live from the kgo broadcast center, this is abc 7 news. good afternoon, everybody. >> positive signs that life is somewhat getting back to normal in napa. sunday's 6.0 quake cracked water maynes all around the city leaving thousands without water. this afternoon, only about 100 of the city's 25,000 customers are now without service. >> abc 7 news reporter laura anthony begins our after the quake coverage. laura? >> reporter: well, hi, larry, we're five days into this emergency here in napa, and i can tell you we've been here the whole time. things are much improved thanks in large part to the hard

working crews like these guys, some of them from east bay mudd. here from all over the bay area work around the clock to repair all that is broken. >> residents along this napa street tell us this mini river has been running since sunday's earthquake. >> i've noticed that the whole entire week, water looking throughout the whole street. i thought they fixed it. aparentally not. luckily for us we still have water. >> it's a scene that's playing out all over this neighborhood and others, especially on the west side of town. >> according to the city crews still have about 45 water main breaks to repair and about 400 customers without water service. as part of a mutual aid agreement water departments all over the bay area and northern california are here to help, including five crews from east bay mudd. >> you don't plan to have so much of your infrastructure affected all at once.

you only plan for that in the sense of emergency planning so that's why the mutual aid agreements are in place so other agencies get ready to step in and help and get this resolution. >> reporter: for those who still don't have working water service at home napa valley college is making its rocker room showers available to those who want to clean up. in napa, laura anthony. >> holes were being drilled in the ground around napa. >> they hope to learn something from sunday's quake and the aftershocks that could help us later on down the road. >> and now to a story from napa that you'll see only on news 7. >> reporter: destruction like this has become commonplace but geologists are hoping to find out how far quakes and their aftermath will spread. today they gave me an exclusive look of what they do and how they bury devices they use to

measure size and scope of the quakes and their aftershocks. >> we're chasing aftershocks. >> scientific data specialist george flagg and this geophysicist dr. rufus catchings are part of a team digging their way across napa, secretly planting devices like this designed to record and measure earthquakes and their aftershocks. >> many earthquakes people don't feel. they are very, very small. they can occur ice layed and be in craigslisters, anything in between. they span the spectrum. >> reporter: now that they have fund the epicenter of the 6.0 quake scientists are using these sensors to see how the quake moved, up and down, front to back, left to right. what they gleaned will tell others what to expect when a quake hits napa and beyond. >> we'll look back a year from now and know more about the behavior of the faults and the characteristics we're seeing now may explain something down the ride. >> reporter: the tiny size mow

graphs look like a recorder. they are being buried enough and if you find one they are asking you to leave it alone. cole, his dad gary and his son jarred felt the violent shake. the familiar life fire fighters and first responders immediately turned to their training. >> and it is a big learning experience, and to be prepared for the worst. >> beautiful. >> reporter: new data collected by scientists that may reveal more about when and where the big one will hit. in napa, nick smith, abc 7 news. heard the saying neither snow nor rain or heat or in this case even earthquake damage can't stop the postal employees. >> the new outdoor post office provides p.o. box users with a place to pick up their mail.

other customers can buy stamps and send large packages. a still big for need. here's how can you give where you live. simply text the word red cross to 90999 and a $10 donation will appear on your next cell phone bill. >> a long holiday weekend is almost upon us. certainly many of you are making plans. >> that's right. let's get a look at what's in store weather-wise. >> hi. it's a bright and breeze day here in downtown san francisco, lots of sunshine, and as i look off to the west i'm seeing high clouds trying to push in from the cold. we'll see the bright skies kind of dim a little bit over the course of the next couple of hours. live lop der 7 hd will show you the bright blue skies overhead and the sweep around the bay area won't find moisture just as clouds, as you notice, are hug coast right now. outside and a live look, the bay is basking in sunshine, but you do see the clouds right along the horizon. it's not as visible as it was yesterday. 74 in oakland and 74 in san

