good afternoon, everybody, i'm larry beil. >> i'm carolyn johnson. an air and ground assault helped crews make quick work of a smoky grass fire this afternoon this, is the view. the fire broke out around 1:45. san jose fire helped limit it to just a few acres. there is no word yet on what

caused this fire. >> crews say they're getting a hand on the fire house fire north of los angeles. this started last week. the fire destroyed six homes and damaged six others. threatening a thousand structures. 2800 people have been evacuated some have nothing to return to. >> i lost everything i own. i don't have resources to rebuild over again. the flames were 200 feet high. it was horrible. we couldn't breathe. and flames charred more than 46 square miles, moist air helped crews gain ground on the flames. the fire now 40% contained. >> let's check on weather weather conditions here. >> spencer christian is here with the accu-weather forecast. >> we may get heat coming up but things are nice and cool live doppler 7 shows clouds

mainly away from the coast right now but low clouds beginning to drift towards the coast as we speak. here is a live view looking along embarcadero towards the bay bridge under blue skies. temperatures 62 in san francisco. 68 in oak lchbltd 74 in mountain view and another live view from mount tam. you can see mainly clear skies. 77 in fairfield. 80 in livermore another live view from our camera. fog beginning to build that will drift inland. temperatures dropping down to about 49 in coolest locations in the north bay value eyes. we'll see mid to upper 50s in other inland spots.

some linger in the early morning hours giving way to partly cloudy to mainly sunny skies into afternoon. high temperatures upper 50s at the coast to perhaps 80s into warmest locations but we have realt coming our way later in the week. >> an investigation is underway into why a century-old oak tree came crashing down on a group of 49ers coaches and their wives. they were gathering in a san jose park on saturday. one person suffer aid broken leg and others, cuts and scratches. we're live now in san jose. >> no question about it that. is one big tree. crews have been cutting up that tree since saturday when a gathering turned into a near brush with death. they'd rented the field where members of the law and bowling club were giving them lessons.

>> i heard a lit bit of a -- little b-52 a crackeling sound. >> they began to yell for people to run. >> people on the side probably didn't understand why we were telling them to run. my husband turned around and saw it coming and took off. >> sheri's husband is 49ers secondary coach. he escaped. however, offensive coordinator greg roman was trappedded but manage to free himself. >> people started helping and couple nurses in area. >> she got pinned under a limb and suffered a broken leg. an arborist says the limb probably weighed 2,000 pounds. >> it's like watching a person ride a wave in the ocean she

was down. >> three cars were smashed. a certified arborist says why it toppled is unknown. underground decay is a possibility. >> the underground root system can be deerk yeahing and the tree look healthy and there is no visible signs of ailment in the tree. koit just fall over. >> the park is fill candidate old oaks and redwoods. >> it's a concern and kind of scary. what if someone was walking a dog or was with a stroller or -- you know, it's scary. >> an jose has been doing a census of trees and checking up on conditions but it's not known whether the tree was part of a recent survey. we talked to the city attorney about liability issues and will have more coming up at 6:00. >> san francisco city crews

had their hands full this morning and had to clear 35 tree that blocked westbound lanes of lom barred street. that tree fell 4:30 a.m. you can see it crushed the back of a parked car and took a few hours to cut and clear that tree. >> the victim of a gang rape and beating is expected to take the snand a trial that started today in martinez. that attack happened during richmond high school home coming. the girl was raped beaten and robbed. the 22-year-old and 20-year-old suspects will be tried together with two jrz. we'll have more coming up on abc 7 news at 5:00. >> an oakland man got the maximum sentence for killing a

perspective google employee. huggins convicted of killing a 45-year-old in 2010 as he exited a dental office. kang shot after giving huggins $17 that he had in his pockets. kang was in the bay area for a interview. huggins identified on surveillance video after that murder and spoke during the sentencing maintaining his innocence. >> if you bought a purse orphansy jewelry from this burlingame store you may want to look closely. the owners are under investigation for selling counterfeit merchandise. there are some of the items police confiscated from nick ease european fashions. police raided the store after investigators purchased the fake fdz. the investigators were hired by companies like gucci, prada and rolex.

