closed captioning by closed captioning services,inc nurses are holding a one-day strike at 11 hospitals over working conditions and money issues most of those hospital belong to the sutter health corporation. good morning i'm cheryl jennings. and i'm kristen sze. amy hollyfield joins us live from the big rally in berkeley. >> reporter: good morning. it may look like a lot of nurses are out here, but believe it or not, officials tell us they are pleased with this turnout. they tell us 57% of their nurses crossed the picket lines and went to work. they say that is up from the last strike. hospital officials believe

that nursing support for these strikes dwindling. the nurses who are out here say they are dedicated to this fight. this is the fourth nurses' strike in the past nine months. neither side thinks the other is being reasonable. both sides are standing their ground. >> we are not asking for anything more than what we've earned over60 years of collective bargaining. i -- i believe the experience and value i bring as a nurse with 31 years, is worth that. >> we are asking for real changes in their contract in terms of benefit questions, no question about that. that is being done truth the country, firefighters, policemen, nurses aren't immune to that. >> reporter: one concern is what does this mean for the patients? last september a woman died at the alta base hospital during a strike when a replacement nurse gave her the wrong medication. hospital officials say the one

bit of good news is the replacement nurses who are here today are no longer strangers to this area. >> over 80% of the nurses who are here have been here before so they are familiar with our hospital and our systems and patients. >> we have nurses who have volunteered to be on the patient protection task force in the event there's an emergency we will go in if we are needed. >> reporter: the two sides can't agree on a contract. yet, both sides say, they are sick of this dispute. >> we are frustrated with the union. we want to negotiate. we want to resolve this. >> i hope this is the last time you have to interview me. >> reporter: as one nurse told us it would take 5 to 10 minutes to go over the finer points of this dispute. sick pay and employee benefits are a key part of the argument. both sides due back at the table june 28th. for a complete list of the

hospitals impacted go to abc7news.com. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. the parents of missing morgan hill teenager sierra lamar increased the reward this morning for information in the case to $35,000. their 15-year-old daughter disappeared march 16th, on her way to school. antolin garcia-torres is charged can kidnapping and killing lamar. investors -- investors haven't found sierra. her father is convinced someone out there knows something. >> we went down to find it in their heart if it was their daughter or sister that was missing, you know, i would do that for them. so we want anyone that knows any information to come forward and help us. >> family is circulating a new

ç pictures of garcia-torres' car. the reward will be given to anyone that brings successful prosecution in the case. fire officials say a fire in redwood city could be arson. the fire broke out after midnight when several cars in the carport burst into flames. 30 people were displaced and two of the units were gutted. investigators found rings around the car that make the fire look like it was deliberately set. >> patterns are leading to extended investigation. >> all the cars are burning up. once i ran out to see the cars, three blew up at the same time and i yelled to everybody, get out. i told my mom to call the firefighters. >> most of the -- the red cross did respond and is helping with flood, clothing and temporary housing, nobody

was hurt. -- pg&e and the san francisco fire department investigating how a natural gasline ignited and started a fire in the portola district. sky 7 hd was over the scene yesterday afternoon. the flames spread quickly across two buildings on san bruno avenue after a construction worker tried to hook-up a gasline that worker is being treated for life-threatening injuries. it took pg&e more than two hours to shut off the gasline. they say they couldn't shut off the gas immediately because the fire was right on top of the maináqs gas cut off point. in hayward crews are working to replace aé(utility pole that a car crashed into and knocked down this morning. the pole shutdown the residential street. winton between santa clara and soto road will be open noon. police say a 58-year-old woman ended up with minor injuries. no word on why she crashed into the pole.

police don't suspect alcohol or drugs. in pennsylvania, more graphic testimony about child sexual abuse. the trial against jerry sandusky. diana perez has more. >> reporter: jerry sandusky arrived for what is expected to be another long day in court. building on testimony from the first two days of his child sexual abuse trial, prosecutors called another alleged victim. identified by abc as victim 10. he told the jury sandusky subjected him to oral sex and threatened him to keep quiet or he would never see his family again day within the jury heard from one witness who said sandusky molested him numerous times in the showers at penn state. yesterday a teenager recounted being 11 when the abuse started in sandusky's basement. his testimony so gut recent. ing some -- so gut-wrenching some jurors broke down.

