hormone use we saw a decrease in incidents of rates. >> in 2003, the womens health initiative first reported a link between combination hormone replacement therapy and breast cancer. janice barlow is with zero breast cancer a san rafael nonprofit and says millions of women in america listened to those media reports. >> so when information is make personal decision autos since then, incidents and rates continued to drop in marin county for white, nonhispanic women. according to the marin county health and human services there was a 13% drop from the five year period 1996 to 2000 to the five-year period ending in 2010. >> something hereditary.

and there is a ten tendency to be a red flag, i think in the past. >> california still has a higher rate. marin has one of the highest rates in the state of california but improvement. >> some suggestsed this high incident rate was due to the higher than normal consumption of wine or alcohol. well, it is a risk factor for breast cancer but researchers say it's not the only factor. dan? >> if you want to read the story just look for it on see it on tv. >> fire destroyed one home in damage it started about 2:30 just east of the mountain view cemetery.

sky 7 trying to stop flames that did spread to a second home. the fire department helped piedmont fire, nobody was hurt and the cause is under investigation. >> and we have a fire weather watch in the bay area. it's checking that situation. >> winds seem to be a major factor let's go right to graphics here. you can see clear skies right now about a flow of dry air blowing across the bay area, you can see ate plies to higher elevations, winds out of the north at 15-30 miles per hour. gusts 45, 55 miles per hour over highest peaks. humidity under 30% not considered dangerously low but will be relatively dry. big factor is strong, gusting winds. right now looking at gusts over 25 miles per hour in many

bay area locations in fact, 32 in napa. we'll continue to watch what affect it has on fire conditions. >> thank you very much. progress tonight in finding those responsible for a brutal attack on a father two of in the east bay. police are questioning several people in the terrible beating of david lamont, a pleasanton father now in a coma because of the assault. laura? >> this is the neighborhood where david lamont was attacked. it's bad enough something like this happened, in a otherwise quiet neighborhood but now, we're learning from police that they're questioning local high school students they believe are somehow involved. >> i will say persons of interest do attend both local

high school autos police are only calling them persons of interest but fitting dodge they're interviewing teenagers from foot hill and ama door valley high skits skools to see whether they have information about the beating that left david lamont in a coma. >> we credit the community to come forward in giving us tips to follow up on. >> lamont's wife found him unconscious after he went outside of their home to ask teenagers to keep noise down. agnes told us they can hear young voices, male and female outside of the home. >> i appeal to anything that knows anything. people know what happened. please, talk to the police department, tell them what you know. >> headlights turned on at the top of the street. >> a neighbor did not want his face shown told us he came thom see an suv driving past him. >> i saw a gold or metallic brown suv drive down the

stree. i saw a driver and i saw some activity movement in the back of the vehicle. >> another maybe says she won't try to handle voice issues from now on. >> i'm sure doesn't think this was going to happen. >> our hearts go out to family of the skprim we continue to pray for him and keep him in our thoughts. in pleasanton, abc 7 news. >> players saw a shock today when a tank almost rammed their field. check out these pictures they're concrete, look at that. the barrier stopped. a bradley fighting vehicle just 10 feet short of the gold post.

the gold keeper train asking said that was a scary incident. well, just within the past hour judges extended deadline for reducing california's prison population. california had until the end of the year to come up with a splugs for overcrowding now that has been delayed in the hope of finding a long term solution. >> big news out of sacramento tonight. governor brown today signed legislation that allows workers to get partial pay while taking family leave in caring for a grandparent or a parent in law. the governor also signed into law the development of a state wide earthquake warning system as well as legislation to

restrict paparazzi access to children. >> a freshman senator says he's going to talk until he drops in a last ditch effort to defund the president's new health care reform law. >> madam president i intend to speak until i am no longer able to stand. >> he wants to -- these are live pictures of him speaking now. he wants his fellow senators to do what the house already did pass a funding resolution. congress woman jackie spear dismissed the political maneuver. >> it will come back to the house. there already played here.