carlos and 92 in gilroy and half moon bay is 67 degrees. lake tahoe, bright skies and a few high then cirrus clouds and temperatures warm in santa rosa and nevada 91 and livermore is currently 93 degrees. if you're headed to odot co later on tonight, kickoff at 7:00 p.m. and by 11:00 it will be temperatures falling into the lower 60s. when i join you guys once again, i'll talk about that labor day holiday weekend forecast. we do have changes to talk about with the full accuweather seven-day forecast. okay? >> thanks so much, drew. >> happening now, a major freeway closure in san francisco has begun. the northbound lanes of interstate 280 between 101 split and king street just shut down at 2:00. it won't reopen until tuesday morning. all of this is being done to make the roads safer in the event of an earthquake. abc 7 news reporter alan wong is live in san francisco with this story. >> reporter: they got straight to work. can you see the giant

jackhammers breaking apart on bridge right now, and can you probably see what i'm seeing and that's the power of the shaking under the power of the jackhammers. they closed this down two hours ago, and we're seeing it bank on highway 101 where northbound traffic is being divert. kranz crews wasted no time in getting to work on the seismic retro fit. this is what it looked like as they shut the road down. this is a four-day closure that will al clow caltranz to replace two bridge hinges with larger ones to get the span more flexibility. that means this stretch of i-280 will be closed from the 101 function to joining street. the southbound lanes of i-20 will stay open, and this is what it looked like from the traffic cam where northbound traffic is being diverted to northbound 101. caltranz says this project was planned in advance and the timing has nothing to do with the exin napa. >> the structure was built in

1966 and the hinges need to be replaced with stronger, larger hinges to accommodate the new seismic standards. >> reporter: larger hinges will enable to span the rock back and forth against greater pressure and if all goes according to plan this part of i-220 will be reopened by tuesday morning at 5:00 a.m. this could get pretty interesting because we have three giants home games during the labor day weekend and this route is the route that many of those giants fans take to get to that game. i'm alan wong reporting along interstate 220. >> here's a look at live drivetime traffic, and can you see the northbound 220 is purple. the roadway is closed and that's force all of the traffic coming into the city on to 101, and you can see all the red, the slowdown areas and green is where you're good to go, and you see a lot of that red in the

220101 area of san francisco. >> right now san jose police are looking for any information about the body found in a car that was parked in a church this morning. sky 7 hd shows us the scene. police say somebody made this discovery around 11:00 this morning. officers say the death is suspicious. homicide detectives say the body has at least one stab wound. police have not announced any arrests to this point. deputies in santa clara county are investigating after someone discovered a body on fire this morning. the driver saw smoke and called 911 just after 8:00. this opened on oak glen avenue near cheseborough reservoir north of oakland hill. marr medics declared the person dead when they found the body still smouldering. the sheriff's office has collected evidence from the scene and is waiting for the coroner's office toy. d. the body. >> investigations now under way into today's death of a san francisco public works employee who was hit by the garbage truck that his co-worker was driving.

it happened just after 9:00 this morning. a public works spokesperson says the victim was part of a trash removal crew along quint street near newcomb avenue. police, public works officials and osha are all investigating. the truck driver stayed at the scene and is cooperating with police. the victim's name has not been released. sonoma county prosecutors announced today that the mom accused of grabbing a boy by the neck for bullying her daughter will not face criminal charges. 30-year-old delia bradshaw was arrested back in may after a 12-year-old boy told officials at elementary school that she grabbed him by the throat. the woman maintains she never touched the boy. she says she only talked to him. she says though that she has learned a lesson from this situation. >> after nearly three weeks of silence on the fatal police shooting of a black missouri teenager, former secretary of state hillary clinton finally addressed the incident and the violence that followed. >> and she did it today during a tech conference today in san

