these are tough times for the companies trying to make money off of them, one of the big names is expecting to lose between $29 million and $39 million this quarter, today, something thood give. >> despite the sign, employees were given boxes and told they're out of a job. >> i've been nervous just because -- i just don't know why. >> programs and artists were givent news told to sign separation agreements and sent on their way. >> it's the way things work with games. i've been doing this a long time. you just do the best you can do. sometimes, things happen outside of your control. >> zynga came on strong, but analysts now say many of the games are under performing. doug mcmillan with bloomberg news. >> the business declined.

and they need to shift games towards mobile. they're not doing that as quickly as they should. not having as much success as y're scaling back their operation autos zynga is shedding about 18% of its work force. the ceo spent $228 million to build headquarters that look like a play house this, afternoon another entrepreneur using chalk chauk to let employees nof a web site. >> these people are looking for jobs or targeted resource for developers continue to work. >> zynga had the chalk scrubbed off the sidewalk. the move is expected to save zynga up to $80 million a year,

and now appears to be trying to get into the online gambling business. the money is not virtual. >> thank you. >> a bay area teacher who himself say charges for what police found after that. he is accused of child pornography. he accidentally showed the class a neighborhood picture of himself on the compute yes, he told his bosses about the incident. they notified police. they say they found 200 images of child porn on his home compute year crazy. so sad. when i first heard about it, i cried. >> police say he is cooperating with the investigation. >> and an oakland man professed his innocence today before the judge sentenced him

to life in prison. three years ago he shot and killed 45-year-old man after stealing $1 from him outside of an oakland dental office. kang was visiting for ab joy interswru google. a family friend read a statement from his widow asking for justice. >> she understandsing forriveness and love, but to be serving justice for the community. >> police identified huggins on video but during sentencing he insisted did he not commit the killing and says he is not the monster he was made out to be. the judge sentenced him of three terms forearmed robbery. >> dangers of side shows back in the spot life. a shooting at one over the weekend injured tli people. one is in critical condition tonight. nick smith is live with a plan to crack down on the side show autos one participant

described it as nascar meets hip-hop. they're illegal roadside activities. drivers burn rubber on the street while crowds cheered along. >> that is why police chief introduced a new strategy targeting side show autos they're very related with violent crimes. groups that come out are a lot of the groups in our violent crimes. so when they happen to run into each other, tempers flare and violence occurs as a result. >> police are hoping surveillance video recorded can help them identify the shooter or shooters responsible for hit tleeg people. two men, one man from oakland and one from hayward were shot. death expected to survive but a woman remains on life support after a bullet hit her in the head. one person zibed hearing as

many as 18 shots. the new plan includes shifting resources to add units to hot spots and community outreach. not everyone is excited about this approach. >> stop killings first. side shows is just saturday nights. killings all throughout the day. >> this is the second high profile side show to force a public response this, video from january when drivers were forced to watch the side show play out in the middle of the day. this group made a video back in 2010 pleading for an end to the side shows. the district crime reduction team plans called for increased fines in three key areas. $600 for doing dough muts, $400 for blocking the streets, and $250 for playing loud music that can be heard more

than 50 feet away. >> the trial for who two men in a brutal gang rape is underway. the attack went on for hours, 20 people watched doing nothing. abc 7 news reporter laura anthony has the story. >> it is prove he was not just there to witness the vasleults e sexual part in these attacks. >> this afternoon, there were opening statements for 20-year-old macelus peters charged with rape in concert and sexual assault with a foreign object this stems from october, 2009 gang rape of a 16-year-old richmond high student outside of a home coming dance. >> what you'll hear from jane doe is limited because shes into memory of the sexual assault. she was a .35 blood alcohol level.

