we have live team coverage for you tonight. we have the housing news and cornell bernard with more good economic news from marin county tonight. laura i'm going to start with you. that is right, dan. we've been doing stories about a dismal market. but starting today, not anymore. once common place scenes like these nor longer the normal in the bay area community hard hit. >> is it still bad out in antioch? >> i don't think so. no the. >> this realtor got into the business at the height of the market. since then, she seemed prices here plummet by 70%. and neighborhoods seem to be for sale but now, antioch and other communities are exkbreernsing a real estate boom oom, many offers.

dozens of offers and we've been a week of time. >> according to data quick sales prices for the first quarter of the year jumped 26%. 28% in antioch, 34% in union city. and 5% in oakland. >> are you glad you bought a year ago? >> that is good news nor young up with coming upel. it's appraised for a lot more. >> it's appraised for 33% more than i bought it for almost a year to the day. nice to have equity in the house. >> in antioch, houses once langishing on the market are now selling quickly with offers. that serkd after falling so far, prices are still nowhere near their high autos this house and others probably won't return to 2005 prices. >> no. they probably won't get as high as 2005 but they're

ticking up quickly. that will start to level off. >> another indicator of how hot the market is, out here this is a stack of listings from this neighborhood. most set i deadline or offers and most properties selling as is. in antioch abc 7 news. >> housing turn around is just one part of the economic rebound, the other key factor is jobs. >> after years of budget cuts and hiring freezes marin county putting out help wanted sunshine a big way. and it not the only one. sandra is on the hunt for a new jorks hoping to find a full time job with benefits that pays well. >> very three children.

so i'm willing to work. definitely willing to work to provide for my family. >> she may northbound luck. marin county looking to fill 200 job autos we're hiring. >> angela trying to find apply can'ts to fill openings. sheriff deputies, park rangers, court workers, medical workers, payroll and social services to name just a few. >> it's exciting. it's an exciting opportunity to get new ideas and thoughts. >> baby boomers are retiring and the budget picture is improving. the private secretary jor hiring, too. perfect timing employment agency trying to meet demand for worker autos so you're hire something. >> absolutely. >> the ceo sex lena walton is confident the economy is improving.

>> confident we're going down a road that is going to get easier for everybody. >> it's giving sandra a reason to be optimistic about finding that job. >> i'm hearing people say they've been looking for months and i'm a little scared i'm going to be looking for months. i'm hoping to find something soon. >> county jobs pay between 50,000s skpdz $90,000 a year. for a list go to our web site. click on see it on tv. >> five businesses were destroyed when a fire ripped through a strip mall. it started in the bilding attic. flames spread quickly to the businesses. al's giant burger, creative cuts antioch jewelers and personal barber shop are all

completely torched. >> that is my shop. >> there is nothing i can say. >> you can rebuild, right? >> yes. but what is the next stage going to look like? i can get up. >> investigators don't know yet how the fire started. >> family and friends are mourning the loss of three people killed in that horrible memorial day crash in colma. tonight, the driver is in jail. carolyn? >> 25-year-old paul dias being held in jail tonight on $750,000 bail and is expected to be arraigned tomorrow on charges of felony hit and run and vehicular manslaughter for an accident sta that stunned the victims' families and friends. >> my little sister. i loved her. i miss her. i don't know what i'm going to

do without here mario returned to the scene of the car crash that killed his baby sister, 23-year-old rosa maria. he says she was working, taking college classes, and made friends easily. candles and flowers honor her mem skpri that of the two other that's died. the three from daily city were passengers ejected from this green mustang when it rear ended a honda yesterday morning ramming a retaining wall on hillside boulevard. the force sheared the mustang in half. the 25-year-old paul dias is the only survivor, police believe speed and alcohol were factors. a witness says dias checked on rosea, then left before police arrived. >> he was like baby, baby. trying to get, trying to get her attention to see if she was alive. >> he loved her. he loved her. yeah.

