broadcast center, this is abc 7 news. good afternoon i'm dan ashley. larry beil has the day off. >> i'm ama daetz. first at 4:00, we're getting a brand new look at the central subway process in san francisco. >> that's from the metro t-line from fourth and king to chinatown. wayne freedman got a close-up look and joins us live from san francisco with more. wayne? >> good afternoon, ama. a look at it. a look in it. a look through it. you see this box over our shoulder? you might have passed it. you might have noticed it and today, they opened up the central tunnel and we did a walk-through. it was amazing. it is the engineering marvel

beneath your feet. if there is an earthquake, i would want to be here. >> inside san francisco's new subway tunnel in 20 years. you're looking at what will eventually extend the mta's t-line by 1.8 miles and hopefully easing traffic above and a walkthrough by san francisco mayor. >> we are well on our way to opening this city up in 2019 and really having a solution a concrete solution to the congestion that we already see in the city. >> reporter: the concrete down here is the most fascinating. it's roughly 11 inches thick and 18 feet in diameter on the inside, not one piece, but 1,750 rings as they call them with five sections east. this is the northbound channel dugout by a massive machine they named nick alma. >> this was from a fan formation

and saturated with the table. >> hence a little bit of seepage which will always be here, but what a place. >> tunnel takes certain parts of the job for granted and they have to hit a mark. this is 8,450 feet, 1.7 miles and at the other end they had to hit a bull's-eye four inches wide and they were on the button within an inch. >> within an inch? >> within an inch. >> an achievement most passengers will never consider when traveling through here for the next century and beyond. just your average 21st century ho-hum engineering marvel. >>. >> it's the business that no news is good news and the fact that no one knew we were under francisco has been a great achievement. beneath san francisco, wayne freedman abc 7 news. authorities are trying to

track down a stolen car suspect that led them on a wild chase. >> the chase route led officers the wrong way on two freeways for more than 30 miles starting around 11:30 and down i-80 finally ending in berkeley. >> the pursuit came to a violent end when the man slammed the stolen honda accord into an suv at california and hurst. the suspect demanded that police stop following him. >> called 911 and made a few statements to our dispatch and we relayed that he wasn't going back to jail. >> the man got out of the car and ran. the driver of the suv was taken to the hospital. chp and police scoured the area looking in backyards and inside cars, but found no trace of the man. a packed flight headed for hawaii from los angeles had to make an emergency landing this afternoon. the pilot turned the flight around when the cockpit gauge lit up indicating a potential problem. after burning fuel around the central coast the hawaiian

airlines plane landed without incident as you see here at lax. a maintenance crew is trying to fix the problem. residents in san francisco's neighborhood said package theft is a major problem. take a look at this home surveillance video a viewer sent us. she's had multiple packages stolen from her home and in the recent months, the thief came and then left and came back. she's hoping the video will help neighbors or authorities catch the thief in the act. >> a planned vote to plant plastic microbeads found in soaps, toothpaste and other personal care products will now take place thursday in sacramento. >> the beads are so small they aren't trapped on filters and can often end up in the ocean. >> the beads attract environmental tox ins and are eaten by fish and other animals that mistake them for food. the proposal would give manufacturers until 2020 to

comply. time to turn our attention to the weather this monday. it is a little chilly out there and spencer christian is here with the accuweather update. >> it has been chilly and it'smore like new year's eve weather than memorial day weekend. >> we have mainly gray skies right now and it's breezy and cool out there and we've got a little bit of shower activity to our north and if you will excuse me, our maps are not moving. all right. there they go. a little bit of shower activity well up north and there was a thunderstorm there between hopland and cloverdale. it's weakened now and just an area of light showers. meanwhile, over in the range east of mount hamilton has fizzling area of showers beginning to slide out toward the central valley there and in the sierra, some scattered shower activity and the snow in the highest elevation at 8000 feet and back to the bay area we go. this is a live view of lake

