it is wednesday, 5:01, good morning thanks for joining us i'm kristen sze. i'm eric thomas. when uc agents meet today they will discuss whether tuition will be frozen or increased by double digits. amy hollyfield is live at mission bay campus. regents will also be greeted by protesters. >> reporter: absolutely. it is becoming the norm except this time a little different they are planning on dressing up like zombies to signify the death of public education. that should be interesting. here's some file video of past meetings. they have a history after tracking protests this is the uc meeting in march.

students have been protesting tuition hikes saying they can't handle any more increases. today the actions are not expected to be all bad. they are planning to freeze tuition for undergraduates and endorse the governor's tax initiative which will be on the note of ballot if voters approve that plan uc's budget would increase by 125 million dollars. if it fails they would face cuts of 250 million tuition could go up 20%. regents will be pushing that tax initiative. bad news for students in graduate school on the table is an idea to increase fees for professional schools, law school 10%, business school fees 23%. the argument is graduate students don't protest as much as ungrads do and they are pitching this idea saying graduate students are often willing to pay they believe the education worth it and their jobs will be valuable

enough. not great news today for graduate students undergrads look like they will be safe but there will be protesters to make sure their voices are heard. should be an interesting morning. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. the economy and unemployment are the focus this morning on capitol hill as the federal reserve chairman prepares to issue warning to a house committee. katie marzullo is live with that and breaking news out of sear yap. you have been following this and you have an update? >> reporter: i do. we first reported that the syrian defense minister was killed in a suicide bombing. the associated press is reporting that the deputy defense minister was also killed he happens to be president assad's brother in law. i'm keeping an eye on this. we'll continue to follow it. we want to look ahead at developing news on the domestic economy something that affects all of us.

in a few hours bernanke will go before the house financial services committee. in front of the senate banking committee yesterday bernanke pained a bleak picture. he said congress needs to agree on a budget or tax increases and deep spending cuts will kick in at year's in. he reminded what the budget office has warned there will be a recession and more than one million fewer jobs will be created. >> economic activity appears to have decelerated, somewhat slower rate of growth manufacturing production has also slowed. >> reporter: bernanke says the prepared to take action to try and help the economy if unemployment stays high but not saying how the fed would go about doing that or when. senate hearing begins at 7:00 this morning. 5:04 now. the cost of living in the bay area is going up according to

the latest report from the u.s. bureau of labor statistics. the agency says consumer prices in the san francisco, oakland, san jose metro region increased nearly 3% in the year ed in june. food prices rose 2.8% driven by the coast of eating away from home housing went up 3% with the cost of renting rising faster than the coast of buying. oakland police hosting a ride along today with colleagues south of the border they will take two federal police officers from mexico city for a ride and show them how the depth fights crime and the technology it uses, including the shot spotter system. the mexican officers toured oakland police headquarters yesterday their visit being hosted by kaiser permanent day latino association. the san francisco couple accused of murdering their daughter's pimp will be back in court to ask for a reduction in their two million dollar bail.

they face murder and other charges in the june 4th, shooting. the dead man calvin sneed was fatality wounded. he had allegedly pimped out the couple's 17-year-old daughter. three murder suspects in custody this morning in san jose. gomez, fernandez and gonzalez are wanted or arrested over the killing of an 18-year-old san jose man. police say it was gang-related. he was shot last october. gonzalez was already in jail on unrelated charges. fog warning -- fraud warning for bay area homeowners out of state companies are sending out mailers offering to obtain a copy of grant deeds or property title records to for a fee. the real estate fraud unit say

the fee could be times more than you would pay to get the records yourself. the fees from the office run as low as $3.50 per document. san jose airport getting another seven million dollars for runway improvement project,. the project began in 2009. congressional members say it will result in more business travelers flying into san jose. 5:07. yesterday morning this time when drizzle. >> yeah i know it is early, don't laugh. >> that caused some delays at fo. let's check in with -- check in with meteorologist mike nicco. drizzle not an issue. >> no, it is not good news no matter how you say it rick, magic to our ears. [ laughing ] >> he's staring a hole through

me now. all right, live doppler -- let me turn away from him. right here you can see how quiet it is outside this morning. we are keeping our fingers crossed late an arriving clouds will not cause problems at sfo. warmer by a few degrees than it was this time yesterday where it has been clear inland valleys, 1 to 9° cooler you don't have the blanket affect from the clouds. today first 7:00 this morning, partly cloudy most of us low to mid 50s. noon the low clouds start to dissipate, high clouds start to come n 74 inland, upper 60s around the bay, upper 50s at the coast, inland 4:00, still in the mid 70s, low 70s around the bay low 60s at the coast high clouds and sun at 7:00, near 70 inland probably need the coat around the bay and coast with 66 and 60.

