definition of marriage is not an issue here, but what is is of course whether the constitution guarantees same-sex couples the right to marriage. hundreds showed up in front of the supreme court in washington to listen to the latest arguments on same-sex marriages. 14 couples are challenging a decision by a circuit court of appeals which upheld same-sex marriage bans in four states. kentucky, michigan, ohio and tennessee. proponents of same-sex marriages like billy bradford of san francisco argued they have equal constitutional rights citing the well known case loving versus virginia that did away with a law that did not allow interracial marriage. >> we are no different than any other couple in this country. >> randy thomason of save california is an opponent of same-sex marriages and says the

court should rule it is a state jurisdiction under the state constitution and the people who put it there. the supreme court will also decide that states must recognize marriages from other states where they are legal. >> it shouldn't matter what state you live in. it shouldn't matter what city or locality. you should still have the same rights as any other american. >> matthew manziel were married in san francisco and a job transfer to tennessee where the ban exists. >> you go to these states and say we're married. oh texas sorry. >> you're strangers now. >> if the court says there are no constitutional rights then decisions made by the lower court will likely be overturned. the court will issue its ruling at the end of june. >> reporter: and right now more people are gathering for this rally which is expected to last for about two hours. i'm live in san francisco, lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. >> thank you very much. >> violent clashes in baltimore are leading to the first in

major league baseball history and the orioles will play a home game without any fans in attendance tomorrow. today people are still protesting and not like yesterday. it has remained peaceful each as demonstrators and police officers came face-to-face. a city wide curfew takes effect in two hours. yesterday's clashes between rioters and police after the death of freddie gray. 19 buildings were burned and looters raided businesses. police arrested 235 people, one person out of every seven arrest side a juvenile. 20 officers were injured and president obama says there is no excuse for what happened. >> when individuals get crowbars and start prying open doors to loot, they're not protesting. they're not making a statement. they're stealing. when they burn down a building they're committing arson. >> and as for the rest of baltimore, many people there showed their resiliency today.

they woke up and went to work cleaning broken glass and metal and other remnants on the riots. >> and now to the earthquake recovery in nepal and its effect on several families here in the bay area and sunnyvale resident vinh truong was among four americans killed in an avalanche and mount everest's base camp. vinh loved to hike. kenwood's john reader survived the avalanche and is in the process of making his way home. john spent a few days helping rescue and recovery efforts there and this afternoon another bay area family is holding out hope that their 21-year-old son is safe. >> now today with social media there is a new kind of access than we've had before and we are hoping that for instance me being here that somebody may have a connection with somebody down there in that area. petaluma's spencer dickinson just to call his parents before the earthquake before he was starting to trek the base camp.

his dad is thinking of flying to nepal to search for him and the family is worried sick. >> there is one more bright spot. 83 hours after the earthquake, a 28-year-old man has been pulled from the rubble from a collapsed house in kathmandu. it took rescuers six hours. medical supplies are being loaded up for nepal from san leandro today. wayne freedman is there with more. wayne? >> reporter: good afternoon, cheryl. take a look at this warehouse behind me. it looks very discreet inside and inside it looks like a hospital and that's good news for quake victims. >> it's a long way from san leandro to nepal at least in miles, but right next door inside this warehouse. >> any one of these boxes could end up in a nepal container. >> reporter: boxes and crates filled with medical supplies for people with an overwhelming need not only in nepal but around the world and that's why we hear about a non-profit called med share only in times of disaster. >> we have so much and there's

enough to go around. >> every item here came from hospitals or manufacturers even. stuff discarded because it was obsolete expired or headed to landfills just to keep prices from falling. >> crazy, isn't it? crazy enough that sharon and her husband barry and dozens of others volunteered to sort every week. every item goes into a database available worldwide on demand. >> all i can do is help out. i can't change the bigger system, but it feels good just to come and help people who i'll never meet somewhere around the world. >> with nepal the challenge has been to get it there fast which means begging for space on cargo planes and delivering it to them on short notice and just today an orthopedic doctor in nepal sent photos of material from here, now there. >> each one of these can save a life. really, it's that big a deal and look at how easy it is. >> easy after hours of sorting, from san leandro wayne

