they are working filling up a pipeline. they're dodging questions about a critical state safety report. and we'll get to that package in just a moment. let me tell you about the report. it said they violated so many state code violations over the years that fines could be $200 billion. here is the story. there are dus digging into the pipe that failed two years ago in an implosion that rocked the community and utility companies. and investigations revealed they racked up 3,000 safety code violations. and that state fines are ordered the company will have to fork over $200 million.

>> we have a lot of work to do to regain trust of customer autos what pg&e is doing is testing gas transmission lines lick the one that blue here. the company says it's completed 25% of the necessary tests. but that does include lines under populated parts of the bay area. karen is glad that the pipe in front of the house is being sealed. and she's not at all happy with pg&e. >> this is like living in a war zone two years. >> she doesn't have money to make repairs from the rats she says ran up the street during the fire and took refuge under her house. >> they chewed through my wiring. >> she is wrang welling can the utility company to pay for damages.

>> i don't think that is that big of a deal. >> we'll be aprilly when it's built. it will be done. >> and pacific gas and electric say they may come back and work on it more. >> those are steps we're discussing with the city and residents here in, this neighborhood. >> and the power company says all of the cost ofht bringing it back to pre-explosion standards will be paid for by the company but the standards before this explosion were so l.a.x. and bad that a lot of them have been raised to try to prevent this disaster from happening again. i asked a spokesman does that mean ratepayers goring to have to pay for those standards? and she's going to get back to

me. >> a san francisco gay rights activist could face child pornography charges. he served on san francisco human rights commission until retirement two years ago. and this district attorney is analyzing what is on that computer. >> that is right. this is detailing why police arrested him. he was arrested friday. the d.a.had to charge by the end of the day, but prosecutors chose not to file charges against him at this time saying they're not done analyzing evidence. the 66-year-old was arrested friday and police searched this home, seizing videos, a desk top computer and a disc. the warrant gives a chronology of the investigation. the warrant says that in

january, los angeles police began an investigation after receiving cyber tips from the national center for missing and exploited children. aol reported that a user with an e mail address had been communicating with another user with a yahoo address arks tachments showed children two and three years old being sexual assaulted and performing sex acts on adult men in, may, lapd turned the case over to san francisco police after learning the suspect with a user name zach 3737 was larry brinken of san francisco. investigators here then found that brinken belonged to several discussion groups exkmaimpk -- exchanging stories about sexual assaulting young boys and girls. he retired after working for the human rights commission.

he was known as a hard working senior staffer whofá headed many high profile civil rights investigations. in 2008 describing his job for abc 7 news. >> we wait until information is brought to us or someone files a complaint discrimination is going on he was best known for work for equal rights for gays and lesbians helping right the equal ben fence ordinance which became a model for equality in the work place. abc news profiled him 12 years ago, when receiving counseling and treatment to deal with a stress of his work at the human rights commission. he had just gone through double bypass surgery, learning to cope with a demands in his job. >> so again when prosecutors finish reviewing kpulter evidence they'll decide whether to charge him, he's a free man and did not return our calls but his attorney

told me he won't comment while this investigation is going on. vic lee abc 7 news. >> thank you. and developing news involving a bay area girl attacked by a shark. it happened today in hawaii. a 16-year-old girl from livermore is recovering tonight. the girl and her family are vacationing on maui and a shark grabbed her left leg. the crew arrived and treated that gash. the family decided to get to their hospital to get help for the wound. the beach has been closed because of the attack. witnesses describe seeing a five-foot shark near the beach last night. >> in orinda a body found and a suspect arrested. the first murder there in a decade. the body found inside of a home.