tahoe where we still see lingering clouds and lots of blue over the lake. here in san francisco, 59 and 62, san jose and morgan hill and 55 at half moon bay. here's another view locally from the east bay in emoriville with the western sky. it is currently about 69 degrees at santa rosa and 64 in napa and novato 69. 69 concord and livermore, 63 and i'll give you the first forecast as we look at skies over sfo. we'll see mostly cloudy skies, the temperatures ranging from low 50s to upper 50s. cool and cloudy tomorrow morning and gray and overcast tomorrow with highs not getting above 70 degrees. i'll show you when we can expect a break in the weather later. dan and ama? >> thank you very much. >> campbell police show the suspect in an attempted abduction of a young girl. >> the actual attack does not appear in the videos and abc 7 news reporter david louie is live in campbell where dozens of

tips have come in as a result of that video. david? >> ama and dan, the girl was walking her dog along harriet avenue here on saturday morning when a man spotted her as he was driving by. normally people don't pay much attention because this street is often used as a short cut but the man was taking advantage of the fact no one was out to witness everything. >> the new video shows that the suspect spotted the girl and was waiting for the perfect moment to jump out of the car. >> it looks like he drove down the street saw the victim walking her dog, made the u-turn and then waited for her to come back across the street. >> police say the suspect waited a minute before he came out and put her in a bear hug. a neighbor heard a scream and thought it came from the children playing next door. no one witnessed the attack which no camera captured. >> there was nobody out when it happened. normally there are people out doing yardwork and bicycling and

walking their dogs and there was just nobody out. >> the suspect is described as an asian or latino man in his mid-30s about 5'7", medium build and he was wearing a long, tan or brown coat. the honda accord, beige or gray. the attempted abduction is the main topic on next door, the neighborhood's social media network. neighbors give the pre-teen high praise for how she handled the assault. >> i think she's awesome. she's very brave to come forward, to do that and hopefully her description will be the thing that catches this individual. >> she acted absolutely appropriately, very brave in doing what she should do in alerting her parents in the neighborhood. >> the case is the highest priority at campbell police. they're going through dozens of tips from the public hoping to get the suspect under arrest. >> in campbell, david louie abc 7 news. the search is on in walnut

creek after a man attacked her on a hiking trail. sky 7 hd from above. a man grabbed her yesterday morning and it happened on iron horse trail near creekside drive and there you see it on the match and the girl fought the man off and he ran away when a bicyclist passed by. a biker fight turned into murder in texas. >> nine people died when rival motorcycle gangs opened fire on each other yesterday. >> as abc news reporter, police in waco called the violence unprecedented and are worried that the threat may not be over. >> reporter: at least 170 biker gang members are under arrest in waco texas, after a brawl left nine bikers dead and a community shaken. >> we have wounded inside. we have people stabbed. we have people shot and we have people beat. >> really really scary. we didn't know somebody was going to come back. it was scary. >> reporter: police say for the last two months they've had trouble with a biker gang at

twin peaks, but the restaurant management, they say ignored their warning. >> we have some answering not only to do to you all, but to our community, as well. >> reporter: the local restaurant disputes these claims and the corporate office says they're revoking their case in what is now a capital murder case. >> this was a criminal element that came in here to kill people. they didn't come here to eat and have a good time with their family and they came here for a reason and we think part of the reason is criminal activity. >> reporter: it happened after noon yesterday. an argument in the bathroom spilled out into the parking lot where rival gangs began fighting with chain knives and guns. >> innocent families and shoppers were cleared away as off-duty officers ran in to help control the bloody chaos. >> police say that they remained on alert for retaliation against them and other rival gang members. abc news, new york. still ahead on abc 7 news here at 4:00. remembering an extreme sports legend.

