mother and jurors decided the two children deserved more. >> the children were horribly damaged by this. >> and impact that is extreme in this case. >> the verdict after three hours of deliberations over two days. riser claimed nina had a disorder where parents fake illnesses in children and she had their children diagnosed with other ailments and says he was forced to kill her it could have been higher. but we didn't want it to be. >> now, the hunt for any money or assets that riser may have has begun. but money was an issue here at the hall of justice because of cut backs there was no court reporter assigned to this civil case meaning there is no official transcript for today's proceedings.

>> thank you very much. >> we may be on the verge of a building boom tonight that would help the economy. the sentiment index has risen from 29 to 35. anything under 50 is weak, it's the highest number in five years and the biggest increase in almost a decade. we're live in san jose tonight this, is encouraging. >> right. because of the lag time with new construction, like what you see behind me, economists say the housing market is the last to call going into the recession and the last to big out so. today is a welcome sign of optimism. >> this is construction activity making you smile you're not alone. one of the most-respected economists says we should feel good. >> we're moving beyond the foreclosure crisis and beyond the gloom. >> and in an index at its

highest level in five years, builders say they're seeing their best sales levels since february, 2007. and that is coming off of a five-decade low, last year. >> we're excited on all levels. there is everybody feeling more confident. and this is picking up all levels of construction. >> new rux of apartments and town homes is booming. considering this graph in san jose n 2003 there were 4300 units, activity dropped to a low of just 300 in 2009. it bounced back last year, to about a thousand, and resident dental shall construction so far this year almost doubled last year's total. a a.mazingly on a pace to phone shallly hit that 4,000 mark. >> there is a record level on

our building community. >> over all, nationwide job growth is weak, you can say longer the line is, the building permit september the short of the line at the unemployment office which is why when you see construction workers working you should smile. >> it's single most important piece of good news in the kpe. this is huge if this tens. it's the one positive piece of good news. >> and new home sales makeup a small percentage of the housing market they carry a lot of weight and national association of new home builders says the average home reyates estimated three jobs for a year and generates $90,000 in rev new. >> thank you. >> and san francisco mayor is under growing pressure to abandon a controversial policy,

policing policy he's been considering called stop and frisk allowing people to stop and frisk people they think could be armed in an effort to get guns off the streets. and this doesn't sound like the mayor is backing down. >> the mayor is continuing what he calls preliminary discussions. this week, ed lee heads to philadelphia and both cities have a sp in frisk program which critics say has no place here. >> that is probably the issue that keeps me up most of the nights. >> san francisco mayor ed lee told supervisors he's trying to find new solutions to end gun violence, saying stop and fris sk not the way to go. >> we need to start to do is to continue to do disrupt the conversation from stop and fris tok something more focused and positive.

>> stop and frisk allows officers to stop and search people they consider suspicious. and civil rights activists says that led to racial profiling. >> i'll be at the bus stop standing and sitting down with my backpack getting ready to go to school. an officer will come by and ask me what i'm doing. really suddenly. >> his group collected hundreds of signatures asking the mayor to drop the identity. security locked the doors when they tried to deliver them this, afternoon, the mayor who is a former civil rights attorney tried to claire niz answer. >> we're taking a look but we don't want to be violating private 4th amendment rights. >> the head of the police officers association doesn't think it's a good fit. >> i think the mayor thoughts are noble from. a law

enforcement perspective probably be great to have that ability. and i don't know if we're wandering into areas we don't want to wonder into. >> that is gary delanis. he says police in san francisco do not engage in rarely profiling and says any policy in san francisco will be constitutional. >> san francisco police asking for help finding a vicious murderer. the suspect picture was released today. the killer shot a man, execution style last month walking home from the balboa bart station. detectives say it may have been a robbery attempt or possibly a case of mistaken identity. the killer jumped into a pontiac grand am or similar car then drove off. police say the vehicle was followed by a dark suv. >> after nearly eight decades

