states and a military base in south korea might not have been fully irradiated. in the wrong hands anthrax has the potential for use with bioterrorism. it's tied to mysterious deaths in 2001. anthrax in powder form was sent to two u.s. senators and anchor tom brokaw although they were not hurt. those cases were studied and there was a report produced for the fbi. we asked if stanford researchers slould been more cautious in handling the anthrax. >> should everyone been assuming there was live anthrax and acting accordingly in that case it's impossible because at this university we don't have a setup for, you know dealing with lots of live vir u lent anthrax spores. >> despite that they will continue to study it and work on vaccines. >> it's important work for the united states and the world and

human health and, of course, we're going to continue to do this. >> at stanford david louie, "abc7 news." while police investigated a is crime spree that spanned several cities yesterday afternoon we're learning more what happened inside the gas station in antioch where hostages were held for two hours. laura? >> reporter: hi, dan. one of the hostages was the owner of the gas station. he said he's been here 23 years, probably held up about 15 times. even still, he said yesterday's ordeal was out of the ordinary but to him not terribly frightening. with more than 20 years at this location, gas station owner has made a lot of friends, many who stopped by today to see if he's okay. just 24 hours after being held captive for two hours by an armged man, he said he's not only okay, he has a message for

his captor. >> i wish you the best in the life and thank you for not hurting us. >> reporter: as it turned out his station was the last stop on a spree that began with a car theft, a police chase, a crash and a series of attempted carjacks. >> he had a gun pointed at me. i thought either you hit him or he's going to shoot you. >> reporter: once inside this tiny office he said he and his captors used security cameras to monitor tishts outside including their use of a robot in an armored vehicle. >> it was actually used to be a shield for officers moving from point to point. it was used to transport the hostages. >> reporter: by mid afternoon the suspect released first the 75-year-old balla. then a short time later his manager before walking out and surrendering to police. >> were you frightened? >> no. >> reporter: investigators have yet to release the suspect's identity except to say he's a

35-year-old man from newark. in antioch laura anthony "abc7 news." of course a swat team play add role in yesterday's hostage situation and coming up at 6:00 tonight. ac 7 news reporter janet o has more on a competition in the east bay. groups of female students clash clashed in the parking lot. tengs, police say between the girls has been rising for weeks. officers even met with the school district and the teens' parents in an effort to prevent the fight. >> probably older conflicts that have kind of risen on this level. some of it may be neighborhood-based. we're trying to figure that out. >> several were detained including students. >> there were frightening

moments on a plane leaving from sfo for austin. passengers spotted a man who looked like he was writing a suicide note. he was escorted off the plane. virgin mary said the man did not appear to threaten the plane or passengers. a canadian singer is speaking out after getting kicked off a united plane after sfo. they let her baby roam in the aisle. her baby was just crying in her lap. >> he was being really squirmy and crying really loud and the lady camer of the me and told me to control my child. so by the time i got to the gate he was totally asleep on me. >> reporter: the airlines denies all this and said the child was

not restrained. they were put on another flight. seven cheering. "abc7 news" reporter karen tyler tweeted up this picture with sweetie don't you love it. carolyn. >> she's 105 years old and wow does she know her basketball. she's probably the warriors' oldest fan but just one of thousands who are elated the team is in the nba finals. the warriors' flag is flying proudly over city hall and the player mayor can't wait to focus on her town. >> all those shots, people walking on tight ropes our majestic cranes that guard our waterfront. >> reporter: the mayor says if the warriors win the victory pa road will be in oakland. that's just dandy with 105-year-old sweeney. >> they seemed like a family and

they get together and play some ball. >> last night the love was returned in a shout-out from coach kerr. >> i'm happy for all of our fans and especially sweetie if you're watching out there. congrats. >> it was a surprise. i couldn't believe it. >> reporter: players past and present always give props to their die hard fans. nate the great thurman who plays for both the warriors and a short stipt with their finals moment cleveland. he says the legendary enthusiasm has an impact. >> it's not not to get an extra burst of energy. >> sweetie hopes the warriors will give her a ticket so she can be one of those crazies raising the roof at oracle. >> here i am. waiting. >> reporter: carolyn tyler,

