the judge deciding whether to allow an ex-girlfriend to testify in sheriff mirkarimi case trial. you have the timeline? >> reporter: yeah we have some on that. right now we are waiting for the judge to make a decision about that ex-girlfriend whether she will testify at his trial which begins next week. she would provide possibly damning testimony against mirkarimi. saying he has a history of abuse of women. take a look at the woman

christina flores former tv host here in the bay area. she says she was abused by mirkarimi while they dated in 2008, shoved against a wall she says shortly before mirkarimi methylian that lopez who he later mary. flores' testimony would not bring new charges but could show a pattern of abuse. she has publicly called him a pit bull and bully. now look at pictures of lopez this is from the video of lopez taken bay a neighbor at lopez's request -- showing breezing. on it you can hear lopez telling the story of the alleged abuse grabbing her arm so hard she says he bruised her. lopez says this is much to do about not much and she says she will not testify. the video of the bruises and her statement that night shortly after the alleged attack are going to be admitted into evidence. the d.a. spokeswoman is telling me that 185 vetted prospective jurors are going to be back here monday.

they hope to have a jury seated by monday afternoon or tuesday morning at the latest. 12 jurors and between two and four alternates. opening statements tuesday afternoon or wednesday morning. and then the trial will get underway. it is expected to last 2 1/2 weeks. vic lee is in the courthouse now waiting for the judge's ruling he will have that at 4:00, 5 and 6:00. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. a 54-year-old woman is in the hospital after being slashed in the face with a meat cleaver. police say she got into an argument with a man at a south market hotel thursday evening. the man tacked the woman with the cleaver striking her -- the man attacked the woman with the cleaver striking her several times. the woman is expected to survive. skier who died in an avalanche near lake tahoe has been identified as a squaw valley man, 29-year-old benjamin bracket died last

night hours after he was rescued he was swept nearly 300 feet down mill by an avalanche and then against a tree. bracket and two friends were sking in an out of bounds area yesterday when the avalanche hit. the three men were climbing up a hill when the snow came loose. two other skiers were not seriously injured. tornadoes unleashed a new wave of destruct today this time alabama was hit hard this is huntsville where several homes have been flattened and people taken to hospitals with injuries. maximum security prison was hit no prisoners escaped. this comes two days after another system killed 13. t.j. winick reports. >> reporter: eyes are toward the skies from the ohio valley into the deep south. more storms and tornadoes are expected after 13 across seven states have already lost their lives to a total of 33 confirmed twisters. the new threat is the result of twotrons colliding, cold

air in the north, -- warm from the south with the jet stream in between. jackson, mississippi through nashville and cincinnati are in the danger zone for long lived significant tornadoes. >> my parents have known each other since they were 12-years-old and my mother passed away over there. >> reporter: sheila's mother 69-year-old carolyn jones one of three here in tennessee killed wednesday night. even for a part of the country used to tornado warnings ts year has been especially nerve-racking. >> usually from winter to spring you see severe weather outbreaks the storms are coming early this is significant and ferocious. >> reporter: they are powerful, the tornado that ripped through branson, missouri was on the ground for 22 miles. the twister that flat ed almost 300 homes in harrisburg, packed winds 170 miles per hour.

>> be ready. to meet him. >> reporter: because there is a his being for tornadoes, hail, wind and local lighted flooding in tennessee this afternoon most schools are letting out students early. t.j. winick, abc news, nashville. in san francisco disaster experts are offering guidance and advice on how to survive when mother nature releases her fury including how to put together a disaster it can. katie marzullo has more on the story. >> reporter: the program is called ready neighborhoods this event is getting way as we speak. it is a joint effort between pg&e and the american red cross. the idea is for not only people to be prepared but entire communities. it is going to be informational and visual. take a look at the demonstration that pg&e set up to help warn people about the dangers of overhead powerlines. there's going to be at least one celebrity, former 49er

super bowl mvp jerry rice will kickoff the event and help honor community mvp's leaders in the community that help each other. everyone here agrees it is a team effort. >> it tracks with our highest priority at pg&e which is ensuring public safety. this effort is interesting because it focuses in on the most under served neighborhoods within the service areas. >> it is usually neighbors surfacing as the first true responder after a disaster. neighbors helping neighbors. what we wanted to do was make sure that those neighbors were equipped with the skills and tools and relationships they needed to most effectively respond in times of disaster. >> reporter: as for those tools, the event will help you get your toolkits started. they are handing out these bags everyone will be able to take home a couple different things this is emergency food

