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this support picket line started at 4:00 a.m. may last for a few days. the teamsters say they're honoring a strike being held a thousand miles away. robert morales is the secretary treasurer. >> we are supporting our brothers and in the local union because the corporations doesn't want to come to an agreement. you know? with fair conditions and they want to take the pension plan away. >> dozens of trucks are sitting idle in lots like this.

allied waste are companies that operate in as many as seven cities including fremont and half moon bay. they service thousands of customers. evan boyd is the district manager. >> it creates a service disruption and deal yai. we're doing what we can to mitigate on the must service customers, hospitals, large accounts. >> those large accounts are places like restaurants. jersey joe's owned by don ask supposed to get garbage picked up friday. >> i never had to deal with it. it will be nasty. health department isn't going to like that. they f.they start seeing garbage piled up. >> teamsters we spoke with say they think the lines will only last one, or two days and allied waste management say they'll try to pick up any trash especially residential trash as soon as they can. when the picket lines go down. live in fremont, abc 7 news. >> thank you. >> new details on facebook

anticipate add announcement today, it's not a new phone. instead according to mark zuckerberg it's deeper than that. facebook introduced new smart phone software called home running on android phones putting facebook front and center. >> we need to go into the apps in order to see what is going on with people we care about that. is because today, our phones are designed around apps. not people so we want to flip that around. and we want to bring content to the front. >> users will be able to update profiles through home touch screen. htc and at and t are offering the first phone with home built n facebook says it's working on home for tab blet. >> a state panel concluded a pilot of an oil tanker that hit the bay bridge should have his pilot suspended or revoked. >> the board set the case to a judge that will make that final decision. >> on january 7th, the 750

foot, 40,000 ton oil tanker overseas raymar hit what is known as the echo tower of the bay bridge on the san francisco side. piloting the sthaip day day, captain guy clees, today, an investigative committee of the board of pilot commissioners said it believes the accident was the result of the misconduct and that his license should be suspended or revoked. the board accepted recommendations now, the face case will go before a judge. the investigation said clees failed to manage the bridge, lacked or lost situational awareness and was complacent. he abruptly changed course when learning of a radar malfunction affecting his route. he chose a path to a smaller gap in towers. there was $1.4 million in damage to the bridge fender. and there were no injuries. the lawyers say he acted appropriately. >> the stand jarred not perfection.

but reasonable care of a skilled pilot z a pilot should not be judged by 2020 hind sight. >> the lawyers say they look forward to presenting the case at trial. abc 7 news. >> ah, that sounds g marching band played and fans cheered. golden bears left for a trip to ncaa final four. cal will face louisville in new orleans on sunday. cal reached final 4 beating georgia monday night. you can catch the game on sunday. >> berkeley mayor is betting bears will beat louisville. >> baits promised to ship 10 bottles of the premium wine to louisville's mayor. >> but a victory for the bears

mean the mayor will receive 10 bottles of kentucky bourbon from louisville. baigts saying quote, i can taste the bourbon. >> all right. still ahead on abc 7 news at 4:00 mars is on spring break. why scientists are scaling back missions on the red planet. >> a police officer springs into action on vacation. the security incident forced him to be on duty. >> and new at 4:30 a court room tt -- program in the bay area dealing with veterans and how it's making a difference in their lives. >> at 4:11, taking a look at the skyway on left side of the screen traffic is approaching bay bridge going into the east bay. very slo. better on the right side if you're heading down to the peninsula. stay with us. the news at

a second missing hiker has been nound a southern california forest. authorities air lifted 8-year-old kendall jack from cleveland national forest today shech and a friend got lost after hiking in the area, today, searchers heard the cries for help and found her clinging to a steep hillside. she was dehydrated but alert. one searcher fell 60 feet during the rescue. he was air lifted with a head injury. a pinole police officer proved he's never off duty even when on vacation. we have surveillance video from honolulu international airport showing a woman assaulting a security guard. nobody was coming to her aid.

corporal justin rogers jumped out of line took down the attacker, quickly alerted security that he was an off duty police officer. he handcuffed the woman gave statement and still made a flight back to the bay area. local and federal authorities thanked him for his help. he's back on patrol watching streets of pinole. >> hike -- like hawaii 5-0. >> hewlett-packard and two software makers take a trip down memory lane. hi, emily. >> good afternoon, larry and ama. hewlett-packard board chairman is stepping down in a shake up under scoring investor frustration with the troubled acquisition of autonomy. the directors are departing and ralph whitworth will take over as interim board chairman. >> new figures on the growing popularity of tablets.

