lan lan first. >> alan: crews thought the fast-moving fire might spread to stores next door. >> aggressive fire attack. we medically treated the two burn victims and other occupants of the building and we made sure they were safe and removed from harm's way. >> investigators still don't know what started that fire. >> ama: oakland firefighters battled flames inside a building where hundreds of marijuana plants were being grown.

crews faced challenges putting out the fire because of the electrical wiring system that powered the pot-growing operation. the buildings contents smoldered for several hours. >> we have a large growing operation, you don't know how they're getting their electrical source. and so we have to be mindful and we had pg&e cut off the electricity to both buildings immediately. >> ama: the fire rekindled sad memories for oak firefighters. in 1999 a firefighter died after battling a fire main -- fire in an adjoining building. >> santa klara has gotten the okay to move unmarked coffins and remains from a potters field. according to our media partner at the san jose mercury news, the county received a court order to remove the remains under certain conditions. family members must try to be located for 30 days before the county can move and dispose any

unclaimed remains. a potter's field is a common grave used for unknown or indigent people. this field begannin' 1875 and was eventually paved over. >> the naacp took a potentially divisive stand today by endorsing same-sex marriage. the naacp president says the civil rights organization's support for marriage equality is deeply rooted in the 14th 14th amendment and equal protection for all people. many black religious leaders oppose same-sex marriage. in california, 70% of blacks opposed in, in the 2008 exit pole. >> the times have changed since former san francisco supervisor harvey milk spoke out for gay rights, and today he was remembered in the castro disict at harvey milk plaza. a plaque was rededicated to him. he was the first openly gay man

to be elected to public office in california. he was assassinated in 1978 along with the mayor by former supervisor, dan white in 2009, president obama awarded milk the presidential medal of freedom hose piewm -- posthumously. >> the bay to breakers race is expected to shut down streets. we're live at the starting point. >> reporter: when that starting gun fires tomorrow morning, about 40,000 runners and revelers are going to be passing through the starting gate there, and among those runners and revelers is an 82-year-old grandmother from mountain view. she has completed 27 bay-to-breaker runs and tomorrow hopes to complete her 28th. >> started with fun.

>> reporter: she has season plenty during her runs. >> got a little rowdy as the years went by. >> reporter: this is a race that it notorious. even organizers encourage the eccentricity. >> we say come naked, come in costume, just don't come drunk. >> reporter: alcohol is forbidden and you have to register to get in on the race for jones. bay-to-breakers has become a family tradition. her teenage granddaughter has joined in, which has created some colorful moments to say the least. >> the first time nanny joined me all the nude people, i remember trying to talk very fast and cover things up. so wouldn't look over there. >> i was like, yeah. let's keep talking about this. and -- >> and he was naked. >> yes. i think he had socks on. >> martha started running the race in 1984 at the spry young

age of 54, and for those participating in the race now she had some advice. pace yourself and train before the race. >> i think getting ready is really important. >> prepare yourself because if you do start to injury yourself, you'll get passed by the grandmother. [laughter] >> you're kind. >> now her oldest son tells us she is considering hanging up her running shoes after she completes tomorrow's race. although i have to tell you. she was daring me this evening to joining her running next year. so, she might have another race in her just yet. for those not going to be running tomorrow, you have to make sure you do some planning because a whole lot of streets are blocked off and detours. a lot of the information is on our web site. reporting live in san francisco. abc-7 news. >> ama: what a week for mark

zuckerberg. first he takes his company public and tonight he is a newlywed. he wed longtime girlfriend priscilla chan. the couple meat at harvard and has been together for more than anyone years. the ceremony took place in his backyard before fewer than 100 guests. one guest says zuckerberg designed the ring. and another guest said it was a simple ruby. dinner was family style and included dishes from the couple's favorite local sub sigh -- sushi restaurant. chan graduated from medical school at the university of medical school california san francisco on monday. the couple waited until she graduated to get married. in fact, wedding guests thought they were going to her graduation party. >> alan: a simple wedding. >> ama: coming up. fighting a disease that health officials with a push to get

people tested. >> alan: a gol golf cares is said to be good at for the environment. >> ama: president bush return to the white house. maining a lasting impression. >> leigh: we have clear skies right now. temperatures warmed up as much as five degrees across the bay area. more warming tomorrow. a look at the be be bay-to-breas