and nick smith is live with the latest. >> not much has changed we have watched different investigators come and go from the home behind me most of the day. but arriving here just this afternoon. and what we know is that police are calling it a murder. they're saying the death of a woman in her early 50s by the hands of someone she nu. a call became this afternoon by a man in his 90s described as a neighbor. police say the neighbor was calling police to report a murder but that he couldn't give information about who, what, or where. that is when they say dispatch could hear a second voice behind the caller giving additional information including address of the crime scene. and police say they knew it was not an accidental death but a murder. >> this is a domestic dispute ends up being, we think is a murder. and we're confident that we have the suspect. there no one in orinda who

we're looking for. we have who we're looking for. >> investigators were able to recover the weapon near the neighbor's home. police say that the murder is domestic and there is no threat to the community. they say the couple lived together 10 years and at this address since 2006. the chief tells me they're working with other agencies because they're a small department. they expect to have it wrapped up within next day or so. >> there is a man who died in a fire in the maxwell park neighborhood earl tli morning has been identified. the 30-year-old was a transient staying at the house. there are firefighters called to the home about 4:30 this morning and put out the fire within 10 minutes. the house was destroyed.

and gas service had been shut off. the occupants had been overcome by smoke. >> they found them on the second floor bedrooms and were both brought outside. and in critical condition. >> i won't be surprised if they had candles or something. >> baitors hope to know more about what caused the fire them. did find a working smoke detector inside of the home. they do not believe there are sus spishus circumstances. >> the search for macing dodgers fan who may have fallen into the san francisco bay has been called off and has been switched to a recovery operation. a search came up empty-handed today. the 27-year-old just left the game when he vanished. a friend told police he was in the car on the cell phone. the man stepped out of the car and walked towards pier 30. when he looked up his buddy was gone. >> if the current is running

fast and he could have been pulled out quite a ways. when it's dark, it's difficult to locate anyone. >> the search was made more information by the dark clothing the guy was wearing. a dark blue jacket, blue jeans and a white shirt. >> another set back for the defense today in the trial of william lynch accused of assaulting a former priest who says he molested him decades ago. and we're live with today's developments. >> yes. emotions are running high. the judge refused to declare a mistrial and he's turning this chase upside down by throwing out the former priest's testimony, not allowing certain witnesses to talk about past molestation. will lynch is accused of beating father lindner in may, 2010. after a series of rulings

today defense attorneys say the jury will never hear the truth. >> there is a man who molests children. and he's allowed to go free. >> the prosecution admits lindner sexually molested limpbl and his brother but since the former priest deny that had and refused to answer questions, the judge has thrown out lindner's testimony and told the jury to disregard it. >> and by informing the jury this testimony is to be ignored the church pulled him off the stand, hidden him away. justice system is kol you'ding with that. >> both sides must now focus on the assault. the prosecution without the victim and key witness and the defense with ut out being able to cross examine their client. witnesses included a paramedic and two sheriff deputies

received -- testified about lindner's injuries. the d.a.says they were significant. the defense trying to dispute that. >> we're showing is that injuries amounted to one cut above his eye. >> for developments perhaps the biggest blow is to dewitnesses including father lindner's own niece,. the judge says they can no longer testify and they, too, were abused by the former priest. >> i was a nervous wreck but i'm like i get to finally do something about it say something about it. and in our, i can't. it just makes me sick. >> and will lynch will be able to tell his side of the story. the abuse and his confrontation with father lindner and that could happen as early as friday.

>> thank you. >> a fire warning for contra costa county. there is a third of the stations forced to close unless voters approve a tax increase. >> and tonight emergency trauma training for policezv canine handlers. now, they know what to do when their partners are hurt in the line of duty. >> new apps cou

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she also directed eight films including "julie and julia. she got into screen writing after being disappointed by a movie she saw. she had been battling leukemia. >> there are firefighters ringing alarms today and hoping voters answered a call this fall. they're warning supervisors there could be layoffs and closures if voters say no to a parcel tax. >> this is an attempt to circumvent proposition 13. >> he says he ask other residents have no appetite for a parcel tax to preserve fire service autos what this would do is you're asking citizenry to pay more when they have less. >> this is not something that we take lightly.

