>> we've surrounded there is no doubt we'll get through this as well. >> and again, caltrans does not expect a delay in opening this bridge by labor day. they told us they can work on this fix and finishing up other aspects of the project. they have no idea how much this will cost and whether the contractor, the manufacturer, or caltrans, which is taxpayers will have to pick up the tab. near the bay bridge abc 7 news. >> and we're still monitoring that situation. about two hours ago a truck struck and killed a man. the man ended up underneath the trainful officials cult off power investigate that is causing system wide delays on bart. >> one day after hearing

arguments about the ban on same-sex marriage, u.s. supreme court today took unthe federal defense of marriage act. doma prohibiting same-sex partners from getting benefits of married couples. we're live now outside of the supreme court with today's historic hearing. carolyn? >> well, ama as you said two days of intense arguments doum a close here at the u.s. supreme court z where justices yesterday seemed conflicted over prop 8, today, they seemed more united in their skepticism over the constitutionality of doma which does deny benefits to same-sex couples. edie winso says she came out of the closet only a few years ago. and her fight could have historic implications.

>> with a magic word of anyone who heard why we want it and why we need it, okay. >> the act denies same-sex couples rights and benefits straight couples receive. when her wife died in 2009, the 83-year-old widow was socked with a $363,000 estate tax bill. she would not have had to pay if she'd been married to a man. an attorney defended doma because the obama administration declined. but the majority of justices seemed to question it's constitutionality. justice kagan asked why congress passed the law. >> do we think congress judgment was infected by dislikes? fear? so forth. >> chief justice roberts noted what he called a sea change in

public opinion about same-sex marriage. >> as far as i can tell, political figures are falling over themselves to endorse your side of the case. >> outside of the court most were supporters yikts were making themselves heard. >> and right now rule is that married couples get certain benefits because government is trying to support that institution because that is the way we channel appropriate function into societily beneficial way. >> now, the justices could rule on both prop 8 and doma by the end of june. i feel fortunate to have been inside of the courtroom these past two days. >> we've posted audio from the hearing on abc 7 news.com. and you can also follow carolyn tileler on twitter. >> nancy pelosi predicted the

court will overturn the defense of marriage act. pelosi has been an outspoken supporter of same-sex marriage equality for years. she told reporters ignorance on the subject is fading. >> we knew it's inevitable this would happen. it was inconceiveable to others that it would. and it was our job to use whatever influence we can have to shorten the distance between inevitable and inconceiveable. >> pelosi represents the district where the couple involved in the case lives. a spokesman for john boehner says today house rinz will continue to fight for the defense of marriage act for as long as the bochl refuses to do so. >> a super bowl ticket hoax caught wupt man believed responsible. the suspect accused of ripping off a woman for super bowl tickets worth nearly $6,000. sheriff deputies and police made sure the man didn't get away with this.

nick? >> this is after a two-month investigation by the property crime unit. they say they tracked down the man they believe is part of a group that may be responsible for deceiving dozens of thousands of dollars. this is roberts fam. investigators grabbed him yesterday. they believe he's responsible for tricking this hayward woman of almost $6,000 for super bowl tickis she never received. >> i fell for and a half days on the phone e mailing with this guy. i believed him. >> sharon got this. a nasty note rooting for rave skbrenz no tickets. investigators cause called sharon to let her know they got the man. >> i was ecstatic, so happy. main goal is just to get him behind bars and make sure he doesn't do this to anyone else. and apparently he's been doing it for a while. >> ticket master gave her four free tickets.

the 49ers kicked in a ticket. investigators say sharon drit thing by reporting this crime immediately. >> our district attorney issued the warrant. he is now in broward county jail. >> investigators say he was part of an operation using various bank accounts and used a license listing several residents as his official place of living. they're now exindicting him to alameda county to face charges. >> nick, thank you. >> san jose appears to be winning an ongoing battle with texas ask other states trying to lure high tech companies. a key reason? resurgence in manufacturing. abc 7 nurse is live tonight with a prime example for us. david? >> we're outside besttronics tonight.

