good morning. just about 5:01 a.m. on this wednesday, thank you for joining us, i'm eric thomas. and i'm kristen sze. several redwood city residents lost their homes this morning when their apartments burned. the fire spread quickly. amy hollyfield is live, what is going on? >> reporter: we are just learning from firefighters there are signs this appears to have been deliberately set. investigators are on the scene. they are taking a close look right now trying to figure this one out. they got the call around 12 threurpby this morning in redwood city that an apartment building was on fire. it looked like it was the rear part of the building. firefighters described it as heavy. then it started looking like it started in some cars at the scene of cars parked near or

under the complex in the carport then spread to the building. when firefighters arrived the 27 people who live inside had already evacuated safely. firefighters say because it is is up a condensed area they didn't hesitate to call a third alarm. >> no injuries. the surrounding buildings, were not damaged or involved in any way, which was another good piece of work on our part. >> reporter: there were five seven cars parked in the rear of the building it appears that's where the fire started and spread to the apartment building. right now investigators say this does look suspicious. two units in the apartment were destroyed. a total of eight were affected. firefighters tell me, they are going to be here for several hours trying to figure out how this fire started. if someone deliberately set. if so, then why? amy hollyfield, abc7 news.

coming up on 5:03. the end of a contentious meeting that ran past midnight the berkeley city council voted 6-3 to draft a measure that restricts sitting on public sidewalks a it is-in objecting to the law that targets homeless has been growing. the mayor and two councilmembers say the measure will give the city leverage in directing the hopeless to city-funded programs that include chiropractic, dental and other services. last night's vote authorizes the staff to draft a ballot measure for voters to decide in november. terry mcsweeney will have a live report from berkeley coming up. this morning the parents of missing morgan hill teenager sierra lamar are expected to announce an increase in the reward for information. the announcement is set for 8:30 this morning. searchers will head out after

the parents make a plea to help find their daughter. she vanished on her way to school march 16th. 21-year-old antolin garcia-torres is charged based on evidence found in his car. this morning former san jose elementary schoolteacher scheduled to be back in court on charges he produced and possessed child porn. the 50-year-old was arrested two weeks ago. he was placed on leave last august from will rogers elementary after police launched an investigation. officials have said investigators told them there is no indication any students in the district were victims. jurors in the molestation trial of jerry sandusky are poised to hear more graphic testimony today. katie marzullo is live in the breaking news center. yesterday's testimony was emotionally charged. >> reporter: it was and

graphic. jurors actually cried during the testimony and they could be in for more of the same today. two major players testified yesterday. victim number 1 took the stand. he was the first to report abuse and his accusations started the investigation into jerry sandusky he was 13 when he says sandusky abused him he's now 18. coach mcqueary testified he is the assistant coach who says he backed in on sandusky raping a buy in the penn state locker room he gave graphic testimony. he said he slammed a er to break things up. he says sandusky and the child both saw him. >> he told the jury, i'm sure about it. and there's no mistake that this was extremely sexual in nature. and it was something that was horrible. >> reporter: that occurred in 2001. other accusers, including vick number 1 say abuse also occurred at sandusky's home.

jon shainman is accused of abuse -- jerry sandusky is accused of abusing 10 boys. we expect to see jerry sandusky arrive at the courthouse any minute. this morning, j.p. more than chase ceo jamie dimon plans to apologize before members of congress for trading loss that has cost the -- cost the bank more than two billion dollars. he says the bank has taken steps to make sure it doesn't happen again. he says jpmorgan chase mounted a strategy to reduce risk but that backfired when one of the divisions added risk instead. he says the bank has named a new leader for the division responsible for the loss and now conducting a review of what went wrong. san jose city council wasting no time in taking action to shrink pension benefits for new hires. they voted 9-1 yesterday to

