the sistine chapel and bells rang, indicating a decision was reached in two days, during a fourth conclave vote. the 266th pope was chosen. >> this is a proud day for argentina. the country is as much as 90% kaj lynn. they cheered and waved flags today. francis is the first pope from any nation in the americas. >> it's quieter now at the vatican. pope francis will visit tomorrow. >> the new pope named while noon passes were being celebrated around the bay area. on bail. kiddie akad me had no comment today but did say it's committed to health and welfare of the students. you might see more of this on bart trains, bart will allow

bicycles on bart trains during hours currently off limits. going from monday to friday of next week bikes will be aloud on all bart trains all the time. >> bikes will be allowed in first three cars of the trains, that is important and different than the trial last year. so we want to make sure people use rest of the cars. bart will continue to do surveys so see what works and what doesn't this, may be the last program before bart's board of directors comes up with a permanent bicycle policy. >> new on abc 7 news at 4:00 a look at the project promising to ease your pain if, like some, you're stuck trying to get through the caldecott tunnel. >> the fourth bore project is nearing completion. the tunnel connects oakland and orinda along highway 24. we are live in oakland with a

look. hi, heather. >> hi, ama. caltrans owned the right of way since it built the third bore in 1964. whit opens in just months from now, it will provide relief for reverse commuters but peak commuters might have to wait another 50 years for relief. the fourth floor looks like it will when it opens to traffic. white panels will line the length of the tunnel. 19 jet fans still need to be hung. and road bed ril rise two to three feet of where it is now to reach the curve on either side. the fourth floor will carry westbound traffic only, meaning there will be two bores dedicated to each direction at all time. a change from the current system of reversing direction in the second board depending

on the work time. the work is important but not the only one left. >> there is still a lot of work to be done behind the scenes and it's very critical. it's actually the installation of the ventilation systems and fire systems. that is -- not only need to be installed but integrated with existing systems and operations and maintenance buildings and tested before the tunnel can open to traffic. >> the fourth floor project son track to come in on budget. $402.1 million. in oakland, heather ishimaru, abc 7 news. >> still ahead at 4:00 another live look at vatican city where the large crowds are now gone. the vatican not only used smoke but also social media to announce the new pope. >> plus, military sexual assault. victims share stories today

and plead for change. >> also coming up how facebook changed a status two of good friends. >> new at 4:30 online efforts by students to get the white house to resume tours. what the president is saying. >> take a look at traffic downtown in san francisco. good news is that it's warm and sunny. east bay, it is a

on capitol hill today a a.bus victims spoke in a senate committee hearing to push for changes in the way sexual assaults are prosecute ntd military. abc news reporter thoman bradley has more now. >> victims of sexual assault in the military are demanding reform. >> military justice system is broken. >> several victims told a committee sexual assault and harassment in u.s. armed forces is wide spread and too often, commanders don't seem to care. former army sargeant rebecca reported being raped by another service member. >> i removed myself from training and sought out assistance from an army chaplain told me among other things the rape was god's will. >> it only got worse, her commander decided not to prosecute the alleged rapist. bridgit mccoy says she was raped by her super officer, she didn't report the assault. >> the year i was raped, that same year, ways raped again by

another soldier in my unit. another year, i was sexually harassed by a commissioned officer in my unit. >> petty officer brian louis was serving in the u.s. navy when a commanding officer sexual assaulted him. >> about 56% of estimated victims are men this, spart of the crisis that the department of defense does not acknowledge. >> new secretary of defense chuck haggle ordered a review of the handling after a general threw out the aggravated assault conviction of a pilot. a bill has been introducing congress to strip military commanders of the power to overturn verdicts or reduce sentences. >> the position of pope comes with a massive built in twitter following and google make big changes to its android division.