francisco. the potential democratic presidential candidate lasted the shooting and the tense confrontations between protesters and police in the aftermath. she delivered her prepared remarks during an appearance at a technology conference at the st. regis hotel this morning. >> nobody wants to see our streets look like a war zone, not in america. we are better than that. >> clinton was widely criticized in the weeks following the death of 18-year-old michael brown for staying silent on the teen's killing by a white police officer. still ahead on abc 7 news at 4:00, the string of cyber attacks on some of america's biggest banks, so is your information at risk, and could there have been an act of retribution? >> also, take them out to the ball game. the special treat today for dozens of kids from one of san francisco's toughest neighborhoods. >> and under attack in ukraine. new at 4:30, a look at what's being called a dangerous escalation in that conflict. >> and 7 on your side's michael

finney is take your earthquake-related questions on facebook and twitter. he'll answer them here live a little bit later. contact michael at facebook.com/michaelfinney abc 7 and on twitter @mfinney. >> a live look a the afternoon commute. the skyway in downtown san francisco. the usual jam-up of the oncoming cars going to the lower deck of the bay bridge, ultimately to the east bay and pretty heavy as folks on the right side go to the 101 south. an afternoon giants game no doubt adding to backups in both directions. back wit

b.a.r.t. has rolled out a new app to help riders discreetly report crimes on their system. p is called b.a.r.t. watch. it has a button that allows riders to call b.a.r.t. police directly to inform them of a crime. that's quicker than a 911 call because those get routed to the chp first before being transferred to b.a.r.t. police. riders also have the option of sending a message directly to b.a.r.t.'s dispatch center. that message can be sent with or without a picture. >> anything like a crime in progress, vandalism, assault, that type of thing. it can also be unattended bags or illegally parked vehicles 12k3w4r riders can send messages to police anonymously. the app is available for iphone and android smartphones. >> the fbi and secret service are now investigating a string of cyber attacks at u.s. banks. attacks happened in mid-august at jpmorgan chase, the nation's largest financial institution

and at least one other bank. no specifics have been revealed on attack and still not clear if customer account information was taken. investigators are looking into the possibility that the attack may have originated in russia. the timing raises suspicions because of the mounting tensions between the u.s. and russia other sanctions. american express is no longer alone at the top when it comes to being america's favorite credit card. j.d. pours' annual report on credit cards says it shows discover tied american express for the number one spot. american express had been alone at number one for seven years. the rankings are based on responses from customers on several factors including billing, payment, rewards, benefits and problem resolution. >> last christmas abc 7 aired a story in the school in the tenderloin, one of san francisco's poor f-districts and touch the hearts of a lot of people who have since given generously of their time and resource. today another big act of

kindness. vick lee is live at at&t park with a story that keeps giving. >> reporter: well, it was a great day here at ballpark, the giants won big and the kids at city academy got to see it all happen thanks to the largesse of a man who, well, sort of adopted this school. the excitement was building even before the long walk to the ballpark. these children of the tenderloin, students at city academy, a school in the heart of a district with lots of drugs and mental illness. for most this would be their first trip ever to a ball game. what were they expecting? >> seeing my favorite team with these cool people. >> beiuster posey. >> the 100 or so students were the guests of restaurant owner nick bovis. >> when you show kids ball game, it gives them the spirit of baseball in them and something that conditions for rest of

their life. >> reporter: his generosity began at christmas shortly after he saw or story profiling city academy. we found out about the journals students wrote, gripping and raw, stories about their lives. some excerpts. my mom and dad were on drugs. when i was little i was homeless, i was boor. living without my dad is like living without a heart. no emotions come through me without him. the journal touched bovis deeply. he arranged for santa to make a surprise visit and made sure every student got gifts and when they found out that most students never seen a ball game he made sure they all would, today. so the kids marched through the tenderloin all the way to at&t park, and when they got here san francisco police helped give them their lunches courtesy, of course, of lefty o'dual's. even the nosebleed seats didn't really matter. >> you get to sit high up and

see all the good players. >> to these students today was the day when somebody took them out to the baugh. vick lee, abc 7 news. >> and the giants won. it was a beautiful day. all is right with the world. >> certainly is. time to get a check on the weather wi weather. >> the raiders play tonight at odot co. it's breezy but another beautiful day here in the bay area. live doppler 7 hd and show you with clear skies overhead, a clean sweep around the region as live doppler 7 goes around. no moisture on your thursday afternoon. go live outside to the golden gate bridge cam, along cove of the low clouds are pushing back in. the tops of the bridge at this hour. clouds thickening and pushing in from west to east. tomorrow not as bright of a day

