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transportation and telecommunication. manpower's survey is on track with the national figures. seeing a tiny increase in job growth so companies are still cautious. >> employers are looking for talent. people who can bring immediate impact to their business, not just looking for jobs. >> even though today's numbers are promising, americans continue to face economic pressures including higher food and gas prices, also home prices continue to remain low and foreclosures are at record levels. >> manpower surveyed 18,000 employers every quarter and for this quarter, 12% say they were looking to hire but 8% said they were going to decrease staffing levels for net increase of 4%. companies are looking to expand but still very cautious and not taking any risks.

of course, as you mentioned earlier at the top, california's unemployment rate still higher at 12.2%. >> cheryl: our next free job fair is tuesday, april 25. at the hilton garden inn in emeryville. find the address at abc7news.com president obama says today's jobs report indicates the economy is showing signs of strength. >> that makes 1.8 million private sector jobs created in the last 13 months and the unemployment rate has now fallen a full point in the last four months. in the last time that happened was during the recovery in 1984. >> president told workers that a ups shipping facility in maryland says more work needs to be done.

the ups plant that he visited alternative fuel saving vehicles. he announced plans to announce a private public partnership to large fleets cut back on gasoline use. >> residents in several bay area cities will see an increase in their sales tax. sales tax in union city and san leandro went to 10% or higher. in concord, the tax rate went up to 9.75%. that means a ten dollar purchase will cost an extra 95 cents. increases were tied to measures approved by voters back in november. cities are relying on those new tier tax rates to help city budgets. >> two celebritys from japan face off each other. it's wore morp than a battle of

baseball greats. amy? >> opening day excitement is here. check out this tailgating going on behind me. the ritual has already started. the mood out here is anything but serious, the a's are ready to play exciting baseball but they are going to be playing for a cause. >> getting to watch either matsui or ichero suzuki would be treat. getting to see both of them is like baseball heaven. >> we have ichero suzuki against matsui, two of the biggest. >> the a's are clearly excited. they created a t-shirt for matsui they will hand out to 10,000 fans. the a's want to bring awareness to victims of the earthquake and tsunami. >> a dollar per ticket, we've raised about $50,000 to help

people that are suffering there. >> both players have donated significantly to the cause. the uniforms they wear today will be auctioned off to raise more money for the victims. >> it's not just baseball that will be thinking about the people of japan. can cooks will be pitching in for the victims. they are holding a nationwide bake sale. an oakland woman organized the relief effort and she did one for the victims in haiti. >> i knew it was going to be bigger than last year but i had on idea it order so far, so quickly. >> the bay area red cross says the timing of these fund-raisers is great given that the tragedy happened three weeks ago. >> time has passed. other things are happening in the world to get people's attention. >> the a's say that is their goal to raise awareness for a sustained relief effort. they also want to beat the mariners. go a's, first game is tonight.

>> cheryl: and in japan, japanese and u.s. military ships and helicopters are searching the coastline looking for victims. this could be the last chance to see those that were swept out to sea three weeks ago. nearly 12,000 deaths have been confirmed. it also damaged a nuclear plant that continues to leak radiation despite efforts to control it. scientists say wind and ocean currents will ultimately push some of the massive debris on to the shores of the u.s. west coast sometime in the next year or two. >> back here in california, san francisco giants fan is in critical condition after he was brutally beaten by two l.a. dodger fans following the season opener last night. live in dodger stadium with details. >> reporter: good morning.

fans from both teams are in disbelief but someone was sent to the hospital over a baseball game. police say it started as a verbal fight inside the game between dodger fans and group of giant fans and then turned burial after the game when the -- brutal. >> they say the giant's fan was attacked by behind by two dodger fans. >> taken to the ground and hit his head. they begin to kick him several times and fled the scene. >> the defective says they kicked and punched him several times in the upper torso and in the head. the victim which is from northern california was taken to the hospital in critical condition. >> we wanted to identify the suspects and other possible witnesses involved in this incident. fastball, caught at third by uribe. >> reporter: it puts a dark

cloud over the win and both teams say rivalries should ner go this far. >> it's a game. >> i feel nervous. i'm going to be in the ballpark. i think respect for the team should be everywhere. >> beer cans and beer bottles still litter the parking lot at dodgers stadium and in the past public drunkenness has been a problem. >> last day there was 132 arrests made for public drunkenness. only two were made this year. despite this incident the games at dodger stadium are safe for fans to attend. >> we want the fans of the dodgers and the giants and that the environment is safe. we want to keep it that way. >> reporter: police say they will be reviewing surveillance video. they also have several witnesses that they are talking to and

confident they will identify the suspects in the next couple of days. >> kristen: thank you so much. >> federal auditors are recommending some of the money be returned $2 million in federal disaster aid that it received after heavy flooding. hundreds of homes and businesses had major damage during those storms. they say the knead followed proper ghreichbs. they conducted the investigation. sonoma county officials tell the press democrat the federal emergency agency reviewed similar concerns and cleared the county of any wrongdoing. in santa cruz, crews have to have a replacement drainpipe installed by tomorrow. the previous pipe ruptured during last week's storms causing massive flooding in

