million in a new subsidiary including the nook e-reader unit. microsoft will own 18% of the venture, barns and mobile will own the rest. the new partners will develop an app for windows 8 bringing digital bookstores to millions of new customers. and it gives a foot in the tab blet business without having a tab blet. shares of barns and noble jumped more than 80 at one point in today's trading that. is the biggest trade since the book seller went public almost 20 years ago.

it's been struggling to win the share with less than a third of the market today compared to 60% and it's an important market to win. this is thanks to oil e reader owners. in 2013, 3% owned one. by 2015 estimated nearly one in four will own an e reader. and according to research amazon is the number one e book seller followed by barns and noble second, and apple, third. so in teeming up with barns and noble, microsoft also shared its own outlook on sales saying they'll soon makeup a third of the market. but this is not so good news for publickers losing out on profit. recently the pricing structure attract attention in washington after the justice department sued apple over claims it kol you'ded with publishers to fix the prices.

and there is today's closing bell stocks closed lower today after news came out spain's economy is in another recession. the second since 2009. your bloomberg silicon valley index down with shares of apple losing 3%. and it's not just you. everyone is suffering from spam texts. an anna lift says number of u.s. spam text messages rose 45%. and that is costing carriers as they deal with a number of complaints and frustrating user who's face fraudulent messages. some have to pay to open those texts. in san francisco, i'm emily chang with bloomberg west.

>> patrick dempsey plays on grey's anatomy. many ladies know him as mcdreamy. and last week a 17-year-old lost control of his mustang, flipping it three times. that is when the tv doctor rescued the teen barely conscious. >> i asked if he was a paramedic. he said no. this is patrick dempsey. i thought -- mcdreamy? >> he am glad he was there for me. >> the rep tifz are not commenting on the story. >> and mcdreamy is spencer christian's nickname as well. he gave it to himself. >> and there is a teen time dancing with the stars. there is a preview coming up. >> also, remarkable progress for formerly conjoined twin girls months after their

operation. >> and there is sky way bumper to bumper going to the lower deck of the bay bridge. better head together south bay. sorry, spencer. >> back in a moment.

and time for a playful diverse, "dancing with the stars" will debut team dances. will catherine jenkins dominate? >> we're live with a preview. >> this season on "dancing with the stars" we've seen a slew of theme weeks. this is classical week, there is rock week. what if the stars could think of theme week to be part of the show? for catherine jenkins, love is about to happen tonight. >> i think my week has to be classical week and this is more of what comes naturally to me. so -- i don't know how i'm going to dance to classical

music ice a different genre of music than her dport woz like to see. >> i want to do hip-hop and stuff! i love that. >> and give me greek week. >> what does that mean? >> there is some uzo, we have bakalava and break plates. >> give me your ideal theme week. >> disney theme week. >> and i would like broadway week. >> i like movie theme week. this is... >> this is melissa gilbert it would be classified as a dream. >> rumba with robin thicke singing life would be hot you have a crush on robin thicke.

>> no judges week? no grumpy judges week. >> all right. take a look at this. there is a sneak peek of the set. this is going to be an interesting evening. and seven different dances then, a team tango for some points with our remaining seven teams. that happens right here on abc 7. and we're live on the set with dancing with the stars, back to you in the studio. >> perhaps it's unwise to take shots at glenn before the competition, but you're an insider. i picked catherine jenkins to win from week one who. do you like? >> i think you're going to see

donald driver in the final three and that we're going to see maybe maria menounos? i don't know. but that is my guess. i think you're probably pretty accurate in the prediction. >> thank you very much. and william levy... >> yeah. ways just going to say. >> and it airs tonight at 8:00 right here on abc 7. >> and those judges can be brutal. brutal. >> there is -- i can't dance, though. contrary to the popular myth. >> and there is -- let's slow jam the weather. there is a live view. looking out at awesome skies just a few thin clouds around. lots of blue sunlight off the

bay waters. hire is a loop from so:30 this morning. there are clouds along the coastline much of the day. cooler at the coast. and there is a high of 62 in half moon bay. there is 82 in concord, 81 in santa rosa. now, it's still mild to warm inlnld. 8 degrees in antioch now. 80 in los gatos, 80s up north there is 60 here in san francisco. highlights, areas of low clouds and there is a chance of rain thursday. and there is areas of low clouds hanging around and lots of clouds through anta cruz

