>> terry: in the news this saturday morning, may 26, one bay area bridge celebrates a birthday, another closes to retrofit the dim barton bridge. the answer is no for ross mirkarimi asking to talk to his wife. she is back in venezuela with their son. >> i'm terry mcsweeney. let's start with a look at the forecast on this memorial day weekend. >> lisa: good morning. from high definition emeryville camera, you can see clouds around. temperatures are on the cool side. we're talking about 40s and 50s this morning. we'll look for the 40s to finally make it into the 50s but still clouds hanging around especially around our bay shores. looks like by the afternoon and north bay mountains and east bay

mountains, maybe a few sprinkles. highlights today will be the cool temperatures from the upper 50s at our coast to the low 70s in our inland valleys. around livermore and santa rosa. atmosphere still a little moisture and a little unstable but we begin a warming trend tomorrow. i'll have better warmup mid-week coming up. >> terry: happening right now caltrans says good progress is made on the dumbarton bridge which closed for the weekend last night. the final group of cars driving across the bridge before they shut it down. since then crews completed a concrete demolition phase. they are raising the bridge to install a new expansion joint for earthquake safety. it's expected to stay closed until 5:00 tuesday morning. overall project scheduled for completion early next year. >> san francisco construction work has the entire n-judah and

parts of the j-church lines closed for the next nine days. they are putting in a new bike line and repaving the area. >> our exclusive waze smart phone app, get through i-too tuints or android market. go to abc7news.com/waze. bay area police agencies are looking for a vehicle connected to a car to car shooting that brought freeway traffic to a halt in redwood city last night. the shooting happened in menlo park. police finally located the victim in his car on highway 101. traffic backed up south of woodside road. the driver of a green compact was weaving through traffic trying to catch up to him. >> it pulled up alongside of him and started shooting. >> he continued driving and made some phone calls. one of those people that he

called 911 called the police and were able to help locate where we were at. >> victim was taken to the hospital with non life-threatening wounds. the gunman got away. they will process the car for evidence. today's volunteer search for sierra lamar has been called off. parents of the 15-year-old are asking people to enjoy the holiday weekend. a concert was held in gilroy to raise money for future search efforts. people gathered for a live auction and music. police believe she was murdered and they have arrested a 21-year-old on kidnapping and homicide charges. >> the family of a man who drowned on memorial day last year in alameda while rescue crews stood stood by is now suing the city and county. he waded into the water. he was suicidal. zach's sister and brother are

accusing the city of negligence. city officials have said rescuers could not go into the water because the water rescue program had been de-funded if. they will be a memorial today at 4:00. >> memorial day weekend is just beginning and we had a couple problems at san francisco beaches. they pulled a swimmer off around crissy field and then they had another incident in the sea cliff area. the coastguard coastguard is expecting an increase in those calls. >> this is rescue that is much too common in the bay area. they were called to sea cliff avenue on san francisco, on the stretch ser a 13-year-old boy who along with his friend tried to climb the cliff's face. >> they both tried to climb. one got stuck, the other went back down and called 911 to get a response. >> both boys were fine.

both were checked out at a local hospital. these photos were taken at about 2:45. you can see swimmers plucking a teen out of the bay on east beach. they saw the teen flashing and next a helicopter was overhead and the teen was brought to shore. >> they put him down and he looked a little dazed and nothing was happening. he looked like he was on his side and chilled. >> these two incidences show the need for common sense and water safety this memorial day weekend according to the coastguard. >> we anticipate there will be a lot of people on the water. we also have a scheduled tow of the u.s.s. iowa. >> that will attracted many boats on the way out. the celebration of the golden gate bridge will bring a lot of

people out on boats. chris and brad will be on the water and doing exactly what the coastguard suggests. >> we make sure everybody has life vests, flares and horns and make sure they are in good coastguard. >> they want all the boats thating on the water to be sea worthy. >> terry: san francisco police have released a new video. it was taken moments before an assault at golden gate park that left a man in critical condition. here is it is. if this looks familiar to you, police ask you to give them a call. this is sharon meadow on the eastern end off of canyon street. police believe the victim was here just before the attack last sunday. he was dressed as a troll doll and they were celebrating the bay to breakers race. he was knocked unconscious

