>> good afternoon, everybody, i'm larry beil >> i'm care quo lynn johnson. for the second day we set one heat record. here is a live look a great day to be in the way area. . a look at just how hot it is. work place today, so far, 90 degrees. you can see sunny skies, high clouds around the area. 34 hour temperature change. low temperatures are conservative. oakland six degrees cooler.

sort of a mixed bag of temperatures. here is a look at, from sutro tower, i sudden say at the golden gate. it's 70 degrees in san francisco now. yesterday at this time it was 90s in san francisco. 82 oakland. 90 san jose. 75 half moon bay. another live view from mount tam onto the bay. santa rosa 88. san rafael down from its high of 90. 91 fairfield. 95 livermore, looking live here is a forecast. clear, mild this evening. sunny skies and bright and mild into early morning and overnight hours by afternoon looking at more heat. will be up to about 90 inland tomorrow. but only up to 70 on the coast. so slightly cooler tomorrow. sharply cooler after that. i'll have the seven-day forecast coming up in a few minutes. >> spencer, thank you. abc7 news is live in walnut

creek for us where people traditionally go to cool off. laura? >> what better way than to come inside here to an ice cream store. this is a san francisco creamery. what else? ice cream. it's time to have some. >> this long-haired dog can be hurt by the heat the folks at animal rescue say it's up to those who care to help him out. >> you've got to be careful to watch the signs for your dog. are they panting? not equivalent to sweat, you want to make sure there is lots of water available. put your hand to the pavement make sure pavement is not too

hot. >> cats can be affected, too. they have a way of hiding out whether hot or cold. all animals can be hurt or killed if left in a car, even in the shade. >> in this case the owner left the air conditioning on for this guy. seniors can be at risk in their own homes if they don't have air conditioning. some seek refuge in places like this. mount diablo center in pleasant hill. >> are you looking forward to summer? >> not with weather we've had this year. >> what are you worried about? >> i have a horrible time in the heat. >> this woman told us she likes the heat having moved to california from cool, soggy washington state. abc7 news. >> water rationing began in what

turned into this drought. each home with four or fewer people is allotted just 249 gallons per day. a ten minute shower uses 25 gallons and a load of laundry can use 27 to 54 fwal yonz per wash f residents go 10% over limits, water officials will add $25 to their bill. it's an extra $50 for each 10% over that. >> the money issue is a scare thing. but it's going to be the best thing for the community. >> restrictions include no watering and all hoses must have a shut off nozzle the restrictions will run through october 31st. >> some people will have an opportunity to save a bundle

conserving. >> yes. coming up at 4:30 bay area city where people can capitalize on what it calls the best water-saving rebates in the region. >> strong winds kicking up again hitting that wildfire in southern california. so far, the fire has got grown larger. winds were strong must have to ground helicopters and planes. the fire is just 10% contained. hundreds of people on stand by today. >> there are several rallies and mars underway in the bay area for the mission district as well as downtown san joes. sky 7 hd over what is traditionally the largest. two troops will be heating and marching to city hall.

>> i want to you take a look behind me. the crowd is huge. the march is a celebration of interinternational workers day. >> you know now more than ever it's important for folks to gather. >> music and speeches are only a small part of what made yeah yeah -- may day is all about. >> like high rents, low wages deportation. police brutality. >> the group will march and return to the plaza. the large groups can be difficult to monitor. in 2012 a small group clashed with cops. officers say they were forced to

fire flash bang grenades to disperse demonstrators smchlt people were wrestled to the ground. cops made arrests. >> you've reached out to groups that have been known to take demonstrations into a different direction. what are you doing to make sure that that doesn't happen? >> i think we're open to everybody participating in the march. it's about unity. >> to prevent a repeat police have made plans of their own. there are dozens of officers brought in to cover the rally. opd welcoming demonstrators. >> here to support protests, rally asks mars if you want to participate in criminal activity there is 0 tolerance for that.