ration, drinking water, light stick as well as a blanket and first-aid it can. just something to help you get started and then -- first-aid it can. just something to help you get started. the event is here at union square until 2:00 this afternoon. katie marzullo, abc7 news. pg&e has spent all morning trying to get the lights back on for hundreds of hayward customers after a car crashed into a power pole at around 11:30 last night near kelly and bayview avenue. police are not saying what caused the accident. they say the driver hit the pole hard enough to knock it out of its foundation. at one point 262 customers were without power. officials say lights are still out for 18 people. pg&e says power may not be completely restored until this afternoon. >> head of california's fish and game commission is facing new ethics allegations. california's fair political practices commission has filed

a complaint accusing dan richards of illegally accepting a gift of a $6800 hunting trip. during that trip richards shot and killed a mountain lion, legal in idaho, not here. environmentalists and dozens of political leaders are calling for his resignation. state officials cannot accept gives more than $420. in tracy symbolic known mark what california officials hope will be the end of prison overcrowding. correction officials will remove last of nearly 20,000 extra beds jammed into gyms and other common areas to accommodate the overflow. the prison population has dropped by 19,000 since the law took effect in october that sends fewer less serious offenders to county jails instead of state prisons. new multi-million dollar plan to repair the bay after one of the environmental

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for the first time since a deadly shooting spree classes resumed today at an ohio high school.

students of chardon high returned. three were killed, two wounded when a fellow fire in the cafeteria monday the school reopening comes one charges were filed against the 17-year-old suspect who attended a nearby alternative school. the motive is still unclear. police say he may have known at least one of the victims. six federal and state agencies announced a final plan for spending more than 32 million dollars to pay for environmental damage caused by the cosco busan oil spill. an oil tanker ran into a bay bridge tower in 2007. the money will be used to improve recreational uses of the bay and beaches, restore bird and fish life and improve habitat. the money comes from a settlement between the agencies and the hong kong-based owner of the ship. san francisco-based online review site yelp is exceeding expectations.

yelp stock was originally priced at $15 per share before the company started trading publicly this morning. since trading began shares have rocketed to as high as $45. values the company at nearly 1 1/2 billion dollars that price has come back down to $20 four a share. even so not bad for a firm that has yet to turn a profit. nasa serious security lapses. the space agency's#p@añ inspectr general told a committee somebody stole a laptop last year containing unencrypted codes that control the international space station. in another incident, hackers who appear to be based in china, managed to get into computers at the jet propulsion lab in southern california and go full access to their systems as well as user accounts. if you thought awkward tweets you send vanished, think again. two research companies have

partnered with a social network to begin selling information to businesses. those who buy in will have access to tweets going back to january 2010. companies would then be able to mine the members sands for marketing data. critics say the deal could violate user privacy since twitter users are only able to access their own tweets going back seven days. a sweet tweet this morning for fans of tim lincecum. he's finally on twitter. he sent out his first tweet yesterday to congratulate u.s. soccer player clint dempsey. he says so pumped for you guys. you can see the whole tweet. he sent out only four tweets he already has 21,000 followers, me included. but only follows six, including former teammate cody ross. >> tweets go about 93 miles an

hour. >> that's a fast ball, right? >> that's right. mike is here with the forecast. a lot of sun possibly near record highs in the sierra, a lot of that snow may melt before you get up there. we'll talk about that. and the warm temperatures in our forecast. glad it is not too cold this morning mike because the offer that had more than 100 people standing in union square this morning in their skivvies.

people who recycle plastic bottles and cans will be getting more money for dealing them. state officials have raised the rates paid at recycling centers. the rate for bottles going up seven cents. aluminum cans up three cents. the state made the changes after deciding that con saoufplers and companies weren't getting a big enough slice of the pie from the redemption value program. we've been hearing from excited skiers about all the snow in tahoe. now you are saying a lot could be melting this weekend. >> yeah, five feet so it will be tough to melt a little bit will melt, yeah especially when we get near 60 at lake level possibly sunday.

