development company lanar. now, the plan is is to-to-start the project with 200 homes in hunter's point. >> i do think in fact that they want to get the project started. it's a great indication we're going proceed. >> the mayor says lanar will partner with local investors to get this project started. >> the governor met with premier league in beijing before leaving for shanghai. governor and dell gaegs looking for a possible chinese investment in a california high speed rail system. and at the same time there are concerns that slower than promised travel times could

undermine projected number of passengers. a study says the trains could cause riders to stay away and that could cost a projected $373 million a year. >> a registered sex offender granted permission to volume lun near a catholic church school event is going back to school. the diocese allowed him to volunteer at st. francis of cabrini perish festival. the parish priest resigned over this incident. >> shocking new statistics from department of corrections showing nearly 5,000 sex offenders cutoff their tracking bracelets and were loose in the communities that. is how many warrants were issued between october 2011 and january this year.

more with this disturbing news. >> california sex offenders who served time are released on parole, only those considered high risk are given a gps tracker. the jump in the number of high risk offenders cutting off their ankle trackers have almost doubled since a policy change that sends march yolees minor violations. in 15 months prior to the change, more than 3100 warrants were issue forward sex offender fugitives n 15 months nearly 5,000 warrants were issued. a 58% increase. the state only counted the number of paroles. no matter how many times they did it. >> 92% of the time we'll do

so. >> since realignment it means a few days in a local walk up. critics say that is why more paroles are ditching their gps. >> they're not cutting them off. they can drink a cup of coffee. they want opportunities to create more drims. >> take the case of jerome deavila. in and out of jail, charged with drugs and repeatedly disabling his gps tracker. he was supposed to be in jail for a different violation but was released early. >> received a 30 day sentence and was released the next day. >> a few days later police arrested him for killing and raping his 76-year-old grandmother. senator lou has a proposal

putting paroles who cutoff their monitors back in prison. remember, lawmakers have been reluctant to send more people to prison. >> thank you very much. the ef wrort to bring the effort to the super bowl is bringing a big boost to bring super bowl 50 or 51 to the new 1.2 stadium. announcement made this morning at city hall. the city hopes the star power will add some pizazz to the bid. >> just reliving that possibility that carried this past super bowl. that is just reflecting the excitement we have with the super bowl bid.

>> the contest is between san francisco and miami. >> that would be cool. >> today the story jobs, jobs and more jobs for vet trans. a huge crowd of out of work vets gathered this is to bring veterans together. >> we found through our experience is that once we marry up, employers are impressed at the skill sets that it brings to the table. >> it head led to 18,000 direct hires since inseptember two years ago. >> very good. >> still to come here on abc 7 news at 5:00 two local connections behind a major

medical break through. >> workers at the lourve walk off the job over a crime being committed against pait trop autos a store employee helped fbi break up a shoplifting bring praigt out of sacramento. >> i'm abc 7 news sandhya pat yes. a chilly night is ahead for parts of the bay area

you can see how san francisco police chase ended in dramatic fashion near the marina district. police sate car stolen from modesto crashed into a fire hydrant.

and the suspect took off running. the two are still wanted tonight. >> well, hundreds of union workers building the new childrens hospital in mission bay walked off the job today. workers walked off the picket lines and claimed nonunion workers from a sacramento construction company are now working on what is contracted to be a union job site. >> there is 700 employees walking off the job today. not good for us and best not to have them here. >> union says they'll stay off the job and the construction company tells abc 7 news they're just following the lead of the contractor that's fired them as a third party. >> ache brae through could

still help with malaria. >> the berkeley researcher producing a chief drug to combat malaria has been a life long mission. >> people living on less than $1 per day whose government spends less than $4 per person per year on health care. >> shortly after meeting with him in 2011 we experienced the need firsthand n one of the series of reports i filed from sierra leon, i watched as dozens of infants were diagnosed with malaria. the surgeon told us the disease takes a greater toll than the trauma injuries he treats near the capitol city of freetown. >> they're rushed in. gasping, requiring urgent blood transfusion. >> to addressed need they