>> bee sitdz six men and teenager as rested for the attack police estimate up to 20 others watched and did nothing. prosecutors say dna evidence peters semen found on a condom at the scene scene along with cells from the victim. like witnesses prosecutors claim he tried to minimize the incident saying he wasn't there. then, finally only admitting to fondling the girl. but the da told the injury they did more than that. >> she had suffered serious trauma around the head and face. she had a concussion. she had cuts and scrapes from being beaten ask dragged of. she was cold, and naked. >> after the prosecutors finished the attorney gave his opening statement to the jury. he conceded the client was at the scene the night of the rape. said evidence on the condom may have been carried there from a beer can possibly by the fwrind a circling helicopter. now tomorrow there will be opening statements for peters

co-defendants before the jury, then two others in this case have accepted plea deals and serving prison sentences. two others have yet to stand trial. the victim is expected to testify. in martinez, abc 7 news. >> accused serial can kill jer acting as his own attorney in a murder case getting underway in marin county. this is file video of him for the trial. the jauj loud him to wear a suit. not the prison garb. abc 7 news i team was in court today and reports that there were bizarre first words saying quote, good morning is anyone here and made hand gestures. selection could take several weeks and the trial could last until november. he was charged with four murders in all.

>> hepatitis outbreak linked to a frozen berry mix sold at costco sickened 30 people in six states and now learning that two of those people live here in the bay area. officials condirmd a second person was hospitalized and has since been released. last month a 62-year-old woman from east contra costa county was sent to the hospital the blend was found in her freezer and purchased at the costco in antioch. >> she was diagnosed and did develop more severe illness. since then she has recovered and is at home. >> the culprit seems to be the pomegranate seeds from turkey. the farm is located in oregon now being investigated by the fda. >> 3,000 southern california residents are returning to their homes after after

evacuating for a massive wildfire that burned 46 square miles near angeles national forest. the fire destroyed six homes damaging 15 others. these are live pictures. cooler temperatures and higher humidity helped crews contain the blaze a bit gaining 40% containment today. the cause of the fire still being investigated. a fire broke nout east san jose this after the noon. crew as tacked the blaze from the ground getting help from a helicopter above. >> still to come tonight here on abc 7 news a 49ers coach's get away marred by disaster. who is out there making sure we can trust our trees? >> some cooling fog that will

be anything but cool by the end of the week. i'll have the accu-weather forecast coming up. >> also a familiar presence calls it a day at the hall of justice. and free travel could be yours. i'm michael finney. tips on getting most out of

oorks a popular park is the skeechb a massive clean up effort.

a 20 ton oak tree fell on the members of the 49ers coaching staff saturday. abc 7 news is live at willow street park. people are wondering about the safety of the other trees there. >> no one had a chance to count rings on the tree but it's estimated to be about a century old. could there be other trees at risk of falling? when an old oak tree comes crashing down it makes others worry about the redwoods towering over the park and across the willow glenn neighborhood. >> it's a heira cell nobody was killed here. >> san jose had been taking a census of trees and checking conditions but the process is slow. this arborist says he doesn't see visible disease but the cause is under investigation. >> the root system could be decaying and the tree looks healthy with no visible signs

of damage to the tree. >> a tree crashed into a parked pick up, killing a 20-year-old boy and injuring his parents. the city agreed to pay the family 325,000s oodz we're getting claims already. i understand people lost cars are in need of transportation. >> a group of coaches rented this course on saturday when they yeld out to those in the direction where the tree was falling. >> people on this side probably didn't understand why we were telling them to run. he took off. >> sheri's husband is 49ers secondary coach, escaping safely, however, the coordinator trapped by a limb but managed to free himself. the arborist says it could

have weighed 2000 bounds broke a woman's leg. she'd been giving lessons to the staff. city attorney says park employees are responsible for keeping an eye on phone shallly diseased trees but says it's the public's responsibility to report anything sus spishus. -- sus spishus as they'd call in a cracked sidewalk. a british tourist has been killed in yosemite. 28-year-old from london was climbing el captain when his partner above him dislodged a two foot rock that struck him in the head. park rangers reached the scene two hours later and he was dead. >> in tiburon police are investigating a white powder today found on the floor near a desk. authorities are still on the scene trying to determine what it is.

one first responder says it looks like salt. >> bill lockyer is calling it quits announced he will retire from office first elected in 1968 and after that spent 25 years as a legislature. his wife was in alameda county supervisor until she resigned. he says he will continue fighting for principles i've always tried to defend but says he doesn't have definite plan autos recruiters have 300 jobs to fill at the next job journal hire event. the event runs from noon until 4:00 at hotel whitcomb in san francisco. again that, takes place tomorrow.

