that became a hero. >> in that corner building there the flames jumped up through a ventilation shaft into that building next door, five people were injured, 37 people displayed. >> it was the fire, too big. i got back out he had a lot to lose in this fire. he runs a popular cafe on the ground floor of the four-story apartment building at 204 value lens yachl his mother lives in a third floor unit, his brother and sister in another apartment on the same floor. he saw smoke billowing up from the basement. flames now shooting into his building. now, he rushed up the stairs and alerted siblings, then saved his disabled another. >> my mom is 65 years old, diabetic. i carried her from the third

floor to the bottom. >> and ba tallin chief says there are other heroes too. firefighters that went inside to stop the flames from jumping into apartments. >> there are guys inside doing the work. they did a good job. >> three firefighters were injured when a staircase they're on collapsed. the chief took us inside of the buildings to the top floor, showing us what was left of the stairwell and charred remains of the buildings. the exterior of the building looks like this. the windows are gone but facade still in place. what the public rarely sees is what the fire did inside this, is a rare glimpse and almost nudging is left. >> people don't see that. they see fire coming out of the windows. >> and those injured were treated and released. we did see arson investigators

out here today. they're still trying to figure out what caused this fire. >> thank you, vick. investigators are revealing biggest break in the search for missing morgan hill teenager sierra lamar. the sheriff officials released this photo of a 1990 red four door volkswagon jetta saying a similar car may be linked to the disappearance. the car description is based on witness reports and a vee ree view of video surveillance footage. >> there are sources of a combination of residential cameras, business cameras as well as bus cameras during the time sierra disappeared. >> the 15-year-old last seen getting ready for school the morning of march 16th. investigators don't believe she made it to the bus stop. >> what is that smell? pg&e officials looking for the source of a natural gas smell that caused a high school to

evacuate. hundreds of people reported smelling this odor around 8:00 in the morning. officials evacuated 1500 students and faculty. and officials determined it did not come from the school. officials say lack of wind may have made the smell seem more pun gent. police are investigating vandalism yesterday at an historic santa cruz search, someone entered grounds before dawn, destroyed property including a fountain donate bid mexico in 1791. it includes holly cross church and a museum which were defaced. a deacon told abc 7 news he hopes video will help identify the vandals. >> uc berkeley officials hoping an encampment set up on university-owned plot of land would have been taken down by now. but that hasn't happened. the demonstration continues on

a piece of land known as the gill tract at san pablo and marin avenues. and that is where laura anthony is live for us this afternoon. >> occupiers are deciding what sort of response they're going to give tt university and tell me they hope to have that response by the end of the day. there is no sign this is going anywhere, any time soon. this is just another day for those occupying the track with little hints of any ultimatum from university of california. >> there is nothing thursday indicating to us there was anying that came through the news to us. >> last week members met to exchange views and both say reports of a saturday deadline for the encampment to be

removed were overblown. >> we told them we hoped and expected to have a response by saturday night. we're disappointed we didn't get it. the door remains open for a peaceful resolution but they understand that that needs to be beginning with ending the encampment. >> according to the spokesman the university is open to continued dialogue but administration wants them to go. so that researchers can start preparing the soil to get crops in by june 1. >> i don't feel like they're upfront. >> we're still in discussion about how it is. >> there is a live look at the discussion going on this afternoon. the university maintains they need to camp out by mid may so researchers can get in and do their work tonight. at 6:00 we'll hear from a

researcher that she says she needs to get in here and get her work started. >> we'll see you at 6:00. news from sports world, san francisco giants reliever has been suspended for 100 games after testing positive for a performance enhancing drug. he has been is a 38-year-old relief pitcher saying he tested positive for a drug used to lose weight and can build muscle mass. he tested posive in 2006. with the new york mets, he's not been pitching that effectively for the giants. and this could up being -- end up being a career ending situation for mota. >> let's get a check of the warm weather. >> toasty, indeed.

