university employee at his home in 2004. when the verdict was read cosby hung his red lashing out and cursing at the district attorney when he tried to have him sent straight to prison. cosby's team says this isn't the end. >> we think mr. cosby is guilty over. >> one big difference in this trial, jurors were allowed to hear from five additional cosby accusers, the prosecution claiming showing a spreader to pattern but in closing arguments the defense team said all of the accusers factored the stories for money fame or attention. going on to blast the me too movement describing it as mob mentality on emotion and anger. the accuser feel the system is back being them up. >> we are vindicated validated. >> this jury has shown that the me too -- what the me too movement is saying is that women areworthy of being believed. >> we're told when the verdict was read in court many of the accusers burst out into tears of

joy. now bill cosby faces up to 30 years in prison, essentially a life sentence for the 80-year-old comedian. norris town, pennsylvania. one of the five women to testify in the retrial was a former abc 7 news employees, janice baker kin judge. >> he was 24 at the time working as a bar tend ner reason o when she says cosby assaulted her. abc 7 news reporter lyanne melendez continuing our team coverage with the bay area reaction lyanne. >> reporter: you have to remember the five women were not called to testify in the first trial in june of 2017. which ended in a mistrial. but in the retrial, same case, they were. and that proved to be a game changer. >> thank you all for being here. >> reporter: the district attorney for montgomery county, pennsylvania, read the names of the five women whose testimony helped find bill cosby guilty. >> heidi thompson. janice dickerson.

janice baker kinny and elise. >> one of them janice baker kinny met cosby during a piazza party at a home where he was staying. >> i was sexually assaulted by him in may of 1982. >> her reaction today, this may be the end of mr. cosby, but this victory is just the beginning for many of us to fight for justice to do the right thing and suppor every person who has ever been shamed and humiliated and blamed. >> it took a great deal of courage in the beginning many were not believed. >> do i believe he is guilty? yeah i'll tell you right now he i do. >> comedian brian copeland knew cosby and opened for him during his bay area shows. >> it shows you really don't know anybody. you really don't know anybody. this was somebody who met two diameterically opposed lives. >> copeland says the accusations and today's verdict will forever tarnish cosby's reputation.

>> reporter: and many did not believe the women. and ironically it was another stand-up comedian, hannibal burris who brought up the allegations by mocking cosby can see and calling him a rapist. he told the audience to google bill cosby rape once leaving the show. that skit evenly changed the lives of nearly 60 women. in the newsroom, lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. thank you so much. well the cosby case is the first celebrity assault trial since the me too movement began last fall. >> and today strong reaction from the leading voices in the movement. kristen sze with more on that part of the story kristen. larry and ama his original trial ended in a mistrial last june before actress melissa alone an ignited with the tweet. if you've been sexually assaulted write me too as a apply to the tweet.

the hashtag caught on with the idea that victims could be believed. hollywood actresses spoke out against harvey weinstein and brought down the powerful movie producer long rumored of improprieties. women marched in cities across america. and from sacramento to washington laws are being rewritten to hold perpetrators accountable. now one of cosby's accuseder lily bernhard credit me too for in very dirchtd hollywood ending. >> sure. but today this jury has shone that the me too dsh what the me too movement is saying is that women areworthy of being believed. >> so believability and also strong reaction today from hollywood, actress rose mcgown a weinstein accuser tweets cosby is guilty. i'm sorry if you loved a lie. his victims can now exhail. thank you, judge and jury. thank you, society for waking up. and a leading voice for me too in sacramento is state democratic party women caucus

share kristine pelosi. she says the verdict will only boost the movement. >> to the next bill cosby out there we're coming for you with a different set of laws, a different set of attitudes, a different set of jury instructions than we had and actress and activist susan sandraen tweeted a response with bill cosby's guilty verdict i hope the women find piece and that all those who haven't been able to find justice in other instances with other men have hope that they too will be heard. zero tolerance of sexual harassment. larry and ama. >> thank you. and we have more coverage on the website, abc7news.com including details from inside the courtroom and a time line of events in the case. we have breaking news in the golden state killer case. the sacramento county district attorney's office tells abc news that investigators tracked down the suspect using genology

