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thomas. and i'm kristen sze. a marijuana set-up fueled a fire last night. so intense neighbors could feel the heat from the middle of the street. it started 8:00 last night and burned more than an hour spreading to electrical wires and shutting off power. nine people had been living in the home, including one child. a person suffered from smoke inhalation. the home next door also caught fire. the san francisco police s.w.a.t. team descended on a visitation valley home last night to serve a search warrant. >> officers detained four while serving the warrants around 9:00 last night. the police department won't say why the warrants were served, what the charges are or how many people were arrested. 13 suspected gang members arrested during an early morning sweep in several bay area cities will be making their first court appearance

in federal court. abc7 news spoke to family members who were inside that petaluma home on mcneil drive during yesterday's raid which we followed live here. agents were after 20-year-old victor flores, jr., who authorities say is one of the gang members arrested. three immigration and customs enforcement agents suffer nonlife-threatening wounds. his father says the agents were not wearing anything identifying themselves. he did not want his face shown. >> we shot back because we thought they were gangsters. we never knew they were police because they never introduced themselves as police officers. >> they were treating me like a dog i'm just a minor, barely 14. i didn't do nothing. they pushed me around. >> federal agents say the 13 are linked to a triple murder that happened a year and a half ago in south

san francisco. four of the suspects could face the death penalty. san jose place planning a big show of force for this weekend's cinco de mayo celebrations, due to a recent spike in gang violence. >> reporter: police are increasing patrols this weekend because increasing gang violence, cinco de mayo and falling smack-dab on a saturday night. they think it is a bad combination, they want to be prepared. video from years gone by, what they don't want to happen this is video from 2006. a celebration cinco de mayo that got out of control, 56 people arrested. then allegations of police being too aggressive, same thing happened in 2008. 2010, the cinco de mayo parade and festival was cancelled here in san jose. here we are in 2012, a member of the mayor's gang prevention task force is saying something

is brewing on streets. police working behind the scenes trying to calm tensions, trying to get the gang issues defused. now take a look at a symbol of gang violence from this past week this is 14-year-old heriberto reyes beat anyone a gang attack last friday evening at -- beaten by a gang attack last friday evening. he died monday he's the fifth fatality as a result of gang violence this year. 13 homicides in san jose, five the result of gang violence. add to this, it is going to be a full moon saturday night, it is going to be a super moon, the moon closest to the earth than it has been in a year, more than a year and it is going to be brighter than usual. if you think the crime increases during a full moon that's something else to put into the mix. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. from investors to employers to job seekers, all

across america, all eyes on this morning's release of the april jobs report as the unemployment rate -- is the unemployment rate going down? katie marzullo is live with indicators. >> reporter: prediction as bun for another hour then we'll see the real numbers. many believe employers added 163,000 jobs in april. moody's is estimating a lower 125,000. somewhere in between there, either would be better than march's 120,000. still not enough to move the unemployment rate that is expected to stick at 8.2%. these numbers can and will be spun politically, never more so than in a presidential election year. until march, the jobs report was in president obama's favor. unemployment dropped from 9.1% in august to 8.2% in february. as the "l.a. times" points out -- he'll have plenty to say today if fewer than 100,000

jobs were created. a report out yesterday first time jobless claims fell last week which can be an indication of fewer lay-offs. predictions ranging from 120 five,000 to 163,000 -- 125,000 to 163,000. katie marzullo, abc7 news. 4:36. in san jose assistant principal out on bail after being an arrested on a charge that he inprom rightly touched a student. joe regular ghetto has been working -- joe reghitto has been working -- police felt there was enough probable cause to warrant an arrest. >> we as parents will allow our children to go to these schools when this type of incident occurs it is a huge violation of trust with >> we can't pass judgment we don't have all the information. >> the district has taken the

unusual step of placing leland's principal and another assistant principal who rod the incident to police on paid leave while the investigation continues. they are not accused of any wrongdoing. prosecutors preparing response after barry bonds' legal team filed a federal appeal to overturn the obstruction of justice conviction . his lawyers say bonds answered his questions truthfully and were not misleading. the defense also says investigators revised their indictment several times and delayed trial for a year. the former slugger was sentenced to two years probation and a machine of house arrest. a jury convicted bonds of obstruction of justice when he testified in 2003 before a federal grand jury investigating the balco steroids scandal. friday is here. the weekend is just a few hours away. . >> this is a transition day. [ unintelligible ]