on the way. peeks of sunshine to round out the holiday weekend. we want to talk about the beach hazards still in effect. a marine weather statement until tomorrow afternoon for a strong southerly flow. wave heights above average, five, six, seven, eight feet in monterey bay. rip currents are stronger than usual so take note if you are headed to the beach tomorrow, but by the weekend the swell will decrease. not as far as it has been along the south-facing beaches. wave even higher, 5 to 8 feet and strong rip currents as well. dangerous swimming conditions. current wave heights six to nine feet but like us here in the bay area those are slowly decreasing in height as we head to the next 36 to 48 hours. we have this tropical storm churning right off the coast, but she is weakening significantly. winds right now down to 40 miles

per hour. holding on to her tropical storm status by one-mile-per-hour so she will likely weaken below tropical storm status within the next several hours. an area of high pressure keeps her at bay so we're not getting any moisture from marie but that high slides farther east which allows clouds to filter in from marie, especially for friday. clear right now. clouds overnight and not as bright for your friday thanks to ma receipt. filtered sunshine, and the nine is pack in full force for saturday. we're looking at a bright start to the holiday week. overnight lows in the bay area. upper 50s along the coast and lower 60s as we head to our inland location and highs for your friday, cooling off relatively speaking, 82 in zan jose and along the peninsula, 79 menlo park and 75 san mateo. 65 degrees sunset district under the filtered sunshine and 85 warm degrees for santa rosa, 84

sonoma and 84 napa. our east bay locations in the mid-70s. 11 for oakland and 16 the high in inland city and it's cooling off and really warm. 86 in concord and 90 in antioch and 92 in brentwood. the seven-day forecast calls for partly cloudy skies. clouds thin out for saturday and sunday and monday a bit of a warming trend. dry and filled with sunshine for holiday on monday and a little cooler, guys, as we head through wednesday and thursday. one day of some clouds overhead tomorrow and then the weekend is looking beautiful. >> all right. thank you so much, drew. nice that the weekend looks good with the holiday. >> picture perfect and we'll have a look at big wine events taking place this holiday weekend as we help you explore where you live. >> setting the stage for a new announcement. the long-awaited product that apple may finally be unveiling. >> at 4:22 on this thursday, checking traffic on the san

mateo bridge, not bad. easy going towards the peninsula and more traffic coming towards the east bay, traffic coming towards us on the left-hand side and trying to get on to 880. stay with us. we're back after a

drivers have a reason to celebrate this labor day weekend. gas prices have dropped to their lowest level for this time of year since 2010, according to the website gasbuddy.com. nationwide the average for a gallon of regular is 3.41, 18 cents less than last year and 42 cents less than two years ago during the labor day weekend. here in the bay area prices are much higher, of course. the average for regular in san francisco 4:02 a gallon and in san jose it's 3.89. labor day celebrates the american worker. it also signals that summer sadly is coming to an end. >> yeah. abc 7 reporter leyla gulen will

help you soak up the last bit of summertime fun. >> reporter: thousands are invited to the wine festival that's being billed as the biggest labor day event. this year's mardi gras celebration features wines and microbrews, car show, crafts and much, much more. that's not the only wine celebration. may your cup of fun runneth over on the other side of the bay for the livermore wine fest. more than 40 locals will participate. and oakland native and grammy-nominated percussionist sheila e will be headlining oakland pride this sunday. the bay area is invited to the annual parade and celebrating involvement among members of the lbgt community. the group high fiscal cliffics of hip-hop fame is putting on their third annual hip-hop day.

september 3rd is the official holiday. and finally labor day is time to hop in the saddle for the annual bike race for men, women and kids that takes you through the streets of san francisco. for more information visit our website on nbc7.com. >> just ahead, president obama's response to the dangerous military escalation in ukraine. also a threat to thousanded from a brain-eating amoeba found in the water supply down south. >> and we'll let you know how comedian joan rivers is doing after being rushed to the hospital after she stopped breathing today.