the new details we're learning with the b.a.s.e. jumping deaths at yosemite national park. $127,000 on a new tesla model s. the problem that made the pricey car undriveable. new at 4:30 president obama tries to limit the use of military-style equipment by police. the bay area departments that say they need that here. and at 4:0011 we take a look at live roadways in san jose. the traffic is backed up moving much better northbound and 880 going up over the top is

covering daley city dublin, los gatos and the bay area this is abc 7 news. >> new details this afternoon in the death of extreme sports legend dean potter and a fellow b.a.s.e. jumper at yosemite national park. "the los angeles times" reports 43-year-old potter and 49-year-old graham hunt were trying to clear a notch of the mountain and slammed right into the rock instead. officials describe the notch as a steep and rocky ridge line. the two were killed after jumping from a 7500-foot cliff and their parachutes never deployed. potter opened up about his death-defying stunts during an interview with abc news in 2012. >> do you think about death? do you think about your mortality? >> forced to think about my mortality. i don't want do diane old, old man. i absolutely don't want to die falling. >> sadly, that's what happened. b.a.s.e. jumping is illegal at yosemite. potter leaves behind his

girlfriend and his dog whisper on who often joined him on jumps. the cause of a deadly u.s. military plane crash is under investigation this afternoon. the marine helicopter crash landed yesterday during training exercises in hawaii. one marine died. the other 21 others aboard suffered injuries ranging from critical to minor. it was based at camp pendleton and was in hawaii training. stay tuned. an in-depth look into the tragic crash is coming up on "world news tonight" at 5:30. law enforcement officials are questioning, he took control of the system by hacking the in-flight control system. chris roberts said he infiltrated the flight systems 15 to 20 times and manipulated one of the train's employngines. there's no credible information to access that it can be accessed from the in-flight entertainment systems, but they are more vulnerable.

>> it gives hammers the opportunity to inject themselves into places we don't want them such as cockpit controls. >> after tweeting about the vulnerabilities roberts was kicked off a united plane last month. the airline says it is confident his hacking claims are unfounded. not a good first impression for tesla's new $127,000 all-wheel drive sedan. our partners at consumer reports went to test the new model s and they could aren't get in it. apparently the fancy retractible door handles didn't work. they're flush with the car. they're supposed to automatically extend when the driver approaches with the key in their hand, purse or pocket and that didn't happen for consumer reports. the ownership service shows the tesla's doors and latches continue to be a big problem on the model s, but overall at least with last year's model, the sedan was one of the best cars consumer reports has ever tested. a very big honor today for a south bay museum. first lady michelle obama presented the tech museum of

innovation in san jose with the country's highest honor for museums. the museum and library services awarded it the national medal. it celebrates museums and libraries that promote extraordinary services to public institutions. the golden state warriors were back at practice today with a new traffic at hand taking on the houston rockets and the western conference finals. the series may be decided at the three-point line and that's because the rockets, like the warriors are taking threes. all eyes will be on steph curry but today the warriors guard says he is staying focused by staying off social media and deleted twitter. >> i needed to delete it entirely to resist the urge to press the buttons and start scrolling. there's so much tension and focus it, and you could clutter your mind. >> oddsmakers in vegas are

jumping on the warriors bandwagon and they're the odds-on favorite to win the championship followed by cleveland cleveland, atlanta and houston. >> we can expect a lot of excitement out of the series in houston and rocket shooting guard, wayne hoffman and steph curry were the top two players in mvp voting this year with of course, curry wing the honor ultimately. this will be the 22 rnd time in nba history that the top two votegetters will face off in the playoffs and here's a statistic that you will like. the mvp's team has won 14 of those series. that's kind of encouraging isn't it? >> the warriors and the rockets played each other four times in the regular season and the warriors won all four of those games, but don't underestimate houston and sunday was impressive. we have much more information to help you prep for this series at abc 7.com/warriors.