san rafael police are trying to find the driver that crashed into the side of building. no word if there were any injuries, in west oakland, you see smoke coming from the house. this fire broke out around 7:30. none of the residents were hurt. several pets including cats and rabbits were killed. the red cross is helping residents find temporary

shelter. cause of the fire is under investigation. >> san jose city officials are hoping to save $10 million by replacing police officers who currently patrol mineta airport with santa clara county sheriff's deputies. city officials plan to negotiate with the sheriff on a tentative contract that could be voted on by the city council at the end of this month. they also wants to hire a less expensive private company to replace city firefighters stationed at the airport. police and firefighters unions argue that replacing officers and firefighters is a risky experiment. >> kristen: this morning, the highway patrol is looking for a driver that turned a commute into a massive mess on the peninsula. two lanes of highway 101 were closed for almost three hours as crews work t a cable lane. the it created a huge traffic back-up and 280 and 380 and even

local streets. chp says it hall started when a truck snagged and took down the wires and kept driving. the truck license plate number is 4 r 23454. it's described as gray and white flatbed. >> tomorrow the first normal salmon sport fishing season in four years begins. both commercial and recreational salmon fishing has been reduced in the pa past three years because cline in the chinook population. they declared last year salmon's season a disaster and that allows local business to get low interest loans. >> kristen: may be nice day to do a little fishing. >> it's gorgeous out there. 60s and 70s out there now. live looking at oakland, some high clouds.

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even a future king can get pre-wedding jitters. prince william says he is admits he is nervous about his upcoming wedding. williams who was a helicopter pilot did training practice today and he talked about the planning afterwards. >> little things. i was over the house and my niece was quite nervous but it's very exciting. there is a lot of planning to be done. >> william is looking forward to the big day. favorite media person, great weather today. look at that in tahoe.

>> it's beautiful out there. we're going to see everything today. records and cooler temperatures. that's right. we're seeing a wind shift approaching 50 degrees in the sierra. how about snow going on there. we're talking highs in the lower 60s, northern sierra, back home. you see the high clouds, mount tam pretty mild and except for half moon bay, winds have switched around and temperatures have dropped there at the coast about 2 degrees, elsewhere, we have surpassed our high for today in san francisco but we saw a wind shift, numbers are going to drop. westward to oakland, peninsula, you are going to see temperatures cooler. 72 in mountain view, 70 in san jose. 72 in livermore. here is how you can tell. 24 hours ago, we were actually warmer here. so with the cooler numbers and wind shift we're going to see

cooler weather but here, a little warmer and that westerly wind is not going to make it into our east bay, we'll see more 80s and another warm day. satellite picture, doesn't show much of the high clouds, a few high clouds and not only that we have it all coming our way with the sea breeze. a weak system, a chance of showers and then a windy day on sunday. so we really are going to see an abrupt change to summer like pattern. with a spread as much as 30 degrees through tomorrow where temperatures will be much narrower range. westerly winds dropping off from the 70s to the 60s. 80s well to the south. elsewhere, coming down from 5-9 degrees around the bay later on this afternoon but right now, high pressure slowly trying to slide to the east of us. as it does that is providing the wind shift.

here is small air of low pressure providing a flow and little impulse that will provide slight chance of showers tomorrow. 76 in mountain view. so a little cooler. look at the low 50s at the coast. numbers coming down throughout the next couple ours. down 200, 79 in sonoma. upper 70s in santa rosa. mid to low 70s here. a little sea breeze late in the day. here, a little warmer and 82 in livermore. down by the monterey bay, 82 in hollister. seven-day forecast, just a slight chance of showers in far north bay, maybe marin and you'll feel the cooler air at the coast for sure. then monday and tuesday, we'll modify and maybe a little more rain by the middle of next week. google engineers are getting the last laugh with an april

fool's day prank that got a lot of buzz online. a blog posting after midnight, g-mail with motion. absurd idea you can control your g-mail service by moving your body. this video depicts how they can read your movements and translate them and into commands >> coming up next, one bay area city celebrates april fool's day >> you have to see.

today at 4:00, oprah finale. then at 5:00, it's likely going to cost you more money to withdraw more money out of your bank. and a climb in urban utility rates. we'll tell you more about it at 5:00. >> finally, if you are looking to be stupid and laugh, check out the stupid day parade in san francisco. >> every april fool's day, getting dressed up, play instruments and do silly dances through the streets. >> this is 40-year tradition. it begins at noon at the embarcadero plaza and runs

through the financial district. >> also in san francisco, one of nation's biggest comic book conventions opens today. hundreds of thousands of fans will gather at mogscone center. >> convention runs through sunday. >> a little cooler and special downtown for sure. >> thank you for joining us. >> that is going to do it for us. "who wants to be a millionaire" is coming up next. >> have a great day. >> bye-bye.