>> closed captioning brought to >> closed captioning brought to >> alan: today is the first national hepatitis testing day in the u.s. and it was spearkd by several organizations right here in the bay area. them to mass roman tells us who

is at risk. >> hundreds crowd the asian hair heritage speed celebration. blood was dune by -- drawn to screen the asian population and the population at large. >> it's known from the cdc one in 12, so asians are exposed to hepatitis b in their lifetime. >> there's no cure for help tied tis c which can cause liver cancer. three-quarters of baby-boomers are unsure or never been tested. 82% of the five million americans infected are baby-boomers. that's why today's testing including hepatitis c. >> so many baby-boomers are dying of liver cancer and liver disease, something like 15,000 a year. >> baby-boomer issa as vaccinated in turkey where she

is born and is concerned the needles weren't clean. >> know what you have and get it treated and be helple for everybody. >> here they're using a new finger blood test to determine if you have hepatitis c antibodies. i if it shows you do you get a full blood test. >> i beat the virus. >> he is the clinic's hepatitis coordinator and says intravenous drug use and tattoos are not the only way to get the virus. >> you can get it from sharing razors or tooth brushes or nail salons or from fingernail file and get it from sex. >> in berkeley, abc-7 news. >> alan: protesters were fighting for endangered frogs and snakes that live near a public golf course in san francisco. the protests coincided with the 80th anniversary of shark park golf course. the protesters say the red

legged frogs and garser snakes are dying because the golf course is pumping water of the wetland. >> am fibons are disaxe and we don't think that playing golf justifies killing endangered species, especially when it's a publicly funded golf course. >> the issue is the subject of a federal lawsuit. san francisco and the golf course say plans are being implemented to save the species. they want the golf course converted into a wildfire sanctuary. >> tomorrow night you can catch the glimpse of a rare solar eclipse. the ring of fire eclipse happen s when the month moves across the sun blocking everything but a halo of light. here in the bay area we'll see a partial ellipse, more like a c rather than a aloe. the last ring of fire eclipse was in 1994. >> alan: leigh glaser is here to talk about that as well as the

weather. >> leigh: we should be able to have nice visibility for the eclipse. it's been clear today. beautiful day out there. high definition sutro cam showing you clear sky out there this hour. temperatures inland locations, warmed up as much as five to seven degrees today. get ready for a little more warming tomorrow. a little quickly to put this in perspective. 5:15 tomorrow afternoon, you can see the advance or actually the path of the eclipse. reap know, -- reno, chico, the best year to get the best visibility of this partial eclipse, and as we mind through late afternoon, by 6:30 or so that's when we should start to see about 84% of coverage. which means you'll see a thin little crescent of the sun peeking out behind the moon's face that will be blocking it

from our vantage point. that beginnings at 5:15 and peeks at 6:30, a dangerous to look directly to sun. i have special eye glasses with you that you can get or simply just look down and look at the shadow it makes on the ground. that's the safest way to view it. here's a look at some current readings for you right now. on the cool side. half moon bay, 48. 55 in san francisco. 56 in napa. interior east bay, antioch, holding on some of the heat from earlier in the day. it's 67-degrees there in livermore. 62. we'll continue with a little bit of a breeze overnight tonight. the past few coastal clouds warmer tomorrow and then windy and cooler by mid-week. you can see the clouds arcing to the north of us. and we have a nice ridge of high pressure just blocking everything. and the storm track to the north of us so keep it mainly clear. high clouds, and low clouds,

drifting by the coast overnight, but generally clear conditions. 48 for half moon bay, and then look for widespread 50s across the bay area tonight. if you are running tomorrow morning, 7:00 a.m., bay to breakers, at the start, temperatures in the low 50s, and by the time you finish at the great highway, temperatures close to 60 degrees. a light breeze, southwest, 5 to 15 miles-per-hour. should be a great morning to get those laps in -- rather, those miles in. high pressure in command, keeping everything to the north of us, so get ready for another day tomorrow much like today. a few degrees warmer. so we'll keep you mild to even warm. especially inland locations as temperatures warm up into the upper 80s. here's a look at selected cities. 82 for san jose. 80 couper teen -- touper teen know. san francisco, warms to 67. in the north bay, look for 80s to pop out.

santa rosa, 84. 82 for novato. 80 for vallejo. 76 for union city. interior east bay, warming up. 88 for brentwood. 87 for antioch, and see mid-to-upper 80s, interior inland locations such as gilroy tomorrow, 88 degrees. here's a look ahead for the next seven days. cool things down. wednesday and thursday. only low 70s inland. mid-60s at the coast. more clouds in then. the wind picks up and the chill will be in the air the middle part of the week. >> ama: always interesting when the a's andlineses get together. >> a little testy at at&t park. ryan vogelsong takes one for the team, or was it just good acting? turned the game around. we'll show