developed a form of the most commonly used malaria drug. it had to be extracted from a wormwood plant with the price fluctuating based on the availability of the plant. >> the zbol to produce it as a price allowing it to be krkted on a mass scale changing the course of the disease that kills 650,000 people every year. >> to have a process that is to fis ti indicated to produce our drug and deliver it to where they can afford it. >> they are hoping the large scale production will provide 150 million doses by the end of next year. now, dr. ceaseling founded the company to bring this research to the people who desperately

need it and they're doing that in conjunction with the drug condition sonofe. the company producing this drug says it will manufacture it on a not for profit model. the final doses are expected to be cheaper than current drugs. dan? >> sounds promising. thank you. >> fewer californians getting health insurance through work that is according to a report today. the number of state residents getting employer sponsored health insurance dropped by 1.3 million. there are several reasons for this including a drop in over all employment and rising premiums. >> the lourve reopened after workers walked off 9 job because of unwelcome visitors. the staff protesting a grow be problem with pickpocket thieves forcing visitors to be

turned away. the museum says the problem is rising in spite of tighter security measures. many of the thieves are said to be gangs of children who get into the moisture seem free, surround visitors or employees then clean out pock yismts the union says the culprit spit on and attack guards at the museum. >> that is like a scene from oliver twist. >> the fbi smashed a shoplifting ring. last year the rie clerk saw several things on an ebay account that were identical to things stolen from the store. well, they were. it stole 17,000 things worth more than $3 million. but it's shut down tonight. >> good work there. a sweeping raid in petaluma. >> that is right. complaints the company took money from homeowners but did

not provide service autos dwle. is interesting. state department tells us the report prompted dozens more potential victims to come forward then law enforcement seized records from mortgage modifiers. the doors remained open until today. homeowners tell me the company promised to reduce mortgages but did nothing to help. the firm is accused of taking advanced fees. >> he caused me my savings. he has caused me to take $15,000 out of my savings account. >> officials tell us 40 homeowners came forward after my report aired. the investigation has deepened and i will have the story tonight at 6:00 here on abc 7 news. >> on the bright side want to

find a home mortgage might not be as big of a problem him anymore. foreclosures at lowest levels in more than five years. finally. near california we're doing better, bank take yofrz fell by 22% from february to march and down 48% compared to last year. analysts say raising job numbers make it easier but california has new laws protecting homeowners when face foreclosure, four biggest car companies issued a massive global recall. get this. they are recalling more than 3 and a half vehicles because of a faulty air bag defect. the bags may deploy with

pressure and break. so far, no injuries or deaths were reported all air bags were made by the same supplier in japan. car owners will receive a recall notice and a free replacement. >> that is something you need. >> yes. absolutely. >> good work. >> tu this study going get san francisco residents another reason to smile. the city by the bay ranked as schbth happiest city but gfk. also the only american city to make it on to the list. rounding out the top three, barcelona and taking top honors sunny rio. >> spectacular weather around the bay area, just gorgeous. >> hi, sandhya. >> i'm prepared for the change

in the air mass. water front here under sunny skies. you notice the difference in terms of temperatures. right now, i'll show you what it looks like. we do have clouds around skies nice out there. frost advisory going up tomorrow morning at 2:00 a.m. and the reason for this is they're expecting mild temperatures. just wanted to give you a head agricultures up. check out temperature range 13 degrees cooler in novato. 11 degrees cooler in san carlos. here is a view from ocean beach. breezy out there.

59 degrees right now, 69 in san jose. half moon bay, 55 degrees, highs into upper 50s through upper 70s. here is a look at the bay bridge looking from our south beach camera. you can see the sunshining. livermore, 72. concord 85 yesterday and 74 today. 11 degrees cooler than yesterday. chilly tonight and cooler, windier beginning on sunday. making plans for weekend sunday will be the cooler of the next couple days so dry cold front came through. tonight 7:00 p.m. expecting low clouds along the coastline and into morning hours. gray skies near the coast.