live, from the kgotv broadcast center. this is abc 7 news. >> checking our headlines at 4:30, first recovery after the earthquake in nap a. life is slowly getting back to normal with water service restored now to all but 400 customers. the water district serves some 25,000 customers. >> a public schoolteacher in the east bay is being criticized for her tweets. her strongly worded critiques of students were there for anybody to read, and we'll show you exactly what she tweeted on abc 7 news at 5:00. northbound interstate 220 in san francisco now closed until

5:00 on tuesday morning. caltranz alerting drivers with this tweet this afternoon crews are making the freeway more earthquake safe. and president obama ruling out possibility of u.s. military action in ukraine. the united nations security council met about that situation today following reports that russian tanks have crossed over the border into eastern ukraine. abc's susan salney reports. >> reporter: answer calculation of the tense situation between russia and ukraine. top ukrainian officials now saying russian forces have opened a new front of heavy fighting, invading the southeast part of ukraine causing an explosion of violence on the streets. >> this is not a home-grown indigenous uprising in eastern ukraine. the separatists are backed, trained, armed, financed by russia. >> reporter: u.n. security council met in emergency session this afternoon. >> a threat to the order, the international order, is a threat

to all of our peace and security. >> reporter: the ukrainian president cancelled a trip abroad because of what he is describing as, quote, a russian invasion. the language is the starkest yet. a spokesman for the ukrainian defense ministry tells abc news that at least 5,000 russian forces are fighting. conadvice of hundreds of russian vehicles and armored personnel carriers have been rolling into ukraine over the last few days. protesters gathered in kiev urging the government there to send reinforcements to ukrainian forces. >> this is quite difficult for us to fight with russia and its army. >> reporter: ukraine is admitting that its troops are retreating and that russians are taking control, possibly giving them access to a direct land corridor between russia and the crimean peninsula which russia seized earlier this summer. next week the president will travel to europe to meet with allies to discuss what further steps they can take against

russia. >> president obama also said today that dealing with islamic state militants in syria and iraq will require a, quote, regional strategy and assistance from middle east allies. the u.s. has already gone after isis targets in iraq. white house officials say the president is weighing similar options for confronting isis in syria. this comes as isis claims to have killed more than 160 syrian troops during recent fighting. on a more positive note, the president is hailing today's report that shows the u.s. economy expanded in the second quarter faster than previously estimated. the commerce department says the nation's gross domestic product will have had 4.2% annual rate. that is slightly faster than the 4% pace originally estimated. economists say the upward revision reflects stronger business investment than originally thought. recently the economy has shifted into a higher gear with companies hiring and consumer confidence now at a seven-year high. >> there's a dire prediction from the world health organization about the ebola verse outbreak in west africa. the epidemic could infect more

than 20,000 people and spread to more countries. the w.h.o. warns an international effort costing almost half a billion dollars is needed to overcome outbreak. the u.n. health agency says the virus could spread to ten more countries beyond the four affected now. so far more than 3,000 cases have been reported. the national institute of health will start testing humans with an experimental vaccine to prevent the ebola virus. the vaccine was developed by the agency's national institute of allergy and infectious diseases and glaxosmithkline. 20 healthy adult volunteers will be given the vaccine to see if the virus is safe and triggers an adequate response in their immune systems. the testing will be at nih's campus in bethesda, maryland, and then later in september on volunteers in the uk and africa. and this is truly frightening. more than 12,000 louisiana residents face a threat from the brain-eating amoeba that's lurking in their water supply.