>> democrats control the senate. so crews can not stop the senate from holding a test vote. testimonies day -- democrats say the vote happening no matter what. a member of the president's cabinet was there to get a look and copy ate cross the nation. touring va lensa gardens this, was once crime ridder but gusted in 2006. private sponsors helped build new home. the white house looking to duplicate with a series of grants. >> a woman changed more lives in san francisco is taking a rest at the age of 77. tomorrow night there will be a celebration honoring 6 reverend glenda hope for

helping those who lost hope. tonight why she's so extraordinary. >> for the reverend those on the streets are her congregation. this has been her calling 40 years. as founder of the san francisco network ministry as long with her late husband, scott this, is hope in 1989. protesting on behalf of the homeless, now, the 77-year-old minister is stepping down. >> retirement is a word i still don't really understand. what i do understand is leaving the tender skploin people that i love. work i have blessed to be able to do 40 years this, is hard. >> hope is proud of the residential treatment program created for women leaving prostitution. her organization built low income housing for families and established this lab now

run by st. anthony foundation. >> she's a pastor, very compassion knight on the streets, everyone knows reverend hope. for hundreds of services she's conducted for the homeless who died as had video from greg mifter show autos we have come to remember about the hero. and to give him respect. >> in 2001 reverend hope honored as a hero of compassion now others will take over the work and perhaps, follow her path. >> i think it's a challenge to churches, and synagogues and temples to come outside of their buildings and walk streets. >> in san francisco, abc 7 news. >> what a wonderful legacy. >> yes. >> there is more still ahead,

coming up, a warning for people who board their pets before heading out of town. the bay area pet shop whose workers are tipping off thieves who target empty home autos betting fit goes high tech. consumer reports puts some new gadgets to the test k they help you lose weight? and keep it off? abc 7 news at 5:00

police arrested a pet smart employee for supposedly tipping off thieves when pet owners went on vacation. the victims all used the boarding service in this pet smart. police discovered the link investigating two home burglaries and a car theft. investigators say a 23-year-old employee would

give thieves addresses of people leaving town, the employee and two other people have been arrested. >> this is trust there. you're giving a member of the family, a dog to be baichd someone else. i don't think the thought enters your mind they're going to do something bad. >> pet smart says the company is contacting everybody using that boarding service and informing them information might have been compromised. >> a consumer advocacy group filed suit against facebook. public citizens say it continues to use minor images can out parent's kons sent. -- consent. meanwhile, facebook shares climbed today to just under $50. that is because anna liflts liked potential new growth and

inroads into china. applied ters ainvolved in one of the biggest ever takeovers of a japanese firm buying tokyo electron. shareholders of applied will own 68% of the company. the two companies make chip manufacturing equipment. >> this is a is the largest take over of a u.s. company by a chinese firm. shareholders of smithfield food as proved the deal valued at $7 billion. in san jose first gathering held tofd a newly remodeled convention center, representatives are attending to see the expansion and renovation project. >> eating right skpechler sis are important to staying healthy but technology can help do you that. >> yes. there are new gadgets,

consumer reports partnered with 7 on your side. >> yes. these are very, very cool. hottest gadgets is an activity tracker telling you how much you're moving. krourts found some helping you reach your exercise goal. >> josie never leaves home without his activity tracker. >> i found out is that i was actually moving less than i thought i was. >> an activity tracker uses spenceors to gather information about the steps you take and the calories burned. joseph's tracker is with his phone. in consumer reports labs a panel of volunteers wore them on wrists, arms and clothing and walked on a treadmill, used an exerciseor, climbed

the stairs, and picked up toys. testers kept track. >> we compared our counts against trackers and all device dz well. >> next, this was used to measure the calories some trackers proved better than others at counting calories and some giving feed back during workouts. >> we have trackers show how you're doing while exercising and most panelists said they liked that feature. >> the taller the flower, the more you moved. as for joseph, his tracker helped him shed 40 points and counting. another bonus it let's you track calories and how well you sleep. however, consumer reports has one caution, not all of these

gadgets sync with every type of smart phone so you need to check what you have. here is another warning. consumers may be buying counterfeit brands and not know it it's good. i need a gadget shocking me in the morning to get up. >> i'm sure your wife has idea autos let's turn our attention to weather forecast. >> yes. spence jer in now. >> yes. sandal ra is under the weather but aren't we all? clear skies, crisp and breezy is how i described this autumn weather readings 63 in san francisco. so san carlos, 68.

