> ♪ . changes indeed. an icon in the music industry has died. david bowie, known for changing his images over the decades died after a battle with cancer. good evening. >>. i'm ama daetz. take a look outside his new york city apartment and his star on the hollywood walk of fame is covered with flowers and memorabilia as fans mourn. we're live with a look back at the life of this cultural icon. cornell. >> ama and larry, this is the cd

box set is the only thing left in the haigt. david bowie on the minds of many. his new album, black star, sold out minutes after the doors opened this morning. fans hoping to buy something to remember the man and his amazing music. ♪ >> david bowie's music was playing all day inside this music store. >> i loved him. >> this record store was the first stop the moment they heard the news of his passing. >> i had an encounter in london with him and he kissed me. >> really? >> she never forgot that kiss. she said he was an icon, a true original. >> he was the first gender bender out there. giving people permission to be who they wanted to be. >> bowie played the bay area many times, including back in

2002. in san francisco was the backdrop for this video of jean genie shot on howard street. former rolling stone writer says bowie's contribution to rock'n'roll can't be measured. >> he dives into disco music, he made mtv videos. it didn't matter that many rock bands like to stay true to their specific identity and image. he was all over the place because that's where his mind took him. >> bowie released his 25th and final album, black star, last friday on his 69th birthday. the album reportedly a carefully planned finale, a parting gift to his fans. the bay area, home to several bowie tribute bands, including first church of the sacred silver sexual. the group performed ziggy stardust on bowie's birthday. tony romeo called him a god. >> as we grew up in the suburbs of the town, like a beacon of hope.

>> a one of a kind performer gone too soon. cornell bernard, abc 7 news. celebrities were quick to react to bowie's death. mick jagger said he was my friend. i'll never forget him. paul mccartney says i will treasure the moments we had together. his star will shine forever. justin timberlake called him an inspiration saying thank you for showing a pimple faced kid was the thing to be. >> madonna said this great artist changed my life. >> super bowl 50 is just three weeks away. now there's controversy over how much it will cost taxpayers to host the event. there was a hearing on the issue today in san francisco. abc 7 news reporter carolyn tyler joins us live from city hall with more. carolyn? >> reporter: there are pieces like this, you see people taking pictures with all over the city. it says super bowl 50. promoting the extravaganza at that kicks off here at the end of the month.

one supervisor says she doesn't wake up with a hangover after the party ends. the game is in santa clara, but san francisco is the host city. taxpayers here are learning there's a cost to be the boss. perhaps $4 million from muni, police and fire connected with the fan city at the foot of market street and the nfl experience at boss cone i center. >> i've been getting hundreds of e-mails and calls from constituents saying, you know we expect you to spend our dollars for issues around affordable housing, homeless services, for street cleaning, increased muni services, not a party for the wealthiest people in the world. >> there will be legislation introduced tomorrow requiring a cost benefit analysis before the city signs off on big events. she says the super bowl host committee should pay the city's tab. >> we're very confident it will

earn the city tax revenue. >> daniel laurie is head of the host economy committee and points to the economic impact the super bowl made in other cities. last year phoenix with $719.4 million. new orleans, $480 million in 2013. and indianapolis almost $278 million in 2012. >> the taxpayers will net out positively on this deal. so in the end, more revenue will come into the city and to the general fund than is going out. so in fact, i think the argument should be the reverse. how can we not do an event like this? >> the super bowl committee raised $50 million to put on all the events and it promising the city half a million to offset any losses. supervisor kim and other critics believe taxpayers should not have to spend a dime. in san francisco, carolyn tyler, abc 7 news. a resolution in the fight involving the super bowl committee over the soccer fields

in santa clara may be reached before a judge's decision, which is set for tomorrow. a youth soccer league is suing to stop the nfl from taking over a soccer park near levi stadium during the super bowl. they claim that city officials broke the law by allowing the nfl to use that city-owned complex. they say if the city finds a free alternate site for the kids to play, they'll drop the request for an injunction. >> today, is human trafficking awareness day and bay area officials used it to announce initiatives aimed to stop sex trafficking. kristin zee is here with the latest. >> super bowl and the prostitution going hand in hand was the arrest of hall of famer warren sapp, the former buccaneer and oakland raider was busted in a hotel. he pled guilty to two misdemeanors.

