people. not just the people who voted for you. >> romney is taking heat for saying during that fund-raiser the palestinians don't want peace with israel. >> and this may be the best idea ever from the napa state hospital suggestion box. >> an employee there has apparently solve aid problem of a new emergency alarm lan yard posing a danger to staff by inventing another safer one. >> there is a story only on 7. >> here at napa state hospital they're making these new emergency alarm lanyards to replace the old controversial ones workers feared could be used by violent patients to strangle them. they were launched in mid august. a wireless system enabling workers to transmit signals if they're attacked and they like the personal alarms but not the lanyards, which if grabbed can choke them during an tack.

the new lanyard's invention has three break ways, which can split apart easily if an attacker pulls too hard. the hospital tested it and now manufacturing it in mass so every worker here can attach it to their personal alarm autos this is an example of the old adage necessity is the mother of invention. >> authorities are hoping these sketches will help identify a man found dead on the cal train tracks in san mateo in june, white, between 60 and 75 years old. and his eyes were brown, and he had a flat top hair cut and a mustache. police say the most-crucial clue might be he was riding in an electric wheelchair fchl you information call the coroner's office. >> the search for retired san francisco firefighter charlie doud is explannedding.

-- expanding. his family is focusing on a set of train tracks between colorado and nebraska. he left california wednesday on a train bound for chicago but never made it there. after searching stop stops, family members now believe doud may have fallen from the train thursday night. >> and take a look at this man, redwood city police are hoping someone can identify this burglar, caught on surveillance video breaking into a home on lion street last month. investigators say he entered through a sliding glass door and stole electronic equipment and jewelry. >> an alameda county firefighter is in the hospital with a serious leg injury after an early morning restaurant fire, he cut his leg with a power saw. officials believe the fire here at the grill started in a dumpster in the rear of the restaurant. >> public safety is the hot topic in san jose today. the police officer association as well as city hall turning their attention, trying to cut crime both now and in the future. >> this is after the police

chief's resignation yesterday. >> happening now in san jose, the city is wrestling with how to restore police ranks and keeping the public safe at the same time. there are two meetings tonight at basically the same time. the police union holding a crime prevention meeting in east san jose. and burglary and rape cases have spiked at 7:00, at city hall, council is holding a public study session trying to understand released police response tims time numbers and considering ideas for how to pay for more officers. all on the eelz of police chief chris moore announcing his retirement, yesterday. >> one of the things union and a agree upon is our police force is too small. we need to get back up and to do that we need funds and we'll safe money on reform ask can use that to expand the police department. >> i'm not a budget guy. we're over 300 officers short

and i'm for making that happen. >> in afghanistan a group says an 18-year-old woman carried out a suicide bombing that killed 14 people today in kabul. 10 foreigners and 10 afghans died when the woman crashed a car into a mini bus there. the group says at tack to avenge antiislamic film made in the us use the white house says there is no evidence that last week's attack in libya was premeditated. ambassador chris steven asks three others were killed and u.s. officials say it appears the uprising was in response to that antiislamic video and that investigation is ongoing. >> san francisco police are keeping watch on justin herman plaza now. >> they're trying to keep pro testors from setting up camp there like they did a year ago. there have been confrontations. >> and we have more.

>> this is looking like a class with police and protestors in the making. they say they're enjoying energy that came from the first anniversary yesterday and wanted to channel it to an occupation of the plaza. >> and this mission is to keep it going strong for the mall. there is a great day of action and people are here to bring the camp back up police told them they had to move by 6:00 a.m. or they would take their tents down for them. instead of packing, they sat. some of them sang and right at 6:00, the tents came down. >> seemed like this -- members of the group wanted to cooperate and would appreciate

them cooperating. >> it's not just police who want them out of here. >> and vendors who are licensed are furious to see protestors are back. phillips says sales were down two thirds when occupying the plaza last year. >> and when this is noisy, people want to get in and out of here as quickly as possible. so we can't fill anything in those circumstances. >> and a handful of protestors remained with a team assigned to watch them. they say they aren't going away. >> and we'd like to keep it as a nationwide preoccupation. >> the question is will they stay past 10:00 tonight when park closes? will they pitch tents, which is illegal. >> and a golden gate bridge board is set to adopt new