>> we've enjoyed cooler weather today. but it's not going to last too long. >> did cool down today. >> it did. after a warm week. cooler than average. sunny skies most of the day. we still have mainly sunny skies from coast to inland. but low clouds are getting closer and closer to the coastline right now pushing inland a lit louisville bit. storms starting in the afternoon and here over the delta a wind advisory in effect until midnight tonight for a rather wide area including fairfield. winds gusting up to 40 miles per hour or higher. now, looking at winds around the bay area, the strongest gusts are in fairfield at 39 miles per hour. back to the bay area.

looking at golden gate. so 64 oakland. another live view looking towards sutro tower. temperatures in other locations 69. santa rosa, 71. from our camera here at abc 7 looking along the embarcadero, blue skies forecast features fog will push inland turning hot friday. and saturday fog pattern interesting. notice during afternoon hours an area of circulation called an eddy had affects of pulling clouds away from the coastline.

starting our forecast at 7:00 during late night hours reduced visibility. tonight low temperatures on the mild sichld mainly into low to mid-50s then, tomorrow, mainly sunny skies in the south bay. highs in the mid-70s. breezy ask cooler on the coast. downtown san francisco, a high of 63 tomorrow, 73 napa. 69 union city. inland east bay into upper 70s to about 80s. and here is the accu-weather forecast. highs upper 90s, upper 60s on the coast. saturday, 100 degrees upper

80s around the bay. further cooling occurs next week. >> we had 90s over the weekend. >> yes. >> okay. >> coming up next two new officers hit streets of san francisco. >> yes they

new at 6:00 that $10 million celebrity wedding in big sur got more expensive. agreeing to pay 2.$5 million to compensate for environmental damage the wedding may have caused. they built a cottage, build ruins staircases and a dance floor in the redwoods without taking out permits. the coastal commission working a separate settlement with the inn what hosted the event. >> and preservation ranch as the name implies will be preserved instead of developed. there will be some logging but the forest will generate off sets they can sell. they plan to restore salmon habitat and the property remaining on local tax rolls. >> san francisco police

department held an event at lefty odoule's. two new additions were welcomed at the ceremony, quinn and strider that will work in golden gate park and there is more still to come here tonight on abc 7 news at 6:00 including a major ruling on rent control a decision that may have an impact on mobile homeowners all over california. >> tax breaks for hiring in disadvantaged areas among strem, -- them, strip club autos last of the marathon bombing victims heads

at a mobile home park in a

rent control case that could affects. they're going up against a company controlled by one of the rich wherest men in america and. at first glance life at the park looks idlic but former resident jackie garcia says that is an illusion. >> i get very angry about what's happening. >> jackie lived in this home 30 years protected by rent control. >> it gives us doi verse ti we need and provides with us people that work in the community, retire in the community. >> but things changed 13 years ago. the park owner sued to end rent control.

it's like most communities, residents own houses but rent the land underneath them. a hundred cities and countos have laws to protect the homeowners this, case could affect them all. >> they don't own the land under the homes. they're subject to abuses or phone ashl buss by land owners. >> at one point els tried to raise dents that were $700ed to 800ses today $2,000 a judge stopped that. the legal battle has taken a toll on residents. >> this is killing us. >> els is the biggest mobile home park in the country. the chairman is estimated worth $4 billion. last month, residents showed up outside of a meeting to accuse the company of excessive increase autos seniors are

walk into the manager's office turning in the keys, walking away. >> residents say the same thing is happening at their park, too. and they're caught in legal limbo. five years ago a judge ruled the an appeals court reverse that had decision. >> there is a time for victory dance. it's not yet today. >> els is hiding the court ruling and for now, if anyone moves out rent control on the space go as way and they can raise the rent as high as it wants to. in court papers filed last week residents claimed they're trying to push them out. >> they say they're being harassed and say the park owners not taking care of the park.