mountains. and overnight tonight lows are on the mild side, upper 40s to around 50s. there is two cold fronts headed our way. the first moves through and brings us more clouds. and cooler conditions during the daytime. second front brings us a chance of rain thursday. but that is mainly into the north bay. high temperatures tomorrow about 10 degrees cooler inland. we'll see low to mid 70s today, tomorrow, rather. low to mid-80s today there is highs along the coast around 60 today. there is inland highs low 70s, here is the accu-weather forecast. there are temperatures continuing to taper off towards thursday and friday. and temperatures bounce back over the weekend to mid to

upper 70s. there is a pleasant week ahead. that is a slight chance of rain thursday. >> and still ahead a fitting tribute to a true fan. >> she loved baseball. >> barry bonds remembers a sailing accident victim that will be a part of one of his most-famous moment autos president obama invokes ronald reagan unveiling a one word campaign theme. >> is the u.s. harboring a chinese dissident in its embassy? a live report coming up. ñ ñ ñ t f

the san francisco giants hosted a memorial service today for alexis bush. >> the daughter of a long time giants executive died two weeks ago along with four other sailors during a yacht race around the farallon islands. >> mark matthews joins us now from the newsroom with the story. >> sho was a sail boat racer but the first love was baseball. today the ceremony about her family saying how much she meant to them. >> i'll never forget that when

i hit the 500th home run, she asked me fi was going to do it. i didn't know it would be that day. i did. to have her at home plate at that moment... one of your closest friends, your little baby sister... i know we, a lot of us here today don't know what it's like to lose a child. and we know what it is like to lose a sister, it hurts. a lot. >> her boyfriend, nick voss stood with the family but did not speak publicly. he is one of three survivors. thursday another body was found, the latest to be found near the farallons. and the boat was lifted from the rocks, coming up at 6:00 you'll hear from her mother

and brother and giants braufters. -- broadcasters. >> we'll see you at 6:00. >> coast guard says a racing yacht never sent a distress signal before it broke up at sea this, video shows debris after the wreck saturday morning. and there are three sailor that's died. it happened during a race from newport beach to mexico. investigators expect a freighter struck that sail boat. >> the rez and other u.s. officials are side stepping questions about a chin yees yeez dissident. there is no official confirmation of that. we are live with more on what is a delicate political dance. >> there is a lot of

nonanswers today from the president and secretary clinton. sources in china say there is a deal being negotiated to ensure his safety. the use united states and china are engaged in high-stakes negotiations. today the president was tight lipped on whether activists vift is under u.s. protection in beijing. sources within the community there say he is. >> there i'm aware of the press reports but am not going to make a statement on this issue. >> and owe served four years in prison and has been under house arrest. last week managing to scale a ball in the family farm, and escape. there is a american diplomat

trying to corb yait a deal. >> my advice would be keep your lips buttoned tight and say we've got a lot of big things on the agenda. >> clock is ticking. secretary of state clinton is set to depart tonight for a trip to china. sources say it will before she arrives wednesday morning. analysts say u.s. officials are walking a tight rope. >> there is a need to have a china that is willing to engage. >> u.s. officials are working to ensure that it did not derail talks taking place this week in beijing. >> if officials aren't giving us much information what do we

know about what they say they no? >> there is a general issue of human rights. you heard them say that is always on agenda any time u.s. officials are talking with chinese officials. they want to stress that that is a top priority for administration. but they don't want to comment because negotiations are still ongoing. and you're getting a sense u.s. officials want to put money where their mouth is. you can see the president talk about this many times, but they don't want to get too far head and don't want to rock this very, very delicate relationship with china. >> thank you. >> president obama's election campaign unveiled a word today, forward, but emphasizing there is more work to do going forward. the president pleaded to rebuild america's infrom a

structure today. >> ronald reagan once said building our infrom a structure is common sense. ronald reagan said that. that great socialist, ronald reagan. couldn't get through a republican primary these days. >> the president blames house republicans by voting down dollars on construction projects. >> mitt romney said he, too, would have ordered the killing of osama bin laden. in the ad president obama's campaign touted bin laden's take down questioning romney's willingness to assassinate the terrorist leader. today marks the first anniversary of the former leaders death at u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s.