aiming to prevent -- san francisco international airport hosted a training seminar with many victims brought here from overseas. airline workers are frontline fighters in a war on human trafficking. flight attendants are learning to pick up warning signs, identify victims and human traffickers and properly report it. one flight attendant has a personal story. she's a survivor of sex trafficking. >> i was a single mom with children. before i realized what happened to me, i was being trafficked. i was bought by a gang from a pimp and sold for weapons, drugs. >> the flight attendants get the most time with the customers. so we have a lot of time to assess and figure out a situation and if it warrant a report the. >> to give you a sense of the scope of the problem locally, san francisco identified 291 victims, mostly young women in the second half of 2014. that's just the ones who were identified. airline workers are now being

trained when to call 911 or homeland security or here's the latest. they have an app they can use to support any suspicions. larry and ama. >> kristin, thank you. turning to the weather and our forecast. a live look at ocean beach and a high surf advisory remains in effect and that will be until early tomorrow morning. >> and more rain is also heading our way. spencer christian is here with a look at what's ahead for us this week. >> calm conditions right now in the atmosphere. as you pointed out rough conditions along the coastline. let's look at live doppler radar. no rain yet. that's tomorrow night and wednesday. high surf advisory that you mentioned is in effect until 3:00 a.m. wave heights well above average. westerly swell producing the large breakers and long lulls between wave sets. coastline is not a great plates to be hacndling out at right no. we're allowed to prepare for each storm arriving this winter.

number 1 is a light storm, 2 and 3 a strong storm. next storm ranks number 2 on the storm impact scale. a storm of moderate intensity producing half an inch to an inch of rain and gusty winds. the forecast starting 7:00 tomorrow night by 10:00 or so, certainly by midnight, spreading to all parts of the bay area. looks like a messy morning commute on wednesday with not only widespread rainfall but strong gusty wind as well. i'll give you a closer look at that in a minute. larry, and ama. moving on, the last living survivor of the 1906 earthquake passed away. he died in marin county. he was 11 days shy of his 110th birthday. he was only three months old when the quake struck. his family said he died of natural causes. authorities are holding a meet to address community concerns over a series of suspicious fires. as reported last month, as many

as five fires broke out in the sonoma county community during a ten-day stretch over the holidays. one destroyed the russian river health centers. three homes were also damaged. that meeting begins at 5:30 at guerneville elementary school. deputies say this damage was done by somebody who wanted to go back to jail in martinez. at least five cars were damaged around 5:30 this morning. the crime took place moments after a 35-year-old antioch woman was released from jail in connection with another vandalism charge. a power struggle among factions of worshippers is blamed for a brawl and sword fight in turlock yesterday. the melee began with shoving and punching and then finally men swung their religious swords. officers called to the scene had to use their tasers to calm that crowd. no one was arrested. still ahead on abc 7 news at 4:00, an off-duty deputy attending an event at his

child's school was shot. what led up to the shooting. the attraction stirring up problems for commuters. the changing rules for mammograms. new guidelines for some. let's check our traffic through-wall nut creek. this is 680, that's your southbound traffic. a little lighter than the

this is abc 7 news. >> the golden gate bridge may be getting too popular for its own