"abc7 news." >> hand some tickets to sweetie. she's waiting for you. they lit up the building in blue and gold to celebrate their winning season. well, president obama weighed in on the nba finals during a twitter town hall meeting. man asked the president whether he believed cavaliers j.r. smith can lead the cavs to a championship and outshoot steph curry. president obama did not sugar coat his response. he said the heart of it is lebron. maybe curver. the finals start one week from today. game one of the finals starts at 6:00 at oracle arena. game two is sunday at home at 5:00. games three and four are in cleveland and the following tuesday and thursday and abc 7 is the only place you can watch all the games. the nba finals will be right here on channel 7.

>> maybe the president is looking for a new coaching job. can the good times keep rolling in silicon valley? the mayor and common mist christopher thornburgh tried to answer a question for a summit for children. they say it's almost as if the people are expecting another collapse. >> a few years ago everybody was positive good times would never return. now they're back with a vengeance and everybody is asking what's wrong. >> the average worker in santa clara county by the way, make $1/05,000 a year. it will soon cost more for you to enjoy meara woods and golden gate national recreation area. starting next year the price will increase $10 for adults and park willing increase $1 a day

starting in june and the increases will go toward helping protect and preserve the parks for future generations. >> in the game. >> i'm in the game. >> i'm in the game. >> the world's most popular soccer game is fineally adding women's teams. >> fake grass and what state lawmakers are doing to require people to install it. motorcycles weaving in and out of traffic how california may become the first state to make it legal. from faucets to toilets, michael finney shows you the best

breaking news in vallejo. firefighters have just put out a place.

about one to two acres burned. now sky 7 hd is live overhead and as you can see that scorched grass, a couple of acres worth, but the fire now is out presumably. yeah, pretty much no more danger. they're working on hot spots. for breaking news follow us on twitter at www.abc7news.com. >> we have a picture now that brian tarr posted. very dramatic there. sky 7 hd was there. that fire burned quite a bit. 242 acres. nobody was injured though. you can see it's a remote area and no structures were burned. >> reporter: the city of san jose will hoeflt one of the big major soccer convenience. the 2016 mll all-star game will take place at avia stadium. it's not the traditional east versus west. instead all of the stars battle

against a top international team. it's kind of like the ryder cup in golf. this year's game is to generate millions of dollars for the host city which is denver. >> we're not here to stand and watch. >> this is our game too that and for the first time, women are getting in the game. ea sports tort day announced fifa video games will include women's games. we have all the details. chris. >> reporter: hi, cheryl. yes. we're live in san jose. you can see this. it makes sense. this is the home of the quakes. but for year soccer fans say it's been difficult for females to get that same widespread recognition. they're hoping with the announce announcement come as change in that trent. on a pitch from stan fword this

coach shares her passion for the sport. >> with the world cup coming up i think the timing is important. >> reporter: they made a surprise announcement. it marks the first time that gamers can play as a female athlete. >> i think now that they have a chance to play, they'll be so excited. >> mls president mark abbott called that a great move. >> that game is clearly influential. we see that not just in our country but throughout the world. >> reporter: but there has been mix read action on social media with some ranging from sexist to downright degrading.

