system has seen api scores going up. in a statement the district sedz much of this improvement can be attributed to our hard working teachers who come to work every day determined to make a difference. still, martinez says the district and teachers can do better. >> there are my children with a mom who is going to fight for them, and a dad who is going to ensure education is solid. >> this law has been challenged before by sacramento city unified and in both cases judges upheld the law. and they are able to challenge the decisions because they don't have the money and because of the budget cuts. abc 7 news. >> thank you very much.

and facebook move to go public and sell stock means it's facing pressure over protecting privacy. that is prompting flash mobs with a warning. we're in san francisco with the story. >> there is 900 million users world wide. and data about those users helped advertisers make targeted ads. and analysts fear once booking those, they'll be so much pressure to sell more advertising that facebook will be forced to gather and give more data about its users. >> how many of you guys use facebook? >> there is a vine hoping to capitalize on the ipo. in both cities they staged what is called a flash mob but waits more like a benign walking bill board.

>> you're being followed on the internet. >> the message is use the internet and we think it's better when you get to choose what information you're sharing and how it's being utilized. >> they took out full page candidates in -- ads in san francisco chronicle despite opportunities, there are legitimate concerns attached to the friday ipo. >> facebook change td it's policy to read data use policy. what that signals is this is about how they're going use your data. >> ryan single is a wired magazine edit torks his blog is called threat live. we asked him what the threat level is for face book users on friday. >> this is probably the same as its been. maybe a yellow to orange he thinks not much will change friday. but under increasing pressure to make money, a change could be coming. >> the thing to watch is in two, three years there is shares aren't doing well. skm that is when you get

scared he says it couldn't hurt to lock in your privacy settings. >> have to help my mother with profile. it passes my mother test, other peoples' mothers are more tech savvy. >> and there is anyone out there like his mom but without a son like him, he says there are lots of online tutorials to help you navigate privacy settings. >> california legislative analyst announced facebook ipo will generate more than $2 billion in revenue meaning about $500 million would flow into the state in the current fiscal year. that is helping offset the projected deficit followed by another $1.8 billion in the

next year. >> greenpeace activists blocked entrance to apple headquarters today paraded in front of the campus and demanded apple power i cloud with clean energy instead of coal. and apple says 60% of the power will soon come perfect a solar array. >> there is breaking news right now where a search is under way for a burglar, a pair of thieves made a mad dash this afternoon and there is where police caught one suspect and officers now searching for a second suspect who apparently ran from the vehicle. the mayor driving the wrong way in ashland. police say they have recovered the stolen property. >> there is a judge's decision

landed a big blow to the defense. and there is judge ruled they to have aauthority to talk about the bruise she said he gave her. attorneys for lopez and mirkarimi do not want the video shown during his up coming commission hearing on the charges. lopez's attorney says she'll appeal and claichling it could violate the right to privacy. >> authorities not releasing the first murder victim of 2012. sheriff deputies found a man's body inside of a home on omega avenue during a probation check at about 7:00 last night. investigators do not know the cause of death and don't think the dead man is the person on

probation. neighbors say a woman and two adult children live in that home. a man accused of shooting an east palo alto community leader is set to stand trial after receiving treatment in a mental hospital two. doctors determined the 59-year-old is now fit for dril. prosecutors say he shot his childhood friend in june, 2010. he was co-founder of free at last a group helping people recover from substance abuse and incarceration. >> interest there is a santa cruz catholic church now observing threatening letters and that letter contains language and antichurch graffiti this month. they shattered windows. >> those occupy pro testor who's took over a piece of

farmland owned by uc berkeley are trying to figure out their next move after being kicked off the land yesterday. there is alan wong live with the story. >> they're not giving up yet. now occupy the farm members are gathering in front of the albany library. they're holding a rally and a speak out over their eviction. many are still upset after being kicked off uc berkeley owned land around 6:00 a.m. and police swept in skb one occupier jumped the fence and made an attempt to water the crops. officials say they can continue tending crops as long as they didn't camp there but say they turned them down.

