good afternoon, if you live in the south bay, you may have smelled smoke this afternoon, it's been a busy one for san jose firefighters they're putting out hot spots from five brush fire that's broke out along highway 237 you can see how fierce it was for a time. the wind blew that around.

checking traffic conditions live westbound is still closed. >> it's quite a mess if you can see the smoke. firefighters walking on the highway made it too dangerous to allow cars back on 237. there is the delay as a result. hopefully they'll reopen shortly. >> a small group of administrators will turn themselves in to authorities tomorrow. >> the district attorney charging them with misusing public money and diverting funds for personal use. >> abc 7 is live from district headquarters tonight with the details on this. leanne? >> this first came to light in 2010. the district attorney's office spent three years investigating this case. six san francisco school district employees are charged with taking money totalling $15 million and putting night a slush fund. district attorney gascone told

reporters what these employees did over a period of 10 years. >> all of the money was inappropriately used. none spent within the perimeters of the grant. it had been done outside of the requirements of the grant. >> gascone says employees funneled money into their bank accounts through three nonprofit organization chz are also under investigation. >> we're mortified at the thought that trusted employees would conceive of such a scheme. to divert funds from the children for whom they're intended. >> a former associate superintendent allegedly pocketed $87,000. her attorney says he will prove them wrorng. >> what is coming out is the incompetence of the school board and people they represent or hire to over see

what is going on in the district. >> and the vast majority of the employees work in the student support services division. obviously they no longer work for the district. now, like you said before, tomorrow they will be charged and they're expected to post bail. >> happening now surveillance video shifted focus in the search for 9-year-old mick kayla lynch. she cannot speak and her family live in san francisco. she went missing sunday from the family's vacation home in clear lake. a security camera outside of a home captured mick kayla after last seen in the yard. police tell abc 7 news that video shows her running up the street. her family worried she went across the street and into the lake. volunteers are looking everywhere. >> so close to home. and i can't sleep. i'm a miss.

i don't care. but that little girl is important to me. >> police think she could be hiding in unusual spots. homeowners are being asked to check crawl space autos a doctor who founded a facility where an jelly -- angelina jolie had a double mastectomy. >> she took a step to reduce heiress being of cancer. >> brad pitt released this statement today, he called her decision absolutely heroic and says this is a happy day for our family. >> abc 7 news reporter has more now on on the decision. >> angelina jolie starts by remember nitsing about her mother who died when she was only 56 years old. saying it's been a tough topic with kids saying we often speak of mommy's mommy. i find myself trying to explain the illness that took

her way from us. now, she says she can answer the question with no. genetic testing showed she had a faulty gene. and an 87% chance of getting breast cancer and a 57% chance of getting ovarian cancer so she decided to have her breasts removed. >> and she chose to have surgery and likely conveyed survival benefit. >> she had a first procedure february 2 just weeks before this walk down the red carpet at oscars. three months of surgeries and treatments follow. jolie says brad pitt has been by her side and says we managed to find moments to laugh together and knew this is the right thing to do for the family and it would bring us closer and it has. now, she says heiress being of developing breast cancer is down to 5%. she hopes share herg story will encourage women to be informed and know their options. the editor of "people" magazine says there is no doubt it will. >> this will be a game changer

when it comes to testing and breast cancer. >> jolie says she feels empowered and like no less of a woman. celebrities have taken to twitter, juliannea ransic tweets she reveals double mastectomy. proud of her for using her platform to educate women. the genetic testing can be expensive, $3,000 and not covered by insurance. jolie says it needs to be a pry -- pryor ti that more women have access to it. >> what options do women have after they've had a double mastectomy? i'll look at some of the reconstruction procedures then at 6:00 a bay area woman shares her personal story after choosing a double mastectomy for the same reasons as jolie. >> two women kill in that

limousine fire were laid to rest today. the funeral after a memorial service for the two women in fresno. five women were killed that night. four passengers and a limo driver survived. >> despite a fatal accident on the ban san bay, america's cup will go on as scheduled. that is the word late today from the organizers and director. we're live now with late developments for us. >> america's cup trying to put kabbash on speculation that result frtd accident. let me show you a picture of the artemis boat. the team strategy was trapped underneath the debris and he drowned. it touched off questions about whether or not they were too

dangerous, maybe they ought to be replaced. today, the vice commodore of the yacht club says the racing will continue and announced a committee of experts to review this accident. >> so look into the facts of last week, and to make recommendations to the competitors and organizers going forward how to be sure racing this summer will be as safe as possible. >> three members of local bay area sailors. chuck holly of the santa cruz. all three were on the committee when the yacht's low speed chase crashed into the farallon islands. the direct jerz there was a meeting of teams this morning all of the sailors endorsed

