among penalties top management to return performance balances. >> the bill banning ratepayer money and it would subject executives to fines of up to $1 million for each violation. now, assemblyman hill points out the former chairman left with a package totalling $39 million zbit zpit what happened here on his watch. >> well this, was the scene outside of the meeting. a group of protestors showed up with 3,000 signatures opposing installation of smart meters saying they could pose a health hazard. they're upset they're charging monthly fees to anyone opting for a regular animalla log meters. >> thousands of people are suffering from their health. and we have to pace to keep

ourselves healthy? it's ridiculous. it's bullying and extortion. >> the group was able to deliver petitions to a representative. spokesperson for the grew tilt says fees were set by california public utilities commission. and a complaint should ab dressed to them. so far 28,000 customers have opted out of the smart meter. >> and governor brown's new budget is on the table. some will like it and some will not. his challenge is dealing with a bigger than expected deficit of $16 billion. abc 7 news is in sacramento to explain how he intends to do that. >> i'm laying out pretty tough cuts. >> governor brown broke bad news to californians. the state financial picture has worsened since his original prose passal in january. >> we're going to have to cut deeper, i'm linking a series of reductions real increased

aus stare ti. please increase taxes temporarily. >> and the federal government rejokting some of the cuts the deficit jumped to $16 billion forcing the governor to propose deeper cuts now include cutting state borker pay by 5% shutting down operations for one day per week and recusing number of hours seniors and disabled get at home by 7%. disabled advocates say cutting their home care further makes it harder to avoid nursing home autos my cooking, cleaning and bathing would be affected. i would get less services which those services are vital to me staying at home. >> state engineers don't want to see smaller paychecks. >> i don't think anyone wants to take a pay cut. members see work being outsourced at more than twice the cost.

>> $8 billion in cuts and double cuts proposed earlier in the year, reductions to the program, welfare and child care are still on the table reminding pro testors governor brown is like governor schwartzeneggar. tamara won't be able to work if the state didn't take care of her child. >> i would have to go on welfare. the money paid for child care is less than me go-to-get on to welfare. >> and in california if voters do not approve the hikes the schools are slated to be cut another $5.5 billin, just to say cutting the school year by three weeks. live in sacramento abc 7 news. >> thank you. >> and there are six weeks

after the shooting at oikos university the board placed it on pro visional approval equivalent of probation, regulators are monitoring several deficiencies including low pass rates on licensing exams by oikos graduates. they need to fix the pass rate within two years or lose the nursing school license. >> there are police showing weapons taken off the streets after a rescue of 30 people on outstanding warrants. police arrested 32 people over three days and helping round up expects. arrests include murder, robbery and assault. >> i look at this as a positive step because this is people no longer on the streets of oakland committing offenses.

>> investigators plan to see if weapons have been used in crimes. >> a south bay doctor is facing 12 years in prison after being accused of dealing drugs. he was arrested on friday and investigators say she prescribed oxycodone and other medications to patients who would he then veal the drugs. police say she prescribed drugs to addicts despite pleas from the families for her to stop. she was charged after telling -- selling large quantities of drugs to under cover officer autos a judge order aid nutrition worker to stand trial on two dozen charges related to a string of assaults. there are prosecutors claiming dna evidence link him to three attacks thchl surveillance camera recorded a man resum sim bling doser.

>> santa clara county sheriffs used a new tool, a special 3 d sonar system today in their search for missing teenager sierra lamar. sierra disappeared after leaving her home for school on march 16th. today, teams have searched coyote reservoir with another type of scan sonar. new sonar allows them owe-to-see sunken objects in greater reveal -- detail. >> and uc berkeley police cleared property this morning. about 100 officers, many in riot gear swept through the track about 6:30 this morning arresting two people inside of a fenced off portion and seven others on the sidewalk. there is one protestor tried to water crops one last time. >> i arrived and i saw about 80 cop ndz riot gear to try to

disband what we'd disbanded. >> it's impossible to do good science with a few dozen unwelcome, untrained guests roaming around what is an open air laboratory. >> uc berkeley uses land for research and says it feeded the property cleared. >> there are screeners giving a full search to former secretary of state henry kissinger. the 89-year-old is now wheelchair bound. washington post reported he was passing through new york la guardia airport and got stopped. none of the screeners seemed to recognize him or his name he told them who he was. >> state lawmakers uping the anty for cell phone use while driving. >> and now california high schoolers getting a lesson on something else proving just as dangerous. >> and toning down noise

coming from san francisco's number one industry. >> and in a cold water -- pattern we're going to roll out of it.

>> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. firefighters called to put out a fire in redwood city. investigators have not figured out what caused the blaze. flaimts still coming from a solar panel covering the roof. sky 7 hd arrived on the scene. no one was injured in this fire. >> san francisco lawmakers taking aim at noisy tour bus operators disturbing the piece in a number of neighborhoods. and there are residents

demanding consideration. abc 7 news joins us from fisherman's wafsh. >> this is a delicate balance f you're in the neighborhood where that groos is running amuck, you would want some relief. >> more than 16 million tourists visit san francisco every year, spending $8.5 billion making tourism the number one economic engine. if you live near the famous painted ladies would you want to deal with this all day? every day? >> there are many complaining about noise or parking issues and other quality of life concerns. >> there is a hearing today that they turn down the volume

so not audible by a distance of 50 feet or more. operators say they don't want to switch to head phone autos this is about interaction with customer. >> with 100 tour buses driving through the city, noise is just part of the problem. residential streets are supposed to be off limits. but many operateors ignored that. >> this is tour buses and had his foot run over. >> police planned to step up enforcement the san francisco travel association is monitoring the impact new restriction koz have on the bread and butter. >> all of san francisco benefits from tourism. and this is results in $525

million going into the general fund. those are used to subsidize parks and roads. >> the supervisors will vote next tuesday. if approved it would take affect october 1. in san francisco, carolyn tyler abc 7 news. >> let's stay in the city another moment, it appears san francisco is ready to throw another perk twitter's way. muni officials will consider adding a new express bus route on market street running during commute hours on weekdays from cal train to market between can 8th and 9th streets, muni says costs would be offset by running in conjunction with other lines. you might recall l is a big tax break owe to keep it from leaving the city. >> good to be twitter.

