his diploma. he'd just graduated from kindergarten. he came from a close-knit, religious family with many uncles, aunts and cousins. the boy was his mother's only child. >> if you came in and he'd run, give you a hug, just very welcoming and a loving boy. >> monday, he was playing in the back wrard his cousins the pit bull attacked him they say he had been riding the dog like a horse when it threw him down, bit him on the head. >> stop, stop, please, stop. >> the family wanted the children to tell me what happened. >> i was trying to pull it from the stomach like grab him off. >> we went inside and said a prayer, my dad came down. and got his skmand put knit dog's mouth. >> the boy died later at

stanford hospital. his mother says he was close to the dog. >> this is a shock, almost like two best friends that turned on, one best friend turning on another. >> kiana, a police officer is the boy's uncle. he bought the dog two years ago. >> we've brought the dog into our home as a pet to help protect my family. to help protect and watch over and i, by no means did we know he was going to take life. >> police put the dog to sleep yesterday. the funeral for little nefi will be next week. >> thuz of prisoners will be freed into california communities over the next six months under a court order issued today. that is, unless governor brown can stop it. abc 7 news has the story tonight from sacramento.

>> clearly head fed up with a case in which the state had been defying court rulings, a three-judge panel ordered release of nearly 10,000 california inmates and must do so by the end of the year. investigations concluded packed cells have contributed to substandard mental and health care. >>. >> in a statement the governor said the state will seek a stay of the unprecedented order to release almost 10,000 inmates bit end of the year. california shed more than 40,000 inmates since 2006 when governor brown submit aid population reduction plan for courts this year, it was roughly 9300 inmates short whaft court wanted. and governor brown insisted further releases will endanger safety.

the state shifted low level criminals to local jails. >> this is the worst news we could have received. >> this is why crime victim groups wonder who is left to release? >> serious, violent folks prisons have not released yet so these are very dangerous people coming into the communities. >> the judges recommended expanded good time credits. the state could give two days credit for every day of good behavior in cases it's one for one right now. >> the court found it safe. >> still, munt activists say state leaders didn't have to let the case get this far. >> they shucked the responsibility. >> the governor is out of options. the u.s. supreme court tick kicked the case back down to

the panel once before. the order makes it clear contest of court is the next step if california disobeys again. >> a number of athletes are furious their college sports images are being used to make money for one of the biggest video game makers in the world. athletes don't get a dime and want to put a stop to it. a major hearing took place today, leanne? >> no decision was made bit judge heard arguments. the question now is should this with a suit of one person or several athletes? if so it would cost, or could cost ncaa billions of dollars. former basketball star was the first to bring the lawsuit against ncaa when he saw his

likeness in a bruins uniform and his number, 31 in a video game made by electronic arts. he argued ncaa continued to profit from the games while college players have not. >> i don't think that someone can and should be able to take your likeness without compensating you for it. >> the lawsuit may force ncaa to pay student athletes, current and former for rice to use their image or likeness. >> why is the athlete the only element in that enterprise who is denied a fair share of what is right fly their economics? >> but ncaa argued if college athletes are paid it would ruin amateur athletics. >> i have nothing more to say. we're happy to see an amendmented complaint that will move us foord these games never include names of the

players but electronic arts uses avatars sim tloor height and weight. the judge could take several months to decide if this should be a class action suit against the parties in oakland abc 7 news. >> some thieves didn't let a bill bulletproof glass get in their way. an atm stolen overnight this, is video you'll see only on abc 7 news this, is surveillance video from the gas station this morning watch these guys. two men used a chain to pull the machine out. you can see it took less than two minutes. the front of the store is damaged and destroyed we're told it's being boarded up now until it can be repaired oof nobody heard a thing. >> yes. >> amazing.