this the committee and the decision to go forward. >> the teams are very subdued. there is an incredible amount of emotion. particularly from the silence. it's a tight knit community. >> ian murray went on to say the catamarans are all different from each other. the teams make the decisions about how to build the boats within the rules. obviously murray believes they're appropriate for the america's cup, and he is confident they'll hold up on the bay. there has been a lot of talk about the german sailing federation pulling support from the red bull youth sailing event. apparently the german team wants to come to race but the federation said no. no. yachts are too dangerous, organizers are puzzle bid that since they the will be racing in 45s not the 72s saying if the german youth want to race,

they're welcome to come. reporting from the america's cup compound, mark matthews abc 7 news. >> mark, thank you. >> a worker seriously hurt after falling down a 14-foot hole inside of a vacant warehouse today, sky 7 over the at las road building while crews hoisted the worker back to the surface where he can be treated. he was loaded on to an air ambulance as you can see and flown to walnut creek to be treated. >> and this man walking out of a garden shop with two chain saws he didn't pay for. an employee tried chasing after the thief but he jumped into a car just outside and made off with the merchandise. all of this happened yesterday morning. police are now asking the public to call in with tips on identifying this man. >> governor brown unveiled a revised $96 billion spending plan today in including more money for public schools and

an unexpected drop in revenue brought on by the federal government's spending cuts. >> there is a lot of needs out there. there is articulateand i'm tryit balance. >> state schools are the biggest winners in this plan. k-12 education will get an increase of $2.9 billion. >> campuses will get $500 million in each of the next four years. >> cal works job training will get $48 million. >> and the governor says his plan puts the state on track to lower debt by 86% by the year 2017. >> interesting. let's focus on weather. >> spectacular out there. >> yes. >> right now, we've got clear skies across the bay area, breezy, cool near the coast. but sunny in most locations but in the sierra near lake tahoe we've had outbreak of

pretty impressive thunderstorms and likes-lightning strikes around that region. no storm activity at this very location. temperature readings 60 degrees in san francisco right now. 64 across the bay in oakland. 74 in mountain view. another live view looking down at ocean beach from mount tam, clear skies, temperatures 84 in santa rosa right now. 80 in fairfield. 64 in union city. here is the forecast. looking live from sutro camera over san francisco, and out up north a bit. sunny skies, and this evening, clear skies. a few low clouds form later in the evening and during overnight hours. lingering clouds and later in the day increasing clouds, breezy, cool conditions near the coast. highs into upper 50s and we'll see highs up to 80 or above

into warmest locations. >> spencer, thank you very much. >> still head how much is too much? definition of driving while drunk could soon change. >> and larry page opens up about how he lost his voice laster summer and problems he still has witness, today, then, new at 4:30... >> consumers looking for a new hand held device and faster networks but there is something called 5 g, how soon are we going to see it? we'll have the story still to come. >> and taking a look at traffic right now on the san francisco skyway, it's jam packed in both directions. cars on the lefthand side of the screen trying to make their way east across the bay bridge and on the right heading towards 101, pin anyone va and south and it's slow going. abc 7 news at 4:00 continues right after this.

a serious house fire. sky 7 over the fire on daltry way. no word on how this fire started. >> we do know one person has been injured. we've seen a firefighter on a stretcher taken way in an ambulance. we're not sure if the person was overcome by smoke or heat. >> and we'll bring you more information as we get it later in this newscast and our reporting will continue there as well. >> larry page broke -- breaks

his silence on his health. >> that is right. emily chang is here with today's after the bell report. >> good afternoon. lowe hedge fund is asking sony to sell as much as 20% and sony respond bid saying invaluable entertainment businesses are quote, important to contributors to growth and not for sale. black berry announcing it will offer versions of dmw services also developed the q 5. and google's co-founder and ceo larry page addressed questions about his voice and why he continues to sound hoarse. he explained 14 years ago he

got a bad cold caused paralysis in his leftal cord. last summer he got another cold despite that he was able to do all he needs to do at home and at work. and your bloomberg silicon valley index slipping as shares fell more than 2% and the online tv start up heading to atlanta in june rolling out services in boston tomorrow. it takes broadcast television signals and makes them available and they are fighting to shut it down. i spoke to the ceo. he told me he didn't think there should be controversy because the company's goal is not to rey yailt the cable

