>> he's back. san francisco's bat kid rolled into the giants home opener in style today in the bat mobile, receiving a big ovation from the sellout crowd and a special escort from matt cane out to the mound. good afternoon, everybody. yes. dressed in homer colors >> and purple looks good with orange. fans started to arrive as early as 5:00 this morning. excitement there all day long. mike shumann was out there for the ceremonies.

shu? >> there is nothing like a home opener but baseball seems to resonate more with players, coaches and fans nothing like the smell of fresh-cut grass, ballpark dogs. just everything that goes with it. we saw the american flag. and the bat mobile. here he was, bat kid. what a throw from this young man he's become like a san francisco treat according to giants ceo larry bayer. >> he's not subtle he doesn't travel subtly. it's fun. he took us emotionally several months ago. you know? a big fan. >> awesome. i mean it could be one of my favorite things to do, probably, as a kid. >> all of the years in baseball do you ever get tired? >> no.

no. this is a special moment. this is the best one. the fans are like our guests. you know? they feel it. their energy is where everything starts we're just going to play for them. >> it's like spring. you know? its a new season and giants fans are wonderful and walking back in. you're going to see the grass and you're going to hear bats and every bit the smells. what a beautiful day today. so just awesome. >> this is a father daughter day. right? >> correct. first opening day how special? >> very special. yes. lots of memory at candle stick together it's great to have it here. >> is there anything more

symbolic than baseball opening day? a day like this makes you want to get kids out of school or have a dentist appointment at work. >> i called in sick but went back to get the baseball hat, so i got caught. live from at and t park, abc7 news >> thank you. >> we'll see you at 6:00 >> a special guest brian stow waving there. he was injured after being beaten in the parking lot during opening day for the giants three years ago. he continues to recover in rehab. >> giants fans are now packed at and t park for the game today. giants hoping for a third world

series win, fans are brimming with confidence they seem to have one goal. it's an even year. >> real good. hopefully, we can get another 2014 ring. >> i'm faithful. >> look at me. >> okay >> do you meet someone here? >> yes. . >> i don't know. my girlfriend or ex-wife. i don't know. >> one or another. >> there you go. >> nearly three and a half people saw the giants play. >> fans are sharing their pride with us and owners claim their pet is excited for opening day wearing the panda hat there. >> that dog is asleep.

>> you can e mail your photos to us. or share them. and we're on twitter and instagram. >> what a perfect day. >> you can't ask for better baseball weather. in san francisco, fog was not a fact yoerm. sunny skies, but some fog at the coastline. it hasn't pushed inland today. let's take a look at our inland temperature change today. some locations are warmer than yesterday this hour like san carlos and san jose. others cooler than they were this hour yesterday. sfo, six degrees cooler, half moon bay, 11 degrees cooler than this hour yesterday. looking at the golden investigated, tiny patches of fog. it's 67 degrees in san

francisco. 74 oakland. 84 san jose. 91 los gatos. 60 half moon bay. 75 eta luma. now, our forecast looking over the bay from east bay hills camera, some fog and high clouds this evening. tomorrow afternoon, mainly sunny skies, mild at the coast. warm inland. highs from mid-60s at the coast to low 80s inland. and another lovely way is coming our way. >> see you in just a few. >> hillary clinton kicked off appearances in san francisco. she gave a key note speech, speaking about embracing new technology saying as secretary of state she encouraged social media. >> we're trying to develop one

on one relationships i encouraged our diplomats at embassies warn the world to do the same and to go out using social media too communicate. >> the former secretary of state and phone shall presidential candidate is scheduled to speak later tonight at world affairs counsel. >> leland yee and dozens of others today on charges related to a major corruption sweep the suspects were arrested two weeks ago on charges ranging from political corruption to gun trafficking. raymond shrimp boy chow entered no plea. >> it's government created the crime the government financed the crime.

and the government ensnared my client and through our perspective a mode of racism. >> all suspects will be back in court again on friday. >> that fast-moving fire that destroyed a home has been ruled accidental. flames tore through eichler homes the way they're designed were to fuel fires. we're in upper lucas valley today a beautiful setting. one of the last housing developments. fans of the mid-century modern homes say they believe the homes are safe from fire. >> i enjoy coming hope every day. >> this realtor could be the

biggest eichler fan, ever. check out her car. she's showing us around her own eichler. >> they think of california they think of the beautiful sunny outdoors. a lot of green lush greenery. and walls of glass. modern architecture. i believe that is why people really love eichler so much >> the homes developed a cult following among those who love modern, open floor plans, lots of glass and atriums. in the 60s developer joseph eichler wanted to make them affordable, selling them for $94,000 each in the bay area. >> i have one on the market for $1.3 million. >> some firefighters say the homes can be dangerous after three eichlers were damaged this

week. >> it allows more air to flow through. >> not all firefighters agree, after upgrades have been made >> so here is a floor plan. >> this realtor had acquired the rinl nal drawings and is selling them for $5,000 each. she's had them modified to code standards and says old or new, they are safe. >> i do not think these homes are harmful to people. i think with any house there are problems with an eichler issues are solvable. >> a part of california's architectural history for sale. >> still ahead at 4:00, gm gets off to a bad start missing a deadline on faulty ignition switches >> security bug on yahoo that could have exposed your pass words. >> and a promising break through. at 4:30 a device helping some people with paralysis move on

their own again. >> let's take a look at the afternoon commute a live shot of the san mateo bridge. traffic moving smoothly. back with more on abc7 news in just a moment.