a contract manager here 27 years but it's been running out of capacity. clients trying to do more assembly here so it's expanded and it's hiring. jobs have been ton a decline, down almost 20% in five years but a turn around is in the works. besttronics is a contract manufacturer and based on demand from local assembly, they've moved to a facility three times larger planning to go from 126 employees to 200 incoming month autos we've got people now who need a job. this is great to see them have an opportunity. >> samsung received $7 million to build a new headquarters on north first street. and tele bunkin is close to taking over the former svtc manufacturing complex nearby. the development director says companies are sold on locating here. >> biggest incentive to locating in san jose is access

to the technical work force, best public trance pore paigs asian -- transportation and many amenities coming from part of a big city. >> this won't be lost on some shifting from developing software to working on advance prod sess. local companies are starting to recognize they can keep tabs on quality and speed up development by manufacturing here. >> each of them is making a decision on projects. does it make sense for me, my product to be made here in silicon valley? and a lot of the products say yes. we need local manufacturing. >> san jose is fond of saying it moves at speed of business and a deal with samsung which is is considering austin, texas is proof of that. >> city of san jose can move quickly.

>> well, it takes millions to expand manufacturing capacity. besttronics and other companies trust that made in california has a long range future. in san jose, abc 7 news. >> bay area weather about to take a turn. >> that is true. looking at live doppler 7 hd, spotty sprinkles around the bay area. i'll have the accu-weather forecast coming up shortly. also dawn of a new era at golden gate bridge. your money no good, anymore. how drivers are dealing with this. >> and a look at what is new on the menu this year. how your friends can follow you there from all over the world. >>' college student charged for tuition on

the giants gearing up for next week's home opener. today ballpark showed off its new eats in the cafe keeping fans plug nootd game, and more. abc 7 news is live outside at and t park with more. hi, wayne. >> this is an experience. the giants spent the day talking about the experience this year. they told us the build a bear booth is gone. it's going to be replaced by a

social media center where people and can do it face-to-face with other people and they can eat, as well. >> arrival of heavy metal on wheels. cars shipped in from spring training. here is a field. does it make you hungry for something like this? >> this is a sushi burrito. >> tasty. >> most everyone here was eating as your champions put out a world class spread of major league food. >> do you remember hot dogs hamburgers? >> not good enough anymore. >> do you remember how they acted during their championship run? it's $140 a bottle.

they offered us some. >> woor not allowed to drink on television. it's an fcc law. did you know that? >> so i hear. >> smells good. >> this tastes good. >> also, garlic fries topped with gravy, parsley. >> is that ketchup? >> yes. >> you may choose from mexican gorditas or gourmet sausages. here are piles of pulled pork. for the restaurants, it's a marketing opportunity to 40,000 people per game.. >> it builds our brand. >> especially now at the start of a new season. >> how about a plain old fashioned hot dog?

>> thank you, thank you. >> we might add the hot dog will cost $6.75. that is sushi burrito, $14.50. we have major league food and major league prices and a major league team, back in town, starting tomorrow. at at and t park, wayne freedman abc 7 news. >> you showed off your major league appetite. wayne, thank you. >> first dave all electronic toll collecting went smoothly but things did get hairy by mid day. listen to this. >> no stopping there. no backing up. >> that is an attendant warning the driver not to stop. a few cars did just that. we saw a man get out of the car to look for an attendant. despite advanced notice many were still perplexed. >> i saw a sign saying no

cash. i thought there would be maybe one lane for people that have cash. more that be one driver threw up their arms for confusion, officials are gearing up for tourists there this weekend. they'll have worker there's to hand out flyers informing them of how to set up an electronic account. >> those folks are going to be out there helping out drivers. it's just going to be raining owe on them. >> there may be spotty shower activity out there. but there may be wet spots. and don't jump out of the toll booth. mainly dry conditions right now. and we don't see much in the way of green indicating moisture here. however, near boulder creek recording 9/100ths of rain z