gardener predicts shipments will rise 70% this year and outpace pcs by 2017. also predicting android will remain dominant with apple and microsoft fighting for second place. black berry shutting down paid music sharing service after less than two years. bbn music will go silent june 2. subscribers will get a free pass to artio. black berry did not say whether it was profitible. a check on trading opt mismt over stimulus efforts sending stocks higher on the day. your bloomberg silicon valley index lower on shares of apple and google. as mentioned facebook announced it's new home phone software today, shares ending the day higher up, 3%. microsoft co-founders reunited to recreate a classic photo showing the pair sitting with old computers at living

computer museum like the original photo dated 1981. a number of other computer pioneers also joined the pair at the museum last night. >> at bloomberg studios in san francisco, larry, ama, back to you. >> thank you. >> you might call this a form of spring break. the space crafts studying mars are taking it easy during april. nasa points out the sun will block the line of sight between mars and earth foremost of april making it difficult with engineers to communicate with the rovers, orbiting space craft will make observations but are not going to beam them back until mars comes back into view again. >> interesting. everything needs a little spring break. >> we're going to get a break from showers now and baseball tomorrow, some clouds around. but players not dodging dangerous droplets.

let's take a look and see what is going on. now we have nice down pours earlier od, moisture pushed out of the area, but in the north bay some moisture, trailing showers up around clover dale where we have light scattered showers which could feature a locally heavy down pour. okay. a forecast feature spotty showers likely to continue overnight. there is a chance of them under cloudy skies. mostly cloudy tomorrow and dry tomorrow but there could be a couple lingering showers tomorrow. and unsettled weather following for the weekend. let's talk about baseball. giants season home opener takes place at 1:35 p.m. 60 degrees in san francisco. mostly cloudy skies there. is a slight chance of showers but we don't think it's going to be wet for the game. satellite image shows frontal system brought us morning

showers. it's long gone now. behind that we have a low level of flow of clouds and moisture bringing us spotty drizzle. significant rain coming our way is well out to sea at the moment. storm track is active so we have an unsettled weekend weather coming our way. mostly cloudy skies, maybe patchy fog. you'll see getting through the day tomorrow and into saturday morning about 8:00 next wave of more concentrated rain, showers push through. that will break saturday into saturday night. sunday morning another line of showers pushing through. once again unsettled for the weekend. overnight tonight, cloudy skies, again, a chance low temperatures right around 50 degrees in the most part. mom, mostly cloudy skies, breaks of sunshine maybe light scattered showers. highs into mid to upper 60s

inland. here is the accu-weather forecast. again some clouds and sun. as a chance of showers but it won't be continuous. and next week it warms up. we'll have several day was highs around 80 degrees or above. >> thank you. >> okay. >> up next it seems first lady's hairdo is now a don't. what she's now saying about her bangs. >> then after 4:30 kid president finds out firsthand what life is like for the real president in the oval office.

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>> basic plan. it costs about $99 and... >> it is an affordable way to get married. weddings are very expensive you know firsthand, sure. moving on. children from across the nation help michelle obama plant the white house kitchen garden. >> this is the fifth year the first lady planted the garden on the south lawn. this is part of the let's move campaign to combat childhood obesity. >> as for the bangs that made headlines she still has them. she says she now regrets this decision and says the bangs are starting to grow out and they're high maintenance than she'd expected. >> beyonce and her husband, jay-z creating a stir in cube yachl the duo mobbed by dozens of fans as they strolled through old havana.