good. hordes of tourists causing major traffic headaches. is it shutting down vista point during the busy time. amy hollyfield has a look at the plan. >> it's such an iconic spot. visitors come to vista point at all hours every day to see it. >> it's such a beautiful view. i mean, there's really no words to describe it. it's unbelievable. >> some experienced tourists know, though that the crowds can be unbearable. so they come at 9:00 a.m. on a monday or even 5:00 a.m. when it is easy to find a parking spot. >> if i come in the daytime, it gets very crowded. make it little bigger. >> expanding the parking lot at vista point seems unlikely. transportation officials have reached a breaking point and something needs to change. >> during a holiday weekend this last holiday weekend, there was anecdotal information of travel plans that were taking as much as an hour from, say, lombard to getting across the golden gate

bridge. >> the problem is, as cars wait to get into the parking lot, they clog northbound traffic on highway 101. bridge officials would like to close vista point at peak times to keep traffic moving. but the chp says it isn't quite that simple. >> there are commuters that are frustrated thinking this is a quick answer. why not just do it. which i completely understand. but it does have impacts on tourism, it has impact on our head lands on the presidio on the south end. it's not just a freeway issue. >> as they say, shutting it down here and there is a short term solution but they need a long-term one. they're going to have a meeting to discuss possibilities, including the idea of shuttling them from san francisco. in sausalito, amy hollyfield abc 7 news. a popular marin county attraction is about to get easier. roadwork scheduled to gina long muir woods road. it's part of a project o to

implement a parking and shuttle system at muir woods national monument. ready to deal a major blow to organized labor. the justices heard oral arguments in a case brought by an anaheim teacher against the california teachers association. the teacher claims mandatory union fees violate the free speech rights of workers who disagree with the union's position. the conservatives on the court seem incollide to overrule a four decade old precedent allowing them to collect fees from workers. labor officials fear that membership would decline dramatically if workers realize they can get all the benefits of representation without having to pay for it. a record number of undergraduate students are hoping to get bo a university of california university. >> uc officials say more than 206,000 students applied for admission for the fall of 2016. it's the 12th consecutive year for record applications to uc. this time the total number topped 200,000.

officials also say all nine campuses saw gains in total applications with uc merced recording the largest increase. when it comes to finding a new job, workers' big consideration is location, location, location. wallet hub using data from the national association of colleges and employers has the list of the best and worst cities across the country to find a job. several california cities are on both lists. on the best list, san francisco is the highest in the bay area at number 15. then fremont at 17 and dropoff to san jose at 46. on the worst list, modesto, fresno and stockton at the bottom. san francisco may be closer to taking men and women's signs off bathrooms in the city. supervisor david campos is sponsoring a bill to make single-person restrooms available to all genders. the legislation applies to all public buildings and businesses. at a rally today, some members of the transgender community say they've been threatened for simply using a bathroom. >> the man with his fists raised

and clinched. i don't remember his exact words, but i knew why he was about to hit me. i threw my hands up and shouted i am a woman. >> the bill also gives businesses the option of building multistall bathrooms that are gender neutral, much like this one at the so many a art center for the past year. it's time to turn to our weather. i thought i had sprinkles on the drive today or somebody using their windshield wipers. >> the water over the top of another person's car. we have more rain on the way, correct? >> yes, we do. there were scattered light sprinkles today, but for the most part, it's been a dry day. here's live doppler 7 hd. partly to mostly cloudy skies. pleasant right now. but again, more rain is on the way. you might be able to guess from the thickening clouds from this view of the tower looking northwest ward. it's 66 degrees in san francisco and oakland. 61 at san jose. 59 at morgan hill.

half moon bay, 67. check out this view from the east bay hills camera. 57 degrees at santa rosa, and napa fairfield, 55 at livermore. next storm arrives late tomorrow night. continues into early wednesday. we'll have a rainy pattern into the weekend and the rain takes a break on sunday. our next storm will rank number 2 on our storm impact scale, ranking storms from 1 to 5. ranking their intensity. tuesday night, wednesday morning, it will produce half an inch to an inch of rain. higher totals in the north bay. winds gusts to 40 miles per hour or higher. here's the forecast animation starting 7:00 tomorrow night. 9:00, rain spreading through the north bay. down to the golden gate. over into the east bay. by 5:00 wednesday morning, as the morning commute begins, it will be windy and wet and rainy all across the bay area. no doubt a slow commute wednesday morning. we'll see the rain breaking up