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terrain showed good ratings. other six tested march beginal or poor. it mimics what happens when a front cornerñr collides with an object. consumer reports taking action today because of the crash tests. the national transportation safety board is playing hard ball with general motors investigators fining gm $7,000 a day retro active to april 3rd, the deadline to respond to requests for information regarding faulty ignition switches. fines add up to $28,000 and they'll keep coming until gm responds >> a security bug may have revealed people's pass ports on yahoo and other web sites the flaw found in a widely-used piece of software intended to keep communications on the web

secure. experts decided it could allow pass words to be exposed. other sites that may be vulnerable include okay cupid ask event brite. pefrments say just change your pass words. >> a rather dubious distinction for comcast, consumerist revealed losers based on public votes the results just as comcast is preparing its case for that big proposed merger with time warner cable. comcast narrowly edged out the chemical company monsanto. runners up included sea world. a show today was put on hold at sea world. >> president obama signed two executive orders aimed at

narrowing the wage gap between men and women. first prohibits federal contractors from retaliating from talking about compensation. >> today, the average full-time working woman earns just $0.77 for every dollar a man earns. for african american women, la tinas, it's less. and in 2014 that is an embarrassment. >> reactions are part of a election year effort with democrats to draw attention to womens' pay. >> the number of at-home mothers is on the rise. pew research center found mother that's do not work outside of the home rose to 29% in 2012. in 2008, 26% of moms were at home full time. factors include more immigrant

mothers and more difficulties to find work. >> one of california's endangered species spread it's wings and became one 1:30 this afternoon. a male condor thought about things then took off they were extinct in 1987 but conservationists brought them back through captive breeding. >> pretty neat. just a gorgeous day out there. >> and perhaps condors flying above spencer christian on the roof. >> let's take a look at live doppler 7 hd. near much of the coastline, sunny skies inland. and highs 83 degrees.

85 redwood city. 85 gilroy. 75 san francisco low 80s in the north bay. thin, high clouds will be the sky conditions overnight as well. high clouds with fog at the coast tonight. mild to warm again, tomorrow, cooler pattern by the end of the week. this is a center beginning to shift eastward just a bit. now taking a look at downtown san jose. high temperatures tomorrow's date, april 9th is 80

the active in san jose, bottoming out at 72. most of the inland locations over the next seven days. overnight tonight, patches of fog along and near the coast. clear skies inland low temperatures low to mid-50s. 82 in morgan hill. mid to upper 70s on the peninsula. mid-60s on the coast. high, 67 in downtown toechlt east bay highs 74, up to 78 in fremont.

here is the accu-weather forecast. temperatures reezing a couple degrees thursday, those begin to taper off friday and throughout the weekend, mid-70s inland. upper 50s to 60s on the coast a cool down, but nice, pleasant weather throughout the forecast. >> thank you, spencer. >> up next, big musical names that will headline this year's outside lands festival the stars will be coming. then, after 4:30 there are cameras everywhere. you can see the result is a drop in break ins now, other neighborhoods are trying to replicate this success the story is still to come. >> sunny skies in marin county now. traffic on the left is heading northbound and moving nicely. abc7 news at 4:00 continues right after this.

tom petty and heart breakers coming back to the outside lands festivals. as well as rock band the killers. petty headlined in 2008 this, year's festival will be held august 8th-ten. >> big names this year. >> yes. >> last night was a big switch up on "dancing with the stars". celebrities prepared just for one week. >> i am ready to claim a champion. it's over. this is over. >> no it isn't. >> merrill davis. they danceed and she's so good. >> look at her >> she's a professional dancer on ice. >> that is why she's good.

