of them wanders into san francisco and turns up on the street, the attraction becomes a distraction, a possible traffic hazard, and maybe a warning sign on a larger scale. >> they're telling us messages about the ocean and the environment they live in. >> reporter: a message about big problems. we may be seeing one symptom through a record season of distressed sea lion pups. the marine mammal center has treated more than a thousand of them in the first months of 2015. that's more than they usually see in a full year. the sea lion captured this morning, a rare repeat customer. he even has a name. rubbish. they figured that out when they saw his tag and went to his medical file. >> he was out for five weeks. so he was obviously able to find some food. >> reporter: records show rubbish lost 21 pounds in the five weeks since they released him. he's another sea lion pup victimized by warming waters pushing the food supply out of reach. at this point experts have ceased calling it a seasonal weather trend. >> i think there's really good

evidence that this is linked to global climate change. >> reporter: good evidence that means bad news for a generation of sea lions now suffering the consequences of global conditions beyond their control. from the marine mammal center wayne friedman abc 7 news. san francisco sheriff announced today an internal investigation justifies firing one deputy kused of setting up staged fights between inmates at a county jail. abc 7 news was there when he sent a notice of intent to terminate depth scott neu. the other deputies allegedly involved do not have contact with inmates. they are still investigating this case. san francisco mayor ed lee wants all of the city's police officers to wear body cameras. and he says he's going to make sure they have the money to make it happen. it is part of a number of reforms in the wake of a growing divide between police and the community. vic lee is live at headquarters with a story tonight. vic?

>> reporter: well, if there's any opposition to the mayor's plan, it is hard to find. now, the chief quotes a report that says among police departments which use body cams, the use of force complaints dropped dramatically to about 87%. >> it's a win/win situation that protects good people from both sides of the lens. >> reporter: police chief says evidence supports body cams. body cameras can determine outcomes of criminal and civil cases. a marin resident wins millions in a lawsuit after he was tasered repeatedly by a sheriff's deputy. his camera captured everything. an officer's body cam records when police officers take down a drunken woman. she's suing for excessive force. her attorney's argument --

>> because the camera doesn't lie. >> reporter: the mayor ed lee agrees with that as well. he plans to give money for body cameras. >> $6.6 million in our next two-year budget to fund approximately 1,800 body cameras for each of our officers that are on our streets. >> reporter: the mayor also wants to hire 250 new officers over the next two years. from five academy classes. the priority being recruits from the city's neighborhoods. supervisor malia cohen says that's a critical component. >> we need to also recruit retain and also promote diversity within our ranks. >> reporter: the department received a grant two years ago that paid for a pilot program. they bought 165 body cams but found that administering the cameras would be an added and costly expense. which required additional funding. now they've got it. and more. vic lee, abc 7 news. meanwhile, just today the

aclu launched a smartphone app to preserve videos involving police officers. they will automatically be submitted to the chapter of the aclu. california is the latest state where the mobile justice app is available. the fire department rushed to rescue somebody at a golf course today who lost control of a cart. the fire department praised the teamwork by everybody at the scene. it happened at the golf club about 12:30 this afternoon. officials say that golfer did suffer minor injuries. we are hearing from the family of a murdered young discovery bay boy for the first time. 9-year-old jordan almgren was killed when he was sleeping in his own bed last weekend. jordan's baseball team is honoring their friend with these shirts that say joy for jordy. we're joined now with what jordan's family says the family is focused on.

>> reporter: while shultz is here in jail jordan's family has been in seclusion. today they did have something to say. first a few words of thanks. and the rest about the young son they lost too soon. jordan almgren's father read from a prepared statement four days after his young son was stabbed to death by a family friend. we prefer to focus on the joy that jordy brought to everyone who knew him. we refer to it as joy for jordy. >> the third grader was a young boy who loved baseball, had a bright smile and a welcoming nature. his family's statement comes one day after william shultz made his first court appearance on charges the teen stabbed the boy to death while staying at the almgren home.