>> health officials say a second bay area case of hepatitis is likely linked to the berries that were frozen. >> a 62-year-old woman was hospitalized with hepatitis a last month after eating the now-recalled frozen berries. about 30 people in five states had become ill so far. officials say they cannot say if berries were sold at other stores beside costco. >> sky 7 hd shows a big mess to us after a tractor trailer flipped from a ramp this is a big interchange. it p whatted around 11:30 this morning. investigators believe the truck may have been going too fast. the driver was not seriously hurt. >> two canoers were never missing them. were just camping along side the river shore. a friend called this morning

after not hearing from the pair since sunday. sky 7 was over the scene as sheriff deputies began their search. >> state treasurer plans to retire from elective office. the 72-year-old helped several state elected offices in 1968 started out on the school board and searched 25 years in the legislature. he says he doesn't have plans after his term ends saying only he plans to expore other opportunities. >> still head on abc 7 news at 4:00 you'll to v.to dig deeper in your wallet for a trip to the happiest place on either uncertain feature of zynga. >> plus honor today for a special part of the san

francisco police force. >> and then at 4:30 nearly a thousand pedestrians hit by cars in san francisco. the changes needed to make streets safer. >> and michael finney taking your questions on twitter ask facebook will be here live just a little later, you can contact michael on abc 7 and on twitter m finney. >> at 4:10 starting a look at the downtown skyway about five miles per hour crawl for those on the lower deck of the bay bridge. back with more on

hundreds of pink slipz went out today in zynga. the company plans to close several offices. abc 7 news was outside when some workers began leaving for the last time. >> there has been a parade of laid off employees. a lot of hugs and boxes. employees got the word when showing up for work. the men and women behind some of the popular media games like farmville, zynga letting 520 people go from the company. that is 18% of the total work force.

these are bad times for zynga. >> it's chaotic. we never know what had when things goring to happen. >> trouble has been brewing and it has shut down a dozen games and had to layoff employees last year. saying social gaming is so popular it's difficult to maintain a leadership position but cuts were necessary, he said to move forward. >> some 300 jobs will be up for grabs tomorrow in san francisco. 10 companies are offering jobs in categories ranging from military sales.

the event takes place from noon until 4:00. >> apple has its day in court. >> we are here with this afternoon's after the bell report. hi, john. >> yes. apple in kurt the company on trial in manhattan. apple fighting claims that it fixed price was publishers. the case will lead to this decision which will be from a judge not a jury. sticking with apple the company signed deals with universal music and worm music and may be paving the way for the company to go head to head with spot fi and pandora. the company expected to unveil it's own service next week at a developer conference. another upgrade at yahoo. the company making all yahoo

mail users upgrade to latest version of the e mail service starting today but there is a catch. the new mail means users will be forced to accept yahoo's new terms of service including a provision that yahoo can scan and analyze your e mail content for ad targeting purposes. users opt out of getting ads but can't opt out of the scanning. stock market, stocks rising after as for your bloomberg silicon valley index also rising today as shares gained nearly 4%. microsoft ceo steve balm jer planning a restructuring. meant to help the company focus on services and devices. the change would give more power to the heads of of the server business, x box division, and president of its skype unit.

larry, carolyn, send it back to you bidding is now underway in ebay in an auction that benefits san francisco's life foundation. the winner and seven friends get to dine with buffet in a new york steak house. the highest bid stands at more than $170,000 but last year's winner was $3.5 million for lunch with the 81-year-old billionaire. you don't need the money if you can sit down with him. you've got plenty to spend but you can get advice. >> i had dinner with warren buffet in omaha because a former boss was friends with warren buffet in om happen. he picked up the tab. >> yes. >> those wrt days.

>> beautiful take a look at live doppler 7 hd. sunny skies along the coast just areas of light clouds approaching the coastline. looking at clear skies, current features, we'll see fog pushing inland tonight. we'll see mild conditions and will be hot again on friday. this afternoon, areas of circulation called an eddie. this is why we had sunny skies along the coast and we still do it. some little puffs of low clouds drifting back towards the coastline. let's follow our fog forecast overnight. fog return together coast and beyond. by 7:00 we'll see areas of fog that means ermly morning

commuters there could be tonight. low temperatures into low to mid-50s so mild all over the bay area. cooler up in some of the north bay valleys. napa a low of 50 degrees, tomorrow, sunny skies into afternoon. south bay high temperatures mid to upper 70s 74 in santa clara. 77 morlg morgan hill, peninsula, highs from upper to low 70s, 72 palo alto. breezy cool on the coast. highs 58 in pacifica. 60 in half moon bay. 59 in the sunset district. highs of 72 in santa rosa. 73 in sonoma. inland east bay upper 70s and, actually, 80 in livermore,

here is the accu-weather forecast. check out changes towards the end of the week. we'll warm up a bit on thursday. by friday, highs into upper 90s by saturday, 100 degrees in some inland locations. sunday, a sharp drop in temperatures. will be cooling next tuesday. so it's not really a heat wave but going to be a lot of heat for those day autos a big retirement ceremony today for some of the san francisco finest. >> he's new to san francisco. one of his first assignments was to patrol last month's beta breaker autos thrilled with some of the characters there as everybody else was. some naked people scared him they were troin kus dused to the r -- introduced to the