mike mike the --

>> mike: the giants won today but there was some controversy. check out this bare-handed grab by this woman. cabrera, a little shoestring action. ryan vogelsong was dealing. allowing only one hit. and then he gets hit. or did he? looks like it hit him on the hand or the bat. bob melvin arguing it hit his bat. then postie comes through, a ground rule double. melvin still furious. gets tossed for the second time in three games, giants shut out the a's. >> manny ramirez is expected to join oakland after serving a 50-game suspension for using performance-enhancing drugs. manny turning up in albuquerque

with oakland's triple-a team. >> a blessing, man. i want to play. >> i'm trying to do something i love. >> mike: then the game began. manny showing a little love. ramirez, 0-4 with three strikeouts. dhs and batted third before he was lifted for a pinch-hitter in the ninth. >> in berkeley, check out the play by reed. up and over the fence. what a catch. cal fell behind 3-0 in the third. but reed comes through in the third. delayed steal on the intentional walk. now to the seventh. 3-2. cal threatening but brianna gets robbed of extra bases. great catch. arkansas stuns cal 3-2 but they survive, beating boston 8-0 in

the nightcap and have to beat arkansas twice to advance. baylor has to beat louisiana laughate -- lafayette sunday to last. >> who was the last horse to win the first two jewels of the triple crown? we're on track as we had quite a

>> mike: it's been 34 years since the last triple crown winner, affirmed. i'll have another became the first horse since big brown to win the first two raise in the triple crown with a fantastic finish. >> i'll have another. to the wire. >> mike: what a finish. just like the derby, i'll have another caught bodemeister. on the final leg to the triple

crown. the belmont is june 9th. >> the lakers had the okc thunder right where they wanted them and let them off the hook. westbrook, on fire. exploding to the rack and the bucket. he had 37. the lakers still led by seven. kobe, next possession. the long two. langers up 13 with lest than 8:00 to play but wasn't enough. kevin can temperature -- tempere rafnlt are you kidding me? kobe, pulls the trigger a little early for my taste. no good. thunder take a 3-1 series lead with the win. spurs and clippers. large hat a 24-point lead. blake griffin the al use -- al alley-oop. spurs win their 17th straight.

96-86 the final. >> great story in the champions league final. chelsea trailing munich until the 88th minute. a brilliant header ties it. going to a penalty shootout in probably his last game. didier drogba drills home the game-winner and chelsea wins the first ever champions club. over 200 million people watching that in europe. >> coming up later, wave like you have never seen before. promise me, it's worth the wait. >> alan: also coming up. >> ambulance frequent flyers. how the bay area is dealing with the thousands of nonemergency ambulance calls. >> investigators say they foiled a terror plot concocted by three american men and set to go down tomorrow. >> a terrifying twister is caught on camera and i

apparently it looked worse than it was.

>> alan: good evening. >> ama: in tonight's headlines. emergency crews shut off a

severed gasline in visitation valley. a car landed on top of a turnoff valve. and the family inside the house was evacuated and the driver was not injured. lap lan -- >> alan: a 100-year-old warehouse went up in smoke along with hundreds of marijuana plants inside. firefighters were delayed be the power system which had to bede energizees. >> the bay to breakers hours away. it brings out cooky costumes and serious runners. we'll have live reports at 6:00 a.m. >> alan: federal agents say they thwarted a domestic terror plot to attack the president's campaign hawks and several police stations. in chicago she the suspects say they're shocked. >> domestic terrorists. that's how law enforcement authorities in chicago described

bryan church and chaired chase and brent betterly. the man planned to hurl molotov cocktails into four police stations, including this one, with one goal in mind, harm police officers. >> at one point asked his co-defendants if they had ever seen a cop on fire. >> after distracting the police, investigators say the men then planned to launch an attack on probe reb's -- president obama's headquarters, rahm emanuel's home and other areas downtown. >> the plot does not represent protest behavior. this is criminal behavior. >> investigators say an undercover police officer infiltrated the group and held foil the plot. the trio traveled from florida to chicago to protest the nato military summit beginning tomorrow. according to court documents they amassed a small karch of

weapons and were initially arrested overnight raid in chicago wednesday. attorneys argue the materials collected by police were being used to brew beer. not make bombs. >> it's part of a fear campaign to deter people from getting out to protest. >> the security planning and anxiety sounding surrounding the meeting has been growing for months. thousands of protesters are in town, and even with the massive police presence, some are still concerned. >> it is alarming without a doubt. >> alan: now, some of the leaders about to take part in the summit in chicago just finished up the annual g8 meetings at camp david outside washington, dc. the europe economic crisis topped the agenda for president obama and seven other leaders. german chance already angela merckle pushed for austerity measures but many see recent

