>> good afternoon, everybody, i'm larry beil >> we begin with developing news a big win for those fighting city college of san francisco open. the accrediting commission proposing a status called restoration, giving the school more time to come into compliance the school targeted because of administrative deficiencies and the administration says the college has begun working to address deficiencies but is 18 month as way the new status still needs approval from the commission, that is expected by july. >> the former bart police officer who shot and killed oscar grant is back in court.

today, he testified on a civil law against him on what happened new year's morning 2009. we're live outside of the court house with the story. vic? >> reporter: oscar grant's father, oscar grant junior, in prison filed a lawsuit against mehser mehserle. this also, his best friend, also detained that fateful night. caldwell is now dead, his lawsuit is alive the defendant today took the stand. oscar grant junior is suing johannes mehserle, claim egg has been deprived of a relationship with his son, who was shot to death. grant was in the plaintiff's

table. he was transported from a prison, where he is serving a life sentence for murder the trial resumed this morning with a tax worker testifying as to what she saw of the altercation. michael greer took the stand as well. but the dramatic moment of the day came when attorney mccoy showed this cell phone video of the shooting. mehserle never looked up. plaintiffs lawyer mccoy led mehserle through a lit tany of questions but the main line of question had to do whether mehserle intended to shoot grant. >> he drew the firearm because he mistakenly thought oscar grant had a gun you don't go and bring a taser out to try to out when presented

with a gun. that showed he intended to kill him. >> the mother of grant's best friend, john caldwell detained along with the others his lawyers claim his civil rights were violated he was murdered three years ago during a drive by shooting. >> with oscar deceased now, and also, john, too, it is just hard to believe. i don't know what to say. i'm a mother. i'm an aunt. i've been in a lot of pain through this. >> the trial resumes on friday. >> raymond shrimp boy chow will not be getting out of jail soon. a magistrate denied bail today the former gangster is one of 29 defendants in a corruption case including stat senator leland yee. 12 witnesses testified but says they lacked information about the current charges against chow, and considered him a possible danger to the

community. chow's attorneys do plan to appeal. chow charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering. >> police hope this surveillance video will help catch a suspected car jacker. you can see the victim's car driven way from the cvs parking lot. the detectives say the robber pulled an 89-year-old woman from her car, and beater severely. she suffered a broken collar bone and ribs. >> that is someone's mother, grandmother, great grandmother. it's devastating. >> we don't want this person walking around or hazmat tracking everything we can. >> police believe this woman car jacked the woman. one person remembered issuing a traffic citation sunday police are looking for the victim's car, a white toyota camery, california license

plates. >> a fisherman's wharf shop keeper convicted of killing two employees in a rival souvenir shop will be spending life in prison. he was handed down two life sentences for each worker he murdered he was convicted in april. prosecutors say wu killed the employees because he was upset about slow sales at his shop caused by the competing shop selling similar souvenirs for less money. >> a car burst into flames being towed along interstate 780 in benicia. the fire ignited brush this morning. nobody was hurt firefighters stopped flames before they reached the homes the fire did delay traffic for more than an hour. >> san francisco no longer in the running to host 2017 america's cup the ceo of team ora cell, selecting the next city says san francisco was eliminateded due

to tight deadline demands. san francisco mayor ed lee says the city could not match the offer they'd made to land the cup last year. >> we weren't in a position offered the same agreement as last time we learned with public effort here that we couldn't offer free rent. we have a lot of interest in water front leases. >> as much fun as it was, last year's cup ended up costing the city of san francisco more than $11 million. san diego, chicago, and bermuda are still in the running. >> well, there is a lot of fallout after last night's stunning defeat of one of the most-powerful members of congress and of the republican party. >> house manl ti leader eric cantor of virginia says he'll resign at the end of july. he made that announcement today cantor crushed during last night's republican primary in virginia by tea party backed

candidate david brat, a economist, a relative unknown going into the race nobody expected him to win. >> there was a tremendous outouring of support on all sides. and i, again, i just came up short and voters elected another candidate. >> abc news learned cantor will not mount a write in campaign. among those considering majority post is kevin mccarthy from bakersfield. >> jehi mcmath will receive an 8th grade honorary diploma several months after being declared brain dead. the diploma is being granted at the urging of her family she was a student there when she had surgery in december the 13-year-old went into cardiac aest during recovery the family fought to keep her on life support. she's now being cared for at a facility outside of california. >> hurried travellers who want

