good afternoon, everybody. i'm larry beil. >> i'm cheryl jennings in for ama daetz. >> let us start with the world series. we begin with the countdown to game one of the series. the giants will play the royals in kansas city in the opener starting in just over an hour. earlier today, bruce bochy said among the keys to his team's success, chemistry and camaraderie. well, trust me. that's what he said. chemistry and camaraderie and the willingness for everybody to share roles and take the field without much ego. those are all among the keys to the giants' success.

giants will start their ace, madison bumgarner, in game one against james shields for the royals. >> abc 7 news reporter wayne freedman joins us now from kauffman stadium which is actually in independence, missouri. wayne? >> reporter: it is in independence, missouri, but they call themselves kansas city. i can't tell the difference. i don't know when we went from kansas city to independence but behind me, kauffman stadium. they call it the k. it was built in 1973. it is a sleek jetson style structure. the last time they saw a world series here and a victory was 1985, when you wait that long what is just another hour, huh? by the time tim lincecum and the rest of the san francisco giants entered royals kauffman stadium around 3:00 p.m. local time, the place had already been hopping and for awhile. >> $25 for parking. >> reporter: yes, believe it. for the few and far between san francisco fans, it is a steal after all the expensive routings

they took to get here. >> san francisco, san diego, san diego to here. >> i followed them from spring training to here. how about that. >> we can top that. how about this san francisco fan who did not want to be seen? hiding from his wife, apparently. >> i don't think he told her he was going. >> reporter: for paying what he will be paying, we have heard $550, $650, just for standing room only. do you have tickets? >> no. >> reporter: think about that. many of these fans came here as an act of faith hoping to buy tickets. what's your budget? >> that depends. >> reporter: here's one ticket holder. it belongs to larry phillips from san jose who paid $350 in advance. he has nosebleed seats, apparently, and it does not matter. >> win it for larry. >> we can do that. >> reporter: last we heard, larry was in the stadium. as for some of the other people looking for tickets, it's not such good news yet a lot of them

are still looking. we are also told in the last hour, not that it will help you in san francisco, prices are dropping. they are only $300 or $400 to get in the stadium here. it's a big event in kansas city or independence. put it this way. it's a big event in missouri, it's a big event in kansas, it's a big event in nebraska, it's a pretty darned big event for anywhere in the midwest except st. louis. larry? >> i like the idea of win it for larry. i'm all for that. i am puzzled by the guy who is not telling his wife he's doing a television interview with you. give us your sense, because we covered the super bowl together in new orleans a couple years ago with the 49ers and 2010-2012 for the giants. the level of enthusiasm for the royals fans. it's been three decades nearly since they have had anything like this to celebrate. are they in a complete frenzy? >> reporter: i wouldn't say they are in a frenzy. i think they have the feeling that they should be in this world series and they think they have been through hardship, okay?

these kansas city royals fans, they don't know hardship. they didn't wait from 1954 to 2010 to win a world series. it's only been since 1985. of course, i talked to one fan today, i said what did you think about all that. she says i wasn't born the last time they won a world series here. one other interesting note. there was a fan on the field today, a fan, an electric fan, it was drying the paint on the field. the last time they had that logo on the field with a fan drawing it, that field was made out of artificial turf. yeah, they want to win it but a lot of giants fans want to win it too. it's not a matter of entitlement. >> 1985. they haven't had a lot of experience painting over the field with those special logos. thanks very much. wayne freedman live in kansas city. >> we want to see our destiny, right? wayne tweeted out some pictures from inside kauffman stadium today. this shows a view from the first base dugout. that's where the royals team will be. the giants will be across the

infield in the third base dugout. wayne will continue reporting from the world series tomorrow and you can get all of his digital updates from kansas city in between by following him on twitter and on his facebook page. >> wayne is a twitter machine, by the way. if anything happens, he's tweeting it. the mayors of the two cities involved have made a friendly wager on the world series. community service for a day in the winner's city and of course, there is food involved. >> if the giants lose, mayor ed lee would read to public school students in kansas city and would send city specialties. sourdough, ice cream and phil's coffee. if kansas city loses, the mayor will come and serve meals to the homeless. he would send world famous kansas city barbecue and jazz music to san francisco. >> looking forward to enjoying some barbecue once the series is over. yes. let's get a check of the forecast here. spencer christian joins us for the accuweather update. >> too bad we aren't playing here today. the weather is gorgeous. here's a look at live doppler 7