>> good afternoon, ama and larry. minutes after white smoke pose from the whim knee of the sistine chapel, the pope's official account tweet swred a new pope. the pope inherited nine different accounts and in as many different languages nearly 3.2 million followers total. the first tweet has been retweeted 80,000 times. the name on account means bridge builder in latin. a shake up in google's and disroid division. he will continue to head google's chrome division, android is the most-used local operating system in the world. >> new details on some of the new features at the samsung galaxy x 4 might v bloomberg learned the phone swril a five-inch screen, will use a qaul com chip in the u.s.

skprergs swril a 13 megapismsel camera. a federal judge ordered tim cook to give a deposition about the e book company. apple fought the deposition and the government sued apple and five publishers accusing them of conspiring to raise prices for e books. other publishers settled. leaving apple as the only defendant. stocks gaining today on a report showing retail sales rose the most in five months. your bloomberg silicon valley index qlor on shares of ebay and cisco. google says it's working on making it's augmented reality glasses available for use with no prescription. the company says the glass design is modulear. you'll be able to add frames and lenses. prescription models are expected later this year. they won't be ready for the first reee decision release, expected very soon.

in san francisco, i'm emily chang, back to you. >> thank you. >> social media is making it easier for people who were akopted to find their birth parents but a reunion in iowa is unusual. paula o'brien shared an article about adoption and a date her family never forgot. abby donaho saw it and couldn't believe it. she sent paula a message. the two had moan known each other four years, they didn't know paula was abby's aunt. >> i had done theater in the area, she's done theater so we knew a lot of the same people. we had met through mutual friends in fact, i think it was one of the first times we met at a party people were joking we looked alike. we just thought it was funny. >> just a coincidence we looked like each other. >> we have the same chin. >> wow. paula's brother was abby's birth father. she says she's nevering for

gotten the baby given up three decades ago. paula told her brother about abby and he's excited six weeks ago he told his three children they had an older half sister. abby's birth mother lives out here on the west coast. she's been informed of the connection but isn't commenting just yet. >> remarkable. >> yes. >> absolutely. >> let's turn to the forecast now. we're into 80 autos we are back to the 80s. at least a couple locations around the bay area topped out at 80 degrees or above. it's warm and pleasant. let's go to live doppler 7 hd. high clouds around and coastal fog but we're looking at sunny skies and beautiful conditions right now. how about this view from our high definition mount tam camera. thin, high clouds and blue sky as above. we zront a bank of coastal fog along ocean beach. it's right now 63 degrees and

another view from our high definition camera looking at western sky which is mainly blue. 80 degrees right now. napa, fairfield and livermore, 79 in san martine. forecast features we'll see dense coastal fog tonight. some pushing inland. that may be a problem for early morning commute. high clouds tomorrow this, dry pattern lasts throughout the weekend. take a look at the satellite image here. you can see high pressure, high clouds working their way into our high pressure ridge. mild, dry with a jet stream may bring us changes in our weather pattern next week. we're looking at pleasant conditions, dry conditions, high clouds, lots of sunshine that. will be the pattern into the weekend. overnight tonight look for fog to become rather wide spread.

dense in spots. low temperatures upper 40s to low 50s during overnight hours, starting at 5:00 in the morning beginning a rush hour there will be areas of fog that could slow down the morning commute. but fog burn as way by mid day. at least back to the coastline giving us high temperatures at 50s on the coast. 60s to 70s around the bay. mid-70s inland. in the south bay, we'll see highs of 72 in san jose and santa clara. peninsula, 72 in redwood city. upper 50s on the coast. 65 degrees in downtown san francisco. mid-70s from santa rosa to cal stoga. east bay highs 23469 oakland and inland east bay mid-70s in concord and walnut creek and livermore, here is the accu-weather forecast. remaining mild, st. patrick's day looks like a lovely day.

cooling down sharply tuesday. and by wednesday, we can be looking at wet weather wednesday, by wait is the first day of spring. spring like weather will leave us next wednesday will go back to a more wintery pattern. bay area weather keeps us on our toes. >> we need rain. >> we do. it's dry out there. >> up next a group of young students gets a lesson from forest whitaker. >> then, after 4:30 a teacher giving more than a lesson in the clas

the value of the arts from an oscar winning actor. >> forest whitaker paid a visit to finley elementary and is visiting schools as part of the turn around arts initiative a partnership zibed to narrow achievement gap and increase student achievement through the arts. >> it's exciting watching how open they are and willing to try anything. >> he spent the day helping the kids prepare skits. whitaker won academy award for the "last king of scotland". >> incred yinl actor. >> the great gatsby is making

plans for trance. >> ed asner recovering after being hospitalized for exhaustion. the 83-year-old performing in indiana last night. he had to be rushed to a chicago area hospital. we last heard he was resting and expected to be released sometime today. we are two months from the release of the great gastsy. the film stars leonardo dicaprio and toby mcgwire. now, kristin bell trying to get her old tv show turned into a move eye. today she and the creator launched a campaign to raise money for a film shot this summer. the goal is $2 million in 30 days. if they reach it, warner brother as agreed to market and distribute the movie. she wrote this excitement probably going send me into