during an argument. this morning san francisco's suspended sheriff is still not allowed to talk to his wife. a judge turned down mirkarimi's request to call his wife who is back in native venezuela with their three-year-old son. he hasn't spoken to her for more than three months because of a restraining order. >> it's political. they are doing everything they can to try to break me, undermining by the integrity of my family. >> terry: dan noyes traveled to venezuela to interview the wife. to see the skluf interviews with both of them, go to abc7news.com and look under i-team. >> coming up next, why the state of california is refusing to hand over its supply of the drug used in lethal injections. talk about bridging generations, the family of a local iron

workers, legendary tie to the golden gate bridge.

>> terry: new this morning, it looks like the butler did it. vatican confirms the arrest of the pope's butler known as

vati-leak. the pope's right-hand man, 48-year-old man often seen riding in the pope mobile was arrested wednesday in possession of secret documents. a series of documents showed miss management had he highest levels of the church. they are investigating the leaks and they think they have their man. >> state prison officials are refusing a federal court order to return a drug imported used in executions. the drug had to be imported when the only domestic supplier stopped making it. california received a new supply from a british manufacturer just before the british government banned an export but then they ordered the import returned because it wasn't inspected by the fda. state correction officials will

keep the drug while fda challenges that court ruling. >> there are only a handful of people in the bay area that can look at the golden gate bridge and say their grandfather worked on it. far fewer still can say he fell from it, survived and then went back to work on it. here is reporter heather ishimaru on just such a man, the first of four generations of iron workers. >> he was already a seasoned iron worker by the time this picture was taken in 1935. he had cut his teeth on the original carquinez bridge in 1927. >> that was one of the first spans in the bay area. >> from there he worked across jobs in the western state. working at heights in the elements and driving rivets. >> dad always would say, after a drink, 90% guts, 10% no how. >> it was from the bay bridge he

spotted his next job across the bay. >> they could see the towers going up on the golden gate. his raising gang said we have to get on. they wanted to get on the big jobs. they want to be able to say, i worked on that job. >> reporter: he almost didn't survive that job. a safety net broke his fall but he still crashed into the marin headlands but spent 12 weeks in the hospital. then he went back to work. he was founding member of the halfway to hell club made of those that survived falls from the golden gate. >> he said he was halfway to hell and halfway to heaven and neither place wanted him so he kept on working. >> he was one year old when he fell. dick, too, became a iron worker and union leader. so did his friends and now a fourth generation. angelo and johnny are iron worker apprentices.

>> every job site i go on, i'm told i have big boots to fill. they are working on the new san francisco general hospital center. these days the apprenticeship lasts four years. in the grandfather's day there was no training except what you got on the job. >> training has evolved. wages and benefits have increased dramatically. bottom line, it's still hard ass work. there is no getting around it. >> the golden gate bridge was the first all union project, now his grandson is a union leader. >> in the day when they built the golden gate, there was probably in the thousands of workers. now building of the new bay bridge, it's maybe 10% of the amount. >> like the bridges he worked on later in the life, al became an icon himself, representative of the iron workers who helped

shape the bay area as we know it. around the corner a new bridge replaced the original that started his career. he died just a few weeks before it was officially named after him. >> he was the best. there is no replacing that man. >> his family is the living legacy, four generations and counting. heather ishimaru, "abc 7 news". the golden gate bridge celebration takes place tomorrow from 11:00 in the morning to 11:00 at night. concerts and exhibits all day long. the main event the fireworks show is 9:30 tomorrow night. we have a link to all the details at abc7news.com. just click on see it on tv. the question for many people watching right now, lisa argen, what is the weather going to be like tomorrow at 9:30? >> lisa: we do have a marine layer and partly cloudy, it is

still cool from the roof camera, but gusty at the coast with winds gusting to 34 miles an hour. we have snow in the sierra. holiday forecast is next. >> terry: also next, tim lincecum searching for answers on the early season struggles continue in miami.

