we begin with developing news in hayward where a house to house search is on the way for three burglary suspects. >> canine and air support has joined them. cecilia vega has the story. >> this is very active crime scene. the investigation is underway. i'm going to step out the way so you can see what is going on. this is command post at darwin street in a residential

neighborhood. police are searching for at least two burglary suspects, possibly three. they are possibly inside homes here. let's take a look at video that sky 7 shot a few minutes ago. they have a portion of the neighborhood locked down. there are neighbors out in the area but as the authorities search for burglary suspects, this is still an active incident. police are searching for two to three men believed to be involved in a residential burglary. it hand around 9:30 this morning. a resident saw the suspects inside their house. that was few blocks from the command post area and they believe they fled over a few blocks away and possibly as we said are inside these homes. all we know about the suspects is that they are three

african-american males with dreadlocks. in addition to hayward police, there are bart police and chp helicopter overhead. we were also told that authorities were searching for the suspects as they got the call and the suspects begin to flee the scene. they crashed into a hayward police cruiser. it's not believed the officer was injured. we think he was outside of his car. apparently there is some damage to the patrol vehicle. we will keep you posted with the latest at 5:00 this evening. >> cheryl: thanks very much. we have very positive news in richmond about turning a toxic site into clean green jobs and open space. it will be developed around 47 the street and florida avenue. terry? >> reporter: this is the

mira flores site. if you ever seen those abandoned greenhouses, that is what we are talking about, for decades, tons of pesticides were poured on to the plants that were growing here. it got so bad it became a toxic waste site. today the city of richmond and state of california begins to change all of that. take a look at some pt representatives, meeting out here today. they are ecstatic what is going to be happening the transformation they have planned. first of all there will be a cleanup, federal and state epa is involved. federal government providing the $600,000 in seed money to clean up the area. the redevelopment area that purchased the site in 2006 is now moving ahead with a very green and job producing project. >> all the building will be green certified community and green belt that they are putting into the design as well as urban

that we think will reduce greenhouse gases and off set some of the carbon. >> by cleaning on up the site the number of jobs that are available through the hazardous material cleanup portion and when the new construction, there will be even more job opportunities. >> reporter: before i tell but the jobs. one historical note, the greenhouses were owned by a japanese family that managed to hang on them through the intew. during world war ii. car nation distribution business. some of the jobs we heard talk about are going to be available through the city of richmond but what you want to do. go to the city of richmond cleanup site or find that at abc7news.com. click on see it tv. there will be jobs that will be

available along these lines as well as solar construction which is going to be going on out there. it sounds like a win-win for everybody in richmond today. >> cheryl: thanks very much. more signs for anybody looking for a job. national employment rate says the private seg for added 200,000 jobs in march. chief executive says the majority of america's largest companies plans to increase hiring in the sex six months. silicon valley companies are in a hiring frenzy. companies like google, facebook and twitter are hiring on a rapid pace. they say this kind of hiring hasn't happened since early 2000. state of california added nearly 100,000 jobs mainly due to the tech industry. that reduced the unemployment rate to 12.2% in february.

>> kristen: a neighborhood in hercules is putting a barricade up hoping to protect homes from a hillside collapse. they declared a state of emergency as couple homes are the only thing holding up a crumbling hill. >> reporter: they are counsel instructing it but check how far it stretches down carson street. they hope that will catch any mud that comes crashing down. it's gorgeous today but authorities are still very worried. water is rushing out of the soggy hillside. even though it hasn't rained in two days. looking at all this water you would think today's dry weather would be a welcome relief. think again. >> it can cause just as many problems. right now the soil expands when its wet. when it starts to dry out. it starts to contract.

that contraction can cause those slip plains in the hill to reactivate because they are expanding and contracting. gravity comes to work and the hill comes down. >> reporter: so the city spent the morning putting up more barricades. >> i didn't get any sleep at all. i was up all night. >> terry has been yellow-tagged and he is hoping it can be saved. last night they declared an emergency so officials can apply for state funds to help the homeowners. >> it city has no money to invest in the hill. >> this is the house he predicts will come down first. it looks worse this morning than it did last night but other homeowners on this side of the street refuse to believe their situation is hopeless. >> we need to work together as a

team, the association and the city and whatever agencies come into this. >> neighbors across the street are already making plans. >> the neighbors and i were chat be wouldn't be nice to turn it into a park or possibly organic garden? >> reporter: city building officials say big decisions will be made this week but considering they have a homeowners association to deal with along with local and state government, there is a lot of opinions to deal with. >> cheryl: it is day seven of the barry bonds perjury trial with more baseball league players talking about steroid use. marvin bernard and randy lardi came to start. he said how he came to know greg anderson. he says he does not recall anderson saying something about the cream or the clear.