>> that is right. the week is off to a warm start. hi temperatures inland very close to 90 degrees. there is inland areas very sle to cool. there is a wide range of temperatures, fog returns to the coast. we'll see coastal temperatures into mid-50s and inland locations into mid evening hours, mid-70s, overnight there is a look at temperatures from upper 40s to mid-50s and another warm afternoon inland tomorrow, high temperatures upper 80s inland. so when will it cool down, i'll have the answer a little bit later. >> coming up next on abc 7 news the alternative stop smoking treatments proven to work. >> and the resume fight involving yahoo ceos getting nasty. that is in today's after the bell report. >> michael finney is taking your questions through his facebook and twitter pages and

will answer them here just a little later. >> there is a lot of people trying to get home looking at the skyway, normal slow go from left to right across the lower deck of the bay bridge. better for those folks heading southbound. stay with us, more still to come at 4:00.

the increasingly heavy burden of obesity. researchers say the rate of weight gain is slowing down but small increases add up. experts predict by 2030, 11%

of all americans will be severely obese, and smoking is another health care burden there are indication that's alternative treatments work. researchers found smokers who underwent acupuncture were three times more likely to quit. and researchers say there is enough information to encourage smokier who's want to quit to consider alternative therapies. a study suggests growing up amish may lessen chances of growing up with allergies and asthma. the number is lower for children living in switzerland. researchers don't know why rates are so low but it may be low exposed to potential

allergies at an early age. >> google versus ora cell, ora cell wins round one. and there is the future of scott thompson's career, emily, what is the latest? >> there is dan loeb taking legal action against yahoo, demanding to see all documents related to the hiring of the ceo. this comes after the company admittedded he does not have a computer science degree and in a letter loeb urging the board to fire thompson but it doesn't stop there. third point requested records related to appointment of patty hart and on the stlex of five new board members joining recently. yahoo couldn't be reached for comment today but we do know

the board is meeting to discuss the situation as we speak. in the valley, a jury reaches a partial verdict finding google guilty of infringing ora cell's jobless tools. and the verdict came down after the judge question aid juror who allegedly spoke with her husband about this case. the juror insisted the discussion did not influence her decision. >> and the damages will be taken up after that. so there is a ways to go. and billionaire warren buffet who has most lay voided investing in technology says he has no interest of buying shares of google or apple. responding to a question he said and i quote, boy not be surprised to see them be worth

a lot more money in 10 years but i won't buy either one of them. he said cohave a heart time valuing the companies adding ibm is a safer bet for him. he did buy a stake in big blue. europe's woe is couldn't keep the u.s. market down. stocks looked ready to plunge but because of concerns about elections in europe by the close most u.s. stocks rose. your bloomberg silicon valley index up slightly. and finally marvel the avengers the new record this weekend. the film was a huge win for disney bringing in $207 million in sales. disney could use it, it comes on the release of john carters which was a bomb, responsible for a $200 million loss. and there are disney producing

fewer films this season. it's the first marvel movie disney is distributing since buying the company for $4.2 billion. they're getting their money's worth. in san francisco, i'm emily chang with bloomberg west. >> thank you. >> still ahead at 4:00... then, there were six. going live to los angeles for a behind the scenes look at tonight's "dancing with the stars". >> then cal state university system backing offhanding out raises to its presidents but there is a catch. >> and taking a look at the very easy approach to the bay bridge toll pla plaz yachl you can see cars are slowing there on the way across the bay bridge and on the other side, cars moving nicely there as well. stay with us. the news at 4:00 continues right after this. ♪

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last week. william levy head together finals you're more right than i am on that point. there is a double dancing, tomorrow, a double elimination. tonight one ball room dance, one latin dance, one of those, three people will be dancing. two pros and one celebrity. and so that is the twist never done on the show before. what these celebrities have discovered that the show is so time consuming there is not time to do anything else but work on the show. all their tougts r thoughts are with "dancing with the stars" whether awake or asleep. >> every morning i wake up with dance steps in my head. >> i say hold on. i just nid to get this and i'll be done with a minute. >> the competitors and their partners learned the hard way being on this show can be a dream come true. kit cause nightmares.