>> the fire chief says he may have to close as many as a third of the fire station autos we're at a juncture now where we dmot have the financial ability to continue to provide admit service levels. >> contra costa relies on property taxes to fund fire services. in 2011, 70% of the 41,000 calls involved medical response not firefighting. one argument opponents say against the parcel tax. >> our contention is that only 3.3% of the calls are related to fires. 70% is for emergency services duplicates ambulance service that we have. >> firefighters argue the tax is necessary to provide quick fire and medical services to the district 600,000 residents

and this is aner yaf steep decline eyes speak for taxes for my safety and for citizens of the county's safety. >> supervisors asked the chief to conduct further stud yeef a tax between 7% and $75 per parcel with a possible exemption for senior autos ask staying in contra costa now for just a moment. the county got a new supervisor today. the mayor of danville sworn in today and was appointed to the post today, she's a republican. anderson received 6% of the primary vote. it will give her a greater advantage. >> and law enforcement officers from across northern california received some

specialized training today in oakland. they took part in a session to learn skills to keep and learned advanced first aid skills to help police dogs in the event of an emergency. officers say they don't consider the dogs animals but partners. >> he's critical, my next closest back up which is about 45 minutes away. he's part of my position to have him and to make sure he's throughing to the level needs to be. >> this is run by the lease and working canine foundation and there are bulletproof vests for canine asks care for retired canines. and you'll hear this over and over. the bond is remarkable. >> amazing. and there is weather warming

up. >> pleasant day today, sunny skies from coast to inland. looks like the pattern will continue for a while. warming continues and before hitting local weather there is some live footage right now looking at dust storms developing in southeastern arizona. this is near towns like casa grande and florence, and of course dust storms are dry and not ter bhi usual. and there is now local conditions, take a look at live doppler 7 hd. breezes at the coast. but no dust storms here. there is current readings, 66 degrees now in san francisco. 59 degrees in half moon bay. temperatures on the mild sirkd mainly low to mid-70s from the bay inlnld. there are warming continuing through thursday.

and warmest day in the forecast period, or one of them. cooler this weekend, but no dramatic change in the pattern settling in this, is our pattern looking at satellite radar, there is a large ridge of high pressure bringing us mild weather that we're having at this moment. there is clear skies, and warming continues. overnight tonight under clear skies looking for cool conditions into north bay valleys and lows ranging from upper 40s to low 50s so there is a warmer tomorrow, sunny skies and 83 in los gatos, tomorrow, 78 the high in redwood city. low to mid-60s at pacifica.

downtown san francisco there is a high of 68 tomorrow, 63 in the sunset district. north bay, mainly 80s. low to mid-80s there is 92 in napa. 74 in newark. and there is 87 in antioch. there are highs 65 in monterey. there is lowç to mid 8 ows inland. here is the accu-weather forecast. there are highs upper 80s inland there is a slight cool down foo the weekend. and so this is a sustained warming trend. >> coming up, feeding frenzy

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away from becoming the nation's largest city ever to declare bankruptcy facing a $26 million deficit and a 90 day immediate yaix window. and there is no deal announced. stockton sank a fortune into redevelopment during the housing boom and now, cannot dig out from underneath it just because money is rolling in doesn't mean you can spend it all. >> we need to start over. >> and i think she the should be able to work through credit tore autos stockton could declare bankruptcy tonight's city council member. >> the future hollywood envisioned in "the jets ons" is slowly becoming a reality. and there are among things that hope you put on the marketplace is a car taking

over driving in bumper to bumper traffic and a home using sensors to unlock doors and turn walls into media display autos someone daum comes home you and walk up to walls the wall is going to say this might be a data point in terms of calendars. >> and there is also a virtual dressing room that maps a body shape and let's them try on clothes without having to strip down. >> ah. i don't know. tonight new offerings from zynga. you don't have to sign up on facebook to play them. >> also, firefighters battling not only flames but weather as well. >> this is a future of crisis

management. >> tonight travel apps keeping you safe away from home. the news continues right after th

social network game giant announced the games it will be bringing on board. and there is a closer look at changes. >> zynga says this is a new chapter, they're offering a stronger presence and a way to integrate more players and... more games.ç >> zynga says more games were expected z tomorrow, another and there is farmville 2 coming soon. >> we have a lot further to go to deliver on our mission of connecting the world through