to fly by long security screenings are now in luck. the transportation security administration opened two new precheck application centers today, one in oakland, another in martinez applicants can enroll in either location. there is an $85 fee. travellers scheduled for a precheck use dedicated lanes and don't have to take off shoes, belts or jackets. >> a series of state wide rescue missions to save trapped fish got underway today >> the fish are trapped in drought-stricken streams and creeks if not rescued biologists say they will die. >> we're live near morgan hill. david? >> reporter: you can see how dry it is. as important as water is to humans, it's important to the thought that spawn in the creek

down below. and countless numbers have now become stranded. >> the creek is not easy to reach. private property owners gave permission to get access. to get to the creek it's taking a hike through rough brush. there is poison oak and lots of stickers biologists weighed in to find the stranded steelhead trout. one of them has a 30-pound backpack, a shock unit to help with the process. >> it sends out a very local pulse into the water. it stuns the fish. a lot of those put in a bucket, then, we can measure them, weigh them. if need be. and take tissue samples >> drought conditions caused the creek to dry up in spots and stopping the natural flow, important for steelhead to survive. >> flow at the time of the year is important for steelhead they're a fast water feeder. when things get hot. if they don't have enough flow

they will be starved out. >> michelle and joel are biologists herman garcia is here as a volunteer, president of coastal habitat education and environmental restoration. the process of searching for trout takes patience. steelhead are known to hide under rocks or logs on this mission, it was anticipated dozens of fish might be saved but hours later they'd found only one. herman believes the trout took advantage of two winter storms. it let them escape. >> i'm confident the second time the system connected they ou out migrated. >> this is one of dozens of similar rescue operationses plan add long the creek. david louie abc7 news >> noble effort. >> it's great. >> let's take a look outside now. the weather is changing.

>> spencer christian outside. looks sunny. but breezy, spencer. >> it is. that is the big change from yesterday we've got increasing winds across the bay area. let's go live doppler 7. you can see we don't have much in the way of cloud cover. we have some low and mid level clouds. sunny skies inland. and check out the current wind gusts. it's gustier inland than near the coast. 36 miles per hour gusts right now. at fairfield, 31 miles per hour gusts in napa. 22 miles per hour in oakland and livermore. sfo has winds at 15, 14 miles per hour. but not gusty. so breezy, to windy across the area. here is how it looks at the golden gate bridge. there is a cloud layer above. traffic flowing nicely. 63 degrees in san francisco. 68 oakland. san jose, 76. morgan hill, 74. 59 half moon bay. looking at the skies some clouds near the coastline there.

it's 67 degrees in santa rosa and napa. low to mid 70s in novato and fairfield. 77 livermore, here is the forecast looking towards san francisco. we can expect increased fog near the coast dur evening hours. then, overnight, fog pushing inland we'll see partly sunny skies with areas of fog early tomorrow morning. tomorrow afternoon, mainly sunny skies, maybe a few patches of fog near the coastline. highs from near 60s to near 80s inland we'll have warmer weather later on. thank you. >> still ahead at 4:00 talk about lakeside living this, is too close. what officials plan to do with this mansion that is teetering on the edge. >> staying positively forward. a student creating a antigossip account. >> look at the afternoon commute. yikes. this is the skyway in downtown san francisco. you don't want to be on it in

either direction. bumper to bumper both ways back with more in just a moment.

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topple into the lake. erosion has been a problem there. the house used to sit 60 yards from the lake, once valued at $700,000. >> also in texas a surveillance camera captured a close call. right there, police say the woman driving ran off with officers tracking her down. they arrested her. the clerk walked away with minor injuries >> a high school tweeter taught fellow students a thing or two about kindness this year >> all year long she's been a big mystery, until now we have the story. >> this coming home stuff has been something. >> maybe. i work, every time. >> in gossip girl, high school teens celebrate worse moems but in real life there is a kentucky student with a heart of gold,

celebrating the best in team. the mystery account created in january with this. my mission is simple. spreading pose activity around boyle county high school. first goes to an an absolute sweetheart. your smile and positive outlook doesn't go unnoticed. after hundreds of nice messages the school wondered who is behind this. on graduation day, they found out. >> it's a great leader, student and better person. who billed herself as infamous bchs anonymous, tweeting things about various students. >> there is so much negativity in every day lives. it's are hard to think one positive thing can pull someone ahead. >> she's passing the torch to

another anonymous tweeter. >> if you use words in the right way there is no telling what we can accomplish. >> she is right. she's continuing to push positive ti. >> the mayor at city hall throughout housing units. he lives in the housing project saying he used to have trouble getting home work done because of the crime and violence in the neighborhood. >> someone shot in my house. it's affected me in school. junior year, i've gotten better. i didn't let it stop me. >> he and four others received a $500 scholarship from san francisco housing authority. and 69 students who live in