they're celebrating their 5th anniversary. it's their first visit to cuba. >> beyonce released her new song and nicholas cage is up for another caveman adventure. >> that oof nick carter quit playing games with his heart saying his marriage to lauren kitt could be a tv special. a star on the walk of fame and a new album out this year. more proof beyonce does run the world. she previewed her song in a pepsi ad out this week. she signed a $50 million deal with pepsi last year. hear more beyonce for the sound track of the "great

gatsby". it roars into theaters in may. the cruise has audience roaring with laughter. >> i'd like to see grug in outer space that, way, you can get the jetsons in one. >> get all of your headlines any time at otrc.com. >> up next hackers disrupt north korea's twitter account. how they slipped the country's leader a micky, so to speak. >> the price tag to beat high speed rail is huge. now, costs are soaring too,. >> also, hillary clinton coming back to book shelves near you. the moments expected to be in her new memoir. >> i'm michael finney. a safety alert for parents. the childrens' toy banned in

countries but is still available here in the u.s.. i'll t

well not a foot of rail has been laid yet but the california high speed rail authority approved spending another $50 million for consultant autos wait until

you hear the mission of those consultants. abc 7 news is live in sacramento with the story. nanette? >> we all know how tough sit to weed through government but you know it's bad when government has to hire outsiders to help. owe there are no increased costs. >> the california high speed rail extended contracts at two firms totalling nearly $50 million. project leaders tell me extensions were necessary because of delay skptz new expense was anticipated and budget add cord together guideline as proved by voters under prop 1 a. >> we're still at $68 million. >> absolutely for the life of the project. because we're spending dloors, it's an approved expense within the budget and prop 1 a. >> the n consultants will navigate the project.

>> these are key to environmental clearances and moving forward. >> this is just money being burned. >> groups are livid because millions have been spent on a project wret to break ground. >> it seems ironic they're having to spend tens of millions to have to hire consultants. >> governor brown asked the legislature to approve another $5 million to fill 44 new positions. these lees office space and give raises for staff. the pay bump would need to be approved it seemed fresno dropped off. >> some members said -- tried to voice their money but but it doesn't work. >> if the rail authority cannot conquer technology of a conference call what makes you

think they're prepared to build a rail system? >> we're going to make sure we correct those problem goesing forward. >> despite what seems like a map the office found the costs were actually reasonable. live in sacramento abc 7 news. >> thank you. connecticut governor signed into law for the country's tightest gun restrictions. governor molloy signed the bill this morning in response to the shooting massacre in newtown which killed 20 children and six adults. adding 100 firearms to the weapons ban and outlaws the sale of large magazines. some aspects of the bill take affect immediately including background checks for all sales. >> north korea moved a missile to the nation's east coast. this comes after a series of threats from north korea. the chief of the peoples' army

said military has been authorized to attack the u.s. with smaller and lighter nuclear weapons. most do not believe north korea has a missle powerful enough to reach the u.s.. south korea's chief says there are no signs the north is preparing for a conflict. >> this image of a kim jung un appeared online after hackers broke into twitter accounts run by the north korean government. a caption accuses kim of quote wasting money while his people starve to death another says we're anonymous. the name of the hacker group more than 13,000 people follow north korea on twitter. the nation uses social media to praise leaders. >> he lost his job but mike rice will get a cash bonus because did he not get fired until the season was over. rutgers fired rice after this video of him kicking and

shoving players went viral. the contract requires rutgers to pay him $100,000 to complete the season on top of the $622,000 salary that he made for the season. rice will get bonuses for winning games and when players graduate. hard to believe there is no clause for cause of a firing that will revoke this payment. >> former secretary of state clinton plans to write a book about her time as secretary of state. the book will cover dramatic moments during her tenure as secretary of state. clinton served from 2009 until earlier this year. >> three months into the year there have been six pedestrian fatals in san francisco. that has officials looking to change traffic laws to try to increase safety.

today, they're trying to figure out why pedestrian accidents have gone up since 2009. two happened in his district. officials say one solution is adding more stops and slow down traffic in that part of the story. >> -- city. >> not only speed caused a collision but if the person is going fast enough, injuries with that speed increase. >> the city looking at implementing turn restrictions on cars. >> still ahead light simalight house. >> the kid president making his way to the oval office. the lesson and advice he got from the commander in chief. >> looking at western sky dark and we don't have much in the storm of rainfall coming our

way. i'll have the accu-weather forecast coming up in just a moment. >> well, let's take a look at traffic now. we have a silent forecast. let's give you traffic with audio this, is the san mateo bridge. traffic heading towards hayward. do you know it's smooth in both directions.

a dream come true for self appointed kid president.