pay half the cost of pensions. new pensions will have a higher retirement age and smaller pay out than current workers receive. 70% of san jose voters approved measure b which sets limits on pensions. pensions approved are maximum allowed under measure b. transportation commission meets this morning expected to approve four million dollars in funding for san francisco's muni program for low income youths. muni officials approveed the program in april that will provide free bus rides for 40,000 low income youths in the city. officials will now have to determine how to raise remaining one million dollars needed for the program. riders can get a freebie on ac transit. the agency will try to entice new riders by giving away vouchers good for five rides across the bay. you can load them on to your

clipper card. it will take place june 26th, noon to 2 p.m. in san francisco trips normally cost $4.10y each way. nasa scheduled a different journey for new telescope. at 8:30 this morning a jet will takeoff from a remote pacific island strapped to the top will be a rocket containing the nuclear telescope. the jet will lawn. the rocket at 40,000 feet. the telescope will spend two years hunting for black holes at the center of our galaxy. uc berkeley's space center will operate the telescope. another important job for big blue. >> that's right, go bears! proud alum here. 5:08. we'll see blue skies after the greys. >> right. >> definitely grey out there, especially along the coast into the bay.

doppler showing clear sky around santa rosa and most north and east bay valleys and. k valley increase in clouds as winds -- as winds are coming from the coast. as they make the southerly trip 25 mile per hour gust at concord. increase in clouds even drizzle the next couple of hours at the coast where humid, 50s everywhere through 7:00. breezy faster than yesterday mid 70s inland comfortable, 4:00, still breezy, a lot of sun except for around the san mateo county coast where we'll have clouds. mid 70s inland 4:00. upper 60s inland during the evening. need a coat around the bay 60 more so at the coast. if you are worried about allergies high category again

for tree, grass moderate mold and ragweed high. coolest tomorrow, sun for friday check out the temperatures anywhere from 10 to 15° warmer by saturday. going to get hot everywhere. let's see if there is any hot spots in the traffic. i'm looking for them, starting to see slow downs i'll show you where in just a minute. i just saw the last caltrans truck clear the scene from the oakland maze traffic now fine westbound as you head towards the bay bridge toll from emeryville. we have a cool spot golden gate bridge we have fog i did have to turn my wipers on a few times in san francisco. no big problems out of marin into san francisco. mass transit reporting no delays. if you are heading to the u.s. open get off at the colma station if you are driving and parking, do not park at the

colma station. head over to candlestick. we heard about a little problem on muni this morning, so far not reporting delays. if you hear anything tweet me. also, the slow spot, westbound 205, out of tracy, traffic spotter just reported that. thumbs up, someone agreed with the commuter heading through the area. starting to slow as well westbound 580 right now through the altamont pass. there's just a slight slowing there heavy near mountain house. 5:11. san jose has a new budget this morning what the city intends to do with a rare nine million dollar surplus. bay area school teachers who just agreed to take a sizeable pay cut. >> you plan to fly anywhere this summer? the new fee. forget chocolate or strawberry. the flavor burger king is adding to the menu. ♪ we were skipping stones and letting go ♪

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restore some services, including opening four new libraries. and the new community center. the mayor wants to allocate additional funds for gang prevention, pay for maintenance on most traveled roads and develop 11 new parks. teachers will take a major pay cut in the next school year they voted to be paid for nine fewer days and take additional 1% cut to make up for the money they are losing from the ongoing budget crisis. nay event teachers association says this new contract will cost the typical teacher nearly $7500 during the next school year. other employees reached similar concessions. voters turned didn't a school parcel tax last week that would have restored some of the lost funding. some summer vacation are getting more expensive. united airlines has enacted new baggage fees. passengers have to pay $100 each way to check a second bag

on flights to europe, middle east and india. the first bag is still free. delta charges a similar fee. us airways fee is $70, american is $60. inundated by e-mail and want to know which ones to read to make you happy? there's an app for that. british researchers developed an app to color code your texts, tweets and e-mails letting you know if the content is good, bad or in between. let's have dinner tonight would be considered positive. i'm so angry at you would be negative. technology has been test on a few android phones. researchers have not announced plans to market the app. >> i would never figure that out on my own. burger king has come up with a new way to beat the heat. adding a bacon sunday to its menu, yes you heard me right. it has vanilla ice cream, fudge, carmel, bacon crumbles