hd. we have got sunny skies across the bay area right now with just a few high clouds. here's the view from sutro tower looking out over san francisco and blue skies. 64 in san francisco. 68 in oakland. 70 morgan hill. 64, half moon bay. check out this view from the east bay hills camera looking towards mount diablo. again, under mainly blue sky, 72 in napa. petaluma, 68. fairfield, 73. 72 in concord. as we look at the golden gate bridge under blue skies, here's the forecast, first forecast. we will see mostly clear skies this evening with a few high clouds increasing late tonight and overnight. passing high clouds early tomorrow morning. tomorrow afternoon, filtered sunshine, a mild day with highs ranging from mid 60s at the coast to upper 70s inland and i will give you the seven-day forecast in a few minutes to show you when the next chance of rain will develop. larry and cheryl? >> spencer, thanks so much. a public memorial service was held today in san jose for

the cal fire air tanker pilot who died two weeks ago near yosemite. craig hunt flew for cal fire for 13 years. he was a navy pilot before that. abc 7 news reporter david louie joins us from the church on the hill where the service was held. david? >> reporter: well, rangers for the national park service and firefighters from across the state gathered here to honor craig hunt. this service also served as an important reminder to all of them how dangerous their jobs are. it was a time to pay tribute to a hero, one of those nameless souls who saves lives from aircraft in order to drop retardant over fast-spreading wildfires in support of ground crews. >> he touched the lives and saved the lives of people who never, ever got to meet him. he was a hero. >> reporter: 63-year-old craig hunt was part of the 28-member team of cal fire pilots. hunt flew an s 2-t air tanker

for years, like the one that did a flyover for the estimated 1,000 mourners atñç this memori service. he perished two weeks ago near yosemite at the dog rock fire. they were family members, colleagues and friends who had known hunt for close to 40 years such as the man with whom he shared the cockpit in the navy. >> he was a natural. it came very easy to him. and he just was professional in all aspects of his flying. >> reporter: it was a time for the family to say its final good-byes to remember a man who taught science when he wasn't flying. >> today, we celebrate a husband, a father, a friend, a teacher, a colleague and a hero. we will miss him forever. >> craig's loss is going to hurt for a long time to come. and it needs to hurt so that it will remind us just how dangerous this job is and how precious every moment is with

our loved ones, our friends and our co-workers. >> the pilot jeffrey craig hunt, his last alarm. he is going home. >> reporter: in san jose, david louie, abc 7 news. three men are now in custody suspected of robbing multiple banks as part of a crew that called themselves point break. perhaps named after that 1991 keanu reeves movie. the men faced several counts of bank robbery plus gun and gang charges. san jose and campbell police worked with the fbi to help track these guys down. one investigator said the point break crew was the most sophisticated that he's seen in a long time. this morning, federal, state and local authorities staged a massive raid on a black muslim temple in oakland. sky 7 hd was over the temple on 27th street earlier today. investigators say the leaders

obtained government contracts for security work or tried to with bogus credentials. police raided that building about 6:00 this morning and arrested one person. they are looking for six others on more than 40 felony charges. those charges range from tax evasion to insurance and real estate fraud. san francisco wants to expand a pilot program that gets rid of unwanted medications and wants pharmaceutical companies to pay for it. the bill was introduced today and will place drug collection bins at 200 pharmacies. pharmaceutical companies would be required to collect and destroy the medications. a pilot program operating for the last two years at just 13 pharmacies collected 18 tons of unwanted drugs. >> can you imagine, 18 tons of unwanted and unused prescription medications that otherwise might have laid around the house to be accidentally ingested by children, seniors, pets. >> in the last decade, more drug overdoses have been caused by

prescription medicines than from heroin and cocaine combined. still ahead, bay area nurses weigh in on the ebola threat. they want california to be a model for the nation when it comes to patient protocol. also, the idea being floated to charge not only drivers who cross the golden gate bridge. and he is coming home. new at 4:30, the surprising release of an american held by north korea for several months. and what the u.s. says about the others still detained. at 4:11 on a tuesday afternoon, our first look at the afternoon commute. this is interstate berkeley, right-hand side is traffic going eastbound and it is all jammed up, slightly better coming back towards san francisco and 580. stay with us.