welcome back. you are looking at the bridge of

the weekend, of the hour. 75 years old as of tomorrow. big celebration. bridge is closing at 9:30 night. lisa says it will be fine out there. heavy smoke from a massive wildfire in new mexico is prompting air quality warnings into arizona for the holiday weekend. the fire has destroyed a dozen cabins and scorched 130 mild of wilderness. six hikers had to be rescued after becoming disoriented in that smoke. more than 500 firefighters are battling it. talking about fires but cooler weather and then bridge parties. >> lisa: yeah, that's right. we have the onshore component and going to mix out the marine layer. you saw the bridge, nice and sunny. lake tahoe, not done with the

snow yet. 36 degrees and cloudy but truckee, 34 and reporting snow at this hour. emeryville, low 50s with low clouds and breezy winds out towards concord. north wind gusting to 20 at our coast. we will be looking at delays at sfo with the low clouds. 40s still holding on at this hour with redwood city at 49. your average high at this time of year in the low 70s, ten degrees shy of that. 49 in san rafael and we'll be looking at a little more moisture to stick around this afternoon for the possibility of a light shower in the higher elevations. here is our visibility, two and a half miles half moon bay. we have clouds around oakland and hayward and visibility here a little bit limited at six miles. elsewhere, not too bad but the winds continued to hold on at this hour. low clouds will continue to thin out. notice along the san mateo coast

we've had drizzle and mid-level clouds perhaps in the higher elevations around napa today. that could bring a few showers this afternoon. we have reports of light rain in livermore and milder right in time for the weekend and monday, memorial day and warmer pattern, wednesday, thursday. we're going to cool off after memorial day. here is the computer animation that shows still a little bit of moisture sneaking into the higher elevations of the north bay. if you are headed to the sierra nevada that is where we'll have showers, possibility of hail as the area of low pressure that brought moisture here yesterday continues to lift on out. satellite and radar composite shows that counterclockwise twist in the upper atmosphere, that is where the low continues to lift off. and atmosphere becoming more stable later on today as the

sun sets. then high pressure builds on in from the eastern pacific and rule out more milder afternoons. the marine layer will stay with us. it's going to thin out tomorrow and going to lead to warming trend. check out the moisture from reno 44 in northern sierra. 56 with the snow level at 6,000 feet. 70s for sacramento. back home, 61 in san francisco. 62 san mateo. good 10-11 degrees below the average. 68 in napa with 69 in livermore. down around the monterey bay, morgan hill, 67. you've got the 33th annual mushroom festival today. 58 in monterey. bridge party all weekend long but temperatures tomorrow should climb to near 60 under sunny skies dropping into the 50s. partly cloudy and breezy for the fireworks but looking pretty good at 9:30. we'll look for a warmup tomorrow

and memorial day and temperatures slowly warm up. wednesday and thursday is the warmest days of the week. >> so the unofficial start of summer is going to feel like spring but then thursday it will feel more like summer. >> a vallejo native start with the a's and giants sent madison bumgarner hoping to rebound from last night's loss to the marlins >> good morning. it's official panel i can time, tim lincecum has gone from fearless to vulnerable pitcher. more questions in miami. timmy trying to stay focused and locked. pagan swinging a hot pitch. brandon crawford, two out on the play but giants are up 12-0.

giants still up 2-1. cabrera gets one down the line. they are down 3-1 giants. chris coghlan he was hitting .304. giants get to a win in the ninth. giants fall in miami 7-6. the a's open up a weekend series with the evil empire. new york yankees and their bloated payroll in town, nick swisher left his mark on this game. talk about a guy that left his mark. reggie jackson in the house. tyson on the mound for the a's. this one is crushed. yankees take the lead. a's get on the board in the fourth. josh is on fire. 12th homer of the year, eighth

this month and makes eight 3-1 game. how to out muscle the bronx bomber. this one is high, deep and aloha! solo jack, three batters later, nick swisher gets it down the line, that ball is just carried. opposite fields two-run jack and yankees win it 6-3. >> help on the way for the a's. manny ramirez making his debut in the first inning, one for four on the evening hitting .250 and he is eligible to join the a's next wednesday. >> for alex smith he was trying to make a point that wins are more important than stats. in doing so he rustled some feathers in carolina. he started 70 n.f.l. games but only twice has he thrown for more than 300 yards. he said his personal numbers are not a concern.

