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 happy i made

and i can tell my children they don't need to fear they will lose plea to breast cancer. >> this is going to be a game changer whit comes to test being and breast cancer. >> now, keep in mind her mother died of ovarian cancer at age 56. she says she hopes by going public with this, other women will be inspired to get tested for the kantser-causing gene. >> women who choose after mastectomies learning there are recent medical advance that's make the trauma less severe for them. surgeons now able to preserve areas around the breast. the results often so natural women are able to put much of the ordeal behind them. >> how does this feel? >> fine. >> nil is now fully recovered

after giving birth to her child. she she's her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer at 42. she decided to take an effective tip step. >> at this point was an easy decision i wanted to have a double mastectomy. >> she says the decision was made easier by advancements in surgery preserving more of the breast. >> the surgeon performed my thyroidectomy was known for doing a nipple sparing mastectomy. i knew he can save my nipples and my breasts could look like my actual breast autos what you can see here is a new improved silicone gel implants. it's a natural appearance. >> afterwards mel any turned to a cosmetic surgeon. he says the new generation of breast implants are far better at imitating shape and tex tuk tuk -- texture. more natural looking.e

first are silicone immigrants plants. they hold their shape. >> the second is fat transfer, fat taken from the waist then used to soften and sculpt the shape. >> i had patients say tho one knows they've had the surgery and don't know they have implants. >> for melanie, news that angelina jolie has gone public is comforting. but perhaps not as comforting as the vigs decision she believes will help protect her against an elevated risk of breast cancer. >> i feel wonderful. it's a decision i'm so glad i made because it's something i know i'll never have to look over my shoulder about again. >> the doctor points to a technology here called air expanders forming a pocket in the breast to help stretch scar tissue to accommodate the new implants. it's controlled by the patient

a touch of a button and often less painful than traditional injections. >> firefighters snuffed out five brush fires this afternoon. sky 7 hd captured flames and smoke in the vegetation along the highway. firefighters still on the scene keeping an eye on flare ups. as you can sigh, traffic in the eefts bound direction is flowing freely but westbound 237 still a mess and closed. you can see they were ferocious. >> firefighters rescued a man after he fell down a 15 foot hole this afternoon. sky 7 was overhead after they man wrathed to bring him to the surface. authorities say he was an agent going through the

property and getting it ready for market. >> there is a new lead for the search of a child who disappeared from her family's vacation home on sunday. she has a severe form of autism. >> it's so severe she neither speaks nor responds. clear lake and rescue crews hoped to have good news ask an end tg-to-this story. that hasn't happened yesterday. yet. they do have hope in the form of a photograph this, is the still frame from a home video surveillance camera. >> with this new information it's communication we ran up the street. so we have a last known point where she was seen. >> last seen on her street heading north showing that she did not run immediately into the waters of clear lake and

has redefined efforts. >> today, crews fanned out to the north leaving no house no, yard, no likely portion of the lake unchecked. many have autistic children i ill go to small crawl spaces if there are any. they normally like something that is ice yol yaited. they don't like crowds. >> she spent time searching with eddie williams. to search, they say it helps to know them. >> we know how they are. >> how are he? >> just special. >> mick yale lynch's family remained in seclusion, keeping friends close for support. sunday, mother's day the little girl escaped through a gate her brother left open in the yard.

the home is quiet, the swing, empty. there is no positive news in terms of the search. the only positive spin is that they're searching and a rescue yir came with a tiny kitten, maybe this bing bigg he nound a field in a sack. he did rescue the kitten, i took a picture that have kitten and pit pitt on twit jer because well, it felt like the right thing to do. >> thank you very much. we're hearing the 911 call made by her stepmother, the 8-year-old that they're still searching for. the call placed at 2:13 in the afternoon. the stepmother relayed information from her 12-year-old brother there had been a break in at the family's home. >> how old are you your kids?