today is a transition day cold front moving through the monterey bay where we have light rain. the rest of us cloudy, maybe every once in a while you get mist maybe a little drizzle one burst wasn't heavy enough to turn on the windshield wipers. there's residual moisture on the roads still a little wet. they will dry quickly thanks to these winds. west 17 oakland, sfo. 16 fairfield, 16 san jose that is going to be the constant today clouds will leave, winds stay for the better part of today. stepping out now all the way through 8:00, temperatures are going to whoever around upper 40s to around 50°. clouds disappear by noon, mostly sunny, mid 50s along the coast into san francisco upper 50s to low 60s for the rest of us. through the afternoon more sunshine, breezes coming off the ocean will keep our

temperatures below average mid to upper 50s along the coast into san francisco, low 60s around the bay shore into the south bay. mid to upper 60s north bay, east bay valleys those are the areas that will be the warmest. 7:00, dry air will cool quickly most of news the mid to upper 50s, a few low to mid 60s east bay valleys. breezy tomorrow, temperatures jump six to eight degrees winds won't be as fast sunday and monday, temperatures well above average from sunday through at least wednesday. spring warmth is almost here. good morning frances. good morning. traffic looks great now. there's roadwork going on in a lot of the usual spots here's one eastbound 80 off the bay bridge scheduled until 5:00 this morning. you might find some of the lanes blocked from the macarthur maze towards powell. not slowing anyone down. here's southbound 680 walnut

creek towards highway 24 southbound through the san ramon valley lanes scheduled to be blocked until 5:00. northbound out of san ramon to danville, until 6:00. live shot in san jose, nothing to worry about. this is northbound 280 headlights, this is highway 17 hard to make out coming out of the santa cruz mountains, no roadwork scheduled as you head through the summit that caused big traffic jams yesterday. as we look at the waze traffic app, traffic spotters did report roadwork on 101 northbound and southbound between palo alto and mountain view. things are still moving well. you can always get the traffic for your route by going to abc7 news do the come -- abc7news.com/waze. next, the unintended pizza topping that will cost a

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welcome back. california may be among the biggest winners when facebook makes it stock offering in two weeks. shares are expected to sell for 28 to 35 dollars. that means facebook could be worth at least 96 billion dollars we the company goes public may 18th. 27-year-old founder mark zuckerberg will hold stock worth 17 billion dollars that means he could owe as much as 189 million dollars in state

taxes and 714 million dollars in federal taxes, if he exercises his options. according to -- the windfall for california from the rest of the ipo could eastern the state-s of millions more. san francisco woman getting 2 1/2 million dollars in a lawsuit over a chicken bone found in a roundtable pizza. she was in south san francisco two years ago when a one inch chicken bone became lodged in her throat pierced her esophagus and caused a near deadly rupture. the jury ward the 2 1/2 million dollars for pain, suffering and medical expenses paid for by foster farms round table and but not by corporate. 6-year-old girl being called a hero after using a technique she saw on tv to save another girl's life. the first grader was eating lunch in the cafeteria when

she started choking on an apple. the student sitting around her called for help. the little girl stepped up. >> i just saw -- -- >> they didn't know what to do, but i knew what to do. >> we call that the heimlich maneuver. the apple was dislodged she said she saw it on the disney channel. she and a couple other students have been given certificates thanks them. >> i daresay she is the cutest heroine ever. i think her par rants will give her a little more disney time too. >> okay. disney the parent company of abc7. >> caltrain takes the first step toward adding new service.

nasa takes to the sky in search of meteor fragments and clues about the beginnings of the universe. chinese activist says he's scared for his life. i'm tahman bradley with the

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high temperatures across the country, 90 st. louis, 83 denver, 80s new york and d.c.. 58 boston, 53 seattle, 56 portland. fright arrival delays into jfk and philly severe weather possible there through the midwest and also dallas. oakland and san jose will be on time. abc7news.com any time you need our flight tracker. happening right now we just got word out of china from secretary of state hillary clinton on the blind chinese dissident.

she just wrapped up a news conference saying the u.s. embassy staff and doctor have met with chen in the hospital. clinton says progress is being made in sensitive diplomatic dealings with china to give chen the future he wants. china is making a potentially face-saving compromise. tahman bradley has the latest. >> reporter: stakes are high as the chinese activist fight force his freedom. u.s. is trying to balance support for human rights while maintaining important ties with china. chen left the embassy to be with his family fearing for his life he's begging hillary clinton for protection. my situation now is very dangerous chen tells a reporter, basically right now i'm worried. the u.s. is scrambling to come up with a solution. the state department says u.s. officials in china have spoken to chen currently being treated for injuries at a hospital. if the u.s. decides to help chen it may be impossible to get him back from chinese