it's not just for the games world but for the youth of the nation right now and the young girls playing soccer. >> another step forward as one tries to level the plays field. chris nguyen "abc7 news." the other team will stay at the santa clair yacht and practice at stanford. san francisco will host most of the activities. >> it's now official. peter deboer is the new head coach for the san jose sharks. deboer most recently coached for the new jersey devils taking them to a stanley cup. he replaces todd mclellan. he resigned after the sharks failed to make the playoffs for first time in ten years. a controversial bill to formally legalize lane splitting in california is moving through the state legislature. right now it's not illegal for

motorcyclists to travel between cars on california roadways. the new laws would set parameters on how to lane split safely. opponents say it's inharmtly dangerous but they say legalizing it is safer than outlawing it. >> parameters are going to set the stage for a much safer lane splitting practice because it's been unregulated. now that they have parameters and understand how to do it more safely, everybody will benefit from it. >> it now moves on to the senate. >> two new proposed state laws could make it easier to get rid of grass as california's drought continues. one would prevent homeowners' associations to keep members from installing fake grass in their yard. the other would have them consider converting grass turf to artificial turf. >> and a bill that would allow assistance in dying for

terminally ill adults is moving forward. the end of life option act has passed the state senate appropriations committee. it was inspired by brittany maynard who moved to oregon to end her life with the help from a doctor. a full senate vote is expected next week. also in sacramento governor jerry brown swore in store steve glazer. it was vae indicated by mark desaulnier who was elected to congress. 7 on your side has partnering with consumer reports to find the best ones to save your water. >> michael finney is here with what they found out. >> this is important. you've got to cut down on your water use. so consumer reports tested hundreds of appliances and the scientists there found which is the least while still working efficiently. the armg family of four runs through about 400 gallons of

water a day. nearly half that water goes down the bathroom andre. the biggest culprit. toilets. >> new efficiency standards kicked in in 1995. if your toilets are older than that they should be replaced. they're using about six gallons of water per flush. >> reporter: consumer reports found that many low water toilets performed very well. for example this one needs 1.28 gallons per flush. it costs $250. if you have an old showerhead, replace that too. many use half a gallon less per minute. your washing machine is responsible for about 20% of the water usage in your home. >> the worst machines we use use 25 gallons to do one load but we found some that use less than half that and do a terrific job cleaning. >> two terrific choice this may tag for $950 got top marks for

efficiency and wash performance. so did this samsung. it cost $900. consumer reports also tests dishwashers for water efficiency. they improved so much they use less water than washing your dishes by hand. consider this bosch 500 series for $500 and this kenmore for $530 that uses just four. many of today's dishwashers are so good at cleaning consumer report says don't waste water rinsing your dishes before you put them in your water. this is going to be the best advice i'm going to give all day and you're going to get all day. they recommend monitoring your water meter for two hours while everything is turned off. that way if your meter is moving you probably have leaks that are worth fixing and a lot of them will be out in your yard. so turn everybody off and go in and look at your meter. if it's still moving time to figure out what's going. >> thank you mike at.

that's great advice. >> let's turn our attention now the weather forecast outside. really nice around the bay area. >> meteorologist sandhya patella with the weather frachlt sandhya? >> unseasonably cool. today temperatures finally came up. the sun's out across most of the bay area and numbers are running anywhere from 2 to about 6 degrees higher than they were yesterday. let's take a look at live doppler seven right now. got up into the low 80s around antioch, fairfield, 78 in livermore livermore. still some fog hanging around the coast and here's a view with the fog. barely peeking through. but that marine layer compressed last night and that's what allowed warming to occur today. 58 in san francisco. it's 62 in oakland. san jose, 67. half moon bay, 56. you'll see that shallow fog layer with the sun up above.

mid-70s. napa, a really warm day in concord. 80 degrees. 76 in livermore. beautiful view from our kgo roof camera. you see the wispy clouds up above and the financial district and the fog rolling in down below. warmer days through saturday. we're looking at a slight chance of maybe drizzle or light showers sunday evening. so when you take a look at the pacific satellite picture you'll see what's going on. high pressure has nudged in just enough. our warming trend is under way. it continues right on through saturday. and then sunday gets cooler as this trough comes through. it's going to pass through northern california but it will deepen our marine layer between sunday evening and monday morning when you head back to work. definitely more than drizzle cooking up the pacific. this is the first tropical storm of the eastern pacific. andres packing winds of up to 60 miles an hour. it's over the water.