>> oakland is halfway through it's pot hole blitz. worker as tached 1500 for a one month every year, putting double of number of crews on the streets to repair pot holes as a short term fix. >> we're into our third week. and to date we feel, not counting last week about 1500 pot hole autos local funds have been capped and it's hard to find that money. so we have to make the best out of what we've got. >> oakland admits the city spent 450 miles of roadway. >> national transportation safety board is investigating a man's claim he was maimed by his hyundai. the yorn says his ear was sliced off by a metal bracket after the side air bag

inflainted. hyundai says there is no reports of similar incidents. >> california job outlook is looking brighter and that is encouraging for people trying to find job autos but bad news for those who cannot find one. >> there is unemployment this week less this week because of new regulations mandating cuts as a state employment picture improves. instead of mailing out checks 99 weeks only offering benefits 79 weebs, the rate is just a tad mer than 8% here in california unemployment is hovering around 11%. since our rate has gone down, we're losing benefits. and there are eight other other states cut their benefits saturday as well, bringing cut backs to 27 states. with 400,000 not receiving checks.

>> and bank rate.com says top rate is being offered at 1.05% followed by barclay. rounding out top three banks with a rate of.91%. you'll never get rich with a 1% or less return but bank rate.com says these accounts are great for stashing emergency funds. >> talking or texting while behind the wheel may be soon more expensive here in the bay area the bill passing through the senate would up the current fine for you $20 to $30. and after adding on the fees the actual tab for the communications comes in at $199. this new bill also prohibiting bicyclists from texting or using a hand held device while riding. >> and there is a group of

teenagers saw what can go wrong when texting and trying to drive at the same time thanks to a special driving simulator. at and t brought a car to sacramento charty high school. teens took turns wearing googles creating a virtual roadway. and then recorded how well they drove. >> how do you think you did? >> i think i did bad. >> so when you text and you crash? >> yes. >> terrible. >> average teens texted about 60 times per day. and there is one text off the road five seconds that makes it unsafe at almost any speed. >> yosemite park has a new option f you cannot be there at least you can see there.

and there you can enjoy on a high d etch f web cam launched today. it's one of four park web feeds including half dome and the sierra nevada range. we have links to the web cams on abc 7 news.com. that is relax oogt federal government and wireless carriers teeming up to make sure you get word of weather emergencies. it begins this month, and you don't need to sign up. there is an emergency you'll get a text alert. the service can issue blerts for missing children and presidential alerts for national emergencies. >> nothing that serious going on. there is a mild weather alert. >> and there is a forecast. there is weather coming our

way. >> that is cool compared to where we normally are owe this time of the year. there is a warming trend tomorrow. there is what it looks like. areas of seeing sun now there is beautiful looking day. another live picture now from our east bay hills camera. uk see a lot of sunshine out there. this is deep marine layer. whapgs what's happening on live doppler 7 hd. there is a quiet scene here and there is some showers around redding and there are thunderstorms earlier. and there are things changing. you can see cloud cover and this is into early afternoon,

now we're seeing marine layer just breaking up. there is a clearing trend here and warmer weather is on the way. so there is into 60s and 70s so low clouds returning and mostly sunny skies and mild. we're going into a cooler pattern for thursday. so this is typical spring time weather. interest there is an area of low pressure and there is a a low that is shifting out of here so there is a high pressure bringing warmer weather to most of the bay area and there are tomorrow morning low clouds covering most of the bay area, temperatures mid-40s around places like santa rosa to low

50s, palo alto and san jose. and there is pleasant weather, numbers going up by several degrees up to 76 in san jose. 74 in palo alto mid-70s in the north bay there is 61 in half moon bay. there is lingering low clouds and east bay 77 in concord there is 63 in monterey tomorrow there is temperatures coming up to average and slightly above normal in areas. there is upper 50s to low 60s coast side. there is a cooler forecast thursday only into mid-70s. we'll hold it into that range friday. then temperatures coming up. we're going with mild weekend and low 60s coast side.

there are 70s around the bay. like a see saw. we go up and down a few. that is just spring time pattern here in the bay area. >> and still head a college grad with an offer she couldn't resist walking on stage to get her diploma. >> san francisco's new full court press. luring warriors back to the city. that sat 6:00. we'll be right back here.

a program is expanding to get people not online connected to the internet allowing foster families to buy computer that's reduce prices. they can get high speed internet for $10 per month. and he was given a free lap top as part of the kickoff. >> i won't have any computer at home access over the weekend. or at night if i can stay up late. >> the program focusing on contra casta county. and if you'd like more information go abc 7 news.com.

>> there is an interesting way to spend an hour or two. an option to have lunch with warren buffet coming up. and the glide foundation hopes to see winning bid $2 billion for the fifth year in a row. pro vaiding social services to poor and homeless in the city. last year's spend $2.6 million to have lunch with buffet. and running june 1 through the 8th. >> and there is a walking away with more than a diploma. and minutes after receiving her diploma, her boyfriend, sam tracked down on one knee, there he is, and popped the question. sarah said yes because her family in front of the crowd. the happy couple dating four

years. >> and i've never seen that in a graduation. >> very nice. >> and back in a moment. clos @@ hello?

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