looks beautiful now look at the smart folks taking advantage of it as we speak as we hook at -- as we look at heavenly there, nice to see, hopefully that has a lot of water contentrs we'll know as they take the next snow pack survey. a few high clouds breezy on the mountaintops those will continue to calm throughout the next 24 to 48 hours high pressure and calming over our neighborhoods. current conditions we are already 60 in napa, 52 in redwood city everybody else in the mid to upper 50s. head down to the monterey bay total sunshine, a few high clouds 52 at santa cruz everybody else in the mid to upper 50s. sunshine, dry, the warming trend starts today. warmer than average throughout the weekend. a chance of rain and slightly cooler as we need the middle parts of next week. today 24 hour temperature change, six degrees warmer concord and san francisco

eight yesterday in hayward, 11 hours and 26 minutes of sunshine before it sets tonight at 6:05. compared to average back to where we should be two degrees warmer oakland spot on we use today to transition from the cool, wet weather to sun and normal weather tomorrow we are above average just about everywhere. upper 50s half moon bay to clear lake low to mid 60s with sun and high clouds, 58 monterey, mid 60s for rest of the bay and also inland. tonight, a few 30s, especially inland maybe scattered frost and fog like this morning very isolated. 37 palo alto, 39 san jose, low to mid 40s around the bay shore to the coast. high pressure moving in you know fit is northeast we'll get clockwise flow, downsloping wind and it is going to bring a warmer

weekend. here's the two areas of high pressure one pushing the systems to the north jet stream the other a more localized influence. as we head through today into tomorrow it parks to our east and keeps pumping that nice mild air to the coast we could see a few 70s by sunday. if you are heading to the sierra, it won't be cold. today's probably the coldest day 43°. 53 tomorrow, 58 sunday. down around yosemite low to mid 60s saturday and sunday. breezy in southern california now. we'll reach near 80 in l.a. saturday and sunday low 70's saturday to upper 70s in san diego sunday. here's your seven day forecast, we'll have low to upper 60s at the coast this weekend with low to mid 70s for rest of us. monday a transition back to normal temperatures with a few more clouds and chance of rain rolls into the forecast tuesday and wednesday

temperatures below average then. right now it didn't look like a lot of rain but we'll take what we can get. it was still a little chilly this morning. hundreds braved that morning cold in san francisco to win free clothes by not wearing clothes, except their undies. a spanish fashion retailer celebrating the opening of its store with one of its famous undie parties be one of the first 100 and leave with a free two piece outfit, any top, bottom, possible value over $1,000. men and women did just that. anyone in line after the first 100 get 50% off their purchases today. >> very secure clothes shoppers. >> this is the city that brings you -- up next, friday's perfect pet. >> mike will be back to introduce us to

today an actress from the new drama gcb. then at 4, morbidly obese east bay man takes a desperate plea for help to youtube and we are talking with him. at 5, a san jose teacher could face new charges of child molestation as police investigate more potential victims. those stories and more at 4 and 5. to be or not to be? >> that is the question for hamlet of course.

mike is back with a new friend. >> maybe a question for you at home to be part of his family or let him be part of yours. we have hamlet here from the spca. nice to see you. >> always nice to see you mike. he's a cute guy he's not showing his best side right now. >> you have a beautiful coat. hamlet. >> there he is. [ laughing ] >> strike a pose he's vogueing. >> hamlet is about a year old boston terrier mix with maybe a little bulldog or french bulldog in there but a sweet guy. >> keep talking i'm going to work on everybody to see him. >> 20 pounds, a year old. >> very nice. >> about as big as he's going to get. probably not ideal for a house with cats. >> very soft. >> isn't he? he would be fine with kids or other dogs he's a sweet guy, very friendly.

happy. >> he's a cutie, i like hamet if you like hamlet too call east bay spca. have a great weekend. from all of us here at abc7 news thank you for joining us "who wants to be a millionaire" is next. >> keep track on twitter and talk about it at facebook.com/abc great idea. so we'll switch to u-verse tv and internet... that's just what we need... i got accepted into juilliard. [ dad ] that's great! can we talk about wireless plans? now we can video-chat. and faster internet... [ female announcer ] with at&t u-verse, you can build a personalized bundle to fit your needs. even when they change. call now to bundle two, three, even four services. bundles including u-verse tv, internet and home phone start as low as 89 a month

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