>> neighbor that doesn't play well with voters? >> oh, please. >> bruno said powerful and seductive. >> she's going to be the champion. james maslow and cheryl burke. i thought the switch up brought out intensity in cheryl. james, have you noticed? yes. yes. >> shirt off, ladies love him. >> well, he's more athletic than drew cary. >> judges seem to be obsessed with post you're. 35 out of 40.

judges--watch ask tell me if you think this is qualifying as a rum bachlt >> it's a rumba on ice. >> judges felt charlie's hips did not ignite. you know? that is a direct quote. not sure what that means scores ranging from two nines to a seven and an eight. >> he's been hugely popular. he has. >> he think his ice dancing partner is going to led said her bottom is the top. >> what she's been through and amazing. no elimination last night. my hunch is that australian kid

exists next week. it's based on america's voting. >> we'll see. we'll see. >> yes. >> coming up at 4:00 a concord cop in trouble with the law. prosecutors say he used dogs and children to steal drugs from the elderly. oscar pistorious with his account of the night he shot and killed his girlfriend. >> married republican lawmaker caught kissing a female staff member and a bay area congress woman now demand

we're learning about the alleged motive and methods of a concord police officer charged with stealing drugs from the elderly >> officer matthew switser resigned after multiple counts of burglary and elder abuse. laura? >> hi, larry well, he did not appear for the hearing this afternoon. his attorney did. the attorney told us his client's own good judgment was overcome by addiction. the prosecutor says that may be a reason but not a legal excuse.

shown here with his police dog, the former officer matthew switser used the animal as a ruse to gain trust of elderly residents and gain access to their powerful pain medication, norco. that is according to the prosecutor. >> obtaining pills by telling them he needed to train his dog to smeel the drugs. >> switser waved his appear wrens but the attorney ex-complained he was driven by a strong addiction. >> there is no question this is a ace kayes about someone who fell into the thrall of prescription pill addiction. started with an injury he was prescribed these drugs and succumbed to their clutches for now. >> the prosecutor told abc7 news

he may have taken his children to visit the residents the people he allegedly shoel drugs from. switser remains in custody on $400,000 bail. >> dramatic testimony today in south africa. oscar pistorious took the stand for the second day. he took off his prosthetic legs to show how he approached his bathroom door the night he killed his girlfriend. breaking down on the stand, oscar pistorious describing the moment he says he realized he shot and killed his girlfriend. i sat over her and i cried >> he claims the horror began early valentine's day morning he heard a noise coming from his

bathroom. >> that moment everything changed i thought there was an intruder in the home. and i needed to army self. that i needed to protect reeva and i. >> he went back towards the bathroom. >> i started screaming go, go. get out of my house i shouted for reeva for her to get on the floor. he says he called to her three times with no response. still, he tells the courtroom he was convinced a burglar was coming out towards him he pulled the trigger. >> i fired four shots. >> the 27-year-old claims after that moment he realized what he had done and used a bat to break down the door. >> i was crying for the lord and screaming. >> he will be back on the stand

for what issed to be another emotional day of testimony tomorrow. john kerry says the occupation of guildings is a pretext. saying a group is keeping 60 people hostage ininside of a government office building in an eastern city. more than 70 were arrested. on capitol hill, kerry warned of further sanctions against russia unless moscow backs off. >> teddy roosevelt used to say talk softly but carry a big stick what. you're doing is talking strongly and carrying a small stick. in fact, a twig. >> teddy roosevelt said credit

belongs to the people in the arena trying to get things done. and we're trying to get something done. it's worth doing. it's worth the effort the united states has a responsibility to lead not to find negativity prevalent today >> a brawl erupted on the floor when a communist party leader blamed nationalists for protests in the east. a woman in texas faces up to life in prison following a conviction for stabbing her boyfriend to stej with a heel of her shoe. a jury at least 25 games faced

with a five and a half inch he'll. saying her boyfriend had become enrageed and attacked her. >> republican lawmakers are distancing them selves from a louisiana congressman asking for forgiveness after a video showing him kissing a woman who is not his the woman in the video resigned yesterday her husband says they are now heading for divorce. >> i will say the american people deserve all representatives to hold to a high moral of behavior. >> the fallout threatens his

november reelection. bay area congress woman is calling for mandatory sexual harassment training for lawmakers >> still ahead at 4:00 simplest information a engineer used. >> a mystery light captured on mars. what one scientist says it is. >> from our mount tam camera, thin, high clouds and a little bit of fog. what is coming our way tomorrow? >> taking a look at traffic right now. this is interstate 80. cars coming out of the mcarthur maze. it's heavy traffic for those heading into the maze. stay with us. abc7 news continues right after this. woah, this k

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the rat was commuting he got on at one station, took the train through a tunnel then got off at the next station. he had a wonderful ride >> yes. what is the problem? >> people are talking about a bright light on mars. >> yes. >> take a look at the nasa photo. one of two sent last week. if both photos here, the light looks as if it's beaming upward from the surface. >> nasa has not responded but one scientist told abc news its not an indication of life on mars. saying it's either a flaw or glint from a rock. >> should should be a perfect evening. march mars, earth and sun will be in a nearly straight line. will be a bright orange color.

their closest point about 57 million miles apart. >> hopefully our visibility will be good tonight to see this. >> yes. >> he's closer. >> yes. >> looks like skies will be clear near the coast. we have areas of fog along the coastline. tomorrow, sunny and dry day. showers in the mid atlantic area. sunny skies, hot down south. fresno 90. palm springs, 99. here in the bay area,

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childrens hospital has a new name. from now on, the hospital will be known as ucsf beinohh

childrens hospital oakland to distinguish it. both are getting a $100 million donation from mark beniohh. >> what happens is helping create more space within the building for our areas. >> ground breaking will not take place until 2017. the new hospital opens in february, next year. >> checking healthy living news, research being conducted here in the bay area could provide a major advance for heart patients. surgeons are implanting with a new kind of stent.