during the day wednesday and ending wednesday evening. by 7:00 wednesday evening, rainfall totals range from over a third in san jose to half an inch through the central part of the bay area from concord to oakland to san francisco. over 3/4 at navarro. the north bay will be the wettest region in the bay area. winds will be gusty. here's the animation beginning tuesday evening. by 9:00 tomorrow night, we'll see gusts over 30 miles per hour in some spots. gusts will peak after midnight. low 40 mile per hour gusts. the point raised at half moon bay. then the winds begin to normal eyes and moderate in the daytime on wednesday. overnight, look for lows mainly in the mid to upper 40s. tomorrow's highs mainly in the upper 50s near the coast to low 60s around the bay and inland. the accuweather seven-day forecast shows not only a number two ranked storm but a couple of other storms friday and

saturday. both ranking number 1. is will be a wet pattern into the weekend with a dry break on sunday. larry and ama. thank you, spencer. up next, the bachelor is back. ben higgins on his search for love and what's surprising him the most as he watches the show with you. a live shot right now. you're looking live at the university of phoenix stadium in glendale, arizona. clemson takes on alabama in the national championship game coming up. you can catch that game tonight at 5:30 p.m. on our sister

this is the day romantics have been waiting for. ben higgins is back. this season got off to a wild start. small town boy ben met 28 women looking for love. there are twins who are best friends. he gave the first impression to former news anchor olivia. lace rubbed many of the women

the wrong way. we spoke with ben about why he thought she deserved to stick around. >> when you watch the first episode back, were you surprised by anything? >> i'm surprised by how the women talked to each other. i'm surprised by their conversations, by the interactions they have in the house. because i don't see that. ultimately, i found lacy to be intriguing. i'm learning things as i watch this on monday night as well. >> you can watch the bachelor tonight at 8:00 right here on abc 7. now time for the hot list. the biggest and best moments from our friends at "good morning america." here's robin roberts. >> okie dokie. here's your 60-second hot list from gma today. reboot your mind, body and soul for 2016. people are saying i can't declutter, can't get my finances in order. >> when a negative thought comes in, say stop and pop. you automatically go into a positive feeling. >> it will never get better. stop. >> i can't do it. stop. >> i don't have cookies.

but i have champagne. >> you know in my speech, i thanked my hometown of kentucky. my hometown was like, yes! >> i like that technique. >> that's disgusting. >> john hamme he felt the neat to give me this. i did not say no. >> special guest to help us out this morning. >> come on out. >> welcome back. >> how are you guys? >> just got a text from my daughter harper. she was imitating your laugh. >> just like that. >> very good. >> and that's the gma hot list from today. we'll see you in the morning on gma. you can catch "good morning america" team weekdays from 7:00 to 9:00 a.m. following the abc 7 morning news. we're getting a first look at the changes to disneyland with the addition of the all new star wars themed land. they released the rendering.

it shows the riverboat which will be back. the rendering does not show the planned attractions at the new star wars land. several attractions were closed last week to make way for the new expansion sitting on 14 acres. no word yet on when star wars land will open. disney, as you know, is the parent company of abc 7. >> that could be cool. abc 7 news at 4:00 continues. there are new continues about "el chapo" and that secret meeting he had with actor sean penn. plus, an off-duty alameda county sheriff's deputy shot outside a bay area high school over the weekend. what happened right before the shooting? the

headlines apartment 4:30. it could cost san francisco taxpayers millions of dollars to host fan city for super bowl 50. the committee raised $50 million and has promised the city half a million to offset losses. supervisor jane kim will introduce legislation to require a cost benefit analysis in the future before the city signs off on big events. winter has been a little wet and chilly in the bay area. but this is what people are doing with in buffalo, new york, where the high today was 22 degrees. a driver who parked next to lake erie walked away with one crazy