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changes in ebola protocol here in the u.s. today the homeland security department announced anyone coming to the u.s. from liberia, sierra leone and guinea must enter through one of the five airports screening passengers for that deadly disease and have been screening them since last month. those are new york's kennedy, newark's liberty, dulles, o'hare and hartsfield jackson atlanta. there are to direct flights from west africa to the u.s. 94% of the estimated 150 daily passengers from that region have passed through one of those five airports. bay area nurses say they are encouraged but still very concerned after a closed door meeting today with governor jerry brown. >> they do say new ebola protections will be coming. abc 7 news reporter laura anthony joins us live with that story in berkeley. laura?

>> reporter: well, the nurses say no hospital in the bay area, not one in california for that matter, is currently prepared for an ebola patient. they went straight to the governor this morning asking him to order greater protections and they say the time to do that is now. >> we want the governor to issue a mandate. >> reporter: california nurses want their state to be a model for the rest of the country when it comes to ebola protocol. after a closed door meeting with governor jerry brown, they now hope they are well on their way to doing just that. >> we know what we need. we have been saying the whole time what we need. it's very clear, we want haz/mat suits that do not allow for viral or blood penetration. >> reporter: leaders of the california nurses association and national nurses united want state regulators to formally adopt what they are calling optimal safety standards as demonstrated by nurses at stanford medical center. those would include the required use of haz/mat suits,

respirators and intensive training for all staff that might come in close contact with an ebola patient. >> what we want is a mandate from cdc, from the industrial relations, from osha, from the governor and even from the president. >> reporter: besides the meeting with the governor in sacramento, nurses groups met with the state department of industrial relations. in berkeley, laura anthony, abc 7 news. if you are one of those folks who regularly walks or bikes across the golden gate bridge, you can enjoy doing it for free while you can. golden gate bridge officials are now renewing talks about charging a toll for sidewalk access. they will talk about this on friday. the extra money would help the bridge district with a $33 million deficit. >> there are a lot of questions that need to be addressed were the sidewalks to be moved forward through the research process. how would people be charged? how much would they be charged? would it be locals only? would it be tourists only? what are the mechanisms for paying that fee. so there are a lot of questions that still need to be answered.

all of that would be during this research phase. >> officials say several people have asked them to consider adding a fee to provide additional revenue for the bridge district. if approved it would not go into effect for another three to four years. it is all orange october around the bay area. fans are hoping to celebrate the giants in their quest for a third championship in five years. abc 7 news reporter alyssa harrington has more now. >> i'm just really excited for today. nervous but very very excited. >> reporter: orange october has taken over san francisco. buildings and city landmarks like coit tower and the ferry building are glowing with giants pride. even the sidewalk along the embarcadero is lit up orange. many fans counting down the hours until the first pitch are decked out in giants gear. >> got my pennant to hang up in my cube when i get to the office. >> reporter: this is the third time in five years the giants have played in the world series. the royals haven't been since 1985. >> i think there's something magical happening with bruce bochy and this year's giants

team. in my heart of hearts, i don't see how they are not going to win this world series. >> reporter: game one is in kansas city. the police chief said he does not expect things to get too rowdy with the team playing away but they are ready. >> we do have additional resources out. all the officers are working. we check all the bars. >> reporter: as a lifelong resident of san francisco he's more concerned with how the team will play. >> i'm always nervous. i love the giants and i want so bad for them to win. just for the chemistry of the team and the new guys. >> reporter: fire chief joanne hayes-white is bending some rules. >> i have allowed the wearing of giants ball caps through the series and even some flags on the fire house. >> reporter: even the fire boat at station 35 is decorated with the giants flag. the first pitch is at 5:07. >> i'm looking forward to some good baseball tonight. >> reporter: the giants play at