>> that is alan wong reporting. we lost a signal to that. in just hours san jose could become the largest city in the country to cut putt a cap on number of businesses. and tonight the city council will hold a meeting if approved it would limit the number of lenders to 38. that is how much are doing business in san jose. some charge rates as high as 400% or 460%. opponents argue limiting loans would only hurt people who depend on them. >> muni riders could face major delays. muni will shut down the line and preplace witness a sug bfs between ocean beach and vanness avenue. and this is stemming from a construction project. the j church line will be

affected by this only operating between balboa skpark church street. and there is construction should wrap up just with b.a week or so. >> a company gets a green light to test a drug on patients long before symptoms kick in. >> whit looked like fish and game had a backyard bear under control he managed to go on the attack. >> i'm sandhya patel. inland areas gained a few degrees today. i'll let you know if the pattern will hold for wednesday coming up. >> there is from 7 on your side an airline allowing

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there is a successful whale rescue to tell you about. there is a tricky job of untangling the gray whale and the whale spotted last friday and tried to wiggle free and wound up wrapping a line around the lower jaw. it took a lot of people to save the whale. volunteers and a marine biologist cut the line yesterday to free that whaul. it's expected to be okay. >> and another whale is reportedly entangled in a crab pot. the skipper says he spotted that mammal on sunday heading northward and he says he saw it again yesterday. >> new mexico fish and game re-examining their procedures after a 12-year-old boy was bitten by a caged bear, captured by agents.

they caged it and so, what happened is that the bear stuck a snout between bars and nipped off the tip of the little boy's finger. >> i should have let a little bit. >> we're going to review everything that happened and try to figure out what happened. and we'll go from there. >> saying only one agent was on duty, regulations require two. >> there are two new fronts today in the fight against alzheimer's disease. the obama administration adopted a national strategy aimed at curing the disease by the year 2025. also today, south san francisco daysed -- based genen tech won the right on healthy people with no signs of demetia. and the federal government has

a new web site for those needing information we're going to link you to it on abc 7 news.com. >> there is a richmond city council took a step and set to vote on a measure requiring merchants to pay a 1 cent per ounce fee. it would be put on the november ballot giving voters a a say on the we. supporters say revenues could pay for classes in the schools. >> in columbia, police called one of two men who robbed an internet cave yaichl he forgot to log out of his facebook account. police say the men spent time browsing the web then held up the cash year and took off on a motorcycle. columbian investigators used information on one of the accounts to figure out his home address and make an arrest. >> not the sharpest knife in

the drawer. >> gasoline prices are down in the nation but not here in california. >> and michael finney joins with us this news for upcoming holiday autos not good news. for here, anyway. means it could be expensive. gasoline costs more in california than in other states and says prices in california jumped more than 15 cents per gallon in one week. and there is national average dropped to $3.75. analysts say refinery problems are the main cause for the debreeze. there are shower shut town. and the rest of the nation you can expect highways on memorial day weekend to be packed. analysts say many of those on the road will be driving and they can't afford to fly.

those driving expecting to take shorter trips and reduce food and entertainment expenses. it seems many are worried about jobs and economy. triple a predicts 31 hillin will be on the road memorial day weekend. you've heard pilots say turn off a cell phone, one airline passengers will be told turn your cell phones off. virgin atlantic he passengers will be able to use cell phone tz to make calls access e mail and send text messages. and passengers will have to wait until the plane is up to 35,000 feet, however, so far only six passengers at a time will be able to use the system. airline isn't saying how much the calls will cost. and that is not good news if they're not telling you. >> is everybody going to be sitting there and talk

something. >> you're going to sit next to a yahoo on the phone to london. >> for 12 hours,. >> oh, boy. >> and thank you. >> and more than 3,000 women and men wrapped up a conference in san francisco. women on drums woke up the crowd today. it's the 23 annual business conference told out. i had prifr ledge of opening the session. the goal is inspire and connect with each other. >> really we're focusing on having them be fearless and reach for the highest and we give them examples of women who have achieved great things. we're here today to just inspire them to set no limits. >> lieutenant governor's wife hosted a special summit in the same place. for more information you can log on to our web skpit look