we have seen more moisture pushing through the santa cruz mountain area. looking live along the bay bridge lots of clouds. 63 across the bay in oakland. 64 in san jose. another live view from our east bay camera, and it's just going to pop in there. maybe not. but temperatures are there. santa rosa, 57 degrees now. 60 in napa. 62 fairfield. we'll continue to see spotty showers throughout night tonight and into afternoon tomorrow. we'll have a warm up friday. high temperatures into mid-70s inland locations there is a good chance of scattered showers throughout the weekend. both weekend days. pacific satellite shows a stream of clouds and weak disturbances moving towards the bay area continuing. so mostly cloudy skies with a

chance of spotty showers tonight and tomorrow before getting a break friday. now starting at 7:00 this evening, will be cloudy at that hour. during overnight hours looking for areas of light spotty showers which means there may be wet spots about the bay area for the commute beginning at 5:00 a.m. we don't expect wide spread rainfall. then noorks afternoon hours maybe more breaks of sunshine. and more clouds and shower activities. showing you this low pressure system out to sea we've got a break friday. into saturday and sunday there is a chance this will produce scattered showers so it could be a wet day in spots for easter sunday. tonight the possibility of showers looking for lows into low 50s so tomorrow a fairly mild afternoon with sun breaking through.

low 60s on the coast. north bay highs mid-60s for the most part. mid to upper 60s. upper 60s to 70s. here is the accu-weather forecast. so that chance of showers dissipates. sunny with a chance of showers both weekend days and then, sort of an unsettled mixed bag of weather. spring hasn't found an identity yet. >> thank you. >> coming up next a massive landslide. >> we'

tonight a huge landslide forced evacuation of at least eight homes. take a look at this video. showing just how massive this slide is four to 500 feet long, water power road access all cutoff to 17 houses. you can see slide created a shear cliff in the backyards of several properties. one home has been destroyed and this cliff continues to

crumble. it's happening on whidbey island in washington about 30 miles from seattle. there was no rain last night. high drolgists believe the ground was saturated from water no, word so far on when homeowners might be able to return. >> sky escaper -- skyscraper is going up in san francisco. officials broke ground today on the new transbay terminal at fremont and mission street. the 60 story tower rise next to the transbay terminal. this tower when done will be the tallest structure on the west coast. >> with this, what you see and when arrive in san francisco a super rapid change from los angeles or san diego, you'll be in this tower. >> spite the -- despite the height the building will allow

fresh air into each site. >> the state of california filed suit today against you. and everyone else in the world. it's a strike against the lawsuits they expect to be filed targeting high speed rail project. suit filed on behalf of the high speed rail authorities names defendants in all persons interested covering everyone on earth, whoever is on the international space station as well. states sue now or forever hold your peace. construction is supposed to get underway this summer. >> coming up tonight women in combat. positive affect it could have on broken system of military justice allowing sex predators to go free. >> governor brown wants feds to give control of the state prison back to california. but a judge says are some serious ethical violations in

this case. >> and ashley judd makes up

we want to update you on wreak breaking news in san jose. sky 7 hd is live where a police officer shot someone. happened at al ma den road and willow glenn way. the section of the road is shut down right now. >> this appears to be a crash between two cars we don't know yet why the officer opened fire and we don't know the extent of the injuries to the person shot. we'll bring you more updates on this breaking news here on abc 7 news at 9:00 and 11:00. as well as on twitter abc 7 news bay area. >> former secretary of defense says allowing women in combat will help put an end to sexual assaults in the military.