>> reporter: the attorney says the family had no idea shultz had been evaluated for mental health issues. hours before he was allowed to stay at their home. the next morning, jordan was killed. >> we're just not going to get into a discussion now about the legal issues that impact this case. i think it's pretty obvious to everybody what the facts are. and we'll let the system play out as to how that's going to hold people accountable for things. >> our family is committed to giving the community an opportunity to pay its respects to jordy. >> reporter: the family's planned a public service for jordan next friday. details are on their website. joy for jordy.com. laura anthony, abc 7 news. the city of oakland is getting ready to go on a hiring spree. this afternoon the mayor revealed details of her budget for the city. there is money to hire 40 police officers over the next 18 months. the city also expects to hire

more staff for planning code compliance. the budget restores pay cuts city staff endured during the financial crisis. community forums to discuss the budget are scheduled throughout may in oakland. tomorrow is may 1st. may day protests like this one are planned throughout the day in oakland. the demonstrations start at 5:30 a.m. the last one begins at 7:30 p.m. police will keep an eye out for vandalism. they are coordinating with demonstrators to keep them peaceful. >> we will not tolerate destruction of property or harm to people. and we have put the appropriate plans in place. we stand ready. >> this is video from a protest at the port of oakland in 2011. officials announced they will shut down the port tomorrow as a precaution. you may have noticed gas prices climbed 6 to 8 cents overnight. over the past week they surged

nearly 34 cents. experts monitor prices around the country. they say gas costs more because of problems at some state refineries. and those problems include last week's flare at the richmond refinery. well much more ahead this thursday evening. the news one bay area family wanted to hear about their son in nepal. >> plus we'll go to the red cross headquarters in san jose with what you can do to help. i'm trying to do my part to honor that sacrifice. >> 40 years after the fall of saigon vietnamese-americans reflect on what was lost and what was gained. also, bike safety. 7 on your

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rescue efforts go on around the clock in nepal and a bit of good news this afternoon. several bay area residents in that area during the earthquake are alive and okay. francis h. gonzalez called abc 7 news this morning to share the good news. gonzalez was traveling in the himalayas last week when the quake hit. we told you yesterday about how another one stuck at base camp with a bad infection. her husband said mcfeeney is now off the mountain and should be home soon. there is still hope for those missing their loved ones. believe it or not this person was still talking. a 4-month-old baby rescued from the rubble was reunited with his family today. he was buried for 22 hours. remarkable images show the baby being pulled to safety. tremors knocked over a cub board which fell over her son and

protected him. >> miracles. abc 7 news is teaming up with the red cross to help with disaster efforts in nepal. >> spencer christian is live at the digital operations center with more on this. >> reporter: this is quite an operation, dan. there are all kinds of tweets and posts coming in on social media here about a remarkable story of recovery and survival. right now going to talk to cynthia shaw. cynthia, tell me how useful this information is that you're gathering here. >> so in the digital operations center here as well as our digital volunteers we have throughout the world we are monitoring social listening we like to call it. we're listening to what the needs are. what are people saying on the ground and using that information to use that intelligence to help our responders get the aid where it needs to be more efficiently. it is something that the people on the ground know what they need by sharing it on social they tell the responders we collect that information and then could feed it back to them so they know where there's help

needed where there are concerned rs and we move forward. >> reporter: you also showed me a mapping capability that shows where the greatest need exists. >> using open street maps we are going crowdsourcing map information where people go, take satellite images and plot down where roadways may not be passable, buildings destroys. where there may be a community cut off. and mapping those roadways and buildings allows the help to get there more efficiently and quickly. >> reporter: sometimes it's just a narrow pathway that will lead to where the need exists. >> exactly. by knowing, okay, this is a highway we can take a truck. or this is just a pathway, we need sherpas carry the materials in helps us decide how to package the needs, the tools and everything. >> reporter: amazing. cynthia, remarkable job you're doing here. remind folks at home you can give where you live by texting the name nepal to the number 90999 for a $10 donation or call 1-800-red-cross.