home on friday. those tickets are sold out but can be found on sites like stub hub. they are a bit pricey, though, about $550 just for a standing room ticket. in san francisco, alyssa harrington, abc 7 news. >> yikes. it is history, though. >> it's really expensive. i thought about it for a few moments for my daughter and you know, what a nice gesture. $600 is what i saw for standing room only. i said i love you, but maybe next time. >> daddy doesn't love her. come on. check this out. a welcome sight, a dusting of new snow falling on heavenly mountain resort last night. >> this is all in anticipation of opening day which is scheduled for november 21st. here, spencer christian is outside in the sunshine with today's accuweather forecast. they got snow. we've got sun. hopefully we get some rain soon. >> we may get some more by the end of the week but i hope it doesn't interfere with world series games that will be played here. here's a look at live doppler 7 hd. we have sunny skies with just a few high clouds moving over and

on we go to the beach hazard statement, in effect through late tonight for the west-northwest facing beaches. the danger of large breakers, rip currents and sneaker waves is causing concern. that will expire late tonight. things should calm down along the coastline. here's a live view from the emeryville camera under mainly blue skies towards the golden gate. these are the forecast features. high clouds tomorrow, chance of showers in the north bay on thursday and then a chance of more rain friday evening into saturday morning. so maybe that rain will occur and will not interfere with the continuation of the world series here in san francisco. there's a long stretch of moisture reaching well out to sea right now moving generally in our direction but right now we have just high clouds. let's start the forecast animation thursday morning at 5:00. notice later in the day thursday, slight chance of light rain in the north bay. now, that will pass through. on friday, we will have a dry day for world series game three. but more rain will come in

friday night into saturday morning, yet that is expected to pass on through by saturday afternoon so we should have dry conditions again for world series game four. on we go. here's a look at overnight lows tonight. we expect mid 40s up in the north bay valleys, chilliest region of the bay area, but low to mid 50s everywhere else. of course, we will see high clouds developing overnight. they will thicken overnight. high clouds will be with us again tomorrow giving us filtered sunshine with high temperatures ranging from mid and upper 60s at the coast to low to mid 70s around the bay to mid and upper 70s inland. here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. little chance of light rain in the north bay thursday, then overnight friday night into saturday morning, doesn't look like it will be heavy rain. it certainly doesn't look like it will interfere with games three and four of the world series. game five, if necessary, will be played under mostly sunny skies on sunday and then it will be turning milder monday and tuesday with high temperatures bouncing back up into the mid to upper 70s inland. we have some very nice weather

ahead but we still would like to have more rain in that seven-day forecast, maybe in the next 14 days. >> not during the world series. >> spencer, thank you. coming up next, do you recognize this oscar winning actress? she is causing a lot of buzz online today. new after 4:30, we have seen it in "back to the future." a bay area company unveils an actual working hoverboard.

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and holds the medical industry accountable for mistakes. i'm barbara boxer. let's save lives. vote yes on 46. renee zellweger has a new look. some say she looks completely unrecognizable. the oscar winning actress created an internet frenzy after stepping out last night at an event in hollywood with her boyfriend. her face looked very different than it ever has before, causing a lot of people to wonder whether she's had a bunch of plastic surgery. want to give you a side by side before and after look at renee zellweger. you can see on the left here, her signature look was really

the rounded face and the cheeks and she looks much more angular in the current shot on the right side. i mean, i wouldn't know it was her but looking at the photo on the right. some of her roles include chicago, cold mountain and jerry mcguire. >> she's a tremendous actress. fitness enthusiasts and couch potatoes, you need motivation to get fit? get to san francisco's marina green fitness court at webster street this saturday from 9:00 a.m. until noon. >> abc 7 is one of several sponsoring the national fitness campaign, fitness court challenge and fund-raiser for the city's rec and parks department. 16 trainers will compete on the court to see which one can complete the most reps at each station. you are seeing some ab work right there. the public will also he got see how the free court is used to get fit themselves. >> this new fitness court is designed to be a seven minute, seven movement body weight training program, and people can come here and learn what to do