topped with a piece of bayonne. it has 510 calories, 18 grams of fat and 61 grams of sugar. we won't tell your did. the sundae will be on the menu for a limited time. >> you had me at bacon. i didn't need to hear the rest. bacon and chocolate is a combo, why not. >> i guess you could eat for breakfast and dessert. >> i don't remember what we should be having now. >> what time is it? >> i don't know after last night. i was fun. >> it was a hoot! -- it was fun. >> it was a hoot! >> i think we had a pretty good show. >> yeah, we got a lot of tweets from folks, thank you for joining us. >> [ talking over each other ]

morning drizzle not evening drizzle. clouds cascading over the east bay hills -- sometime you have to laugh at yourself. mount diablo through the clouds when moved inland the sea breeze is stout and we are going to have a good run of cooler weather. doppler drizzle along the coast, the rest of us showing rain-free or precipitation-free this morning. antioch still 67 to 50 in san francisco most of us in the mid to upper 50s. low to mid 50s monterey bay light coat probably needed. cooler today, our first highlight, afternoon sun just about everywhere. quite a turn around from this morning. clouds returns keep us cool nice sleeping weather. warm to hot this holiday weekend. let's talk about what is going to happen at the u.s. open,

drizzle, 51, partly sunny to mostly sunny conditions as we struggle to 58°. check out those winds, 15 this morning, gusts up to 30 during the afternoon hours. that is going to challenge the golfers as much as the course. mid to upper 70s -- mid to upper giveties along the coast, mid 60s downtown and south san francisco. sausalito 70 low to mid 80s north bay valleys, 20, 25 cooler at beaches. day along the east bay shore. mid to upper -- near 60 monterey and carmel. heading to the game, we won last night. bumgarner hits a homerun, 6-3, 7:15 first pitch, cool, breezes, dropping to 57.

tonight 49 cloverdale with santa cruz everybody else mostly cloudy in the 50s. here's your seven day forecast, afternoon sun tomorrow, two degrees cooler. warming trend friday mid 90s inland saturday and sunday, mid 80s around the bay low 70s at the coast cooler next week. good morning. don't get me started. there is a high wind advisory for the san mateo bridge be extra careful as you drive across the span. bay bridge no wind advisory traffic light no delays at the bay bridge toll. 680 fine as well walnut creek you saw that camera shaking a bit, we could see breezy conditions here as you head towards highway 24 traffic fine to the caldecott tunnel. light commute and easy ride through downtown san jose for northbound 280 headlights highway 17 out of the santa cruz mountains no

problems on bay area freeways. still roadwork in mountain view this one has a major connection ramp closed eastbound 237 to northbound 85 is blocked until 6:00 there are detours in place but you can see, 60 miles an hour on 280 and before that on 101 right now. 5:21. thunder rumbled in game one of the nba finals. next, the lopsided battle between two of the game's top players. >> game we watched because we were here. >> we were do not disturb. where fans are welcome in san francisco this week but cell phones are not. [ female announcer ] irritated, itchy, summer skin?

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with the strongest, nonprescription itch medicine for fast relf. and seven moisturizers. cortizone-10. feel the heal. the a's beat rockies in colorado last night 8-5 two homers from moss. giants beat astros 6-3. bumgarner got the win great night on the mound also at the plate he a homerun the team's first at at&t park in 16 games. the oakland city thunder has jumped ahead of the heat in the finals. last night durant scored 17 of his 36 points in the 4th quarter to lead. lebron james 30 points only had one basket in the final eight minutes of the game. oklahoma city out scored miami 21-31 in the first quarter. taking a 1-0 series lead. game two tomorrow night