officials in st. john the baptist parish hope a chlorine burn will disinfect the water supply and kill off the amoeba but that will take two months. the microorganism poses anybo tt to anybody who gets water inside their nose. you can bathe in it, shower in it and cook with it. the concern is the water goes deep into the nasal passage, cuts on your body, taking a bath, ingesting it have no impact. >> a girl from arkansas seen right here is one of just three people who have survived that brain-eating amoeba. it sickened 150 people in the u.s. over the past 50 years. comedian joan rivers is still hospitalized tonight after she was rushed to the emergency room this morning. the 81-year-old was undergoing a procedure at a doctor's office. when she went into cardiac arrest and stopped breathing. rivers is now in a medically-induced coma and is in critical condition.

rivers, who got her start as a stand-up comedian, has now been in show business for nearly half a century. she currently stars in two tv shows and an online talk show. >> just ahead on nbc 7 "news at 4:00," the violent attack on a mom and young kids by a man posing as a cab driver. >> i'm michael finney, today 7 on your side q&a is just ahead so i'm still taking your questions about eck and fire insurance. you can contact me on twitter and faceboat facebook.com/mfinn >> a live look outside showing you the clouds overhead and soak up the sunshine now because we're tracking a not as bright forecast for your friday. the details and the accuweather forecast coming up. and at 4:30, a live look at your traffic on this thursday. we are looking at i-80 in berkeley. not looking good in either direction. on the right-hand side that traffic going away from us, that

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frightening video out of new york city showing a mother and her children being attacked by a

man who posed as a cab driver. the fake cab driver violently picked up the woman's three children and threw them on the sidewalk. he also tried to sexual assault the woman. the driver claimed to be a cab driver when he picked up the passengers in upper manhattan and took them to queens. all three children were taken to the hospital with minor injuries, and the mother, fortunately, is okay. and a catastrophic end to this bus driver's joyride in sydney. he's caught by the on board security camera smoking synthetic marijuana while in control of his 35-ton bus, and then you see him nod off. he passed out and lost control of the vehicle, crashed into the center divider wrecking the bus. the driver was later fired and pleaded guilty to driving under the influence. >> that is tough to watch. >> wild. >> our weather, nice to watch because it's pleasant. >> yes, and thursday is the day we officially start looking ahead to the weekend. >> officially. >> even more important this weekend as meteorologist drew touma is in for spencer

christian. a holiday weekend. >> yeah, it's important. everybody wants to know what's happening as we head towards saturday, sunday and, of course, labor day on monday. do have changes to the forecast that we talk about, especially for friday. bright and beautiful. live doppler 7 hd. we're dry and mainly clear and the clouds lingering right over the boss figure and they will push not only along here over the coast and also to the inland location for friday. let's take a look at nationwide forecast, east and west coast are basking in sunshine for friday. 79 the high in new york city and 82 for washington, d.c. going to get hot though the further south you g.92 for atlanta and 15 for new orleans. old of a cold front moving through the nation's mid-section bringing thunderstorms to minneapolis, st. louis and even dallas. scattered showers throughout parts of the country and the west coast, lots of sunshine and we're going to heat up into parts of the golden state. press closer in towards friday. fresno, 101 the high and yosemite, 95 and 70 in monterey

and palm springs. triple-digit heat at 111 degrees. closer to the bay area, here's what to expect on friday. filtered sunshine and peeks of it here and there. lots of clouds thanks to frorm marie pushing the clouds inland. 73 for richmond, vallejo and still 90s on the map, 90 in clear lake and 90 for cloverdale and 94 degrees for antioch. we are cooling off. we'll have a full accuweather seven-day forecast coming up at 5:00. >> thank you. >> still ahead on abc 7 news, why the head football coach at usc says he shares part of the blame for a star player's bogus story that he saved his nephew from drowning. >> and a story about pregnancy and obesity and what women can do to deliver healthier babies. >> i'm 7 on your side's michael finney. so many people are asking me questions about earthquake and fire insurance after seeing all