baims. that excites me. >> there ise1zv zynga announcing there will be a stronger push. >> and great thing is that everyone has one. everyone carries it in their pockets. audience is everyone, men, women arks dults children and there are players with several devices to use. >> you want to make sure you're connecting with gaming friends. and you want to keep track of challenges so we're trying to unify that experience and make it familiar. >> and zynga says there are 290,000 users. but the game's hidden chronicle. >> women bring their social nature and natural way of

connecting with each other and friends. >> and more games will be added because zynga created a partnership program for developers. idea to give them more exposure through the vast network. >> if you've been following the stock market you know zynga has been taking a hit. and they hope it will impress wall street as well. perhaps you, too. dan. >> that is impressive. thank you very much. and there is another day of record setting heat making hard work for firefighters battling massachusettsive wild fires. in colorado, temperatures soared and the fire burning is now destroyed 257 homes. it's 55% contained and a disaster and in utah a fire

claimed a live, charring 30,000 acres now, destroying 30 structures. officials fear the worst is far from over. >> this is not the fire season. that is still to come. we get into july, august. so the fact we've had had 02 fires already is a concern for us. >> there are lorkal volunteers on their way from being forced out. this fire burned eight miles, forcing 5,000 people to evacuate. ralph fuller is one of five volunteers headed that way. >> responsibility could be either one of helping prepare meals and begin manager of the cooks or i can be setting up routes to make sure food gets to where it needs to go. and manage personnel for that. >> and he has been deployed during time with the red cross and says you can help, too with a donation. go to abc 7 news.com.é@ym

>> and there are smart phones getting smarter all the time. >> there are apps to help keep you safe. >> this is interesting and could be a big help z right where you need them most.htç >> you're smart phones are always with us. they can now be life savers, too. there is a set of apps to help keep you safe while traveling. there is i triage allowing you to look up symptoms on the go. >> what do you think? >> it's good. it's good. >> and let's say you didn't have i triage and the worst happened. you collapse while driving.

who knows your conditions? there isñr information stored as wall paper in seven languages and it works. >> there is an app that can send atlorts your smart phone. >> this is a future of crisis management. >> jim heads up ping 4 saying it was made for situations like the tsunami. and says emergency workers could warn you in a matter of seconds. >> that they could click and drag and said there is a giant earthquake and we're expecting 100 feet waves within the hour and you have to get inland. >> you tell the app which alerts and you only receive those. >> i think i've done that.

>> have you? >> and what did you think of it? i haven't had news yet. i think thought it's pretty, like keeping more safe. >> and better yet, apps are free. for more information go to abc 7 news.com and we'll post link autos thank you. >> just ahead new e mail address you have been assigned by facebook. >> we're going to point you into the right direction if you want to

>> if you're a face book user you may have been assigned your name and a number at facebook.com. facebook didn't announce the change but bloggers noticed it over the weekend. and this is based on the text in e mails and there is facebook didn't release your old address, they just hid it tonight's money matters a rebound in-housing. home prices have risen in 19 of the top 20 cities. there are bay area price that's rose more than almost

anywhere else. and there are housing numbers drove stock markets higher. dow gained 32. s and p 500 is up by six. gas prices dropped to lowest levels in five months, now standing at $3.40 and in california it's $3.82. >> cisco systems is losing its chief strategy officer. the guy scouting out opportunities. he was on the short list to become the next chief executive but is leaving to start an investment company instead. >> coming up next, a tiny chip could help some day restore vision. >> it could be the answer for thousands of people suffering from eye

a huge whale washing up on the marin county coast may

have been hit by a ship. the 47 foot whale spotted last week on a remote beach at point reyes national sea shore. a necropsy revealed a fractured spine and it may is been hit by a ship. and there are dozens of whales made their way up the coast attracted by large quantities of kril which they feed on. >> ocean is flat out. weather, incredible and there are whales closer to shore. >> perfect day for this. if interested in seeing these animals in person the oceanic society runs trips to the farallon islands. >> there is a team hoping to improve on a technology allowing hundreds of patients with eye disease to gain some of the