public today, making their debut in union square. the police chief welcomed them to the force. they height want to work on how they behave around the boss. >> they're gorgeous. >> mostly see them in golden gate park and sometimes, downtown. they aren't shy. quinn seemed anxious to give a sound byte. >> do you think they like me? >> i think they do. what do you have to say? >> he's trying to eat the microphone. >> rebel was retired. >> this was nailed above the entrance. now, he'll head to have a ranch in davis. >> and near downtown up above the crowd they helped officers

get to hard to reach places and they're her here for public relations and are especially popular among the children. >> up next actress angelina jolie makes a public appearance. she says about her hooj then, outcome for patients taking a popular breast cancer drug for a longer period of time. >> taking a look at traffic right now walnut creek. traffic moving along no major problems axe bc 7

more money may not buy you happiness but you'll need extra cash to get into the happiest day on earth this summer. a one day ticket costs $92 for adults and $86 for kids. annual passes have gone up as well, disneyland says the increases are brought on by a variety of factors. disney is the parent company of abc 7. >> entertainment news, angelina jolie talks about her double mastectomy. >> here are the dehails in today's on the red carpet record. >> showing support for bruno mars whose mother suddenly passed away this weekend dying of a brain aneurysm.

twitter is flooded with thoughts from mars including a note from rihanna. and and tweeted nudging in the world like a mother, nudging can prepare you for the pain of losing one. his mother was 55 years old. angelina jolie lost her mother to ovarian cancer. to redus heiress being she revealed she underwent a double mastectomy and plans for a hysterectomy later this year. >> after losing my mom to these issues i was grateful for it and. >> she was with her fiancee, brad pitt. >> kim kardashian revealed they're having a baby girl. she's due next month. get more details at otrc.com.

>> still ahead on abc 7 news oakland police laying out a plan on how they plan to stop these crimes. >> plus, another embarrassment for the irs. the man in charge of the agency answers accusations of lavish spending. >> the issues that brought bradley

oo want to give you an update on a fire in southern california we've mentioned that crews are gaining ground on what has been called the power house fire north of los angeles. you can see smoldering going on right there. according to one official nearly 3,000 people have been told they can return home now there were shots moments ago before we came back where you can see flames burning. we've got smouldering there. you can see there in the middle of the screen. fire still going but it's making progress. >> top brass announcing plans to address issue of side shows.

nick smith joins us live with the latest. >> and i just left a press conference where opd brass is meeting with the media to discuss a new plan where they have new fines for those who participate inside shows. a walnut creek woman remains in critical condition. take a look at video we've captured from a surveillance video given to us by someone in the area. police hoping video taken during the side show can provide with clues investigators are hoping they can use to identify the shooter or shooters responsible for hitting three people.

this is individual yes. event turned violent. two men were shot. a woman from walnut creek remains on live support. now, we were there the next day when witnesses say someone sprayed the crowd. one person described hearing as many as 18 shots. community activists say they're a problem but cannot be the focus of police and limited resources in the dees plees department. >> side shows we can deal with side shows but stop the violence first. stop killings. worry about side shows next. side shes are just saturday night. they're kaling throughout the day. >> this is the second high profile side shows. you'll remember this video

from january of this year. drivers i 80 supposed to play out in the middle of the day. police strinlt been able to identify the drivers in that video. very to tell you that once again, they have introduced new things where they will increase fines to $684 for people simply doing doughnuts in the middle of the street. i'll tell but other fines coming up at 6:00. >> investigators believe they have determined why a u.s. military trance pore plant crashed after take november afghanistan, killing seven americans. a camera captured the incident april 7th. the nose of the 747 pointed up then suddenly pitched down, slamming into the ground. investigators now believe what u.s. experts initially surprised is that vehicles

slid to the back of the plane. >> nose is up so far because perhaps cargo shifted to the back pushing the tail down, then, the nose up. at this point the pilots don't have the control authority to push the nose down. >> investigators say they found broken buckles and say despite the experience of the pilot they never had a chance of preventing this zaft year remarkable video. the new acting head of the irs told congress today that american tax payers no longer trust the agency amid a growing number of scandals from targeting groups to spending lavishly on employee conferences but he's committed to restoring that trust. abc news with more from washington, d.c.. watch as a group of irs employees get their groove on, doing a line dance in this videoy yaitd for a training