temperatures below average tomorrow, mild and warmer friday, just plain warm 90s inland, 80 bay comfortable at the coast saturday, about 62°. good morning. thought we would give you a live shot of 80 through the emeryville area and berkeley. we've been monitoring caltrans or police activity at the gilman exit could be overnight roadwork nonetheless, no significant slowing eastbound as you pass gilman and westbound moving nicely past golden gate field through berkeley and emeryville no delays at the bay bridge toll. live shot san rafael out of novato past lucas valley road past the civic center into southern marin moving at the limit no delays on the golden gate bridge, 680 southbound past north main walnut creek on to 24 no problems just a few break lights to the 20 four jinx. all mass transit getting off to a nice start -- into delays

if you take bart, muni, ace, caltrain ferries expected to be on schedule. one other place, if you are leaving santa rosa now your drive into marin county still 30 minutes highway 4 westbound moving well as is 580 up and over the altamont pass. 5:10. expectant mom now ceo of yahoo. next the debate stirring up over the new chief executive of the struggling high-tech company. why some are criticizing her decision on maternity leave. chaos in the sky. looming strike that could disrupt air travel at the height of the summer travel season. building pass, corporate card, verizon 4g lte phone.

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change channels and watch different content, you quickly forget you are not at home watching tv. >> only available in the big apple coming to other cities later this year. i'm rob nelson. 5:13. good morning. new yahoo ceo marissa mayer' decision to take only a few weeks off once she gives birth is cause -- quoting my maternity leave will be a few weeks long and i will work throughout it. the 37-year-old was named as yahoo's cheek executive monday and started yesterday. her decision is renutting debate over work/life balance. >> i wouldn't idealize this as a move forward for women it could be seen as a move back. >> i think women have the right to choose how they want to raise their children and how much time they want to take. that's up to her. >> mayer and her husband are expecting their first child in on. safety regulators investigating complaints that

the throttles can stick on some ford and mazda suv's and cause a crash. investigation includes 730,000 ford escapes and mazda tribute the 2001 to 2004 years all have six cylinder engines. nhtsa has received 99 complaints. the agency says there were 13 crashes, one death and nine injuries. the throttles on the suv's can fail to return to idle when the driver takes foot off gas. no recall issued. pilots at united airlines can go on strike after two years of failed negotiations on a new contract. the pilots' social says 99% of the airlines' -- pilots voted to authorize a strike mediators would have to gift okay before pilots -- would have to give the okay before pilots could walk off the job if the board conclude as agreement could not be reached it could call for a 30 day

cooling-off period after which the strike could begin. facebook takes another step from the social arena to political an reason name users in washington state will be ridge erred to vote on facebook, like -- registered to vote on facebook. washington officials say this is a way to leverage power of friends to get more people registered. the state is the first to offer voter registration on facebook. i've decided to introduce mike's weather forecast in english this time no drizzle throughout right now >> no, no drizzle. >> how would you say that? >> like i did before. this time yesterday today tomorrow drizzle. >> we have all seven days worth of forecast. [ talking over each other ] >> giving him the language that he asked for. >> language of weather, what are we talking numbers, humidity? >> no, some people did talk about how it felt more humid

yesterday that was the drizzle and the fact that extra humidity was going to give us that stray shower possible in the north bay that has changed a little air mass modifying becoming more like what we have during the summertime. looking down from mount tamalpais hazy, marine layer trying to come back, right now just really not doing a very good job of. look for a few low clouds over the next couple of hours, probably not any flight arrival delays into sfo, dry sky over live doppler. that's what is left of the showers, yesterday we had thunderstorms and near 80 lightning bolts per hour, now just a small figment what it used to befalling apart as we talked about it would -- used to be falling apart as we talked about it would. monterey bay mid to upper 50s, 61 in salinas. partly cloudy today and tomorrow, still cooler than average for both days summer

warmth rolls in time for the weekend. today a little below average from 5 to 10° below average. clouds are rolling in as we speak, they will make their farthest push by 9:00, east bay hills and then will quickly pull back to the coast then high clouds roll in this afternoon we'll see that mixing with the sun, 50s at the coast, 60s and 70s around the bay, 80s central valley low to mid 70s south bay upper 60s to low 70s on the peninsula, low to mid 60s long the coast mid 60s downtown south san francisco, low 60s north bay at beaches mid 70s as you head inland upper 60s to low 70s most of the east bay shore hercules 73, inland mid to upper 70s, danville and walnut creek pleasanton 75 mid 60s to low 70s monterey bay mid to upper 70s inland.