>> there is 300 or 400 people here gathered. they plan to march and come back here. the signs have been those calling for an end to illegal deportation. >> authorities released a cause of death for a pilot whose body was recovered yesterday in the bay. a 33-year-old died from blunt force injuries plum from rockland was piloting a cessna when it collided with a vintage hawker sea furry the pilot says he did not see it crash. ntsb is examining the wreckage. >> education department has taken unprecedented step of releasing names of the 55 colleges and universities facing a title 9 sexual abuse investigation and uc berkeley is

among them. a task force promised greater government transparency the report found one in five female students was a victim of sexual assault. it prohibits gender discrimination in schools. >> labor activists stepping up efforts to keep shuttles from using bus stops. . they claim the cities plan to charge a fee for use of the stops. shuttles plated by companies used the stops to pick up employees and take them to campuses outside san francisco. supporters say cars are taken on crowded freeways to reduce pollution. >> it's do or die situation tonight. they fight to stay alive. that is why with carolyn is

wearing the blue. >> we are outside ora cell right now. hi, carolyn. >> this controversy overshadowed playoffs now, fans are ready to get back to the game but for owners it's just the beginning. as a committee met on conference calls to deal with the donald sterling controversy, the warriors weren't talking. instead trying to focus on the game >> what do you say to players? >> not a thing. i do think the unions were phenomenal. >> the ball is now out of their

hands. the commissioner adam silver made the move of banning sterling for life. and wants him to sell the clippers. a forced sale will take a two-thirds vote. >> i think he's done a great job of putting his foot down. you know? >> michael bolton believes it created an opportunity for a new era in the sport. >> gone are the ways when teams perhaps were run by previous athletes or people just like sports. sports is a business should be run by professional, ethical business people. >> speculation about new ownership included everyone from oprah to magic johnson. carolyn tyler, abc7 news

>> he's not going to go without a fight. >> the talks under way that could be a game changer in a cable industry. plus... >> rain over the past days leaving a hunl mess from florida to new york. a look at problems many are still dealing with today, coming up. >> outrage over the failure to rescue hundreds of kidnapped girls in nigeria. >> our first check of the afternoon commute. moving nicely in both directions but traffic will be getting heavier getting into layer hours. for that tippoff between warriors and clippers at ora cell coliseum, or arena later tonight. stay with us more still to come on abc7 news at 4:00.

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not caused by a heart valve problem... ...ask your doctor about reducing the risk of stroke with pradaxa. a key part of san jose's landmark pension reform initiative. a judge approved an agreement to wait another year before making workers pay more into their pensions the changes were supposed to go into affect july 1st of this year. today union leaders say they're working on something more permanent. >> we don't want to just leave this into our hands we need to get back to the table which is what we're doing how do we fix measure b?

>> he says the city is enjoying $20 million in savings. >> it appears at and t wants to expand the reach into satellite television reporting that the communications giant has approached direct tv about buying them out. the paper said a deal would likely be worth $40 billion the two companies share some surfaces in 22 states. direct tv is the second largest pay tv provider but lags behind cable and phone companies. >> the storm system generating dozens of tornadoes drenched much of the east coast. >> rain turned streets into rivers. this car being swept away. crews were forced to use boats to help stranded homeowners and drivers. >> abc news reporter is in new

york now. flooding caused damage there. marcy? >> the weather many people have been dealing with is still having a serious impact today. skies clearing but aftermath of rain is not. >> from new york to florida, down pours creating flooding. >> people living in this neighborhood left with a huge mess again. >> this problem is worse because i felt like it was worse in summer. >> problems persisting in philadelphia and throughout the mid atlantic region. >> this is the time we have tragedies.

when people lose their sense of concern because storm is over. >> in maryland a massive sink hole swallowing a street and everything on the edge. another sink hole in pensacola. investigators still trying to determine if that contributed to an explosion there that killed two people. and in youngers new york a retaining wall collapsing, mud covering train tracks below. >> and yet another mudslide. you can see it came down burying several cars. no injuries here just less to clean up. live in port washington, new york, abc7 news >> thank you. >> dismal results today. state water managers say the snow pack is just 18% of