they're engaged. >> christina says she's sure dismt as feels the pain. skme rosear cousin buzz raised ke sisters since they were little girls. >> partners in crime. everything. yeah. she is one of my best friends for sure. >> this mem wril continues to grow, police are releasing more details about the investigation. they say bre turned himself in, he spent time in this home where rosa may have lived. police say they collected evidence here and at a house believed to be his grandmother's. family and friends of all victims are still in shock. >> if you needed anything johnny was there, willing to participate in something or help someone. real nice guy. >> now, police have not finished their investigation. they're still waiting for results to determine if alcohol or drugs played a role

in the crash. in the newsroom abc 7 news. >> all five passengers of an suv that rolled over in los altos under the hospital tonight. the crash happened just about noon time south of magdalena avenue. sky 7 shows damage to this suv. investigators looking into whether the driver was speeding. three passengers suffered injuries including one who was eject frtd car. >> thiefs have left a group of sailors stuck on the dock. at left for the time being. nor group, it's also a difficult time because this is a special group of people with a special reason to enjoy being on the water. abc 7 news nick smith is live in san francisco with the story that you'll see only on abc 7 news. >> these cables and locks used to secure the motors used for the boats. a theft of the motors would be difficult for anyone but tough for a nonprofit depending on

every penny. charles cunningham removing this boston oiler after these damaged it, cutting fuel lines to steal the outboard motor. >> i have no idea what the goal was. >> the mission of the association of disabled sailors or bad is to help. they take those with mobility issue as sifting twhem operating a boat on their own. >> i love sailing. my father says i was a fish. >> pam is four feet tall. says she was born to sail. each boat is rigged and equipped with features for height or things like this chin control. making operating skpailz rudders possible. >> what is done is helped me learn balance. how to navigate on a water

surface. >> we're shut down. we're shut douchblt we cannot allow these people to sail if we can't support a mishap. >> each sailor is followed by a boat if one of them gets into trouble, help is seconds away. but now, the operation may be land locked because the theft of the motors and damage to the boats will cost the nonprofit thousands to repair and replace. in aum all, five moators were taken. >> we want to operate. we don't want to let this stop us from doing that. >> dozens of boats dock add pier 40 but the outboard motors used by bass were the only only ones stolen, now, police are investigating. and bass are hoping that volunteers and donations will come through so they can sail this weekend.

nick, thank you so much. >> still head tonight a progress report on the opening of the new bay bridge. turns out caltrans can't give us answers we've been waiting for. >> criminal charges against walmart settled by a court. what they've been doing put your safety at risk. >> a batch of more that coul could -- -moisture that could produce sprinkle autos a remarkable story of identical twin brothers whose path in live took them to the

6. walmart pleaded guilty to charges of dumping hazardous materials down the drain at stores throughout california. the charges criminal misdemeanors and part of the deal walmart will pay for dumping pollution into sanitation drains. two years ago walmart settled a civil complaint. and an employee caught pouring bleach down a drain in san diego and solano county a boy found playing in a mound of fert lidzer. walmart says it's fixed the problem. >> political contributions are among the grievances protesters plan to bring up tomorrow, today in oakland a group announced it's plan to

confront the board of directors at the meeting saying chevron donated millions to a conservative group in the election. the group also says chevron million to election efforts to richmond. >> they know that the community members there are organizing and putting pressure on them for their activities. so they spent 15,000 people in the hospital. they're being investigated. what is their response to try to buy their way out of it?. >> pro testers plan to bring up environmental practices and to answer concerns outside of the meeting. >> a developing news we're probably not going know tomorrow whether caltrans will be able to open the new bay bridge on time. the bay area toll authority had expected a verdict tomorrow on whether caltrans would be able to meet the labor day deadline. only 97 days now.

a spokesman says more testing is needed on 2300 galvanized bolts used to protect the bridge. the toll authority is fwirgt those test results and a schedule before they'll know if the bridge will open on time. >> infertility treatments mean twins are not that rare anymore but sharing the same profession, maybe. but how about principals at the same school? following reggie and ronald richardson at claremont middle school in oakland. >> mr. richardson and mr. richardson. >> i'm on wait there. >> copy that. >> they're rarely seen together in the playground which begs the question are there really two? >> there are two of you. >> yes. >> one in gray is reggie. wearing blue is ron. >> kids say i just saw you around the corner.

how do you move so fast? >> the 36-year-old twins have been co-principals since last sex students and parents say they've brought a lot of change to the school. >> student engagement and building relationships as if they were your own child. >> these other twins say they make each student feel important. >> they know everybody's name just from the start z they usually are friendly with eefsh when there is a conflict that is when they team up to find a sensible resolution. they know they're the role model kids need. >> our parents, our mom, all adults who paved the way for us. >> they also know how to make students listen. >> you know you're supposed to be in class. >> the twins have education in their blood. their grandmother was a