public housing were honored for hard work. nice story. >> yes. >> spencer christian once again, with today's accu-weather forecast. >> things looking great right now. sunny skies across the bay area. cheryl, larry and everyone else. let's go to live doppler 7 hd and take a look at our current conditions low clouds near the coastline. notice clearing along the county coastline because of this circulation i'm going to show you in just a moment after we take a live view from our camera looking towards treasure island. fog will push inland tonight. mostly sunny skies and mild tomorrow. warmer weather towards the weekend. cloud patterns today there is circulation off shore there called coastal eddy moving and swirling in a counterclockwise fashion pulling clouds away from the coastline. and that is where we have had that area of clearing. this animation shows low clouds and fog pushing beyond the coast

spreading inland overnight lows on the mild side again. into mid-50s, tomorrow, we'll resume low clouds and fog pulling back again. some low clouds linger south of the golden gate. and about 80, low 80s inland. let's start in the south bay. sunny skies and mild tomorrow. and 80 in los gatos. peninsula, fairly mild, sunny day. highs 69 in san mateo. low 70s in redwood city. and 60 in the sup set district.

mild on the north bay coastline. and milder inland highs into mid-70s in santa rosa. breezy he over san pablo bay. 68 in oakland and even inland east bay, breezy, with mild tomorrow. highs 80 in fairfield. and 76 in walnut creek. here is the accu-weather forecast. mother's day weekend, take a look at the warm up. highs into upper 80s to near # 0. mid-60s on the coast. temperatures dropping off monday, then bounce back tuesday. low 80s around the bay. nice warm but not extremely hot days coming our way.

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overnight layover. he spent lonely hours making a music video of the song "all by myself". today sh he explained how he did it. >> i borrowed a roll of luggage tape. a handle on the lap top i grabbed a wheelchair and the ruler to the wheelchair. i found a moving sidewalk. like this is moving. >> it's pretty good. vegas is a city that never sleeps but there is nobody around. what is going on? he says he's been making videos for years, but never had this kind of response. it has 3 million views since posting three days ago.

>> workers in san francisco took to the streets to celebrate a big milestone. hundreds of employees from river bed marched to their new headquarters on folsom hawthorne streets. >> now, it employs 2600 workers. it's been named among best places to work by several business journals >> growing by leaps and bounds >> still ahead, a mother's outrage over how a berkeley school punished her son. she's facing criticism as well, now. plus... >> no family deserves this. >> the defense secretary defends a deal the u.s. made with the taliban to free an american soldier. >> do you remember jokes about coach jim harbaugh and his

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leanne? >> reporter: most people will tell you the school is wonderful, doing great things here but one mother says that the school went too far when they punished her son this, is the 16-page complaint filed against the berkeley unified school district. now, the ella baker center for human rights is involveed and they tell me they received two more complaints from parents at the school. >> it just blew my mind i still can't believe it. no one -- shouldn't have to be doing that. >> she says her 11-year-old cleaned this and other school bathrooms for six days in may. she and her husband put an end to it when they found out. >> he's a minor. his mother and i, steve and i were not given a chance to protect our son. for him to be in the bathroom,

two times per day, for six days, it's unacceptable. >> she says her son and friends were with another boy, supposedly bullying a girl in front of her friends during after after school program she claims he did nothing wrong, yet was punished. he and the other boys were then given tasks to do. mark copelandland with the berkeley unified school district. >> it's not unusual to see litter detail as positive ways to get something positive out of the action. >> the two boys wore plastic gloves and only picked up paper from the floor but the mother says a lot of it was near urinal stalls she says the boy who supposedly did the bullying is not black and claims, got off lightly. >> two black boys were cleaning the back rooms >> the mother admits he wanted to clean the back rooms because one of his friends was doing it. he never told his parents.

members of the school's african american coalition are outraged at the boy's parents. >> he offered to do community service around the school. they were excited to serve that way. and the child just stretched the truth. >> i just hope and pray it never happens to their home. that is all i can say. >> the district says if they find anyone acted inappropriately, they'll take action against the school n berkeley, abc7 news. >> we have new details today about the teen-aged gunman that went on a shooting spree in an oregon high school. police say he was armed with an assault rifle, a handgun and a knife when he opened fire in the gym. the ar 15 belonged to his family, obtained when he got into a storage cabinet. he kill aid 14-year-old student in the boy's locker room and wounded a teacher. he died of a self inflicted