average. the snow pack provides about a third of the water supply. officials say this reenforces the fact we need to safe water just to meet our basic needs. >> and not a drop in site. >> it's been steamy. >> we have a warm day coming our way. our second day of one record high, a couple more are possible before this day is over. you can see we've got sunny skies now. and warm. let's take a look at our now it's 91, or reached 91, i should say. so far, so that is our only record so far. however, livermore at 95 degrees

now is within one degree of tieing it's record highs of the date. here is a live view looking over the bay. current forecast features, clear, mild tonight. sharply cooler on ska saturday. that cooling trepd continues into next week. satellite shows that big ridge of hot air. cooler in locations so saturday temperatures dropping sharply. for the week ahead, high temperatures for san jose, tomorrow, 85 degrees saturday temperatures will be sort of a steady pattern

saturday through next thursday. low temperatures mid to upper 50s. then, tomorrow, another sunny warm to hot day. 85 in san jose. low to mid 80s in redwood city. highs 70s in pacifica. 70 degrees in the sunset district tomorrow. downtown san francisco, a high of 74. up in the north bay. warm, but not quite so hot as some earlier readings this week. and over in the east bay highs 78 in oakland. here is the accu-weather forecast. i told you about sharp cooling well there it is. there is a steady pattern of

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>> entering warm summer months you're going to hear more and more about the drought. >> plenty of public utilities

are offering incentives but in palo alto they're playing let's make a deal. >> you know in the old days if you wanted to keep up joness you had a big, green, thick rich lawn. now, if you want to get rich in palo alto, get rid of the lawn. they're going to pay you to do it. the lawn that used to survive this dents. >> in palo alto lawns have a price on their heads. >> what is the bounty on grass? >> $4 per square foot. >> describing an incentive program sponsored by palo alto and the water district remove a lawn, replace it with drought resistant plants and agencies will write checks.

>> i don't think of it in terms of dollars and cents but saving water. >> carol ask allen eliminated a thousand square feet of lawn. and hired diane jibot to design a more drought-resistant environment. >> how much less water will this lawn use? >> i bet at least half. and maybe more. >> so you know that saying about how the grass is greener on the other side of the fence? not in palo alto. not if you like cash. >> do you see yourself doing more yard work or less? >> i'm not going to do yard work. >> no. i am going to hire someone. >> why not? >> a preliminary report says air traffic controllers did not realize malaysia airlines flight 370 was missing until 17 minutes

after disappearing from radar. >> reporting a official search and rescue was not launched until four hours after the jet vanished and makes public audio recordings between the cockpit and air traffic control including the pilot's last transmission. >> malaysia 370. good night. >> in another development today the airline told relatives it's time to go home. malaysia airlines has been putting relatives up in hotels and briefing them on the search since that jet disappeared months ago. a cell phone video shows high school students on board a ferry as it was sinking the father says he wants the world to see the ship's

condition the students warned over the loud speaker to stay where they are, as the tilting of the ship increases and becomes less possible to escape the 17-year-old was one with of 220 people that died in the disaster. his cell phone was recovered when rescuers found his body. >> outrage and protests in nigeria over last month's abduction of 200 school girls by armed militants several hundred people dressed in red participated in a protest yesterday. several pop stars including singer mary j blythe and british entertainer jesse jay are now demanding action the girls were taken on april 14th from their dormitories. >> we're now learning more about exactly what happened prior to the botched execution of convicted oklahoma murderer

clayton lockit. officials revealed prison guards daysed him on the morning of his execution lockit was treated at the hospital after deliberately cutting his arm. that may be why officials say they couldn't find a usable vein in his arm to inject lockit with the lethal three-drug cocktail. they inserted the needle into his groin he died of a heart attack 43 minutes later after lockit began shaking and the execution was halted. >> sexual assaults in the military are being reported more frequently. officials say it's because more victims are willing to come forward. isn't the pentagon effectively addressing the problem is in the number of sexual assaults shot up last year. but pentagon says there is no indication that means there has been an increase in the number of crimes committed. >> the pentagon made a big push