>> several months ago a different reading threatened his golf game and health. >> i had friends having stents or bypasses and heart attacks i wondered when my turn was going to come up. >> it's pinched right there. >> doctors in concord diagnosed a narrowing in one of his corn yary arteries. doctors recommended placing a stent the tubes have been available several decades but a new type includes a key difference. >> this is the most exciting area right now in cardiology. this is a first of the >> as shown in this animation,

provided by the manufacturer, coving can deliver an embedded drug but unlike metal stentsz absorb designed to dissolve away leaving nothing in the body. >> we only have a limited amount of real estate in our hard arteries at some point, you don't want to be placing stent upon stent if we don't have to. >> believes there an evolution in cardiac care. >> that would be an artery. >> jeff early has not yet been told if he will get that or a standard stent. >> maybe walk a few, too.

>> one of the key challenges is allowing it to be bio degradable. >> that is remarkable. researchers restored some movement to four men told they would never move their legs gain. they did it but implanting a device sending electrical stimulation to the spine. >> patients who can't sit up suddenly can do so. they can move one at a time. >> first time it was exciting and emotional for me. emotional because i was told i'd never be able to walk or move my legs again. >> what is exciting is that we've opened up a realm of possibilities what we can do now with people who are paralyzed. >> this is not the first time

electrical stimulation helped paralyzed patients. experts say this may be another tool in the tool box hoping to transform lives of a million americans who lack control over their lower limbs >> a stanford university researcher is a winner of a $50,000 prize to develop a chemistry set. he calls it spark and believes it can inspire young. >> iin activities and address issues in the developing world. including serving as a snake bite venom test kit. >> coming up, keeping your neighborhood safe. >> a city making sure crime doesn't happen in their backyard. coming up at 5:00 can gress

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thefts. >> david louie is live in fremont now. there is no strangers to theft there how are these helping? >> this neighborhood is filled with drivers residents pay a thousand dollars and they say it's worth it when they compare what a thief can steal from them in a break n police knew the identify of the woman within days this video showed her taking a combraj off the front porch and walking with it. it's part of a spreading electronic noose that is catching thieves and burglars ten days ago, they didn't get away with the crime. because this street had cameras.

two years ago, 170 homeowners in scott creek terrace neighborhood banded together and began installing cameras >> we did not have one residential burglary for 18 months. >> ken thomas says six out of ten homeowners chipped in $50 each to record every vehicle entering and leaving the cameras are so sharp thomas can get a ledgible close up of license plates. about 30 homes installed surveillance cameras on their property. >> when you have a burglar, it's worth while to figure out who is causing the crimes >> systems are no longer limited to cities like

there is software >> if someone crosses a line you establish on the camera, walk on to your driveway or yard, it will tiger an alert. >> video can be accessed online on a tablet. >> the meeting begins at 6:30 at warms springs community center. >> that does it for this edition of abc7 news at 4:00 >> giants game went final. more on abc7 news at 5:00 right >> hillary clinton talking about

a possible run for the white house. >> the corruption plot thickens. an attorney making big accusations. >> this is a case where the government infiltrated the crime. >> a surprise guest lending a hand his arrival may have been better than pitching. >> great weather. i'm abc7 news meteorologist live on the roof. changes tomorrow. details coming up. >> thanks for joining us >> suspended state senator and two dozen oernlz heard charges against them in court today. they face charges from gun running to murder for hire.

vic lee is live with developments. vic? >> this indictment lists formal changes was released on friday. so those in custody had to appear and they now have lawyers. there seems to be consensus. >> government created the crime. the government financed the crime and ensnared our client. >> that is how the lawyer tony sarah characterized the case against raymond shrimp boy chow. sarah, now on his defense team made an appearance he is charged with money laundering and dealing in stolen property. 20 others pleaded not guilty.

that includes lelandy charged with mill corruption ask gun gunning. keith jackson entered a plea charged with drugs and weapons trafficking and murder for hire. at arraignment there are more lawyers than there were defendants. all those we spoke with pointed to entrapment. and the case began five years ago. >> teams the government out there throwing money at anybody that can get to take money.