s you can see clear skies part of the reason is wind, and as we take a look at that red flag warning, i'm going to go inside here. we do have red flag warning for the solano county area. we're looking at gusting winds and low humidity. red flag warning is in effect until tomorrow night at 8:00 p.m . gusts to 30 is possible when a fire starts. winds out of the northeast at 12 miles per hour. that wind is reducing humidity. take a look at fairfield humidity right now. 8%. so we're looking at high fire

dangers as we head into tomorrow night. >> now to the death of maya maya angelou. >> i was seven teen. my mother said i think you're the greatest woman i ever met i thought about her and thought suppose she's right? so suppose i am going to be someone. >> she was somebody. poet activist, and story teller. maya angelou was many things she died today at age 86. she had strong ties to the bay area. abc7 news reporter carolyn tyler joins with us the story. >> reporter: tributes are pouring in tonight. she was one of the most-eloquent voices in america, and many in san francisco felt the presence.

maya angelou spent her form tiff years here she was only 16 when she became the city's first black female conductor. she told oprah finwin free how she did it >> i went to my mother and said they won't allow me to asupply. she asked y do you know why? i said yes. because i'm a negro. she said do you want the job? go get it. >> in her 20s she was singing the blues in purple onion to support her young son. her writing had similar grace and move many. she's been hailed for her auto biographies. "i know why the caged bird sings" became an international bestseller. many got to know her at president clinton's inauguration. >> lift up your eyes upon this stage, breaking for you. give birth again to the dream.

women, children, men, take it into the palms of your hands. >> she was a poet historian civil rights activist. in 1985 after yearing in this antiapartheid rally. >> really why we're marching is for our own moral health. >> for reverend cecil williams and his wife angelou was a friend. >> we begin a conversation that began to call each other brother and sister. i felt she was my sister. >> they get met 50 years ago. she considered glide one of her churches appearing there dozens of times >> it's not like maya spoke. she sang and danced with her words. it was just wonderful. >> at one of the appearances that elaine petrocelli met

maya angelou. she often hosted the author at her store. today they honor her memory. >> she had tremendous energy. and' thousand people would come, wanting to have a book signed and meet her. >> i had the opportunity to interview her a few times she was intimidating and inspiring. and told me life loves the lover of life. >> i envy you. i would have liked to meet her. she sent a final tweet four years ago, listen to yourself, you might hear the voice of god. president obama said this. the voice she found helped generations of americans find their rainbow amid is the

clouds. inspiring us to be our best selves. we have a slide show on our web site. it's powerful. >> in the wake of the deadly rampage, two state senators are want to budget health care and public safety for those in prison. yesterday, lawmakers called for a new effort to keep mentally ill people from obtaining guns. the assembly passed a bill forcing californian who's buy guns out of state to go through checks and steps required for in state purchases. >> lawmakers in washington read names of students that died in isla vista and made a promise to their families

>> today, we remember victims. george chen, james hong david wang. catherine cooper christopher ross michaels martinez, and veronica weiss. we pledge to stand with the santa barbara community and all of those touched by violence to do all we can to prevent this sort of tragedy in the future. >> tonight a bay area tribute to the six victim who's lost lives including three from the bay area. estimated 20,000 people turned out yesterday. investigators say mass murder suspect killed six students on friday. a report from a private investigator is a boost for the

defense in the case of a santa rosa mother accused of grabbing a boy she claimed bullied her daughter. cites three witnesses say that she confronted the 12-year-old boy this month, but never touched him. one student said the boy choked himself, blaming her. >> the kid was specific. he put his hands like this choking himself. he described that to my investigator. >> she is said to be in court june 19th when the district attorney could decide to press charns or drop this case. >> ymca of silicon valley claiming it failed protect children from an accused child molester. he faces charges including possession of child important

yog graphy. a family of a 6-year-old girl accused the y of violating state law by allowing him to be unsupervised while working with young children. >> in about a week hundreds of san francisco teenagers will be ready to start a job training program that targets at-risk students the problem is that the agency has yet to come up with a contract, meaning the whole program is in jeopardy. >> the san francisco public utilities commission has 1400 acres of land surrounding the city's water sheds. someone has to maintain the land. years ago the p.u.c reached out to the sheriff's department to help form a program to hire at-risk students during summer to do the work. they were picked by unlikely agencies. >> people in the sheriff's department people in p.u.c . community organizations. identifying kids that obviously