>> game one against thest the rockets is on espn. the series shifts to houston on saturday for games three and four. the entire series will be televised on espn and do not forget, abc 7 is your home for the nba finals. you can catch all of the exciting action beginning here on june 4th. as good as things are going for the warriors the same can't be said for the 49ers. today they lost another star player with the retirement and defensive end justin smith. smith's decision wasn't unexpected, but many niners fan his hoped they'd reconsider and given the defense players this year. in the end it was time smith played 14 seasons in the nfl and was a five-time pro bowler. >> all right. let's go back and talk about this as we start another week. it will be much the same and looks like most of the week and pretty chilly there. >> spencer is back with the

accuweather forecast. >> it is pretty chilly and most of the day was gray and overcast and now the sun is working through a bit and let's hope we get more sunny breaks. >> and here is live doppler 7 hd and you can see clouds around and the breaks of sun and much cooler than average and we've had showers and thunderstorms and it rumbled earlier up north and just south of poplin and west of cloverdale and produced some lightning strikes and produced grape-sized hail stones and it is weakening and just fizzling out. winds are picking up and we have gusts of 31 miles per hour and 35 at sfo and 22 at livermore and 21-mile-per-hour gusts at santaa rosa. and little breaks and the forecast features spotty drizzle and it's possible overnight and look for overcast and cool conditions generally the next few days and sunny and milder this weekend. the water vapor satellite shows a cold, upper level low moving right over the central part of

the state and cool circulation around this season and responsible for the well below average temperatures and we have more disturbances lined up out to sea so there won't be much change for the next few days in the pattern that we currently have. here is the forecast animation at 7:00 this evening and notice the chance of spotty drizzle near the coast and it could occur anywhere as clouds thicken overnight and tomorrow we'll have lingering clouds and areas of partial clearing much like today and for the week ahead we'll use livermore as the indicator of the high temperature trend. highs will remain below average just about everywhere and that's with liver more below friday. we won't each see mid-70s there until the weekend. we'll see a bit of a warm up generally around the region as we get into the holiday weekend. overnight, mostly cloudy and chance of drizzle and upper 40s and low 50s and tomorrow we'll see lingering clouds with some breaks of sun and spots of isolated showers and the higher

terrain as we saw today and highs will range from mid-50s at the coast to mid-50s on the bay and here is the accuweather seven-day forecast as we get the sunnier, milder pattern and then it gets much milder over the weekend and the three-day weekend celebrants going into monday, which is memorial day and we'll see temperatures kicking up into the upper 70s in our area and up to 60 on the coast and not exactly beach weather, but closer than what we have right now. dan and ama? >> thank you, spencer. the bachelorette "is back or the bachelorettes and what could be the best season ever. >> was it a mistake to go to war in iraq? >> i understand, but it's not the same question. >> the sunday morning sparring match that has the gop

tonight on abc 7 news at 11:00, an old tradition is fueling a hot new social scene with a message. >> there's more than just being in the soil and using your hands. >> it's a little out of the norm. even if you don't know what you're doing and you have a good time. >> find out what's drawing people from all over the bay area. that is tonight on abc 7 news at 11:00. before abc 7 news at 11:00 the new season of "the bachelor bachelorette bachelorette" begins. >> this season will star not one, but two women, caitlin and brit were both denied roses on "the bachelor" and will now be co-bachelorettes. it will be up to the 25 men to decide which of the women is going to be the bachelorette. the women are playing down complaints about the format. >> i didn't see it as being sexist or any of the other things people are saying and to me, they really couldn't decide. >> i wouldn't have done it if i thought it was degrading and

sexist. >> ben z. of san jossy is one of those suitors looking for love and the 24-year-old is a fitness coach. catch the drama unfold tonight on abc 7 at 9:00. >> the mirror trophy is up for grabs and it's down to the final three on abc's "dancing with the stars," len goodman places rheaumer willis going into the finale. >> the other two finalists is double amputee noah galloway and ryker lynch. the winner will be named tomorrow. >> abc 7 news at 4:00 continues and up next, don't block the box. the traffic crackdown now officially under way in san francisco. >> and the nation's busiest rail line is back in service and go onboard the first amtrak train ferrying passengers between philadelphia and new york a week after that deadly derailment. >> in my opinion it's all about

safety. a bay area the controversial military-style equipment as president obama

>> live from the kgo tv broadcast center this is abc 7 news. now for the headlines we have for you at 4:30 and where