>> even jimmy carter would have given that order. >> romney toured a fishing pier, some see new hampshire as one of the swing states. >> when the news at 4:00 continues, there is a tale today about how one woman got back with her -- at her ex. >> and you can contact michael on twitter and face dk book.com. >> from sutro tower there are low clouds, i'll return with the accu-weather forecast. >> at 436, not a holiday but looks like it. if you check out the toll plaza head together bay bridge a approach to meeting room is smooth sailing. stay with us. more still to come on the news at 4:00 chlgt -- .

note to self. don't go to your e for dental work. a love spurned dentist took plyers and pulled out every tooth from the mouth of her ex-lover. the man went in for surgery just days after dumping the dentist for another woman. the dent gist now under investigation and could go three years in jail. the man says his new girlfriend dumped him after she saw he had no teeth.

>> this is just a horrible story in many ways. >> awful. >> hi, mondayy. nice to see you again. maybe you don't want to go back. >> don't go to your exfor dental work. >> yeah. >> let's check the forecast now for you. >> with spencer christian. >> there is a look at natural conditions tomorrow, will be cool in the nation's two northern corners. and we'll see nice 8 ows -- 80s throughout the southeast. phoenix, highs of 946789 statewide, california tomorrow there are sunny skies and spotty areas of moisture down south. and interior parts of the state will be dry. 79 in fresno. 78 in sacramento. and here in the bay area, there is a pleasant day. and a bit cooler than today inland. high temperatures into south bay only low 70s tomorrow, 71 in san jose. certainly lots of sunny skies there.

up to the peninsula, highs into mid to upper 60s up to about 70s. on the coast, breezy and cooler, highs of 57 in pacifica. downtown san francisco, there is a high of 63 tomorrow, north bay highs ranging from low to mid-70s, nice, mild there. mild in the near east bay. there is 72 in pleasanton. there is breezy conditions near the bay. highs upper 60s to about 70. check out this you report picture. there are more blue skies tomorrow and areas of low clouds gathering overnight tonight. >> that is butte oofl coming up next the teachers who are turning things around in their classrooms by putting home

work first. >> i'm michael finney. if extra lean ground beef is made with so called green slime what is in extra lien ground pork? i'm answering your questions next. >> the news at 4:00 continues right after this.

you can see michael finney is here now answering question autos one user has a question for you. at a gas station can the cash

price line be higher than the credit card line? >> and there is rules in the state of california over the price of and you've got to be able to read it from the streets. and and say they want to make the tax price bigger and i think he got tricked into it. and and there is a a lot of gasoline dealers you pay a lower cost if you pay in cash. >> right. right. and the way you just said that is important. because the law says you're not allowed to charge more for using a creddit card but

you're allowed to charge less for using cash. >> the same thing. who wrote these laws? >> joyce wrote i closed my rental e mail i was told u.s. post office could not forward mail for a commercial box. >> it's the person you're renting the box from. here is why. the rules from u.s. postal service is that when they bring mail over to that box they just bring knit a big box. there you go. and whenever you get one of the boxes before you get rid of it make sure you tell everyone i'm not using this anymore. they can charge you. they'll forward the mail and will charge you for that service. >> there is one more question. asking extra lean ground pork the pork version of pink slime?

>> no. that is a great question. there is no pink slime for pork. it's abeef only that we know of at this point. so when you see extra lean pork you're getting extra lean pork. nothing to do with slime or what is added to it. should be 100% pork. >> makes you wonder whenever you see extra lean is it? or extra something else? >> because if you read the package carefully it should telling what is in there. >> thank you. >> and thousands of teachers all over the country are shaking up classrooms with a technique called flip teaching. flip flopping what used to be home work with class work and preliminary results are good. april tucker teaches high school science, taught 22 years but this year, she's flipped her classroom. >> today a new class.

reptilia. >> instead of lecturing she records the lecture using a camera. she can use props and diea grams to spice things up. then, she puts it on an internet si. students watch at home. >> gives freedom to rewind, start and understand better. >> but the ski what happens at school. when teachers don't have to spend class time on lecture autos it's better use of time. >> we can have labs and more working with other people and talk together teacher. >> this is drippy its okay. science is messy i'm out here with them now. >> some teachers record their videos but there is a growing number available for free on the internet. mary werj assigns students to watch lectures by a top teacher in montana. >> now there is a purple blood. >> there is a wiki space where

other teachers can post videos and we can share guides and assessment s and activities. >> one of the most-popular sites is khan academy. more than 3100 lectures on a huge variety of topic autos the french revolution. >> from that, we can subtract a w. >> this is nuclear membrane. >> there is no definite research on how it affects student performance but april and mary are excited. >> data shows kids have been doing 10% higher on the unit assessments this year than in previous years. >> the performing on a deeper and richer level. students fell like they're doing less, learning more that. is the idea. >> and the biggest obstacle is making sure students have access to the internet.