conference. >> i thought doing a star trek video was humiliating. >> employee goesing where no man has gone before in this parody. and a whopping $60,000 was the bill for these videos and a government watch dog expected to announce over two years the irs spend $50 million on these conferences some staying in luxury hotel as tending baseball games on taxpayer dimes. under fire from congress, the new commissioner explained spending from a prior era. >> the agency stands ready to confront problems, hold accountable those who acted inappropriately. >> this comes as irs tries to move past the scandal of singling out tea party groups for scrutiny. one top republican claims the

irs did show so at the direction of the obama administration. >> this problem was coordinated right out of washington headquarters and were getting to proving it. >> today, jay carney responded. >> i am not interested in having a back and forth. >> the president's folk jus on taking action to hold accountable those responsible for this behave year. >> -- behavior. >> concluding politics played no role in the targeting of tea party groups. >> severe storms in oklahoma are blamed for another death. crews today found the body of an 8-year-old girl who was swept away as she and her family sought shelter in a storm drain. the death toll now at 18. survivors now going through the rubble of what was once their homes. the national weather series says five tornadoes touched down on friday. >> landmark ruling at u.s. supreme court today on dna and

police procedures but a 5-4 vote the justices ruled officers can take dna with a wab like -- swab like this one. and today's decision today's ruling reinstates that rule oogt trial began for a former army intelligence officer suspected in the biggest military like in -- leak in history reporting bradley manning knew the risks and decided to do it anyway. manning released thousands of classified documents to the wiki leaks web site and said he showed the military's disregard for human live. charges include aiding the enemy and could mean live in fridays prison. >> the president call forward a more open dialogue on the issue of mental illness. the president spoke on the

issue featuring leaders as well as hollywood celebrities thchl is part of the response to the connecticut school massacre. mr. obama says it's time to bring the issue out of the shadows when it comes to helping veterans and children in particular. >> three quarters of mental illnesses emerge by the age of 24, only about half of children with mental health problems receive treatment. think bit. we wouldn't accept it if only 40% of americans with cancers got treatment. why should we accept it? >> the president was joined by glenn close and bradley cooper. close's sister has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. >> up next on abc 7 news at 4:00 how technology is taking over dating lives. >> big success of a free weekend pet admopgts bay area,

how many animals received new homes. >> i'm michael finney. today's 7 on your side q and a is still ahead. i'm taking your questions so you can contact me. i'll answer questions here live in a little by. >> i'm spencer chris chichblt looking towards sutro tower, a few low clouds at the coast but more later tonight i'll have the accu-weather forecast coming up. >> once again a live check of the commute this, is the mcarthur maze from our camera. when is the last time you sought maze this light going towards berkeley? it's moving really nicely. unfortunately on the other side of the street you've got folks headed back towards 580 maybe towards san francisco experiencing some rough traffic at this moment. stay with us.

3600 abandoned dogs and cats found homes this weekend. the bay area led the way in this drive which found 6500 homes for pets. that is 1500 more than national goal. adoptions were free thanks to pet adoption charity. >> if you want to say i do, you may want to go online. more of us finding soul mates on the internet.

>> the study looked and found a third began their relationship on the internet. the research claims married couples online are slightly happier and less likely to split. >> hang on a second here. >> yes. >> the study commissiy the dating web site eharmony. they may have an interest in the results. social scientists don't discredit the findings saying they may attract people more serious about marriage. >> all right. let's check on the forecast now. >> carolyn zooming past the subject. >> taking a look at live doppler 7 hd. sunny skies along coast stretches of the coastline now, low clouds approaching the coast at this moment. nationwide mild day in locations nice, clear and sunny. highs into 70s in boston and new york up to 80s in washington, d.c.. showers down in the south.

into upper mid west showery. highs in low 60s hot down in phoenix with a high of 104. state wide mainly sunny skies and warming up to oh, 90s, mid-90s in chico and fresno. 71 in los angeles. here in the bay area, a mild day today. highs inland mid to upper 70s and upper 50s on the coast. look at the high temperatures trend in livermore we're going to see temperatures so it's a mini warm up going to be quite warm for those two day autos thank you. >> okay. >> outcome of taking the

popular breast cancer drug if patients take it for a longer period of time. >> how student confined to a bed got to enjoy graduation ceremony was the class miles away. >> are calls from the police associations the police calling? this is something you need to worry about. the answer next i1ñes