in operation san francisco's only outdoor shooting range is facing he vick tonight. the city giving the pacific rod and gun club until august 15th to sign a lease with certain conditions if not they'll have to pack up and move out. and we're live with the story tonight. >> the club and city have been negotiating more that be than a year. and this city did give a deadline of july 9th. that triggered eviction notice being served and now there is one more deadline of august 5th. pacific rod and gun club received notice from the public utilities commission very. >> we're disappointed and surprised to receive it. we've been working hard with the p.u.c. to get to an gremt. >> the club has been negotiating with the city for more than a year. the city wants the club to

sign a lease with a host of new requirements including liability and worker's comp insurance. >> there is the bigger question of environmental damage and remediation that needs to be done and who is going to pay for it?. >> the city says the club land is contaminated by targets made with petroleum binder. the city estimates clean up at more than $10 million. >> we think the proposal is exaggerated and think claims there, if they're there, can with pit investigated to a lesser extent. >> the club hired a consultant but there could be more expense outside of the clean up. it's a price that continuing to lease the land goes up. >> this is a parcel of about

14 acres we have not determined the fair market value for that. we're in the process of doing that now, as well. >> and if the club is able to stay here, there will be probably a new debate coming up about whether it should be. >> is this the best use of public land? >> there is a membership of about 400 people that pay $100 per year. they're hoping to work something out with the city. >> thank you. >> and still coming up tonight a new development if one of the most-devastating forest fires in history. why a timber company will pay dearly for it. >> great expectations at yahoo. challenges facing the chief

executive. and a new baby as well. >> google's entry in the tab blet competition. half of size of the ipad for half the price. are they flying off the shelfs? >> upper level low may bring showers to the bay ar

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>> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. we have breaking news we're following. there is live sky 7 hd pictures on the peninsula. a grass fire is burning near homes and there is space in east palo alto. these are live pictures burning near illinois street

and ravens wood space. there is crews just increased it with a second alarm because this is burning close to home. now no one has been injured and it does not appear anything has been damaged other than grass. we'll keep you updated and stay on top of it for you. >> and a labor day fire years ago, five years ago led to largest settlement received by the united states for damages caused by a forest fire, $122 million. the defendant and contractor chose a settlement over a jury trial this, fire began when unsupervised bulldozer operators hit a roblg, sparking brush into smoldering flames. 65,000 acres were burned and the amount is to be paid in cash and transfer of 22,000 acres of land to the forest service. >> a second person 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 also died in that fire. the grandfather injured as well and is still in the hospital. investigators believe candles from the religious altar in the second floor hallway may be to blame. >> and in sal lano county a robbery suspect crashed his car after a high-speed chase with police. sky 7 shows westbound 80 where it appears the car slammed into the center divide. the case began this morning on highway 37 west of vallejo. officer say the robber left and continued on city streets. and this car crashed. >> there is some business news, excitement surrounding the hiring of a new coe tempered by a lackluster earnings report. yahoo turn -- turning around

the company is now in the hands of marisa myer who skipped the meetings call today to meet with her management team. >> you have a choice of being bored or terrified and good for her for taking on that challenge. she's done well financially. and zrnt to worry about buying diapers for the new baby or anything like that. >> and there is the baby due date in early october before the next earnings report showing how they're faring under myer's sleedership. >> and profits down 4.5% and the company rolled back outlook and saying the weak economy is slowing growth. stock fell 31 cents per share in the trading. >> we want to take you back to

the fire burning on the peninsula. you can see just how close this grass fire came to the homes which with were in the foreground there oo. this is burning near illinois street and ravens wood space preserve. and there is a move quickly. they had to get water on it as fast as they could. and as you look, acres burned and now it's out, thank goodness. >> flames just on the primt ter there. >> and there is some blustery conditions in parts of the bay area. >> windy and there is humidity up a little bit. >> this is very cool. temperatures below average. temperatures are into 60s but it's breezy. there is some spots with 10

mile as way, calm, not sure about the winds and there is a live view from our east bay camera. there is lots of blue skies right now. so let's go live to a picture around the bay area amount at the moment. we do not have precipitation. i've mentioned that there may be showers on the way. and they're falling to the north now. well north up around eureka. and there is crescent city. there is a disturbance that may trigger showers in the north bay. and there is a wider portion of the bay area. 62 in san francisco. there is 72 in mountain view. 76 now in los gatos, winds are

