saturday in oakland. six students and one staff member were killed in april. a man lost his wife and said it's been a year, the pain is still fresh. >> it's wasn't was what i planned for. she makes me happy. i'm trying to move on. you know? but people want to know, i'm still -- my life is in shambles. i'm trying to ghost that i can. under the circumstances. >> the suspect was charged with seven counts of murder but deemed incompetent to stand trial and now, he's in a mental hospital. >> with the shooting this morning police held a mass shooting dril dril at a local school. the exercise set up as though an armed shooter were inside. officers in military gear moved around with weapons

drawn, helping simulated victims. the drill under the watchful eye of an fbi tactical expert. uc berkeley police took part in that training. >> a bill to make it harder for criminals to buy ammunition in california passed an assembly committee. that bill sponsored by nancy skinner of berkeley. it would require a licensed seller to ask buyers for a valid id like a license that. way, sellers could check a buyer's name against a list of people banned from owning weapons. seller woz have to report every sale to the state department of justice. that will now move onto the assembly. >> american federation of teachers announced a proposal to arm certain school staff members. this as national rifle association calls for each school to have one armed security officer. >> teachers should teach.

if there is a personnel with good experience and an interest in it, and willing to go through this training, again, 40-60 hours that is comprehensive, that is an appropriate resource a school should be able to yult lies. >> president obama plans to promote gun control ask when he speaks in connecticut next week. the white house will invite victims of the sandy hook massacre to the speech. >> new at 4:00 a man received a 110 year prison sentence for the deaths of three teenagers during a police chase in downtown hayward. a jury convicted him on three counts of second degree murder in december. police say the 25-year-old plowed into the underside of a big rig when trying to outrun officers, tests showed he had traces of alcohol and drugs in his system. he was also suspected in a series of robberies. >> caltrans says it's now going to cost $1 million to

create a fix for the problem they had with failing bolts or roads on the bay bridge. you're looking at the ongoing construction work. caltrans says they're on track to open labor day. >> abc 7 news joins us live from treasure island a look at what's happening now. >> that is right. now, they have faulty rods or bolts and have to come up with a design a way to shore up an area where hundreds of bolts were installed months ago. >> these things happen. >> this professor at uc berkeley is often a critic of caltrans but today says the problem with replacing bolts or rods should not be a huge concern. >> there is no problem that zrnt a solution. splugs is this. >> cal transsays there is a

solution, this is a piece of one of the 288 bolts or rods in question. some up to 17 feet in length. caltrans spokesperson andrew gordon says replacing bolts won't be a problem but a new engineering design has to be created to shore up a section where bolts can't be removed because they're encased inside of the support pillar. those bolts on the right of the scene. -- screen. >> one option to put a collar around the devices that will do this job, holding these in place. >> that is one of the few options being considered. the cost is about $1 million. caltrans won't know until they start process of designing the collar. 96 of the rods were tightened and later a third found to have failed or snapped. professor stanny believes work to correct the problem will not delay the opening of the bridge. >> this is not a critical task. what happens is while you're doing other things on the

critical pass and moving ahead, you can take care of the problem parallel on a different track. >> other bolts being looked at. we're pulling testing data from five years ago and looking at this solution for to you to work around the bolt autos cal transsays inspections will take about three weeks when they will be designed and installed is unknown. >> professor who designed and worked on bridges says bolts are there to help the bridge survive a major earthquake and says whatever engineers come up with to replace those bolts will not weaken the bridge's design. we're live on treasure i'll yanld, abc 7 news. >> victims of a west portal water main flood had several agencies available to them. >> a field office on the same day we're hearing 911 calls played that night for the first time. >> abc 7 news joins us live.