early labor. i'm so excited. and for more headlines and pictures follow us on twitter. i'm tony cabrerra on the red carpet in los angeles. >> a san francisco vigilante murder case going to trial. >> celebrity hacking investigation grows when a major credit agency says now about the personal information some very famous people. >> and a group of sixth graders starts an effort to resume white house tours. the reaction to the cancellations from the president. >> motorcycles are a -- mosquitoes are anowing. now there is a new bug some of

the couple accused of killing their daughter's pimp will stand trial. >> they are accused of killing calvin snead in the bay view district last june. abc 7 news reporter vic lee was in court today. >> larry after a preliminary hearing that lasted almost a month, a judge ruled today that this murder case, which became known as vigilante killing, will go to trial. this is more than parents

getting upset about their daughter is being abused and losing it, killing someone. >> district attorney gascone says this was premeditated. >> people thought about this and put a plan together. and then, that led to the murder. >> 22-year-old calvin snead is the victim. the man reportedly pimping the 17-year-old daughter two of defendants. police say he had just brought the girl back to their home in the bay view on june 3. the next day, snead was shot to death in his parked car as he waited to bring the girl back to los angeles where he lived. prosecutors have surveillance video taken by federal agents staking out another case. they say it shows a father, barry guilton and two other defendants meeting on grove street and shows all three men getting into the car. the d.a.says that video is damning. >> you can see the weapon, the vehicle leaving, the vehicle coming back after the shooting

and killing. >> prosecutors will argue three men drove to the bay view and guilton shot and killed snead. tony tamborello represents the girl's mother. >> whenever have you parents that have a minor daughter that is being pimped and prostituted there is going to be a lot of emotions that doesn't mean it's leading to murder. >> now, prosecutors charged in the preliminary hearing that the parents even tried to kill snead in los angeles a week before his murder and that she the shot up his car but he survived. the evidence will include cell phone records and of course that, video. the defense will argue there are plenty of people that wanted snead, a man with a violent past, dead. >> vick, thank you. we knew this summer's americas cup yacht race was going to be scaled back from the initial projections. this afternoon we're learning how scaled back.

mark matthews joins us with the new, new, new projections. mark? >> you know, city supervisor made quite a deal out of the difference between then and now. then, february, 2010 larry ellison said san francisco would be the venue nomplt race. in 2010 larry ellison was talking about 14 teams coming to the city. the projected economic benefit $1.4 billion. well, there are now just four counting his ora cell team. today, the budget committee heard the scaled down projection autos costs have gone down and revenues expected are not what we hoped. >> the head of the organizing committee pledged to try to raise $32 million to offset expenditures for the event but

ininstead of raising $22 million, the total is over 13. >> the world economy collapsed. >> mark buell has not talked about the fund raising since supervisor avalos accused the organizers of playing the city. the retired investor volunteered for the job which he reminded superviseors came with a paycheck that resembles a goose egg. he is still convinced it's going to be a great event. the goal now is to raise enough so the general fund won't lose money. pro jektd spending bif visitors during america's cup was estimated in 2010 to be $236 million. now, experts say it will be closer to $172 million. and the hotel revenue tax the city was told would be $12 million and change is now projected to be about half of that amount. >> i believe that if larry ellison wins it it's going to

be back and be 10 times as exciting next time. >> would you ever volunteer for this job again? >> if i want to stay married i won't. >> it's not just the fund raising failure that's upset the supervisor. he pointed out wage agreements have not been honored and $400,000 in back wages is owd to 113 workers. that is part of the story we're working on for abc 7 news at 6:00. >> looking forward to hearing more from you, mark, thank you. the secret service launched an investigation into hacker claims they gained private information about political leaders. this is information posted on a web site and eqifax confirm the profiles of four high rove yil clients were accessed.

in an exclusive interview with abc news, president obama confirmed an investigation but would not say whether the information posted about his wife was authentic. >> today democrat lawmakers unveiled their budget blueprint with $975 billion in new tax rev few. democrats say that could be achieved by closing loopholes. republican house plan aims to cut spending by $5 trillion including no tax increases and eliminates annual deficit by the year 2023. >> a 6th grade class in iowa has begun a campaign to reopen the doors to the white house to the public. this you tube video is part of the campaign.