to get victims to come forward. not be afraid to report an assault. a report released today says as a result there are 5061 reports of sex abuse last year. up 50% from the year before. >> to the victim asks survivors of sexual assault in the military, know that dod leaders and i are all listening to you. and will do everything we can to support you. >> stacy thompson told abc news on her deployment she was sexually harassed the only person she could take the complaint to? >> the person that did it. he was my direct chain of command. >> my sargeant ended up raping me. >> the senator fought for a year to get a bill passed stripping military commanders of the

authority to prosecute sexual assault sways kayess and giving it to special military prosecutors. the top brass says officers should be able to police their own ranks in march, the bill failed. there will be a renewed focus going forward. >> massachusetts officials are facing criticism after an offensive tweet about sexual assaults sent from the state government twitter account. that read "swult is always avoidable." linking to information about sexual assault prevention. some suggesting it was equal to victim blaming.

coming up overcoming a lifetime of challenges but look at him now. you're going to meet the 21-year-old man who became an instant star. >> sunny skies over the bay. but there coming up with more at 4:00 right after this.

winning $2100 on wheel of fortune doesn't usually make someone a star >> but the spotlight is on a 21-year-old from arizona. way to go. he wam became the first person with special needs to be on the show he's been a fan since only two years old. he was survived nine brain surgeries one open heart surgery and has as bergers and tourett's

syndrome. he won the hearts of viewers nationwide. he wrote on his blog is this is one of the best days of his life. >> isn't that a great story? you can watch here on abc7. >> yes. >> spencer christian is track of the weather. here is a look at live doppler 7 hd. you can see sunny skies and bright skies now.

showers in parts of the upper mid west. across california tomorrow, sunny warm to hot day. lows into low to mid-90s. los angeles, 91. 100 in palm springs. and cooler at the coast. highs upper 60s to around 70. slightly cooler around the bay. inland we'll see a few locations hitting about 90 degrees before we get a break from the heat and drop in temperatures saturday. that is going to carry us into next week. so relief is on the way if you're tired of the heat. >> thank you. >> still ahead on abc7 news at 4:00 he's taking a break. the new picture sent toronto

mayor rob ford into rehab >> i yims found in a california park injuring kids and left them in tears. >> do you have too many e mails in your inbox? an app can help sort it out. next.

toronto's controversial mayor rob ford entered a 30 day patient facility today, taking a leave of absence after a new video. yes. another one allegedly showing him smoking crack cocaine last weekend. these images taken from a individual crow obtained by a newspaper. his brother doug ford says the choice to get treatment is a good decision. >> rob was very emotional. he told me the hardest thing about this is that he knows he left people down. >> the mayor says he's been working on dealing with his addictions for the past year. >> two brentwood residents under

the hospital after separate attacks by a pair of loose dogs police say a woman was walking her dog on hudson drive when a pit bull and a black labrador retriever was let loose from the home. she was bitten on the face, and ankle the victims are being treated for minor to moderate injuries both dogs are in custody. police say they had to days the pit bull to subdue it. >> police are looking for a person in san diego who is putting razor blades in the park. they went looking for them after two brothers were injured when they stepped on them the younger boy needed stitches to close the wound. >> it was sticking up. yeah. it is bad. >> i've got children and i can only imagine something like this happening. only thing coming to my mind is

sickness or an evil mind. >> this is the fourth time in recent months razor blades have been found in this park. officers found 20 razor blades during the last incident. >> a survey shows the job market doesn't look good for upcoming high school and college graduates finding young people will join a backlog of unemployed college graduates in what is an difficult job market. one in five high school graduates fell into the ranks known as disconnected youth last year the liberal think tank based findings on data. >> hundreds of credit cards offer rewards when you make purchases some are easier to collect an -- than others. >> keep watching your points so these guys don't rip you off the web site card hub.com

studied the companies to find out how easy to actually get and use your reward points. the survey found the companies give out, get this, $48 billion in rewards each year. however, one third of those points are never redeemed. why? well, card hub says banks can make it hard. others don't let you use points until you've learned a certain number of points. i've posted a full report on abc7 news.com. >> walmart will be offering car insurance with its groceries and garden hoses saying it will be offering low cost policies at walmart.com. customers will be able to click to get competing quotes from several companies. walmart tested one stop shopping plan last year and found customers saved on average $1100

a year on their auto insurance. the smart phone? new apps help you keep tabs on e mail. the wall street journal likes cloud magic best. >> two cool tricks it searches contents of the inbox quickly. second is that it works can other apps like evernote and pocket. >> hopefully something like cloud magic can help you manage it. and kill out the e mail you're not using >> excellent advice >> i wrote it down. >> ah. >> thank you. >> coming up, lots of people would love to have a big dim sum restaurant nearby. what fit becomes a parking nightmare? >> that sounds good.