bundle, just give people more options to watch. just give options to watch television. dan, carolyn, back to you. >> thank you very much. government safety officials today voted in favor of recommending states lower their threshold for drunk drive big nearly half. the national transportation safety board suggests the blood alcohol content be lowered to.05% of the current 508 standard. >> impairment starts with the first drink. by.05 most drivers experience dim minute yishd visual function, increased drowsiness, and reduced vigilance. >> more than 100 countries adopted the standard or lower. but then, the changes to the bac level is up to individual

states. >> warriors fans certainlyite one of the best home courtesn t. >> they do.becaus 510 isrtd hea. >> new, it can be found in the heart of the warriors. tee shirts being scooped up have the area code hidden there in the name. >> they're being sold in oaklandish. >> and proceeds of the sales going to local programs. >> we've been gegt lots of fan photos. this group showing off their spirit as part of the detonation. >> you want to see those you report we're going to share them on the air and online at abc 7 news.com. another fun season to be a bay area sports fan. >> no qid kidding and it's a gorgeous day. great day to be in the bay

area. >> from sky to inland, cooler at the coast. live doppler 7 hd. you can se have n around. and sunny skies around the bay area. as mentioned it's breezy here is a look at wind speeds and gusts right now. up to 26 in mountain view so. around the bay area now, brezy but a pleasant late afternoon. a live view from mount sutro looking northward, you can see our features mostly clear skies tonight. clouds increase tomorrow afternoon and evening. temperatures bounce back starting on sunday. here is our radar compass composite image showing an apreching system going to bring us a change in the weather pattern. a cold front moving into our direction. clouds as well. starting at 6:00 this evening,

we'll have low clouds around tonight. but another system approaching into thursday, thursday morning clouds increasing then, friday, morning early there is a chance of sprinkles mainly across the peninsula. >> overnight, areas of low clouds, but mainly clear, low temperatures generally into low 50s tonight. tomorrow, high temperatures into 70s foremost locations. 72 in santa clara. upper 60s in millbrae to san mateo. low 70s from redwood city down to mountain view. highs into upper 50s in pacifica and half moon bay. downtown a high of 64 tomorrow, 59 in the sunset district. north bay, clouds gathering into afternoon hours.

near east bay highs upper 60s to low 70s, 70 in oakland. inland east bay highs into upper 70s to low 80s and here is the accu-weather forecast. quite cool thursday, friday, high temperatures inland only up to about 70 degrees or so. warming up sunday, monday. so this cool spell lasts two and a half days. >> thank you. >> coming up next, a 7-year-old has a sweet plan to keep our country safe. >> response he got from vice president biden. >> and new after 4:30 collin kaepernick's tattoos, kaepernick's tattoos, overexpot's play:

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i'm going what? he said i think guns should shoot chocolate bullets. >> i like chocolate very much. that is why i made it with chocolate bullets. >> not a bad idea. >> th second grader got a surprise when a hand written response from vice president biden arrived in the mail. >> how cool? it head read i like your idea the country could be safer and happier and ended with you are a good boy. >> miles is happy. he says he's waiting for his letter from president obama. if you want to join the conversation go to our page. >> this is just blowing up on facebook. >> good for him. >> still ahead on abc 7 news, critical court hearing today for a marin county oyster farm fighting to stop the government from shutting it down. >> now, a criminal investigation. the scanned yale yal involving.

irs and conservative groups is growing. >> and

a local environmental battle took another turn today

landing in a courtroom. drake's bay oyster company is in west marin point reyes national sea shore and is trying to stop the federal government from shutting it down down. >> u.s. interior department is the one that orders operation to close last fall and then a u.s. district attorney judge agreed the government has right to make that decision but owners are refusing to give up and today, took their case to a higher court. the three-judge panel being asked to overrule a lower court decision that puts the drake's bay oyster farm out of business. oyster s have been harvested here at the sea shore since 1934 but last november then interior secretary visited the operation and zided the federal land should be restored to wilderness. he refused to renew the lease

of the leby family, which took over the farm in 2005. >> we didn't know we'd have to go through the a political battle to protect animal agriculture in west marin from government abuse. >> the case sk handled for free by conservative law firms saying the government is overreaching and using bad science. >> and some environmentalists have a different take on the find into is public land and this is for all americans to enjoy. >> the farm estimates it produces 40% of the oysters in the state. some chefs including berkeley alice waters submit aid legal brief of support.

