recession, got through that. and then, the fire this morning. what is, what was. a place called your personal barber shop usually at this time of the day would it fill with the sound of laughter. >> enjoy. joy. >> now, the sound of seeping water and the smell of a fire. one small business that no longer exists. >> the shops burned in this morning after a fire that began in the attic. >> this smoke when popping our ventilation we had smoke explosion which left in the flames. >> it took just 90 minutes to destroy this this row of dreams and more. melvin german didn't just consider himself a barber but

a servant. >> serving the community. helping people build themselves up. you know? go look fr a job, get a job. you know? they didn't have money, i didn't care f you want to get a job, come vrx a seat. pay me later. >> the place had been filled with bik tours of kids, graduations and life events this, is all his buddy found to pull out. that is everything. >> just as the economy has turned around. >> we don't know what tomorrow brings. it's in the hands of god. >> melvin german is a man of faith. he ez has been a barber 20 years, his father before that. he says he will continue to be a barber but it won't be in this structure behind us. they're tearing it down on

friday. >> just too bad. wayne, thank you very much. a fiery crash led to a huge explosion today. 15 train cars holding chemicals derailed, contents caught fire, then exploded. you can see the damage along the tracks there to those buildings nearby. a plume of black, gray smoke seen around for miles. the smoke does not pose a health threat. only one injury skpit zpit all of this, was reported. the garbage truck driver. >> a group helping people with disabilities sail on the bay is devastated after thieves stole motor frtz boats causing thousands of dollars in damages. bay area association of disabled sailors is grounded. the boats are equipped to help sailors safely navigate the

waters. >> we're shut down. pretty much shut down. we cannot allow these peopl to sail if we can't support mishap. we follow these boats closely. >> now the boat sustained damage when the thieves used power tools to cut through the locks and cables that secured them. you'll find information on our web site. >> chevron should expect to face a tough crowd in it's meeting tomorrow. a group announced they planned to protest that meeting. grievances range from political to skprirnl says the contribution to a packed action committee may have been ill skplel say the company should pay on a $19 billion

verdict found for dumping waste in the amazon. >> chevron has shown it doesn't have ability to understand how to protect the environment. take a look what happened in rich monld. elsewhere. they have shown they need leadership that mrss the environment. >> the mayor of richmond will join the demonstration as she wants to see chevron move forward toward renewable sources of energy. >> in san bruno, the city council voted to vote on a contract to continue rebuilding the glenn view neighborhood rip add part in the blast nearly three years ago now. the next phase being decided tonight is a upgrade with a private contractor. the contract would be paid for yugs a pg&e trust. the council meets tonight at the senior center on crystal springs road. >> one person is in the hospital after a suv flipped over in los altos. it happened at noon.

sky 7 is overhead here showing the hangelled -- mangled remains. officers say the person has injuries. the crash closed down two lanes of traffic more than an hour. >> the dryer of a car that sheared into two pieces after a crash in colm sa. awaiting arainment on felony hit and run charges tonight. police say the 25-year-old paul dias was intox date kated and driving too fast when the green ford mustang collided with this report. all three passengers were killed. police say he walked away from the accident. the deadly crash is still a shock to funds of course for a friend of the victim. >> if you needed anything he was there, willing to participate in something or help someone. real nice guy. >> dias being held on $750,000

bail. and california patrol statistics are out. chp there are 15 traffic deaths on the roads. six of those killed were not wearing seat belts a cross the state 1100 people were arrested for driving under the influence. and there have been 165 dui arrests and two fatal crashes. a police officer was injured chasing three men wanted for a drive by shooting. police say several people were outs side when someone signed of a car opened fire during an attempted robbery. three people were hurt. police spotted a car matching the suspect vehicle in the bay view district. the car backed into the patrol car slightly injuring an officer.

east palo alto police rereleased details declaring a crime emergency. over the past week a task force with officers from several police agencies has arrested 27 people in z.recovered two guns the chief says a gang feud was fueling the sfik in violence. next week the gang task force will conduct similar operations citywide. >> what is happening to a city once called the safest in the country? halfway through the year there are as many murders as in all of 2010. abc 7 news is live tonight. the trend is clear, and troubling. >> very disturbing this, is where two teen-aged boys were shot in this area sunday. take a look behind me. you can see people have