>> i dream i'm standing there and i can't remember what comes next. >> i have nightmares and that something happens and i forget the yut yeen. once a week. >> wow. >> and if he have to dream about dancing too, i'd go crazy. >> nice. >> there is nightmares we're in a huge ball room, tons of people. everybody starts dancing. and she goes like this. i don't want to. i'm like that is not a good time, we've got to do this. like no. i don't want to. >> dancing has taken over their lives both waking and sleeping. >> this is on my mind.

>> i had a few dreams, i can't lie do you. and that is scary because i feel like i'm dancing in the day and dancing in my sleep. this is a workout! >> this is crazy. >> so tomorrow night is that dreaded double elimination. larry i think i'll let you know make predictions this time. now back to you in the studio. you're not getting away that fast. >> yes. who do you think? and a lot of people ti sean fagan will be going home but here is the deal. melissa has never been in the kbromt season. and there will be a surprise and shocking elimination tomorrow night.

so those may be the two teams going home. >> there gou. >> i think this is shocking melissa is still ash. there are fans of "little house on the prairie" that are big dance fans. >> we'll see. >> thank you. >> and dancing with the stars airs tonight at 8:00 right here on abc 7. >> speaking of predictions i predict it's going to be warm again, tomorrow, we have one location i'll show new just a moment. there is just so far. >> probably going to stay this way for a while. >> we're going to start to cool down mid week. and here is that live view right now. there is all the way out to the coast nothing but blue skies and a warm day. the coast is cooling down and

there is some fog near the coast and clear skies everyone and a warm up and a wide range of high temperatures so much and there is a high of 63 in half moon bay. there is a 26 degree range here, and right now, it's still 89 in antioch. 91 los gatos, these aren't the official final highs yet. fog return together coast. another warm day inland. cooler on wednesday. and there is a a huge ridge of high pressure building well to our north. certainly inland but there is an answering -- advancing cold front bringing us cooler air wednesday, we'll experience a cool down, low temperatures on the mild side around the bay area, low 50s and upper 40s in

some of the less-mild locations. our forecast at 5:00 we'll see fog an the coast and will start to melt away by mid day. highs under clear skies inland. let's take a look at projected highs for tomorrow, 88 in yu kia. 88 in antioch. 81 in piedmont. near monterey bay, mid-80s inland. here is the accu-weather forecast. there is a cool down wednesday, upper 50s on the coast. warming begins again on thursday. by saturday, we'll take a look at upper 80s inland and sunday, mother's day looking lovely day. sunny skies. >> nice. >> terrific. >> thank you.

>> still to come on abc 7 news we're live in a beach where rescuers saved a swimmer racing a friend. also... an ad that signifies the start of president obama's reelection campaign. >> we want to meet your mom. all of them. do you know what i'm saying? just go to facebook.com and you can upload family photos and tell us why you're lucky to have your mother.

rescue crews in alameda pull aid person out of the beach today you may recall this is the beach where rescuers stood by as someone drowned in may. >> we're live at the beach with the story for us. don? >> there is this rescue effort here last year, we have pictures taking some you report pictures taken at abc 7 viewer, and two men jumped into the water from the boat and decided to swim to shore.