freedman abc 7 news. governor brown announced new legislation today that would increase fines for water wasters and allow local governments to issue penalties and brown announced the bills after meeting with more than a dozen, and the maximum penalty for wasting water will be increased to $10,000 a day. that's up from $500. >> we're pushing as far as we can within the confines of the legal structure as it exists. a second proposal from the governor would streamline environmental reviews from some water supply projects such as recycling facilities and this effort comes a month after the governor ordered water use to be cut 25% statewide and to deal with the state's desperate condition. 55-year-old robert lastinger

of fremont is accused of touching several patients inappropriately while they were sedated. police have identified four victims between march 15th and april 2nd. lastinger was placed on leave. a teenager accused of killing his best friend's little brother won't face the death penalty. the d.a. will not seek the death penalty. schultz told a bay area reporter that he killed jordan almgren to see what it was like to kill a human being. >> a woman died in a mobile home fire in santa rosa today. this happened at the santa rosa village mobile home park. firefighters were able to get the woman out of the burning home, but she died after suffering severe burns and no word yet on what started that fire. president obama is hosting japanese prime minister shins onzo abe at a state dinner. the president and the first lady welcomed him ban hour ago.

that visit is already being met with opposition. abc 7 news reporter, david louie. >> there is a certain pageantry when there is a visit. atrocities perpetrated by the imperial forces during world war i. among them the taking of an estimated 200,000 women as sex slaves and they've been referred to as comfort women. mike honda has been the most vocal that it's time for japan to apologize much the way germany has done. >> he has a chance to take leadership on the issue of violence against women and sexual slavery by taking the responsibility and apologizing and to take his place in this world because where there's conflict -- >> how are you, at the white house abe did not apologize. >> reporter: a reporter asked if he would apologize and mr. abe

said, quote, throughout the history of the 20th century women's dignity and basic human rights have often been infringed upon during wars. we expect to make the 21st century a world with no human rights violations against women. he made a $20 million contribution last year and 22 million for an international campaign to eliminate sexual violence. here in the bay area they assembled outside the japanese consulate seeking an apology. >> so mad and angry that korean women all of the time angry. >> in south korea's capital seoul, a bronze figure of a so-called comfort woman sits resolutely directly across from the japanese embassy and sex slave victims gather chanting for an apology. there is nothing but silence. david louie abc 7 news. students are left to wonder what next? >> where is my degree? a shutdown leaves college

students scrambling for options and what the state is doing to help them right now. shipping oil through the bay area and -- [ applause ] >> why applause broke out today for barry bonds. and buying beauty in a box, 7 on your side's michael finney

covering cupertino concord wine country and all the bay area this is abc 7 news. state officials are trying to help students at heel college and corinthian colleges that abruptly shut down the campuses and announced that with an email on sunday. laura anthony joins us now from con d'orred. >> hi cheryl. students are confused and worried and after that angry. one student told us when she was

here on friday it appeared the staff had been given some notice about something, but the students were left in the dark. >> you want us to leave for what reason? this is how we were treated when we tried to interview a student on the college campus of heel college just as she was about to tell us how she was treated last friday. >> everyone knew except for us. >> once we moved off the property robinson told us she finished her medical assistant program two weeks ago and when she went to pick up the transcript the teachers knew something the students different. >> they were throwing a party like they were going to see each other again. >> wildtech in fremont students also found out their school was closing, but only after the fact. >> i've wasted time and effort that we put into going to school here and it's disappointing you

know? i just spent 16 months thinking i was doing something when i could have been sitting at home on a rocker. >> in fremont the same state agency ror inthian blamed for forcing them to close. >> the students are affected. this is a traum at being experience for them. their lives have been changed and we're here to outreach for them and to assist them in the process of transitioning from going to school and transferring to other schools or finding a process that is a a positive outcome for them. >> the school does have a tuition reimbursement fund and rachel robinson doesn't know if he's eligible but right now she wants just one thing. >> where is my degree? >> in concord laura anthony, abc 7 united states. >> >> if you are stuck with hunt loans with the college or an affiliate, there is something you can do. we posted a link to the website just go to abc 7 news.com. former giants slugger barry bonds did something today he