you live. we're getting a first look at construction progress in the san francisco subway tunnel. wayne freedman walked most of the 1.7 miles of what is an architectural wonder taking place of so much of chinatown and it is set to open in 2019. authorities are looking for a man who drove the wrong way for more than 30 miles on two highways this morning before crashing a stolen car and then taking off on foot. at 5:00 p.m., vic lee will have the latest on the ongoing search after this mess. >> shelling out more for your favorite sodas. >> and berkeley is the first city in the u.s. to charge an extra penny per ounce of soda. >> caroline tyler shares how much the city has collected so far and that's coming up at 5:00 p.m. president obama announced a plan to limit military-style equipment for police departments. several across the bay area had already returned armored vehicles. abc 7 news reporter lyanne melendez is live where the

vehicles are an important law enforcement tool lyanne? >> reporter: dan, this all started right after 9/11. the federal government uponed to empower police departments so they could better protect their communities and certainly police departments across the nation had taken advantage of this basically, free money. that's about to change. >> this is south san francisco's armored personnel carrier. on january 1st of this year, police used it to search for a suspect who had fired earlier at officers. >> it had drastically increased the safety to the operators as well as the citizens. >> notice that he refers to police officers as operators, the same term used by the u.s. military. today president obama said officers should take on the role of guardian not warriors. the president is mandating that some equipment be prohibited and others restricted like real armored vehicles, pier rotech nicks and battering rams and

riot gear. >> we've seen how militarized gear can sometimes give people a feeling like there's an occupying force as opposed to a force that's part of the community that's protecting them and serving them. >> reporter: south san francisco police justified its use of military-style equipment like this one. it's all about safety and would you rather see a vehicle like this driving down the street or would you be on the news dealing with an officer or citizen who has been critically wounded? >> reporter: since 9/11 police departments have beefed up their military-style equipment through a grant program offered by homeland security, but cities like san jose and berkeley have said no to any armored vehicles. >> we can't see our own people as foreign enemy combatants, but after much debate the city of san leandro, and it will be a place early next year. >> san leandro lyanne melendez

abc 7 news. abc 7 news has learned the cause of a grass fire that burned 75 acres along interstate 580 near livermore. cal fire says a car most likely sparked that fire, it caught fire just after 2:00 yesterday afternoon. you can see from sky 7 hd how close those flames crept toward traffic. the fire backed up traffic for miles and it took about two hours to get those flames under control. full amtrak service is now up and running again along the eastern corridor and that's the first time commuters have been able to take the train since last week's deadly derailment in philadelphia. jim dolan from our sister station wabc with the first train from philly to new york this morning. >> the first time in a week passengers lined up to head to philadelphia by rail this morning. the 553 northeast regional headed for new york. >> i'm just happy to get on a train that will take me directly to new york. >> it was last tuesday that a

new york-bound amtrak train traveling at more than twice the legal speed limit jumped the rails as it hit a dangerous curve in the tracks in philadelphia. eight people killed and more than 200 injured in the worst american rail accident in a generation. the traffic along the busy northeast corridor ground to a halt. >> amtrak 110 pulled into the 30th street station and it was equipped with a system that will prevent it from speeding through the dangerous section of track where 188 derailed. >> what that will do is basically provide an assurance that the train will come to a stop if there was a violation of speed in the area. >> that system has been in place for years on every amtrak train. amtrak never felt the need to activate the system in that area until eight people died in a train crash. >> it was a matter of activating the technology and making the necessary modifications. they never felt it necessary before to do that. >> the assessment they made at

that time was that it was required on the one side of the tracks, but not on the other. >> none of this seemed to bother the passengers eager to board the train after difficult commutes next week. >> very difficult and it adds an hour and a half to my commute. >> he traveled efficiently and cost effectively in a very busy corridor. i'm a believer in amtrak. >> that was jim dolan reporting from our sister station, wabc. >> gop presidential hopeful marco rubio is getting some attention today after becoming is the second republican to struggle with a question about the iraq war. >> it was not a president for the president to decide to go into iraq because at the time -- >> i didn't ask you. >> the world is a better place because saddam hussein is not there. >> but i don't understand the question you're asking me. >> i'm asking you as we sit here in 2015 -- >> a president cannot make a decision on what someone might know in the future. >> that's part of rubio's

