ailments. riser says he was forced to kill her. a claim the jury and family attorney flatly rejected. >> he said i decided to kill my wife and hided body, that open about it, i don't think i've met anyone who is just as a matter of fact like that, before. >> and when you fight a case like this for years and jurors do this it's just a wonderful thing about the system of justice. >> now, the hunt for money he may have begins but money was lgs an issue here in court. court no longer provides a court reporter for civil cases so there is no record for any of the proceedings. >> thank you. that is remarkable. robbery suspect trying to avoid police in solano county crashed his car on the interstate today. there is westbound i 80 where

this appears the car slammed into the center divide. it began on highway 37, officers say the robber continued on city streets and the car then hopped on i 80 heading west. >> a second person has died from injuries suffered in a house fire last friday in san bruno. the coroner says the 62-year-old died sunday from smoke inhalation. her 2-year-old grandson died in that fire as well. investigators believe candles from a religious altar may have started this fire. the grandfather remains in the hospital. >> the hindu family has a prayer altar in the hallway. >> san francisco police are looking for help trying to find a murder suspect. police released this sketch of a suspect in the execution-style shooting of a 26-year-old june 28th. investigators say the suspect is five seven to six feet tall, and last seen in a

pontiac grand am. and you can find the number on our web site. >> and there is some unusual summer wernl, take a look. there is a live picture from the north bay. you can see clouds are breaking up now. and earlier today they did bring rain to parts of the bay area there is things getting back to normal with just scattered delays right now. >> fog in july isn't usually news in san francisco but this is making headlines and creating headache autos this is unusual to have the fog so long. what's happening is that flights up and down the west coast are hour, hour and a

half or less are impacted. >> visible problems have cut plains in half. results are evidence throughout terminal autos first thing e mailed this morning ways like gee, great. >> christina and her family are trying to get back to st. louis. and is this because of the weather? okay. okay. it's mother nature. >> and look how many boarding passes he has accumulated and he's suffering through with two small children. >> they're having melt downs about every 15 minutes boy say. >> do you feel like having one with them? >> sure, but someone has got to hold it together. >> and this is happening in the busy summer travel season, most lights are full so there are not a lot of options.

officials say we're the only airport dealing with weather delays today. the rest of the country is experiencing a heat wave. >> good news for chuck, and other frazzled passengers. there is dreary weather clearing up in san francisco as well as peninsula. >> took a lot of timement. >> and there is a clearing up now a bit. but we're going to see clouds thickening again throughout evening and overnight. this evening, mostly cloudy skies now. the chance is for after midnight. most of the bay area and other parts will see a chance of patchy drizzle. there is a going to be another cooler than average day.

highs ranging about 60 on the coast. we'll see sunshine, then, some warmer, more summer like news, i'll have later. >> and cal state university board approved salary increases for three new campus presidents. leslie wong will earn a $324,000 a 9% raise, two others receiving maximum 0% increases. and she'll earn $324,500 per year. and this is the first use of the controversial policy which is adopted after a fire storm of criticism over boosting pay as the university is making cuts and raising tuition as well as fees. >> and still head on abc 7 news, promising new

alzheimer's treat that could halt progression of this disease for years. >> first day on the job for yahoo's new ceo and things you might not know about marisa myer. >> taking a look at traffic now. this is the skyway. it's slow going for drivers trying to make their way across the bay bridge to the east bay. and drivers heading south $'@

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experimental treatment could freeze the pro gregs of alzheimer's disease as lng as three years. the treatment is called gamma guard from baxter international n a very small study of 16 people, four patients receiving highest doses showed no decline on memory tests three years later. a larger study is pending. findings were reported in vancouver z being physically active isn't just good for body but good for the brain. there is a is a study that could reduce your risk of alzheimer's and can grow brains of older adults. researchers found those who walked moderately three days per week increased the region important for memory. and a combination of green tea and gold could be the future of prostate cancer treatments. researchers used a compound found in green tea to deliver