websites. investigators used dna from a crime scene and compared it to again editic family tree profiles available online. the sacramento be reports after a long period of time the dd.a. 50i6d joseph james deangelo as a suspect last thursday. they collected his macfrom something that he threw away. they made a final match monday. arresting him at his home early yesterday morning. we continue to learn more about deangelo whom police say murdered 12 and raped dozens of others. abc 7 news anchor eric thomas live in the citrus heights neighborhood. and eric understandably many people shocked by the arrest. >> they are indeed. that's the home us. imineeh bcened technicians have been on the scene all day long gathering evidence. we saw some coming out what appeared to be ammunition boxes into a truck here. as you mentioned deangelo lived

here for years, unsuspected by people who also lived around him. this case has drawn a lot of attention in the past few days. >> crazy that he lived so close to only three miles down the sfreet. >> reporter: madison miller and her mom traveled the three miles from their home to watch police carry bags of evidence out of the suspect house. be ann miller wilson has been haunted by the case since she was a little girl. >> when i was 11 years old he killed two people across from the street from my house. >> 72 ymd joseph james deangelo is accuse ds of murdering a dozen people and raping 507 during appear crime spree streding from the mid-'70s through the '80s. he managed to evade capture 40 years until dna evidence provided the break detectives needed. >> it's always affected me. i'm kind of paranoid. >> deangelo is a former police officers is worked in exiter 199you a purn in the sierra

foothills. niklas winnic was his police chief when deangelo worked there. >> this is an z officer that has credibility, ethics problems and we investigated and terminated him because of it. >> winnic says he fierpd deangelo after an investigation proved he shop lifted a hammer and dog repellent from a store. >> you devote a career to law enforcement you hate to see a police officer accused of crimes of this nature. seymour rapist, mass murderer terrible. >> he never left the area. it's so arrogant. you know, that he damaged so many people's lives and futures they were supposed to have, and he is arrogant enough to live amongst us. it's sickening. >> reporter: a lot of neighbors have been drawn here to the scene, as you can see. we are told that crime scene technicians have been looking for possible murder weapons inside the home as well as tring ets that the golden state killer might have kept from some of his

victims. and larry, you mentioned the arrest that came very early yesterday morning. we are told that when police got here, sheriff's deputies made the arrest, deangelo told them that he had a roast in the oven. the deputy said don't worry, we'll take care of that. the crime spree went across ten counties in california, some of the charges, the early charges have only been filed here in sacramento county. we are waiting charges from some of the other counties. live in citrus heights, eric thomas abc 7. >> thank you. the elusive golden state killer eluded the family as documented in the best seller. about 100 homes were sand rack. detective bill mcgowan staked out the a home after receiving a tip from neighbors. his son bret mcgowan was overjoyed when he heard news of

the arrest. >> it brings a lot of closure to my family. and i'm sure it brings a lot more closure to the victims and the families that were affected by in guy. >> bret believes his father was one of the first to suspect the ran seeker was the same man known as the east area rapist as well as the golden state killer. our coverage of this case continues at 40. abc 7 news reporter david louie talking to south bay authorities about two crimes the killer is accused of there and way no charges can be filed in those cases. that's coming

crews are demolishing an unfinished apartment complex in cong cord after a suspicious fire weakened it and cause to do to collapse. sky 7 flew above the complex while heavy equipmenter to through it. the some of it continues to smolder. so far fire investigators haven't been able to go inside because it's too unstable. >> there is no life or property at risk here. we are being deliberate and taking our time and making sure that all the different players here are coordinated we don't put anything asset richk. >> firefighters are remain on the scene sprays hot spots and expect to find more hot spots as demolish teams tear through. turning totd forecast now you may have noticed a little cooler than average. >> a live live look outside from the roof camera. still nice, a warm up on the with i but some people could be damaging rain drops. expenser is here with more. >> although the skies mainly clear cool marine air flows in. you can see the 24 hour temperature change shows locations around the bay area four or five degrees cooler than this time yesterday. mid-50s on the coast and here in san francisco. low 60s around the bay and the mildest locations inland most only in the upper 60s. here is the fog forecast