gunshot wound. investigators say victims were selected at random. >> surveillance video out today shows a final moment of a deadly rampage in las vegas. you can see ger regard and amanda miller on the floor of a walma walmart, police say the couple ambushed and killed two officers on sunday while at lunch. and killed a third person, we're also learning detectives had three talk was the couple this year, but did not expect anything. >> 212-year-old girls accused of stabbing a 19 days and leaving her for dead were charged with first degree attempted homicide they're being charged as adults. today the judge agreed to have one girl undergo a psychiatric evaluation to see if she's competent to stand trial. police say the 12-year-olds lured their friend out to the

woods and carried out the attack to meet a fictional character named slender man. >> the walmart truck driver pleaded not guilty to felony charges today, investigators say he had not slept more than 24 hours before the accident on the jersey turnpike. and he two others are till hospitalized. >> on capitol hill today, lawmakers grilled the secretary of defense about the deal with the taliban to bring home american soldier bowe bergdahl. the administration is facing tough criticism from both party who's claim the deal could make the u.s. less safe. chuck hayingel under fire over the decision to hand over five taliban leaders in guantanamo bay in exchange for the release of bergdahl. >> we made the right decision. we did it for the right reasons.

>> hagel said it was part of the dirty business of war. critics say the cost was too high, allowing the suspects to possibly rejoin the fight against the u.s. >> there are possibly going to be lost lives associated with what came out of this. >> it's still a bad deal. >> many agree. a new abc news poll shows more americans disapprove of the swap than approve. hager briled by a panel of lawmakers some are furious they were told the swap was happening. >> this transfer sets a dangerous precedent. >> hagel acknowledged their frustrations but said it needed to take place quickly and quietly. >> we grew concerned any delay

or leaks could derail the deal and further endanger sargeant bergdahl. we believe this was our last best opportunity to free him. >> as for sargeant bergdahl, he remains in a military hospital in germany, recovering from physical and mental toll of the five years in taliban captivity. >> coming up on abc7 news at 4:00 a lost dog found it's owner of ak a thousand miles apart. and...... jim harbaugh, the fashion message he and his wife are spreading. >> taking a look at blue skies over lake tahoe. we've got blue skies here in the bay area, i'll tell what you the forecast holds in just a moment. >> and skies may be gray but traffic moving well.

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and days before a man named nacho called the guys and then hitchhiked to brazil. and that is to with >> i would like to talk to you about dad pants the shapeless, pleated tragedy too many men find themselves in every day. my handsome husband suddenly looked like he'd hung curtains from his belt. >> oh, no. she didn't. jim harbaugh poking fun at the coach for wearing dad pants. >> you may remember, sarah, who is hysterical, complaining about the $8 pants he wore at walmart. dockers came out with this

announcement ad using hash tag stop dad pants to promote their dockers style. it's funny. >> it's adorable. >> yes. >> spencer? what are you wear something >> fashionable pants. i am a dad so these are my dad pants of they look better than those dad pants here is a look at live doppler seven hd. sunny skies now. some clouds along part of the coastline. looking at game conditions at at and t park this evening, giants taking on washington nationals. tomorrow look for showers, and thundershowers south ward to atlantic coast, sunny skies and dry. sunny, warm in chico and palm springs here in the bay area a mild day. high temperatures from 60s along

the coast to near 70s inland. and all in all, a nice day. >> i want to see his dad pants. >> head to toe. >> still ahead on abc7 news at 4:00 what the government wanted to do to cause a melt down in jeans industry. >> a security bug a teenager discovered today. >> a popular food chain may be a victim of a data breech. th

medical marijuana dispensaries doing business in san jose are facing tough rule that's could force many to shut down. city council approved sweeping restrictions last night. starting next month, the distenseries will not be allowed to do business in residential areas or near schools, business

hours limited further ask clubs need to hire security guards, and have cameras installed. operators say the rules could force many to close. there are 78 medical marijuana cooperatives in san jose the most of any bay area city. >> casey kasem has taken a for the worst. determining food and fluids would cause him more pain. he is now in critical condition in a washington opt. his daughter began implementing end of life measures friday. cary kasem and his wife, jean have been fighting over his care for several weeks. >> checking healthy living news, women who eat red meat on most days may increase the risk of breast cancer. a study find women who eat six or more servings per day show a

higher incidence of developing breast cancer. and say it may be due to proteins previous studies detected less evidence of. fda is backing off crack down on the use of wooden cheese floors aging cheese on wooden boards is common but according to the fda it's also unsanitary. they believe the wood cannot be adequately cleaned. yesterday, they back tracked on that stand and has not taken action against chief pro cuesers >> twitter says it's tweet deck, popular app is now fixed after being hacked today. you can see it's up and running again