5:30 p.m. right here on abc7. walk-up call for golf fans with cell phones you cannot bring them into the u.s. open. people taking shuttle buses to the open from candlestick park had to bring them back to their cars. fans entering the olympic club had to check them in. a cell phone ringing on the course could disrupt a swing. more than 100 fans had phones confiscated during yesterday's practice round. most fans understand the situation. >> yeah, certainly seems a little harsh, a lot of fans are disappointed most use their cell phones as a camera that's what i was planning. the problem is you see it over and over again. >> if you have time to -- if you have to make a call there are cell phones available for emergencies and public phones near the clubhouse and entrances. 5:25. accident or arson? we are following breaking news on the peninsula. suspicious fire spread to apartment building the latest on the search for the cause.

also, search for the gunman in san jose's 19th murder of the year. why the wife of embattled sheriff ross mirkarimi may not be returning to the bay area any time soon. quite a spread from mid to upper 80s inland, 90s gone will be cooler upper 60s to mid 70s around the bay 58 half moon bay. if you are traveling we have 50s and 70s from seattle, portland, minneapolis, chicago, new york, boston 80s and 90s elsewhere phoenix 107. laguardia, dallas and houston have flight arrival delays. check out your flight with our tracker at abc7news.com.

5:29 on this wednesday morning thanks for joining us i'm eric thomas. and i'm kristen sze. in redwood city a fire has forced two dozen out of their homes. investigators say it may be arson. it started when two cars caught fire in a carport after midnight the flames spread quickly to an apartment complex the fire destroyed two apartments and smoke damaged most of the other units. the red cross is helping at least eight people with temporary housing. amy hollyfield is at the scene and will bring us a live report. new this morning, berkeley voters will get to decide whether to want homeless from sitting on downtown sidewalks. the council made that decision late last night but not before sitting through hours of angry opposition. terry mcsweeney is live in berk the story. >> reporter: commercial --

commercial areas like telegraph avenue here it is already illegal to lie down between 7 in the morning and 10 at night. voters are going to decide in november if it is illegal to sit on those sidewalks. city council approving that idea last night by 6-3. take a look at the meeting, it got heated at times. the berkeley city council and that kind of heat is probably going to last until november's vote. stand up for the right to sit down, rallying cry outside the meeting. the mayor says right now people lying on the sidewalk could be approached by city ambassadors who want to offer services and a ticket if necessary. as soon as someone sits up, they are no longer breaking the law and the ambassador has no sway. sitting on sidewalks is interfering with businesses and foot traffic, according to supporters. opponents say it could lead to harassment. >> i've lived in berkeley for

41 years and worked with the homeless and i haven't seen any of those laws work the way they are supposed to work. they become more sort of harassment. >> reporter: the ordinance would carry a possible fine of $50 that would only be after the it isest were warned this is an order -- the sitters were warned this is already in place in san francisco. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news.í- this morning 4500 nurses at 11 sutter health hospitals are staging a one-day strike the latest walk-out by hospital workers protesting stalled contract talks. nurses had been working without a contract for one year. the nurses are fighting a proposed hike in co-pay for health benefits and end to coverage for retirees. sutter health says it can't afford to cover those costs. the hospital will use replacement nurses. san jose police asking for tips about the fatal shooting

of a 17-year-old boy in front after elementary school shortly after 6:00 last night in front of rocket ship mosaic elementary. the teenager was shot several times by somebody in a passing car he died at the scene, the city's 19th homicide victim of the year. police have not released the victim's name. this morning pg&e and san francisco fire department are investigating how a natural gasline ignited and fueled a fire in the portola district late yesterday afternoon. the flames spread quickly across two buildings on san bruno avenue after a construction worker hired to renovate a building tried to hook-up a gasline. crews contained the fire to a dental office and three story building. it took pg&e more than two hours to shut off the line which many found troubling. >> our lives is on hand for this, what happened they don't shut it off the entire block could go up, right? i'm a lot concerned.