authorities. diplomatic discussions still ongoing the united states was caught in the middle when the activist made a daring escape and traveled to the u.s. embassy. when he agreed to leave the embassy he did not know his wife had been beaten >> china's foreign ministry says chen can stud a broad. a possible resolution to this crisis. tahman bradley. scientists turn to old technology, using an zeppelin to search for meteor fragments that crashed two weeks ago. it is based at move fit field in mountain view using -- moffitt field in mountain view. scientists say it is perfect because it is fly low and slow recovering the meteor many -- >> formation of the planet, origin of life and our planet

it goes back to the beginning. >> those fragments are scattered for hundreds of miles. experts believe most are concentrateed east of sacramento. when it entered the as not fear it weighed more than 150,000 pounds now it is scattered all over. you folks heard terry referencing the big full moon tomorrow, making people do crazy things. >> we don't need a full moon for that here. >> no, it will be interesting to see cinco de mayo celebrations under a full moon the closest moon. >> and we'll see it very well. >> yes, it is going to be very clear tomorrow, just a little cool. let's talk about what is going on right now. hope you have a great weekend. clouds over downtown san francisco as we look south towards the embarcadero center from our roof cam here. let's talk about live doppler, it was quiet out there, how about rainfall totals half

inch in st. helena, mount tamalpais more than an inch higher elevations received the most rain. everybody else tilden park underneath almost less than a 10th of an inch. right now we're talking about clouds, maybe patchy drizzle, low to mid 50s. 52 monterey mid to upper 50s everybody else, inland salinas and gilroy. today breezy throughout the day clouds will fade quickly after the morning commute. clear and cool, coolest weather tonight, sunny this weekend and warmer than average. from below average back to warmer than average, wild swing of weather over the next 24 to 48 hours starts today in santa rosa 10 degrees warmer than yesterday 70, concord six degrees warmer, oakland 65, fremont two degrees warmer, one of the few areas that will be cooler, san francisco, 61

today, three degrees cooler than yesterday. upper 50s along the coast where breezes will be fastest, all of us will be feeling breezes going to hold temperatures below average even with all the sunshine. around the monterey bay 58, mid to upper 60s rest of the bay breezy also upper 60s to fear 70 inland. a few scattered showers possible in the seer -- in the sierra and near eureka. yosemite 64. the pass going to open monday at noon. nine -- 93 palm springs, near 70 l.a. and san diego. head together game marlins almost in last place, let's see if we can feast on them. 58 dropping to 53, 7:15 first

pitch cool and dry. tonight 39 napa, mid to upper 40s for the rest of us. winds switch direction coming off the ocean today then coming off of the land temperatures behind the weekend will be nearly 15° warmer that will hold through tuesday, wednesday, start to taper thursday. here's a live shot of the golden gate bridge i'm finding light traffic around the bay area, no accidents to slow you this friday morning looks great here in and out of san francisco and on the other side of the bay, westbound 80 traffic is flowing well, the drive time is still 18 minutes from the carquinez bridge to the maze, earlier roadwork eastbound 80 through the maze has been cleared. here's the bay bridge toll, no trouble except for this car there on the shoulder that's not slowing anyone down. as we go to the waze traffic app, flowing well all around

the bay area, 101 good on the peninsula, no trouble now across the san mateo bridge or the dumbarton bridge. when things slow down they will show up on the waze map and you can download it for free, abc7news.com/waze. put it on your smartphone or iphone and have it while commuting. 4:55. big changes onboard for caltrain, including a agreement with high speed rail and good news for riders. yesterday the board considered a preliminary budget that would add six more trains during peak hours. ridership up so much some trains don't have enough seats. the board approved a historic plan to electrify caltrain that means caltrain could operate on a system that blends with high speed rail. the state legislature has to approve that funding. the system still has no stable funding and could be looking at huge deficits and service

reductions, a year from now. some of oakland's largest employers are stepping up to the plate to keep the a's in the city. color -- clorox, kaiser, east bay and several other companies are committing to a new stadium. also ready to fund major corporate sponsors and acquire naming rights. >> the current ownership can't commit to oakland or doesn't want to, we are competent we've identified a new group of owners who would keep the team here and get a new stadium built. >> the company is willing to back its support by doing everything from purchasing luxury boxes to putting its name on the new stadium. one part of california's economy booming this year, lobbying. durst the first three months of 12, lobbyists spent 67 million dollars. the biggest spenders this year are western states petroleum the california labor

federation. some employers will spend $5oo,000, a year in lobbying, to protect a two million dollar tax credit, if not more. tens of millions in tax credits. >> the watchdog group expects spending by lobbyists to hit $550 million dollars during this two year legislative session which ends in december. gunfire breaks silence in a quiet neighborhood. we are live at the scene with the damage done and latest on the police investigation. the hunt for the hit-and-run driver who sent a taxicab cab crashing into a building. steve jobs like you have never seen him before. the long lost apple video finally released.h@h@h@h@h@h@h@@