tiny particles and found it shrank tumors in mice by 80%. and they believe it could pave the way for more treatment autos research from nurse's health study finds getting a recommended seven hours of sleep a night helps women keep their memories sharp. and researchers warn you shouldn't oversleep and found those who slept nine hours or more had the same challenges. >> on to business news, yahoo reported earnings as new details emerge about how marisa myer got the top job. >> hello, well, new ceo has her work cut out for her. today, sales slightly down from a year ago and profit

dropped 4.2%. and shareholders we've spoken to seem to be optimistic myer has what it takes to turn numbers around and she's part after a new regime. nine of the new board members are new. including dan loeb who helped push scott thompson out. bloomberg learned loeb also act qifly helped bring marisa myer in in a secret process and there is myer announced she was pregnant did not speak on the call. >> intel is forecasting lower sales and today said sales rose but profit fell 4.3% to $2.8 billion.

because it's chips power when there is a broad tech indicator. and there is a drop in china that could be bad news for other companies still waiting to report. and elsewhere, google plus tied wikipedia in a top spot. facebook meantime sank to a low as users criticized changes to its look there is to provide more data to its core service. and auto desk says it's buying social cam for about $60 million. and the service let's users capture and share videos and the app has been down loaded more than 16 million times.

and stocks rose today after federal reserve chairman teld senators the central bank is prepared to act to boost growth if the market doesn't improve. the bloomberg silicon valley index closed higher on gains in oracle. and there is another big star making news today, actor tom hanks starring on a web series. electric city is an animated sif eye show telling the story of a society in five to 10 minute episodes. and to close the gap with you tube units. and interesting that myer moved from google to yahoo. in san francisco, i'm emily chang, now, larry back to you. >> and emily talking about her

first day on the job. people fascinated by her and the selection. cnn compiled a list of interesting facts and first, myer seen has responsible for clean look of google.com with the white space on the screen. and once described the home page to a a company saying it's simple, elegant, you can slip it into your pocket but it has great doo dad when you need it. she's known for her fashion sense, once paying 60,000s ndz a charity auction to have lunch with fashion designer oscar de la renta and she used to date google co-founder larry page. saying the two were an item in early 2000s. she's now married to a venture capitalist and there is a baby on the way. the couple due to have their first child in october. a lot going on. >> there is a busy 2012 for

march right after thisa, for sure. >> we're seeing a lot more breeze out there. >> this is odd i i feel like a weather defender. goitsing to remain odd. there is a right now, clouds are parting along the coast and we're getting a good amount of sunshine now. so still cooler and brisk. there is a look at live doppler 7. there are clouds near the coast and extensive. let's travel north interest there is some rainfall in points farther south and west. towards redding and around eureka. there is a spot or two of

rainfall now. there is no rain at the moment. there is some drizzle expected to develop during late night and overnight hours and possibly areas of showers up near the north bay. so... all kinds of weather tonight. right now looking at partly cloudy conditions and sunshine at the moment. and still cooler than average at this time of the year, temperatures into 60s to low 70s and some mildest weather around the bay on the peninsula. and east bay now down to the south bay. it's 74 degrees in san jose. 72 in antioch. winds are gusty in spots up to 24 miles per hour. and there is 21 miles per hour gusts in concord and hayward. 26 miles per hour gusts in sfo. winds blowing around like that we're going to see parting of the clouds. patchy drizzle overnight for coastal areas maybe parts of the peninsula and north bay. there is a slight chance of

showers again for parts of the north bay. this cold pattern holding for next two days. there upper level low to the north that is bringing us this unusual weather. and we'll start to warm up on wednesday, thursday, and friday. and overnight tonight following time line here starting at 7:00 p.m. those clouds thickening and drizzle along the coast z again there is a chance of showers in the north bay into early morning hours and this starts to dissipate. the sun burns through giving us a sunnier day with highs into well, still below average. it's fild milder than today, lows into mid-50s and aof course there is drizzle again. tomorrow looking for highs into the mid-70s. 74 san jose. there is downtown san francisco, highs 66 tomorrow,

north bay there are mid-70s for the most part. inland east bay, highs into mid to upper 70s. there is a warm up inland thursday, upper 80s by friday. over the weekend into next week, low to mid-90s which we'd expect this time of the year. and that is the right time to go. >> yes. good timing. >> and are you sure you want to take responsibility? >> i will take responsibility for the warm up. >> there is a the dark knight premier autos you've heard of fat cat politicians but this is ridiculous. >> and coming up at 5:00 mrs. smith goes to washington. and there is modern day

