filed a lawsuit. just a few minutes ago ellen pao spoke and gave reaction to the verdicts. let's listen. >> i'm grateful to my legal team for getting me a day in court and everyone around the world, male and female, who have reached out to express support in so many different ways and to tell me that my story is their story too. and their gratefulness at me for telling the story. i have told my story. and thousands of people have heard it. if that helped to level the playing field for women and minorities in venture capital, then the battle was worth it. now time for me to get back to my career, to my family and my friends. thank you all very much. >> reporter: and while pao lost her case, many credit her with really breaking new ground on the issue of gender discrimination and in fact there are been two more lawsuits

like this one filed. one at twitter, one at facebook since this process began three years ago. in san francisco, abc7 news. >> thanks very much. >> a judge today sentence add former schoolteacher to 12 years in prison for molestation. a jury found joseph martin guilty of 19 counts of child mow less station back in january. he could have been sentenced for life. martin was charged with inappropriately touching some of his male students. the niece of the man who shot and killed officer michael johnson says her uncle was a caring caring, loving and sweet man. the niece told us her uncle had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. she says he had been suicidal in the past. denise believes the reality of dying weighed heavily on him and it may have pushed him over the

edge tuesday night. two candle light vigils are planned tonight so the public can pray and pay respects to officer johnson. abc7 news reporter david lui joins us from the site of tuesday's shooting. david? >> reporter: relatively new organization that was mobilized recently for council election is sponsoring this evening's vigil where officer johnson was killed tuesday evening. they're trying to show their support for the officer, but they're also reminding of the sacrifices officers make every day. the san jose exchange club each year honors officers and firefighters injured in the line of duty. the group added a moment of silence to recognize officer michael johnson. >> they get up every morning and put the uniform on and they do their patrols knowing that at any time it could be over for

them. >> the san jose mayor and police chief were on hand. the chief has been spending time with the johnson family helping them deal with the grief and seek their wishes for next thursday's memorial service. >> horrific event for law enforcement and for them. so it's a -- it's a loss that you can't really understand. we're helping them get through it best with can consider. >> reporter: the department's chaplain has been helping as well. financial needs are also a concern. the family of officer johnson is entitled to a federal benefit of $300,000, a state benefit of 270,000, and a san jose retirement fund payment of 37.5% of his last year's salary. many others are organizing fundraisers. these people are taking orders for this memorial t-shirt. >> we thought 200 shirts would

be great. and we've already exceeded that order by a lot. we have businesses reaching out. >> reporter: if you'd like to order one, we'll have the link on our website, abc7news.com. abc7 news. the night officer johnson died the computer system son jose police officers used to communicate slowed down and actually glitched. police say it's a problem whenever there's too many calls at the same time. when they go down, officers have to communicate via radio which means they can only talk with one person as a tight. the mayor's new budget includes money to overhaul this outdated system. >> officer johnson's memorial service will be next thursday at 11:00 a.m. in san jose. we will be carrying that service live on abc7 news at midday. $1 billion is on the way to help deal with california's

historic drought. governor brown signed the legislation this afternoon tweeting this is just one piece of a much larger effort to help those impacted by the california drought. the pran includes funding for water recycling. nearly two-thirds goes to flood protection. pg&e installed a 50-ton underground vault. the bulk of which will be under water in the bay. the lines will run in the bay. >> interesting about san francisco, it doesn't have any power generation facilities. so it's completely dependent on electric transmission lines to deliver power to the city. we want to make sure we have a resilient and reliable system to serve our customers here. >> work on that new power line is expected to be completed by the end of 2016. a woman had to be treated for injuries after a cleanup

crew drove other her tent. sky 7 hd shows the remnants of the camp. a worker was in a skip loader helping tear down the makeshift structures when the heavy duty vehicle plowed right into the woman's tent. she had minor injuries. officers were escorting the caltrans crew during the cleanup when this happened. happening now teachers at oakland tech high school are staging a so-called grade-in hoping to push the district to finally settle their contract. we are there live tonight to explain what those teachers are doing. >> reporter: besides getting really hot out here, these teachers have been here since 3:45 this afternoon. as you can hear, this is a very busy street with a lot of cars. and these teachers just want people to see them to know that they're working out here today working long hours. it's what they do every day. teachers at oakland tech did

their afterschool duties outside to show the district how hard they work. they're asking for a salary increase of between 14 and 17%. >> in reality teachers are doing work on weekends, evenings. i wake up early and do work before i come to school. >> reporter: they're proposing a 10.5% raise over three years with a possibility of an additional 1.5% if state revenue projections pan out. if all teachers move to the cheaper kaiser health plan, the district is adding 1.5% on top of that. >> either pay the difference or move to kaiser and then there could be additional salary compensation in exchange for that concession. >> reporter: here's what the union says. >> even though it is a high raise, everybody else was much higher than us. >> reporter: but perhaps the most contentious issue is over seniority. the school district would like veteran teachers to give up

