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 to due to poor sanitation to

so a worker not washing their hands. >> new mexico and nevada reported cases of the disease linked to this fruit mix. symptoms can show up two weeks to two months after exposure. >> can include jaundice, ye es or skin, pain in the stomach. fatigue. >> and so far, san francisco has had no reported cases -- cases. the health department sent out an alert to locals to look out for people with these symptoms. live in oakland abc 7 news. >> thank you. investigators are now looking into what cause aid small grass fire in east san jose this afternoon. skew kroous battle this fire that broke out around 1:45. firefighters attacked it from the ground ask received help from a helicopter.

calm winds helped limit this fire to just a few acres. and nearly 3,000 people forced to evacuate can now begin returning home. firefighters say cool air helped them gain ground in the fire. about 45 mime northwest of los angeles they're now calling it 40% contained. the fire destroyed at least six homes. damaged nine others and charred 46 square mile autos employees at yahoo got a scare today when a white powder was nound a package. the package found in the mail room at the office about 10:15 this morning. an employee opened toilet find a powder inside. five people were decontaminated as investigators checked out that substance. it turns out the powder was harmless, just a vitamin c everyone is safe than sorry. >> social gaming company zynga

announced today it's laying off 520 people, about 18%. saying cuts will be across the company, and will close down offices but is not yet releasing specifics some hug skpdz leflt the building, carrying boxes. >> it's the way things work with games. you know? i've been in this for a long time. you just dot best you can. sometimes, things happen. >> the company behind farmville expects a loss in the second quarter worse than previously anticipated. many more recent games have been under performing. >> a bay area computer science teacher exposed himself in more ways than one, tonight facing serious charges. the teacher richard stein jer accused of child pornography after an embarrassing mistake in front of the class. we're live with the story. that is one classroom lecture

the kids will never forget. >> it's sure. a lot of people shocked over this. he has been teaching here 16 skbreers by all accounts he's respected and popular until a mishap involving a naked photo of himself led to very troubling charges. >> everybody was like woah! and just all, like, just got dead silent. >> student lilly was shocked when her computer teacher accidentally showed a naked picture of himself to the class on a video screen. >> he clicked the wrong picture and that popped up and then, right after he was so sad and so -- like i can't believe this. this could ruin my career. and it did. >> he told his bosses about the incident. they place himd on leave, and notified police. authorities later served a

search warrant at his home and say they found troubling images on his personal computer. >> there are documents that concities stent can child pornography. >> the lieutenant says there were 200 images of child porn. >> scary. shocking. >> dezer yeah and her son can't believe the news. >> gross and apalling. to see a teacher doing that. >> lillyin planned to circulate a petition to save his job until more serious charges surfaced. >> i love him as a teacher. you never expected that from him. >> the school district conducting an investigation tonight. police asked anyone with information about this case to get in touch with them. steiner has been charged with you not arrested and due to be arraigned next week. abc 7 news. >> thank you.

>> police patrolled pleasanton school after someone wrote a nonspecific threat on the fwhaul a girl's bathroom. groats of the threat circulated throughout the student body. the messages to parents assuring them the school is taking safety prekaugs. >> an oakland man will spend his flif prison for the murder of a perspective google employee. he was convicted of killing a 45-year-old three years ago. kang visiting for a job interview. huggins spotted on surveillance video shortly after the crime. he was also sentenced to three years to 25 to life forearmed robbery. >> he's not eligible. the reality is that he'll never get out. >> three terms of 25 years to

life. his widow says she canning forrive huggins but asked for justice to be carried out. >> a loose block of rock struck and killed a 28-year-old rock climber sunday. the second fatality this weekend at yosemite national park. he was climbing in the he east area when a large rock fell, hitting him. saturday, a 19-year-old was swept over a 600 foot water fall. rangered searched all weekend. turns out two canoers were okay all along. the couple took a trip sunday near heelsburg but a friend called the office this morning after not hearing from them. sky 7 was over the russian river this morning. deputies began a search. two reportedly made their way

back to the car and never in any danger. >> elections officials in santa clara say they're expecting low voter turnout for tomorrow's special elections to replace convicted supervisor george sherakowa on charges involving misuse of campaign and taxpayer funds. blaming problems on a long time gambling adiction. some are predicting a runnoff with no clear winner. the election is costing taxpayers $1 million. >> state treasurer plans to retire when his term expires next year. the 72-year-old held several offices, since he began his career in 1968 on the san leandro school board serving 25 years and eight years as attorney general he says heesn'e