>> federal agents need your thop catch an accused mail fraud suspect that that i mai be looking for a tech job. 38-year-old bruce lee marshal is accused of scamming $100,000 from a san francisco tech start up he wunts worked for. >> firefighters are still on the scene of a small grass fire right now that caused a real scare in santa cruz this afternoon. sky 7 shows how close it was to southbound lanes of highway 17 and buildings along tanner heights drive. it broke out at about 3:00 this afternoon. firefighters will stay on the scene to make sure hot spots don't flare up again. >> investors aren't happy the federal reserve may be cutting back on its stimulus program to keep interest rates low.

the bench park dropped 353 points today. abc 7 news david louie looks at wait that may be testing the strength of the economic recovery. >> stock market monsters have been a sea of red. red being the color of down stock prices. investors are nervous about the federal reserve indicating it may ease buying of bonds. >> almost like a symphony this, move smt now over. a lot of the market gains have been fueled by easy money. lots of liquid ti coming into the market they don't know what this means in terms that have. >> meaning people can borrow at cheap rates and interest rate are on the rise. >> you're looking at interest rates from six weeks to just above six-tenths of a percent point so rates have doubled

with five-year treasury in just six week autos past two days created jitters bigger question is how is this playing on main street? will it impact consumer confidence and spend something last month saw brisk car sales with some dealers promoting zero percent loans and home buyers enjoying mortgage rates at 3% rate. however no, one knows if rising rates will prompt consumers to tap brakes or hit the brakes hard. it will be a test. and a slow down is causing global jitters with a drop in manufacturing orders. david louie abc 7 news. >> a massive protest on the golden gate bridge organized by an unlikely group, nurses.

1500 members of national nurses united march add cross the span this afternoon. the group says the proposed pipeline would bring oil from canada to texas. now, before the march governor brown told nurses they can flex more political mus dwrol take on global issues. >> your he'd okay fashional objective is a larger sense of what we have to do as human beings you become a powerful organization. >> the nurse's group protested against climate change blaming itd for a rise in health problems from canser to lung disease. >> fruit veil station is having a bay area premier tonight in oakland. the screening starts at 7:00 at the graund lake theater. the film about hours leading up to 2009 shooting of grant, an unarmed bart passenger by a police officer at oakland throughout stale stations.

>> still head here on abc 7 news at 5:00 a legend is being honored in the bay area. the special ceremony happening right now. >> also, bart warning passengers of a potential strike in the coming weeks. a looming vote, wlit what it could mean for getting around. >> nice warm weather coming up for the first two days of summer, friday, saturday. but there may be rain in our forecast as well. i'll have the accu-weather forecast coming up. >> and facebook gets into the video side of social media. what you'll be able to do with its new features, stay with us. the news at

we're just 10 days from a

possible bart strike. the transit agency negotiating with five unions and so far not so good. abc 7 news alan wong is live with the latest on the talks and alan he have a lot to talk about. yes. next week the union spoke whether or not to authorize a strike but commuters here were either aun ware, or unphased by the fact their commute could come to a halt july 1. >> are you worried that there is going to be a strike? >> um... worried. >> in years past we sweat it out and share everything then, it sorts out. soy haven't been worried, yet. >> this morning began the awareness campaign. a possible strike on july 1 if they don't receive increases and better protections.

>> membership for surveys wants to status quo and a modest raise. and we're happy. >> all five unions asking for a 5% raise over three years, and new measures to prevent incidents like this one. a deranged naked man har yasd commuters last week, bart needs to overhaul it's facilities so asking work dwrorz chip into pensions for the first time to pay about 92s aids month for medical insurance. >> right now i'll find new leads for strike buzz we have let's hope we can get them compromised. >> bart hasn't had a strike and major traffic congestion like this since 1997 but so far negotiations have been characterized as nasty and slow moving.

>> facebook taking on twitter's video sharing app by adding video to instagram photo app. users going to be able to record 15-second clips, you can fly new versions of the popular filters to get them kind of a different feel. this is a feature everybody is talking about. cinema stable saigs. >> the team has been developing this feature for years following facebook to directly compete with twitter. 130 active users are already uploading photos to the service. analysts expect them to transition quickly. >> very smart to assume people will add video so if this is a

race, i think we see that there is a very early lead. >> facebook paid $1 billion for instagram last year. >> twitter employees will have a place to stock up, mid market building will be home to the first full service grocery store operated by small mood foods. and is described as a cross between whole foods and farmer markets. >> google admitted those brain quizzes it used to screen phone shall hires were useless like how many golf ball will wills -- s will fit in a school bus were used primarily to make the interviewer feel smart. by the way half a million will fit into a school bus.