>> you have jurors in tears over the testimony of an 18-year-old talking about what happened to name would seem to indicate they believe that testimony which is terrible news for sauz 's defense. >> reporter: another blow to the defendant was mike mcqueary's testimony yesterday. the former coach said in 2001 he walked in on what looked and sounded like sandusky assaulting a boy in the school showers. he said he slammed a locker door. "i made the loud noise to say someone else is here. break it up." >> repeatedly without flinching told the jury at least 20 times i saw it, i'm sure about it, and there's no mistake that this was extremely sexual in nature and it was something that was horrible. >> reporter: today mcqueary's father took the stand and corroborated his son's testimony. experts say things are not looking good for sandusky's defense team. they may opt to call him to the stand.

diana perez, abc news, new york. riders can get a freebie on ac transit. vouchers good for five rides across the bay. the hand-outs will take place june 26th, from noon to 2 at the temporary terminal in san francisco. trans bay trips normally cost $4.10y each way. right now the transportation commission is meeting and set to approve a plan give free bus rides to 40,000 low income youths in san francisco. the plan was contingent on five million dollars this regional transportation funds. officials have to determine how to raise the remaining one million needed. still ahead, jpmorgan chase's ceo gets heckled during capitol hill testimony and hints that bank executives will have to forfeit pay. new report contradicts the number of lay-offs by bankrupt

solar panel manufacturer in california. some inspiring news. the amazingly young baseball coaches who help younger kids win a championship.

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the company actually cut nearly 1900 workers last august instead of the 1100 it had said. solyndra went bankrupt after getting $535 million dollars in loan guarantees from the federal government. documents show solyndra increased production in 2011, even though it failed to sell all panels it made the previous year. the new report is likely to add more political debate around the company's failure. mitt romney made that surprise visit to solyndra last month to attack president obama over the government's stimulus spending. jpmorgan chase's ceo told senators that top executives will probably lose pay over the huge trading losses. jamie dimon was called to answer for recent trades that lead to a two billion dollar loss. diamond told senators stocks and bonus be recovered from

executives for exercising bad judgment although the policy has never been used before. >> this portfolio morphed into something that rather than protect the firm created a larger risk. as a result we let a lot of people down and we are sorry for it. >> we need to bring the money back to people to help people stay in their homes . this man is a crook. >> he's talking about dimon. 12 people were escorted from that hearing. a group of jetblue passengers just filed a lawsuit this morning to over a pilot's wild rant at 30 feet up. 10 passengers say they feared for their lives when the pilot ran yelling about jesus and al-qaeda during a flight from new york to los angeles in march. captain osbourne had to be restrained and the plane made an emergency landing.

the suit claims the airline was negligent in allowing him to fly and seek unspecified amount of money. jetblue has not yet responded. mike ahead with a cooler forecast. >> you can see it outside the clouds are hanging around the coast and trying to spill into san francisco there's that one finger moving through the golden gate towards berkeley. we'll talk about how much that will drop temperatures. big rebound, it is going to get hot this weekend. plus, first in the nation solution to help san francisco's homeless. what puppies have to do with the plan. wow! a california teenager shares an emotional moment at his graduation. making good on a he

that is 18-year-old patrick receiving a huge standing ovation as he walked across the stage to get his diploma from high school. he had been paralyzed after being hit by a car when he was a toddler. it took six hours of therapy everyday for three years to make that big moment possible. now he's thinking ahead to college graduation. >> maybe do jumping jacks at

college graduation, i don't know. let's not put that for sure. i can't commit to that one. i don't know, i'll come up with something cool. >> pretty cool that he was able to walk and stand at his high school graduation. he has never let his physical challenge get him down he learned how to surf when he was 8-years-old. president obama is celebrating father's day a few days early by having an impromptu lunch in washington with members of the military. he is pushing a mentoring initiative aimed at reaching out to fathers with positive parenting advice through barbershops. he had a barbecue lunch. he told his lunch guests that barbershops are a good place to share advice on taking responsibility for children. >> my mother-in-law used to own her own beauty shop you