63 half moon bay. another live view of the golden gate brichblgt this is the golden gate bridge. and 71 napa. livermore, one more live view from mount tam looking towards ocean beach. these are forecast features tomorrow will be coolest day warmer and drier, warm and summer like we do have a fire weather forecast through friday because of the strong gusting winds. here is one of the reason wez have winds there is a dry cold front. we have breezy generally but gusty at times. follow the time line at 7:00 tonight. clouds and accuweather to the north. we're not going get precipitation but by thursday

we'll have a center of high pressure that is generating warmer dry air throughout the bay area. follow wind gust patterns overnight. winds remaining strong into tomorrow morning. by 11:00 in the morning we'll look at gusts again of 20, 25 miles per hour certainly around the bay and near the coast with lighter winds and some inland locations. on we go to overnight temperatures here in the bay area. we'll see clear skies tonight low temperatures into mid-50s, cooler up in the north bay valleys. 49 at napa and 50 santa rosa. then, tomorrow, sunny skies and pleasant. cooler than today. south bay highs from upper 60s to low 70s in morgan hill and gilroy. peninsula, highs into the same range upper 60s to low 70s. low 60s on the coast. downtown san francisco, 65 degrees tomorrow. up in the north bay highs into

low 70s, mid 70s in sonoma. on the east bay, 68 oakland. 68 newark. inland east bay cool with highs into low 70s and here is the accu-weather forecast. mid up toer 60s on coast so nice warm up coming our way first full weekend of fall. >> okay. >> thank you. >> thank you, spencer. >> coming up next random act of kindness a girl gets some special cheering up wildlife park telling visitors what to wear. we'll have the story with three months to go now until christmas, 7 on your side michael finney says now is the time to start saving money. we'll be right back here. >> and at 9:00 the goldbergs

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a hayward girl got a special visit today, members of cal state university east bay soft ball team tropd off a gift basket filled with goodies. the 10-year-old was shot while sleeping in her bed she's now able to eat and walk on her own, she's getting better. terrific day. >> a dancing with the stars contestant is in the hospital.

abc confirms he was injured last night. the fan favorite reportedly hurt his knee and may need surgery. >> yes. he carried on well. >> so he did well. >> researchers came up with a way to trance form brain activity into music. and it would benefit seizure patients. take a listen. this shows researchers looking at brain activity patterns one of the men uses electrodes in patient brains to treat see sures. he decided to set the spikes to music. scientists discovered they can differentiate seizure activity just by listening. it aallow care givers to learn when an undetected seizure is

occurring. >> 49ers day day is just around the corner. our coverage begins this thursday, we'll have content at abc 7 news.com on our facebook page and on twitter at abc 7 news bay area. and then, jerry rice at 4:30 thursday for our 49ers pregame show, jerry will be with us for after the game as soon as niners game ends in st. louis. big day coming up on thursday. hope you can be here. >> lots to look forward to there, and here, right now. hanging around. having fun. >> yes. and why you

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options you'll face and price under affordable care act sign ups begin next week. also, you'll meet a heart patient a new lease of life. how doctors are keeping him alive, coming up in half an hour tonight at 6:00. now back to dan ask cheryl. >> thank you. >> and and a new otter cam looks into otter to takers. >> it is by going to our web site look for it on see it on tv. >> now, a wildlife park in london provided this has banned visitors from wearing those other animal prints. >> oh, my. well, the world of adventures brought in counselers to

enforce the policy. >> why? >> it turns out prints cause animals to either nuzzle up or run away in fear. >> maybe people run away, too. >> yike autos world news is coming up next i'm cheryl jengs. >> i'm dan ashley. from all of us here, thanks for watching. we'll see you again at 6:00 world news is coming up next.

welcome to "world news." tonight last stand, the explosive end to the siege at the mall in kenya. new pictures and new questions tonight. are some of the terrorists americans, are some of them women? prime time fireworks, the actress who used a hit show to take on the church of scientology and what the church says in response. >> the church is looking for me to fail, waiting for me to fail. real money. we help a family get back nearly $7,000 and show you simple ways to change those outrageous hospital bills. good evening to you. as we come on the air tonight, the siege at the shopping mall in kenya is over and the final search for any hidden terrorists under way there.