12:35 first pitch, 61 warming up to 67°. tomorrow two to four degrees warmer average friday slightly warmer than average especially inland for saturday through tuesday. good morning. light out there as you can see bay bridge toll heading into the city this early wednesday morning no delays, no metering light nose problems upper deck into san francisco same with san mateo bridge brake lights towards the incline section highrise over to foster city no significant problems eastbound no issues to hayward this is your light commute 280 northbound from san jose towards cupertino a few cars on the road 17 out of santa cruz mountains not reporting problems if you are helding from the coast. -- had if you are heading to the coast. accident dublin pleasanton

cleared no significant slowing even central valley at this hour no problems from tracy. nimitz 238 towards the maze,15 minutes highway 4 good out of antioch. 580 we just saw this drive still a moderate commute this wednesday morning. 5:20. we want to thank some of the people helping raise thousands for bay area foster kids by liking us on facebook. >> here are a few of our many new friends: >> if you want to make a difference in the lives of local foster kids go to our facebook page click on the like button one dollar will go to the sleep train dream campaign. next, giants' fans loving every moment of this, posey power huge hits by the catcher

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mike did mention clouds but not mentioning precip this morning unlike yesterday morning. sue will have the traffic coming up. a little baseball. this evening vogelsong will start for the giants. last night san francisco opened six game road snow atlantament posey sparked the giants going three for five driving in five runs. zito pitched seven scoreless innings giving up only three hits. giants beat the braves 9 - 0. dodgers lost again last night. giants lead the nl west by three games in oakland a's had four game streak snapped by rangers last night. hamilton hit his 28th homerun of the year in texas, 6-1 win. they meet again this afternoon. blackly starts for the a's still two games over 500. you didn't get a chance to catch lin-sanity in the big apple, only had a one-season troufpb go to houston now.

the palo alto native jeremy lin is heading back to houston after the knicks decided they wouldn't match the three year, 25 million dollar offer he became an international phenom last year he posted on his twitter account, extremely excited and honored to be a rocket again. much love and thankfulness to the knicks and new york for your support the past year easily the best year of my life. bay area organization vital to the lives of women and children is getting help. alameda county supervisor presented a $50,000 to building futures with women and children. the non-profit runs a hotline and shelters for battered and homeless women and their children. >> in alameda county it is estimated that over a quarter million residents will be victims of domestic violence at some time in their life. >> funds will help building futures get through a budget crunch. this year ten tip four hour

crisis line is on track to upon to 9200 calls. we continue to follow breaking news from syria, suicide bomber has kill the nation's defense minister and other high-ranking officials. katie marzullo will have the latest. also, the wife of suspended sheriff ross mirkarimi is set to testify today. >> we are live with how she is expected to defend her husband. finally, relief for hundreds of people forced to flea from a huge wildfire burning in the sierra foothills. here's a look at highs today, from the 60s around the coast san mateo, san francisco and oakland, 70s elsewhere, those are still below average, high clouds and sun this afternoon. you want warmth? head to salt lake city, denver, great falls, all in the mid 90s. 106 phoenix, 103 st. louis, 90s up and down the eastern see bore. flight departure delays out of -- seaboard. flight departure delays out of newark.

arrival delays in philly. flight tracker abc7news.com at the bottom.

good morning. 5:30 a.m. on this wednesday, thanks for join us i'm eric thomas. and i'm kristen sze. today eliana lopez is back from venezuela to stake center stage. terry mcsweeney is live at city hall with a preview. >> reporter: eliana lopez expected to testify today. abc7 news has an exclusive interview with her, possibly a preview of what she will be telling the ethics commission

today as she tries to help her husband save his job as sheriff. this is the woman who is going to be here today trying to help ross mirkarimi. back from venezuela where she has been staying with the couple's son. her husband suspended sheriff ross mirkarimi she hopes to help him keep his job he was charged with domestic violence for grabbing and bruising her arm in a dispute on new year's eve. it was all about her taking their son to venezuela. in an exclusive interview with the i-team's dan noyes who went to venezuela for the interview in may, she talked about and really downplayed the incident. >> and then we came back home and i said, okay we cannot talk. and he grabbed my arm and in the moment i say stop, he stopped. and he react like oh my gosh.