to keep fit in seven minutes a day. >> yeah. seven minutes a day. that's for me. th there will be a free boot camp and prizes. go to abc7news.com for a link to register. >> you can see in the background, doing the pullups which are incredibly difficult even if you are in great shape. they have the steps there so you get a little bit of a boost. it helps everybody. >> feel better about moving on. >> sure. just ahead on abc 7 news at 4:00, the u.s. thanking for helping to win the freedom of an american who was held in north korea for six months. the sentencing of blade runner oscar pistorius. reaction from the families involved is pretty much the same. later, a medical breakthrough. what transplant doctors did that's now allowing a paralyzed man to move once again.

here are the headlines at bottom of the hour. game one of the world series starts in just over half an hour. wayne freedman tweeted out this photo of giants pitcher tim lincecum right there. timmy arriving at kauffman stadium in kansas city today, saying that he's in the zone. lincecum hasn't thrown even a single pitch in the post season this year, but says nonetheless, he's ready to step in in relief whenever the team needs him. also today, hundreds of people in san jose honored a cal

fire pilot who was killed two weeks ago fighting a large wildfire in yosemite. 63-year-old craig hunt flew an air tanker for 13 years. he also taught chemistry at uc santa cruz. mourners shared stories of him at home and on the job. they called him a natural pilot, a great husband, father and teacher. a u.s. man held prisoner in north korea has suddenly been freed and is now heading home. abc news reporter karen travers has more on his release and also two americans still being held. >> reporter: jeffrey, an american held by north korea, is on his way home. >> we certainly welcome the decision to release him. >> reporter: he's a 56-year-old father of three from ohio. he was in north korea on vacation this spring, part of a tour group. in may he was arrested and accused of carrying out hostile acts against the country, leaving a bible at a hotel. christian evangelism is considered a crime in north korea. his family insisted he was not on a mission. he spoke to ap tv in august.

>> i apologize to the people and government of the united states for causing a headache. i need all the help i can get. >> reporter: that help came today when he was picked up in pyongyang by a u.s. military plane. >> the department of defense was able to provide transportation in the time frame specified by the dprk. >> reporter: beyond that, officials would not say much more about his release and return. >> not going to get into the details about what that looks like in part because there are still two americans there we feel need to be immediately released and returned home. >> reporter: those two americans are matthew miller and kenneth baye, sentenced to hard crime for hostile acts against north korea. >> again, calling the dprk to immediately release them. >> reporter: the state department says jeffrey was evaluated by a doctor and appears to be in good health. karen travers, abc news, washington. olympic blade runner oscar pistorius is serving the first

night of his prison sentence for killing his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp. a judge in pretoria handed down the maximum sentence allowed, five years in prison. legal experts say he could be moved to house arrest in as little as ten months. family members on both sides say they are satisfied with the sentence and that includes the victim steenkamp's parents. >> you think justice has been served? >> yes. >> we are satisfied. opportunity to pay back to society. >> pistorius fatally shot steenkamp through a bathroom during last valentine's day. a judge acquitted him of murder but found him guilty of culpable homicide, similar to manslaughter here in the united states. five high school coaches in new jersey will find out tonight if they will keep their jobs following hazing allegations by players on their teams.

seven football players at sayreville war memorial high school are fighting various criminal charges, including aggravated sexual assault, conspiracy and criminal restraint. prosecutors say that four freshmen on that team were held against their will in the locker room and sexually assaulted. the coaches have been suspended with pay. the team has won three championships in four years. you have seen this dramatic rescue from a central valley home up in flames. a camera captures a good samaritan carrying the victim to safety over the weekend. that victim and hero met for the first time after that frightening incident. reporter rick montanez was there. >> reporter: a quick greeting and quick bit of gratitude. >> [ inaudible ]. >> reporter: this is only the second time they meet, at the hotel he's staying at with his family after their home burned down. >> there's a man inside!