>> residents who want to sell are struggling. their houses lost almost all of the value because of the uncertainty over future rents. >> i bought it for $160,000 but just a few years later due to the legal actions of the owners of the land my house is now worth less than 5,000s oodz jackie so desperate to get out, she is selling the home for just $300. >> there was no peace of mind anymore. you lived in constant fear of where are you going get hit with next? >> in court documents they call claims of harassment errors. the company won't talk on camera sent a statement saying quote, our customers are overwhelmingly satisfied with the quality and pricing of the communities and life style we provide. the city's rent control ordinance does not make it more affordable but forces new residents to pay more to get

into the community. the court refused to hear the case. however, equity life style properties has 90 days to appeal. you can read their statement on abc 7 news.com under see i on tv. >> last survivor of the boston marathon bombing to remain hospitalized is now home. she left the hospital today. spent 50 day tl.z she had 11 surgeries. she thanked friends and strangers for showing support. >> every letter i've gotten is helping me through this. and pushed me forward to get better, stronger and healthy. >> erica will have a year of

rehab and could require future surgeries as well. she's received 120,000ses today help with expenses. >> the fire chief in boston resigned today over his role in the bombings. 13 deputies sent a letter to the mayor complaining the fail your to take command of the crime screen. the chief says it made it impbl for him to do his job. >> a financial perk designed to attract neighborhoods is under fire. the governor and others want owe do away with what are called enterprise zones. abc 7 explains how though stripped down the issue to reveal facts. >> under a california program called enterprise zones even strip clubs qualify for tax breaks for hiring in a economically depressed area.

$37,400 per employee which can be claimed within five years. many jobs are barely above minimum wage. >> this is the kind of government program that makes people crazy. >> two state senators complained about how icy to qualify for the tax break. they also highlighted company that's fired workers relocated and hired new people for half of the wages yet qualified for tax breaks. >> i don't think average taxpayer think that's is a good use of tax dollars. >> most local governments refused to disclose which companies are benefiting from the program. a proposal aims to make it harder to claim a hiring credit. jobs must pay at least $16 per hour. the tax break must be claimed within one year. no workers can be displaced to

create new jobs and all businesses getting the break must be lifted on a public data base. the association of executives of california says the program works and only a a.politicable to a small number of employees but gives opportunities for people struggling to find a job no matter the business. >> this is a suppressed area. the economy is floundering in california. people are happy to be able to put food on the tables and pay mortgages and rent. >> these have cost the state over $4 billion since they skbraigs growing at 30% per year. >> governor brown wants to he limb nat the enterprise zone program and has trifd last year and faces an uphill battle again this, year. >> coming up next a man whose work made us feel better about san francisco

you may not know him by name but he's one of the powerful figures in can fran politic autos that is right. president of the police officers union ask is now retiring.

>> vic lee has the story. after 36 years as a cop, nine as head of the police officer association gary delanis was retiring. on the last day the staff tried to keep it light. delanis walked to be processed out. >> 35 years of work. turning in your gun and badge. saying goodbye. >> he is leaving behind a legacy. >> i came in in 1992 we are 92 in california. >> now, they're among the best paid in the country. starting pay, $82,000. they retire at 90% of the salary. there is a growing respect for cops. >> our poll shows 92% positive rating for police officers. so we're doing something right. he was tough, unrelenting when

it came to protecting the family of cops. >> this reputation i built is someone that will not sugar coat everything. >> now that is an understatement. >> i will feel out why this piece of garbage was not incars rated. >> we're asking that the district attorney of san francisco do her job. >> we're used to this guy. he's an ambulance chaser. >> over the years mayors asked for his add skpriz support. but he also had his critics. over pension reform case autos when he says something it's going to be big time wrestling. just going throw himself at you and everything. >> but even adversaries admit they did the job well. >> i doubt we'll see another one like him. >> in the hallway he passed a

picture of the recruit class of june 1978. >> my proudest moment was being a san francisco police officer. >> vic lee abc 7 news. >> summer travel is here. >> up next michael finney showing you thousand make the most of the r