180-second sparring match with chris wallace on "fox news sunday." last week presumptive republican candidate jeb bush stumbled over the same question. lindsay graham, add him to the growing list of republican presidential contenders and graham told cbs he plans to make an official announcement next month and the 59-year-old senator says he'll be running because, quote the world is falling apart. graham has been a fierce critic of president obama's foreign policy particularly in the middle east. he wants u.s. ground troops sent into iraq and syria to combat the islamic state. elian gonzalez, the boy who found himself in the middle of a tug-of-war between the u.s. and cuba is breaking his silence. jim avila spoke to him and he was just 6 years old when he was thrust into the spotlight after escaping from cuba on a raft. his mother drowned trying to bring him to the u.s.

federal agents then took gonzalez from his extended family and he says he'd like to come back to america. >> so you want to visit the united states? >> si. i want the time to give my love to american people. >> gonzalez just got engaged. abc news producers helped him snap his first selfie. he said he would like to use it as his profile picture to open up a facebook account. you can hear more of gonzalez's interview with david muir on abc 7. coming up, the new study that shows test scores at schools would go up if just one thing was banned from class. >> up first, the decision one man made that resulted in this firefighter rescue. i'm spencer christian from our camera in emoriville. we see bluer sky now than we saw earlier away and the week ahead

looks pretty gray and i'll

>> a tennessee man trapped in a storm drain for four days escaped thanks to a team of firefighters. they found him wedged in a narrow pipe about ten feet in. firefighters shovelled and hammered for three hours to free him. doctors treated him for

dehydration and he climbed into the pipe because he'd always been adventurous. >> let's take a look at the forecast one more time. >> spencer is here with the latest. >> we've got the cool, breezy and mostly overcast day but it's giving way to mostly sunny skies right now. we have hope for sunnier skies ahead and here's a look at time lapse video and looking at those low clouds and mid-level clouds just traveling over the bay and it's like this most of the day across the bay area and it's gray and overcast, cooler than average and here's live doppler 7 hd and we have the breaks of sun to which i referred earlier and hopefully we'll get a few more tomorrow and across the nation the 48 contiguous states and look for a showery day reaching from the pacific northwest down to the central and southern plains where we'll see some thunderstorms. sunny skies over the ohio valley and over the desert southwest and across the state of california tomorrow and sort of

a mixed picture and the showers up in the north and northwest. there will be scattered showers and the high-level snow over the sierra and partly cloudy to mainly sunny down south and in the bay area we'll see it much like today starting out cloudy gray, breeze, cool and highs only in the low to mid-60s around the bay and low to mid-60s in the inland areas and perhaps afternoon sunshine will break through and that's what we'll have for the next few days leading up to memorial day weekend. dan and ama? >> thank you very much. president obama is the commander in chief, you know that. he is also the tweeter in chief. that's still ahead on abc 7 news at 4:00. >> a new study says where they should resist using those phone sdmroos i'm 7 on your side's michael finney and i have a question for you. who would reach into the cage filled with 200 hungry mosquitos? the testers at consumer reports try to find the safest and most ef

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e >> covering venetia san ramon, san mateo and all the bay area, this is abc 7 news. a new study finds if you want your kids to do better at

school keep the smartphones out of class. researchers at the london school of economics looked at how home policies in england have changed since 2001 and compared that data with results of achievement tests taken at the age of 16. the study of 130,000 students found that following a ban on phone use the school's test scores improved more than 6%. underachieving students showed even greater improvement and test scores in that group rose 14%. in health news another study shows working irregular hours can be bad for your health. target is making a new move for healthier food and jane king has those stories and more in today's wellness report. >> several food companies like campbell's soup and kelloggs are finding out their brands are not so special anymore at least at target. they won't put in as much money and effort into promoting their products as they did in the past. shelf space could also be trend.