>> reporter: this is arteaga in action, running with wells on his shoulder as flames tear through the apartment building saturday. a slow-moving wells was stuck in his backyard. flames and smoke surrounding his escape at least until arteaga and three other men rushed in to help. >> i don't walk that good. >> reporter: earlier in the day, he visited the fire scene. >> crazy, you know. i felt the heat, just felt the heat right here. >> reporter: he remains humble about the experience, saying he was not acting bravely or even courageously. he just acted. >> it's just an instinct. you see something and just help out people. >> good samaritans are hard to find anymore. >> reporter: wells lived in the apartment with his family. four generations under one roof. his daughter denise, and great

granddaughter escaped before him. she was screaming for help when arteaga was driving by. >> he heard that and just did it. i'm real thankful. >> reporter: a group of strangers, now united with a life-long connection. >> wow. what a story. >> tremendous act of heroism and bravery there. >> reporter rick montanez there for that reunion. he certainly is an inspiration. we have more ahead coming up on abc 7 news at 4:00. a bay area startup working hoverboard. how the inventors want to make it help in an earthquake. i'm spencer christian from the east bay camera in emeryville looking at the golden gate. blue skies for now but clouds and moisture are on the way. i'll have the accuweather forecast in just a moment. at 4:35, let's check the afternoon commute once again. this is a live look at the san mateo bridge. oncoming traffic headed toward hayward, smooth sailing on the right-hand side. how about those giants fans

showing off their team spirit ahead of the world series. reggae jack hoping for a sweep. e-mail your fan pics or tweet them to us.

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decided to have their lunch inside a glass room that oh, by the way was suspended by a crane 66 feet in the air. why is this happening? part of a marketing campaign by a property developer to entice people to view his apartments, not staring down and hoping the crane holds them up. check out 6-year-old elvis. his owners say he's extremely smart and likes his little belly rubbed. elvis keeps grabbing the hand petting him basically asking for more attention. he's -- what is this critter? he's a mammal belonging to the raccoon family. they live in south and central america. cute pictures. and a los gatos company is developing technology "back to the future" fans may recognize. it could make buildings safer during earthquakes. the company launched a campaign

to raise money to develop a real working hoverboard. it creates a magnetic field but pushes and holds the board an inch above the ground. see it right there. back and forth. >> magic. >> it does look like magic. its developers believe the technology will eventually be used in magnetic field architecture. when a building shakes in an earthquake, large versions of a hoverboard would turn on and help stabilize the building. that's the theory, anyway. there are some kinks to work out with this. making a single board costs $10,000. also, it's loud and the battery only lasts about seven minutes. still in the prototype area at this point. >> if it's only a 20-second quake, you got a chance. >> a chance. let's head outside right now. beautiful day. >> stunning. just gorgeous. blue skies around, just a few thin high clouds. here's live doppler 7 hd. it illustrates what i have been describing.

we will have this pattern continuing overnight into tomorrow, just a few more high clouds than we have now. the state-wide picture shows rain moving up into the northwestern corner of the state, but most of the remainder of the state will have sunshine and lots of bright sunshine down south with highs mainly in the 80s in southern california. here in the bay area tomorrow, filtered sunshine with highs in the mid to upper 60s near the coast, low to mid 70s around the bay and mid to upper 70s inland. now, what happens when men wager on the world series? this afternoon i spoke to a dear old friend who is also my counterpart at the abc affiliate in kansas city. we talked about the world series. his name is brian busby. here's our wager. >> now the wager is i guess what do you want from kansas city if by some strange miracle, you guys win this? >> well, in the event of that miracle you cited, there might be one of two things i would want. you could either send me some of that awesome kansas city

barbecue, or i will hop on a plane and fly out there and you can treat me to dinner at one of your fabulous steak houses. now, what would you like in the unlikely event that the royals win the world series? >> well, since you are a foodie and since there are many great establishments out in san francisco, and i love seafood, i would say a crab feast would be great. either shipped to me or i get on the plane and you get to treat me to one of the great establishments out there. >> well, my friend, consider that a bet. let's shake on it. either way, we are going to enjoy great meals, probably. i hope that meal will be here. >> absolutely. >> that means he would be the winner. >> you want to go to kansas city, even if you don't want to go to kansas city. >> exactly. i want to go to kansas city even if i don't. >> can we go along? >> why not? >> i have been to kansas city. nothing against the fine people of kansas city. >> get me some barbecue.