>> the first 911 call came in at 2:34 a.m. on february 27th. we can only now imagine the fear and confusion that caller felt half a sleep nrk the dark with two small children in the house. >> where are you? coming off from the great. >> so the pipes burst? >> i have no idea. the street in front of our house looks like -- . >> so this is outside of the house? >> yes. the house is like, garage, my husband... >> ma'am, ma'am, take a deep breath. i'm having a hard time understanding you. >> the pipe that burst was a 16 inch water maybe main. the damage includes three homes not safe to live in and 20 more with varying degrees of damage. it will be months before the city knows if the homes can be saved from sink holes opening

up underneath them. and if more homes under jeopardy. today, the city opened a field office and staff from the contractor doing repair work will be here, hopefully, stream lining repair and rebuilding process for homeowners. >> interest there is a break in the water line february 27th. and that day, we realized that this was not a one day issue. >> the time from the first call to arrival of the first engine was about eight minutes but only six minutes between dispatch and arrival. the department of emergency management says that first two minutes were spent trying to calm the caller down. fire department says a six-minute response time is not unreasonable.

>> that beautiful sound hasn't been heard in several weeks. san francisco symphony musicians back at work today a day after ending their nearly three week old strike this, was a free concert for 2000 school children. terms were not disclosed but salaries will remain among the top in the nation. >> so great to welcome them back here this morning. to see them here and to see them taking their instruments out of their cases and again, on stage. >> those cancelled will be rescheduled. >> don't they sound great? >> oh, my gosh. miss that sound. >> beautiful. now, making beautiful music the meet logical variety, spencer christian. >> here is a look at live doppler 7 hd. what has been a sunny, mild

day has seen low holds -- clouds holding temperatures down there. inland mainly sunny skies and mild. and here is a live view from our sutro camera. milder across the bay at oakland. 65 san jose. another live view, you can see clouds looking gray gray along the coast. temperatures 66 degrees in santa rosa. napa, 69. 71 in livermore and 72 in los gatos, temperatures ranging from 50-62. tomorrow morning temperatures from 43 to 51. tomorrow afternoon, sunshine, most locations and really mild inland with highs into mid to upper 70s, we'll take a look ahead at the weekend later.

>> thank you. >> and still ahead on abc 7 news at 4:00 airline now charging by passenger weight. >> and larry ellison with a piece of property that you can down oen. >> how science is changing lives of a group of students on the verge of dropping out. >> our first chefk traffic and i think ugly best describes the commute for those folks heading towards lower deck of the bay bridge that. is oncoming traffic much better for folks headed southbound going towards

university of louisville basketball player kevin wehr returned to campus after severely breaking his leg on sunday. ' rifd at the cardinals practice facility after being released from the hospital in indianapolis tweeting back to my brothers i go. he suffered a compound fracture in the middle of the game on his right leg during louisville's win over duke. that victory propelled cardinals to final four. head coach believes wehr will be able to travel for the game but has to be cleared to fly. >> locally oakland raiders introduced a quarterback today, matt flynn coming to the sill skprer black in a trade from seattle expected to be a starter but lost the starting job out to rookie russell

wilson this year, this ends ends the brief tenure in oakland. and was with raid grorz a season and a half. they gave up a ton to get him. now, he's gone. >> he's a big, handsome man. >> carson palmer? matt flynn. >> first one? >> second one? >> first one. thinking about the first one what. am i doing? we're going move on. michael dell has ambitious plans for his company this year. >> are you okay? >> fine. >> you're getting flushed. we're live at bloomberg west with and john has the same affect on people, hey, john. >> thank you larry. and well, there is another guy getting a lot of attention. elon musk is promising a big announcement today, starting the week with a forecast for a profitable quarter tesla

helped by higher than estimated sales. he had tweeted there would be really exciting news today, a comet retweeted hundreds of time exciting news turned out to be a leasing program in partnership with u.s. bank and wells fargo with payments that tesla claims could be as low as $500 a month. the skeptics are questioning it. michael dell has written an internal memo to rally dell employees in. dell says he wants kpt to overtake hp this year as the world's top pc maker and says he'll push deeper into merchant markets in pcs to get sales up. stock market, stocks gaining. s and p hitting a new record close on an increase in factory orders. and apple reportedly getting ready to start production on