>> this operation is time to ang r.pack up and go home. >> i believe this court going to come to a decision going to allow us to to stay. >> the timetable for the judge is to issue a rule. >> ineffective management allowed the irs to target conservative groups, a practice that went on for 18 months. this morning, the attorney holder ordered a criminal investigation into whether the irs unfairly targeted conservative groups abc news found information. >> asked to go after individuals not abiding by the rules.

whether right, left, center or no ideology. >> now criticizing the irs for blatant and thuggish abuse of power. >> tea party groups applying for tax exempt stat wrus were subjected to additional questions and audit autos now, eric holder says play nod direct role in the decision to super bowl -- subpoena records and says he removed himself because of his own dealing was the media. they obtained two months of phone records as part of an investigation into a security leak. >> the pentagon announced plans to furlough 680,000 civilian employees for 11 days through the end of the year. the plan allowing only limited exceptions for the military.

chuck haigel says the budget situation looks to an early end of the furloughs. >> russian officials say ryan foggel is a spy with the cia. he has been handed over to the u.s. embassy. no comment so far from the state department. >> work began this morning to demolish what has become the best known symbol of super storm sandy's destruction. the jet star rollercoaster plunged off the board walk pier into the atlantic during that storm. workers began dismantling the coaster today, taking apart the ride piece by piece. it's expectsed to take four days to infinish the job. and before that prince harry

was nearby touring shattered communities along the jersey shore part of the week-long tour around the united states. his guide was chris christie. they visited neighborhoods wiped out by the hurricane. >> you can can see everybody working together. >> afterward he headed to harlem, new york to play a quick game of baseball and then joined david cameron aboard one of london's new roof master double decker buses on a tour of lower manhattan. >> well, stale head here for years we've been told to cut salt intake. now one group is questioning that add advice. >> also head exposure for collin cappernick this, is all about his ink. >> clear skies now, breezy, cool at the coast. how long will the weather last? i'll have the accu-weather forecast coming up. >> and take a look outside now this, is traffic on highway

87. that is right. you can see this is walnut creek. we've got the wrong graphic up. no problem along 680. stay with us. abc 7 news continu

hinld the skeechbs of abc's up coming line up. >> network unveils it's upcoming schedule. 13 new shows will premier in the next year. tuesday night will be new with marvels agents of shields follow bid a block of comedy. td goldbergs, trophy wifes and lucky 7. thursdays get the fairy tale drama of "once upon a time in wonderland" to. find out more bo to abc 7 r..com. billy crystal honored for theater work and gave a take on monsters university. >> when it came out, most kids were six or seven years old. now they're in college and they go crazy because and he i

are going through the same things as they're going through. >> and finally a look at the latest issue of gq magazine. the actor poses on the cover of the june comedy issue. >> a super hero is controlling a little league field and he's a big hit. take a look at this mr. baseball td goodwill ambassador at his little brother's baseball games. it's a great experience for the 18-year-old who has autism. his mom came wupt idea saying devon is invinceable. >> he says hi and looks around. i see the head bobbing like this, he gets in the back of the suburban. he goes mom, did you see those kids? they loved me. i was famous.

>> he was diagnosed with autism at 18 months. his mom says she just wants to experience life as any other teenager would. >> up coming issue of espn doing a feature on 49ers quarterback kaepernick. >> this article about his tattooed physique. >> today, he tweeted this picture, receiving a tattoo as a student at university he continues to add to his collection and says having body art featured is an incredible honor. >> espn is our sister network. i only wish if he's going to pose like that, he'd work out more. >> yes. exactly. >> another man who treats his body as a temple. >> yes. true. and it's sans tattoos. ea now.kies across the bay

mild to warm across the nation and no major storms, california sunny and clouds up north pushing into the bay area, warm in spots and 100 down in palm springs. here in the bay area, we can expect partly cloudy skies into afternoon hours. highs into 70s and might see low 80s inland east bay. highs only into 50s there. and here is a look at the high temperature trend for the week head. livermore some indications of how temperatures goring to behave friday, highs only 69 in livermore. we'll see temperatures

climbing back up into livermore, and cooling off everywhere. >> coming up next a georgia man believes he's broken a mystery to coca-cola, hoping to make big bucks from it small under to wear under a band whereage. how they hope it can monitor your heart health. >> there is a move in congress that could, could

a child has been hit and killed by a car. sky 7 hd is live over the scene on blue field drive. these are live pictures we don't know yet the child's age but a horrible tragedy there. police say a woman and child were walking on bluefield when an suv hit them. the woman will survive. the child, sadly died at the scene. police say the driver stopped and is cooperating with the investigation. they do not believe believe alcohol or drugs are a factor here. we'll bring instant updates on twitter. >> former cal football star went on to play for the new orleans saints and chargers