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now, since the village is his storeal district his job is more symbolic than functional. power has gotten to his head. he'll only drink water from a wine glass with cat nip in it. and likes to take long naps so would fit in well in the sports department, long nap part. >> i'm glad you admit it two men are trying to win last on the campaign trail. they're succeeding. >> and there is a premier of "the dark knight rises" in. >> three days, it will hit theaters for now they can feast on the first black carpet premier, last fight the cast rolled through in style.

>> we said assume we'll be able to make one movie at a time. so this is great. >> talk about go out with a bang. we go out with a bang, with this. >> it hits theaters friday. and here is will ferrell now touring the country in character promoting their new election flick "the campaign". >> i auditioned for batman an and... warner brothers said it was already taken. >> i audition forward fatman. that is taken, also. >> the campaign opens august 10th. >> just months since back street boy kevin richardson announced he's back with the band. now there is a reunion performance. and now go on over to

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a disturbing discovery by passengers aboard delta flights prompted an fbi investigation and a health scare. >> investigators want to ne how sewing needle koz have made their way on sandwiches in flights in amsterdam. >> one victim says he's taking an antihiv drug. >> safety is a concern but food safety snot normally at the top of the list that may cha thaimpkd. six needles were found in sandwiches served on four different delta airlines flights. >> second bite i took into the sandwich i noticed something

that poked me in the top of the mouth. very hard. >> james was flying business class from amsterdam to minneapolis. he found a one inch long needle. and a father and son on separate flights also made the disturbing discovery. >> pins were identical. and this is pointing towards something deliberate, meant to harm. >> this food prepared by the world's largest catering company. the atlanta operation was recently the target of a whistle blower investigation. >> to bring a gun in there if i wanted tox a bomb, anything. >> the investigation revealed rows of unsealed catering carts waitedding to be loaded on to flights. it may have been a similar gap that allowed someone to plant those needle autos you can't

check every sandwich. i think this demonstrates to people who want to do bad things that this is a gaping hole. >> the fbi is investigating as a criminal case. >> an mazing rescue. a brooklyn girl falls from a third story window. and witnesses say the 7-year-old autistic girl slipped and then just started dancing. this is cell phone video taken by a neighbor. the girl slipped and fell three stories and this 52-year-old bus driver was there to make the catch. >> please, let me catch the baby. that is what i said. >> basically to dive to try to catch her. >> and he says she's doing fine. he suffered a torn tendon and

st. bernard says he does not consider himself a hero but the license plate does have the word saint on it. >> penn state officials hope to respond to a request by the ncaa for more information regarding the jerry sandusky trial. and wants to know if they lost control of the program and if sanctions are warranted. a report says head football coach and others buried al baigss for more than a decade. >> the penn state university is beginning to respond to the link between jerry sandusky and paterno. someone flew a banner with words take down the statue or we will. refer together statue of joe paterno outside of the football stadium. this is where he reigned over 40 years. penn state did change the name of the camp where students wait overnight for tickets and

e mails came up during this inquiry connect paterno to a cover up of sandusky's child abuse. pa terno died in january. >> san francisco only outdoor shooting range sk evicted. and it got the notice friday, giving the club until august 15th to sign a lease with conditions or it will have to pack up and move out. >> the city and club have been negotiate yaifting and a deadline has come and gone. stit gave until july 9th to sign a lease that. date came and went without a signature and that is what triggered eviction notice being sent out last week.

this gun club says it was disappointed and surprised. and a board member tells us it's been working hard. and management changed hands in may. the p.u.c. says that is because it's the more appropriate agency to deal with the necessary environmental clean up. this city wants the club to do environmental clean up. and the lease is for four acres the city says the club is using 14. so the price is staying there and could go up this club says it's doing it best and hopeful it can work something out. and this is the city questioning if the rod and gun club is the best use of property and its demanding the will you be get liability and worker's comp insurance. >> there is much bigger

question of the environmental damage and remediation. who is going to pay for it? ratepayers or the entity that cause that had environmental damage? >> we think this proposal is exager yaited and we think any claims that could be there if they're there, are there. and the board member tells us they hired consultants and hoping to come up with an estimate that is lower all the way around. >> and still to come on abc 7 news at 4:00...