gathered and they're leaving flowers. those who live and work in san jose say they need help to solve the violence, elizabeth finds herself praying since finding out san jose two youngest murder victims were boys from her naind neighborhood. >> it needs to stop. when is it going to take to realize enough is enough? >> she's not the only one tired of the violence there have been 19 murders in the sti we're in crisis mode. it's time. 19 isn't high enough, 20, i mean when is it time? >> the number of homicides per year has increased last year l were 46. the highest in 20 years, 2011 there were 40 n 2010, 20. >> staffing decreases that the department suffered in the last two years is kor

spending -- corresponding to the naum numbs that can go well. >> the department union insists cuts and layoffs for blame for h 200 fewer officers on the streets right now. the city authorized to have 1100 but there are just 900 working full time shifts. >> depleted staffing didn't help wh. you're asking whether more officers on the streets would have prevented that, that is a question almost impossible to answer. >> this map shows locations of the homicides and they're all over the city. police confirm only two are gang related. >> do you have san jose the safest large city in the country? >> no. >> increasing patrols and having more meetings, meantime, counsel member ash carra plans

to have a crime prevention meeting tomorrow. >> he home prices seeing a biggest jump in almost seven years, prices jumped 10.9% in march. experts say more buyers are bidding on a short supply of homes. here in the bay area home prices rose 22.2%. phoenix prices rose by a slightly higher percentage. las vegas saw the third largest growth with 21% jump there. >> and stocks hit another record today dow jones soar frtd opening bell up mer than 200 points. the closing bell markets surged after the home prices report and news that consumer

confidence reached a five-year high. here are the numbers. dow closing at 15,409. and s and 56789500 rose 10 points. >> coming up, how walmart promises to clean up its act after pleading guilty to an environmental crime. >> and a showdown over who can give students life saving medicine autos trader joes feeling the heat of a group trying to pressure it to take certain products off shelves. >> i'm sandhya patel. hot weather and high fire danger ahead. i'll

a 9-year-old horse recovering after nearly dying yesterday. we brought you this story at 11:00 bud yeet horse fell down this well in rural san rafael yesterday afternoon. it took a team of people to keep buddy afloat. buddy has just cuts and scrapes and his owner expects a full recovery. >> good to see everybody just jumped in. >> the nurses union is fighting an effort. they don't want nonnurse as loued to give insulin shots to diabetic kids to school. state supreme court hears the case tomorrow. the story from sacramento tonight every time she eats she takes her blood sugar. >> when megan's third grade daughter was diagnosed her child's school does do d.not have a full time nurse so she quit her job to give the shots four to seven months we zrnt a

nurse. my family and i made the decision i would stay home to take care of here california supreme court will be deciding a case that could change the lives of families living with diabetic children. should a trained z.but unlicensed worker be able to give insulin shots to public school students? state law says now noe, but not all schools could afford a nurse, at some districts the ratio is 6,000 students to one nurse. in 2007 the department of education allowed other school employees to give the shots. the president of the national association of school nurses says that move jeopardizes student safety. >> insulin as a medication can be fatal if given wrong. it's a hormone. too much can cause fatality and fairly quickly. >> critics of the nurse's union say they're just trying

to boost jobs and that insulin shots can be administer bid other people. in one move the obama administration chimed in. urging the california justices to allow other school employees to give the shots when nurses are unavailable. >> it's easy to give a shot but not easy to give an assessment on whether or not the child has been treated successfully. >> while megan is leaning towards requiring school nurses she worries about other parents. >> i can only imagine nairnts couldn't quit their jobs. what do they do? >> trader joes is the target of a new ad by a consumer group targeting the meet calling on trader joes to stop selling meat and poultry from animals given antibiotics.

in a statement trader joes says it offers a wide selection of meat free of antibiotics. other supermarkets sell only antibiotic-free meat autos and walmart pleaded guilty to criminal charges. >> it's interesting. walmart will pay $81 million in fines after it pled guilty to misdemeanor charges of dumping hazardous waste across california. insy zents dents happened between 2003 and 2005. prosecuters say employees were seen dumping materials into drains and trash bans. including bleach, fertilizer and hair spray. the company acknowledged it did not properly train employees. walmart says it fixed the problem, those riding in a must mercedes-benz will be safer thanks to an old

technology. the auto maker adding bar codes to vehicles. responders will be able to scan the code and get immediate information on the way to get get the injured out of a mangled car. one of the busiest airports in the country teeming up with a major airline to be more pet friendly. united airlines opening a kennel o'hare is a major hub for united. 28 enclosures will be vent lated and service will be for pets traveling through the pet safe fram. airline says it should give a little bit of piece of mind. >> thank you. >> sure. >> a big brush fire broke out near sixes flags magic mountain in southern