this afternoon a new study about benefits of the breast kabser drug tamoxifin. finding using the drug 10 years reduced death rates by a third in the first 10 years and by half after that. it's been used for younger women with early stage breast cancer responding to estrogen. >> a florida teenager awaiting a life saving heart transplant did not miss her high school graduation this weekend. she was in the hospital, 80 miles away. family and friends surrounded the 18-year-old, decked nout a cap and gown inside of her gainsville hospital room. she's been there for months,

missing several big events. >> i got to miss the prom and the senior prampkz, senior cookout but it's okay wh. i got get out of here it's going to be worth it nobody wanted her to miss graduation. she didn't thanked to the help of a nonprofit organization. volunteers set up a five camera stream allow thorg watch and for everybody there to see her as well. the teenager says she wants to wk a pediatric nurse to return the favor to help other children. >> good for her. >> michael finney is here now answering questions sent sent to him by facebook, twitter and e mail. i just received a notice fr a personal loan. the problem is that interest rate is 96% s this legal in california? >> yes. it s it's legal and they can

charge almost anything they want. back in the day we had usery laws saying anything above 10% was usery. you're now a loan shark. it's now called business as usual. people don't regulations anymore. there are efforts to real in high ones i'm talking 300% to 600%. >> 96%? what a deal. >> yes. quite a bargain. >> eileen wants to know, i started working at my job because of my husband's insurance his was better but now i want to employ -- enroll in the health plan. are they troird allow me snow. >> they have to allow you next time there is open enrollment. they can make rules tighter for preexisting conditions but

yeah. they can have rules like that but if the reason you want in is because your husband lost his inshrance most companies will allow to you get in right now. if you lose insurance. >> nelson asks are those calls from police associations really the police? >> there are a bunch of rippoff guys and just sleazy guys out there. they know we like the police. so they jump in and say they're police. and then, we have a problem where real police ocean oceans -- organizations hire secondary agencies to raise funds. it seems normal to them and like an average way to raise funds but it's not. they're police. you're expecting police on the

earth end but it's seldom that. >> still ahead is san francisco a safe walkable sni. >> nearly a thousand pedestrians hit by cars last year. what a supervise jor trying to do. >> and in the abc 7 newsroom what pay bay area computer teacher in class that led to charges of child pornography z a freak accident involving a loose rock. how one visitor accidentally killed his friend.

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and efforts to make safety improvements are often trapped in bureaucracy. carolyn tileler joins us live with a major improvement is underway. >> larry this project involves wide pedestrian boulevards and improved intersections and one city leader believes there is better communications between city agencies more community projects could make it off the drawing board. san francisco at the top of the list whit comes to the most walkable cities but it can be dangerous. >> the police just announced that 964 people were hit in z.either injured or kill bid cars in san francisco in 2012. that is way too many. >> liz beth stamp is executive director of walk sf, promoting safety improves like widened sidewalks.

the tree and traffic lights stand where the sidewalks used to end before the upgrade. with accidents too common, they are announcing a strat zwroi zero in on the meanest streets but calls the process dysfunctional. >> we have five or six different city department that's have to sign off. and so this will force coordination. >> his measures which include modifying codes were scrutinized in a hearing today. projects like this one to widen sidewalks along fisherman's wharf may not get tangled in red tape. and smaller ones like the community efforts to narrow a street can be stream lined.

>> cars speed down the street going wrong ways. and and this man says the city needs to do more. >> i got hit by a car. >> the legislation could go before the full board for a vote next week. in san francisco, abc 7 news. that is it for abc 7 news at 4:00. >> hepatitis outbreak is infecting another person in the way area. >> what a high schoolteacher did in class that led to child pornography charges. >> live from the roof of the kgotv broadcast center toasty temperatures will be returning.

i'll show you when coming up. >> good evening, i'm dan ashley. >> i'm carolyn johnson. the hepatitis outbreak linked to a frozen berry mix led to an infection of another person. >> the fruit sold at costco. the health department reported latest infection after we reported a case affecting a woman in contra costa county over the weekend. leanne, it is very serious. >> the health department has confirmed another person has gotten sick. this makes two cases here in the bay area. the first first was in contra costa county. 880 bags of the fruit was sold. contra costa county owe fishlts say a 62-year-old woman purchased the fruit here in antioch and became sick with hepatitis a. the tainted product found in

her freezer. >> she did develop a severe illness and has recovered at home. >> all costco stores removed frozen fruit mix and we found no signs warning people if they'd purchased a product, they should throw it out. costco can d.not return our calls. health department confirmed another person hospitalized for hepatitis a. that person has been remuse -- released. the farm is located in orlg oregon and being investigated by the fda. culprit seems to be the pomegranate seeds from turkey. lab results show a strain of hepatitis a not found in north or south america. and this is usually picked up d