photo. reporter is following the investigation into the fatal shooting on a b.a.r.t. train. he tweets the coroner is having trouble identifying the man shot to death. he's not a u.s. citizen we're told. more on abc 7 news at 5:00. investigators are looking into the shooting of an off-duty depp fi at this in union city. that's where melanie woodrow is for us live tonight. melanie in. >> reporter: this off-duty deputy was in plainclothes. he was here as a volunteer parent as part of a color guard competition when investigators say he noticed three individuals out of place. when he asked them to leave, one of them shot him. >> crime scene tape remains outside the high school following the shooting on h street near coal gait drive. it happened saturday around 8:15 at night as the school hosted a statewide color guard invitational. >> it was a big event. >> police say a volunteer parent

noticed three men in an area of the school they shouldn't have been. the sheriff's office confirms the parent was an off-duty deputy. union city police say he flashed his badge and asked them to leave. one shot him in the leg. >> james logan high school. staging is required. going to be a 53-year-old male tgsw to the leg. >> the off-duty deputy was treated for nonlife-threatening injuries. >> it was pretty clear right off the bat that it wasn't anything that happened in the pavilion with the student. >> the district spokesperson says parents were notified by phone message and employees by e-mail. the campus was locked down temporarily. >> it's an event that's separate and i'm hoping dpefsher everybody feels safe and i know both school and district staff are working to make sure everybody feels safe. >> union city police have a vague description of the suspect as thinly built hispanic man, ages 18 to 23 wearing dark clothes. they say this is a sketch of one

of the men. in union city, melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. actor sean penn is defending himself today after his interview with the world's most wanted drug lord went public. the actor saying he has nothing to hide. that drug kingpin, "el chapo," is now back behind bars in mexico and could eventually be back on his way to the u.s. for extradition. reporter karen travers with more from washington. >> reporter: the mexican attorney general's office confirms the process to extradite "el chapo" to the u.s. is under way. for now in solitary confinement in the highest security prison. the same one he escaped from six months ago. >> officials say joaquin guzman's secret meeting with sean penn led to his recapture. penn, interviewed the drug lord three months ago. the magazine released this photo of the two the kingpin was trying to land a movie deal about his life, shopping the idea around to hollywood

producers and actors, recording this video. but mexican authorities were tracking penn during his visits with "el chapo." on the golden globes red carpet celebrities said it's not uncommon for actors to have meetings like this. >> anyone who is an artist interesting in understanding human nature and behavior and anything would want to talk to any person like that. >> i don't want to throw any other actors under the bus, but i know a lot of serious actors and filmmakers who have been having meetings like this forever. but many wonder whether penn violated any laws in meeting with the fugitive. >> to convict him of harboring or concealing a fugitive, you need evidence that he helped him, aided him, gave him money, sheltered him. not to just say he met with him. >> karen travers, abc news 7 washington. they hope an autopsy pinpoints the death of an

american woman found in her florence home over the weekend. authorities are treating the death of 35-year-old ashley olson of florida as a homicide. it appears she had been strangled. police questioned olson's friends including her italian boyfriend. he discovered her body on saturday after he hadn't seen her in a few days. police say he has an alibi. the state department is not confirming a claim made by north korea that it's holding on american prisoner. pyongyang is accusing him of stealing military and other secrets. he says he's a naturalized citizen who used to live in fairfax. he told a reporter that he was caught red handed and asked the government for help. sergeant bowe bergdahl is preparing for his appearance before a military court in north carolina tomorrow. bergdahl was captured by the taliban after he walked away from his military post in afghanistan seven years ago. he was released in 2014 and a prisoner exchange for five

guantanamo bay detainees. bergdahl is charged with desertion and endangering fellow soldiers. a texas judge lowered the bail for tanya couch, the mother of ethan couch, the aftfluenza teen. >> the judge agreed on $75,000. mothers against drunk driving filed an online petition to say his case be transferred from juvenile to adult court. you won't see elephants the next time the circus comes to town. that's because the greatest show on earth will retire all the elephants in maye, a year and a half earlier than planned. they follow local other governments banning elephants. they spent decades pressing for those lows. still to come, a world famous mansion is up for sale. there is a catch. it comes with an equally famous resident. i'm michael finney. ask finney is just ahead. i'm still taking your questions on twitter and facebook.