recommendations to complete it's toll system by next year, eliminating human toll takers, drivers will need to use fast track or other payment options. formal approval coming in a board meeting on friday. the system is scheduled to start next february. >> now, berkeley city council is getting ready to vote on a proposal to officially recognize bisexual pride f it passes tonight it will be celebrated september if, to owe qens yid with other events. >> there is a new diet drug on the market showing promise in helping obese adults lose weight without health concerns of previous medications. >> this is available only with a doctor' prescription. the company that manufactures the drug is based in mountain view. patients lost afr ridge 10% of their body weights. it's a combination two of medications.

and. >> when you add together there is very, very good weight loss. >> i fwrent a size 14 to a size six. made me feel great. >> doctors caution the drug must be combined with an exercise program and healthy diet. two weight also drugs were taken off of the market because of heart valve concern autos let's check on the forecast. >> there is weather coming our way will be very much like what we've seen last 24 hours, we're on a steady pattern this, evening, clear skies in the evening hours, and temperatures ranging from mid-50s to low 70s. and early morning hours, fog will be lingering in spots and the sun will quickly burn through. lows and early morning lows upper 40s to low 50s and mainly sunny skies, mild conditions inland z high temperatures will be into

upper 70s to low 80s into warmest spots. on the coast it will be cool. highs into 50s. summer winds down and i'll show you what is coming our way? n.just a moment. >> still ahead at 4:00 what happens when you combine a tornado with a fire? it's this rare sight. we'll explain what it is, next. >> coming up why yahoo sold half of its stake in a growing internet company. >> bank of america customers have troubles logging on today. >> and there is the skyway in downtown san francisco. this is the normal agonizing crawl from left to right. better for folks heading southbound.

all nine college of marin board members are stepping down over allegations of misusing scholarship funds. and the foundation and school have been involved in a dispute since the spring, when accusations first surfaced about the misuse of scholarship funds. an investigation and audit is now underway. >> and users coast to coast have trouble logging on to bank of america's internet banking system and right now, routers is reporting it was taken down by islamic hackers angry over that video that mocks the prophet mohammed. they called it a first step in

and says the raids will continue. bank of america is neither confirming nor denying the claim and and says most ever now back online. >> yahoo sold half of its stake in a chinese internet company alibaba. >>. >> hello, larry and carolyn. you're right. yahoo has sold half of its stake in alibaba group back to the company. the deal years in the making as the relationship strained between alibaba and yahoo on its fifth ceo since the talks started in to 10. new ceo marisa myer got the deal done, finalizing an agreement put together under ross levinson. the deal just two months into the tenure and will give plenty of cash to try to rejuvenate the web company. here are the terms, alibaba paying for half of the 40%

stake in alibaba group including $6.3 billion in cash and $800 million in preferred shares. they also paid yahoo $550 million in cash due to a licensing agreement. that news sent yahoo stock up about 1.4%. and meantime, chinese pc maker lenovo is expanding into the cloud computing business with its purchase of stone ware. it's the first acquisition of the vendor. execkives say they'll use to it build a public cloud for consumers to compete with i cloud and others. terms were not disclosed. time warner cable is selling its nearly 8% stake in broad band provider clear wire. the company invested back in 2008 to fund a network running 4 fw. technology. the service struggled to gain subscribers and time warner cable agreed to market and sell 4 g service from verizon

wireless, today's prices time warner will lose more than $400 million on investments. pakistan and bangladesh blocked access to you tube after it did not remove an antiislam video sparking deadly protests around the muslim world. pakistan's prime minister says you tube will remain blocked until the video is taken down. google blocked access to the film in at least five countries but insists the video will remain available elsewhere. and markets, most stocks fell and concerns grew leaders would not be able to solve the debt crisis. your bloomberg silicon valley index are higher, shares helped pull it higher. and amazon is charging sales tax but it seems some shoppers don't mind paying a little bit to use the site. and a new survey from wells fargo shows the shoppers in