>> reporter: mayor lee wants mirkarimi removed from office permanently. now accused by mirkarimi's attorneys as of discussing the case with supervisors before suspending mirkarimi, then lying about it under oath that would be a felony. no supervisor is confirming those accusations. still, the ethics commission is going to be taking up that issue later this week itch today, it is eliana lopez on the stand, trying to minimize the damage against her husband. -- she says she is in san francisco out of a sense of justice not necessarily out of a sense of love because she is not ruling out the distinct possibility of divorcing ross mirkarimi. he she is going to be heading back to venezuela after her testimony. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. breaking news. we are learning more about the suicide bombing in syria that killed at least to high-ranking government officials. kauz can't -- kauz uzi in the

breaking news center. >> reporter: we are learning a syrian rebel commander is claiming responsibility for attack which did kill regime offs. the defense minister was killed and we've learned the deputy defense minister also dead is according to syria's state rib tv. four straight days of the fight fighting in the country's ongoing civil war this is video after attack in homes yesterday. back to today, the depend -- in homs yesterday. back to today. the deputy defense minister was president assad's brother in law. the bomber hit the national security building in damascus during a meeting of cabinet ministers and senior security officials. in addition to the deaths the interior minister was wounded. keeping an eye on this break news. we'll bring updates as they come in a few hours from now governor brown will sign the

eight billion dollar high speed rail funding bill in los angeles before coming to san francisco this afternoon that bill narrowly passed the state senate two weeks ago it funds the start of construction for the first segment of the train. in addition caltrain will receive nearly 600 million dollars to modernize its system. the high speed rail project still faces several lawsuits as well as questions about where the financing to complete the project will come from this morning students are planning to protest a regents meeting in san francisco where the bore will discuss a possible 20% tuition hike also voting on a proposal to freeze undergraduate tuition in next wear's budget planning to indoor the governor's measure that would increase tacks if it passes the system will receive extra 125 million dollars if the fish sure fails uc leaders say student -- fails students will likely see a 20% increase.

amy hollyfield will have a live report in the next half hour. three new cal-state university presidents will get salary increases. leslie wong who takes over at san francisco state at the end of the year will earn $324,000 to lead the campus, 9% raise. two others are receiving maximum 10% increases, including diane harrison at csu northridge she will earn $324,500 a year. another at san bernardino will be paid $319,000. the first use of the executive compensation policy. the board adopted it after strong criticism over boosting presidents' pay as the university makes cuts and raises tuition and fees skwraoeufpls >> a group in chinatown intends to file a lawsuit hoping to overturn a law that bans sale and dispaoug of shark fin. the association says the law

discriminates against chinese-minutes. -- chinese-americans. shark fin soup considered a delicacy, the neighborhood group says claims are false and misleading and say merchants have lost 40 million dollars since the ban went into effect last october. today san francisco district attorney gascon is planning to announce charges against a suspected bike thief. police arrested the 47-year-old in may for stealing a bike from a bart station. they say he was acting suspiciously and tracked him to the balboa station with a bike police found more bikes during a so much of his home. progress on fire lines, some evacuated residents will be allowed to go home today. today marks a week since the fire began. as of this morning it has burned more than 2600 acres

and an 60% contained, 2,000 firefighters continue balance the flames. -- let's check in with mike for the forecast. cooler weather helping them and bringing natural air conditioning to some of us. >> meteorologist mike nicco is here continues to be cool. absolutely cooler than average one of our big highlights of the forecast. good morning. fairly drive late push of clouds across san francisco now, patchy drizzle possible along the coast and some of our inland valleys or coastal valleys winds less than six miles per hour fairfield southwest at 14 that's why the clouds are having a hard time making a big push inland but they will maybe it to the east bay by 7:00, 40s around napa and santa rosa. noon check out clouds back to the coast high clouds start rolling in, we trade one more