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rewards. >> very important. i use miles to book vacations for my family. >> tina has done the same with her family. >> yes. we've had five or six free trips. >> brian kelly runs the points guy web site. offering tips on redeeming points. he says people like tina and maurice are rare. >> there is a lot to be done. >> also how to redeem them. >> he says one out of three tlaflers earn rewards faster are by using credit cards which earn points and says the best one as will you you to redum points for travel on multiple airlines but that sonl smart if you pay your balance at end of the month. >> people lose out on rewards when letting points expire so he compare that's to throwing away money.

we're at the airport when tnbuey released her daughters was about to lose 75,000 points. >> that is a free troip shanghai, one way it good z get overwhelming. >> to help keep track i suggests using two free services. trip it and award wallet. >> and they'll e mail you. a lot of them have expieration poll size all have you to buy is one item to keep points active that. is what he planned to do to keep from losing the 75,000. >> miles will reset. >> everybody should, should enroll now, for more information go abc 7 news.com.

you may remember i went to paris for free. >> oh, yes. >> very jealous. >> that was clever. >> yes. >> thank you. >> sure. >> let's check on the forecast. >> still free spencer christian is here with that. >> here is live doppler 7 hd. low clouds returning to the coastline now. tomorrow, sunny, warm state wide. chico, 96. sacramento, 87. 89 yosemite. 80 tahoe. still temperatures below average for this time of the year. highs up to 80s in antioch and fairfield. 60s to low 70s around the bay. check out high temperatures trend for next seven days.

livermore, friday up to 98 degrees, temperatures tumbling eight degrees or so monday. here is the accu-weather forecast. you can see a warm up, heat up friday, saturday. up to about 100 degrees inland. you can get weather information by following us on twitter. >> thank you. >> retirement larry inteel here. >> jason kid is 40. a career decision to leave millions of dollars on the table.

good evening, raiders in the middle of a vast overhaul. new faces everywhere. except at tail back. darren mcfadden is back. last year he moved with just a bad idea to start with.

greg olsen jurp jumped that and you know you want to have a big condition. >> i feel like i'm a down hill runner so that is something i'm looking forward to. >> i think things we're doing offensively would suit him. he's one of our more explosive players. and i think so far he's looked good. >> yes. he asked who is the best player and he'll hell you donald son. >> josh donaldson started

playing baseball at 6:00. he played all three sports in high school, narrowing it down to baseball for college. >> i looked at my family and realized i wasn't going to make it as a boobl guy. >> he was trafted after three years in auburn and traded to a's in 2008. josh took over he struggled and called it the worst year of his life but then, something clicked. >> you know i started to get on a role and i think what it did is just kind after loued me to relax a little bit. >> that exploded this season. it's rbi is second in home run was only five errors in the

field. >> it's one of the things i'm excited to be an all star there, is nobody in the world except my mom and agent who thought i can do that. >> a's starting a three-game in milwaukee tonight. coco chris, crisp at the start. estrada has a super slow wind up takes over. got a hold there. and now, a's cruising. seems like only yesterday jason kidd was racing up and down the court, then came cal.

the kid is retiring. he won a title with dallas. has two olympic gold medals and leaves with two years left on his contract. so he decided no. it's time to move on. this abc 7 sports report brought to you by orchard supply hardware its time when you know it's time. miami over indiana so one more half and they'll face spurs if winning this game. which we will have thursday night. >> join me on cable channel 13. coming up a launch of a ship that looks like an explosion and the video going viral and what happened to the ship. >> then at 11:00 bay bridge

lights on the fritz. tonight the mastermind behind the project talks about what went wrong and can it be fixed. >> and tonight we have the bachelorett followed by miss stresses. >> from all of us here thanks for watching. >> good night, everyone.

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