just search for michael finney. i'll answer your questions here, live in just a bit. i'm spencer christian. here comes another beautiful sunset as seen from the camera. just over 24 hours away, here comes the rain. i'll have the accuweather forecast coming up. at 4:36, here comes the traffic. if you're heading southbound on 101 in san jose, that's the backup right there. carpool lane is moving nicely. northbound is fine as is 880 which runs over the top. back wit

if you won powerball, you'd have more than enough money to buy the playboy mansion in los angeles. it went on the market today, asking price, $200 million. playboy enterprises says the five-acre property features 29 roops, a theater, wine cellar and the grotto where play plaits mates party with celebrities. buying it comes with one condition. you must allow hugh hefner to continue to live there. i don't know about that. lady gaga walked away from the golden globes as one of the biggest winners with one trophy and a lot of tweets. >> lady gaga. american horror story hotel. >> gaga won the golden globe for best actress in a limited tv drama series. also the most popular subject of tweets. followed by jennifer lawrence

who won for best actress in a musical or comedy for joy. ricky gervais generated some laughs as well. >> relax. i'm going to try to be nice. you're global stars, amazing talents, most of you. a few of you just married well. >> he did say he'd try to be nice. >> that was one of his few laughs. >> leonardo dicaprio took home winnings for the revenant. about 4 million tweets went out about the globes. up next, the oscars. the nominations come out thursday at 5:30 a.m. and you can watch them live here on abc 7 morning news. you can watch the academy awards on february 28th on abc 7. you can watch spencer christian right now with an update on our forecast and the coming rain. >> this is a forecast worth watching, i believe. because more rain is on the way. should be a pretty wet week as a matter of fact. conditions are dry right now. live doppler 7 hd.

partly cloudy skies. the clouds will increase a bit tomorrow. the storms will produce storms in the sierra. from tomorrow night into wednesday iechk. the possibility of 8 to 14 inches of rain. about 6500 feet. a foot and a half from the highest peaks. we projected by 10:00 wednesday night, we'll be looking at just about a foot of snow as -- a foot and a half by donner. back to the bay area, the state of california tomorrow. a wet and stormy day in the northwest around eureka. a sunny and warm day in southern california with highs of 67 in l.a. and palm springs 68. a partly cloudy day for most of the day with increasing clouds late afternoon and evening. highs tomorrow in the low 60s inland and around the bay. these are our rainfall chances here in san francisco over the next seven days. 90% on wednesday. 80% on friday. only 10% on sunday. that will probably be the driest day for the bay area. there may not be any rain at all in the bay area on sunday. we do expect lots of rain over

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the next powerball drawing, the jackpot is up to $1.4 billion. >> just give us the .4. the dollar signs could go higher. could go higherer than 1.4. here's lauren lister with more on lotto fever. >> your winning powerball numbers. >> the powerball grand prize climbing to $1.4 billion monday. after no one matched all six numbers to score saturday's $949 million prize. there were some million dollar winners, though. someone in massachusetts. >> hopefully it's one of our regulars.