seniority rights when they try to move to another school. that's something the union opposes. >> they're putting everybody into the same pool. so veteran teachers who may have come from a closed or transfigured school would have to compete for the same openings as somebody from outside the district. >> reporter: the teachers applying would be selected by a committee of other teachers and parents and finally approved by the principal. >> the idea is that those who work there every day closest to the problem understand the needs of the school best and how to meet them and they should be able to select teachers who best help them realize a common vision of the school. >> reporter: and of course they will continue to negotiate. in fact, there are several sessions scheduled at the end of april. the union will then go to its membership with an update and then they will decide where to take it from there. i'm live in oakland. abc7 news. >> thanks very much. >> a big win for oakland's bishop girl's basketball team.

in the last hour, the team won the state division three championship. they're going on right now at uca berkeley. they took home their third state title in four years. their boy's team plays in the championship game tomorrow against southern california's mother day. coming up here more news about young people. the horseback ride that got a kid kicked out of school. plus -- >> hard work in the east bay. how all this hammering and sawing is saving wildlife. and southern california a school bus school of kids goes up in flames. >> they're all safe thanks to one man who jumped into help. >> we're going to send you out for a night o

late today a landslide ripped a port right off a home in washington w. it happened right about an hour ago just south of seattle. three more homes may have been damaged. engineers are now there to evacuate and evaluate the structure. officers are keeping people away just in case more hillside or parts of houses continue to fall. a number of would be parents have had their hearts broken after the adoption agency they turned to suddenly closed. abc 7 news reporter met with one of those parents today. she wants answers from the agency. it's a story you'll see only on abc 7. >> it has the look of an agency the office, furniture, materials. after 32 years, the black adoption placement and research center is out of business leaving behind would be parents in its wake. >> i was actually adopted as an

infant. and i always wanted to give back to another child. >> kara, for a year, she and her husband have gone through the qualification process. as part of it they made this book filled with photos. the agency returned that book in the mail along with their documents and a letter with a generic salutation which said only that the center was closings with no explanation and no offer for future help. >> it bothers me the most that they got to know my family and if they're going to go out of business, why didn't you try to bridge us or have a call with us communicate with us and let us know months ago that we're in trouble or we're going to close let us have the opportunity to go to another agency. >> that letter was signed by the board chairman who also serves as the oakland city attorney. she did issue a statement which reads, a smarl number of

families are in the process of applying for adoption. this may make it more difficult. however, for those families the process can be continued with another agency. after all kara has been through it may be small consolation. >> maybe it's not our time. >> abc7 news. dozens of hayward children have a new outlook. they are receiving checkups and new glasses today thanks to the eyes of hope outreach program. abc7 news was there when organizers brought their mobile clinic to the elementary school. this was the first eye exam for some of these kids. they have a higher than average uninsured population. >> if you can't beat them, join them. that's what volunteers did today as they set stakes and planted trees. the area has to be replanted after a family of beavers chopped down the vegetation to

make their dams. >> beavers are our species. having them in the creek has a lot of dichbt types of bugs and fish. >> martinez had considered killing the beavers, but of course the public outcry made the city reconsider. well in the first for any white house administration, president obama has put together a five-year plan to fight anti-resistant germs or super bugs as they've been called. the goal is to prevent and contain infectious outbreaks at home and over seas as well. it calls for 1.2 billion in the first year. the drug resistant bacteria causes 23,000 deaths and 2 million illnesses a year in the united states. that's according to the centers for disease control and prevention. a quick-thinking fast-acting bus driver led 35 students to safety this morning after the bus they were riding in burst into flames. the bus had just pulled into the

middle school in orange county. that's when the engine just burst into flames. the fire burning into the first three rows. tlankfully no one was hurt and firefighters put out the flames. we are learning new details this evening about the troubled past of that german co-pilot who intensionally slammed a packed plane into a mountain. we look ahead to world news tonight. >> great to see you. coming up here more on the breaking developments here following the suspected killer, that co-pilot who locked the captain out what's now been discovered in his home. also tonight, the search for the missing survivors jumping to safety. we're on the scene for that as well. new developments right there in california. is it the real life gone girl? as you know her lawyer very defiant. we'll have a report on that tonight. >> david, do you have any hints about the person of the week? >> imagine being told you have to leave your loved ones for an

entire year alone floating in space? can you guess our person of the week? >> of course. world news is coming up right after this newscast at 5:30. >> right now you may not believe how far a south bay high school senior was willing to go just to ask a date to the prom this week. well, the stunt landed miguel gonzalez is suspension from the high school. we caught up with this student cowboy today. >> reporter: students at the high school couldn't believe their eyes this week. >> i just see a horse come out of nowhere. >> reporter: the cell phone video gone viral. the senior borrowed a french horse and saddled up on campus to ask if she'd ride to the prom with him. >> i was like wow i hope she said yes. >> reporter: and did she say -- >> she said yes. >> but miguel says the school