and another just had problems. we don't know if he ran out of breath but he was yelling for help. the water got six to 10 feet deep. police ask crews responded and there are three firemen. the fire department brought the bought. this happened at grand and shore line. there is memorial day last year a man drowned off the beach. they said they were not certified and they did not have a boat. and that is why the swimmer is safe here recovering from an anxious moment in the waters off crown beach. >> thank you. >> there is president obama

kicked off his reelection campaign over the weekend and today, mitt romney countered with a meeting in that key battle ground state. and we have a look at what campaigns are doing to woo voters in those states. >> the president will be crisscrossing the state but focus will be on battle ground states that could determine this election. this is six months from election day. the battle ground is shaping up. and the campaign will focus time and energy down slope. a new vair from usa today found it's a time. the president has a two point advantage and a month ago before the republican race was settled the president led romney by nine points.

and there are today his reelection campaign is out with a television ad in nine states. >> some said our best days were behind us, but not him. he believed in us. fought for us. >> it's the first in a $25 kblinl ad blitz. for now focusing on a message about the president's record. >> you don't quit. neither does he. >> and one thing it doesn't mention is the health care law. >> the first thing i'll do is to take an action to stop obama care in its tracks. >> right now the battle ground matt favors rez obama. but if americans continue to grow

pessimistic the scale could tip in romney's favor. >> we saw the campaign expand in 2008. will they be able to do that again? >> this is all about playing defense. president obama able to win states like north carolina, indiana and virginia which hadn't vote forward a democrat since 1964. this time around he's just trying to hold on to those states. they need to keep them out of republican hands smchl states have trended more republican in four years and look at arizona as an opportunity where they might be able to switch it from red to blue but it's all about defense, you're going to hear about that over next six months. >> thank you. >> another top obama administration official is voicing support for smerj, ashy -- arnie duncan says he believes same-sex couples

should allowed to marry. >> i am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women and heterosexual men and women all entitled to the same rights, all civil rights and liberties and frankly i don't see much of a distinction beyond that. >> and the white house insists the vice president did no not -- says his position on the matter is still evolving. >> white house says it will not negotiate with al qaeda though it's concern btd safety of a 70-year-old american aid worker kidnapped in pakistan nine months ago. there is a video yesterday. and he is heard saying he'd heel be killed unless the president agrees to al qaeda demands, among them a halt to us us air strikes in afghanistan, pakistan and yemen, and the release of all

al qaeda and taliban suspects around the world. >> my life is in your hands mr. president. if you accept demands i live fchl you don't accept the demands, then, i die. >> winestein abducted in august in pakistan after gunmen tricked his guards and broked into his home. white house called for his immediate release. >> u.s. stocks holding steady despite fears of a major market crash and up heaveals in three nations. vladimir putin sworn in as russia's president. riot police prevented hundreds of people from protesting. and there are angry voters rejecting painful budget cuts n greece elections left no party with enough votes to govern alone putting the financial bailout in jep ti.

in france, outgoing president sarkozy announced he's leaving politics after losing. >> a woman is attacked by two supposedly tame cheetahs the whole thing caught on camera by her husband, now she's speaking about the ordeal. >> and michael finney still taking your questions and will answer them here in just a few minutes. >> and from mount sutro we can see clear view of al qa ka traz, i'll give you a look at the weather coming up in just a moment. >> and there is a look at the golden gate bridge, you can see traffic moving slowly in both directions. the news at 4:00 continues right after this. medicare. it doesn't cover everything.

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than anyone else back there. he washes them and feeds them and waters them, cleans stalls twice a day. >> investigators in the process of questioning all 200 employees. >> there is a woman attacked by cheetahs is talking about what happened. her husband captured photos. >> and i just remember something biting my head and driving me down. >> she her husband on a birthday visit where the big cats were supposed to be tame. one cheetah lunched she tried to stop it and both cats attacked her. plea said she tried to play dead. the cheetahs bit and clawed her head, stomach and legs for three minutes until a guide pushed them back with a stick. she needed stitch buzz didn't

suffer life-threatening wounds. those had to be the longest three minutes of her life. >> i don't think you can consider a wild animal tame. frightening. >> and she is okay. >> and let's get another check of the forecast now. >> there is spencer christian here. >> we're looking at conditions tomorrow, it's going to be showery over the eastern part of the country. southeast and along the gulf coast, warm in the southeast. highs into 80s there and interest there are state wide, will be warm across the state of california tomorrow, with the exception of you're yeeka. taking a look at warmth, 93 chico. 93 fresno. 98 down in palm springs. here in the bay area another warm day. and the south bay we'll see sthiz and highs into mid to upper 80s, 85 in san jose.