its next iphone. with improved hardware, could be out by the summer. apple is reportedly working at building a less expensive model that could come out later this year. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> a sam mowan airline is charging passenger as cording to weight. it's now defending the move. samoa air akoptd a pay as you weigh pricing plan saying passengers pay a fixed price per kilogram that will vary depending on the distance of the flight. families in particular because they don't charge a child for a seat they just weigh kids. the carrier serves domestic routes in pacific islands. >> if you can afford it you can buy a multi million dollar vacation home being unloaded by larry ellison.

chase international properties provided us the pictures of the billionaire's estate along the nevada shore of lake tahoe. he is selling the prorlt because it duplicates one he's having built. hate it when that happens. main house six bedrooms and eight and a half baths. asking price? $28.5 million. all this can be yours. >> oh, no. >> i hate it when people duplicate my hangss. >> yes. >> my yachts, too. what will they do next? >> how about this weather? clear skies there are high clouds over land areas but sunny, mild inland.

patchy fog, warm inland with highs into mid to upper 70s, rainy, cool thursday. things change sharply. sheer the satellite image showing high pressure. clouds thicken tomorrow, and as this next system approaches it will bring us not only more clouds but rain arriving wednesday night and continues into thursday. so let's start tomorrow evening. we'll see cloud cover build asking clouds thicken and rain arriving just after midnight tomorrow night into early thursday morning. by 5:00 thursday morning beginning of rush hour, rather significant area of rainfall wide spread and heavy. in spots. behind the front showers and rainfall. but it will be not quite so intense as that haeftd frontal sits tim. and then later into day we'll see it winding down, tapering

off by. 7:00 thursday evening we'll see rainfall totals as high as an inch in north way. there is a good soaking from this system. and a quarter inch in the south bay. tonight patches of low clouds and fog low temperatures into upper 40s and then, tomorrow, a pleasant mild day in the south bay. high temperatures mid to upper 70s, 74 san jose. 76 los gatos. low to mid-70s on the peninsula. cooler than inland areas of course. 65 degrees downtown san francisco. low to mid 70s in the north bay. east bay, highs up to about 70s in oakland. 76 in antioch and fairfield. here is the accu-weather forecast. cooling down and could be heavy as time.

friday, marshal clearing and over the weekend unsettled conditions a system might bring us substantial rainfall. but computer models not in agreement yet. we have to wait on that one. >> thank you. >> up next, emeryville's pixar going back under the sea. then, new at 4:30... >> something you've never seen before this, sea lion's rhythm

actress angelina jolie is launching her own jewelry line hoping to call it style of jolie. she opened another school for girls in that war torn nation. the jewelry maker designed the engagement ring brad pitt gave her last year. the jewelry will go on sale thursday through a jeweler in kansas city. >> disney pixar's big announcement plus, heidi klum to the rescue its all on today's on the red carpet report. >> today top story is out in hawaii. heidi klum being hailed a hero. reporters say she rescued her 7-year-old son and two nannies when swept out to sea in a rip

tide. the ocean safety division said it might send klum a merit award. she's shared photos like this one with the word peaceful then got festive sunday post this picture, wishing everyone a happy easter, actress libdzy lohan is setting records straight but this time for a rumor she started herself. she told the world she was pregnant causing a media frensy but this morning she deleted the tweet writing april fool's. where is everyone's sense of humor? >> just keep swimming. swimming swimming. >> the ocean's most forgetful fish making a return to the big skreechblt a finding nemo sequel called "finding dori". ellen degeneres will return as dori and writing it's official.