starting a the 7:00 this evening. and we'll see the fog gradually moving out over the bay. pushing inland as it has the last several nights, 5:00 tomorrow morning as the commute gets under way visibility will be significantly reduced because of the lingering fog. but a little bit clearer in the afternoon and then sprinkles i'll tell you more about them in just a you few minutes. >> we look forward to that thank you. the silicon valley community foundation placinged ceo emmett carson on paid leave amid allegations he permit add toxic work culture. the foundation issued a statement saying carson will be on leave until further notice while an inzpenlt counsel leads an investigation. the moves comes a week after the top lieutenant resigned following sexual harassment complaints. at that time according to a report today by our media partner, the mercury news carson insisted the foundation doesn't tolerate inappropriate conduct of anykind. that prompted a outcry from workers who accused him of dismissing their complaints.

>> a allegation from a state agency to be costly for uber. in addition to being a ride sharing sharing service they are sar saying they shall shall a charter party carrier. as limousines. ner ordering to uber to pay fees the past three years and register as a charter party carrier. at this point the ruling replies only to uber and not to other onlyide sharing companies that might include lyft. a new lawsuit accuses north korea of breaking international law. auto warmbier died after a year in north korean custody. now his parents accuse kim jong un's regime of torture. a small legal victory for president trump's personal attorney. ruling from a judge who will sort through the documents seized in raids. it could be the latest instagramworthy museum popping up in california.

caltrans workers honor fallen colleagues at the state capital. the ceremony included a tribute to a toll collector killed on the job at the bay bridge. her name appeared on a traffic cone outside the capital. hahn died after a suspected drunk driver plowed into her toll booth last december. other cones bore the names of other cal advance employees who died on the job. most hit by cars while cleaning and fixing california highways. >> these folks are out there working hard though fix years of unfunded maintenance projects. they are working for your safety. please help our workers stay safe while timothy any fix the

roadways. >> 188 caltrans workers died on the job since 1921. >> now to president trump's legal battles high pressure miss poernl attorney michael coisn't saying he will plead the fifth in the stormy daniels civil case. this as lawyers for cohen and the president were back in court trying to get a first look at documents seized by the fbi. abc news reporter has the latest. >> reporter: a small legal victory for president trump's long-term personal attorney michael cohen. judge kimba wood appointed barbara jones a former attorney to act agency special master sorting through the material from seized on raids on cohen as hotel and home. it's instead of having the feds do the job on their own. the document dispute threatened to delay the criminal investigation targeting cohen. today on fox news, president trump downplayed the

relationship. >> as a percentage of my overall legal work a tiny fraction. but my goal would represent me and represent me on some things. he represented like with the crazy stormy daniels deal. he represented me. from what i see he did nothing wrong. >> prosecutors seized on the president's comments say fudge cohen did such little legal work there shouldn't be many privileged records to find and no reason to delay the investigation. cohen has acknowledged entering into a hush agreement with stormy daniels shormt before the 2016 election to conceal the affair she claims to have had with president trump in 2006. the white house defies the affair. cohen has said the $130,000 payment mad made to daniels came from personal funds. but questions have been raised whether the payment was an illegal campaign donation rich the attorney for daniels says cohen seized files may contain secret information about her. >> once the documents are sorted federal prosecutors will lock

for everyday that michael cohen committed add crime. whatever may be in his files, white houses told us they're more concerned about investigation than they are about the special counsel russia investigation. abc news new york. >> on the lighter side there is a museum dedicated to california's state fruit. they say missing out on it would be the pits. sorry. pop-up museum sbritding the avocado is opening in san diego in june. called cado. ofrpg multisensory experiences learning how to pick a gaucworthy avocado p. since the museum is made up 16 shipping containers that can beup rooted and moved it might come to bay area. tickets are $27 already on sale. sounds like fun. >> for sure. turning to weather.