87 in los gatos, peninsula there is a mild to warm day there are just 81 in palo alto. and sunny, mild tomorrow there is a high of 72, sunset district swril a high of 63. highs into mid 8 ows in santa rosa. near east bay highs from mid 70s to low 80s, inland east bay will sizzle again with highs up to 88 in antioch. there is 72 in watsonville. 64 monterey. and 85 inland at gilroy. so inland warmth continues and we're going to have a cool down across the board on wednesday. >> tomorrow is a good day. >> a great day. >> yes. >> i'm not feeling that well. >> i'm starting to not feel well by tomorrow. >> and there is a new rift

between san francisco school district and teachers union. >> this time why teachers say a major move could hurt students. >> and can a credit card company charge you a late fee if the payment is due sunday and you pay monday? i'll have the answer to that and more of your questions coming up. there is more on abc 7 news coming up.

the san francisco school district and teachers union are at odds again this team. the district found a way to cut $1.5 million by reducing the time it takes teachers. abc 7 is in the newsroom with more on this. leanne? >> needless to say the district and the teachers union are in the middle of contract negotiations. now, the district has a huge budgive yit did he havit and proposing a number of cos cost-cutting measures, one to reduce the time it takes teachers to prepare for courses. now, the majority of the teachers in san francisco spend five periods in a classroom and one so called prep time. but someone teaching an advanced placement or ap course has only four periods and two hours of prep team. -- time. the district wants to allow teachers to have only one prep time. sheer why the district says it

will save money. when that teacher goes on the second prep period another must take his or her place. that is costing money. the district says eliminating the hour will save $1.5 million. and the teachers say because there are sources so advanced they need time. >> without time to develop material and it's kind of a set up for failure. >> like any family budget when it gets tight have you to cut and going through different item autos district is offering a $1,000 stipend for extra time put in. the concern is that some may not want to take the district's offer and will drop out of teaching those ap courses in the meantime, the teachers will have a strike vote on thursday.

we're in the middle of negotiations. >> 16-year-old stable tennis phenom aerial shing played table tennis against the likes of bill gates and warren buffet. and that is... a battle. >> it is a big battle against her. and mike shumann will have more coming up at 6:00. >> what a story. >> and michael finney is here e mailed to them. >> i think this may be the hall of fame qee annette asked via facebook how can i get election agencies to stop calling me? that has to be a 7 on your

side hall of famer. >> yes. first they're only allowed to call between 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. and only if you allow them. if you ask them to stop, they have to. now, how to you prove you've asked them to stop you? send them a certified letter and get a receipt. we've found that they will. and this one is a question probably anyone shopping for a bed has for you. coming from judy e mailed i want to know how to compare mattresses, names are different. i want to know if the one i like is somewhere else, lease judy has caught these guys at what they're up to. they make the same mattress, and they cover it in different materials and they name it something different. and then, each gets their own

name so that you have a difficult time comparing them but you can. for inner spring mattresses look at coil count and wire gauge from the same company. if you put those two together on the same size bed, you're probably talking about the same mattress or one that is very similar. if you're looking at a foam mattress you're looking at density and firmness, density is measured in pounds and firmness up to 15. putting those together now you can start comparing. they're tricky about this. >> sure. >> and all of the things are very... >> and i'm glad you said expensive. there is your box see if you

need to replace it good advice. >> william h wants to know can a credit card company charge a late fee if the due date is on a sunday? he pays on a monday? >> that is good. treasury department set up rules for this, they're vague. the basic rule is this. if they're allowed to set any due date as long as it's consistent f it falls on a sunday you and normally mail in the bill and you mail in your payment this time they have to accept it on monday. if you pay online, none of that counts. you have to pay beforehand are you caving this? you have to do it by mail and it has to land there on monday. >> right. >> pay early if you can. >> absolutely. >> thank you. >> and when abc 7 news

continues the most important thing you can do to approve your chances if you're looking for a job. >> and locals can get something for a new addition to the golden gate brij how going green can cost you a lot of green if in the market for an electric suv.