principal said no no horses on campus, too dangerous. >> i don't think it's dangerous. knowing i have the confidence to do it. i know i can handle my horse. >> reporter: he's been around horses all his life. the school suspended miguel for two days. >> i knew i was going to get in trouble. i didn't know what the consequence was going to be. >> reporter: in hindsight, he thinks he should have asked permission first. >> it's a story to be remembered and just to talk about, like personally for the rest of my life. i'm going to tell my kids, they're going to tell their kids. >> reporter: late today, the school district reconsidered its punishment and reversed miguel's suspension. and yes he can go to the prom, just as long as he takes something with four wheels. >> going to bring a horseback to school any time soon? >> i don't think so. >> prom night is may 16th. well a bay area woman is

the new face of l'oreal. she went to school at cal and working at a graphics design firm when she was scouted by a modelling agency several years ago. she said she is honored to be chosen. >> she's beautiful. but they should have picked you or our meteorologist. great choices. >> very kind. >> it's true. >> i know cheryl and i appreciate it. thank you. right now out here there's a cooling breeze. you can feel the difference. yesterday, i was enjoying the warmth. today, you're probably noticing a change as well. even though i have blue skies here, the fog is really banked up against the coastline. some areas seeing some clearing this afternoon. the wind is up. gusting to 29 right now at sfo. that sea breeze knocked those temperatures down.

noticeably cooler. 17 degrees lower than 24 hours ago. oakland, 16 degrees cooler. east bay hills camera showing you the marine layer back in full force. the tower barely visible. 58 right now in san francisco. 68 in san jose. 55 in half moon bay. still some areas on the warm side like antioch. not as cool compared to other areas. santa rosa right now 69. it's in the 70s, concord. here's a view from the mount cam. not exactly a beach day. the fog is there. it's going to be foggy in some areas overnight tonight. and a little warmer for your sunday. pacific satellite picture shows you a dry cold front heading in our direction. not going to produce any rain. it's going to sweep the fog layer out of here. tomorrow and sunday, we're looking at mostly sunny skies.

here's a look at your saturday preview. the temperatures really getting up into the low 80s inland low 60s coastline. sunny in all areas and a little bit warmer for the second half of your weekend. mid-80s showing up inland. tomorrow morning, your early plans, if your kids have games mid-40s to low 50s. they'll probably need a light jacket. cool out there with fog along the coast and around the bay. tomorrow afternoon, it will be a mild one in the south bay. 81 in gillroy. 77 san jose. 76 in santa clara. the sun's going to be shining on the peninsula. mid-70s redwood city. it's going to be breezy in the sunset district. mid-60s. blue skies in downtown san francisco. 70 degs after the morning fog. up to 78 in napa. 74 oakland.

hercules hercules, you like it nice and warm. warm for you inland. 80 in walnut creek. the seven-day forecast the second half of your weekend is warmer, brighter, and then turning cooler next week. breezy to windy tuesday, wednesday. low to mid-60s along the coastline. temperatures will remain in the 60s to 70s range for the middle of next week. >> thanks very much. still ahead, all things travel. it is the fridayu4wñ free stuff. samsung is now ta65ky orders for"@i its newest smart phone. it's being calle

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in the abc7 news room. coming up new at 6:00. the san jose computer system went down at the worst time. tonight, we continue front the chief about the problem. and the taxi passenger who got taken for a ride. the 6-mile cab trip that cost a bay area man $500. that's coming up in half an hour. >> thank you. sewers, you can't live a day without them. that is the message young adults in san francisco are trying to spread. >> they produced this rap video highlighting the importance of improving the city's aging sewers. take a listen. ♪ the sewer system never sleeps

breathing every day ♪ ♪ you go about your day, don't even look my way ♪ ♪ i'm working for you all night and all day ♪ >> many repairs will be completed by 2022. that's clever. >> yeah. quite dapper there. >> you look good anyway. well some bay area college students are breaking a stipp when it comes to spring break. >> they'll take part in a three-day service project. they'll be renovating the backyard of the nursery. >> it's organized by united way. >> being a student is so stressful. a lot of the students here are working full time as well as balancing school. so we know their time is precious precious. for them to say, i want to give my time back and volunteering is just a great thing. >> it provides early childhood education for children from low

income families. news tonight is coming up next. >> all of us we appreciate breaking developments this friday night. the co-pilot that locked out the captain. tonight, the discovery in his home. our team on the scene. the evidence discovered. the doctor's note, the prescription medication, and the girlfriend. and the saga is over. the murder conviction, just overturned for amanda knox. she will not be sent back. the deadly explosion, the search for survivors. authorities reveal early signs of the culprit. federal charges tonight, the police officer indicted after this takedown of an indian man. after a neighbor reports a suspicious man in the neighborhood. he was a grandfather visiting his family. and the drivers think they're teaching a regular