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nascar driver tony stewart will return to sprint cup competition on sunday night ending a three-race hiatus after his car struck and killed a fellow driver right here during a dirt track race. the three-time nascar champion has not raced since august the 9th when he hit kevin ward jr. at a sprint car event in upstate new york. stewart pulled out of nascar race at watkins glen the next morning and skipped races at bristol motor speedway and he's been in seclusion since ward's death. the usc football coach says he's partly to blame about spreading a false rumor about a star player. cornerback josh shaw said he suffered two sprained ankles when he jumped out a second floor window to save his drowning nephew. school's athletic department quickly published the story online. yesterday shaw admitted the story up but did not say how he

really injured himself. >> again, we regret the fact that we released the article. has as much to do with me as anybody else and moving patient we'll be more patient. i just felt like the last thing we needed was josh shaw rolling around in a wheelchair and everybody saying what happened and we tried to get in front of it, and it didn't work out for us. >> usc has suspended shaw from the team indefinitely while it looks into what happened. >> a bill that would protect children's privacy on social media has passed its final legislative hurdle. assembly bill 1442 would make sure parents know when their children's social media activities are being monitored by school districts. it also creates standards of privacy that school districts must follow when collecting and analyzing data. the bill also ensures that the data is destroyed within one year of a student leaving the school district. it passed the assembly yesterday in an unanimous vote. the bill goes to the governor for his signature. it appears apple might finally be ready to unveil its long-awaited iwatch.

a next news website reports the iwatch could debut on september 9th, same event where apple is expected to reveal its iphone 6. sky 7 hd captured this video in sunnyvale where the big event is supposed to take place. workers will look for a large auditorium for the unveiling and they will make good use of the apple platform. investment firms suggest apple could sell up 2060 million iwatches in the first year >> the key to avoiding excessive weight loss during pregnancy may be setting personal calorie limits and finding help from support groups, according to a new stud frekaiser permanente. researchers found expectant mothers gained less weight during pregnancy when they set limits and attended weekly group meetings compared to pregnant women who did not. women who took the extra steps gained on average seven fewer pounds on pregnancy.

that study is published in the journal "obesity." >> michael finney is here with some of the questions he's received since the earthquake on sunday. >> let's get to the first question. a twitter user tweets a napa home owner, no quake insurance. $6,000 lost in furniture and electronics. can we go through fema for assistance? >> not yet, and maybe not never. we're going to find out here pretty soon, i think. here's how it works with fema. although there's a state emergency declaration, the governor made that, it doesn't mean anything to fema. fema has to hear from the president, and it's up to the president alone, so when does the president make the decision? whenever the president wants to make a decision, so it could happen any time soon. we do know fema arrived yesterday. some of their advisers are working with their state. they are looking at what they are going to advise the president to do but then it's up to the president. >> right. >> and then if he does it, if the president does do a national disaster, then what you're look

at is there are grants up to $32,000 or low cost loans. >> okay. now another twitter user tweeted the people's homes who caught fire, will fire and insurance cover? >> yes, it will. works in the state of california and maybe everywhere but here is how it works for sure. anything that's shakes, that's the problem of earthquake insurance. if there's a fire after that shaking, then your normal homeowners covers it. so those homes you saw burning, hopefully they had homeowners insurance. if they did, they are covered. >> another insurance question. manuel writes on facebook, am i able to purchase earthquake insurance on a home that's rented with subsidized houseing? >> yes. i'm glad you asked that question. the earthquake insurance for homes is very, very expensive. earthquake insurance for renters is not. as a matter of fact, it's pretty cheap. it can be, you know, just $100 a year, so it's worth checking into, it especially if you already have renter's insurance.

pile that on for another $100 bucks. definitely worth it. >> really good information and all the questions coming after the fact. hopefully it will prepare people before the next time. >> thank you, michael. up next, danger is their business. we'll show you the surfers who are challenging the huge waves in southern california and how some are actually trying to make a buck off it. >> coming up new at 5, the bay area teacher has been using twitter to threaten to kill her students so why does he still have a job, and a lot of us are thinking about earthquake preparedness. michael finney on the best portable generators so you have power when you need it. that's next on abc 7 news at 5:00.