picking up. there are gusts up to 35 miles per hour and there is 25 miles per hour in fairfield. 21 at sfo. you can see there are winds only five miles per hour. mountain view 17 miles per hour. there is a wide range of wind speeds. patchy drizzle overnight over a wider area. there slight chance of showers early morning hours could happen and i'll show you animation. cooler pattern that we have now will hold and there is is a system bringing us unusual weather. and here we go. starting at 7:00 this evening, during late night and overnight we'll see a chance of drizzle near the coast and there is a chance of

showers up in the north bay into the wee hours of the morning. the chances fade into daytime hours and there is a dry day. overnight today drizzle and misty near the coastline. low temperatures into mid 50s and then, tomorrow looking for highs into south bay into afternoon into mid-70s for the most part. there is 72 in pal yes alto. low 60s on the koflt and breezy there. downtown there is a high of 66 tomorrow and there are highs into mid-70s. and highs upper 60s to low 70s inland east bay warming up. here is the accu-weather forecast. low 80s inland by thursday, upper 80s by friday. summer like 90s arriving inland over the weekend and

into next week. and we're waiting for it to warm up. >> thank you. >> and we want to thank those of you who helped raise thousands for bay area foster children by liking us on facebook. >> we're grateful. here are the new facebook friends, joey i from san jose. mary s from san francisco and jacob w from oakland. >> if you want to make a difference in the lives of local foster children go to our facebook page and $1 will go to abc 7 sleep train dream campaign. >> thousand, coming up later tonight for men who have had second thoughts about having a vasectomy. >> turns out you can change

fda approved a weight management drug developed by a mountain view company that suppresses appetite but giving patients a sense of fullness. it's for obese adults and critics are saying it's health risks were too high. >> and cal state board of

trusty as proved pay hikes for seven new and interim campus presidents including leslie wong making $325,000 per year and protesters call it a misplaced priority. and the packages are the piers under a state pay freeze that arous hows private foundations to add up to 10% of salary. >> these presidents in the 2010 and 2011 year generated over $363 million that went back to benefit students. >> the trustees said they're concerned about what will happen to funding if the proposed tax hike is defeated in november. saying they'll have a plan in place by september. >> supporters of a plan to rebuild california pacific

medical center members say first it would make earthquake safe and sekly would mean hundreds of needed jobs. >> there are unt several years of unemployment in the 30% to owe 40% range of dropping hours into 60% range and this is something productive for the city. >> sutter health wants to rebuild cpmc and the mayor supports says he will support project but only if sutter agrees to keep st. luke's open 20 years. >> and when we come back tonight truth about the taxes you pay and their impact on the economy. there is a google entry into the tablet computer but you have to be willing to

compromise. >> call it the end of the lind-sanity phase. stay with us. another half hour of news begins in just a moment. hello?

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oorks good evening, burden of taxes and impact on job growth will be one of the dominant issues in the presidential campaign. right up until the election day. tonight a look at the accuracy of two of what two candidates are saying on this subject. >> as you know the tax cuts are set to expire at the end of the year, and mitt romney wants to extend them for everybody. the president wants to let those cuts expire for the wealthy. in pennsylvania mitt romney accused the president of wrecking the economy. >> he's crushing economic freedom. >> the facts are that federal taxes are ot a historic low. a report shows over the past 30 years they've never been lower. >> thus far he hasn't succeeded in raising any tax

autos this economist is director of the uc berkeley birch center. i asked if taxes are so low why weren't we doing better? >> two things are not that closely related. >> saying there are other factors in this economy and that is not what you'll hear on the campaign trail. >> there is a corelation of lower rates and stronger growth. >> this would be an important lesson if that simple. >> he says that there is no one policy fits all. in a down economy, tax cuts aren't effective in getting businesses to hire. >> if there is no demand, the company not going expand operation autos today in texas the president said the way to get the economy moving is letting governments hire workers and to pay for it by taxing the wealthy. >> we're not going spend better on tax cuts for me.

