♪ the next time you fly out of terminal one at oakland airport, you'll see a new hi-tech security deve to screen passengers. >> joing us from oakland, the first of two of these advaed imaging technology machines headed for that airport. >> yeah. they just put the first one in. the public will start walking through it today and by the ends of september, a second machine will acally be going in place in terminal two. here in the bay area there is already one of these hi-tech screening machines and it's in place at san jose. they are expected to go nationwide. now,ly what happens if the tsa officer spots something out of the ordinary on the passenger's body, that officer will notify others. >> female. righ upper leg, left arm. >> that officer is sitting in a

separate isolated room from the public screening area. that person will tell other tsa officers they've noticed something. the separation of screening versus the viewing of images is in place for passger privy reasons. the machines use advanced imaging technology to screen passengers for metallic and non-metallic threats. that includes weapons and explosiveshat could be concead under a passenger's clothes. the backscatter imaging technology projects beems over the body creating a reflection. within a few seconds you get an image that pops up on the screen. the tsa has 137 units nationwide and are proving themselves useful. >> advance imaging technology has led to over 70 prohibited illegal or dangerous items at checkpoints natioide since january this year. >> now, the tsa officers never make physical contact with

passengers unless they find something suspicion on them and they need to do a patdown. the amount of radiation is equivalent to two minutes of flight on an airplane at altitude. the whole point is stay on top and strength security because they've got so many evolvg threats to aviation security. with more money from the federal government, about 450 units will be in place at airports nationwide. live at oakland, theresa garcia, abc 7 news. >> all right, theresa. thanks. san francisco may be on the verge of making history again over banng plastic bags. today a proposal will go to city supervisors to expand the ba to all retairs, not just supermarkets andhain stores. terry mceeney joins us from city hall and, ter, this could be the toughest law in the nation. >> it would be. right now large supermarkets and the big drugstore chains cannot be ging out standard plastic bags to its customers. san francisco the first to get that law on the books.

now anoer law is going to be proposed and this would take the plastic bags away from the mom and pop stores, the book shops and department stores. now, one place where plastic bags seem to be everywhere, if you've been out to san francisco's chinatown, impossible to miss the bags handed out at small grocery and specialty shops. under the proposal, replying bags can only be used for few certain purposes. bulk items, wrapping meter poultry, dry cleaning, wrapping newspapers. we talked to one residentho says there's going to be a big problem in chinatown. here it is. >> the problem is chinatown, the cost factor is very more, you know, using plastic bags has cost them less, you know, who operate than the paper bags. unlike whole food market, upscale markets that make a lot of profit. not like in chinato. so, you know, a double-edge

sword. >> joing me now is supervisor ross mcreasonny. they'r talking about cost problems in chinatown. why do you feel it needs to be expanded to ban plast bags in san francisco. >> we've been getting a free ride since the invention of plastic bags. it's a convenience run amok and gone wrong. no o's counting for the impact to our environment, the land phil. it takes a common plastic back over 500 years to degrade in the environment. right now we're literally in a hot debate about exporting our landfill business from south san francisco to other parts of california because we can keep up with the landfill cacity demand. it degrades our city street it's time we all pitch in. we should not wait for the federal government or state government to answer the call on our energy crisis or climate change crisis and overabundance and relianc on foss till fuel. it's time we do somhing about

our overusage of these materials and the plaic bag is a perfect thing to make that happen. >> all right, thanks very much. another angle on this comes from the california grocer's association. the ceo says the grocery industry believes adopti a statewid uniform standard is the best solution in proving predictabity for consumers, competitive fairnessor retailers and the greatest environmental gail for california. president of the california grocers association. his position regardless of that in front of the board of supervisors, a proposal to knock out more plastic bags from san fransco. just for san francisco but this is the city that led the nation in the previous battle and possibly leading it again as it expands anti-plastic bag ban. live in san francisc city hall, terry mcsweeney, abc 7 news. >> terry, thanks a lot. muni's efforts to crack down on crime appear to be paying off.

the examiner reports crime has dropped after spiking in the first four months of the year. the reports say in may and june there were 124 incidents reported compared to 569 incidents january through april. muni attributes the decreas to more aggressive deployment of public safety resources. this ces as san francisco superviss are expected tod to approve legislation increasing penaltie for crimes committed on muni and around muni stops. >> san francisco mayor says muni was forceded to reduce service by 10% in may because of a severe budget deficits. today the mayor said thanks to cost savin measures 61% of those cuts will be restored. that includes fully restoring light rail service and late night owl service. metropolitan trsportation agency is meeting this afterno to look at increasing pay for muni drivers.