election results as rejections of belt-tightening. >> there is now an emerging consensus that more must be done to promote job growth in the context of fiscal and structural reforms. that consensus for progress was strengthened here at camp david. >> alan: the leaders agreed that iran should not be allowed to build nuclear weapons. their meetings included talks about the crackdowns against protesters in syria as well. >> ama: a storm chaser chaptered dramatic individualover a twister in kansas. incredible. officials say a tornado is believed to have touched down. a number of trees were upreed but no homes were damaged. and there are no immediate reports of injuries, but as you see, the storm made quite a site. >> back here in the bay area, the world war ii battle ship the uss iowa is on its way to

southern california to become a floating museum. crews have been restoring it at pier 3 in richmond. it served the u.s. navy until 1990. the ship could have made its home in san francisco bus the board of supervisors voted against it. it's scheduled to depart 2:30 tomorrow afternoon. >> ama: 20,000 friends, families and graduates showed up for san francisco state's commencements ceremonies at cox stadium. ♪ >> ama: one woman who was happy with her diploma, but scared about the job market, told us the very first thing she was going to do as a graduate. >> i'm going to eat pizza and ice cream. and they have beverages of various types and i'm going to have some of those. >> ama: she had goals, right? absolutely. this was san francisco state's

111th's graduation ceremonies. >> alan: has her priorities straight. >> ama: millions of taxpayer dollars wasted by people who don't need an ambulance. how one city is trying to deal with the problem. >> alan: george h.w. bush is making a rare return to the white house. the invitation he couldn't pass up. >> leigh: right now clear skies, temperatures in the low 50s. bay-to-breakers tomorrow morning. get the shoes ready. temperatures as you start in the low 50s. check out the rest of the numbers coming up.

>> ama: former president george w. bush is heading back to the white house. he and his wife will return on may 31st for the hanging of the former president's official pore attachment it will be a rare visit by the former president who has mostly shied from visiting washington, dc. >> alan: will an ambulance be there win you need it? a critical question and the answer might worry you. >> ama: ambulance providers are dealing with so-called frequent flyers. tonight, we investigate the people who take unnecessary ambulance rides. >> frequent flyer is an inside term the industry uses for someone an ambulance crew picks up time and time again. often there's no emergency at all. and that's costing taxpayers a

lot of money. >> captain john cavanaugh has been responding to emergencies in san francisco for 22 years. right now he is driving to the type of call that could slow down the city's emergency response. >> people set them over here and slid down. >> he says this guy fits the profile of a frequent flier. someone with no other means of medical care. most are homeless and chronic alcoholics. >> very frustrating for the paramedics. they're seeing the same people. get you to the hospital and then within the same shift, you see a person. >> my name is john. >> all right. i've already met you. >> the san francisco fire department said it has 201 frequent flyers. people who use an ambulance four or more times in one year. 50 of those use the service ten or more times and 20 have taken ambulance rides between 30 and 120 times.

>> a small number of people that are fairly often in the ambulance, then it delays getting ambulancessed and fire trucks to fires and ambulances to heart attacks and slows the whole system down. >> the fire captain hears the dispatches to frequent fliers from the count 9-1-1 system and says when crews are responding to frequent flyers they can't respond to your emergency. >> everytime you take an ambulance or a fire truck out of the mix, you increase the potential for a critical emergency having a delayed response. and a delayed response could be somebody's life. >> trying to start a program where paramedics meet with frequent ambulanceers and say if the patients can get the health services they need, like alcohol or drug treatment, maybe they will stop calling 9-1-1. >> when they start going into the inpatient units we're talking millions of dollars. >> have a nice day.

>> bruce is one of alameda county's frequent flyers. he says he has taken ten rides this year. >> he says he went ten times this year in an bleafnlts how many times last year? >> 37. >> 37 last year. >> that's a lot of money. >> we don't need this. >> the eye team was there for one of miers' ambulance pickup. this time he said he had a bren knee. >> i can do this good. >> alameda county officials say they identified 82 frequent users in the county. since november the 82 patients rode in an ambulance 11 times or more. the top frequent flyer in alameda county used an ambulance 73 times. >> i don't like doing it. >> why not? >> because i don't want to die because of me. >> in santa clara county, the top 20 frequent flyers took 571

ambulance rides between jewel 1 -- july 1 and december 31. the top user was in the back of an ambulance answer every three days. >> all parts of the system not working and this is one of them. >> the homeless czar believe the solution is wet houses, modeled after a project in seattle, they give chronic alcoholics a safe place to live and drink. gets them off the streets and out of ambulances. >> we want to have emergency services available when people need them. and not to see them become sort of either a care taker or just moving individuals around within the system. >> dusty says wet houses will open in san francisco next year. sal immediate da and santa clara counties are can working on ther own programs, the aim to keep frequent flyers out of the ambulance so response times are good and the costs can come