>> kristen: scientists have found a tree in san francisco with oak disease. this the second time it's been found in the city. the trees near west pacific avenue is one of few native trees in san francisco. they believe it was infected by a plant in a garden of a nearby home. >> cheryl: president obama addresses rising gas prices. the president set an ambitious goal of reducing oil imports by a third while boosting domestic oil production. he also wants to increase the use of biofuels and make vehicles more energy efficient. he said america needs to change its energy culture to make this country more energy sufficient. >> here is the bottom line, there is no quick fixes.

anybody that tells you otherwise isn't telling you the truth. we will keep being a victim to shift in the oil market until we get serious about a long term policy for a secure, affordable energy future. >> cheryl: president obama's speech comes as gas prices have gone up 50 cents a gallon this year. long running contest for an experimental high speed network. kansas city will get the new broadband network. google says they would be able to access the internet more than a hundred times faster than in most u.s. homes. more than a thousand cities across the country may be a test

site for the network. breaking news in richmond. sky7hd, big rig after colliding with another vehicle. you can see they put foam on the fire to put it out. it happened about half an hour ago. chp officers says an oxygen tank caught fire and you can see a huge back-up on westbound 80. all westbound lanes of i-80 are closed right now. if you can avoid that area, that would be your best bet. >> cheryl: more news ahead, including one town called the healthiest in all of the bay area. >> and a new study drawing an unexpected link between breastfey

he drowned his trainer at the bottom of the pool last february. it was the third time. returning to the show for s important for mental enrichment. animal rights activists disagree. >> this worries me that that is more important to sea world, corporate sea world than either his well-being or trainer safety. >> park officials are spending millions to make safety upgrades to protect trainers.

they are building false floss capable of lifting trainers and whales out in an imagine m knowledge. >> record highs today and tomorrow could be the warmest days. high today, 75 will be a little short of record. we'll take a look at who makes a record and beautiful weather to be at at&t park. >> thank you. also check this out. a breastfeeding doll. is it too much too soon for young girls? that is next. [ male announcer ] if you're ready for more from y

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we want to update the temperatures. >> go for near record cold high temperatures to near record

temperatures. show you what is going on. some clouds if i look northwest of sutro tower. at&t park, game three. it's pre-season it will be gorgeous, temperatures in the 70s at at&t park. other than half moon bay, everybody on the positive side from three degrees in oakland to 13 degrees in santa rosa. that is the area the north bay that is most likely to see some record high temperatures, possibly concord. temperature in santa rosa, 70. low to mid-50s, 57 as you head towards antioch. 59 in half moon bay. around the monterey bay, temperatures in the low to mid-60s. records are possible today but also tomorrow. cooler air hits the coast on

friday and cooler breezes will bloevp blow over bringing our temperatures back to average. so today our best chance of seeing a record, santa rosa, forecasting 82. 82 is the record from 2001. that is when concord will be close at 80. napa is at 78 which will be close. south bay, temperes in the mid to upper 70s. low to mid-70s on the peninsula, mid 60s along the coast. downtown san francisco, right around 70, 71 degrees. mid to upper 70s in most the valleys. santa rosa in the low 80s. asterisk is back for santa rosa and napa possible record high. low to mid-70s in east bay shore. 80 in concord. danville and brentwood. everybody else in the upper 70s. even some 80s around gilroy and hollister.

12:45, first pitch, sunny and low 70s. mid to upper 70s through the valleys. a little breezy around l.a. palm springs is the warm spot in the state. low to mid-50s. look for breezes to develop. especially in the north bay and east bay hills. and the offshore, land breeze is going to develop and the reason why we'll be near record highs for the next few days with temperatures reaching in the 80s and even more so tomorrow. we could be in the mid-80s. upper 70s around the bay and upper 60s along the coast. that breeze will move in friday and cool us about six degrees. then about another 6-10 degrees cooling. it it's still a slight chance of a shower on saturday but most of that will fall in the central valley and sierra.

federal health officials begin hearings on the safety of artificial food coloring. fda has decided to take a closer look at allegations there may be a link between colorings and hyperactivity in children. they are asking a panel of experts to look at the issue with eye towards new warning labels. they are commonly found in cereals and chips. decades of studies show that artificial food colorings are safe. >> a new debate over a doll because it teaches little girls how to breast-feed. a young girl attaching the doll to her chest and it can be burped by a mommy in training. they say it teaches nursing skills. >> do you think little girls should be breastfeeding dolls? >> i probably would look at

other dolls before i look at this one. >> we have another baby due in june and i think it's a neat way to identify and connect with mom. >> the doll has been on the market for a couple of years in europe but it hits store shelves in united states this spring. >> real moms who breast-feed face unfavorable stereotypes. people hold lower opinions of women that breast-feed. in one study they showed them less capable in a workplace. they rated actress brooke shields as less competent when they were told she breast-fed her children. mike will be back in just 

today at 3:00, what oprah wants to do o with donald trump on her final show. google settles a charge that it violated privacy issues. battle lines are being drawn to reassign kids to different schools. we'll have those stories later today at 5:00. >> thanks for joining us.