we'll notice low clouds will clear as the breeze kicks up again. and friday, plenty of sunshine. clouds in the morning, mainly coast. chilliest into north bay valleys. upper 40s in san francisco. tomorrow afternoon, mild in san jose. 79 degrees in los gatos. filtering sun on the peninsula. 74 mountain view. half moon bay, 61 degrees expecting a nice day in downtown san francisco. 60 in the sunset district. north bay upper 70s from santa rosa to vallejo. hayward is 69. oakland 72. inland areas up to 80 degrees

in antioch. here is a look at the accu-weather forecast. windy sunday monday ask cooler both days. no rain in the accu-weather forecast. on twitter rain, shine get the latest spare the air alerts and weather tweets. from. >> what a changing forecast. cheryl, dan, back to you. >> coming up international wrestler helping to tackle bully autos a chilling prediction on what could happen when everyone goes mobile. that is at 6:00.

>> national hockey league announced you can play project to run seminars for players and coaches to educate them. the announcement comes when the national football league is dealing with league homophobia as rumors circulate four players are preparing to come out. >> a pair of costumes warriors tackling bullying in the south bay this week. wrestlers showed uch at the youth center in san jose to talk to teenagers about violent consequences of bullying. they're popular in mexico and when they talk, fans really do listen they're hoping their antibullying message gets picked up by school kids. the visits part of the campaign to stop teen-aged bullying and those warriors will square off friday night

at san jose state. >> that is cool. >> yes. >> in sacramento today a group of kids honored for saving someone's life because they knew how to call 911. on a lawn the kid squirmed around and an 8-year-old talked about when she called 911 because her mother was very ill. >> and then, i called and i spoke to 911 and he called me again. i knew he was going help me and my mom. i thought she was going to die. i wanted her for the rest of my life. a week later she came home. i love her. >> another honoree was a 7-year-old boy from oakland calling dispatchers after his mother saifrd seizure. >> what a sweet kid. >> coming up next, a call it science in a box. >> a small service that will do a world of knowledge for students here an

in the anbc news coming up at 6:00 allegations of rampant abuse in a facility for the developmentally disabled. tonight new ideas on what should be done about it. and party almost over for a colorful festival. those stories is more coming up at 6:00. >> thank you. >> marin headlands became a giant classroom today for bucky kids who got to work with a "national geographic" photographer he dropped this cube into all sorts of places from central park to costa reeka. today near rodeo beach working with students from nay you're bridge. >> the idea is take a look at the world around use there could be thousands of creatures.

in this pound to create a how do video for "national geographic". >> what a great experience. >> i'd like to try that myself. >> all right. that is going to do it for us. world news is coming up next i'm cheryl jennings. >> thanks for watching we appreciate your time as always from jand patel ask all of us here, we'll see you again at 6:00. this is "world news." tonight, on alert. north korea still poised to launch a missile test. today the president speaks out as a new report says the north may have even greater capability -- nuclear capability than we thought. april madness. hundreds of severe weather warnings as we see this giant tornado bearing down.

refund racket. a big alert about your family's tax return. we're with a couple who owes the irs $16,000 because they say they were duped. why you need to be prepared. and watch out. pick-pocketers getting your wallet, your money, your purse, so fast, a famous tourist site had to close its doors. good evening. we are standing watch on the missiles in north korea again tonight. as we told you last night, the unpredictable nation appears ready for a show of force, a missile test. and it comes as just today we are learning more about the nuclear capability of north korea. president obama has issued a first person warning, and abc's bob woodruff is on the ground in seoul, south korea, to tell us what he sees there tonight. bob? >> reporter: good evening, diane. more words from president obama

directed at north korea's leader, as their nuclear capability seems to be growing. in the showdown, the stakes just keep getting higher. tonight, we believe that north korea is readying more missiles. a barrage of smaller ones. this as a new intelligence report assessed with moderate confidence, the north currently has nuclear weapons capable of delivering by ballistic missiles. we've known for years they've had nuclear weapons. arming a missile with them would be a dangerous development. though the report states those weapons' reliability would be low. >> general, would you agree with that assessment by dia? >> with the number of caveats you put on the front of this, i can't touch that one. >> reporter: today the president called on north korea to ratchet down the rhetoric over a looming strike, while saying the u.s. stands by its allies. >> the united states will take all necess