drivers are virtually guaranteed a 6% pay raise to almost $30 san hour. that's because the city charr says muni drivers have to be the second highest-paid transit worker in the country. >> a. c. transit officials say 150 drivers called in sick this morning, a day after a judge ruled in their favor in the contract dispute. the system has been plagued with stakeouts forci cancellatis. yesterday a judge ruled the agency must stop imposing the new contract on drivers. they made that move after negotiations broke down with the worker' ion over a new contract. an a. c. transit drivers said yesterdas ruling is only the first step in solving the ongoing labor issues. >> still got go through the arbitration part of it, the situation. see how it pan out. therefore, i mean it's good for right now. so we just cross our fingers and wait, you know. >> the two sides have agreed to meet with an arbitrator later

this month to try to come up with a new contract. >> the san jose fire chie will meet with reporters for e first time today since he started the job. william mcdonald started yesterday. people hope he has ideas to put dozens of laid off firefighters back twork. they will be back to the bargaining table with city leaders wednesday. the two sides hope to work out a deal that could reinstate 4 laid off firefighters. the union unveiled its latest proposal sunday. the city says it falls at least $4 million short of the $10 million need to bring ba those workers. >> san franciscans will be voting this november on a pension and healthcare reform measure aimed at saving the city $170 miion a year. the department of elections announceds the public defendser controversl measure called s. f. smart reform qualifs after getting 49,000 ballot signures. the measure would increase the amount city employees pay into their pension.

the savings can help preserve city services and jobs, unions and mayor promised to fight to preserve the measure. >> the 27th annual national night out. the block parties encourage neighborhood cooperation and crime fighting. many bay area cities are planning night out events. oakland has one of the largest. most of the events start at 5 p.m.. for a list where you can participate in national night out, go to our website abc7news.com. look under "see it on tv." >> and still ahead coming up a list of the most ston cars and the vehicle they're not like to touc >> first the vote today that clears the way for a controversial community center near new york's ground zero. >> why scientt say california population dropped for the second year in a row.

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a new york city panel has cleared the way for a controversial near the tight of the world trade center sarah palin is among the plan's on opponents who see it as aa slap in the fast from the families of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. >> all in favor? aye. >> opposed in count that vote 9-0. >> that vote allows developers

to move forward. two blocks from ground zero, a location that hits too close to the hearts of new yorkers. >> it's a betrayal. it's a betrayal! >> proponents pledged to include a memorial to the victims of the septembe 11 terror attacks along with an intraface chapel. mayor mike bloomberg approves the project. >> this project has been rubber stamped since day one without proper thought, review, certainly no consultation to those people so harmed and hurt by it. >> several conservatives have come out agnst it sarah palin tweeting it estaishes the heart. the defamation league issues a statement saying the center is count productive to the healing process. not at all ste proponentses. >> the symboli of being close to a site that had so much tragedy emanate from it is the very site we believe will bring

about much healing. >> nine years after the attack. >> shame on you! >> shame on you! >> shame on you! >> one thing is clear. for some healing has yet to begin. >> for allhe controversy, ground breaking is a long way off. developers say they have not yet started raising funds to build the project. abc news, new york. >> the massive gulf oil spill could cost.p. more than $21 billion in fines. the announcemen from a crew that might conduct a procedure that could snuff out th well. tests are being conducted to determine if they can go ahead with what's called a static kill. it involves pumping mud and cement into the well. while it may plug the leak, the only way to make sure it's permanently plugged is fill the well from below. the massive procedure called the bottom kill. the process cannot begin until the two relief wells are finished though, possibly next

week. >> the southern sea otter population off the calirnia coast has declin the second straight year. the populati dropped 3.6% in 2009 and 11% in the pup populati. researchers ble the decrease among breeding age females. they cite a number of factors including infectious disease, toxin exposure, heart failure and malnutrition. it's already a threatened species but had been doing better until the past two years. >> meteorogist mike nicco ahead with the forecast. >> some areas seeing sunshe a little quicker than yesterday which means good news for warmer weather today. flight arrival delays into sfo of about 45 minutes. check out our flight tracker. how much cooler we're going to be over the next couple days. >> thanks, mike. also what's behind the freshman 15? which new college students are packing on the pnds?