the hack traced to a 19-year-old kid in austria. he tweeted a message with a heart creating an open in the software twitter has not responded to our request for comment. >> yet another major data breech in a popular restaurant change. >> yes. now a warning seems like every week there is another breech. >> if you use a credit or debit card at pf chang's you may be a victim of the breech. there is a report coming from cyber security expert, also the first to break news at target and neiman marcus. the numbers had all been used at

locations between march and may 19. pf chang's says it's taking the report seriously and has not confirmed the breech. protests against uber and lift are spreading tonight. taxi drivers complained the service is enjoying an unfair advantage. and today cabbies claimed the services are unfair and unregulated. taxi drivers complained they're not held to the same standard for insurance and checks. >> if we didn't have to pay fees, commercial insurance and that, other stuff, we can maybe make dollar lines and beat them with price. >> the company contends there is

a new option. the city need and customers enjoy. >> do you know what is in that beer you're drinking? larry? a popular blogger says there are ingredients you won't like. vane hary asking major beer makers to list ingredients it's not regulated by the fda. so they don't have to disclose what is in the brew she claims a chemical used to deice planes in some of the beer. >> so now, you've got my attention, okay? >> yes. >> finally, this is something i'm interested in. all of this time, beer makers put whatever they want in? there is no -- like one thing? >> no oversight. isn't that fascinating?

other than normal safety measures. i mean, they've got to make those but what they use has not been regulated. >> wow. >> seems shocking. >> you should start a petition. >> yes. >> thank you. >> we want to fix that here for this next big soccer tournament coming up. >> fans are excited for the world cup. some having problems before leaving for brazil. >> you'll get through this, larry. >> coming up at 5:00, message local politicians are sending the archbishop of san francisco over his decision to attend an event reportedly organized by a hate group. the story and getting a golden fwloe without the sun. which self tanner works the best those stories and more at 567b8g the plus at 4:00 wraps up in just a momen

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tonight we started with the middle followed by goldbergs and modern family. and then, abc7 news at 11:00 >> soccer fans heading to brazil. they're seeing issues related to the last minute preparations. abc7 news is live is the afo. >> they have left. as i speak there are airports still not complete and start tomorrow. >> the celebrations started early for a trip to brazil. >> so, it's really a point in

our religion. >> they have had their game tickets and bags that are packed they had to get creative. they ran into snags caused by brazil's lack of preparations. >> it's just like two hotels there is a campsite. they charged us #$00. >> for months, officials have been sounding alarms about many projects still not completed throughout the country. harley shaken is the director of the center for latin american studies >> looking from afar, you can see a lot of stadiums not ready hotels not built but on the ground, people are making due in a highly innovative way. he says they couldn't find rooms so they booked in peoples' homes through air b and b.

>> we paid sure my mom had a place to stay. >> his parents will be there two weeks. and is taking along an air mattress. >> abc7 coverage begins saturday. you can watch and reminder, don't miss a moment of the world cup. if you have watch abc that let's you watch the matches. thanks for joining us for abc7 news at 4:00. >> thank you. next at 5:00 death of a little

boy killed by a falling statue. what the fire department is saying how long it took for an ambulance to arrive. >> and trout in a creek that didn't start out well today >> i'm sandhya patel. cool down continuing today. but changes coming up in time for father's day i'll have details coming >> a dolphin statue fell on his head. >> san francisco police call of a radio call, a split second that took the life of a 2-year-old boy. it happened before anyone could stop it. >> tonight there are a lot of questions about how long it took to get an ambulance to respond to the accident that killed the 2-year-old last friday afternoon. his family visiting the wharf on

vacation from utah. laura anthony joins us now. >> reporter: well, hi, cheryl. san francisco fire department just spoke to the issue a few minutes ago. they said the goal is to have an ambulance by ten minutes. and they admit in this case, of little cason shelton, it took 13 minutes the 2-year-old died last friday after a 6-foot dolphin statue outside of fisherman's wharf art gallery toppled on him his father, a doctor in utah made the call, reporting his toddler son was barely conscious and bleeding from the nose the fire department says at that time the closest available ambulance was across town at oak and stannin. 15 others were on calls. now, here is the time line as we know it the first officer arrived within one and a half minutes. the first firefighters, after

two and a half minutes and then, finally, ambulance. 13 minutes after the call. >> we had 16 ambulances the fire department also there are private ambulances but they roam the streets as well i'm not sure what their status was completely. i do know that for this particular call, the closest available ambulance was picked up and dispatched. >> we're looking at this close to see if we can learn things from it bealways are trying to get our patients to definitive care to, a trauma center, as soon as possible. >> now, cason died at san francisco general hospital four hours after the accident. we understand he had internal injuries to his abdomen area. the family has returned to utah, we were able to contact the family spokesperson