mark? >> could it help put an end to them? but before you jump to the conclusion he's talking about women in the military having to defend himself was a gun what panetta is talking about is how women in the military are perceive bid comrades. leon panetta admits sexual assaults are a serious problem its like what you see on college campuses. they start to abuse women part of a process of hazing. if you will. >> he says it escalates from there to estimated 19,000 sexual assaults a year. >> and then, only a handful of those probably about 5,000 or 6,000 were prosecuted. >> actually numbers are worse. of the 19,000 only 3300 were reported in 2011. fewer than 500 resulted in charge autos that would take

it out of a chain of command. >> now, that is jackie speier talking about her bill taking the investigation out of the chain of command preventing officers from being able to overturn a verdict. >> i respect her leadership. she's done a lot to bring pressure on the military to get serious about the sexual assault issue. and i appreciate that. >> panetta appears to be on board as long as cases are involved in the military. >> i'm concerned about pulling legal side of it out of the military. just because i do believe that the military has to take responsibility for dealing with the issue and shouldn't bail them out of it. >> he says the military must continue to push commanders but thinks allowing women into combat units may do more than anything else.

>> when they become recognized that they can do the job it's as well as anyone else that puts machine on the military to understand they're there to stay. >> women have been in the mail mil tear to stay generations and congress woman speier believes it will take real world consequences and punishment for sexual assault asayingents and those that protect them. >> thank you. >> secret tours of california state prisons leading to questions about when the federal government will hand control back to the state. abc 7 news has the story from sacramento. a huge blow to governor brown's lawsuit in california's prisons. the judge says he tested to

alout case because of what he calls serious violations. lawyers gave secret tours and then used information from those tours to deem the mental care is now constitutional. >> they interviewed our clients without our knowledge about this case and used evidence gather asked didn't give permission to interview clients. >> the california department of corrections and rehabilitation denies anything was secret. >> when going in, there nor secrets in jail. >> a lot of riding. california has been mired in a long legal battle over the quality of the mental health care of their inmates. >> of course had to appoint a receiver to improve the care.

after a billion dollars in new facilities, to treat more than 32,000 inmates the state says enough and wants control of the prison back. >> i think the staff are doing an excellent job dealing with inmates we v care is constitutional. >> showing pictures of cages and questionable conditions, inmate attorneys say no way that must continue since suicide rate is still not acceptable its not time to end this litigation. >> the jus -- judge is expected to rule within weeks and needs to win the lawsuit because that will help him in another case. he wants to end a court orderer to redus the prison pop laichlgts -- population.

>> turns out actress ashley judd isn't going run for office. they had been considering a run and made her decision today saying quote i'm unable to consider a campaign for senate and will continue to ensure needs of kentucky families. >> the next big thing in computer gaming. >> some of the things you can do without lifting a finger, do without lifting a finger, ys of walking

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twitter is privately held and doesn't have to report earnings but a firm predicts the revenue will double this year and next, and could reach well over a billion dollars by 2015. oracle's larry ellison unveiled a new line of servers today inend to shore up the hardware division and should

improve the outlook to the software. >> first keyboard, then, mouse but there is now a way to control computers and video game was out lifting a finger. the story from game jerls conference in san francisco. >> thousands of game developers weave through the isles there are x box controllers and motion controllers but in the corner interest tl is a machine with no control autos we have a censor and technology can affect us. >> showing us how you can safe the planet blowing up after ther yaids. >> the computer knows what you're looking at. it's like a mind reader. >> the company is from sweden. emitting rays to track your head and eyes in d.

>> just target by looking at that there. >> it uses your eyes with the keyboard and mouse. >> if toby is selling this kit here at the game developer to get the industry's brightest minds thinking about it. >> it just worked so i'm blown away. >> now, he can't wait to see what i control does. >> any shooter i would love to have my flashlight be lighting up where i'm looking. >> with a thousand bucks, toby says you can see them as a standard feature next year. >> coming up next, a bay area

college student got bill forward a semester when she wasn't enrolled.

>> if you have a son or daughter in college you know how easy it is to accumulate debt det. >> now, imagine being asked to pay for a semester you never even attended. owe she took a leave of absence due to a medical condition. it was approve bud she was billed anyway. >> i think a pull. >> her eye sight is a lot better than what it was a year ago. she recalled going to an exam to see the e at the top of the chart. two detached retinas.