for more movey and music news go to otrc.com. >> still ahead at 4:00 searching for answers a plan to find better ways to treat diseases of the brain. >> looking insifd a massive sink hole that swallowed and killed a florida man. what the victim's brother says about rescue efforts. >> ultrahd television latest and greatest television. testing out huge tvs and tell

we haven't unlocked the mifltry of three pounds of matter that sits between our ears. >> unlocking brain mysteries. the president wants to invest $100 million to map the human brain hoping to find cures for diseases like alzheimer's and ep lepsy. scientists applauded to the proposal. >> abc 7 news reporter mark matthews is here with more on the plan. mark? >> it's not just doctors and researchers. i met a guy today in noe valley who puts this into perspective. let's start with the

president. >> the president joked with reporters about the need for mapping the brain. >> my life would be simpler here. it would be... explaining all kinds of things that go on in washington. >> usc understands the challenge. >> to understand how the brain is connected so we can better understand certain diseases like autism and even cancer. >> dr. mitch berger says mapping could have a huge impact. >> probably the important is better understanding how language is processed and how it's affected. during different diseases such as multiple sclerosis or alzheimer's skis or with trauk brain injury. >> we're making thanksgiving dinner and... i get get the

flour sister she said what is that? >> two and a half years later his wife's dementia has taken herway her ability to read a menu. >> she's disappearing in front of me. >> he knows the proposal to spend $100 million hold nose hope for his wife but is he convinced is a small price. >> when we see what's happening with all of our veterans coming back with brain injuries what we're going to pay in the next 10-15 years is beyond calculation. it's going to cost us much, much more. >> he shows how the brain interacts to form the idea of a word and signals it to verbal lies yiz that word.

how they're hoping the va help doctors understand traumatic brain injury. >> we'll see you at 6:00 with that story. a department says it's a chance to show solidarity. no word on how much of a pay cut hagel is taking. >> 35 atlanta educators accused in a massive cheating scandal are surrendering to authorities today this, is video of teachers turning themselves in. authorities sate teachers and superintendent changedded answers. and complaining bonds for clients are high in cases set at $1 million. >> several top new york lawmakers were arrested for trying to fix new york city

mayor race. alleging malcolm smith a democrat tried to bribe republican bosses into his run for the g.o.p. ticket. they're scheduled to make a court appearance this afternoon. >> new video from inside of a 60 foot florida sink hole where a man died in february. a contractor with a cram on a pole shot this video of the hole in florida that swallowed up the 37-year-old jeff bush in his sleep. jeremy bush tried to save his brother and after viewing this footage he changed his mind. >> first jumped in the hole it didn't seem that deep. and seeing video is different than what i thought it was. >> the home has been

demolished and the sink hole, filled in. a fence with flowers and no trespassing signs now surrounds the area. >> two teen-aged hikers are missing and jemps say finding them is critical before a third night. search and rescue teams from several agencies have been looking for the teams since sunday night. the two called 911 saying they're lost in cleveland national forest before the phone went dead. friends and family have been assisting in the search. >> some rough terrain out there. help is appreciated and we just need to find them by dark, today. >> the search officials say it's fortunate that the temperatures have not been debelow 50 degrees for the last couple nights. >> jury selection got underway in the microsoft wrongful death lawsuit. jackson's family suing aeg

life claiming the promoter is liable for the death. the suit murray convicted of involuntary manslaughter and sentenced to four years in prison. aeg says it is not responsible. >> is that he was chosen by microsoft to be there at his behalf. michael jackson was the only person to get rid of him at will. >> coming up next, a virginia woman rhymes to a milestone birthday. she has rhythm. so does this guy. >> this is showing something with a possibility of. >> put this into a postcard.

looking over san francisco, will this beautiful weather hold snup i'll have the accu-weather forecast coming up. >> we're looking at 680 now. traffic is free flowing in

when you think of rappers you might think of young men but how about a 100-year-old

woman? >> if you want to survive, swim with things growing older we'll shoulder the burden. >> so cute. verna owen rapped when turning 100 sunday. part of her secret is staying active. there she goes two. years ago verna won a silver medal for bowling. that is a national senior games. she happened to be the oldest in the competition and proved it california sea lion is long marine lab is breaking some new ground. check it out. >> that is ronan bopping to the sounds of "boogie wonderland". scientists say ronan is the first nonhuman malmammal shown to be able to keep a beat. he can dance better than most of us.