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questions are being raised about the death of a vietnam vet from sacramento county after a terrible mixup at a nearby v.a. hospital. 65-year-old ronald mayo died following heart surgery last week. the v.a. now admits that a do not resuscitate arm band was mistakenly put on mayo's wrist. officials insist the error was caught quickly and did not contribute to his death. family members claim the hospital didn't even return phone calls asking for a detailed explanation of the incident. they say mayo was a special man. >> loved his kids, loved his grandkids. he was a great guy. loved his brother.

oh, my goodness. >> family members say mayo's twin and best friend nolan is just devastated by his brother's death. that incident follows a federal investigation into mixups and long waits at v.a. hospitals. a new study is about to begin to try to find a drug-free cure for kids with adhd. a team at ohio state's wexner medical center plans to use video therapy to teach kids how to control their symptoms just by using their minds. similar studies have been done but this will be the first large scale study to test what's called neuro feedback. participants and their parents hope it can be an alternative to medication. >> he's perfectly capable of doing a lot of those things on his own and i think that this study has the potential of helping him see that. >> the medicine definitely helps but i would love to get off of it. i would love to be my own person. >> researchers say more than $100 billion is spent each year treating the more than six

million u.s. kids who have been diagnosed with adhd. this is just an incredible story. a man is now able to move again after pioneering therapy that involved transplanting cells from his nasal cavity into his spinal cord. he is now walking with assistance and has feeling in his lower extremities following this breakthrough procedure. he became paralyzed in the chest -- from the chest down during a knife attack in 2010 in bulgaria. doctors in poland performed the surgery in collaboration with scientists in london. >> you are making history now. to me, this is more impressive than a man walking on the moon. >> doctors used cells from the olfactory bones. the nose fibers constantly regenerate. some experts warn the medical evidence is far from conclusive and it would be wrong for people

who expect a cure from paralysis. >> it would be amazing. >> unbelievably great. let's move on to consumer news. a major retailer confirming it is investigating a credit card breach. >> 7 on your side's michael finney has that. >> seems like we have one a day. amazing. you may have seen the staples ads with the easy button. unfortunately, there is nothing easy about this. the company says it's working with law enforcement to investigate a possible credit card data breach. abc news confirms the u.s. secret service is taking the lead in this case. staples says it takes protection of customer information very seriously. if a breach is confirmed, staples says customers won't be responsible for any fraudulent activity if they report it promptly. if you are a dish satellite subscriber, you may notice a few channels missing. a contract dispute means you won't find channels like the cartoon network and cnn on dish.

other channels affected are boomerang, trutv and headline news. dish hopes to reach an agreement with turner soon and when it does, it will return the channels to its lineup. it's likely going to cost you significantly more to fly more out of town this thanksgiving holiday. expedia.com reports flights on thanksgiving weekend are up 17%. the cost of the flights, from last year. santa is being a bit nicer during the christmas season. fares are only up 2% so far. about 21 million americans are expected to fly from now through december and have you been watching this program, we warned you about this a month ago. we warned you about this two months ago. by the way, the flights on christmas, that area of time, they are going to go up, too. not this much, probably only another 2% or 3% but still probably better to buy now than later. although anything can happen. >> tuesday afternoon is usually the best time? >> best time to go in, between

3:00 and 6:00 because that's when airlines start matching fares. >> so right now. >> this is a pretty good time. >> but keep watching us, too. >> yes. i don't know if this is a consumer deal or not. this next story. >> this is a deal for somebody with a lot of money and fancy taste. >> a rare scotch making its debut this week in the united states at a whopping $750 per taste. it's one of the rarest whiskeys in the world. >> the first bottle ever is being served this week at a downtown houston bar. maybe spencer will be heading to houston instead of kansas city. the scotch was aged for 34 years and they only produced 700 bottles total. one bottle will cost you $5800. >> lot of world series tickets. >> it better taste good. coming up next, a huge windfall sends yahoo! earnings soaring. why many experts are not

impressed with today's news. plus speaker after speaker after speaker. coming up, new on abc 7 news at 5:00, impassioned pleas about allowing air b & b to stay in san francisco. there's a decision just ahead. just in time for the colder weather, michael finney returns with a look into the safety of space heaters.