then he mentioned rookie of the year, cam newton had only six wins for carolina. >> this is the honest truth, could absolutely care less. that is overblown stat. if you are using games in the second half you are like the carolina panthers. you are not winning though. >> panthers not happy, linebacker had this to say on twitter, alex smith, don't hate on cam because your stats would have gotten you cut if peyton decided to come to san francisco. we got game 7 between the celtics and sixers and then another edition of toyotaa the game. have a great weekend. >> terry: just ahead thousands of boy scouts and other

volunteers will continue a patriotic memorial day tradition that dates back more than 50 years. >> the senate just passed a proposal requiring drivers three feet from passing from behind. the idea is to get

>> terry: in sacramento the

battle rages between cyclists and motorists. here is capital correspondent nannette miranda about the story >> you have cars passesing from behind. that is actually the scariest part. >> 16-year-old student knows it can be harry to share the road with cars. he got hit from behind and ended up with bruises. >> i would push myself up off the car and i fell on to the curb. thankfully i wasn't hurt. >> they just approved a bill requiring drivers to give cyclists at least a three-feet safety zone when there is no cycle lane as they are passing from behind. it could reduce fatal collisions. californians want more confidence to ride their bikes because half of their trips are three miles are less. >> they are afraid to because

they know if they get hit from behind the chances of them surviving are not very good. >> 40% of bicyclists that die are hit from behind. some cyclists of told me privately this proposal could aggravate the tenuous relationship with drivers, drivers aren't sure how it would be implemented. >> i'm not sure how they are going to enforce that, how you are going to be able to know the distance of three feet. >> under the proposal violating the three-foot rule would be an infraction which could count a point on your driving record. >> $35 if there is no injury, $220 if there is. when you add in court fees, that is almost thousand dollars for the most serious event. he would welcome the three foot zone. >> it would be my arm's length.

it would be a lot more protection it. >> heads to the assembly. 20 other states have similar legislation. >> terry: this morning president obama is setting politics aside to salute all americans that gave hair lives for this country. on the memorial day he will lay a wreath at the tomb of the unknown in cemetery in virginia. he wants to pause and think about sacrifices that have been made. >> no words can ever bring back a loved one who has been lost. no ceremony can do justice and no honor can feel their absence. but we want to let them know, the families are not alone. we give thanks for those that sacrificed everything so we be free. >> after laying the wreath, they plan to visit the vietnam war

memorial to observe the beginning of the observance of the 50th anniversary of the vietnam war. an observance like no other. it's going to last 13 years until veterans' day 2025. >> happening right now, thousands of scouts and volunteers are decorating the graves at golden gate national cemetery in san bruno. it is a huge job making sure that each grave marker gets one. there are 138,000 of them. it's one of the largest national cemeteries. it dates back more than 50 years. if you are interested go out to the cemetery and volunteer. they would love to see you. coming up next, the bay area's historic earthquake. we'll show you how you can experience them for yourself. and look at that, from the top of mount tamalpais. top of sutro tower and whole lot

of fog, is that going to interfere with the birthday celebration for the golden gate? lisa argen

>> terry: great new exhibit opens today at california academy of sciences, it is informative at the risks we live with everyday here in the bay area. here is dan ashley with the details.

>> reporter: scenes like this are not only part of our past but certainly our future. inconvenient truth that obligates us to prepare for the next big earthquake. the academy sciences finishing touches to a new exhibit that is exciting as sclialgs what is your hope for visitors to take away from this exhibit? >> it's to understand that earthquakes are part of a bigger process. >> a process that has continued for hundreds of millions of years. visitors will get a dynamic look how earthquakes affect our planet. the shifting place beneath us has profound to be all life. >> san francisco is famous for earthquakes. what better way than to actually be in a san francisco victorian and experience the earthquake. >> the new simulator takes you