principal here, their mother went to school here and was a teacher in oakland. >> she went to claremont? >> and like most twins they do disagree at times. >> we'll have a dispute or a disagreement and then back to being twins again, i guess. that is that twin phenomenal twin code that we have. >> it's helping to unlock potential in many students at claremont. >> that is neat. >> by the way, leanne does not have a twin. >> that we know of. >> yes. >> it should be good weather for the a's giants game. if you're driving on the golden gate bridge may seem winter returned. >> it was wet out there last night. and early this morning. spencer christian is there with the forecast that. has lifted. >> it has. >> we had a sunny day z right now, still, nice, sunny with

just low clouds at the coast. wet last night especially in the north bay. you can see we have wet pavement as well, here is a look at live doppler 7 hd. low clouds near the coastline. the coast is not socked in but how about this area of moisture off shore. approaching the coastline of mendocino county this is what is in our direction and could produce scenes like what we've just shown you. so we'll take a look at that in just a moment. a closer look. a live view looking down towards ocean beach. another view of low clouds at the golden gate. 6 degrees in san francisco. mountain view, 67. a warm 77 and santa cruz. another live view from our camera. looking at the general direction of at and t park there is no game tonight but will be tomorrow night. sunny skies, some low clouds,

you can see there off in the distance at the coast. it's 69 degrees now in santa rosa. 71 napa. 75 fairfield. 69 in los gatos. a live view from our east bay camera looking back towards san pran. -- san francisco. low clouds at the coastline. forecast features are these. clouds increasing overnight. spotty sprinkles are possible tomorrow morning that. is hard to say. major warm up coming our way by week's end. it's pulled back to take a look at the sat lilt radar image. here comes our next potential rain maker. this is just one more disturbance to clear out and then, we'll get this big warm up at the end of the week this, one could bring us a little bit of precipitation overnight. we'll start at 7:00 this evening. during overnight hours, clouds increasing and then, around 5:00 or 6:00 in the morning during early rush hour, we'll see little pockets of

precipitation. so there could be wet pavement scattered about the bay area. but this will dissipate early. by mid to late morning we'll see partial clearing and early afternoon, mainly sunny skies. a nice, mild day foremost locations. in the livermore valley next week this is a look the high temperatures trend, friday, saturday, sunday, high temperatures in the mid to upper 90s in livermore, then, tapering off to 80s next week. this is what we can expect, quite warm. overnight tonight, mild, low temperatures in the mid-50s and then, tomorrow, south bay highs low to mid-70s. anyone sla, upper 60s to low 70s, 61 on the coast. downtown san francisco, 64 degrees tomorrow, mid to upper 70s in the north bay. upper 60s to 70 in the east

bay. mid to upper 70s inland east bay. here is the accu-weather forecast. loork at warm up, heat up starting friday into weekend. saturday, inland highs into upper 90s near 100 this, is warmth that weaver been weight for. when it gets here we're going say when is it going to cool down? >> yes. >> coming up next a lesson in goemetry tonight. >> how

in southern california firefighters battling a wildfire likely to continue burning another week. the fire broke out outside santa barbara county yesterday. forcing 6,000 memorial day campers to leave. the forest service says it's only 10% contain asked with winds gusting to 40 miles per hour this afternoon officials don't think they'll have it contained until june 3 a week from yesterday. >> tomorrow the state supreme court takes up an issue in our money strapped schools should someone not a nurse or doctor be allowed to give injections to stud zblents a school nurse's union is challenging a proposal when tight school budgets called for he lick nating nurses at many schools.

the department of edz x has allowed staffers to give shots since 2007. the president of the nurses union says that jeopardizes safety. >> insulin can be fatal given wrong. it's a hormone. too much insulin could cause fatality and quickly. >> the american diabetes association disagrees saying the shots can be administered by nonmedical staff with proper training. >> apple is headed fr a showdown over the design of the proposed flagship store on union square. apple will begin work on trance forming the old building in stockton and post street into a rectanglear store but do not include adjoining the steps near the hyatt hotel. the depiction of famous local

sites. we have tried to contact apple but have not had a response. >> are tl is more still to come tonight. we'll bring you individual yes from a toxic train wreck on the east coast. what happened and why it's been burning for hours. >> president obama joins republican chris christie for a day on the jersey shore. back in business tonight after super storm sandy. >> and michael finney follows up with a woman whose $500 loan triggered a crac

tonight a huge fire that erupted is almost out after burning almost seven hours. chemicals aboard the train ignited when 15 cars derailed triggering a massive explosion felt several miles away. the fire department says smoke from the fire was not toxic but a 20 block area was

evacuated. the truck driver stalled on the tracks suffered injuries ntsb will investigate to see what went wrong. >> royal caribbean cruise ship passengers are back in baltimore after a fire monday at 3:00 in the morning. this new video shot by one of the 2200 passengers as they prepared to board life boats at stations on the boats. they were told it was not a drill. passengers say it was scary but give credit to the crew for keeping everyone calm. >> they helped us and communicated throughout the time. >> it was scary but we got through it it was calming they said it's not a big fire. we have it under control. >> we felt the boat was burned up.