hasn't done in years. talked to a group of reporters. bonns was at the transamerica pyramid as a celebrity fund-raiser for bting charity day, an event organized by the global financial services firm. >> the home run king has been recluseive since he was embroiled in a steroids scandal and his obstruction of justice conviction was overturned and he is more jovial and ready. >> my door is open 24/7. >> trouble may not be over for bonds, however but the justice department is considering appealing to the supreme court to restore the obstruction of justice conviction. a new report finds a plan to ship crude oil across the west coast poses a significant threat to cities in the bay area including oakland. environmental groups joined forces today against a plan to use ships and trains to carry tar sands crude across from canada. the groups gathered at jack

london square to release details on that report. it is so dense shipping it could lead to an environmental disaster. >> if tar sands when spilled in water sources is enormously difficult to clean up. unlike conventional crude, it sinks when spilled and spill responders have no methods to address the behavior of tar sand spills. >> philips 66 supports the pan and says safety is its top priority. the oil company says it has one of the most modern crude rail fleets in the industry. the lab is getting $75 million from the federal government to revolutionize the way we get energy. the joint center for artificial photosynth sis is trying to replicate what planteds do when they convert flerj.energy. the amount of solar rays the earth gets for one hour could

manage the plan for a year. >> wouldn't that be great? before you sign up you need to know which ones deliver more bang for your cup. >> i've been burned on a few of those. >> 7 on your side is smarter inning with consumer reports. >> my daughter loves these. >> really? >> yes. my niece bought her a subscription. these are a very big deal. nice to come home if you're a young girl and a pretty package full of goodies just for you. that's the appeal of beauty box subscription services which delivers samples of makeup and skincare every month. consumer reportsec whiched to see just what you get. >> it is said that good things come in small packages, but sometimes not. >> what do you get when you buy a beauty box subscription? >> so let's see what we have here. consumer reports signed up for eight services. >> in many cases we took a short quiz so they can taylor the product for us and beewe considered

questions to a classic rather than a trendy style. >> they contain four to six samples per box ever everything from hairspray to nail polish to beauty tools and how did the boxes stack up. >> the best thing is the best way to try new products. >> some give you a lot more for your money than others. >> beauty army, for example, it costs $12 a month and shopsmart got mostly tiny samples the kind you might get free in the department store. >> when you compare that to the products we got from other services. >> it seems less substantial. >> others gave more beauty bang for the buck. but just $10, it delivered generous sample sizes perfect for taking on a trip and glossy box was the hands down favorite. it promises five luxury beauty products each month for $21. the box was beautiful and so were the products inside. they were full sizes in colors we actually would use. a real value for the money.

you can cancel most beauty box services at any time, but you often get a better discount if you subscribe for several months at a time. >> that's the key. >> tonight at 11:00, i'll take a look at the huge amount of money people are raising by crowd funding. an estimated $35 billion will flow through crowd funding sites this year, but as i found no one is watching how that money is really used. >> i have people emailing me asking for my credentials, who am i? what do i do? why am i doing this? >> what you need to know before you donate tonight on abc 7 news at 11:00. >> thanks michael very much. >> let's head outside where the day has been absolutely glorious. >> sandhya patel is outside with the forecast. >> dan and cheryl, a nice refreshing breeze just blowing across the bay here and high clouds surrounding me right now. temperatures have dropped today and take a look at live doppler

7 hd and we had the fog and drizzle this morning in spots and right now we're locking at a lot of cloud cover and mostly high-level clouds and temperatures compared to 24 hours ago, down 14 degrees in san jose. san carlos 18 degrees cooler and down 12 in livermore and 8 degrees cooler in santa rosa. on average, the sea breeze along with the fog helped to take the temperatures down anywhere from 5 to 15 degrees. gusting out of the southwest to fix in fairfield and 24 at sfo and that's what's going to keep us quite comfortable. right now you're looking at a low clouds and a few wispy high clouds. it is in the mid-60s and san carlos 68 half moon bay and from the tower camera, you are looking at some of those high clouds filtering the sun. 76 in santa rosa along with fairfield and 69 napa and 75 degrees in livermore. here's a beautiful view from the

emoriville camera. patchy coastal fog and we're looking at sunny conditions and breezy at the coast and get ready for 90-degree heat inland thursday and friday. the pacific satellite picture shows you what brought the cooler breezier conditions today. it's dry so as it passes through it will help to clear out any of the clouds later tonight and we're looking at patches of clouds tomorrow morning. temperatures rebound in a big way thursday as high pressure builds in and the wind switches direction. tomorrow though, we'll keep it comfortable and 56 east coast and very close to today's levels and then a big jump in the temperatures on thursday. look at those low 90s showing up inland and beach weather, 70s along the coastline, but it's not going to last very long. tomorrow morning we'll see high clouds and a few low clouds around and the temperatures upper 40s to the low 50s. you may need to take a light jacket with you when you head out of the house. 76 tomorrow afternoon in the