under see it on tv. >> you've done this event four years whark a terrific resource there. inspiring. >> and congress woman jackie speier founded it and was there as well, speaking. >> tets lets talk about the weather forecast. cool out there. >> yes z foggy this morning. >> and the marine layer is established. and not in a hurry to leave. so we're going keep the marine layer for wednesday as well, which means chilly conditions continuing at the coast. there is away from the coast you'll see mild weather. there is a marine layer. you can see sutro tower there in that fog layer. there is another live picture from our camera. looking over the bay, on the alcoholly side. there is a wind creating

choppy seas out there. and with careful. inland areas enjoying blue skies as well. there is antioch up to 80 degrees and not the case here near the coastline. you can see clouds sill linger along parts of the coast. that meant chilly conditions this afternoon. pacifica only 52 degrees. inland sunshining there is a nice-looking day. so here are the readings. into 50s where clouds are stilling. and there are tl is nice, mild conditions inland into 70s. clouds fog pushing inland overnight. mild tomorrow and there is a cooler pattern for thursday. i'll show what is going to bring about the cooling thursday. here is a satellite and radar, high pressure not a strongly established ridge. it's just going get knocked down more this, will come

through and bring cooler conditions inland thursday. so we'll continue to hold for tomorrow, then temperatures going down inland thursday. tomorrow morning we'll start out with extensive low clouds and fog. temperatures in most areas into low to mid-50s. so comfortable. we'll see cool areas like santa rosa and morgan hill into upper 40s, overcast skies foremost of the bay area, then fog pulling back to the coast and just sit there all afternoon. 50s along the coastline, inland areas temperatures into low 80s. here are the numbers. 84 degrees in clear lake and santa rosa up to 77 degrees, 72 in san rafael towards fairfield, livermore upper 70s, 82 in antioch. palo alto 72 degrees, 75 in

san jess yeah. cooler readings, san francisco, 61 degrees, down towards half moon bay, clouds will hang around most of the day. 57 degrees. monterey bay, temperatures here lingering fog into afternoon. 680 watsonville. 67 in santa cruz. upper 70s around morgan hill. gilroy, up to 81 degrees now, temperatures around were you should be this time of the year except near the coast. we're keeping it cool. there is a look at the accu-weather forecast. mid-50s along the coast. going with low 70s in and around the bay. low 80s inland so a good 26-degree spread. go with short sleeves tomorrow if you're going inland. at the coast it's going to be a cool one. you'll want to keep the sweater or jacket handy. thursday, partly cloudy and cool yes, mid-50s mid-70s, temperatures starting to move up a little bit friday. then for weekend pleasant

weather, 60s at the beaches and low 80s inland. we'll keep new that pattern monday and tuesday no. big changes coming up that marine layer is here, here to stay. >> nice for weekend. warm enough. >> not too hot. >> there is a spring, summer pattern. >> just ahead a popular landmark, defaced and why there is little that can be done to clean it up. >> and you've probably never heard of a labor organization. there is a mission of the san francisco drug users union at 6:00.

a contra costa park official says ke not keep up with the graffiti that is popular with hikers and climbers. it's too popular with vandals including well-meaning ones. rock city park superintendent sedz earliest dated examples go back to 1974. he says he doesn't have money or personnel to undo damage. the limestone is so soft that it can't be stained by chalk. >> in the south bay now there is a push to hold parents liable if under age party growers gather and drink

capital kohl on their property. san jose city council member proposed that measure following several car crashes in her strict. tonight the city council scheduled to put the ordinance to a vote. the mayor is a big supporter. >> this is against the law but we want the parents to be worried as well. they have to be responsible for what happens in their home. >> and the mayor says it's an educational measure. >> and they say there is nothing like a free ride but that is what is being offered to bay bridge commuters. ferry service gets underway on june 4 from alameda or oakland jack london square and those willing to give it a try will ride free costing $7 each way. and there is a good deal.

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at 6:00 a suspect in a shooting in a mall wins an unusual concession from a judge. tonight what he has to do if

she let's him out whachl san jose is willing to do to get developers to build apartments downtown z why california high spreedspeed rail project could be doomed about it -- if it doesn't get on the fast track, soon. >> now back to dan and cheryl. >> see you then. >> world news is coming up next. i'm cheryl jennings. >> from all of us here, thank you for your time. and hope to see you again in half an hour. >> bye-bye.