for the other. 50s coast san francisco, 60s bay, 70s inland. everybody near 70 at 4:00 with high clouds and sun, still 60s along the coast, san francisco and oakland, 60s around the bay and coast for your 7:00 temperatures probably need a coat there upper 60s to low 70's inland. tomorrow below average, warmer than today, you can see the air mass modified, back to average friday, by saturday, 90s inland, 80 around the bay, still comfortable at coast, low 60s. here's sue with a new accident. >> , mountain view now. good morning. southbound 101 past highway 85 accident blocking lanes not seeing significant slowing, we'll keep an eye on that. 580 westbound accident in the median, a little slowing at the dublin pleasanton interchange past 680 otherwise moderate commute out of the central valley southbound 280

san jose area getting reports after accident 680 at 101 cleared. don't see any significant slowing past here in the san jose area. live shot where we have a moment, maze headed towards the bay bridge, 880, 580 all moving at the limit. into the bay bridge toll, no problems either there metering lights remain off and upper deck is smooth sailing. 680 southbound through walnut creek picking up, busier now, taillights headed towards the 24 junction into the san ramon valley. our time is 5:339. warrior in the boxing ring meet -- meets warriors from the battlefield. the discovery that has health leaders in the east bay warning residents to put on

>> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. good morning many let's take a live look at bait, a seen from our camera on sutro tower, -- gorgeous shot we have clouds unlike yesterday morning it is not drizzling. week check in with mike and see what does this mean for our temperatures and what is coming up.

and we we'll check in with sue. vector control warning residents to wear mosquito repellents followed by two birds infected with west nile one -- contra costa county residents are being asked to make sure there is no sitting water where mosquitoes might breed especially neglected pools. they are such notorious breeding grounds residents are being asked to report them to authorities. east bay boxing champion andre ward made a visit to the va hospital. yesterday the undefeated super middle weight champ visited war vets to thank them for their service. it can be difficult for some soldiers to keep up morale after leaving the battleground. ward says the experience was humling. >> i want to encourage to you keep fighting, day at a time, keep fighting. it feels strange they are

thanking me because i'm supposed to be thanking them. >> many of the soldiers say getting back to their units is the best mental therapy and they've signed up for another tour. 5:43. problems with ford vehicles under investigation. the bloomberg business report, next. also next, what witnesses are telling police about what sparked these flames on the peninsula. billion dollar boost president obama wants to give science and math teachers. remarkable new diet drug approved by the fda. what you need to know if you are trying to lose weight. good morning! wow. want to start the day with something heart healthy and delicious?

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welcome back many temperatures slightly warmer than yesterday well below average mid 60s coast into san francisco oakland, san mateo, 70s for the rest of us morning clouds making a push in now they will go back to the coast by noon high clouds for the afternoon rain up across the north sections of the state eureka and rain heading towards even thunderstorms for l.a. and san diego mid 70s there. 72 partly cloudy in tahoe, 102 in palm springs. 5:47. witness tell abc7 news that

people playing with fire are responsible for setting off a grass fire in east palo alto. sky 7 hd was over the scene as firefighters tackled the last of the flames yesterday the fire was reported before 6 p.m. firefighters had it contain add hour later. the flames crept up to the back fence of some homes, no damage reported. several homeless tends were in the area at the edge of the fire. fire officials have not issued an official cause. there will be no changes to san francisco's ranked-choice voting. board killed -- opponents say it is confusing supports say it works well. voters will continue select their top three choices for each city wide office. new poll out this morning shows president obama may get no more than an average grade for running his reelection campaign that beats

mitt romney, who is seen more negatively by the public. the poll shows 46% view president obama's campaign efforts as favorable. 45% unfavorably. only 38% view romney favorably, 49% view him unfavorably his campaign after a week in which romney struggled to counter questions about his tax records. president obama is set to unveil plans today to create an elite corp of master teachers to boost achievement in science, technology, engineering and math. the one billion dollar program will reward hyper forming teachers with stipends to encourage education in high demand areas key to future economic growth. it will start with 2500 teachers with the goal of producing 100,000 additional math and science teachers over the next deck i feel like it is a science lesson listening to mike. >> try to keep it simple today

what the weather is doing now with the lack of drizzle things are going well i think. warmer weather on the way. here's those late arriving clouds we talked about, taking over the bay area now. a few spits and sprinkles, for the most part that drizzle yesterday which was heavy at times nonexistence this morning. doppler showing how dry the atmosphere is right now. let's talk about temperatures. how should you dress when you step out 60 mountain view and san jose, santa rosa 49 monterey bay inland mid to upper 50s, 61 in salinas, i think it is going to be partly cloudy today and tomorrow afternoon, cooler than average we have warmer weather away from the coast for the weekend. today, we go up a little in some areas like fremont one degree warmer. same in oakland and san francisco two degrees cooler in san jose 74, concord