>> 12, 9. >> okay. >> had a break in. >> yes. >> okay. >> did they see the snan. >> they did see him, yes. my daughter is freaking out right now. >> investigators say there was not a break in. they arrested laila's brother over the weekend accusing him of killing his sister and making up the story about the intruder. we have the call on our web site if you'd like to hear it. >> america's cup official as announced races will go on expecting all four to compete including artemis racing. a review committee will make recommendations to ensure races are as safe as possible. >> we need to do is manage expectations and edges and we

have to look for the safety of the crew. >> sky 7 shows the rescue if yorts. >>ism exemployees of the san francisco school district are accused of misusing $15 million of public money saying ploimys diverted 15s glinldz a slush fund, funneling it into three nonprofits. investigate jirz money was used to pay for bonuses off the book salaries and contracts to benefit them self autos we're mortified at the thought that trusted employees would conceive such a scheme to divert funds from the children for whom they're intended. >> gascone says she took

250,000s frdz personal use. they face charges some face dozens of felony charges. >> in san jose, city council members today rejected of a 5% pay raise for themselves and mayor reed's salary remains the same. current salary is $3067,000 with a vehicle allowance. approved pay would have jumped to 120,000s dz if he accepted the raise but he declined it, again. >> and still to come, google ceo discloses a health problem nearly scaring away investor autos and how few drinks will it take for you to be driving drunk?

>> live from the roof of the broadcast center temperatures trending lower. and when you may be dodging drops coming up. >> the sporting goods stores that score whit comes to quality, value, and service. ab

a employee accidentally sparked a fire santana row. it ignited nearby bushes. the fire then bread to several cars as you can see here, six damaged in the fire. there were no injury autos folks in the east bay could

pay more for water starting in july. the east bay mu nins pal reoo utility district proposed a plan to increase water this year and next. it would cost the average family nearly $5 starting july this year and five more next year. east bay mud says it's necessary to maintain the dams and pipelines. >> coming out of the drought and recession, we have fallen behind now. and we won't have events others have experienced. >> customers do have a chance to voice their opinions june 1th. >> if investigators get their way the limit on how much you can drink before you drive could go way down. national transportation safety board recommending states cut the threshold by almost half.

so what does that mean? it's different for men and women. average man that amounts to roughly two, maybe three drinks in an hour's time. now for a woman it's different for average woman weighing roughly 140 points that would put you maybe one to perhaps two drinks in one more. abc 7 news reporter nick smith in oakland with the story. nick? >> good afternoon f a driver is found to have a blood alcohol level of.08 or higher he or she subject to arrest and prosecution but oaklanders today believe the current laws as they stand go far enough. why are they doing that? not sure. >> some customers learning of

the national transportation safety board recommendation to lower the blood alcohol content that constitutes drunk driving are finding this idea hard to swallow. >> it promedrong responses f people. >> i would rather police enforcing other things in oakland right now. >> according to national transportation safety board, each year, 10,000 americans die in alcohol related accidents. >> if i i'm a person and know legal limit is now.05, if i'm responsible that means i'm going to be consuming less alcohol eithers don't believe it's that simple. >> we're talking one beer. drop it and to be able to have a glass of wine is extreme. come on. >> science in determining blood alcohol level is not perfect.

>> this r.. >> we have to be very care envelope making sure that we don't arrest and convict innocent people. >> he says restricting moderate consumption does nothing to stop hard kor drunk drivers from getting behind the wheel. arguing the law could state that. >> why are we allowing our citizens to guess? say zero drinking, zero driving? >> again, the current limit i is.08 and they believe as many as one thousand lives could be changed each year. >> larry page disclosing a health problem that had

investors worried last summer. page says he suffered a bad cold 14 years ago that paralyzed his left vocal cord and then, last summer he suffered another cold he lost his voice and forced to miss two key company events. >> you know buying sport ggs can be easier said than done. >> have you lots of choices. >> which stores are the best out there? consumer reports partnered with 7 on your side to find out. >> this is the time of the year. so whether outfitting your sex or getting kids ready where you shop does make a big difference. new consumer reports national research survey center reveals best places to gear up. customers come back again and again. >> they're amazing here. great. >> to see which stores earn high score was conser