>> guacamole eating weather. >> every day. do you believe i'm ashamed to admit this. one of the plant based foods i don't like is avocado. i like every fruit and vegable -- it's a texture. too mushy squishy. let's talk weather. a look at live doppler 7 mainly sunny right now. but clouds are building on the coastline. this is the pattern since about tuesday now. so here is our wider view of what's generating this flow of cool marine air. we have this storm system well offshore. and the counterclockwise circulation there is pushing that cool marine aaron the low clouds in our direction. and maybe even sprinkles by tomorrow. right now, though, it's dry. a view from sutro tower where it's 56 degrees. other temperatures reading in 60 in oakland. 67 in san jose. 70 in gilroy. 5 a at half moon bay. check out this view from east bay hills. you can see the clouds lowering

and getting thicker now. it's 65 up north in santa rosa. mid-to upper 60s appear napa novato and concord and livermore. a live view from mount ta. m looking to the weftd northwest. blue skies. low clouds way off in the distance there. and these are the forecast features. we see a mix of clouds and fog overnight. sprinkles are possible tomorrow. and saturday. and the cooler than average pattern will last through the weekend before we get a little bit of a warm-up early next week. overnight look for the pattern we've seen about all week long. low clouds cooing across the bay and locally inland mixed with higher clouds as well. low temperatures will be mainly in the upper 40s to around 50 overnight. a little cool ner the north bay valleys where we see a few low 40s. and tomorrow's highs under breezy conditions range from mid-to upper 50s at the coast around the bay look for 63 at oakland. 64 in san mateo and even inland we'll see mid-to upper 60s. cooler than average tomorrow. but it will be a pleasant day. we mietd see a couple of

sprinkles tomorrow. the chance isn't great. but they'll be widely scattered. baseball, the dodgers will be in town for a weekend series with the giants starting tomorrow added 7:15. gamt 5 a degrees cool, partly cloudy, breezy, the weather you expect at at&t park during baseball season. the forecast animation starring at 5:00 we see low clouds around. and then they'll start to pull back to the coastline by about 12:30 or so. midday. and then by 8:00 tomorrow night looking at clouds surging back to the coastline once again. you see the sprinkles pushing to the north bay there. late tomorrow night into early saturday morning. we might see scattered sprinkles into the midday on saturday. late tomorrow into saturday seems like about the best time for any rainfall that may occur. and rainfall totals will probably be less than .03 of an inch for the bay area. accuweather seven-day forecast.

maybe sprinkles on saturday. friday night and saturday. partly cloudy droi and sunday. and start to get a bit of a warming trend as i almost fell off the chair. >> that's not good. >> not good. midweek next week temperatures get back to the seasonal average around 80 degrees inland. >> no avocado spencer. >> and no falling off the chair. >> more avocado for us. >> don't even know who you are anymore. if you're looking to get moving whether by walking or dancing, there is plenty to do this weekend. ideas from the partners at hood li

britains prince harry asked his older brother to be his best man. prince william says he is honored to have been asked and is very much looking forward to supporting his brother. harry serve as best man to william at his wedding two kate middleton in 2011. harry and megan markle are set to be married at st. george's

chapel in i understander on may 19th. 600 guests have been invited followed by an evening reception for 200 people. abc news will have complete coverage of the royal wedding. there will abspecial edition of good morning america the day of the wedding saturday may 19th. robin roberts and david muir will anchor live from windsor, england. if you are looking for something fun in weekend we have got you covered. jess qua castro from abc 7 mornings has some ideas along with our partners at hoodline. >> get ready fore the week. shimy disc o, walk. plenty of events to get your heart pumping bay area dance week celebrates two decades. starting this weekend. and goes through next sunday. it's one of the country as largest and most inclusive dance celebrations. and this year's festival kicks off at san francisco city hall on friday added noon with a silent disc o adventure. a huge group will dance simultaneously to audio tracks on head phones. should be a pretty cool sight to see. we have a link on the website to