passed away. chuck muntsy died of a heart attack. a three-time pro bowl running back known for his youth foundation, helping young people turn away from gangs. he was 60 years old. >> a georgia man believes he may have hit the jackpot thinking he found the recipe for coca-cola in a box of papers he purchased in a sale. he says the recipe he discovered dates back to 1943. >> the last page of this says page 83 extractor is original coca-cola formula. that is what i'm basing most of this on. >> the recipe match was another suspected recipe nnpr found. coke reacted to the claims with a yawn saying the formula for the real thing is tucked away in a vault. that is not stopping him, he put the recipe on ebay forgh t

now a buy it now bid for $15 million. coke's original recipe dates back to 19th sent rye checking healthy living news stanford may have come up with a effective way to monitor of human heart. take a look. the device worn under a bandage and is sensitive to dedetect stiff arteries and doctors sate i could track heart health providing a safer method of measuring vital signs of newborns. a new report by an expert panel questioning common theories about salt intake. a committee says there is current guide lines recommend just 1500 milligrams of salt. for those so called at risk

groups including over age 51, african americans and people with hypertension or diabetes. the american heart association stands by current guideline autos if you're the type of person who never deletes e mail, carolyn. >> yes. >> you're going to like today's announcement. >> she has thousands of them. >> i think in google box more than 25,000. i'm horrible. if you never hear from me that, is y what can trigger a war among providers. >> how many e mails can we have? 12? also, google announced it's tripling stories for g mail to 15 giga bites. it offered a giga bite of free storage a lot more we'll see

if the same thing happens this time. hearings held on a bill supporters say would lower the price of cable and satellite television. the act would allow customers to purchase subdescriptions on a per channel basis. rite now, most are prepackaged forcing to you pay for a bundle of channel autos i support a la cart. consumers shouldn't have to pay for channels they don't watch it would be like going through a cafe. the industry opposes idea saying if fewer people subscribe, prices would go up for others. nothing saves you more than when someone gives you something.

kindel fire users are getting 500 amazon coins that will be good towards a purchase of an app or make in-app purchases. it's the equivalent of $5. coming up i'll take a look at sporting goods stores you'll see which ones score. whit comes to quality, value, and service. so hang around. >> just in the amount of time you did your segment, carolyn got another thousand. >> up next, smart phone war autos samsung technology break through good news for consumer buzz maybe not for apple. stay with us. >> coming up, 911 tapes of 8-year-old laila fowler's murder case. >> my children are home alone and a man just ran out of the house. >> a parent's call for help. and the breast reconstruction

option for women like angelina

here is a look at tonight's prime time line up. join us for abc 7 news tonight at 11:00. >> a new race owe to speed up mobile networks has been triggered by an announcement that samsung is planning to roll out 5 g technology in 2020. >> like them or not, soon, they will be sending out a new generation of technology that will be hundreds of times faster than what exists today and device maker, samsung says his lab in south korea tested it and will have it ready by 020. an gentleman lifts say samsung is out to displace apple.

>> would have looked to apple fit was a year ago. with you but i think samsung wants to be the leader. in the thought space and want to help create an atmosphere. >> samsung has been winning over consumer was the s 4 and plans for a faster 5 g network. >> i was with apple two years. i never thought boy leave. i just switched a couple weeks ago. the need is there as mobile devices are used for more data applications. >> there will be 135 traechl

bytes on the internet. that is 134 times the entire internet traffic that existed in 2000. >> samsung is being more transparent about where it is heading. competition is good for consumers and could lead to more choices. we're talking about six, maybe seven years from now. can you wait? you're go knot gofg a voice. >> thanks for joining us for abc 7 news at 4:00. abc 7 news at 5:00 begins right now. >> angelina jolie's double mastectomy inspires other women. next the reconstruction options available for women in the bay area and a search for a missing autistic girl is led into a new direction.

>> get ready for a cooler pattern and we may be tracking sprinkles soon. >> that breaking news is in san jose. >> a fatal accident killed a child in the street with a female adult on bluefield drive. this about 3:30 this afternoon. the woman sk treated right now. her injuries are not critical. the driver did stop and is cooperating with investigators. investigators sate it doesn't look as though drugs or alcohol were a factor in this. >> we'll continue to follow this for you on twitter on abc 7 news bay area. >> and in san jose a homeowner died in a house fire that also left one firefighter injured

sky 7 was over the scene less than an hour ago. firefighters say an elderly man was trapped and has died. and for details from the fire department we're continuing to get information to you as quickly as we can. good evening. >> the other top story tonight breast cancer activists praising actress angelina jolie for what they are calling a heoric choice. >> she reveals she underwent a double mastectomy in february divulging she carries a genetic abnormality putting her at an 87% risk of developing breast cancer. surgery reduce thatd chance to 5%. >> jolie writes the decision to have a mastectomy was not easy but one i'm