it's the latest sign from packaged goods to fresh and healthy food. an off shift can cause health problems and the study of the university of wisconsin says workers who have non-traditional schedules are more likely to have sleep-related problems and be overweight. the extra weight can cost you more than $92,000 over a lifetime. the fiscal times reports on a study by the social dynamics of policy that came to this figure by adding direct medical costs and due to absenteeism and lost tax revenue. here's a new take on stress. it can be good for you. a new book from the sanford psychologist says recognizing and working with stress can help us perform better and achieve more. kelly mcgon gal says we can accomplish more and that can mean the difference between having a heart attack at 50 or living into your 90s. from the nasdaq, i'm jane king. here's to your health. it doesn't feel like it

today, but summer is around the corner and mosquito season is on the way, as well. >> insect repellent can't protect you but which brands are the safest. consumer reports has partnered exclusively with 7 on your side to find out. >> which active ingredient? this is really, really a wonderful test. they're far worse than that they spread disease and you need an effective repellent when you're outside and many contain harsh chemicals. consumer reports latest tests find safer and more effective alternatives. >> who would reach into a cage filled with 200 hungry mosquitos? testers for consumer report, that's who. the job? to find the most effective insect repellents. all of the insect are certified disease-free, but still ferocious. other panelists sacrificed their arms to ticks. this area is not treated. this area is. if the repellent is effective

the ticks make a u-turn at the line. a repellent fails and two ticks cross over into the treated area. consumer reports tested 15 different spray-on formulas some containing the active ingredient deet. deet is an effective repellent, but it can sometimes come with serious side effects like rashes, disorientation and even seesh urs. experts say you should avoid products with more than 30% deet. >> reporter: but can you avoid deet altogether and still ward off bugs? consumer reports tests several non-deet alternatives and these contain oils like citronella, lemongrass and rosemary. >> we found the natural or herbal repellents were not effective at all, but we did find non-deet products that really work. >> one of the best? repellent with eucalyptus. the fisherman's formula contains 20% pakerr tin similar to a

compound found in black pepper plants. both are safer than deet and consumer reports found they protect against kos mitt owes and ticks for at least seven hours. >> although the ingredients in some of the plant-based repellents provide a natural alternative and however they're far less severe than deet. >> interesting. thank you michael. well trending now, you can add tweeter in chief to president obama's title. >> his twitter handle is potus. he already has more than a million followers. >> all tweets from the account will come solely from him. hello, twitter. it's barack. >> bill clinton and the president have had an exchange and clinton asking for a friend. >> right. the president responded, good question.

the handle comes with the house. anyone interested in flotus? that stands for first lady of the united states. >> glad to see you here and best pals in real life and now on this internet thing, too. >> the picture of him with steph curry. >> abc 7 news at 4:00 continues here. up next drivers in san francisco, you've been warned. >> yes, we go along with police as they step up traffic enforcement across the city and now here's cheryl with what's coming up new at 5:00. ama and dan thank you so much. coming up next, storm damage, the incredible destruction caused by lightning just as more rain could be moving in. plus the new war over proposition 13 and property taxes. should businesses be excluded and we'll hav

here's tonight's prime timelineup at 8:00. the two-night season finale of "dancing with the stars," and

the season premiere of the best for us. that's followed by abc 7 news at 11:00. >> in honor of asian-pacific american heritage month we're using the instagram feed to highlight people who are making a difference where you live. we recognize how general manager, and she feels fortunate to live in an area that prizes adversity. >> the co-chair of the board of directors and with more information on the abc 7 bay area instagram feed. >> santa clara county is increasing the legal age to buy tobacco and electronic cigarettes from 18 to 21. media partner, the bay area news group reports supervisor ken yager will introduce the item at tomorrow's board of supervisor's meeting. a state bill introduced in january aims to raise the age but faces strong opposition from tobacco and vaping industries. currently yieldsburg is the only california city that has increased the smoking age to 21. last week we told you san