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here is a look at searches on google now. people are also buzzing about the deaths of two musicians and kitty wells being remembered as the most successful and influential female country singer of the 50s and 60s. and john moore, helped found the band deep purple passed away after a long battle with cancer. >> fight for the oval office includes a scrap over an al green song. >> you may remember mr. obama singing the song this year, mitt romney's campaign features this performance in a new ad. bmg demanded the romney campaign pull the ad over copy

right infringement. >> pressure on president obama last night. he caved in to peer pressure. take a look. they appeared during a game of u.s. olympics basketball team in washington, d.c.. and this couple shyed away from a public display of affection, then a second chance and makes his move. he saw malia, go get this done, dad. and he he did kiss the first lady much to the delight of the crowd. >> once you're on the kiss cam, you kind of got to deal. >> yes. yes. >> and you can guarantee one thing they did not consider is what is our policy on the kiss cam at a basketball game? what are we doing with that? >> and if you're sitting with

biden... >> and mr. obama and mrs. obama enjoying that. >> and spencer is here with weather update. >> very entertaining. and there is high temperatures across the country into upper 90s with thunderstorms into the east and southeast. it's just an unreal ree lenting pattern. tomorrow, looks like cooler than average weather coming our way. there are highs in 80s in chico. and tomorrow, a high of 75. here in the bay area there is a strange overnight of weather that will feature low clouds and drizzle and showers there is a sunny afternoon, milder than earlier in the week. highs into low 60s tomorrow looking for san francisco to

top out at 66 degrees, oakland, 69. inland locations well below average and highs climbing into upper 70s in locations. and so we're getting close. and there is some summer like highs over the weekend. tomorrow there is a pleasant day. >> we're getting there. we're getting there. >> and how some pool supplies are teaching students to use math. >> first a jar of sauce that looks so good it can pass for homemade. consumer reports taste tests. >> interest a professional boxer knocks tiger woods out of a top spot. [ male announcer ] now at your neighborhood subway:

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>> this program goes on for four weeks. they came here to white leaf with makers of small computers to apply what they've learned and to have fun. >> math power is a program designed for kids who need to sharpen math skills. today learning how it works in the real world. they start by picking a design. in this case a pencil case made of aluminium and a binder made out of plastic. the edz x foundation sponsors this program. >> we're at a location where there is innovateors sharing how this is so relevant in development. >> the company hosting and teaching them is white leaf. a small company that manufactures computers and

this founder are best friends that grew up in san jose. >> you have to know your measurements of the circle. and this is just to get one thing correctly. >> have you to take measurement was the ruler and sometimes convert fractions to decimals. >> data is stored into the computer and there are within minutes they get to see results. >> when you're able to design something more compact, then it works as a natural heat pack. >> how do they compete with other computer makers? >> we're not greedy. it's a lot of fat in the computer industry. >> and the silicon valley education foundation sponsors a lot of the kids and actually offers a lot of scholarship

and donate 10% of the profits to schools in the silicon valley. >> bay area congressman pete stark calling for olympic team's uniforms to be made in america. stark and a coalition have sent a letter that reads in part when so many americans are still searching for work it is offensive usoc fwhot support our workers and families by manufacturing here. and the u.s. olympic committee says it will change policies so uniforms are made in the u.s. by the next olympics and ralph lauren made a similar