texas where the site just started collecting sales tax in july have not changed and in san francisco, i'm willy bay, now back to you. >> thank you. willow. nice to see you again. >> and this australia film makers have captured a rare site on camera. >> looks like a swirling inferno called a firendo. there is a rare look here. >> this swirling inferno mazingly caught on tape. and there is where temperatures have been battling brush fires nearly a week. the region hasn't seen rainfall. it happened monday afternoon when chris was scouting locations from movie shoots. abc news licensed this video from the film maker says he was standing about a thousand feet from action. >> i knew within 30 seconds that this was a very unique event. probably globally. taking the

sound of it a jet enjoin. -- engine. it doesn't look real. >> this dust devil with fire occurs when tents twisting winds come into contact with pir and it usually lasts just minutes but he found himself in the middle of other dangerous fury for 40 minute autos i've never seen anything move so quickly. i was over and it is something i never expected to see again. >> well... >> yes. >> there is a bizarre sight. >> fires can generate their own micro climates and they can form a and you don't want to be near them. >> no. >> you're saying a thousand feet. >> i don't want to be near a tornado. forget about a firenado. >> there is gorgeous weather.

>> we don't go near tornadoes. there is a live view of awesome weather from our sutro camera looking over san francisco on a sunny day from coast to inland. there is fog near the coast just off the coast. there is a look with low clouds and fog and coastal areas and beyond during overnight hours and now, this sunny every why, temperatures 61 in san francisco and there are 60s around the bay. 71 fremont. milder, 83 in antioch. and 78 up north. and 69 down south. just a pleasant day. temperatures below average for this time of the year. and i don't hear complaints and talking about how butteful and comfortable it is. and wednesday and thursday, we won't are freezing and autumn arrives saturday morning at

7:49 pacific daylight time. overnight tonight, we'll see low clouds and fog pushing inland and across the bay. low temperatures into low 50s but will be cooler north bay valleys and lows will drop into upper 40s. and there is this persistent week and there is another thing that may do is storm lanes. there is 11:00 tonight there is some high clouds pushing in on thursday and there is in moisture expected through sunny skies thursday, tomorrow, wednesday, there is sunny skies in the south bay. highs from upper 60s 63 the

high downtown san francisco tomorrow, north bay highs low to mid-70s up to 72 in santa rosa and nappa. inland east bay mild and not warm. here is the accu-weather forecast. there is two two cooler nan average days tomorrow and thursday and saturday, temperatures will drop back sunday and monday. just minor fluke twaigss in temperature range, no precipitation coming our way. and there is a lot happening in this week of weather. >> tucson olympic champion apologizing today after an insy left him with a black eye. >> the court hands prince

william and kate a victory. ♪ [ music ] . >> a pay me maybe, san francisco's new viral video letting you know about a popular scam to look out for. >> and taking a look at traffic right now on the golden gate bridge, heavy for drivers making their way into san francisco now. and they approach the toll gates. and moving nicely across the bridge to marin county. stay with us. abc 7 news at 4:

jake gyllenhaal chatting about his latest movie. and here is tony cabrerra. >> an olympic champion is trying to clear his tracks today following some bad behavior. shawn white arrested in nashville for public intoxication. police say he pull aid hotel fire alarm and attempted to flee the scene. the saying quote, i'm sorry for my poor behavior. >> and the british royal family work to put a scandal to rest today. a french court ordering a publisher to handover digital copies of kate middleton

topless and blocked it from publishing anymore of the images. back in l.a. jake gyllenhaal posing for pictures at the red carpet premier of their cop thriller. >> i think that is what -- this movie should be like a ride along. you get an i'd yens and you're in a cop car with two cops and i witnessed n many ride alongs that there is real friendship and there is great humor. >> and it pulls into theaters frif. check out otrc.com throughout the weekend for emmy coverage. >> and a reminder on the red carpet emmy special is this sunday from 2:00 to 4:00. after that, you can see who is wearing what from 4:00 to 5:00 followed by jimmy kimmel hosting from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m.