>> abc 7 news. >> and there are links and more information for you on abc 7 news.com. >> when the news continues an emotional milestone today at 1 world trade center once again the tallest building in new york city. >> a way to prepare for the olympics. missles in the neighborhood. >> and there is a long lost lamborghini turning up in a strange space. >> and now a look alt what is on world news at 5:30. >> hello nerve san francisco tonight on world news. one year now since osama bin laden was killed and we have personal letters from his last days showing what is going on in his mind and we never could have guessed what he was truly worried about. and new details about the terror alert the fbi continues to watch. and congress now looking into chemicals on our skin in the

course of a lifetime. lotions and creams. we'll add them up, tonight. d

taking you back live now, you can see traffic moving smoothly along the bridge. the doyle drive alternate route reopened and traffic has not been a problem out there today. and looking good. >> security as you might expect is tight at the 2012 summer olympics but would you believe a surface to air missile on the roof? >> this is 4 including a water tower ask one densely populated neighborhood. >> saying the neighborhoods offer a bird's eye view of the area and sky above olympic

park. lots of residents are shocked by the plan. >> bill clinton and george w. bush host a fund-raiser to raise money for the flight 93 national memorial in shanksville. >> plans for come meeting this memorial include a learning sent skbrer a tower of voices that contain 40 wind chimes. >> there is a live look at the major milestone reached in new york city. the building is now the tallest skyscraper. >> the building will include office space and restaurants. >> there is it's replacing the twin towers destroyed in the september 11th attacks. >> this has been six years since construction of 1 world trade center began. now, the building that rose

from ashes of the attacks has risen above every structure in new york. >> what you see here today is this determination to remember what we lost z rebuild higher. >> monday afternoon, construction workers hoisted into place a steel column atop the skeleton of a building. and made history. >> when that is extended it made this building tall enough to peek over the roof of the empire state building. for the retired fire fighter who lost his 29-year-old son in the september 11th attacks this brings mixed emotion autos every time i see this i'm going to remember my son its been an emotional day for crane operators on the project, witnessing the towers falling down almost 11 years ago. >> it's emotional to me. you know? thinking that it's going to

build and people lose their live, no reason at all. >> it's not expected to reach the full height for another year, standing 1776 feet tall, including an antenna. >> such a special day. i rejoice wefr one that says we can do it if we ban together. >> and there is two beams in place, as you can see 1 world trade center now. abc news, new york. >> and can't wait to see that. >> what a sight. >> you can keep track of the latest breaking news on twitter and talk about it on facebook.com. >> news at 5:00 continues right now. >> coming up next at 5:00 it could be a nasty commute tomorrow. a planned strike shouts shuts down a major ferry line.

>> also, open oakland university shooting suspect yernts a plea, acknowledging one person in particular inside of the courtroom. >> i'm sandhya patel. getting ready for cooler days and possibility of rain. i'll tell but changes coming up. >> good evening, golden gate bridge workers vowing to walk off the job tomorrow. >> impact being felt. the district cancelled ferry service for tomorrow because of the threatened walk out. union members poised to try to take over city hall. we have team coverage and let's begin with abc 7 news reporter nick smith. vic? >> good afternoon, if you take the sausalito ferry, you're going to have a find a different way to get to work tomorrow. there is service shutting down

tomorrow, golden gate bridge organizers are not pleased with efforts around their benefits for workers. workers say they'll strike, leaving passenger who's ride from larksspur with no votes in operation. officials say they're ready for a wide range of possible demolition straigss. >> we've been collaborating with colleagues and the local law enforcement entities. also, san francisco pd as well as u.s. park police. we've been in close nation. there has been a lot of planning. and are prepared for nothing or just about anything to happen. >> the ferry just arrived and most passengers are hearing an announcement to let them know about changes for tomorrow. there are 375 union employees and 25 differentrg