>> thank you. the leader in fighting child abuse in san francisco held its 18th annual fund raiser today. the san francisco child abuse prevention center. katy albright greeted her mom madeline albright. everybody wanted her autograph. she said crimes against children are crimes against nature. raised nearly $600,000. >> that a wonderful. today marks the 40th anniversary of the fall of saigon. this morning a parade marking the event was held in what's now called ho chi minh city. it commemorates the official end to the vietnam war and america's decades' long involvement in southeast asia. we spoke to women whose lives were forever changed that day. >> reporter: min is a school principal in oakland. she and her family are among the south vietnamese refugees whose

lives were forever transformed on april 30th, 1975. >> every day the work that i do is because of the fact that my family sacrificed everything so that we could have access to democracy, access to the best education is supposed to be. >> reporter: her father who opposed the communist government was sent to prison. for three years her family waited for his release. when that day came, they escaped on a boat using chinese passports. >> three nights, three days on the ocean. we basically survived on sugar cane juice and had what we had on our back. >> reporter: the family spent eight months on an island for refugees until they were allowed to come to the u.s. eventually settling in san jose. >> i remember a lot about that day. >> reporter: this woman and her family didn't wait to leave. on april 30th, 1975, they ran towards the beach. >> my mom and five children, we followed her. got onto one of the fishing

boats and get our way into the boat to go. >> reporter: they eventually spotted a u.s. cargo ship called challenger. she jumped on board with her brother on her back barely able to hang on. she and her family were lucky that day. other refugees had to stay behind. meanwhile her father was one of the thousands of people in saigon who tried to escape in a helicopter. he never could but eventually got on a boat and three months later they were reunited in arkansas. thanks to the american red cross. today she's a red cross silicon valley board member and also involved in a program that reunites families called restoring family links. also in san jose, hundreds of people marked the anniversary today with a somber ceremony. they had the largest vietnamese population in the united states.

that's about 10% of the population. those who came to this country from vietnam said today is a day to remember the heroes of vietnam and the 58000 americans who made the ultimate sacrifice. janet napolitano has profound concerns about the number of african-americans in her college system. in san jose this morning where napolitano talked about -- she was on the panel called the next america. she says she is seeing fewer african-americans enrolling and graduating from college. >> we are really struggling to find strategies that work. and what we want to endeavor to do is identify african-american students like i said early. >> one of her suggestions start students thinking of college in elementary school and make them comfortable with the thought of higher education. well the heat was on around the bay area today as you probably felt. here's what it looked like in downtown san jose. a lot were out and about

enjoying the weather. and it is still warm out there right now. here's a live look at the haze around mt. diabolo. >> it's like summer. meteorologist sandhya patel. >> when i stepped up here from the weather office, it was like i was walking into an oven. it is still very warm because the sea breeze has just shut off here right now. but it's already impacting the coast. that's why temperatures there are falling. take a look at how warm or hot it got in your neighborhood. these are highs so far. 91 in concord. 90 in antioch. 92 gillroy. 88, san jose. 84 in san francisco. 81 in half-moon bay. a few degrees shy of the old record. keep in mind these are not the official temperatures yet. so we'll wait and see if any records show up. live doppler 7 hd showing you

clear skies. and here's where you want to go if you want to cool off. ocean beach from our cam. here are your temperatures. 80 still in san francisco. 87 in oakland. san jose currently 90 degrees in morgan hill. a beautiful view of the sun sparkling out on the bay. here are your numbers. 80s from santa rosa to napa. 90 degrees in caanoncord. a great day for sailing. fog returns to the coast tomorrow. heat hangs on inlant. tomorrow you'll notice changed on the bay. let me explain why. along the coastline, we're going to see a shift in the wind in the overnight hours. the sea breeze returns tomorrow afternoon. that brings a fog back in. and so the coastal and the bay side communities will actually notice is drop in the temperatures tomorrow. hot again inland, though for the end of the work week. then as we head towards saturday the cooling will

spread inland as the sea breeze is stronger fog will be around. sunday clouds will linger along the coastline keeping you cool. but inland areas will be quite comfortable. cooling trend will continue in our inland spots. tomorrow morning, look how mild it's going to start out. we'll retain a bit of the heat from earlier in the day. so we're going with 50s, 60s clear conditions. except maybe a patch of fog. tomorrow afternoon make sure you have the short sleeves in the south bay. santa clara, 72 in santa cruz on the peninsula. 64 in pacifica. a good drop in the temperatures. it will be noticeable about 10 to 15 degrees. 71 in downtown san francisco. and in the north bay, 82 santa rosa. notice the fog near the coastline. east bay, 77 in oakland. inland spots, you're still going to be baking. 89 in livermore. 92 antioch.