it's expected to remain paralleling the coast of mexico. so not actually any threat to land but strengthening to a category 2 hurricane and continuing move north westward over the pacific and weakening by tuesday morning. we'll keep an eye on it in case it starts to veer toward land. tomorrow morning low to mid 50s to start off. because that marine layer has compressed. it might be a bit on the thick side. so allow that extra time and for the afternoon, sunshine and warmer weather than today. 84 in antioch. 81 in concorde. livermore in 80 degree. na parks san rah fashlgs san francisco, 62 and 59 degrees in half moon bay. hey,ite's three-day festival. the bottle rock festival starts tomorrow. gates open at 11:30 a.m. in case you're getting there earlier. cloudy in the low 60s. look how beautiful it is.

mild and sunny in the low to mid-70s when it cools down. clouds rolling in. upper 50s. accuweather seven-day forecast first half of your weekend we warm up some more. low to mid 60s. then it cools down sunday with a slight chance of a few drops going into monday morning with that cooling trend continuing on monday but it's really nice for a change to see a bit of a warmup around here. cheryl and dan. >> it's beautiful. thanks sandhya. >> who knew saving gasoline could be so cool. we'll have that ahead. where you might find your dream wedding dress this weekend and make someone else's

here's a look at uber's first building in san francisco. both buildings will have glass walls and three bridges.

uber's new headquarters is expected to be finished by 2018. they'll make it easier to ditch the fleet cars. they made that announcement during an alternative fuels expo outside oakland city hall. they'll be allowed to purchase electric vehicles and more charging stations. hydrogen fueled buses and even cars running on food waste. >> well final preparations are under way for the bottle rock music festival. sand ya talks about the forecast for the weekend. single day passes are still available for the three-day event which starts tomorrow. robert plant, no doubt and imagine dragons are the headliners. they're holding a culinary matchup between artists and chefs. one includes rapper snoop dogg and iron chef. summer must be right around the

corner when you see big crowds at the county fair and contra costa's fair kicked off. they provided us with this video. organizers say there are more goetss pigs and cows this year. there is fair food, rides music, even dogs doing tricks. bring in three cans of food to get in free. always good fun. >> oh, boy. this is fun too. still ahead new proof that riley curry is more

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i'm ama daetz. coming up new at 6:00 and the online database that could put careers in jeopardy. coming up, a local man on the hit list and getting in the swing of things at google's developing contest.

it's a search on how we see the future. all coming up in half an hour on "abc7 news" at 6:00. >> all right. ama. thank you. >> reporter: riley curry made another splash with her dad following the western conference finals victory. >> you wanted to say that? when it's going to happen, you're going to be -- >> the playoffs -- >> no shame. >> that was 2-year-old riley curry singing the hit song "blessings" and trying to shush her daddy. >> he posted it on his instagram account. >> check this out. riley's rise to flame was on twitter. she's been mentioned more than half a million times. >> and at one point last night she was the top trending topic, riley is now a superstar. >> she is. all right. that's going to do it for us.

>> that does it for us. we appreciate your time. we'll tonight, multiple tornadoes just touching down. severe storms hitting from texas up to new york and boston. millions in the threat zone at this hour. and look at this. the floods crashing through the front door of this home. and we'll show you what happens in just 20 seconds. the family inside terrified. the breaking news tonight. once one of the most powerful men in washington tonight, indicted. john jon karl standing by with what the former speaker is charged with. the deadly anthrax. the pentagon mistake. and we ask, was it sent through fedex with everyday packages? the urgent testing in several states tonight and the antibiotics now being given. the mystery. the balls of oil washing up on several popular beaches, shutting down miles of america's coastline. and, the imposter. the well-known children's hospital. authorities say a man posing as a doctor in patient's rooms.