>> in suffolk, virginia, too. >> maybe me. i come here all the time. >> others still thinking about how they'd spend the big winnings. >> pay off bills. live very comfortably for the rest of my life. >> toss the money around. you can't spend it all. >> it turns out, winning a stash of mega lottery cash can be squandered with stunning speed. 70% of people who hit it big, lose big within a few years. >> the odds of winning are still 1 in 292 million. still more likely to get attacked by a shark or struck by lightning. here's a virginia man whose car was struck by lightning and who is playing powerball with a message of hope. >> the reality is, people do get hit by lightning, they do get bit by sharks. all that sort of thing. it is possible to be that 1 in 200 million person who wins. >> don't be fooled by signs like this. with a jackpot of over a billion dollars, the issue is that they weren't made to display a prize

that big. lauren lister, abc news, los angeles. >> you can use the abc 7 news app to find out the powerball numbers the instant that they're picked. you just need to push alerts to get instant notification. michael finney is here answering questions sent via facebook, twitter. this one from amanda g who asked, i recently found out i have a brother adopted out. how can i find him? >> okay. if you're an adult and he's an adult and you both want to be found, then you can. you go to the california department of social services. or if you know the exacta dopgs agency. basically what you did is drop off your information. you say, hey, i'm here. i would like to make contact. as a matter of fact, here in the state of california it's against the law to contact them or for the state to attempt to contact them or the agency. so basically, they're saying if you want to be found, you can be found. so they hold your information

and then if your brother would ask, then he'd say oh, here it is. >> okay. bruno asks via facebook, i got a call stating my power would be shut off in 30 minutes. is this a scam? >> probably. they probably wanted a credit card number or a debit card number. >> here's how is works with pg and e. your bill isn't late until 19 days after they sent it. probably 2 1/2 weeks after you got it. and then, when you don't pay, then you have a 15-day holding period and then they tell you again 48 hours before they turn off the power. generally that takes a couple of months. they're not -- >> right. because people sometimes they forget their bills or whatever. it's no 30-minutes warning. >> okay. >> sherri d. asked via facebook. some gas stations are putting a hold on your atm or credit card for pumping gas.

one recently put a $125 hold. how can this be legal? >> it's completely legal. it's not now. they've been doing this forever. here's the deal. when you put in your credit card and say i'm going to fill up your tank, they have to make sure there's enough money to fill up the tank. the gas station decides how much of a hold they put on it. for years and years it was 50 bucks. until recently it was $100. when gas prices got high, about six months ago, it went up to $125. it's supposed to come off. but it can come off within minutes or within a week. visa says they have three days to get it off. that's too long. we need a law about that. >> thank you, michael. health news now. a new study says we're wasting billions of dollars on vitamins we don't need. >> here's the wellness report. >> dietary supplements are a $37 billion a year business. that's according to the national institute of health. but there is mounting evidence

that vitamin and mineral supplements aren't as effective in preventing chronic diseases or in slowing their progression. what's more, some nutrients may be harmful if taken in large doses. studies suggested that almost half of adults take a dietary supplement according to the centers for disease control and prevention. the national institute of health say the money we may be spending may be just going to waste. even though you're not pouring mountains much salt over everything you eat, you still might be consuming more sodium than the recommended 2300 milligrams per day. now, it's easy to see why. the centers for disease control say when food companies and restaurants pour salt into their products, 89% of u.s. adults were consuming more salt than recommended between 2009 and 2012. scientists are hailing a breakthrough in alzheimer's research.

researchers found blocking a receptor in the brain could protect against the mem rip and behavior changes seen in the progression of alzheimer's disease. the study's findings point to the disease being halted potentially if information in the brain is reduced. from the nasdaq market site, i'm joy a das. here's to your health. when should you be getting a mammogram? the new recommendations for women. dan is here with a look at what's coming up on abc 7 news at 5:00. thanks very much. a recall tonight for children's cold medicine. we'll have the details next. vandalism at a little league snack bar. why organizers say the attack is particularly vicious. plus, the man who almost failed high school and is now the state's assembly speaker. those stories and more when we