accuweather seven-day forecast, the heat is around for the inland spots tomorrow. but cooler coast and bay. everyone drops over the weekend. still pleasant for the upcoming weekend. temperatures back average to this time of year opposed to being almost 20 degrees above normal in san francisco today believe it or not. >> thank you so much. on this last day in april saying good-bye. why this is one of the final images a nasa spacecraft will ever send. and new at 6:00, you'll

nasa's messenger spacecraft the first to orbit mercury has ended its four-year tour of duty with a crash landing. these are pictures taken today from a telescope in arizona. messenger finally ran out of fuel plunging from orbit and carved out a crater somewhere in

this area. it's on the far side of the planet away from the view of earth. during its run messenger collected more than 225,000 images including this one just yesterday of mercury. the planet is the closest in the solar system to the sun. don't be surprised if you see changing traffic signs on interstate 80. between richard monday and emoryville to give drivers sad advanced notice of traffic conditions. tran sit authority says when there is an accident the message boards will change warning drivers about blocked lanes or reduced speeds. they're hoping this will reduce the number of accidents. they're expected to go live later on this year. >> talking about getting around you know a helmet is a must if you ride a bike. when shopping for one you notice there is a huge price difference. >> with ept to get around safely so does spending more money make you safer? >> an incredible figure. let's start with this. 90% of the bicyclists killed

during the past two decades were not wearing a helmet. no question a bike helmet can be a real lifesaver. consumer reports just tested 23 of them. joseph colon never rides a bike without a helmet especially since a serious accident two years ago. >> punctured my lung. i'm thankful i had that helmet otherwise i'm sure the injuries would have been more severe. brain damage anything. >> reporter: consumer reports crash tests helmets to see how well they'll protect you in an accident. a censored attack shows how much force will be to the head in a crash. a second test checks the strength of the chin strap. one helmet didn't pass. and they pose a safety risk because it could come off in an accident. in four of the five samples tested, the buckle snapped or broke into pieces. >> the company says it stands behind its independent third party test results. but we don't recommend buying

it. >> reporter: however, consumer results did find several top rated. >> it scored excellent in impact resistance and fit adjustment. it was good in ventilation. and it's also a lightweight helmet. >> reporter: and consumer reports found several other best buys that cost far less including the laser cyclone for $45 and the schwin merge. consumer reports says that if you are ever in an accident and even if you can't see any damage, replace your helmet. that's always been the advice for motorcycle helmets. same for a bicycle helmet. >> thank you. all right. we now know the warriors will play the memphis grizzlies on sunday. >> and expectations are both high and low. >> for sure a lot of trash talk.

>> that's how harrison barnes

coming up new at 6:00 tech, trains, and automobiles. tonight the prime minister of japan's mission to build bridges to silicon valley and california. and they're the picture of fun here but 7 on your side's michael finney looks for the man who left some local football players high and dry. coming up in half an hour on abc 7 news at 6:00. >> thank you. well, finally the san francisco annual grow festival has announced the lineup. >> the event is going to run every sunday from june 14th through august 16th.

>> wow. the festival is now in its 78th year and admission is free. back to work for the warriors. steph curry and his teammates returns to practice after a day off yesterday. >> the dubs spent today getting ready for the memphis grizzlies who they'll play in the western conference semifinals that begin on sunday. >> memphis is a big, tough, physical team. and the wrs fully know what they are up against. >> it's going to be a tough battle. they're a great team that like i said has been together, been in this situation plenty of times. it's a matter of making adjustments and getting a game plan together. executing. >> don't want to get cocky at this point. it's not over until it's over. you can watch right here on abc 7. >> and remember abc 7 is your home for the nba finals which begin on june 4th. >> world news tonight coming up

next. i'm cheryl jennings. >> and i'm dan ashley. from all of us, we appreciate your time as always. we'll see you again at 6:00. breaking news from baltimore tonight. the secret police stop we never knew about. caught on a surveillance camera, the suspect in leg irons in that police van. and now, a witness in the van reveals what he heard. and the protests from baltimore to philadelphia, nearly 100 police officers now injured. authorities believe a deadly shark attack on an american beach. a 65-year-old woman swimming. and the new warnings up tonight. where they haven't seen great whites in 25 years. the manhunt. the shooter on an american highway. you'll hear from the driver who called 911, not realizing she'd been shot. the volcano erupting at this hour. our team, flying you right over it. and the tiger on the loose in the heartland. the american zoo and the scare today.