reefus research has shown multi tasking hurts job performance and findings show we keep doing it because we like it. researchers highlight multiple feel-good benefits. they say it makes us believe we're getting more done and so we keep doing it there is advice working for people looking for week. finding people keeping their spirits high are more likely to find work than those who lose hope. >> research shows people who are staying positive are

feeling less drained by the process. >> if you're looking for work abc 7 is co-sponsoring a free jobs fair tomorrow that starts at noon going until 4:00 p.m. at the center for employment training on vine street fchl you want more information go to abc 7 news.com. /jobs. >> and there is a new addition to the golden gate bridge in honor of the 75th anniversary. >> there are visitors may stop and learn something about the bridge. >> amy hollyfield tells us this isn't just for tourists these are bay area native that's will get something from it. >> first time visitors can sense something is fabulous when visiting the bridge now. >> and i didn't think there would be this much access so it's great. >> and before now, you couldn't get this close. you can't have this much room to take your picture. >> this is congested.

just the space too tiny for the number of people that come. and there was a jocking for making your way around. and getting in the way of pedestrians. >> there wasn't a museum for a place for information. and 10 million people visit this bridge. not drive across, just visit per year. the lack of a tourist experience surprised workers and locals. and the mission is to provide safe transportation. >> about 1950 there has an bn a desire to have a museum and what we see today but no funding for it. >> and the anniversary inspired big changes stepping in to create a new experience including a pavilion, you can buy trimpketts and learn about the bridge, outside the key word sex pangs. there are new, larger areas for picture taking. bike lane as approaching the bridge are wider and separate.

>> there are tours, brochures and exhibit autos what about those who visit this bridge on a foggy day? they can ghaet perfect picture. and some outragis ones thanks to a new green screen at the round house. >> you visit the bridge 15 minutes or three hours. you can find ways to learn the story autos there is a menu at the cafe. this is not your grandmother's golden gate bridge and it's worth another visit. pavilion opens and tours start tomorrow. >> and those pictures were amazing. >> amy is hard at work today. >> thanks for joining us for abc 7 news at 4:00. >> you can keep track of the breaking news on twitter at abc 7 news bay skpaer talk about it on facebook.com.

>> abc 7 news at 5:00 continues right now. >> there is a car that could hold the key to finding sierra lamar. >> and details in the under wear bombing plot. latest attempt to blow up an airline may have been the tip of the iceberg. >> i'm sandhya patel. warm today across the bay area. how long this pattern is going hold coming up. >> good evening, i'm dan ashley. >> i'm cheryl jennings. the first major break in the disappearance of a bay area teenager. >> missing now seven weeks. a red volkswagon jetta spotted near palm avenue the morning sierra lamar disappeared. and we're live with the story. >> i just got off the phone with the sargeant at the sheriff's office. he tells me since our abc 7

report today there have been tip was about the red vw jetta. they hope the tips will continue until the car is found. investigators were confident a red car that looks similar to the one in this photo has something to do with the disappearance of sierra lamar, surveillance cameras and witnesses put the car near her morgan hill home march 16th and near where her cell phone and purse were found. >> this is more than one source, drenz shall cameras, business cameras as well as bus cameras in the area. >> her family told investigators and me they do not recognize the car. there is clues they've been waiting for. >> i know everybody out there is going to do everything possible to report the sighting of this car. >> this is the description of the car. a