embarcadero and would be good to have a picture of that route. and assembly areas both in the beginning and at the end. >> there are security cameras operated by business asks crime cameras, he says there are blind spots just as disturbing there seems to be few cameras around civic jernt. we walked along vanness opposite city hall f there are kramz we couldn't find any at war memorial building or symphony hall. three major venue where thousands gather on a regular basis. >> you don't know when someone is going to strive to act. that is my reason. >> there is concern that

cameras could violate people's right to privacy. >> i'm going to encourage the chief and others just have that conversation so see whether we feel that there are cameras being dmun a certain way. >> this tourist answered this way. >> if you're not doing anything wrong, what is the problem? >> well, many merchants here do have security cameras but they're inside of the stores and shops and not outside. that is what the chief would like. beta breakers is coming up soon, after that, gay pride parade. the chief says he's re-examining all protocols and wants adwreends to take lots of cell phone pictures.

>> understandable, thank you very much. for latest developments on the boston bombings and canadian terror plot log on abc 7 news.com. >> we have developing news from richmond tonight. a store has been evacuated after an explosion in the and a chemical leak. cruise say a repairman injured his hand during a minor explosion that caused a freon leak. the store may stay closed throughout the night as investigators try to figure out what caused the explosion. >> did you notice it's a perfect day to get out an umbrella and look for shade? now a temperature sets so far. >> low 90s showing up.

let me show you live doppler 7. some fog working up from the monterey bai. here are the highs so far. and 87 in oakland. san francisco got up to 82 degrees, 89 in antioch and fairfield. clear lake managed to get up to 89 degrees this afternoon. sfo 83 today. that is breaking a previous record. >> well, it's not unusual for political candidates to drop by the town of atherton for fund-raisers. go where money is, right? but tonight atherton is

sending out bills to cover their expensive president obama visit this month, the star attraction in private homes. david lieu gee there live tonight. >> dan, the town is seeking $8100 in reimbursement for planning and preparing security for the president. $8100 pales to the $32,000 cost to attend one of the two events but the question is whether all residents should be footing the bill. >> this is not the first time atherton sent out expenses when a dignitary comes to town you should be welcoming the visit. and i'm sorry nompblgts we're not going to reimburse you for the event. >> atherton has wealthy residents often behind walls

and gates. last year giving $6.5 million to political causes and candidates but the argument is tiny size and limited police. >> they've got a cheese chief and a couple officers. we have an event like this coming through that, diverts those officers and we've got to call in personnel for overtime. >> bills have gone out to the white house. we contacted the white house referring us to the secret service. now neither city charges beefed up security for dignitaries. police spent 6200s thdz month. >> we do not seek reimbursement for service. it come was a large security detail anyway. >> with the safety precautions

we want to provide that. we welcome a lot of our international leaders as well as our president. >> one person disagrees is chuck mcdougle saying taxpayers should not support security for fund-raisers. if ather ton succeeds it could set a major precedent for other cities. in atherton david louie abc 7 news. >> an east bay lawyer could be disbarred for smuggle ought i hit list from a client that is behind bars. yusef bey accused of ordering murders. attorneys are recommending his initial lawyer be stripped of her license, she was suspended for two years for the offense in 2011. the project revealed brown hit

the hit list hid the legal documents. brown admitted to the crime. >> there is another proposal in the state legislature to stiffen penalties. penalties made weaker by reassignment. the bill targets felons. they only get 180 days in jail. the bill authored by two lawmakers would send parole violateors to state prison up to a year. >> this is a class of offender we want to consider are they right to just keep getting out. >> realignment transfering to county jails, critics say many are being released with very little supervision. >> police found something fishy this morning outside joe's crab shack.