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for you because of president obama's press conference today "general hospital" will air in its entirety overnight at 1:42 in morning, so be sure to set your dvr. high surf warnings are still in effect all along the southern california coastline. this is the third straight day of huge waves and dangerous rip currents all generated by tropical storm marie, churning off the coast of mexico. while it is dangerous, people just can't seem to get enough. here's abc news reporter darscha phillips. >> reporter: surfers catching waves at newport beach. >> only a couple experiences like this and most in hawaii. >> reporter: some people playing hooky to drop in on these epic conditions. >> i'm supposed to be at work. >> reporter: with 12, reaching 20 feet, some surfers out earlier decided to take it easier today. >> like riding a roller coaster and having someone dump cement on your head every way.

>> reporter: others risk the big wipeup. dillon snapped his board on this wave. >> i want to make the drop, and it didn't work out that well at all. >> reporter: all the action was welcomed by the crowd of spectators lining the beach, but with the crowds comes traffic. >> it took me to get from approximately pacific coast highway down the peninsula. it took me about an hour and 15 minutes. >> some locals took advantage of the crowded situation. >> we just decided that maybe we'd make some money when there's a lot of people down here you. >> want your change? >> no, sir. >> she is young entrepreneurs are selling doughnuts, coffee and water. yesterday they made 200 bucks and they are not doing too bad today. >> the doughnut are done. >> large crowds are expected all day on the beach and in the water. lifeguards are busy keeping a watchful eye on the surf and the big message when it comes to these conditions. >> i'm a surfer but not good enough to be out here surfing

this. >> i'm a pretty strong swinger and i wouldn't even go in. >> reporter: in newport beach, darscha phillips, abc news 1. >> a bay area teacher has been use twitter to threaten her students, so why does she still have a job? also -- >> it's horrible. you know, it's our home. >> a napa homeowner seeing red after getting red-tagged. what she did today after city officials told her not to. >> plus -- >> applause after the petite picture carved out a giant picture of baseball history. >> it's gorgeous out here but we do have changes coming in for your labor day weekend. i'll have the complete forecast coming up. >> live from the kgo tv

broadcast center. this is abc 7 news. >> we begin now with disturbing tweets from a teacher. good evening, everyone. lar larry beil in for dan ashley tonight. >> parents are calling for a bay area teacher's dismissal but students are rallying for her support. david louie joins us live with the story >> reporter: pressure of work can get to anyone in any field but this teacher vented on twitter and those postings went viral. is it okay to say you want to stab some of your students? students and parents have taken sides with the school district caught in the middle. >> students who have had her as a history or science or physical education teacher sing her praises, calling her a friend, someone who counsels them and provides them snacks and water but the controversial tweet she put out at the end of the last school year indicate in blunt

terms she didn't like some of them. using the handle mrs. hodges she tweets i already want to stab some kids. is that bad and in another she says so happy to be done with school for ten days but to be away from the ones who try my patience and make my trigger finger itchy and another wish for bodily harm, some of the language inappropriate for tv. the tweets went viral and students have seen them. isabelle valdez is a senior. she was in her history class last year. >> she might have had a hard time expressing how she was feeling and that was the way it came out for her, like in the moment anger, but i don't think she necessarily meant to offend anyone or like she meant it in any way as if she was doing anything. >> reporter: interim school superintendent has not returned messages said to be in a meeting. the teacher has been given a written reprimand. parents think that's insufficient. >> i don't think she should be dealing with the students, no, not at all, because that's a bad

vibe to give to the students. >> i think she should be fired actually. >> reporter: you feel that very strongly? >> yes, i do. >> it's not that i think she would do anything, but i just don't think we need that kind of a teacher. >> reporter: the teacher did not respond to our requests for an interview. a student who has spoken with her told us about the conversation. >> she told me she was very apologetic about it and that she refwrets it and definitely wasn't serious about it. >> reporter: david louie, nbc 7 news. >> also abuse exists many use twitter to keep their students focused. the national education association is the largest teachers union. teachers are encouraged to use twitter as a way to review lessons and remind students about assignment. one educator likes to ask a thought-provoking question about that day's lesson on twitter to keep students engaged. some teachers also use twitter to collaborate on projects with educator