term ends saying only he plans to explore other opportunities. >> president obama returning to the bay area on another fund raising swing this, will be the 20th trip since entering office thursday. he will visit silicon valley, bay area residents who want to see or hear him will have to pay $2500 for the privilege. there is an official event in rancho mirage in riverside county. >> coming up on abc 7 news at 5:00 potentially dangerous food still showing up on shelves despite lawsuits to remove it counterfeit yimts being snold a bay known for shops. >> the steel mill that spilled and stalled a stretch of freeway for hours. >> i'm sandhya patel. enjoy breaks from the hot

weather now. we have steamy conditions

a tractor trailer may have been traveling too fast according to the chp. sky 7 shows the load of steel spilling down the enbankment crasund 11:30 northerning at the ramp connecting interstate 880 and 238. the clean up slowed traffic into the afternoon. the driver was not seriously hurt. >> it took hours for crews to clear a huge tree that fell across the busy san francisco street this morning. this one is towering 35 foot acacia tree crashed this morning. you can see it in this video. the result right there in the street. the tree crushed a parked car

as it well fel across westbound lanes of lombard street. no one was hurt. >> the trial of two suspects in a blutal gang rape at richmond high school got underway today this, attack went on for hours in 2009. abc 7 news joins us new loif from the court house in martinez, laura? >> these statements wrapped up in the past hour. the statements were difficult to listen to. the trial has been three and a half years in the making and we'llwill see to a rare double jury for two defendants on trial. now this stems from the october, 2009 gang rape of a 16-year-old student outside of a home coming dance. it's an attack that lasted for hours, today werk learned the victim's blood alcohol level was.35. bu besides the six men and

teenagers arrested for the attack police estimate up to 20 others watched and did nothing. this afternoon there were opening statements in a trial of 20-year-old marcelus peters saying peters semen was found on a condom at the scene. prosecutors say peters try the to minimize the incident saying he wasn't there, and then, finally only admitting to fondling the girl. prosecutors say was raped by four men and penetrated with a number of foreign objects. >> for good measure they urinated on her and then left her loft moevtly naked body on the cold october night to suffer from exposure. the evidence will prove, ladies and gentlemen that he was not just there, to witness the violent assaults but he played an active sexual part in these tacks. >> now, after the prosecutor

finished peters attorney gave his opening statement to the jury and conceded his client was at the scene the night of the gang rape but says the dn ae.dz on the condom may have been carried there or transferred from a beer can by the wind from a circling plis helicopter. tomorrow there will be opening statements for peters co-defendants. charged with rape and each defendant here has its own jury but trial will proceed in a courtroom for the most part at some point we're expecting victim in this case to testify. >> peta offering a $10,000 reward to catch the person responsible for a terrible case of animal cruelty. video shows someone dumping an abused german sheperd. the staff says the dog had bones through the skin and

lacerations so severe they were infected with maggots. they say she ate sticks and dirt. the staff had to put her down, unfortunately. peta hopes someone can identify the dog or person in this video. >> owners of a store under trouble for selling fake merchandise. police raided nicky's european fashion in burlingame after investigators tipped them off. the items include fake designer handbags, watches, jewelry ask sun glasses. police took away 400 items. the investigators hired by companies including gucha and rolex. >> the state of california suing whole foods, trader joes and other stores for allegedly selling lead-paint tainted ginger ask plum candies. lawsuit accuses of failing to alert customers to the lead that is a violation of proposition 65 which requires

businesses to warn customers about harmful toxins in food, toys and other products. at least one, target pulled the products from the shelves. >> opening statement began today in a civil right of apple of conspiring to increase the prices of e books. apple says it did nudge wrong claiming the publishers created models. five named have settled. the government isn't seeking damages but it's hoping to obtain a court order prohibiting apple from engaging in similar conduct. >> the cost to take the family to disneyland just went up. >> surprise. now, the consumer news for us. >> disneyland may be the happiest place on earth but it's not the cheapest. price of an adult pass has increased by $5 admission is now $92, kids, down in orlando