can imagine all the stories told there. interesting place, i miss it. maybe you don't miss the heat, maybe you do. >> or the fog. >> both are back or coming back. good morning. wanted to show you this, check out what happened in italy this is venice is it a waterspout or a tornado? it is probably over water part of the time then over land another part of the time very intriguing from venice, italy of that tornado rare sight there thankfully, didn't do too much damage. beautiful picture. how about this -- beautiful to me because i like tornadoes let me put that out there. maybe not beautiful to everybody. clouds back to the coast bay cleared doppler showing just that it is clear inland and the coast where we have clouds they are not spilling over to san francisco or sfo any more no more flight arrival delays. you can see the clouds are starting to clear from north to south, look for increase in

sunshine along the coast. drizzle around san francisco 58, 57 san rafael 60s bay shore, 70s inland. clouds are socked in the monterey bay now. low to mid 60s inland where the sun is breaking up. with the afternoon sun, cooler today, clouds, cool weather will return tonight maybe drizzle along the coast warm to hot this weekend. check out how much we drop from five degrees in oakland, san francisco, santa rosa, six concord, seven and eight in san jose and fremont. heading to the u.s. open temperature now 52°, a little sun at 58, tempered by west winds that will gust to 15 to 30 miles per hour this afternoon. south bay mid to upper 70s. 66 millbrae, low to mid 70s redwood city south. bayside downtown south

san francisco mid 60s. 70 cross the bridge in sausalito, 80 san rafael. mid 80s north bay valleys. 25° cooler at your beaches. still warm inland no more 90s today mid to upper 80s. watsonville and santa cruz more sun, low to mid 70s. monterey 60. 105 palm springs warm spot, sunny 76 today in tahoe. giants taking on astros again let's see if our pitcher can hit a homerun tonight and win, no pressure. 7:15 first pitch, dropping down to 57. mix of clouds around the bay and coast and partly cloudy inland and 50s in your forecast tonight. cold front bringing cooler weather, also cooler air mass tomorrow, two to four degrees cooler. then the sea breeze, the sun comes out, temperatures starts warming friday low 70s along the coast over the weekend mid

80s around the bay, mid 90s inland. >> a little bit of something for everybody. san francisco is launching a first in the nation program to curb panhandling. starting august the city will offer panhandlers a small stipend to foster shelter puppies they have to live in supported housing, be mentally fit. supports say the participants will benefit. amazing tone the season -- amazing end to the season for a little league. they won tournament of champions over the weekend. what this story so incredible is the team was coached by two high school freshmen, 14 and 15. those boys took over the team when the league couldn't find

anybody else. the teenagers also played on the san clemente high school freshmen team which won their own league championship. congratulations to everybody. still ahead, disney's california adventure gets a redo. >> new look at rollercoasters you will see on your next visit.

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breaking news in richmond. the contra costa county sheriff's department is on the scene of a drive-by shooting. sky 7 hd overhead at west ruby and first. deputies arrived in the past hour and found two people with gunshot wounds both victims were taken to the hospital. the again man got away. we'll update you on the story starting at 4:00 and on abc7news.com. also today at 4:00, the new weight loss surgery for people who need to lose as little as 25 pounds. then the hack-a-thon that is teaching kids algebra. those stories and more later today. finally, disney is done with its do over at the california adventure park. today marks the end of a five year, one billion dollar plus renovation. most of the new features rely on creatures and characters that come from pi g ar such as cars.

>> carsland opens friday with three new rides. don sanchez will check out the ride and have a live report on our midday show. by the way, disney owns abc7. >> my kids are jealous of don that looks like fun. >> for all of us here, thanks for joining us. >> who wanted to be a >> who wanted to be a millionaire is next. closed captioning by closed captioning services,inc