three large bags full of marijuana. they were garbage bags filled with pot. police say those bags contain about 50 pounds of pot them still haven't said how they got there or who is responsible. >> well, oakland unified schools will vote on a possible acting superintendent this week. today announcing dr. gary yee as a candidate for the job. he is also an oakland native. the board says yee has a special knowledge that the district faces. >> given the complexities and time involved to select and to induct a superintendent so he or she is in the best possible decision that acting

superintendent is the right course of action at this time. >> former superintendent announced woe retire june 30th. >> and still to come the private security firm with an offer that can help keep one city's little leaguers safe from violence. >> that and the building bullets making housing affordable for some in the east bay. but homeowners have to agree to lots of sweat equity before

a big message from oakland

police what you can hear tonight. the department is testing it's shot spotter detection system by firing guns in different neighborhoods. officers say there will not be bullets all rounds fired into a bullet trap. >> a stick company offered its services to protect a north bay little league forced to cancel games after a shooting. games will resume within the next half hour in north vallejo. the league cancelled games after a parent shot into another parent's car on wednesday. league and parents decided to resume the games today. the ceo of integrity services offered free security. the pleeg has not yet responded to the offer. >> crews are cleaning out a homeless camp near happy hollows park. you're going take an encampment and cleaning up after the homeless. there are 150 people who are living there. >> we have a lot of instances

of fly aways and fecal matter and urine being stored here that can contaminate coyote creek which is a fish run. >> a nonprofit will help the homeless figure out where to go, what to do next. >> doctorses warning teenagers to stay away tray dangerous stunt involving a baking spice. it's called cinnamon challenge. it sounds harmless. swallow a teaspoon of sin minute without water there are hundreds videos online. but doctors say swallowing a lot of kin minute can lead to breathing trouble and collapsed lungs so it's no joke. at least 30 teenagers needed medical attention after trying the cinnamon challenge last year its not snart. a plastic shopping bag ban went into affect today. customers swril to pay for a

paper bag if they don't bring in their own bag. smaller plastic bags will be available for produce. >> california already offers you a tax incentive if you buy a hybrid vehicle but one lawmaker wants to sweeten that pot. phil ting touted a clean car tax bill eliminating state sales tax for anyone buying a hay brid or electric vehicle. tink says this is to get more clean fueled vehicles out there on the road. >> california goal of putting 1.5 million vehicles on road by 2025 but now we only have 117,000. we have a ways to go. >> gas powered vehicles generate 40% of the state air

pollution. >> habitat for humanity clom com pleet aid three-day building blitz today. >> to some this may sound like a lot of news but for erica,. >> it's music to ears and soon to be her new home this, is the construction site of habitat for humanity affordable housing come ple.. one complete there tlb 12 new homes, one will belong to erica. >> do. >> hundreds of hands from different experiences.

>> this is about nailing and getting ready. >> habitat decided to, but the same code as ply. >> we breakdown into teachable cone yents. >> homes will cost $180,000 paid over 30 years with no interest. and each homeowner has to put in 500 hours every one can come together and pick up a hammer. >> if you think it's enough to scare people you might be surprised to learn one in 14 homeowners in the area has had their home built and caught

the eye of jimmy carter, he and his whif will be here to lend a hand. in oakland abc 7 news. >> absolute fabulous. >> i love what they do. >> let's talk about the weather forecast. talk about loving what we do. weather is spectacular. >> up on the roof looks like the preez kicking up a little bit. >> it feels great. it will be a beautiful day for ice crime but i had to settle for water. you can see a stunning behind me. sunshining around just a little bit. so the sea breeze is back and that is helping. it's 70 degrees. live doppler 7 you'll notice changes under way as you look to our south we're seeing fog around monterey bay and working up towards the coastline. so this is going to be a

factor in our forecast heading into tuesday. check out the view from our camera. the sun sparkling on the bay. temperatures 07 as mentioned. oakland 75 degrees. it's 57 in half moon bay. all right. here are the other numbers. over downtown san francisco it's sunny there. jant rosa 80 digs right now. livermore close to 90. clear tonight patchy fog at the coast. warm conditions bay and inland tomorrow, not as warm as torkd a cooler pattern expectsed for the rest of the week heading into the next couple days yut notice changes. company still going to deep keep us in a dry pattern. you'll notice a change in the

form of the fog and some patchy fog around. upper 40s to about low 60s. and clear inland. not the case looking at computer animation along the coast. there is fog working up towards the north towards our area keeping it warm another day. 83 in the south bay. 82 degrees sunnyvale. 65 degrees on the peninsula. coastal areas fog near afternoon bay keeping you comfortable. downtown 72 degrees. mid-80s for clear lake. 82 santa rosa. 72 degrees sass leto.