>> pg&e insists they followed protocol and shouldn't shut off the gas immediately because the fire was on top of the main gas cut off point crews had to use a secondary valve. the construction worker was badly burned and being treated. pg&e spent hours dealing with another problem, downed power lines that workers didn't clear up until 2:30 this morning. it started when a car hit a utility pole on highway 4 near hercules. the car burst into flames after the impact. the driver escaped unharmed. firefighters kept the flames from reaching brush and trees. the accident forced the closure of that stretch of highway 4 for several hours. pg&e crews worked late into the night to restore power. this week the wife of suspended san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi is expected to ask a court for permission to extend her stay in venezuela this is video from last month when dan noyes

interviewed lopez in venezuela. the chronicle reports lopez will seek another two month extension before her current extension expires saturday. the city's ethics commission is scheduled to begin its hearing next tuesday over mayor lee's attempt to remove mirkarimi from office. man involved in a shootout with federal an stkpwhrepbs the east bay will remain behind bars. appeals court reversed a judge's decision granting bail to 23-year-old otis mobley the condition he write book reports. investigators say he tried to sell a grenade launcher to an atf agent in richmond in march. during the deal, gunfire erupted. a judge granted mobley $150,000 bail if he promised to read and write for 90 minutes a day. prosecutors appealed. the 9th circuit ruled in their favor yesterday. the board of supervisors

decided last night to fast track negotiations with the warriors to build a new waterfront arena. the warriors announced last month they want to build the arena by 2017 at pays 30 and 30 two south of the -- at piers 30 and 32, south of the bay bridge. if you look outside, familiar summer picture one that we haven't had for a while is back with clouds and drizzle. >> mike get to see the sunset last night. we'll get to watch it rise this morning. >> that's what confused me once it got dark out, i thought it was morning again. definitely a summer flavor to our forecast in the form of fog and low clouds heat for the weekend. we have clear skies mainly

north bay valleys, a lot of cloudiness around the bay even fog along the coast and drizzle from half moon bay up towards san francisco be aware of that over the next couple of hours. 3/4 mile visibility half moon bay everybody else okay. i do think the low clouds are going to cause flight arrival delays that sfo. we are in 50s this morning. as we head towards noon clouds are back to the coast 50s into san francisco, 60s around the bay, 70s inland top out in the 80s during the afternoon hours and still hold on to inland by 4:00 60s to -- to near 70 along the bay. 7:00 clouds come back mid to upper fives along the coast. -- upper 50s along the coast. watch out for pollen high tree, grass, ragweed and moderate mold. next three days breezy and coolest tomorrow, sea breeze shuts off friday and slight

warming trend, two to four degrees, mid 90s inland saturday mid 80s around the bay, low 70s at the coast if you like the beach warm sunny weather this is the weekend for you. here's frances. good morning. i think we confused caltrans crews as well. here's another live shot of the oakland maze. we saw folks putting down flares here and that did cause minor back-up. caltrans said no, shouldn't be there and they cleared the scene and the flares are out. traffic is back to normal and the back-up is gone as well as i head towards the 880/580 connector or the bay bridge toll which is very light now good toe go in both directions. -- good to go in both directions. good through contra costa county, we haven't had major accidents. 680 southbound towards highway 24, fine through the san ramon valley and sunol grade.

high wind advisory for the san mateo bridge, no trouble getting there from the peninsula, 101 fine, 880 close to 65 miles an hour through hayward and fremont and union city. 5:39. putting a lid on violence. bay area gang task force launches summer crackdown. abc7 news takes you on a ride along to see how it is working. police chief caught on video almost ends in tragedy. what happened instead will leave you amazed.ñcñcñcñcñcñcñcc

>> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. the san mateo county gang task force has launched its summer crackdown and gave abc7 news a look at the operation that is keeping a lid on gang violence. members of the task force fanned out across the peninsula in redwood city they are checking on gang members on parole and probation. some had outstanding warrants. they checked that toots of suspected -- checked the tattoos of suspected gang members to see what groups they belonged to. in one stop they found a trove of drugs in the car ready for sale, including crack, meth, ecstasy and heroin. they also discovered a young runway in the car. >> she is 15 and missing out of three different counties. she is obviously loved. >> the sheriff's office gang

task force consists of officers from all of the police departments on the peninsula. 100 to 120 officers and deputies have been trained. this next story is going to be hard to watch but is incredible. out of lubbock, texas from a police dashboard camera in hot pursuit of an suv. a toddler is thrown out, amazingly the child gets up and begins walking looks like he's trying to get back to the truck. thankfully, somebody runs over and picks him up to protect him. some teenaged purse snatching suspects were realized and charged with injury to a child, among other crimes. don't be too hard on your teen if he or she is having trouble getting a summer job. bloomberg business report is coming up. the wife of the man charged in the shooting death of a florida teen is under arrest. the misinformation that may land her in prison.

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welcome back. still have warm weather inland cooler than yesterday mid to upper 80s, upper 60s to mid

70s around the bay mid to upper 50s along the coast, 66 in san francisco if you are traveling it is quiet, clouds along the coast 73 big sur, still hot central valley mid 90s palm springs 105. sunny over the see remember 76 tahoe, 89 in -- shocking new development in florida's trayvon martin shooting case. now the wife of defendant george zimmerman is facing a perjury charge. chellie sim man is accused of lying to a -- zimmerman is accused of lying to the judge about the couple's finances. the felony charge carries a sentence of up to five years in prison and a $5,000 fine. she is free on a $1,000 bond she posted but the judge revoked her husband's bail and he's now waiting trial from a jail cell. in southern arizona voters are sending democrat ron

barber to washington to finish the term of gabby giffords. he was her chief of staff he won yesterday's special election over republican jesse kelly. giffords resigned to focus on her recovery. barber was already injured in the 2011 shooting rampage that took the lives of six. giffords stayed out of the campaign for the most part but barber got a hand from her and her husband over the weekend. >> thank you for your support. >> thank you. >> thank you very much. >> thank you very much. >> life takes unexpected turns and here we are. >> that was mark kelly, giffords' husband and former astronaut. barber will run in november for the full term. new poll leased two hours ago showed president obama's popularity dropping.

in the latest poll only 43% of votes expressed favorable opinions about the president's economic agenda, 40% say the same about mitt romney. among independent swing voters, 54% see mr. obama's plans in a negative light. 47% rate romney's economic plan as negative. firefighters in colorado managed to make some progress battling a massive wildfire near fort collins in the past 24 hours they've established 10% containment of the fire that has grown to 43,000 acres. hundreds of families remain evacuated. wondering if there will be anything left when they go back. authorities say more than 100 homes and other structures have been damaged or destroyed it is too early to give out precise numbers. one resident died in the fire. we had some wind concerns, higher fire danger yesterday, last night what is going on now? >> clouds have come in so the winds are still out there sfo,

higher elevations, moist, cooler wind taking away our fire danger for this morning it will come back in weekend, when we hit 80s and 90s around the bay and inland. be aware of that if you are going to be out picnicking with dad this weekend. cloud cover as we look out sees across the bay bridge to the port of oakland so far sfo not reporting flight arrival delays they usually do in the next 10 minutes or so we'll let you know. oakland and san jose usually don't have these conditions. drizzle along the coast otherwise rain-free morning. your commute looks like this, 50s to 67 antioch, light jacket weather there also around the monterey bay low to mid 50s, clouds and coastal drizzle, cooler across the board. afternoon sunshine just about everywhere except the san mateo county coast where the clouds will be more

stubborn best chance of drizzle this morning. warm to hot this holiday weekend. oakland, san francisco, santa rosa, five degrees cooler. six in concord, seven san jose, fremont eight degrees cooler than yesterday. clouds this morning, pushing into the east bay valleys, by noon back to the coast and after the lunch hour you can see northerly to northwesterly wind kicks in and we have clearing there, 50s san mateo county coast the rest of the coast in the 60s, 70s and 80s through the bay and inland. no more 90s, maybe you can get way without the air conditioner today low to mid 70s around the east bay shore comfortable there mid to upper 70s almost warmer out there los gatos south bay 80 millbrae 66, 72 menlo park mid to upper 50s coast mid 60s downtown and south san francisco 70 sausalito mid 80s north bay valleys possibly