need a chance. >> the people we found already working today are college students and staff, the fram is called garden project. >> tell meez i'm going to have management skills, going to be able to supervise more people. >> they work earning $11 an hour. >> means they'll be able to be kids >> there is an opportunity to learn more than just gardening skills. >> we bring them in 45 minutes when working. sit them down, do a business class or a leadership class. then, send them back out again >> the program funded by the p.u.c hit a snag a contract has yet to be finalized if they don't get a new contract, the program will end after june. the p.u.c hopes to get it completed by

start of summer. >> yes. we plan to explore every avenue possible. to have at risk youth cleaning up our water sheds. >> people who worked on this program spoke of the need to keep kids busy. >> if you don't have nothing to do likely you're wandering streets. so likely trying to find a way to make money. most of the time it's not legal. >> the p.u.c contributes nearly $500,000 to the program. in san francisco, abc7 news. >> climate change versus economy. tonight why one group says we may have to make a choice or else pay a $50 billion premium. >> honda accord tradition yam or hybrid? which is a better deal? >> i reality show reaches a

peak. who will see the next episode when abc7 news at 5:00 continues in 60 seconds. my dad worked as a short order cook. right here. my parents were immigrants. and they taught me that with hard work, anything is possible. i earned a scholarship to mit. and worked across party lines to get things done. i'm alex padilla. i'll protect voting rights for everyone. and make it easier to start a business. so we create jobs and opportunity for all californians. what should we order? (announcer) alex padilla. secretary of state.

that hidden cash taking over twitter landed in san jose today, a donor has been leaving cash in the bay area since friday. today, the donor tweeted he wanted to show the south bay love. and the treasure hunters were out, doing just about anything to get the cash. >> how fast are you going? >> above 80. >> we're going to fight it into the next location. >> it was an early start with a half dozen drops today. >> the man behind the hidden cash twitter phenomenon promised to move south today. the first tweet arrived at 8:44

a.m . picture of a fire hydrant. >> chasing the story, dozens chase the cash across the street on a fire hydrant. >> who got there first? >> money to the wife. >> the energy had $135 inside of it. and a message on the outside love you, san jose. >> too late, huh? . >> i had to notify me. i was here probably in five minutes. >> talking to alex tweeting another clue behind a tree we saw dozens of people rummaging

looking high and low for a long time. no one found an envelope. then a worker found it almost immediately. but didn't want publicity. >> did you know she's playing a cruel joke on everyone here? >> she will be punished >> we saved you guys. >> the woman worked in promotions department in san jose abc7 news >> a person behind this isn't done yet. according to the page the envelopes will be turning up in los angeles next. >> a close but popular ice center may soon reopen. officials want the owners of the bridge point shopping center to

open doors. commissioners say the revenue from the rink probably offset the losses suffer by restaurants and stores. >> sky 7 hd above the site of what could be the next star wars museum. this is the same place warriors initially proposed building that new arena. a letter will be sent tomorrow by mayor lee. we'll see what happens now, to cars. honda accord edges out toyota camery but what about the honda accord hybrid? >> honda acourt stands out as

consumer reports top pick. the basic gets an impressive 30 miles per gallon and relatively in inexpensive. the hybrid is pricier but window sticker cites 47 miles per gallon. now, it didn't measure that high in consumer reports tests, says the director of auto tests, jake fisher. >> we had an over all 40 miles per gallon but not 47 miles per hour claim by the epa. >> since a hybrid accord costs $6500 more than basic accord you're playing a lot of money up front to save gas. >> just doesn't drive as well the ride is stiffer. braking is not as good. and handling not as secure.