>> and there are lower tax rates in the past have spurred more investment. >> does it work? >> this is evidence showing lower tax rates will encourage things just mepgsed. >> ask to take sides he won't side with the president and won't side with romney. he said he'd like to see a major reform in the tax code. you'll recall there was a measure to do just that. >> four more months to talk about it. >> actress jada pinkett smith using her star pou tror spotlight modern day slavery. three survivors stood with pinkett smith. >> there are 27 million slaves

world wide. more than any point in history. we call them the victims of human trafficking. and they represent every nationality and they can be found everywhere, including here in the united states. >> and the actor says willow inspired her to take action after she watched a documentary kony 2012. >> and the fed chairman is painting a dark picture of where economy is headed and if congress does not come up with a plan the economy could go off, he said a fiscal cliff. and that he says could trigger a new recession and cost jobs. and he did not say what or

when. >> and wall street's initial reaction to the comments was negative but strong reports from mattel drove the dow higher today. s and p is up 10. and there is profits down 12%. lost $300 million in investments. and there is vie viacom said they decided to show the colbert report online to people can see it. and "wall street journal" reports fe. apple iphone will have a thinner touch screen about half a millimeter saying that could free up enough space fr a bigger and longer lasting battery. >> talking about gadgets

newest imprint from tablet market comes from google. and what is so hot about the device. >> the co-pounder had a chance to play with the nexus seven. we asked him to sum it up. >> it's the best $200 tablet you can buy now. >> just a year ago there was no such thing, then, the kindle fire, and nechls yugs 7 had compromises. no rear camera, not much memory. >> they had to make a lot of cuts. they didn't cut things like screen quality. it's really great z it's very fast. there is good hardware. >> saying it's fast, and smoother and snappier than other toob blets and price, if you talk to shoppers maybe its most important feature. >> i don't make a lot.

and i guess i have a lap top computer and a smart phone. i feel like it would be excessive to spend on a tablet. $200 would be an easy sale. >> and it's only been out a few days this store is sold out. now, they're taking preorders and there are one thing the store doesn't sell, ipads. you'd be hard pressed to find it anywhere ipads are sewed. >> this shows they want to be taken into slightly different context which is smart. you might find yourself get upsold. >> you'll see bits half the size and this means it could be a better fit for your pocket. >> i think apple is going to

have to come down market to meet this challenge. >> and still ahead options for member who change their minds about having a vasectomy. >> and horses and humans and a mission to save a

men who want to start a family years after having a vasectomy have options. a study shows vasectomies can

be successfully reversed after lengthy periods of time. >> this is mike and joy watson have their hands full but conceiving their children meant rolling back the clock more than a dozen years. >> when i was first explained to me i had a vass yekt mitt was sterl saigs, meaning it's permanent. >> approached a urologist recommending surgery to reverse the vasectomy but it can be challenging since original pro you're can sometimes cause blockage that's have to be corrected. and dr. turk says a study completed at his clinic showed encouraging outcomes. >> we looked at surrogate of pregnancy, the rate and ability to get sperm and they were impress yif this study presented this year looked at 343 cases and found a 65% success rate after reversing

older vasectomies, 16 years or longer average nal and recent vasectomies 88% of men were able to produce healthy sperm. >> there isn't a difference between quality of sperm. >> result koz influence decision making for thousands of couples helping them weigh trade offs between reversing a vasectomy or undergoing in veto fertilization. >> dr. james smith is the head of male fertility at ucsf. >> and a partner's sperm is removed surgically but for younger couples a reversal is more often aferdable it costs between 6,000s skpdz 10,000s skpdz in veto fert saigs costs 10,000ses today $12,000 one month.

surgical procedure is $3,000 to 5,000ses today get sperm out. the cost differences between the two can be significant. >> in the watson's case she became pregnant two months after surgery. >> just imagining this is going to happen. joy and excitement. >> he says there can be short term side affects including reactions that can temporarily reduce sperm count for several month autos and we have been keeping an eye on a small grass fire burning in the peninsula it's [ male announcer ] now at your neighborhood subway: dinner...is...served. tonight, take it easy and enjoy your favorite soup, salad and hot, hearty sub. like the toasty big hot pastrami melt. get to your local subway for some dinnertime deliciousness tonight. subway. eat fresh.