>> if you think you've been ripped off by one pay day advance loan companies, the san francisco city attorney's office wants to remind to you take action here and they're using a viral video to get the word out. >> city attorney dennis herera appears in this parody of the popular song "call me maybe". there is a cameo here coming up and how he does. and there is the same thing, reminding consumers of the october 1 deadline to file claims in a state wide judgment against money mart and loan mart. >> that was not the city attorney on the port o potty. >> no. >> there is -- . >> he was listening. >> right right. >> and still ahead in our next half hour a major airline

sends out hundreds of thousands of layoff notices today. >> and at sfo, some weary passengers are finally airborne. what caused overnight delays to australia. >> and there is a project to light up the bay bridge and how it is going to work.

american airlines send layoff notices to 11,000 employees today but expects job losses to be closer to 4400. and american airlines says law requires it to notify anyone whous position could change if they're bumped by a more senior employee. >> hundreds of passengers traveling from san francisco to australia are finally heading to their destination after frustrating delays that spanned two days. and some passengers at sfo just before they left. >> with one hour to go we caught up with an australian couple trying to get home. too tired and dirty to go on camera they said they took sunday night in a hotel with a carry on bag and clothes on their back. 200 passengers desperate to

get on a plane. >> they said you have to get here and and and monday night flight at 9:00. >> i wanted to meet with a friend and now, it's not possible and there was a problem with the plane. >> just very frustrated. traveling is not fun to start w delays and whatever. people are difficult to deal w they say people were nice bush last night on the phone? not very nice. >> she went home to ride out delays and the airline did give out vouchers but some

passengers said it wasn't enough, saying it was a hassle to get their luggage back and they had to pay to take a shuttle to the hotel. and united says in order to accommodate passengers so they can recheck them on to this flight. >> and police can start enforcing a controversial part of the amendmented immigration law that. is the ruling after a two year fight that went to the supreme court. the decision they can ask for identification of people they expect can be in this country illegally. the supreme court ruled did it not conflict with federal law. opponents saying it could be through racial profiling. >> a florida community college professor is in trouble forgiving students an unusual and possibly illegal assignment. the math teacher supposedly asked stud dwrobts sign a

pledge they'd vote for obama for president. she's on leave from a community college while officials investigate the claim. one student says he signed out of fear he'd get a failing grade. >> and i pledged to vote for president obama and democrats in the party. i was like, woah, why sit necessary i sign this? she just told me because i passed it out. >> the college officials plan to interview all teacher's students. the school says it does not allow employees to solicit support for political candidates on school property. >> coming up, the mother who caused a national fire storm for this picture is back in the news. why she's on another magazine cover. >> and popcorn coming to you. and look out. this is coming at you, next. >> there is a great view.

does it get nicer than this? my accu-weather forecast is coming up. >> and taking a look at traffic right now there is our camera, the traffic you can see there on the left side of the screen making a very slow approach to eastbound 80. really slow going this is tied up worse than usual. better for cars on the right making their way towards san francisco and toll plaza stay with us. abc 7 news at 4:00 continues right after this.

>> the mother who sparked a fire storm by breast feeding on the cover of "time" magazine is back for an encore on another magazine breast feeding her now 4-year-old son. she's the mother made famous by this photo. now, nearly four months after that time cover of her breast feeding her three and a half year old son, she is speaking out. >> i don't agree with the cover and don't agree with the article. >> to set the record straight she's doing it again, breast feeding her son on the cover of another magazine. and this time with her family by her side. >> her intentions were to try to help relieve the stig maf