>> every day looks like a gloomy day. and... you just see shadows and everything is white looking. >> doctors suggested she have surgery. she received this note requesting that the school give her a leave of absence. >> the university was told she can return to complete her degree. her eye sight improved. >> it was actually the summer time. when i saw the sun i would cry, every morning until getting used to it. >> the joy turned to frustration. the school refused to let her reenroll until paying for the time she missed from school. >> they had new management z i had a balance of 3500s skpdz told i took the financial aid and dropped out of school. >> nina pleaded her case to

the business office but she says the school would not budth. and refused to release her transcripts until she paid the balance. >> i'm in a situation where i wasn't working and on disability. >> so she contacted 7 on your side the president told us there just was an error in our business office compounded by a lack of communication. we didn't get information to her in a timely manner. she's the only one where this happened. it's unfortunate it was her. patton agreed to reverse her tuition. >> i believe god didn't bring me that far for nothing. it's a blessing i'm back in school, able to finish up. >> nina has just been offered a new job as a mortgage under writer and expects her financial situation to greatly improve. and if have you a problem i

can help you with click on 7 on your side. >> thank you. >> spence jer back now. >> yes. checking weather. whether there is rain to come. >> a little bit of coming. almost nothing showing up in the way of rainfall. limb patches of green here and there, scattered about. that is the only location reporting anything more than about 100/100ths around the bay area today. tomorrow look for patches of skmours sprinkles moving through the state. especially northern two thirds of the state. it will be mild in loks despite clouds and presence of some sprinkles. here in the bay area we may see scattered sprinkles in the north bay. topping out at about 70 into

mildest loks and the accu-weather forecast looks like this, dry mild, friday. showers throughout the weekend. including easter suchbltd be sure to follow us on twitter rain, or shine. you can get the information that is useful to you. >> thank you. >> mike shumann good, to see you yes. they head home for the bay bridge series. looking ahead to 2013 season hopes to improve on the career

you're looking at the end of a police chase in redwood city southbound in foster city. it was a chase initiated by police. >> by don't yet know why officers were chasing the car but the chase ended in redwood city. near kaiser permanente. we'll bring more information on abc 7 news at 9:00 and

11:00. and on twitter. >> warriors host kings tonight at oracle. kings dangerous team despite no chance of a post season berth. they lead the league in scoring averaging 108 points per game. the coach knows this could be a trap game. >> the team playing like they've got nothing to lose. and we know what abilities are, one through five. >> we've got a team coming in here and these are games we must win. so must win for us. >> college hoops women's tournament cal facing lsu. only the second sweet 16.

bears had to beat south florida in overtime to get here. >> i said once getting to poster season, let's be that team that still loves each other that someone has to stop us. the message is do what we do well. and that is going to take us where we need to go. >> gm reggie mckenzie and head coach dennis allen may have to wait a few years from fielding a competitive team. today releasing tommy kelly this, move frees up 6.5 million in space for 2013. the 32-year-old had a combined 14.5 sacks but only one last year, we used to say he's too

old making too much money. a's right fielder had his best year as a pro last year. 32 home runs and 82 rbi. 15 assists and led the team with post game pies in the face. >> this will be tough. hopefully playing the game hard and keep my mind right z good things goring to happen. this is not too much thought going through it. >> what do you work on? >> maybe trying to folk ous yus on going the opposite way just trying to quit going pool happy. >> manager of the year this year. >> i do. i enjoyed it. and he keeps us under a strict

watch. he let's personality run wild and it showed last year. and he's talkative. >> still getting used to that caveman look on josh. jared parker gave up three home runs. giants beat arizona today. he had six k's and brandon bell had four in the last four games. and giants head home also for bay bridge series. warriors and starks with georgia tonight at 9:00 and 11:00. this sports report brought to you by orchard supply and hardware. take a toll here. >> thank you. >> all rit. >> join me tonight at 9:00

catching a prowler. why a homeowner snapped pictures of mountain lions. >> a little girl struck by an arrow in berkeley. what she did. >> that does it for this edition of abc 7 news. >> from the entire abc 7 news team have a good night

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