learn the dance moves. on a related note check out the oakland dance festival. it's at jack london square this saturday from noon to 8:00 p.m. last year there were over 9,000 people. the organizers tells me she has been overwhelmed by the response. and she is a dance teach near started the event to get people together. march for dimes march for babies in san francisco is this saturday. registration starts at 8:00 a.m. the walk starts at 9:00 a.m. the start and finish line will be at the great meadow at for the mason. you've likely heard of the week now in the 47th year history across the nation. take a three-mile walk and help raise money to give all moms and baby as healthy start. abc 7 news is a proud sponsor and my colleague jonathan bloom will host the walk. stop by aand say hi. for more information on the events and more just go to abc7news.com and we'll link you up to hoodline. i'm jess qua castro have a great weekend. lots td to do.

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making headlines at 40. bill cosby remains freon bail for now after a jury convicted him on sexual assault charges. the 80-year-old faces up to 10 years in prison for each of his three convictions. so 30 max. sentencing will take place within the next 90 day pps cosby plan foss appeal. three of cosby's accusers broke down in tears after that verdict was read. and they embraced outside the courtroom in pennsylvania. there are still some small fires flaring up in concord today. crews began demolishing the burned out apartment complex. arson investigators will not go inside that building until structural engineers deem that it's safe. police in the south bay believe the man suspected of being the golden state killer might be linked to some local sexual assault cases there. but even if that is the case prosecutors will not be able to charge joseph james deangelo. abc 7 news reporter david louie explains. >> reporter: while joseph deangelo may eventually be linked to two san jose rape

cases from 1978, the prosecutors will not be able to charge him with the crimes. the statute of limitations for rape at that time was 10 years. the law was changed two years ago eliminating the time limit on rape charges. santa clara county chief assistant district attorney jay boresky was pushing for a change after 20 years after handling the case of a 7-year-old victim. even if deangelo could be tried for rape today he would get a break on sentencing if convicted. >> back in late 1970s someone that committed a rape and even used a fireman, the most time they would be facing in prison is about 7 years. now that same conduct would be 25 years to life. >> reporter: no one except the victim victims themselves cannot know the anguish of not seeing a victim face trial. in deangelo's case he can be put on trial for murder because the murder has no statute of limb

limitation. lori smith says an alleged murderer would receive punishment. >> if he went to prison for murder i would be okay with that as long as being he is locked up. >> the prosecutor showed a flow chart which he described as a rubiks cube in orde to file r5i7 charges. it's a complicated process. the two san jose victims are in 50s and siksds. one of them told the prosecutor memories of assault persist. ? san jose, david louie abc 7 news. and deangelo is scheduled to appear in court in sacramento county tomorrow. and abc 7 news will be there. we have more coverage on the golden state killer on abc 7 news.com including what happens for the $50,000 reward offered for tips leading to his capture. the a defiant environmental protection agency administrator scott pruitt on the hot seat on capitol hill today facing tough questions during two congressional hearings. abc news reporter southeasterna marshal joins with us the latest

in wrkt. >> reporter: ama that hearing was supposed to be on the president's 34% budget cut to the epa intsz laurms focused on accusations of improper spending by the administrator. >> cooperation and maintaining order. >> another battle for another embattled trump cabinet pick. scott pruitt faced off with lawmakers today following numerous reports of possible ethica misconduct. >> you have failed as a steward of american taxpayer dollars and our environment. >> the epa administrator has been accuse ds of giving two top aides and personal friends large salary hikes even after the white house refused to sign off. spending $45,000 on the soundproof phone booth for his office and his facing an official inquiry that began after abc news breck the details of his $50 a night rental deal for a bedroom in a capitol hill condo from the wife of a d.c. lobbyist who has energy industry clients. >> i have nothing to hide.