>> battery robs you of cargo room. you'll get a tire repair kit. the regular is a better deal. consumer reports says you're better off with a toyota camery hybrid. it gets 38 miles per gallon. a spokesperson says it records better mileage. at fuel economy.gov, average user mpg is 42 -- >> that is michael finney reporting. for seven on your side. >> interesting. >> let's go to sandhya pat yes. >> could not be nicer out there. lovely. >> so beautiful. i'm just going to stay here. it feels good here.

people are out and about. and a nice breeze, lots of sunshine from coast to inland. we're going to keep it going. cloudless conditions thanks to wind. looking from our golden gate bridge camera it's clear right now. 72 oakland mid seven #s in san jose. 59 half moon bay. temperatures upper 50s to mid-80s range. san jose 76 this afternoon. east bay hills camera looking towards mount tamalpais there, we do have hazy skies. sunny tomorrow warmer. cooler weather friday and saturday so here is a set up

we have a trough, high pressure building in. tomorrow, another mild to warm and sunny afternoon, then we'll notice changes tomorrow night, low clouds back near the coastline and in over parts of the bay by friday morning. cooler in all areas for your friday. and saturday as well. a few spots in the normal bay and along the coast into upper 40s. comfortable weather. tomorrow afternoon, short sleeve weather. 82 san jose. warm in the south bay there. 86 gilroy. temperatures coming up a little more in redwood city.

67 half moon bay. north bay, mid-80s. east bay, temperatures upper 70s. inland a warm, late spring day. looking at the accu-weather forecast it's going down hill friday and saturday. saturday morning we're going to introduce and we're expecting temperatures to recover for the second half of the weekend. a little milder into next week. low to mid-80s inland low to mid-60s acongress the coast this, is a pleasant time of the year.

we're go owing to keep it nice and comfortable. >> it's that time of the year again. >> a lighter moment at the national spelling bee. coming up two teenagers competing in the event. >> at 6:00 tonight a brand new hospital, a state of the art facility with high-tech operating rooms and more that is at 6:00. we'll be right back here. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] now get more of what you deserve. visit your local benjamin moore dealer today and get $50 off every $250 purchase.

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the coast guard arrived and the crew lassoed the boat pulled it towards them and cut the engine. andy. >> and this man lassoed by a cowboy in georgia. he wounded three people this week. he ran out of bullets and a by stander threw a rope over his head. >> america's biggest business lobbying group slammed the president's plan to tackle climate change today aiming in part to reduce air pollution. part of the proposal calls for cutting carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. backers say it will lower bills,

creating jobs >> an east bay oil refinery going green, officials promised to bring it into comp priens and stop relying on heavy crude. shell says it will reduce emissions by several hundred thousand met trick tons per year. >> google unveiled a prototype of the driverless car. it has no steering wheel or pedals it comes with buttons for go, and stop. this shows them in action the company says it's not interested in going into auto mafring business. >> a bay area teenager is headed

to semi finals of the scripps national spelling bee. the 13-year-old from san ramone got knocked out of the competition today. >> the finals will be held tomorrow fight the winner receiving $33,000 in cash, and prizes. >> still to come, san francisco's scooter caper has been solved >> yes. hunter pensx

teacher layoffs. and a 60 billion dollar budget deficit. that's what john perez faced when he be speaker of the california assembly. so he partnered with governor brown to pass three balanced budgets, on time. for the first time in thirty years. today, the deficits are gone and we've invested an additional 2 billion dollars in education.

now john perez is running for controller to keep fighting for balanced budgets. democrat john perez for controller. coming up at 6:00, the isla vista massacre. you'll hear from a pair of ucsb students that nearly lost their lives. >> and healing wounds what officials are doing after

police shot and killed a man armed with a garden tool. >> from san francisco school of ballet dancers get a chance to put talents to the test. those stories and more at 6:00. >> before we go, we wanted to tell but san francisco's biggest mysteries >> yes. hunter pence tweeted this picture of his scooter. >> yes. we have new video to show you inside of a giants club house first gave the scooter to officers. >> it vanished after pence parked it he never filed a report. >> world news is up next. >> from all of us here, thanks for watching. we appreciate your time as always, we'll see you again at 6:00.

welcome to "world news." tonight the exploding scandal. the blockbuster investigation. a va hospital shows treatment of veterans even worse than we thought. so bad tonight there's a call for a criminal probe. dangerous lightning amid floods tonight and pounding hail. and watch this. an expert storm chaser filmed the moment he is hit by a bolt of lightening. and desperate hours. a one day old baby stolen by a woman posing as a nurse. we'll tell you how strangers on facebook put the missing baby back in her mother's arms. good evening to you on this wednesday night.