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the new abc show manhattan love story takes you inside the minds of dana and peter, like a fly on the wall viewers hear unfiltered internal monologues as the characters go through the dating game. we chatted with the stars. >> something about dating in a city makes this topic so right for a romantic comedy. >> i mean, in new york, in particular, i think it's just such an industrious place. everybody moves there with a goal. >> it's very much how it is dating in san francisco, the bay area. when you move there you're not only figuring out your personal

life, but you're surrounded by people that are very goal oriented and driven. >> you're trying to carve out your own independence and at the same time share it with somebody. it's a really awkward balance. >> you can catch the new episode of manhattan love story tonight at 8:30 on abc 7. yahoo! beat its third quarter earnings expectations but industry insiders are not overly impressed with the numbers. >> tiffany wilson joins us with the details. >> reporter: analysts were expecting yahoo! to return about 30 cents a share. instead they returned about 50 cents a share so they did beat the expectations, but as you said, some analysts don't think they have done enough. pressure was high entring today's third quarter earnings call. the ceo is now two years into her tenure and some analysts don't feel she's done enough to turn the once iconic company around. >> there was a blockbuster headline out today. no. is that a good thing?

probably. >> reporter: terry connolly is dean emeritus at the business school. since yahoo! beat expectations, he says it buys myers more time. he feels much of yahoo!'s success this story came from strong financial engineering like the alibaba investment and subsequent ipo. >> in terms of the future, yahoo! needs to find some of its core businesses performing as well as its cfo office. >> reporter: today is the first time yahoo! has broken out its mobile revenue. >> they are expecting by the end of the year to have mobile ad revenue at $1.2 billion. >> reporter: seth rosenblatt says releasing that statistic is a big deal. >> by announcing the mobile ad revenue it's not only throwing a bone to activist investors and saying here we are doing really well in this particular scenario. she is also saying this is what the company's going to be focusing on for the foreseeable future. >> reporter: even with an increase in mobile advertising, connolly isn't sure yahoo! can recover ground from google or

facebook. >> when you're late to the party, you always look like you're catching up. >> reporter: yahoo! shares rose slightly in afterhours trading. tiffany wilson, abc 7 news. thank you for joining us for abc 7 news at 4:00. abc 7 news at 5:00 begins right now. why do some women have a lower risk for breast cancer? bay area researchers may have found some answers. plus the future of the raiders. closed door meetings about the coliseum have been going on all day long and we are live with exactly what is happening. giants fans proudly showing off their world series tickets. we are live tonight in kansas city, where giants fever is at a fever pitch. i'm abc 7 news meteorologist sandhya patel. i will have the forecast for tomorrow's game plus a look at when rain is returning here to the bay area coming up.

one in eight women will get breast cancer in her lifetime. that is a sobering statistic. tonight, a possible breakthrough. good evening. i'm larry beil in for dan ashley tonight. >> i'm cheryl jennings. thanks for joining us. a milestone breast cancer study in the bay area looks at a relatively unresearched population and comes up with a stunning discovery that could have implications for all women. abc 7 news reporter carolyn tyler joins us from the newsroom with the story. >> well, it's already known that latinas are at a lower risk for breast cancer than other ethnic groups. scientists thought non-genetic factors like having more children and breast feeding might have decreased their risk. now this new study finds a genetic connection. dr. laura feraman considers this first of its kind study a breakthrough. >> a discovery about genetics of breast cancer brings new potential research into the basic biology of the disease.

>> reporter: an international team of scientists led by dr. feraman and others at ucsf has discovered some women of latin descent have a genetic variant that protects them from breast cancer. >> the lower the risk from any br group in americas before colonization. >> reporter: those women were 40% less likely to have breast cancer. women with two children doubled the protection to 80%. the study took more than seven years and included women from latin american countries, though the bulk came from here in california. the latinas counter cancer helped with consultation and identification of study volunteers. the ceo thinks the results could be a game changer. >> i think