back in time. >> san francisco a city built on ancient hills. >> he is delighted to be the voice of the new earthquake exhibit and impressed. first the loma prieta quake. >> when the earthquake struck. >> oh, my. you have to hold on. >> yes, you do. this is very much like what we experienced. >> yes, it is. very similar. >>. [ laughter ] >> joking aside the experience is quite realistic. to a point. the great quake of 1906 was three times longer than the 30 seconds in the sim ui later and much, much more powerful. >> 30 times stronger than this

shaking desk. >> that is terrifying. >> terry: shaking all over. exhibit opens today. we have a link to the schedule at abc7news.com under see it on tv. now that i've seen it a couple of times, i think i would do it, it looks like some fun. >> lisa: scattered clouds out there. looks pretty nice from this vantage point. this is the golden gate bridge. we do have clouds along the coast and east bay and still a cooler day than average. i'll explain and tell you about a little bit of a warmup coming our way just in time for the long weekend. >> terry: also ahead time to celebrate aforementioned big 75th birthday bash for the golden gate bridge. look how the span has en i am mortgaged analyzed in the movies. >> authorities issue a sigh contingency after a "7 on your

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young people who have been given a new chances of life. >> it's a sound 17-year-old william modo will not take for granted. he a failing heart. he got an sudden news, he was getting a transplant. >> i was jumped. >> after 12 hours he has a new heart that beats on its own. >> it sounds different. >> but what he didn't realize he would become one of three young people in just three days to receive a new heart at this very same hospital. all three transplants were monumental successes. >> amanda was asleep in the dorm room when a nurse called at 4:00 in the morning, she received a new heart and liver. >> you look uncontrollably happy are you? >> it's been a rollercoaster but finally, i feel like the

rollercoaster is coming to an end. >> but she shed a tear about the person who donated to the or gansz. >> it's horrible for that person and people that are close to them. >> doctors who by shear chance also found a heart for young ashley and james spencer whose first request is to meet the donor's family. >> i feel so grateful. i really hope down the road the next several months they would like to be able to talk to me. >> he wants to go on to be a baseball coach. amanda wants to get on her snowboard. william wants to be a rocket scientist. >> check the box and speak to your family and think of organ donation, it saves lives. >> terry: on this 75th birthday bash for the building golden gate bridge, one shot of that bridge in any movie, audiences

immediately know where that story is set. here is news and arts and entertainment reporter don sanchez with some of the more memorable clips. ♪ ♪ >> kim novak got rescued by james stewart. it inspired another film centaur. >> i love the image of it being a mysterious, sort of a siren call. >> a bus filled with hostages crosses the bridge in the ultimate show down with klund east wood. lauren bacall drove across the bridge in northwest passage. these guys have their own ways of commuting. the bridge has been the setting for plenty of action. james bond hangs from an air

ship. it plays a supporting role in bullet. and the or of sell ui lloyd san francisco and gives talks about the bridge in films. >> san francisco i think it's vulnerability. in so many families it gets attacks. >> and they undue all the work of the 1930s and connect to alcatraz. you have to love the animated take in monsters versus aliens because it provides fiber for their diets. but a sea monster engulfs the tower and heads to the embarcadero. some films paint a bleak look at the future but all is not list. in by centennial man the bridge has two decks. >> there have been so many more films and bridge never plays a supporting role. whether you film it above or

below or alongside, there is no bad angle for the golden gate bridge. >> terry: he is so right. he is so right. big party this weekend. what is going on. >> we'll see warming conditions over the weekend. but today areas of low pressure that brought the precip and snow in the sierra. marine layer is up to 1,000 feet a little better than that in some spots. we'll continue to see the low clouds and some mid-level clouds around the bay today. right now it is cloudy or clouds hanging around hayward and fremont and along our coast. look at the temperatures still 49 in redwood city. 11 degree spread from san rafael redwood city to 60 in antioch. in between we have the 50s. north bay has the better visibility and around half moon bay, two and a half mile visibility. it will be quite cool at our beaches to 60 here.