under cutting theories that beat keeping requires complex learning. >> i'd like to see him doing something other than just, kind of that. >> hey that is what the rest of us do. >> i know. spencer can dance, i think. >> i'm not going to -- i can't match a 100-year-old rapping lady from virginia. take a look. low clouds at the coast. some pockets of fog develop tonight but look at partly cloudy skies thunderstorms from texas to louisiana to florida. here in california tomorrow looks like calm conditions, looking for highs into upper 70s in chico and sacramento. 85 in fresno. mid-60s in tahoe. 77 in los angeles. 94 in palm springs. what about the bay area? we'll have pockets of fog overnight.

burning away durning afternoon hours give waig to sunny skies, highs climbing to 72 degrees in napa. inland east bay, highs into mid to upper 70s. and very pleasant weather coming our way. but things change on thursday. enjoy the weather. >> thank you. >> up next, a first of its kind program how a southern california jail giving rescue dogs a second chance. >> why a student was suspended for writing four little letters on a test. >> i'm michael finney. super size your television. teeming up with consumer reports to find out of ultrahdtvs are really worth their hefty price tags.

police look for one or more people who stole a car during a robbery. they're searching a four-block area and have not ordered any evacuations you can see officers walking around looking to see if they can find anyone.

no word on who was robbed. they're telling us is that a qarz taken during a robbery no. kix neighbor had been hurt. we're going check on the situation and bring updates as soon as we can get them and you can get immediate updates by following us on twitter. >> keeping an eye on that. for dog lovers dogs not adopted and have to be euthanized are finding a home in z.a role in society. brandy hit with more now. >> inside of the hangs hangs county jaishlgs behind these bars dogs once destine forward death row are getting a second chance at life. thanks to some unlikely companion autos it's a good thing for the guys and us. >> caesar is one of 36 inmates responsible for taking care of two dogs every five weeks only days from being euthanized. inmates live with the canine 24-7, baiting feeding and training them. so they can find a home.

>> i almost died on the street. just to give this guy another chance i'm thankful for me, having another chance, too. >> some are puppy autos this dog behaviorists helps inmates train the dogs. >> beautiful. >> he believes this bond will help the inmates integrate back without reoffending. >> they're feeling empowerful. >> and sheriff's department is now expanding the program. >> what reaction have you sneen. >> more calm and relaxed. >> tough exterior. >> hello, doggy. >> one more year to serve, he says it's time is changing his life. >> this made me probably more responsible.

>> a 20-year-old college student making a break through with a gel that stops internal bleeding in animals. he started the project two years ago. it has been approved for use this summer. further tests are needed for fda approval. >> a texas teenager has been suspended from school because of a tweet protesting a standard yam -- exam. his waive saying the test is unnecessary since it doesn't aaffect his ability to get into college. after tweeting the picture he was suspended four days. school officials say the tweet was a breech of security.

please, little harsh? should have taken the test that. is what mom and dad would say. >> you can buy hdtvs for a few hundred dollars but what about expensive ones snr they worth it?. >> consumer reports partnered up for the first tests of the megaexpensive tvs and michael finney is ultraspectacular. >> promising best picture but with the price tag this starts around $20,000. we know you're not going to be pushing out to buy one, never theless, consumer reports wanted to take a look at the wave of ultrahdtvs. this television is the big yeflt flat screen tv that krorts had in its test labs.