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breaking news where a grass fire needed quick attention of firefighters. it's been burning near illinois street and ravenswood space in east palo alto. sky 7 is over the scene. you can see firefighters have made progress. there is a live shot from sky

7 hd. abc 7 is there live tonight. looks like it's out. >> there is the division chief giving us an update. this is about 20 homes that were threatened by the fire. >> the fire storm moved towards residential area there are 10 homes exposed to and in danger of it. >> so where do we stand sf. >> 10 acres and contained there is cal fire battling the fire at this time. now they're in mop up, clean up mode. >> so what does that mean? >> the fire is under control. we're making sure we capture everything and there are no fires left. >> people inside of the homes? >> and there is no problem

with them. >> cause of the fire? >> we know it does start from this location and there is a move towards the bay side and along the complex. >> thank you very much. and there is about 10 homes threatened and now, it's contained and mop up is going on now and this is nice to see they jumped on that so quickly. >> let's check in now with spencer. >> there is things heating up continually. there is and there is highs in many locations and thunderstorms over the southeast. here in california there is a

highs in central valley. and 102 in palm springs. there is another breezy day with highs into 60s and there is 70s inland. here is the accu-weather forecast. warm up on thursday, low 80s inland and finally over the weekend there is highs into 90s, so far, feeling like winter. >> thank you very much. >> and new addition of cavalia, a she about encounter between human and horse opens tomorrow night across highway 101 and this is a show on a mission to save an endangered species. >> horses stood with grace and elegance. human was heroic moves there is a poetry to it.

>> when this is moving and touching. it's people working and sharing he started cavalia. it's played 2000 performances around the world this, is the first time in san jose. there is a bonding twine the two. >> there is training which is different. they can't do what you want. you just need time. >> the story is a wonderful interaction and the dazzling special affects. and there is to this field and others like it it's home to the owl feeling encroachment of man kind.

and there used to be hundreds hundreds in this area. and we believe on the brink of extension. >> it's asking for an extra dollar. they'll match it to help save the owl. >> it's about animals. they're so beautiful animals we have to preserve them. >> this comes from the heart and peeling that people are getting more disconnected from nature. >> and in san

hope you can join us on cable channel 13. the testing found things like rings, necklaces and and health officials at 11:00 on abc 7 news. >> and and larry beil is here now. >> and this is giants hoping a six game road trip in atlanta

against a team that won six in a row. all giants with barry zito on the mound. buster posey a big night at the plate. braves pitch yefr's first inning base hit and there is greggor blanco. posey between short and third. martine prado and there is five rbies to a proper posey. there is a perfect 3-0 at turner field. there is hector sanchez tweaked his knee and left the game. almost takes out a bunch of guys. there is next pitch singles to left. like i said all zito, all giants scoring six times in the inning. ask leading 9-0 they're in the 8th. talking about a steal of a deal. the geents trade td sanchez for cabrerra. today royals december nated

sanchez for assignment. and there is a no hitter for the giants and it's 1-6 for the royals, are they contenders? pretenders? this could be a telling week with east leading new york coming to the coliseum. a's coming off a sweep in minnesota this is just a half game out of a final wild card spot. nobody saw this as a possibility. and there is the manager saying you can thank them for the player autos this is giving us players that are making an impact. so this is a total organization thing to be where we are now. >> and that is great. jeremy lind revived a dead franchise. and you know the story.

lind became a sensation, and went from palo alto high to harvard, had quick stop was with warriors then in houston and that is rockets offered him a back loaded deal that would be tough to match. knicks are going to let him go. and lakers trying to acquire twit howard. you're going to see a lot of headlines but it's going to be difficult to pull off. howard won't sign an extension. lakers would give up andrew binem. hard to see this getting done. and do you remember when tiger woods was kind of an after thought? he can get there back tho number one. he hasn't won since june of 2008. and won three pga tour event

this year. and there is first i had to get healthy again. being banged up and missing championships because of it. i figure if i'm healthy i can prepare properly. i can get there. >> and we squeeze in a great play from a ban friday night. foul ball the guy has got a drink in a hand food in another and snags a souvenir with his five. not a nacho spilled. there is a high degree of difficulty right there. >> very impressive. >> and don't forget, you can now wake up to the abc 7 alarm clock app. >> for larry, spencer all of closed captioning services, inc.

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