francisco was about to start a new crackdown on drivers breaking traffic rules. everything from blocking the box to double parking. today that program officially got under way and abc 7 news reporter matt keller has more on what you should be on the lookout for the next time you drive in the city. >> driving through san francisco can seem like a maze. cars trucks and even city vehicles are double parked, making your commute longer and more dangerous. >> that's why the san francisco, metropolitan transportation agency can launch, focusing on construction projects and double parking and delivery trucks and cars blocking intersection. the message is to follow the rules and this is part of the education to ensure that people are following those rules and we want to move it as efficiently as possible. five extra parking enforce chlt officers will be deployed to a targeted corridor each weekday during the morning and evening rush hours and the goal is to not just help drivers and p/eed

petteds and cyclists are often delayed and put into dangerous situations because vehicles are parked in the way. >> i was commenting to myself that it seemed extra crazy this morning on the bike. more traffic than normal and when their cars were blocking the road. >> this isn't just about safety and it's also about the quality of life with people commuting and living in the city. transportation officials say every time a muni vehicle gets stuck behind a double parked car, 40 or 50 people lose a few minutes of the day. >> sometimes we'll just sit there, but it does impact my commute every day. >> would you like to have that time back in your life? >> yes i would. fines can range from $100 up to $250 depending on the infraction. in san francisco, matt keller abc 7 news. thank you for joining us on abc 7 news at 4:00. i'm ama daetz and abc 7 news begins right now with dan and cheryl. >> we did hear screams. >> south bay police want you to take a good look at surveillance

video and you can help them find a young man that tried to kidnap a young girl. >> it could have been much worse. wait until you see how far the man drove on the wrong side of two bay area freeways before this happened. >> and the east bay voters are about to get their turn in a nasty name-calling campaign. >> hundreds of thousand steve glazer. >> i'm spencer christian with the cool and breezy weather pattern and the chance of spotty drizzle and will things change before memorial day? i'll have the accuweather forecast coming up. live from the kgo tv broadcast center. this is abc 7 news. new video of a silver car turning as it drives slowly down the street is that driver the same man who tried to abduct a child. thanks for joining us. i'm cheryl jennings. >> i'm dan ashley. the attempted kidnapping has people on edge, understandably. >> officers say he tried to grab a girl and she managed to get

away, thank goodness. david louie is live in campbell where this happened. david? >> dan and cheryl, campbell police have given this case their highest priority and they received dozens of tips as a result of releasing the sketch of the suspect as well as a video showing the suspect's vehicle. this is normally a safe and quiet neighborhood, but tonight, understandably, the residents are a bit on edge. this is a neighborhood where you see kids' bikes by the front door and their palm prints embedded in concrete driveways. on saturday morning a man drove by a young girl walking her dog on harriet haef with no one else around to witness what he was about to do next. new video show a man in a beige or silver, 1998 to 2002 honda accord sedan stalking the girl. the car first makes a u-turn and they wait for the girl to catch up to his position and cross the street. that's when he jumps out asking for directions and gives the girl a bear hug.

she screamed and got away. the little girl gave a descriptive sketch. and so we all look at that online and we're looking for him so i think he'll be found soon. >> here is that sketch. an asian or latino man in his 30s wearing a black and white beanie and a coat with fur on the rolled-up cuffs. >> so we get a lot of traffic back and forth at search times of the day and people use it as a short cut to get out of other places and it's quite unusual to see completely strange cars come through. >> campbell police say dozens of tips come in from the video and sketch. >> every phone call we get and every piece of information is important and at this point that's what we're dedicated to doing is following up on every piece of information and identifying the suspect responsible. >> for now police believe this is an isolated case. no similar dayses have been reported in the area. the girl is said to be traumatized, however, she was not injured. in campbell david louie, abc