they want people to call and e mail the white house to restore the tours. the students were scheduled to visit during their spring break but public tours were cancelled last saturday because of secret service furloughs. now, the president tells abc news he's talking about resuming some tours. >> i'm asking them are there ways for us to accommodate school groups who may have travelled here with bake sales can we make sure that kids potentially can still come to tour. >> children are head together nation's capital a week from friday after months of fund raising to pay for the trip. you can imagine how excited they must have been. dispatting. >> other thing that is cool is the use of technology. imagine 20 years ago, you had to write a letter. >> snail mail. >> now, video. >> you're there. >> very cool. >> still ahead new york city

dog has to undergo emergency surgery. you're not going to believe what the vets took out of this little guy. >> shirt punishment. a mother has a different way to discipline her children but the school won't allow it. >> looking at the western sky just another beautiful day around the bay. and there are more on the way. i'll have the accu-weather forecast coming up. >> at 4:38 a live look at traffic. it's smooth sailing. heavier as you'd expect northbound for people heading back home towards marin

a new york dog is recovering after eating $1 worth of penny autos forcing the 13-year-old jack russell became ill after swallowing 111 pennies last week. he was rushed to the vet and pennies were removed in a two-hour operation. >> doctors sate sink can be lethal to a dog. good news is that jack is doing fine now. his owner says he's back to quote, driving me crazy again who. knew pennies were yummy for dogs? >> unbelievable. it's been so nice. someplaces up to 80 today. >> can you believe that? spring is a week away. here is a look at some high

temperatures so far. 80 in jant rosa today. 80s in napa. 82 in morgan hill. humorous locations in the mid-70s. upper 70s in clover dale. a high of 71 here in san francisco. live doppler 7 hd shows an sense of clouds coastal fog and mainly sunny skies it's quiet, weather picture and lots of sunshine. a little disturbance moving from st. louis to atlanta. high clouds and sunnier moving south. here is a look at what we can expect tomorrow, sunny skies. coastal fog. high temperatures in the low to mid-70s inland. another lovely day. we'll have to contend with

morning fog as today. >> thank you. >> up next a major recall involving nissan vehicles including the auto maker's top-selling car this year. >> a new bug hitting parts of the u.s.. gigantic mosquitoes annoying residents in florida. >> a vaccine against a child disease maying losing its effectiveness. >> a teacher gives a student a

a boys and girls club in san francisco has gone solar thanks to help from the city. the columbia park club house features two dozen solar panels. today the mayor presented the club with a $43,000 check to help pay for the panels. they'll cut the electricity bill in half. the mayor says now is the time to invest in san francisco to keep it as one of the greenest cities in the world. >> we have set backs in the environmental movement sometimes with economy going down as it has. we have to recommit to these programs to make sure we're on

the right path. >> the club house nine locations in san francisco and a 10th coming. designers trying to build the new club house with platinum league standard autos nissan recalling five of the 2013 models because of faulty sensor can permanently turn off the front passenger seat air bag. the recall covers the ultima, leaf electric car, path finder, sentra. front passenger seats have sensor that's determine the passenger's weight and turn off air bags if a child is on board. the malfunctioning sensors can turn the air bags off permanently. nissan dealers will inspect sensors and replace them, free of charge, if necessary. >> it's like invasion of the giant mosquitoes not the title of the 1950s sif eye movie this, is reality for people in florida take a look. this is the mosquito that first showed up in florida

after tropical storm debbie hit last year. it's 20 times the size of mosquitoes they're used to seeing in the sunshine state expected to make the presence felt during the rainy season. >> the tiny ones go to the back of the knees this is in your face aggressive and it's got a nasty bite this, is like a -- it's huge. for me, exciting for most people, scary. >> not to mention, ugly. insect abaitment pemplts say it's agresive they think they're going to be able to contain it. it targets humans, animals and fish. it's unbelievable. it can sting and penetrate clothing. it eats eggs of mosquitoes floridians are used to. it doesn't carry serious disease it's go tok a problem. >> goodness. all right. checking healthy living news this afternoon a common

childhood vaccine could lose it's effectiveness over time. a new study finds children given a newer version of the whooping cough vaccine may have an increased risk later in childhood. researchers found reported cases nearly doubled in 7-year-olds. experts believe immune ti waynes after the five skppblg final dose. the study appears in the journal pediatric autos one colorado mom taking aim at her children's school claiming administrators are preventing her from punishing kids for misbehaving. jessica roca was having problems with her two children, 8-year-old couldn't stop stealing things and her 9-year-old was being a bully. she says she tried everything but nudging is working. she sent aurora to school wearing a tee shirt that says "i steal" and her son wearing one that says "i'm a bully".