>> pruitt unapology editic as members from both sides of the aisle had tough words. >> you are unfit to hold public office and undeserving the public trust. >> i consider this narrative to be a distraction one the committee can't ignore. >> after saying he wasn't aware of the spending like the pay raises. >> i was not aware of the amount. >> not the amount were you aware of the raises. >> i was not aware of the amount. >> pruitt admitted he gave let chief of staff the authority to grant some staff raises. and that the cost of the secure phone booth was excessive. after the hours of grilling on capitol hill inside the white house sources tell us pruitt has virtually no support except for the president. but as another source said that's the only one that matters. live in washington, southeasterna michele, abc 7 news. ama. >> and southeasterna also another administration official confirmed today. >> reporter: that's right mike pompeo has been confirmed by the senate as the new secretary of state. and he hit the ground running

already swoern in and on his way to brussels for a nato summit. of course he has a stocked agenda with trying to plan the meeting for the president with north korean leader kim jong un. ama. >> thank you so much for that update. and the white house just released photoeds of mike pompeo meeting kim jong un. this happened during a visit to pyongyang during the easter weekend. >> a historic summit meeting between north and south korea about to get under way. we have video from a few innocent ago. the moon jae-in the motorcade hitting to the demilitarized zone. they will plant a tree together and respect an honor guard after kim walks across the border. this is the only the third team the leads will meet in the south. the talks will focus on north korea's nuclear program. meanwhile, the parents of at o warmbier are suing north korea saying their son was brutally tortured and murdered by kim jong un's criminal regime. any allege the country violated

international law. according to their complaint, north korean officials forced the 22-year-old warmbier to make a false statement confessing to invented accusation that is he was a spy. he was held for a year and a half before finally being released last year. and at that point he was in a coma dying a few days later. president trump ace choice to leave the department of veterans affairs has withdrawn from consideration process a statement dr. ronny jackson called the allegations false and factored. ackson is accused of multiple allegationless including giving out perk set without a prescription and wrecking a government car while intoxicated. president trump blafrpted the process this morning on fox news. >> he would have done a great job a tremendous heart. these are false accusations. >> wait a minute. >> these are false -- thaeg trying to destroy a man. >> nearly two dozen of his current around florm colleagues told the senate committee overseeing the commission he was abusive, volatile and the worst officer i have ever served with.

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the ten biggest school districts in colorado were shut down as teachers protested school funding at the state capitol. the teachers dawned red shirts and swarmed the capitol building in denver. thousands of teachers are taking part in rally the next two days. more than half a million students are affected. it's the latest in a series of demonstrations in recent weeks in colorado and across the country. police in phoenix, arizona say more than 50,000 teachers in and supporters have taken to the streets in a historic statewide strike. food walkout is a unprecedented action to demand more education funding in a state with few union protections. the job action is expected to

shut down 90 school districts and keep hundreds of thousands of of students out of the classroom. wait until you see this. fans of transformer toys and movies are lofrg this. japanese engineers have inveiled a robot that transforms into a car. and it carry people actually. really? they say it's the first ever such accomplishment in the history of robots. this robot is 12 feet tall, it transforms into a sports car, takes about a minute to do that. it they say it walks added a speed of less than a miles an hour. orr run on four wheels or roll, i guess. but developers say they have never tested this outside the factory. just -- the idea you could do it at all to create that and then like it could go. remarkable. >> apparently. let's turn to our weather. it's looking good for a nice ride outside. >> human spencer christian. nothing robotic about this presentation. a look at live doppler 7 mainly clear at the moment but a few clouds around and low clouds building on the coastline which has been the pattern all week.