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at 8:00, the bachelor followed by the bachelor live at 10:00. then abc 7 news at 11:00. the final recommendations on when a woman should get a mammogram were released a few hours ago. >> the u.s. preventive services is meant to influence women and their doctors. >> lyanne melendez is in the newsroom with the details. >> most women over 40 were told to start getting a routine mammogram once a year. that blanket policy recommendations has since changed. >> the value of mammography increases with age. women who are older are more likely to benefit from the regular mammography screening. women between the ages of 50 and 74 have the greatest benefit. >> the doctor is the vice chair of the u.s. preventive services task force which in 2009 made that first recommendation and caused a stir. today, once again, the task force is standing by this advice, but is not against women getting screened as early as 40,

especially those who are at high risk for breast cancer. risk factors include age, race, family history, personal health history, early menstruation and late menopause. ucsf is currently conducting clinical trials to come up with a personalized breast cancer risk assessment for individual women in the study. >> if your risk is particularly high, like you have a mutation in brc 1 or 2, some combination that makes it extremely high risk, you should be screened perhaps every six months. >> the breast cancer fund is a group that say when to get tested should be left up to the patient and her doctor. >> it's important that that's taken into account and we don't try to say there's a one size fits all treatment. or detection for breast cancer. >> the federal task force also recommends in most cases a mammogram every two years. in san francisco, lyanne

melendez, abc 7 news. two of the richest people in the world are showing serious interest in a new cancer test. >> tech giants bill gates and jeff base owes are leaving a $100 million round of funding for a new company called grail. this girl is developing a blood -- it's going to develop cancer much much earlier. >> the test using a liquid biopsy, which scans the bloodstream for signs of cancer, dna which can indicate that a tumor is forming. got to think that would be a complete game changer in terms of cancer detection. >> absolutely. we want to thank you for joining us for this edition of abc 7 news at 4:00 to the. i'm a.m. i daetz. >> i'm larry beil. i was anxious a little bit. >> i feel nervous. >> the first fatal shooting on a train on b.a.r.t. it happened over the weekend. did on-board cameras capture

pictures of the gunmen. whether to decide to stop the nfl from using a kid's soccer park. you see the face-off in park. >> new turf going in at levi stadium. since the 49ers have problems, why do they think it stands up to el nino and the super bowl. >> more rain is in the forecast. >> i'm meteorologist sandhya patel, wet and windy weather on the way. our timeline coming up. looks like they're in -- >> we'll close this station out to anybody coming in. >> cell phone video captures the deadly shooting on a b.a.r.t. train. but is there video of the gunman? good evening, thanks for joining us i'm kristin zee. >> i'm dan ashley. they're not releasing many details on the killing aboard a b.a.r.t. train. he shot another passenger and ran off the train at the west

oakland station. sergio quintana is there. investigators of -- the first the video that might be available aboard the train cars. also trying to access any of the video from station's cameras. the second is actually trying to identify the body of the dead person. some commuters are concerned about saturday night's murder on board a b.a.r.t. tlan but many said they had little choice but to use the system to get to work and home again. >> the b.a.r.t. is supposed to be safe. at least we think it's supposed to be safe. i'm a little concerned. but honestly, not really. i ride b.a.r.t. pretty often. i haven't really encountered anything similar to that. >> b.a.r.t. police are piecing together exactly what happened. investigators have not released any new information on this case and b.a.r.t. public information officers repeated the request for interviews. of the station is in board

member's malay's business. he's out of town on business but i talked to him by phone about the victim. >> the person in our hearts and condolences go out to them and their families. it was a targeted attack. >> malay says b.a.r.t. train cars do have cameras inside. not all of them record video. it's not clear if it was captured by the on board cameras. it's not easy for them to access video that was recorded. >> to get the recordings, we have to take trains outs of service and get the recordings from underneath the train in order to get in them for an investigative review. >> complicating the investigation further, the alameda county coroner's office is having difficulty identifying the victim. that's because he isn't showing up on any state databases. so he might be from out of california, possibly out of country. sergio quintana, abc 7 news. the families of two