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♪ befo we get to the what we want to te you about a traffic problem on southbou i-880 near davis street. >> two right lanes are blocked. a little oil spilled, not too much. but they're getting a tow truck on the scene and expecting

delays. >> we'll update you on that but meantime let's take a listen to mike nicco. taking its time here. >> some areas really is. other areas retreating a little quicker today. let's sh you what's going on outside and how that will afct your plans. we can see the bay bridge and parts of the east bay hills where yesterday we couldn't as we looked from south beach back to the east. anothe perspective? there we go. you can see, yeah, a little break in the cloud cover there. let's go upstairs and show you what's going on. the north bay clearing up much quicker th yesterday. so is the east bay shore. so loo for temperatures a couple degrees warmer. you see that little counterclockwise curl. that's where we see the clearing quicker. santa rosa about 5 to 7 degrees warmer than 24 hours ago at 64. still have mid to upp 50s half

moon bay, san francisco, san rafael and napa. already 75 antioch. arounds the monterey bay, santa cruz and monterey still in the 50s. low 60s dominate watsonville and mid to upp 60s salinas and gilroy. our highlights. sunny away from the coast with. the warmest day this week. cloudy, cool, a little misty tonight. the afrnoon starting tomorrow through the weekend will be even cooler tha what we've been dealing with lately and well below average. we'll lose about 7 degrees in santa rosa dow to 71. the biggest drop concord will drop from 85 today to about 75 by thursday. average high thi time of year about 87. this area of low presse sliding down the jet stream is actually going to make the jet stream build backwards. called retrogradingo the west as normally our weather moves from west to east. deepens the marine layer in the onshore flow and that's why we have our coolest days tomorrow and thursday, to a lesser extent

friday and saturday. everyby else the mid to upper 70s. san jose close to 80. millbrae low to mid-70s for the rest of us. look at the cool colors along the coast. upper 50s for you. downtown south san francisco, sausito in the low to mid-60s. 72 san rafael. mid to upper 70ss north bay valleys. mid-90s ukia and clear lake. east bay, richmond, berkeley, oakland slower. sunshine, a little breeze. low mid-70s elsewhere and the warmest weaer the east bay valleys where we hit the mid to upper 80s. 90 antioch and brendwood. morgan hill, gilroy mid-60s most of the monterebay. you can see the triple digits chico, palm springs. nice 80 in tahoe. one last stop bring it home for the a's. playing the royals at th coliseum, 7:05. becomi cloudy during the game and dropping to 60. seven-day forecast, drop 2 to 4

degrees just about everywhere tomorrow and inland around the bay another 2 to 4 degrees on thursday. lows will struggle into the upper 70s to low 80s inland through saturday. near 70 around the bay and mid-50s with cloudiness over the coast. >> thanks, mike. our normal summer weather pattern. want you to take a look at the list of cars that thieves like the best. the cadillac eslade is the most likely vehicle to be stolen. the institute says a claim is filed for one out of every 100 escalades. officials say thieves are after chromend horsepower. the other top five, magnets include the f-250 pickup and the corvet, z-06. the l to be stolen, family cars such as the volvo s-80.

look at abc7news.com, "see it on tv." >> an electronic cigarette reached a settlement in california. jerry brown announced it won't sell or adverte its batty-operated nicotine cartridges to minors. they often come in flavors like cookies,ream or strawberries that appeal to youngsters. they agree to pay $85,000 in penaies and fees and stop claiming its products are safer than real cigarettes the food and drug administration these cigarettes contain dangerous chemicals. a newhich diet is better saga. compared to low carb and low fat diets. it found after two years peoe who followed either diet lost about the same amount of weight, about 15 pounds. the key difference was in cholestel levels. low carb dieters improved good cholesterol by 23% compared to just 12% for a low fat dieter. and speaking of weight. new research might shed light on the so-called freshman 15.

that's the extra 15 pounds new college students are said to pack on during their first year. a study in the online journal found female students living in dorms with cafeterias tended to weigh more. those who lived further from the dining halls weighed less. maletudents might not be affected because they don't tend to eat as much socially.

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. today on at 5:00, tragedy on the field. a football practice claims the life of an 11-year-old northern california boy. 3-d put to the test to see if the new cameras and tv's are worth the extra money. those stories and mor at 5:00. >> that's going to do it for now. thanks for