>> he's calling korea. robby novak got to meet the real president. he's become a viral sensation for his video autos because of his impact the 9-year-old got a tour of the oval office including a bit of a history lesson. and asked the president what can be done to make the world a better place. >> how can kids and grown ups work together to change the world? >> most important thing we can all do is to treat each other with kindness and respect. >> good answer. the meeting ended with a big hug and a high five. >> mazing when you consider here is a young man who is making videos on his own, at home. that turns into him going to the whit house and meeting the president. remarkable. >> yes. >> let's check on the weather.

>> not much falling now in the way of rainfall. we have light spotty scattered showers and there is a chance of the pattern continuing tonight ask into the weekend. we have active weather coming our way. tomorrow, weather picture won't be very active. it will be dry with showers moving off shore. into upper mid west and interior northwest we'll see mixed precipitation and light scattered showers and snow showers. and here in the state of california sort of a mixed weather picture as well. northern part of the state wet with just scattered showers and you push south and eastward towards sierra. soun dow jones, mainly sunny skies, highs 71 tomorrow in los angeles. here in the bay area, some clouds and fog, mostly cloudy afternoon. there will be breaks of sun from time to time there. is a chance of widely scattered showers tomorrow but

mainly dry conditions will prevail tomorrow with high temperatures ranging from low to mid-60s around the bay to mid to upper 60s inland. and giants have a home opener tomorrow. it will be mostly cloudy but we do expect dry conditions for the game. go, giants. >> okay. >> up next, the lot iry winners get generous with winnings. >> popular toys can be dangerous so we speak up with consumer reports to check out how haza

some students in a school are furious after lerping their kids were denied lunch this week because they owed money on prepaid lunch accounts. outraged parents say some students were denied lunch and others were ordered to throw lunch as way. the principal says this is

unacceptable and launched an investigation into the school lunch provider. >> i treat these kids as my own. i'm apalled any child had to go through the experience. >> parents say they were never told the lunch accounts were too low. a school lunch worker has been suspended. >> a group of real estate agents won $1 million playing power ball and finding new ways to share their wealth. oh, yes. they're happy. marlene arrived to cheers today, marsa sold them the ticket in a gas station. winners rewarded her with cash and won't say how much. she is not the first to benefit. last week, they gave a share of winnings to a new employee who couldn't afford 20ses today join the pool that. is generous. >> yes. it is. >> checking healthy living

news a study suggests colon cancer patients who spoke are more likely to die than those two don't. compared to those who never smoked. also, prognosis is worse for those still smoking at time of diagnosis. >> a new study finds alzheimer's disease has i bigger financial toll than heart disease and cancer. a rand corporation study estimates four million americans suffer from dementia costing families $150 and $215 billion per year. moflt is used for care needed to get sufferers through daily live. >> consumer reports partnered

with 7 on qlur side to report on dangerous rus toy autos these are colorful and to little kids they're aluring. consumer reports says there is a safety hazard with popular small toy balls and beads that expand in water. there is recalls of the balls still on the market. >> this ad for a toy shows how the beads expand. these water balls also made of super absorbant polymer are larger. this is after one girl, 8 years old, swallowed one. doctors couldn't see anything but removed a ball nearly one and a half inches from her small intestine.

>> if it had not been done, intestines would have perforated. the child could have died from it. >> consumer reports examined the dune craft water ball. >> this is identical ball soaked in water two days. >> consumer reports also looked at orbees. the full size is smaller than the banned balls, consumer reports says they also pose a safety hazard for small children. >> these products like candy or gum, but they can block intestine of a small child. >> the orbees beads say choking hazard not for children under three years. on the back it says not suitable for children under the age of five. >> additional injuries have not yet been documented in the u.s., several have been reported in other countries. >> all types of super

absorbant balls have been banned in italy and malaysia. >> these are sold widely as decorations we're urging parents add up the danger autos the consumer products safety commission says it's currently investigating the polymer balls and beads. meanwhile, orbees says the toy is safe for children five and older. says balls should pass through the digestive tract. however, consumer reports ponts out the company did not address the potential after a blocked airway. >> a big mortgage relief road show arriving tomorrow, and put on by neighborhood assistance corporation of america. you probably know them as naca. homeowners will receive help that could help them keep their homes.

if more than half that show up will lower their rt mort payments. the event being held tomorrow and we have more information on our we are site abc 7 news.com. >> what has to be done to just get the balls off the market? >> law large they can get. >> yes. it's nearly impossible to get something recalled if the company doesn't want to do it. people think the government can do it. no. what the government does is get on their case until they do it. in cases, maybe this will end up being one of them. the government steps forward. >> up next, only for veterans. the new court program helping make a difference in lives.