breast feeding past infancy. this photo isn't one we're trying to pose for, it made me sad it fueled mommy wars, not to mention joke autos if you want aid great cover you would have photo shopped out the chair. >> after joke. >> that should be much better. >> she was breast fed until she was six years old nchl the new photo shoot for the new magazine, she's seen breast feeding her son, adopted from africa alongside her biological son. moms are weighing in on blogs and some say pictures are beautiful. orns ask if she's milking the moment. >> what would you say to people who say child protective services should have been called and this is molestation. >> that is ignorance of not understanding full term breast feeding and knowing it's

normal in other cultures it's not normal here. >> she hopes the controversy over the cover shot will bring attention to another issue. orphaned children in africa. >> with we focus attention on to issue that's do matter like children who don't have food and parents, that is when we'll see the change. >> spencer christian is back. >> there is a beautiful afternoon. and fall is around the corner this, is a time lapse from our high definition south beach camera looking at sutro tower. there is fog rolling over hills here, blue skies from coast to inland. fog well off shore and there is some up to the coast and beyond. tomorrow, nationwide just a really lovely day and there is

a late summer day, no extremes. there is a bit of rainfall and there is sunny dry days nationwide. only hot spot is a high of 103. typical this time of the year. and state wide here in california tomorrow, looking for mild to warm conditions so you can find a little bit of everything on the map tomorrow. 89 degrees in chico. 85 in sacramento. 93 in fresno. 104 down in palm springs. 86 in los angeles. another sunny day, from coast to inland there is highs into upper 50s. 60s around the bay there is just showing you that clear sky at the coast. we don't see fog advancing and early in the morning quite a bit of it around. >> thank you.

>> and still ahead of a connection between a chemical used in packaging. >> and how long will benefits last from gastric bypass surgery? >> putting thermostats to the test. michael finney checking out which ones can help save you money. >> i'm cheryl jennings, coming up at 5:00 big volumes of paper work in the hands of san francisco supervisors and a short time span they have to decide the fate of ross mirkarimi. ahead of the big fly over, what it takes to liver

there is a new segment here hosted by cheryl. >> the company called her one of the most influential women in technology and says she's one of the women to follow on twitter. >> here she is with today's top video autos it's another look at the day's top you tube videos from what is trending. first a performance shot in switzerland.

>> too cool. up next an mazing invention, it may change the way you eat pop corn forever. >> this is a popcorn launching machine triggered by the word pop. and when you're shooting a piece of popcorn you might have to maneuver a little bit. >> i want this, please, take my money. finally, turning barack obama into mc hammer. >> osama bin laden, i kill. that is a mission, you didn't kill.

>> you didn't build that! didn't build that. ♪ [ music ] . >> stop, obama time. >> can't help but dance to that video. see you next time, san francisco. >> thank you and here is a look at what else is hot online today. there are bank of member and also trending words iblack, major league baseball suspended the short stop three games for scribbling a gay slur in the patches under his eyes during saturday's game z finally steve sable, the creative force behind nfl films died today in new jersey. and more on him on the news at 6:00. >> checking healthy living news, medical researchers are taking a lack at the chemical

bpa and its relationship to childhood obesity. it's used in plastics and banned in some baby products and researchers at new york university found children with highest levels in their urine were twice as likely to be obese. these were noted in white children, not blacks or latinos and researchers caution this does not prove it causes obesity. and medical researchers taking a look, pardon me, more news about weight loss, affecting people who are severely obese ask haven't been able to lose through medication. researchers found 96% of the patients underwent gastric bypass surgery showed sustained weight loss and had a lower ensy dents of diabetes. it's involves dividing the stomach and rerouting small intest continue. >> thermostats don't sound exciting but they're important and going high tech now. and there are models offer

features that could save you money. >> for $250 thermostat appeared in stores it sold out. consumer reports just tested it and other thermostats to see which make it easier for you to cut your energy bill. this is part of a team that came wupt ipod. and it will program itself. and one unique feature was motion senseors detecting when you're home. >> this will set up a program, then, it keeps tweaking the program. based on input from you and from sensors. >> this is one of several new thermostats that let you use smart phones to change temperatures if you're not at home. and there is a key test, turns