east bay you're going see mild to warm readings. oakland 80. here sat look at the accu-weather forecast. coastal area is cooled. cooling breech reaches the rest of the bay area, low 80s into warmest lokz. partly cloudy into thursday. mid-70s into warmest communities then you'll see temperatures drofling off for the weekend upper 70s acongress the coast. something for everyone heading into the weekend. i'm abc 7 news cheryl, dan, how about getting ice cream? >> you're on. my treat. >> okay. sounds good. >> thank you. >> and still ahead international sweep of people in the way area to help refugee autos then michael

finney taking you bargain shopping. tonight wedding gowns for under $500. you can find nice ones at that price. that sat 6:00. we'll be right back.

head of the international relief agency visited with an urgent appeal for help for syrian refugees who escaped from their country. saying half a million of the refugees flooded into neighboring jordan. >> they ran with nothing. that is the majority of the refugees almost 80% of refugees are women or children. >> right. majority over 50% are children. with, yes that, is why they're calling it children refugee crisis. >> think about what it would be for your little child to be uprooted and placed in a situation without food, water

shelter, a bed to sleep on. >> that is what they're facing if you would like to help care we have information for you on abc 7 news.com. >> that is hard to conceive. >> one bay area lawmaker showed her idea to cut energy useage in the capitol lild bilding. this switch has been done to 1500 pockets in the building. the heating and air conditioning systems have been upgraded. the switch costs $390,000. but cliner says this will save half a million dollars every year. >> and quickly too,. >> we have more ahead coming up next. bay area student. >> got to

coming up at 6:00 take a look. this is the only level one trauma center in san francisco. tonight how this would impact the city's ability to handle a mass casualty situation like one in boston z changes you can make in your eating habits that can help fight global warming. wol have the stories and more coming up at 6:00. >> and thank you, see you a 13-year-old girl has quite a city to tell for her classmates. >> jessica was among 30 students across the nation invited to the white house science fair and they got to meet the president. >> that is cool. the project youss l.e.d.lights to help improve vision. >> mr. obama got a look at several invention that's won the stem competition. >> let me just start by saying

in my official capacity as president that this stuff is cool. >> the part of the effort to inspire more girls and boys to exel. >> that is right. it's cool. >> that is going to do it for us. thanks for joining us. this is "world news." tonight, breaking news. a brand new terror plot foiled. ties to al qaeda, and targeting americans on the passenger train. and also tonight, what abc news has learned the boston bombing suspect is now revealing from his hospital bed. planes and pain. air travelers backed up across the country today. spending cuts reduce the number of air-traffic controllers. will the big delays get worse, and what about safety? rising waters in america's towns. kayaking down the street. tonight, the race to help

americans inside the flood zone. and rising up. meet the dancer who lost a foot in the boston bombing, determined to dance again. good evening. as we begin a new week together after that marathon of strength and fear and courage in boston. and we do have news tonight about the suspect in that bombing. but we're going to begin with late word of a brand new terror plot that was foiled by police. the target was a passenger train, set to travel from new york to toronto, and the arrested men allegedly were getting help from al qaeda terrorists living in iran. we wondered, does this foiled plot have any connection to boston? abc's pierre thomas starts us off with the latest on that. pierre?

>> authorities made clear the suspected terrorists had deadly intentions, and that such an attack could have been catastrophic. the deadly plot, to derail a busy passenger train en route from new york to toronto, murdering hundreds. >> had this plot been carried out, it would have resulted in innocent people being killed or seriously injured. >> reporter: the target, an amtrak passenger line that partners with canadian's via rail. thousands use the route from new york's penn station to toronto every year. the service crosses one of the most spectacular bridges in north america. sources tell abc news the plan was to plant bombs and derail the train. >> by derailing the train, we were looking at a real threat to kill people, hurt people. >> reporter: the two arrested suspects had allegedly begun surveillance of trains in the toronto area. but authorities