meanwhile in the sierra an outbreak of numerous thunderstorms and lightning strikes with heavy downpours that's going right now as we speak. a little bit of unstable atmosphere there over the syrah. back to the bay area where things are more stable overnight we an increase in low clouds and higher clouds. overnight lows mainly in the upper 40s to around 50 degrees. relatively mild overnight. a little cool ner the north bay valleys. breezy at the coast where highs will be in the upper 50s. around the bay we see highs in the low to mid-60s and up o'er 60s inland. cooler than average. the three-day tahoe forecast calls for gustedy winds. up to 40-mile-per-hour. mostly cloudy. and a chance of more thunderstorms moving through noe area on saturday and sunday. meanwhile in the bay area our accuweather seven-day forecast looks quiet through the weekend but cooler than average. and a chance of isolated sprinkles late tomorrow and saturday. then we'll get a milder pattern

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last week was the 112th anniversary of the 1906 san francisco earthquake. and seismologists say california is due. dr. lucy jones has a book out called the big ones how natural disasters shaped us. what we can do about that. you go back to pompei, the volcanic eruption. you have researched the tragedies in history. what was your goal in writing the book. >> working as a seismologist and ether scientist with a more expansive view ever time than most. i realized i came to a different understanding of disasters as natural processes. and the process of talking to media, talking to people over decades gave me understanding how people think about them.

i took the stories of these older catastrophes to explore both the science but also the social science. what's the sclolg behind how we p>> are we ready here now? >> we are better than we used to be but not all the way. one of our biggest issues is you know when we learn that a building is not going to survive it doesn't dis. the building codes are as good as theabling in place. the potential death threat is a big issue. and then the potential economic disruption from the weak infrastructure. and the new building are only built to not kill you. if you can crawl out alive but a total financial loss. there is a law in front of the state legislator right now to move to having permanent building, not disposable. >> where are you are won the

early earthquake system. japan has it china has it mexico has bits and pieces. >> there is a prototype across the northwest pacific and california. we need stable funding and a distribution system. we haven't gotten the mechanism for dribing it. it needs steady funning to count on it. >> what needs to be done to prepare worldwide? >> i think the biggest issue is we need to believe in the threat and we need to believe that we can do something about it. we are so afraid of the randomness of the disasters. we keep focused on why did it happen to me and not someone else? but if intsz we say it's inevitable what can i do to prevent the damage, because the hazard is inevitable. but the disaster is not. and we need to believe that. >> you wrote about katrina how the poor are more heavily impacted. these are tragic stories.

>> they have been depressing in some ways to put together. there is an aspect that the poor live in worse housing and have less resources to respond. there is also a human need to blame somebody. and all too often we blame the outsider. and in america african-americans have suffered disprorpgs knitlyi a lot sf racism after the even and not before. other countries turned on other other populations as well. >> if you want to learn more there is a book signing at a great good place for books in oakland's montclair neighborhood. thanks for coming in. >> thanks for having me. ama. thank you larry. southwest airlines says bookings are down since the fatal accident on one of its planes. a passenger died last week when a fan blade broke off a dallas bound plane engine. causing sh raple no shatter the window next to the william. it was the first fatality in the southwest history. and the first fatality in nine

years. they attribute the drop in bookings to the decision to pull all advertising since the accident. another factor is cutting into airline profits. this time it's the rising cost of fuel. >> "7 on your side" michael finney joins us with that story and other consumer news. all the cheap flights to europe $343. . . and fuel prices going up? yeses it p soaring jet fuel prices are blamed for falling profits over at american airlines. and that's going to cost you. chief executive doug parker says americans first quarter profits was down 45% to $186 million. analyst say passengers will be expectsed to pick up some of that loss. but in this competitive atmosphere it won't be easy for the airline to raise prices at least not substantially. staying on the topic of airlines delta, united and alaska were the top three airlines for on time arrivals in february. that's according to the latest numbers from the department of transportation. delta united and hawaiian had

the lowest rate of cancellations as well. the research says airline service was better across the board. complaintsy down almost 28% from passengers, compared to the month before. first employers told their workers they shouldn't expect to hang around for a rung career. turn around is fair play. workers are telling employers don't expect to have me very long. a new met life study shows 40% of millennials plan to leave to pursue free lanes opportunities at some point. that's part of a larger group of younger employers. 74% who say they're interested in free lanes work. the study found employees want their work to reflect their values, interests and aspirpgss and the flexibility of free lanesing allows for those kind of opportunities. now i want to hear from you, the "7 on your side" hotline is open monday through friday from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. the telephone number is