out programming wasn't so straight forward. and consumer reports still recommends it. unlike t 1100 rf. >> you want to program it. what button do i press? i press this button. and nothing happens. >> another important assessment how clear this is. in the end, these three thermostats some of the easiest to use and there is a one that is the least expensive of the three. and these clear graphics make programming a snap. for far sles this $70 luchl thermostat from low's. it's a best buy, relatively easy to program letting you enter different settings for each day of the week. it can potentially save up to $180 a year, consumer reports

says to get savings, depending on the season, raise or lower and when you're outside of the home. that should cut your bill 10% to 20%. >> still ahead the first photos of extremely distant galaxy autos and a dog with super hero abilities. also... >> you know you may think of the bay bridge as a way to kmult. but it's about to be turned into a work of art. a live report is coming up. >> first, diane sawyer with a look at what is ahead on world news. >> hello z tonight on world news this moving story on governor romney's donor event. more of the video what else does he say? and also, what we've learned about what is going on behind the scenes right now. the governor himself points to

another video z trying to limit damage today. also, the most-beloved tv shof all time. one million votes are in. want to guess? top five chosen by

many consider the bay bridge an gem, soon it will be a work of heart. >> abc 7 news is live on the embark dareo with a preview for us. don? >> you know there it s bay bridge in naked state this is functional but it is about to become the world's largest light installation, ever. there is 25,000 led lights. an interpretation of the

environment. this is about to become reality. looking at the bridge as a canvas for his create activity. >> my work is all ab tract. there are no images so i'm working with rules and am inspired by the motion of traffic, water and weather. there is a lot of very fertile territory to explore as an artist. >> there is some of the other work but this will be the biggest installation, ever. the installation will be from 11:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. he came wupt idea two years ago today. >> i hope this becomes inspiration for others to understand what the power s both outside and inside organization chrz just people at the end of the day. >> lieutenant government sees

it as inspirational as well. >> you light up peoples' imagination and that there is a special place and we can make it that much more special. >> and they've raised $5.5 million, looking for more donation autos this is a piece of fine art so this is almost like painting. >> this is a go and the installation will start in october and will turn on lights in march this is scheduled to be opened for two years. >> thank you. >> and this is mezerizing. >> and the new $40 million camera located on a chilean mountain top. >> this is one of the first photos snapped by the dark

energy camera capable of seeing eight billion light years into space. >> astronomers say this helps them learn more about the strange forces. >> and there is a dog getting a real second chance at life. >> this is batman. and this dog was crushed by a car then left for dead. >> when this group california by love and second chances heard about him, they raised money to fly him to san ramone. and you can see he's feisty. >> he's fast and looking for someone to make his life better, and have outfitted him with braces for behind leg autos good branding.

>> and thanks for joining us. >> and want to remind you about our alarm clock app. you can receive news headlines the moment you wake up. >> abc 7 news at 5:00 begins right now. >> there are thick volumes of reading san francisco supervisors have to do to decide the fate of ross mirkarimi. >> and new diet pill claiming to work if you're willing to work, too. >> i'm sandhya patel. not cool enough for you? cooler weather is coming. i'll have details coming up. >> good evening, i'm cheryl jenning autos clock starting to tick down today on the fate of ross mirkarimi. >> the ethics commission handed over the findings this afternoon. abc 7 news joins us now.

there are thousands of pages in this report. >> thousands. it's going to take them sometime to go through it z they don't have much time. the supervisor hearing is now scheduled for october 9th. there is light reading and 52 binders of documents were hand delivered to city hall. this is the complete record of the unr unprecedented hearing. the city ethic commission held. culminating in the decision that suspended sheriff ross mirkarimi committed official misconduct relating to a domestic violence incident with his wife. now, the case, thousands of pages of paper work is in the hands of the supervisors. >> this has you know based on fairness to both sides. and that would have been if it was important. >> the pe