>> i'm dan ashley. coming up you new at 5:00 another school district under fire accused of abusing students with autism. >> newest chapter in the little door in golden gate park. and why it will need to come off the hinges yet again. those stories and more coming up at 5:00. news

here is tonight's prime time line up. at 8:00 it's wife swap. at 9:00, scandal and join us for abc 7 news at 11:00. >> there is a new court program in san francisco helping military veterans. >> it's called splet trans justice court a program that had suck snes other cities that have adopted it. vic lee was in the courtroom on opening day. >> judge braiden woods will run the pilot court program.

crimes run from misdemeanors to nonviolent felonis. >> the presiding judge lee was a driving force. >> it's an opportunity to give them and the court a different way to reintegrate them into the community. >> it's an ef yrt between the court and va. elizabeth will be the va liaison. >> focus in court like this is on treatment. and connecting veterans to treatment. >> that is the key. it works like a medical triage. not only councilers but prosecutors public defenders and probation officers trying to create a supportive environment. not the contentious one. that exists in regular courts. defendants are plauded when doing well with treatment program. davis is an army veteran

arrested on drug charges. he believes this court will help others like him go straight. >> if they just have demons to worth through. drk drk work through this, court gives you that opportunity. >> make no mistake. the judge will be tough when defendants stray. >> but there is a lot of enkurmtment, too. and a lot of straight talk. >> a lot of plaintiffs. >> deputy public defender says this approach seems to work well with veterans. >> there are multiple issue autos adecision of the court comes when courts are struggling and budgets have been slashed. the judge says she's been able to find resources necessary to

make this work because it's a priority. >> and thanks for joining us for abc 7 news at 4:00. >> abc 7 news at 5:00 begins right now. >> thank you. oakland police have admit to shooting an innocent teenager. explain yg they thought the kid was a dangerous criminal. >> another school district under fire tonight a bus claims coming from parents of autistic kindergarteners. >> i'm sandhya patel. how much rain fell and when you'll see it again, coming up. >> good evening. >> tonight oakland police chief says the officers made a mistake in a shooting. >> this happened as they were trying to chase down three suspected robbers on clay street. spotting three guys matching the description a block away

on jefferson street. one officer opened fire, wounding something who had nothing to do with the robbery. nick? >> clearly a case of mistaken identity. one employee at 10th and clay leaving work. she says three men were in dark clothing approached her, she ran back into the restaurant and called 911. events after that would lead to a teen being shot. they're stressed there are several moving parts. and and minutes later the first unit arrived less than two minutes after that, receiving a second call

stating the restaurant had been robbed but it was disconnected. and says after the officer arrived additional units were on the scene spotted and fit the description of the suspect at 5th and jeff jer yirson. jordan says the officer percent yeefd a threat, firing a single round. >> officers were directed there by a witness. someone that knew about the robbery. i believe officers have the right to follow up on that. take action. >> all three teens were detained. police say teen wounded is 15 or 16 years old. they say he was grazed by the bullet. officers would still learn neither teen shot nor his two friends were involved in the crime. chief jordan would not say what the perceived threat was. now, the department must

determine if action was appropriate but he stresses officers were led to the group by a witness following them. someone he says that was either involved in, or knew about the robbery. it's important to mention it will be under review by the internal affairs division. chief jordan says he's keeping the family abreast of the investigation. >> this morning's storm provided a lot of headaches. a tree fell and blocked highway 116. it took hours for caltrans crews to remove that downed tree. pg&e also went to work preparing power lines that snapped. the rain came down during morning commute. chp was visible on the slick road.

sandhya patel with how much rain we got. sandhya? >> yes. not a lot left. let's show it to you now. radar along with national weather service radar still watching spotty showers. we're seeing returns here. so spotty showers for this evening. st. helena picking up an inch. just under half an inch in san francisco, boulder creek 56/100ths. oakland 43/100ths. concord a third inch. livermore 15/100ths of rain rain. we still have more showers before the week is up. i'll be back with the san francisco giants home opener forecast plus a look at the weekend in just a moment. >> a missing hiker has been found after being missing for fo