combining ferries with technology from the america's cup. plus, using your smart phone to turn off lights or unlock doors. michael finney looks into whether this is worth the money. those stories and more when cheryl and i see you at be 5:00 the news at 4:00 wraps up i

here is a look at tonight's prime time line up. at 8:00 back to back episodes of grey's anatomy, and join us for abc7 news at 11:00 >> may is asian pacific american heartidge month. and we're using our instagram feed to showcase our culture, today, recognizing the eating culture exhibit on display in san francisco later this month. we have more information on intragram >> a booming business of a

chinese restaurant is creating a nightmarish parking problem. >> those living near the restaurant are fed up they want the city to do something about the restaurant using their neighborhood as a big parking lot. >> abc7 news is live in millbrae with more on this growing controversy. nick? >> i'll tell you one thing they must have amazing dim sum at the restaurant behind me over there because the lunch crowd was huge. so were the cars and that is the issue facing the city. judging by the number of patrons it seems wildly successful. cars are keeping the parking valets busy but success does have the price. >> so they opened a restaurant with 400 seats and no intention of providing parking and just

letting parking just overflow into the neighborhood. >> ed jar advice lives in the neighborhood behind the 460,000 square foot restaurant residents say the quiet tree-lined streets have become a parking mecca for the restaurant patrons >> i would like to be able to park in my spot in front of my own home. >> the reason michelle dixon can't is because the restaurant doesn't have enough parking spaces the overflow parking affected merchants as well the next door neighbor auto zone had to put up this sign to keep out restaurant customers. >> we're having complaints they have no place to park. >> fern owns millbrae lock as cross the street. parking, he says affected his bottom line. >> walk in business went down 33% so a third >> the mayor says the city is

working with the restaurant and neighbors to come up with a solution. >> it's hard for the neighborhood we apologize. and we're working really hard to mitigate that. >> the mayor says there is an upside to this for the city. that he'd rather have a parking problem than lots of parking and no business. vic lee, abc7 news >> thanks for joining us for abc7 news at 4:00 >> abc # news at 4:00 begins right now with dan and sharm. >> thank you. from one side of the gay to another people taking to streets right now for a may day of decent >> water rationing is is now mandatory in one county. how much water a family of four has to live with. >> hot enough today for at least one record so far. but we have much cooler weather coming

i'll let you know when coming up. >> on the bay, a wind sail to help power ferries? it's being tested. i'll have a report. >> a big crowd in oakland. people demonstrating over what they say are fundamental issues which affect all of us. workers rights take center stage on this first day of may. good evening, thanks for joining us. >> there are four mars going on this evening across the bay area. one of the biggest is that is due to arrive minutes from now from san jose city hall. that is where david louie is live this evening. >> the plaza here is all set for hundreds of marchers to converge here minutes from now.

it's not tempering passion for reform. many families say they live in fear of deportation because they lack documentation. joining them are these kids. their mother deported to mexico yesterday, as the representative tried to introduce a bill that would have stopped it they're the face of the call for immigration reform. >> there is families and something that is inhumane. >> these realities that we experience are why we march and have signs for our brothers and sisters not marching with us why we have to understand problem that's lead to

deportations and exploitations. >> john boehner deflected blame on reform. >> biggest impediment we have is that american people don't trust the president to enforce or implement the law we've may or may not pass >> this also focuses on the wage gap. similar changes are under consideration if neighboring cities and county >> we have not seen businesses leave the community or unemployment increase. and any price increase that's have taken place are very, very small >> but for the owner in san jess yeah costs $56,000. >> once i moved him up, the next guy is working sautes so what it is, it created a sliding scale for me. >> clearly many