a little warmer further south and plenty of clouds from watsonville and salinas. six mile visibility around hayward. we will be looking at temperatures to come up to around normal today in the areas of low clouds will hang out from the san mateo coast down through santa cruz and monterey. possibility still exists for a shower in the higher elevations of the north bay and east bay today as the area of low pressure pulling away with that flow still has much of the bay area under the influence of that. by tomorrow we'll see milder conditions from memorial day as well as. but the warmest days come the middle of next week. computer animation shows about 2:00 or 3:00 today, moisture to the north of us. we'll have build-up in the higher elevations and maybe an isolated shower and the rest of us will enjoy partly cloudy and sunny conditions. there is the low. it's pulling into nevada and

taking the moisture with it. plenty of showers remain for the sierra nevada. snow this morning around truckee with temperatures right around freezing and as that low heads out, the moisture will be moving out of sierra nevada as well today. high pressure building in. it's going to keep the marine layer with us but warmer tenancy and milder afternoons. today well below average with snow as far as south as the southern sierra. breezy with temperatures only in the 40s for the north sierra. 64 big sur and winds will be on shore. that will help to mix out the low clouds and fog. and 65 grandson the bay with partly cloudy skies. a's taking on the yankees, 66 in fremont and 60s here. with the air show, hopefully no problems in hollister. 64.

68 in gilroy. we have a mushroom festival in morgan hill at 67. for the big party we're talking about sunny skies for the afternoon tomorrow. today looking just as nice. temperatures up to near 60 dropping to the 50s and fireworks, of course, at 9:30. it will be cool. dress appropriately. >> i love that animation. i wanted to let you know. >> upper 70s and sunday and monday and warmup wednesday and thursday. >> he does a great job. you see the fireworks without the crowd. >> lisa, thanks a lot. a man convicted in 2008 of bilking homeowners is suspected of cheating more homeowners. arrest warrants have been issued in two countries and he is on the contractor's license board's most wanted list. michael finney is looking into it again. >> it hurts, it really does.

>> he has been living in this oakland home for more than 25 years. she says she paid a contractor $3600 to make repairs she had to have someone else redo. >> this part of the house was damaged. there were a lot of cracks. and mr. wilson left it undone. >> this is man she is referring to. kalid wilson. he was leader too remodel rehome but never finished it. wilson was convicted of three felony counts in 2008. the convictions came after separate investigations by "7 on your side" and state regulators revealed that he was working without a license and cheating customers out of thousands of dollars. >> she somebody that will take an illegally large down payment up front. do very little work and then not come and finish the job. >> a judge sentenced him in 2008 to 8 months in county jail and

ordered him to pay $23,000 in restitution, but authorities continue to receive complaints about him after his release the following year. >> he still using the license number that was revoked which has resulted in the newest criminal filing which there is another warranty. >>. >> it was very upset. he presented himself so well. >> reporter: that is the same thing others told us several years ago before his conviction. >> all i needed to do was call the state contractor's license board and find out his license was not in good standing and i wouldn't be in the mess i'm in today. >> unfortunately a lot of californians don't know a contractor may not ask for more than 10% down or a thousand dollars whichever. so if anybody asks you for more than thousand dollars up front

that is red flag. >> there are arrest warrants have been issued. we have link to the license state board where you can check before hiring them. go to abc7news.com. i'm michael finney, "7 on your side". >> terry: coming up next, on this weekend we're celebrating the 75th anniversary. there is not celebration going on. the state's largest annual multicelebration. we'll

>> terry: one of many things to do this healed weekend is celebrate carnival. it's the largest multicultural event. it showcases diverse cultures from all over the world. food, music, dancing, art industry. it's a big one. it goes from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on harrison street between 16th and 23rd an block party. and they kick off with a 9:30 parade led by beach blanket babylon. great weekend. >> many parties out there this morning. from mount tam, a lot of bike riders up there. you can see the marine layer nice and compressed. pretty sunny in the north bay, clouds around oakland and

hayward. 66 in fremont. chance of a shower in our north bay hills later on today. breezy in the city. numbers still well below average we will warm it up tomorrow, that is going to hold for memorial day monday. summer-like weather comes wednesday and thursday. >> all right. lisa. next newscast is at 4:00 this afternoon. keep track at twitter and talk tauk about it at facebook. take look at