six degrees warmer 7, santa rosa judgments up to 74 today, 10° warmer than yesterday. -- one of the reasons why, area of low pressure staying north. it is going to have a minimal influence on our weather as far as the drizzle goes and the rain not in the forecast today. high clouds coming from the south is going to keep the sunshine a little dim during the afternoon. replace morning clouds with afternoon clouds mid to upper 70s east bay valleys upper 60s to low 70's east bay shore. south bay low to mid 70s. upper 60s millbrae and san mateo. more cloud cover along the coast this morning, tapering to sun this afternoon with low to mid 60s. mid 60s downtown sit san francisco low 60s north bay beaches, pockets of sun, sunnier in your valleys, warmer low to mid 70s, 65

monterey, near 70 watsonville. mid to upper 70s inland. coliseum day game 12:35 first pitch, 67 by the end of the game. tonight 50s most of the clouds around the bay and out towards the coast. temperatures will jump two to four degrees tomorrow another four to six degree jump friday, another two to four degrees saturday near 80 through the weekend into next week around the bay low 90s inland low to mid 60s at the coast. good morning. if you are headed out to the a's game, 12:35 start expect traffic on 880 approaching the coliseum game time. 101 southbound past 85 accident blogging a lane there no significant slowing past the san they are trying to get that -- cleared. if you are heading out of the central valley beginning to

slow as you head towards the altamont pass and then traffic relative light toward the dublin pleasanton area. early early accident past 680 cleared. san jose slowing 101, 49 mile as hour, not bad, 2890 southbound before 680, 101 that accident has been cleared. bay bridge eastbound westbound i should say light traffic no metering lights yet upper deck good eastbound and the bay bridge past ti stall on the right side of the span headed -- headed eastbound. more americans working on a temporary basis forcing more to dip into their 401(k)'s to get by. good morning! more than 1/3 of americans out of work are dipping into theirw retirement saeufgs to keep up with daily expenses.

only 10% say they are confident in their ability to retire comfort all according to a new study. some americans jump back into the workforce are snagging jobs as temps, based on data from the labor department, the number of people on payroll has green nearly 11% in june from a year earlier. some ford vehicles under investigation, involves 730,000 escape suv's and tributes made by mazda, 2001 to 2004. u.s. auto safety regulators received 100 complaints about unintended acceleration, including one death. at the new york stock exchange with the bloomberg business report. new this morning, a bomb has destroyed 22 nato supply vehicles in northern afghanistan. the blast ignited several fuel trucks and inferno destroyed other vehicles part of a supply convoy stopped for the drivers to get rest.

no one was hurt in the fire. earlier this week, three nato fly struck trucks were destroyed in the southern part of the country. the fda has approved a new weight management drug. qsymia suppresses appetite. it is for obese or borderline obese adults with at least one weight-related condition such as high blood pressure. doctors say it is not supposed to be a quick fix. patients need to exercise, reduce calories. latest drug follows long line of diet pills that caused health problems most notably fen-phen. >> we've had a big gap of more than a decade without useful medications for obesity. this combination drug give as decision a.m. hope that part of obese -- gives additional hope. qsymia comes with some

health risks: memory loss, confuse, increased heart rate and birth defects. critics argue the health risks are too high. starting today, fresh fruits and vegetables will be available for needy families at no charge food bank kicking off produce program. under the program fresh produce will be trucked into select neighborhoods. and a type of farmer's market will be set up. participants will go home with pears, apples, oranges, potatoes and carrots. for more information go to abc7news.com under see it on tv. four bay area counties giving out free kits for women to test for sexually transmitted diseases women between 18 to 30 in alameda, contra costa, is and san mateo are eligible. once women -- women can mail

samples to a lab that will return confidential results the tests will be given out tomorrow to the first 400 women who sign up. various bay area clinics are participating. we have a link on abc7news.com new law should make it easier for a cons investigation group to restore the beacon)y atop mount diablo. the light was installed on the peak in the 20s to help guide airplanes many supporters hope to have the beacon up and running in time for pearl harbor observances in december. next, protests are nothing new when agents come to continue. today's protests at the uc meet something different. the costumes that demonstrator wearing to get their message across.

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