it's dwarfing the 65 inch set next to it. a huge screen isn't all they have to offer. >> most are knew nu breed of high resolution tv promising more detail and sharper image thanz conventional sets. >> consumer reports testers looked at lg as well as first ultrasets from sony and samsung. when showing pictures there are more details than testers have seen, however there isn't much you, hd content but the sets can take regular content upconverted and that looks great. testers also used test patterns to assess these new sets. all three had a problem but

the biggest problem is not technical. >> tvs cost 25,000s skpdz that is going to be expensive for most people. >> while uhd looks great and huge screens are impressive, consumer reports says this is far from ready for prime time. consumer reports recommends a 65 inch plaza tv from panna sonic. it delivers excellent details and colors as well as deep black levels. it's not cheap. it's $3300. unless comparing to it ultrahdtv, then, it's a bargain. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> coming up next... some south bay students on the verge of dropping out are

headed to a national competition. >> coming up at 5:00 fight over opening a new planned parent hood on the peninsula. some say the issue isn't abortion but parking. what they're so afraid of these days. join us at 5:00.

learning how to design and build robots are helping young people on the verge of dropping out of high school. they'll now compete on a national level. >> they are passionate about building robots. they've just completed apollo one. it's ready for competition. >> students are given six

weeks to design and built the robot. >> they're given a video animation whaift is expected to do. in this case, they're robot must engage in a game while trying to score points. >> the teacher of the program called for inspiration and roilgs of science and technology or... first. >> a lot of the students weren't in school before coming to apollo. now with, addition of the robotics team they're here every day after school. >> everyone here has a role. erica has learned a lot about electronics. >> i'm known for batteries. i switch batteries and charge them, i put them together. >> apollo high is a continuation school. this program inspired thom stay in school. isha says it's been inspiring.

>> they told me how the they -- people are impressed because they're a woman. i can really relate to that. >> this is a prototype of what robots are supposed to do. actual one they'll use has been completed and it cannot be used until the day of the competition. students will compete alongside 400 other teams for some, will be the first time they board a plane. >> yes. >> microsoft google comcast and hp made it possible to attend the competition. >> we didn't think this was possible for us for us to be students to stay after school later than others we hardly came to school. >> in east san jose, abc 7 news. >> abc 7 news at 5:00 begins

right now. >> update on breaking news out of the east bay. a man driving a car crashes after being shot in the head. >> and a day in court, not his first brush with the law or first time he's been accused of going on the attack behind the wheel. >> live doppler 7 hd not seeing rain yet. i'll let you know when you'll need umbrellas. >> car to car shooting in oakland nendz a crash. >> let's take tout scene now, live. abc 7 nuts reporter nick smith has latest. >> this part is quiet. neighbors here were disturb bid what was found. take a look at video shot just

a short time ago. oakland police are still in the preliminary stages of the investigation. initial call is they believe the driver of one vehicle exited and began firing shots at the second vehicle. take a look at this video from sky 7. according to police, the victim vehicle, blue honda you can see on the screen was stopped at intersection of keller avenue and coach drive. police sate driver tried to speed away and hit the median. police are canvassing the neighborhood for witnesses. >> initial call is that it's multiple gunshot wounds. we don't know. koit have been a robbery or road rage. koit have been a drug deal. we just don't know. >> we're frightened and concerned. and are going to do anything

we can. >> those residents live here in sequoia hills subdivision, about 460 homes in that subdivision they're vigilant about the neighborhood watch. back here live i can tell you police cleared out the scene bebu we need anyone who may have seen anything beyond just a brown car. any activity here to help wuts investigation. nick smith abc 7 news. >> nick, thank you. sky 7 over breaking news in oakland we first brought you at 4:00. police continued to search a neighborhood around east 14th avenue and 26th street for one or more robbers. they believe their suspect is hold up in one of the homes so please take a look just moments ago. it's a big group.

it does not appear minute was hurt in the robbery. we'll bring you updates as we get them. you can get updates on abc 7 news bay area, an investigation underway this evening after lafayette police shoot a man officers say was armed with a knife about 7:00 this morning on wood view drive. police went to a home after getting several calls. the callers kept hanging up and redialing police. two officers encountered a man moments after they arrived. >> officers working the subject to drop the knife. shots erupted. >> it's a friendly name. in fact more friendly than other suburban people that tend to be standoffish. >> the officer shot is expect