>> the u.s. coast guard will investigate how it happenedful the passenger got a refund and a voucher for a free future cruise. >> the jersey shore is back. the president says there there is still more work to be done. it caused $38 billion in damage. today with the president praised new jersey residents for bouncing back from the super storm. >> you're stronger than the storm after all you've been tlchl the jersey shore is back and open for business. >> the bipartisan event comes as christie is seeking reelection in this state. he says he couldn't care less about criticism from his own republican party. >> federal regulators proposed a crack down on bank engaged in pay day lending type

program autos michael finney began reporting on these concerns in 2007. >> right two large banks in california have loan rams. the lone loans must be paid back in by the next direct deposit leaving borrower was little money for basic necessities. this was the scene outside of the wells fargo meeting in salt lake city april 23. these protesters are upset over living -- lending practices hoping to address the issues but were he is skorlted out by security before they can speak.

we first introo tro dused new january. she took out a 30 day loan of 500s frdz wells fargo five years ago, charged a percentage rate 91%. the loan must be paid in full within 30 days she says she's been forced to continue borrowing every month to keep up. >> bottom line is that she's paid them 3,000s ndz fees so they have made their $500 loan back many times over. >> annette was embarrassed by the situation. her financial situation was in the one she'd shared with anyone before now that. is what she told news january. >> you know, i had to tell my children and friends. >> then, last month she was able to address the ceo of

wells fargo bank at the meeting. >> then, i tore up notes and said since i'm here i'd like to take the opportunity to tell you that as long i've been a wells custor i've done this direct deposit advance you call a service. >> stumps maintained it's a program customers wanted intended as a short term loan for emergencies. the program meets current guide lines that stumps promised to review it. since then, wells fargo has forriven the debt. her story caught at tension of the new york times and national public radio. and it's also caught attention of regulators. both office of comptroller and occurrencey and fdic proposed new rules regular yug yaiting programs like ones offers by wells fargo and u.s. bank. >> first they'd roirt banks to say what the interest rate is for these loan autos the rates

currently not disclosed by wells fargo or u.s. bank. the banks breakdown the loan into fees of $1.50 for every $20 borrowed from wells, and $2 for every $20 borrowed from u.s. bank. >> second exciting thing is that they'd require banks to look at the customer ability to pay back the loans under the terms of the offer. >> u.s. bank did not get back to us with a comment. wells fargo would only say it's currently reviewing the proposed guidelines. >> i happen to be at right time, right place. >> both fdic and office of comptroller are taking public comment on the proposal until may 30th. we have a link and where you can leave your comments just go to abc 7 news.com. >> thank you. >> coming up next, a very big night for east bay 12-year-old.

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breaking news in southern california. toon down is being evacuated because of a small explosion in a trash can. security told him it insolved dry ice but they're evacuating while they figure out what happened. disney is the parent company of abc 7. >> silicon valley experts are open new revelations chinese hackers gained access to top u.s. military information. the pentagon report found hackers compromised data innocence tiff systems included vital parts of the missile defenses fighter aircraft and warships. experts say military espionage moved into the digital age. >> in the old days the spy had to be here in the u.s. to do something damaging. now, they can do it from overseas so that presents a different picture.

>> it paints a grim picture of cyber espionage. >> tonight money matters a strong housing market and a surge in consumer confidence is driving stock prices up. dow jones closed 106 points higher today after biggest increase in home prices in seven years. people are more confident in the economy than any other time since the great recession. tesla shot past $100 for the first time today. but net flix fell 6% after releasing 15 new episodes online of a former tv series arrested development. cisco systems teeming up to challenge microsoft's purchase of skip, claiming the company will be so big it will have no

in center owe cooperate with smaller companies and a research group predicted an 8% drop in personal computer sales this year. that is six times worse than first expect bud suspect sales to exceed notebook sales. >> just minutes from now, east bay boy injured seriously in the boston bombings returns to the spotlight this, is video taken just minutes ago when the 12-year-old got to take in batting practice. he will throw out the first pitch tonight before the a's host giants. as you know aaron injured near the boston marathon finish line. he'll throw out the first pitch in 10 minute autos from what a thrill for him. >> yes. >> coming up here next, california long history of tobacco use. >> this is the pipe that got us all started.