south bay, with unsunshine. 82 in gill roy and 72 in milpitas. on the peninsula, you're looking at 73 in menlo city, 59 in daley city and 66 downtown san francisco. santa rosa you will come up a few degrees and 76 vallejo out toward the east bay and 72 oakland, newark and inland spots, nice, sunny mild day and a look at the accuweather seven-day forecast and we'll see an increase in the temperatures by 12 degrees along the coastline from wednesday to thursday. low 70s to the low 90s, cooler coast friday, but the heat holds on inland and then everyone will see a noticeable drop in the temperatures as we hit the weekend and still very pleasant weather for the upcoming weekend and out of the 90s by then. >> sandhya, thank very much. still ahead, the warriors get in practice ahead of their

next round of playoffs. steph curry tells abc 7 news exactly what he's looking to are ward to. and then after that news with david muir. >> the national guard sent in i'll take you through the city here tonight after the riot and fears of what's to come. and the stunning moment under an american highway. everyone's worst nightmare when you pull over when your car breaks down and the collision coming up next. new at 6:00 shredding the apple watch, that is. consumer advocates put the new

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>> and the youngest member of the part ridge family suzanne crow has died. a family member says only that it was sudden. crow was 52 years of age. 150 passengers have been safely rescued from a burning per ney spain. the passengers had to abandon ship in lifeboats after heavy plumes of smoke billowed from the vessel and four crew members were hurt and one seriously. the fire broke out in the ferry's crowd garage. >> most people would be happy just winning the lottery once. a berkeley man is a two-time winner. roberts do robert doss santos won twice. he has no plan to stop buying lottery tickets and why would he? he's on a roll. >> we can help him figure out what to do with the money. the city will take on a special flavor in san

>> i'm ama daetz in the abc 7 newsroom. coming up new at 6:00, the surprising job inquiry for joanne hayes-white. it's coming from overseas. tonight on abc 7 news and her reaction and the reason why she's been approached. plus -- >> i was pretty flabbergasted. >> a south bay couple finally finds an $11,000 check missing for 13 years. getting it cashed was a whole other problem. 7 on your side has the story on abc 7 news at 6:00. >> don't want to miss that one. thank you. >> the bay area will play host to america's biggest soccer, vent of the summer. >> european powerhouses, manchester united and barcelona will square off july 25th at the stadium. >> this will be the first time manchester united has played in the bay area in 35 combleers. tickets go on sale may 4th and it is part of the tournament across the country. >> steph curry was at practice

after taking a personal day yesterday. what? the team is trying to stay sharp as the players wait for their next opponent. >> curry is eager to hear the roar of the home crowd once again. >> it gets loud five minutes before the game as it is in the fourth quarter and the second quarter. as you go around in different arenas you are more impressed with how loud it is and how much we feed off of it. >> the earliest the warriors will play is this coming sunday. >> don't forget, aishs 7bc 7 is your home for the nba finals. >> tonight on abc 7 at 8:00 it's the dancing with the stars 10th anniversary special with the showdown between alfonso rib air on and herald davis. >> marvel's agents of shield followed by a special edition of "20/20" as robin roberts interviews the kidnapped survivors. >> watcha you will all your favorite saibs shows on the app.

>> it's available on your smartphone smartphone, tablet or computer and search watch abc. tonight from baltimore -- a state of emergency now declared. and this evening, a mandatory curfew. after riots in the streets, jumping on patrol cars, smashing windows, setting buildings on fire. this cvs, up in flames. tonight, more than 20 officers injured. hundreds of arrests. we take you up to the police barricades. the alarms still going off tonight inside the charred buildings. and the mother so many are talking about, pulling her son from the riots on live tv. we have team coverage tonight. also this evening, the breaking news from the earthquake zone. our cameras right there for one incredible rescue. the victim buried, found alive nearly four days later. the flash floods tonight. the mother, daughter and rescuer all caught in the current. ginger zee with the concern coming tonight. and everyone's nightmare on the highway. your car breaks down. and then another driver, not