45-954-8151. you can reach me at facebook and abc7news.com plan to-free lance soon larry. >> unless you know something i don't know. >> there is talk. >> nice. it's a native plant that appears in sonoma county spring lake every year. but now it's running wild. what officials think is a possible reason it relates to the negotiating bay wildfires. >> right now a dan is here with a look at news at 5:00. new at 5:00 a twist in the ruben foster violence case. his girlfriend says saying she made the story up plus. she is chasing him out of the store get out don't come back here. ends. >> a woman witnesses a store other than rusing racial slurs when the owner is telling abc 7 news. how obviousen cubs are becoming a. family. those

font in primetime on abc 7 grays anatomy at 8:00. followed by the season premiere ever quan quo added 10:00. then stay with us for abc 7 news added 11:00. a bit of mystery in sonoma county a certain plant growing like crazy. >> the concern is where it's groiing. and the cause is a matter of speculation. here is abc 7 news reporter wayne friedman. >> reporter: at spring lake in sonoma county there is a not so subtle contrast between the

wildlife and along the shoreline life running wild. >> it's mucky muck. >> more like a murky mucky muck appeared in the last few weeks. >> it's noticeable and spread. >> well it was like it was but there was a strip in the middle going across the whole lake. >> you're looking at a native plan. azola, according to the regional parks it's having a banner year. >> we have azola in almost every pond or lake in sonoma county at some level. >> to this degree? >> not to this degree. >> azola appears in this lake almost every spring but never this quantity. the difference this year the water appears to have more newt treents and the source. >> fire retardant. planes blanketed this region with the orange stuff which contains fertilizer. as much as 10% in some cases. some of that may have worked into the runoff. >> it's possible.

i'm not ruling it out. >> know there may be other environmental factors ranging from water temperature to depth to sediment. whatever it may be, the county says it's neither dangerous nor permanent. in fact it's edible in some parts of the world but not here, please. said mom. added spring lake? sonoma county. wayne sacrificedman, abc 7 news. well some lakes have more than others, we're told that at least one pond along a hiking trail is completely covered. if you have questions though it's best to contact the sonoma county regional parks in advance. reminder you can get the latest news any type we have the upgraded app. more customization and personalized push alerteds to get more of of the news you want delivered to your phone and in realtime. that's doing it for abc 7 news at 4:00. thanks for joining us ama daetz. >> i'm larry beil. abc 7 news at 5:00 starts now. he was just an average every

day joe. >> except police say that regular guy was also a killer. we are learning tonight how genology websites broke this case wide open. bay area victims feel like they can turn a corner. >> just going to stand there and -- i'm out here. it's a wonderful feeling. >> also ahead tonight. where is making up the stories. >> it's been stressful for me. >> what happened inside the emeryville store that could have repercussions throughout the city zblgs live, where you live, this is abc 7 news. we begin tonight with new information on how investigators tracked down the suspected golden state killer case. good evening i'm dan ashley. >> i'm kristen sze. sacramento county prosecutors determined that investigators tracked joseph deangelo down with help from genology website containing again etic information of a relative.

>> steve grippy told the sacramento bee that conversion inventoryinged pains taking collected dna website a from a crime sand and followed clues to the individual family trees to determine potential suspects. >> according to the bee the process came to fruition last thursday when investigators realized deangelo might be a suspect. >> they set up surveillance on deangelo and obtained dna from something he threw away got a dna match on monday, and then arrested him tuesday nighted. >> police say deangelo struck fear in the hearts of people from sacramento to san francisco to los angeles for more than a decade. >> and abc 7 news anchor eric thomas spentd the day in the citrus heights neighborhood where people are shocked by his arrest. >> it's always affected me. i'm paranoid. >> the golden state killer case haunted and fast nature alan miller wilson since she was little. that's why she brought her daurtd to the home to