>> i knew that. >> no. you didn't. >> a girl will be dining at the white house next month with first lady michelle obama. 12-year-old rose scott was one of 54 winners in a nationwide recipe challenge to promote healthy lunches part of the first lady's let's move initiative. rosa and a guest will be attending on july 9. this is video of the inaugural state lunchen last year. rosa's entry was pork and tofu lettuce cup autos so california, huh? >> very. sounds good. >> rosa, good? >> how cool. fun. >> all right. changes in weather. >> yes. changes for, towards more summer like pattern. summer arrives tonight at 10::04 and will be warm. from sky 7, it's -- this is a

beautiful day to go sailing. this yacht on a practice run. looks like the waters were calmer than yesterday. take a look now and we've got sunny skies from coast to inland. winds calmer than yesterday. in mount tam you can see the camera is shaking because it's easier out there. sunny skies we have temperatures 71 in oakland. and 81 in santa cruz, looking towards bay bridge, it's 84 degrees now in santa rosa. 8 fairfield. 65 union city.

and summer solistice occurs at 10:04 p.m. tomorrow, sunny skies and warmer. with cooler weather sunday and showers developing by monday, possibly early as sunld. pulling back to take a look at satellite mack you can seat trough brought us cool, windy conditions moving out. high pressure is building in but we do have an active storm prak and overnight tonight no rain in sight. clear skies with perhaps a patch or two of low clouds near the coast. low to mid-50s, cooler in the north bay valleys. tomorrow, sunny, mild, 84 down in gilroy. 76 palo alto and mountain view. 60s in pacifica.

63 half moon bay of. breezy on the coast ask will be mild. sunny, mild downtown tomorrow. north bay highs 84 in santa rosa to 84 so nice and warm. inland east bay warming up tomorrow, mid to upper 80s. and here is the accu-weather forecast. warmest day of the forecast period will be saturday. inland highs climbing into upper 08s near 90s but a sharp drop in temperatures will occur on sunday, more clouds enter the picture will be cooler monday with a chance of showers and may have a lingering shower into tuesday, by mid week we warm up into the 80s so we've got all kinds kinds of weather here. >> clouds on the third full

day of summer? >> i -- it's unusual but it does happen. >> thank you. >> coming up next on abc 7 news at 5:00 going green. >> one of the warriors up and coming stars delivering a special message to a known basketball player. time now to announce today's winner of abc 7 big shell gas card give away. jeff you've won 700s ndz free gas cards from shell. we still have one winner to go you have a chance to get in on the action but have you to act today. if you're a fan you still need to fill out that form. we'll announce

a special ceremony is underway. >> a lot of fun.

here is a live pick frur imagination park. george lucas just unveiled bronze stat use of two of his famous character autos you can see indiana jones there. and town leaders donated $10,000. and there he is. in the cloud just milling around. you know? >> hanging with the folks there. >> very cool. >> yes. >> just want to share that with you. >> some helpful tips from one of the golden state warriors up and coming young players. he spoke to boys and girl as tending camp at granada high school in livermore. he stressed importance of hard work and staying in school. he says attending camps like

this is his opportunity to give back. >> not too long ago you were the same kid in those shoes whachl a dream to make it. a dream to play in nfl. you want to show them with hard work, the dream is possible to reach. >> very wise words indeed. >> oh, boy. >> an nbc champion going to be crowned tonight. >> coming up, a's in texas facing rangers this one came

a's rolled in the 7th up the middle with bases loaded two runs would score. rangers on tox we come down to this. two outs in the ninth.

seth smith base hit to center. craig gentry. the ball gets away, elvis andrews makes a perfect relay for the operate. he's out. rangers win, and then, trail oakland. and spurs coming up in game 7. coach normly short with the media cracking jokes this morning. well... let me just tell you he's a riot. >> he was hysterical. he saved the material for game seven. >> they called it torture. >> thank you. >> yeah. >> game seven begins in just minute autos hav