california. the blaze triggered a big response because it broke out near a populated neighborhood. crews sent into a subdivision. all of this didn't disrupt the run at magic mountain. they stayed open all day long. it's a tougher task for firefighters down south. so called white fire broke out yesterday. so far, it's burned almost three square miles of wooded terrain. crews took advantage of calmer conditions to make progress on the fire. now at about 10:00% contained so more work to do. >> our showers moved out. a little bit of warm up coming. >> sandhya. >> nice, sunny afternoon. as a result temperatures did

come up. right now we're going to show you live doppler 7 hd. lengering clouz right here the coastline. 24 hour change most of the bay area up, two degrees warmer in san jose. 11 degrees higher in santa rosa. so here is a view from our sutro camera. temperatures now in san francisco, 60 degrees, 64 oakland. 68 degrees in san jose. half moon bay, clouds lingering 55 currently. san jose basking in the sun. high today, 71 degrees. it's going to get warmer. it's 72 in los gatos, highs

upper 70s. you're looking towards mount diablo. clouds increasing tonight. that means spotty morning sprinkle was a major warm bip week's end so changes will be coming. you can see a system working towards northern california. just one more disturbance that may produce damp roadways. clouds near the coast. you'll notice increasing cloud cover by 5:00 or 6:00 in the morning. you may see sprinkles out there. give yourself time, damp roadways could be slow going. afternoon mostly sunny skies. temperatures about the same as today but not for long. by friday, 93 in livermore, saturday, 96 degrees and

temperatures not falling until early next week. tomorrow morning possibly sprinkles or drizzle so comfortable. af the south bay. 73 san joyce yeah. up to 77 in gill roi. on the peninsula, 67 degrees along the coast line, 61 in half moon bay. downtown san francisco, 64 degree goings to be another breezy afternoon. and 76 degrees in napa. head out towards east bay. 68 in oakland. 69 union city. this is the in comfort zone. it's going to start to heat up. check out the accu-weather forecast. we're going kick up temperatures into mid-90s by friday, inland. upper 90s saturday it's going

to be sizzling. high fire danger, temperatures beginning to fall on sunday. you'll want to follow live doppler 7 on twitter. get forecast alerts and information and weather tweets from one another than your favorite weather team. your heat just wait a little bit. better late than never. >> we'll take it. first weekend in june looking warm. >> nice. we love it bay area's newest apple store making waves. >> new at 6:00 the research to learn what native americans in california smoked centuries ago. including discovering inside

one of the most photographed fountains in san francisco may be push add side. it was created by ruth asawa. plans would replace that building with a square apple store but renderings do not show the steps between two buildings or the fountain. abc 7 news has contacted apple but we have not yet received a response. >> in san mateo planning commission will get a chance to review a proposal to revamp hills daels shopping center. sears and development company are talking but have not reached an agreement. a spokesperson says the company looks forward to continuing to serve it's customers. tonight's meeting taking place at city hall. >> another great honor for a

bay area boy injured in boston marathon bombings. aaron hern will take the moubd mound and throw out the first pitch at the oakland coliseum. the 12-year-old injured watching his mom run the race. he was visitsed by josh redic and first base coach ty waller. first pitch tonight 7:05. >> how cool is that? >> spectacular. >> up next fresh pizza toppings some kids hit today.

coming up at 6:00 the improving bay area economy. tonight local county looking to hire tunz of new worker autos also, michael finney follows up with a local woman whos $500 loan triggered a

crack down on bank autos identical twin brothers, their paths taken them to the same job, one usually held by one person. >> finally here, the president was in new jersey reviewing hurricane sandy efforts the first lady tending to victims of the disaster at the white house. >> michelle obama hosted two dozen jersey shore students displace bid the hurricane in october. >> they went into the kitchen. the first lady used the event to encourage healthy eating you had a chance to visit that garden. >> di. they took us down there. it's a working garden. they go down there and bring stuff nchl the staff preepz food for the president and family. >> nice to see them in action today, doing just that.

>> world news is next. >> from all of us here, thanks for watching. this is "world news." tonight, extreme weather. floods and flames and new tornadoes tonight. as 50 million americans brace for a rough ride. we have a new video inside the heart of a very big twister. explosion. a freight train hurdles off the track and triggers a massive fireball. what was on that train? "real money." home prices now soaring. how to get thousands of extra dollars for your house. and our "america strong" series is back. men who survived brutal imprisonment, only to bring up lessons about courage and honor. ♪ oh god to thee we lift our prayer and sing ♪ ♪ oh god to thee we raise our