sight. the key is a tiny chip implanted into the eye. >> so these are the implants supposed to be put into patient eyes. >> they're almost too small to see but there is a team hoping the chips will be helping restore stroigs thousands suffering from eye disease. >> when you zoom in, you can see each one of the people behaves like a solar cell. >> they're designed to capture light and to achieve that goal the team used special goggles. >> there is an advantage of a system that is easy. >> there is a camera and computer processing ligh>1 into wave lengths as seen in this

an maigs. then beaming those through the eye into the implanted chip and stimulated neurons. >> there is a device that is the latest version of a technology revolutionizing the way doctors treat eye disease. >> we first met dean four years ago when he received a different implant then known as argus two. jackie duncan helping lloyd train his brain. and there is with when she says it's being implanted in europe. >> this holds hope for people who have no vision left. >> in stanford the team is hoping their approach will

lead to an imprintable system. and still delivering resolution to allow patients to read. >> there is when they'll be able to read from the screen size. >> they tell us the chip is barely a third thickness of human rare. >> remarkable. >> let's move on and talk about the forecast. >> this is a time lapse view. there is san francisco along the bay bridge. blue skies and thin, high clouds overhead. tonight there is sunny skies and 93 in fresno. there is here if the bay area,

we'll see a continued warm lg trend. highs reaching into mid and mid to upper 50s. and 70s around the bay. here is the accu-weather forecast forecast. up to about 80 degrees around the bay. and there is a slight cool down over the weekend. and nothing dramatic bouncing back to warmerxd levels again. >> looks nice. >> and beauty may only be skin deep but feeling beautiful can go a long way in building self confidence. the goal of the mass makeover at san francisco walnut house. students did hair, nails and makeup of 25 women who are finishing up substance abuse treatment programs. and this is intended to make them feel good about their appearance. >> you have to feel good about yourself. and this is feeling good about

the way you look. >> there is mental health programs at mission district centers. >> and up next

join me tonight at 9:00 and coming up then, rainbow controversy, one of the biggest companies threatened with a boycott for supporting gay pride. >> the marin county couple who bought a multi million dollar home just to tear it down. and there is a big change in college football. >> yes. everybody has been clamoring for many, many years and there is administrators with long overdue playoff system coming into more years now. presidents calling for a 14 playoff to scrap that wretched bcs format. now they're going to have a committee to select a top four team. and there is a major bowl game

that will be a true champion crowned on the field. >> we started out by looking at 16 and 18 team playoffs. neitherxd can conform to the academic calendar. we felt that making this change we can enhance regular season provide the kind of post season i think will contribute to the regular season and college football. >> finally. and the giants will honor mr. perfect tonight, matt cain getting the key to the city tonight. then, after the festivities the pitching match up ryan voguel song against clayton kershaw.

and a pitcher's dual, won by the giants. >> it'sp great stuff. and if you're a pitcher to throw well. and so... great match up today. two good pitchers and i look forward to it just like players. >> and there ispç serena williams found court 2. and unloading a backhand winner up the line, barbara, 24 letters in the last name if you're counting was overmatched. we should say it's over and serena goes on to round two. men's side american marty fish

moved into second round and there is brazilian that won the first four games of the match after that, got smoked, just seven games the rest of the way. and there is a little click. tiger woods knows a thing or two about being under microscope. he says it's time to start appreciating the fact lebron james is one of the best players of all time. and he's bauking -- talking about james winning for miami. >> and tiger says he's impressed with the growth. >> and there is pretty

interesting to see the talented work and there are extreme condition autos and tiger is one of the few guys on the planet to relate to what lebron james goes through. >> yes. and join conversation on our face book page now about the break up of john edwards and rielle hunter. >> and for larry beil and spencer christian, thanks for watching. hope to see you at 9:00 and 11:00.

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