26,000 readers. >> we asked what matters most like selection, skpfs value. >> among those rated walmart, k mart, sam's club and target. popular stores were dick's sporting goods and sports authority. >> when it came to value, selection, to the knowledge and helpfulness, it was kind of middle of the road. >> walmart, k mart and sam's club scored lower. cost could rated well in those areas but the survey found selection limited. outdoor stores like rei rated high for things like value, service and quality.

authorities says best bet is independent stores. so next time you're in the market you might want to give your local store a try. consumer reports says specialty stores did very well. there is some rather large local chains you should check out as well. >> that is right. good information. >> we have breaking news right now. sky 7 over another grass fire this, is live. there is a car burning there. you can see that is throwing up a lot of smoke. >> it's warm m spots story.

sandhya patel is up on the roof. >> yes. it's breezy which is not helping in that effort behind me, beautiful day. and checking outli doppler 7 you'll see what it looks like. it's clear this afternoon. we do have active weather as you check out the area there, you can see numerous lightning strikes. 500 so far this afternoon. thunderstorms dying down just an interesting note this is a system that cleared the coastline. it is breezy as you can see.

26 in mountain vu. and novato, 23. look at the view from our tv looking towards heavenly valley area. you can see dark clouds that are seeing active weather there. 57 degrees in half moon bay. wind in that direction not as breezy. looking at the view, you can see how gorgeous sit right now. we're looking at cooler weather thursday and friday. and may be seeing sprinkles here. cooler pattern develops. one of the biggest is clouds

will be on the increase. now, patchy clouds and as the day goes on, increasing cloud cover. thursday 9:00 a.m. could be sprinkles there but friday morning will see a best chance of sprinkles here in the bay area. 5:00 a.m. friday. temperatures wide range upper 40s. along the coastline low 60s in places like antioch and patchy clouds around. some of you will need to bundle up. 73 san jose. 77 degrees breezy. on the pin anyone slarks mostly cloudy skies, breezy and cool afternoon. downtown san francisco, 64. 20 to 30 miles per hour wind gusts.

be prepared for that. head out towards the east bay, 72 fremont. mild 81 in fairfield. here is a look at the accu-weather forecast. it will feature more cloud cover, cooler weather, noticeable thursday, friday, into warmest communities. chance of sprinkles then over the weekend low 80s by sunday. i'm jump haegd of myself. we'll keep it into that range into next week. cheryl? dan. >> thank you. >> still ahead warriors tee shirts hot off the press was a special message. >> yes z new at 6:00 a community alert on what police call a blessings scam. how it works and who is most

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ooshlgs warriors continue their push tonight. back in the east bay, 510 being represented with new threads. check this out, these tee shirts have the area code hidden inside of the ward warriors. you can see it. >> that is very cool. these fans are wearing their pride. their cousin brought them back this we are warriors towel. e mail your photos to us at you report on kgo-tv.com and we'll share them on abc 7 news.com. >> good stuff. haven't made it to the rock

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coming up at 6:00 the staggering number of criminals roaming streets because police have not tested thousands of rape kits weechl have details in an abc 7 news investigation z a bay area woman's efforts to help others after her difficult decision to have a double mastectomy. and gearing up with google glass like a smart phone you wear on your face. >> for folk who's can't make ate cross water the rock coming to you. >> it's first san francisco appearance life on the vok now on display at embarcadero center. >> designed for those who can't get tickets or just don't have the time. >> the erk hibit showcases

history andesica of a prison cell, an this is "world news." tonight, turning up the heat. the irs now facing a criminal investigation. allegations they targeted the president's enemies. stunning announcement. hollywood superstar angelina jolie revealing she had a double mastectomy to prevent breast cancer. a message to women facing the same difficult choice. road rules. a major change tonight on how much anyone can drink before they get behind the wheel. and "made in america" is back tonight. the buying power of hispanic america, and we learned the secret of success in creating more jobs right here. david muir with the secret recipe. >> it's spicy.