an adult one day ticket jumped to $95. other parks down there will cost $90. during the recession attendance dropped off but with consumer candidates visits are once again picking up. parks are increasing their prices. disney, you may remember is the parent company of abc 7. now, with the price increases there are easy ways to save money. when go together parks, buy multi day passes get discounts going to human relations office at work. now most offer discounts and have them available. here is a way to save rent a house rather than a hotel room. >> you can get a four bedroom house for less than for that

be a hotel room. >> there you go. the way do get money's worth is to arrive early in the morning and you'll get on more rides that way. mesh americans become more concerned with weight los consumers consuming fewer sugary treats than just 15 years ago. this research specialist found children ate or drank 20 most common sugary sweets 126 times fewer than in 1998. adults have cut back and indulging 49 less sweet treats per year. among hardest hit soft drinks presweetened serials and juices which have seen double digit declines in annual serving autos really? >> interesting. >> thank you. >> sure. >> let's check on the forecast. nice weather out there. >> yes.

after a steamy weekend. yes. you can count on natural air conditioning to work. we have patchy fog moving towards treasure island. temperatures have fallen. live doppler 7 right now, i'll show you what it looks like. we do have sunny skies across the region. to our east some thunderstorms as you can see here developing quickly. as mentioned winds something we're watching. you can see wind at fairfield gusting to 39 miles per hour. you can see wind direction it can be a good indication cooling influences are working and coming off cool ocean water and that is going to continue. you saw thunderstorms south of lake tahoe this, is a sfru our

lake tahoe tv. you can see build up asks we're expecting possibility of showers and thunderstorms in tahoe tomorrow. 59 near san francisco. 66 in oakland. will he to mid 70s in mountain view. you can see what is going to be in the picture in the morning. fog, low clouds surrounding golden gate bridge. 75 in livermore, 80 degrees in los gatos, temperatures upper 50 tz upper 80s this afternoon. concord you took a hit. 16 degrees cooler. san jose basking in the sun. mild conditions inland and turning hot again friday. here is a fog pattern. you can see circulation off the coast. that is what dr-here is a fog

forecast. tonight fog spilling back in in over parts of the bay. signs of that happen sogt commute features areas of poor visibility. so you might need an extra layer heading out of the door. 74 santa clara. on the peninsula, all low 70s. it's going to be breezy near the coast. pacifica. 58 degrees. downtown san francisco, 63 degrees and in the north bay low 70s for santa rosa. 70 in san rafael. castro valley, 70. inland communities a mild day.

but not as warm as today. antioch up to 87 today. walnut creek 78. mild inland, thursday, warming trend gets underway going to be cooking inland friday, saturday. upper 90s to low 100s. then we'll see a down turn in temperatures for the second half of the weekend. live doppler 7 on twitter rain, shine, get video forecasts. power outage information and weather tweets from your favorite weather team tracking this hot spell coming up friday and saturday. as we get closer to it. until then, just enjoy the beautiful weather. i'm abc 7 news sandhya patel back to you in the studio. >> thank you. >> thank you so much. >> just ahead what is behind the bay bridge lights on the blink? >> then efforts to strip

california businesses of a big tax break. he claims they've been tucking away your dollars too long.

nightly light show is experiencing technical problems. hundreds of 25,000 lights are now stuck in on or off position. the computer program now performing erratically. organizers are trying to figure out how to fix it. >> the concert series got underway. not everyone is singing a happy tune. organizers received complaints from neighbors after the concert friday night. about 25 people phoned in their displeasure, promoteors made sound adjustments and complaints dropped to just two for sunday.

>> we have a community hot line set up for people we have sound levels throughout shows. >> the concerts held at pier 29 built just for america's cup celebrations more than 25 concerts will be held there this summer. >> well, 300 jobs will be up for grabs in our abc 7 job journal event tomorrow. it will be held at hotel whitcomb. the fair goes from noon until 4:00. >> up next valued members of the san francisco police department

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cleaning up a mess in san jose. why this oak tree split and fell during an event for members of the 49ers. >> legal maneuver being made by mobile homeowners. >> and how to make the most of reward points you've earned and some of san francisco's finest hung up horse shoes today. >> three hours frtz mounted unit. >> they served a total of 18 years on the force. the department welcomed two new members. strider and quinn. >> they're gorgeous. >> these horse as lou officers to see over crowds and help them get to hard to reach area

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