>> we'll show smu art yi nakts have local researchers asking what were

we tend to think of smoking and tobacco in terms of cigarettes but a study suggests tobacco use in california may stretch back longer than anyone realized. >> this is the pipe that got us started. >> if archaeologist shannon turbingham isn't hooked on tobacco she's fascinated by it, spent two years tracing it's earliest use. >> tobacco was present probably 8,000 or 10,000 years ago. hunter gatherers probably figured out the special properties of the plant early. >> she says clues were burned into ancient pipes some found in nearly pristine condition. and first to document what is being smoked and when,

turbingham and colleagues used test pipes to burn dozens of species. and they were able to compare residue autos the residues will preserve over thousands of years yale tiffly unchanged. >> so when we started obtaining positive resultit was a very excite thing. >> still the smpels were analyzed using advanced technology including tomography. >> we have to look at the different fragments of this. >> the verdict? tobacco. they say the evidence suggests that native americans in northern california smoked it more thn a thousand years ago, perhaps cultivated it for centuries. it's likely they consumed it less frequently and a

different purpose than smoking. >> it was more of ceremonial ritual. occurring in ceremonial context that has roots deep, deep in time. >> and researchers also note early tobacco would have had less than half of the nicotine content z hoping data can be used in future studies to learn if the early rituals could have produced any health feekts very interesting. looking at live doppler 7 hd, mainly sunny skies right now. area of low clouds along the coastline. it's this batch of moisture we're concerned about right now. and could produce light sprinkles for us. otherwise, tomorrow looking

sunny into seera, pockets of precipitation around eureka. spotty showers here in the bay area, sunny skies after morning hours. and milder weather we'll have upper 60s and low 70s around the bay 6789 here is the accu-weather forecast. look at warm up coming our way. inland highs into mid-90s, back to mid-90s sunday, then, temperatures moderating monday, tuesday. you can follow us on twitter any time. we're always there. >> excellent. >> you are indeed. >> a's and giants playing tonight. >> yes. >> yes. update you on that. a set back for the first round draft pick, dj hayden in the hospital. surgery. get whether this is related to an

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gambled a bit when taking dj haid yerngs he has been hospitalized for five days because of surgery. he got hit and torn a blood vessel to the heart. we're told his recent surgery was to remove scar tissue from his abdominal region. hayden may not be able to practice until the start of training camp in july. teammates noticed this week something was wrong. >> i was out there with him. you can see he was under the weather. now, you know, he's been out and took me by surprise. i didn't think he was that sick. >> it's unclear if this is connected to the previous injury. charles woodson played eight years in oakland then won a super bowl now 36 years old

woodson is the elder stateman trying to teach kids how to win. >> feel goods to put it back on. you know? it's been a long time. i think i look good in sill skprer black. ways convinced this team kmeet and be in games. and you know we look forward to going out there and wearing sill skprer black proudly. >> conflicting reports involving maurice jones. today, police in st. augustine florida says he punched a police officer after an altercation in a restaurant. late in the day police say jaguars running back has not been charged with misdemeanor battery and the agent claims jones was helping police with their investigation. so a lot to sort out there. michael kick yam making will

take the spot of injured ryan voguel secretary of state song three and one with a 1.72 era. his teammates have friendly advice. >> slow down. that is what i remember. seemed like i was out of the game before knowing what happened. you know? this first time here seemed it was going so fast. just slow down. >> i think he's a calm, collected guy. i think he'll be all right. >> no pressure tonight. only grand slam jokavich has not won is the french open, he wants it, now.

he went to a tie break. winning the first set. second set goffen goes cross court here, match point here, rushing the net. he advances to the second round and game seven between sharks and kings in los angeles after one period, scoreless. lots of highlights. >> larry, thank you. >> join me tonight at 9:00 coming up then, car company that has developed a bar code to save your life at 9:00. >> and a mother went to mexico for a funeral is now held there in a jail cell fighting for her freedom.

>> and in prime time, extreme make over, wet loss edition then abc 7 news at 11:00. >> that does it nor edition of abc 7 news. thanks for joining us. >> from spencer christian all of us here, we'll see you again at 9:00 and 11:00.

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elizabeth and jason, good luck to you today against our champion. let's go to work. one daily double in this round. and you'll find it in these categories. we want you to name the city that lost a professional team. the "im" will come up at the end of each correct response. mike, you start. disenfranchised for $200. elizabeth. what is baltimore? that's right. "im" possible for $200. elizabeth. what is trim? yes. "im" possible for $400. elizabeth again. what is prim? good. "im" possible, $600.