pledge. >> boxer floyd merryweather junior earned an estimated $85 million off of just two fights, nothing from endorsements unlike woods and phil mickelson, who is second with just under $61 million. $57 million off the golf course in endorsements and tiger is $54.5 million. and there is woods lost several big endorsements. gatorade and gillett and at and t dropped him. but there are still lucrative deals with nike and electronic arts. >> and nothing compares to homemade tomato sauce. many people don't have time to make it. so there are choices that seem endless but are there sauce

that's taste like homemade? >> store bought source? norma won't think of it i've had it in other houses that they opened up a jar. fine, you can have it. i'll eat it but i won't buy it making her own is a tradition. and if you don't have a norma or time, you might wonder which jar causes come close to homemade. consumer reports tested to from names like prego, ragu and others. and two celebrity chef causes and to round things off, two store brands. >> and we want to key in on a thing of souerness or whether an herb is fresh or dry. >> there is an excellent sauce that should have a flavor of ripe tomato autos results were

mixed. hunts pasta sauce was the least expensive but it was also the least tasty. >> it had a sourness as well as a soapy off note. >> and all foods 365 classic pasta cause as -- sauce wasn't nuch better. >> top causes -- sauces tasted freshly prepared. >> one of the best and a good price is giada tomato basil sauce from target. consumer reports said don't assume all sauces will taste just as good or bad. bertolli tomato and basil is very good, but mayor naira sauce rated lower. with a somewhat sour taste. >> and up next on abc 7 news, event helping women be the man. how to get that spark and hustle. >> also coming up at 5:00

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women interested in starting or building businesses got great advice from a woman who knows all about it. >> and she as here with us yesterday. tori johnson brought her spark and hustle seminar and abc 7 was there. >> tori johnson spark and hustle sounds like a las vegas review it's a message going forward for women entrepreneurs. being your own boss in the business world. >> it's a permanent scar from a pink slip. there was pain that won't go go away. >> that is after her jet setting career in a tv network ended in a stunning, sudden firing that would trance form tiff realization. >> i could be the man.

coy be the one. i could open my own business and i could sign my own paychecks and do my own thing. i can make it happen. >> she set out on her own and says sister, you can to too. it's the spark brought to the idea conference, some things only a women could think of like a prepacked hospital bag. >> there are things like nipple cream and machlsy pads. water breaks you leak and leak. they tell you to put a towel between your legs. so pads does it for you. there is disposeable under wear, things and there is fruit. you're hungry. >> this hustle is the selling of the spark. there is. >> all of the women have to give up some something to persue their team. >> this for you to know it. to be able to envision it and

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>> thank you. yahoo's new ceo about to juggle being a first time mom, and leading a struggling company. silicon valley weighs in on whether women can have it all. >> price taxpayers may have to pay to shore up dismal retirement investment returns of state workers. >> and there is wide spread drizzle tonight. >> good evening. >> this is the first day on the job for the new ceo of yahoo. >> marisa quit google just yesterday. but the new job is not the only business news. and we're live with more on the new ceo facing corporate expectations and also, david, expecting. >> and indeed this is a very difficult balancing act for the new ceo she joined the

company today, we expected her to possibly on the earnings call but she was busy trying to take care of business. but is facing very important issues about the issue of motherhood coming up in october. so as we expect so much from her, how will she handle this delicate issue? how will she get the company back on track? marisa myer gets a fresh start. she's in the responsible for what her predecessors did. other ceos give her credit for leaving comfort of a company she knows well ask taking on a challenge you have a choice between being bored or terrified. and good fr her, she's done well financially. zbt have to worry about buying diapers for the baby or anything like that. >> yahoo has been losing shares to google and facebook.

shares crop dropped in half. whatever goals or plans she benefits from a proven track record and confidence of the board. the women support network water mark says that is important. >> i give the board high marks. they do not look at gender as an advantage or disadvantage. >> the note is how she'll juggle work and family live when she gives birth in october that. is an issue all working moms face. she this woman started working part time a week and a half after giving birth. >> sometimes have you no idea how goitsing to affect you. when that baby is born. you might realize she wishes she had a bit more time with her or him than it turns out but she'll figure figure it out. >> silicon valle