80 at sonoma 60 monterey low to mid 70s the rest of the bay. heading to the u.s. open, drizzle this morning, low 50s by the afternoon 58 winds 15 could gust up to possibly 30 at times if you are heading to at&t park how about we take another from the astros 7:15 first pitch. depositing to 57. -- dropping to 57. cooler tomorrow as we drop another two to four degrees we reverse that trend friday total sun heat this weekend even at the coast low 70s for you mid 80s around the bay mid 90s inland have a great day. here's frances. starting to get a back up at the bay bridge toll not for fast track yet they haven't turned metering lights on. cash paying lanes backed up almost to west grand slow there looks like one of the toll booths isn't open yet that might be causing the delay. golden gate bridge, a bit of

fog and some drizzle along the coast you will need windshield wipers occasionally many live shot in san jose, still fine. no problems right now south bay, headlights northbound on 280 and this is 17 out of the santa cruz mountains. the waze traffic app, i can tell you where it slow to the treat level through livermore, under the limit through the altamont pass traffic heavy 18 miles an hour through isabel avenue connecting to highway 84, vallecitos typical delays developing now westbound 4 antioch moving close to 22 miles an hour lone tree out towards somersville. 5:53. cable companies are feeling the heat this morning from federal regulators. >> here's jane king. good morning. cable companies under investigation by the justice department. officials are looking at

whether the companies are improperly using clout to hurt online competitors like netflix and hulu. if you are feeling like your teenager needs to get a job don't be too harsh fewer than three in 10 americans 16 to 19 have jobs lined up this summer. college students, immigrants and older workers are getting those jobs. teens that can't afford it are spending summers in camps and schools. what is easier to eat in the car than a hand-held wrap? it might be finger food like -- finger food with dips is hot now in the restaurant business. 70% of all meals ordered at u.s. restaurants get eaten in cars. i'm jane king. the announcement by

"good morning america" anchor robin roberts says she has been diagnosed with a rare blood disorder is sparking a huge increase in people signing up to be bone marrow donor. she announced monday morning she is suffering from mds that will require a bone barrow transplant. bone marrow sign-ups have shot up 1,000 percent. -- we have a link to the bone marrow donor website on abc7news.com. >> the american red cross says it is and putting out a call for urgent brood donations. blood supplies in the bay area have dropped to low levels. red cross officials say summer usually slow for donations this summer stores of a key blood type are down to one day supply. for information on how to give

blood go to abc7news.com. look under see it on tv. in november california voters will decide to genetically engineered food should be given especially bells. california secretary of state has verified the measure after half a million signatures were submitted. modified ingredients have been on store shelves since 1994 found in 80% of the processed foods we buy. fda says engineered crops pose no greater threat. 4th of july fireworks returning to redwood city it never cancelled the festival and parade but fireworks have been victims of budget cuts since 2009. this year they are being paid for with a combination of public funds and private donations. >> this year's burning man bigger, 10,000 more than last year. a san francisco-based company

stages the art event held in the nevada desert. burning man has been surging in popularity and sold out the last two years. 57,000 tickets have been sold for this year's august 27th, event. still ahead, we are continuing to follow breaking news from the peninsula. overnight apartment fire in redwood city looking suspicious. several home homeless. we'll show you the damage left and the investigation underway. later, michael finney has an ice cream taste test. the one brand full of flavor and the others some testers -- tasters are calling artificial and waxy. cucucucucucucucucucu