>> we're trying to parent at home so they don't end up in foster care and jail. i'm trying to be proactive in school life as well as home life. >> aurora wore the shirt to school and officials said you've got to cover that up. they said the shirt was demeaning. roca claims the punishment worked. she says aurora has stopped stealing now and says the school was overstepping it's bounds but not saying if she plans to do anything bit. >> an ohio teacher go being beyond her duties to save a student's life. 8-year-old nicole suffers from a disorder left her with one kidney. it's been failing her life. recently the condition was getting worse. she needed a kid had knee, soon. nicole's teacher found out she was a match she volunteered to give up her kid knee. >> yes. i'm going to go through major surgery but only weeks of my life but to this little girl it's her whole life. >> she says she knew the

situation all too well. her youngest son's life was saved at birth thanks to blood plate let transfusions. >> big congratulations go out ato a palo alto high school student that won 10th place in the intel science talent search. >> she's taking home a $20,000 award after a gala in washington, d.c.. she's home school asked her math research on computational loads may improve the speed of computer algorhythms. >> she's a vocalist and violinist and performed on tour in ind wherea last year. do you feel like a slacker now? >> she's done more in her short time on earth than you have in your entire life, larry. >> yeah. i don't know what that is. >> still ahead on abc 7 news at 4:00 we're taking a look at the new bay meadows. >> do you recognize this place? people used to bet on horses

here. it's the old bay meadows race track. well, not anymore. we'll tell you about the financial bets that turned this into a housing and commercial center. >> i'm cheryl jennings. coming up at 5:00 much more on pope francis. the pope with many firsts we'll talk to a local priest who goes way back to them to their studies in argentinea. and a medical crisis i

first phase of the develop smt about to open. >> in a testament to the strong real estate market they pull td off toughest part during a housing recession. >> abc 7 news's wayne freedman is live there now. hi, wayne. >> now, they're reaping ben fipts. behind me a tent going up tomorrow, here a sales office they expect to do big business

this, is a story interesting to anyone who ever followed real estate. the operation so new, it could still have provided a puzzle to solve on wheel of fortune. if guessing bay meadows you'd be correct but horses are long gone sold to a company. altogether it's 80 acres here is a model representing a thousand homes, 750 square feet of commercial space. where i'm leaning here? cal train. >> if you look at what happened in the real estate market great locations recover quickly. >> that is janice that mucher who manages this project. when the market crashed, construction funding came up with it. it was a gamble that paid off. >> the question was when is

this market going to recover and start homes. >> this condo is in such demand it will be offered in a lottery to buyers on saturday, zag price? $716,000 and the company is not blinking. >> too many buyers. not enough housing. >> you like that? >> we love it. buyers you know? it's a different story. no matter what, a resale it's twice as tough to purchase a home. >> 10 homes will be in a lottery this weekend them have 150 people precall fied to pry tri to win and get one of the homes. move in would be june or july. >> thank you, wayne. thanks for joining us for abc 7 news at 4:00.

>> reminder the abc 7 news alarm clock app is available for your phone. you can down load now for free and it is still available if you have an iphone. >> abc 7 news at 5:00 begins right now. >> catholics around the world celebrating a new pope. the cardinal once runner up for the position is making history on many fronts. >> and how lawmakers are turning up the heat on the military after two santa cruz police officers were gunned down. >> i'm sandhya patel. spring like warmth now. it's about to change. i'll show what you is coming up straight ahead. >> big cheers from the catholic as as white smoke

rose from the sistine chapel today. cardinal bergoglio emerged as pope francis, the first pope to take this name and a pope of many firsts if in fact. >> catholics are celebrating after the vatican announced the church has a new leader. the new pope's entree was accompanied by musical man fair. 115 cardinal elects selected the 76-year-old this morning to lead the world's 1.2 billion roman catholics. he chose the papal name francis. he's also the first pontiff from americas and first jesuit pope. the first request is prayers. >> i ask that you pray to the lord so that he blesses me so

that mayors of people will bring down the blessing of god. >> pope france wris was said to be the runner up in the last election. he will visit his predecessor tomorrow at the