down. >> alan: you might feel sluggish after eating too much sugar but you can be recharged by taking omega iiis. researchers gave the mice high fructose corn superand omega three fatty acid. it shows how sugar can slow down brain function, and omega 3s can protect the brain against harmful substances like sugar. >> leigh: has a check on the forecast. >> leigh: we are going to be terrific tomorrow. statewide. travel takes you into southern california, it's going to be mild in los angeles. 76 degrees there. 103, hot in palm springs. we'll look for warm temperatures. fresno, 94. 91 for sacramento, and tahoe tomorrow, 73 degrees. here's a look at travel across the rest of the country.

seattle, mixture of sun and clouds, denver, sunny, 74. if you're flying to st. louis, a chance of isolated thunderstorms there. 890 degrees. 90 in chicago, and folks, the first tropical system of the atlantic hurricane season. tropical storm alberto just off the south carolina coast. sitting there and spinning. already feeling isolated thunderstorms coastside there. we'll continue to watch this. give you an update tomorrow. atlanta tomorrow, 83. around the bay area, first off, if you're running tomorrow, be a to -- bay to breakers, 67 the high tomorrow. san francisco, 80. 70 for antioch. 88 for gill -- gilroy. the forecast, enjoy tomorrow because things cool down as we head through the latter part of the work week. temperatures cooling into the

70s. >> alan: first up, mike. >> mike: we're off the coast of portugal and this guy is nuts. wave is eight stories.

>> mike: it's been 34 years since the last triple crown winner, affirmed in 1978. today the preakness winner, i'll have another, is the first horse to win the first two jewels of

the triple crown in a fantastic finish. >> bode heister and i'll have another in a dramatic preakness. i'll have another. >> mike: what finish. just like the derby, i'll have another caught bodemeister from behind to win by a nose. the final leg of the triple crown, the belmont, june 9th. >> we're thinking triple crown, baby, come on. baltimore, new york, why not. he is a special horse. he comes out in good shape, we're heading to new york, baby. >> horse has a ton of heart, and hats off to bodemeister. he ran his guts out, and that was a dogfight, and we got there. >> mike: amazing. the giants won their 11th 11th straight against the a's at at that at&t park where thera little carr. check out this woman. the bare-hasn'ted grab off the bouncer. the catch of the day, weeks.

oh! just gets it. vogelsong was dealing. struck out five in seven shutout innings, allowed one hit. then gets hit. or did he? bottom seven. looks like it hit him only the hand but melvin argued it hit his bat. and cabrera sac fly. and posey with the big ground rule double. melvin gets tossed. the second anytime three games. giants shut out the a's 4-0 the baitle of texas. rangers and astros. ain't jerries, murphy hammers one into the gap between both outfielders. they hit the turf, and he is not stopping. inside-the-park-homer for murphy. houston wins 6-5. >> even more prim -- impresssive in denver. catch the foul ball with your umbrella. talk about being innovative. rockies lose the mariners 10-3.

>> the pga tour in the lone star state for the byron nelson championship. last weekend's big winner, matt kuchar. leading at one point. but double bogey on the back. drops him to four back. birdie attempt on 14. he'll settle for par. 1-under 69. one back of the later. jason day tied for the lead. misses that on 18 so one back with a 67. everyone chasing jason dufner. roll neglect bird to take the lead. fires a 69. up by a stroke at 8 under heading into the final round on sunday. very crowded leaderboard. j.j. henry part of it as arvey jay singh and phil mickelson. >> on the bikes, 78.3 miles from ontario to mt. baldy. wins the stage to take the 45-second lead into the final stage which is traditionally a

ceremonial ride. >> quakes and incredible shot. bending it like beckham. 1-0 columbus. stays that way until the 90th 90th minute. gordon gets the rebound and drives it home. 1-1 draw. remain second in the western conference. >> to the coast of portugal for the ride of his life. a 78-foot wave. he was towed in and here we go. just insane. holding his breath for a half hour as he falls. this is now the biggest wave ever ridden according to the guinness book of world recorded. what a rush. and dangerous. is this guy insane? >> is a rode this wave, it seemed pretty massive. but i couldn't quite tell how big it was.

when i got to the bottom and turned and got around and went to kick out it landed on me and felled like a ton of bricks. one of the most powerful waves i ever had land on me. it was amazing. >> mike: just insane. he said he was too sore and now he has the world record. >> ama: thank you for joining us. next newscast begins tomorrow captioned by closed captioning services inc.