and before "dancing with the stars," william levy would youed us as alejandro. [ speaking spanish ] >rter: those stars got their big breaks on telenovelas. and traditionally, those drama-soaked roller coaster shows were produced in mexico and watched by millions of fans around the globe. but increasingly hispanic actors are coming here to miami to film telenovelas, it's even being called the new tinseltown. >> a lot of them wanted to get away from the countries of origins, the colombias, the mexicos. then they found the jobs here. it was kismet. >> reporter: it was the second around third generation of hispanic viewers. >> people don't really fall in love, with the person on that screen. they will transcend that screen and fall in love with you. that's why william levy, they know his name. they will follow him on "dancing with the stars." >> reporter: on the sit of a hit telenovela with a goddess-like former miss mexico world blanca soto. it's one of the most successful and profitable telenovelas ever. in telenovelas, the stand-byes are a touch of violence. a couple of well-timed slap

as for the criminal case against alejandro, he pleads no contest to one count of petty theft and serves 120 days in county jail. >> alejandro started it and he was clearly in the wrong, but when they went over the line and made it into something it shouldn't have been, that's wren they were wrong and they went over the line and made it into something. >>> paradegoers in new york city record on-duty police officers engaging in some very dirty dancing. >> i couldn't look away because it was amazing that the way these cops, the way they were dancing like they've been to the club. >> it would have gone almost unnoticed until the video is posted online. the officers and their dance moves become an internet sensation. >> i was just really shocked. really shocked. september 5th, 2011, thousands of new yorkers flood the street of brooklyn for the 44th annual west indian parade. it's a sunny day filled with west indian pride, dancing, food, and colorful costumes. >> a lot of people, a lot of trucks. a lot of cops. costumes. a really colorful day. like any color in the crayola box was there. >> s

announced a young child's death here on mendota way back in april has now been classified as a homicide. 38-year-old alejandro benitez has been arrested. it is now the city's 32nd homicide. the 31st took place just last night here at this safeway store when a young man was stabbed to death inside. in just over a week, san jose has had six murders and ten shootings. most people we talked to say they believe it's because of the police officers shortage. >> it's not just this one area. it's all over town. that's, again, the layoffs and it's maybe just a coincidence but yeah, it's happening everywhere. >> reporter: and so fast. harry clark was killed on june 29 in this parking lot on winchester boulevard. >> my brother was no. 20. here there already at 32. and in less than two months. it's gotta stop. >> reporter: the director for a victims assistance program says she's never seen it so bad. >> i've been a victim advocate for 25 years working very closely with families of murder. it's unusual. it's very scary as well. >> reporter: as we've been reporting, the police chief is considering whether to ask other agenc

a toddler's death back in april is now being declared as homicide and it brings saturday's total to 32 so far this year. police arrested alejandro benitez for killing the 17 month old boy. the child was unresponsive and later died. a four-month investigation led to the arrest. . >>> a judge has ruled that the man accused in a shooting death of an east palo alto community leader is mentally comp toent stand trial. 60-year-old gregory is charged with murdering david louis outside san ma day owe's hillsdale shopping center back in 2010. he's restored. elarms is being held without bail and is set to be back in court september 8th to enter a plea. >>> for the second time in a week a big time bay area baseball player is apologizing for using performance-enhancing drugs. this time it's bartolo colon suspended for 30 days. the time really hurts. >> bartolo colon will now join the ranks of his fellow country man melky cabrera. today major league baseball handed colon the same 50-game suspension that cabrera got just last week after both men tested positive for testosterone. >> what the hell is going on? . >> doesn't make a difference, do

as our website. so check out the website abc2news.com for the very latest information and some amazing photographs. jamie? >> how sad is this. we have two 17-year-old's dead. alejandro wine was traveling north on bowleys quarters road. he couldn't make it out of that turn, crossed the center line and began to spin. crossed the center line a second time, struck the road and hit two you tell the poles. >> alcohol was not a factor in this crash. speed was. >> wine and the other passenger, ryan boothe were dead at the scene. a third passenger, john morris is right now at bayview. >>> on the wrlgt front we have -- weather front we have seen a nice weather day. all the showers have generally stayed to our north. temperatures now mid-80s, some 70s to the west. how about frederick at 77 degrees. watching tropical storm isaac very carefully, of course. isaac losing some organization as it crosses the islands, the antilles, but we think it will restrengthening as it gets into the caribbean. clear and cooler. how will the trend shape up into your weekend? we have those detailed. >>> we have an update we delivered yesterday. the amber alert for a prince george's county by has b

alejandro explains more. we are banking more on our phones and using our phones as our wallets. how safe is this? you use the application and protect ire telephone information. that's the key for you to purchase things withyour typical without jeopardizing your personal phenomenon information. we have to be honest, how many times do you really leave a credit card on the table comparison to your cell phone, right? many times more the cell phone than the credit card. with some simple guidelines for you to protect the telephone information, i think we will be pretty safe, just as safe as a credit card actually. the most important one i believe is creating a password for your cell phone in case it gets stolen or somebody tries to use that information, they're not going to know the passcode. your pictures won't know your personal information in your phone and they won't be able to use the applications. that's the most important. >> here's another way to pay with your face, of all things. >> yes. that will be pretty interesting. i don't know if you ever saw the movie "minority report," when tom cruise

alejandro and youkilis both will absolutely grind it out with you. steve: a look at both managers, one in the infancy stages of what should be a great year, and the other already established asbest in the business, mike scioscia. ken: and that is popped up. out number two. so here is youk, who is 2-3. here is what he did in the seventh with de aza aboard. steve: latroy hawkins came in to protect a two-run lead, and after two hitters, it disappeared. ken: the cutter, and the count is 0-1. no says the umpire and the count evens at 1-1. he is 1-2 off jepsen. 3-1 with dunn on deck. big hack. two balls, two strikes, two out bottom of the ninth in a 5-5 tie. he did not go and a full count on that breaking pitch. and that is ball four. here comes adam and he is due. he is 0-3 tonight with a walk and he has faced jepsen one time and he is 1-1. the outfield extremely deep and no double set. he takes ball one. if it is over trumbo's head, it's out of here. if it is over wells' head it is out of here. not so sure about trout the way he can jump. that one at 97 back and a souvenir. high, deep now it is coming back. trumbo is there. he just missed it. dadgummit. we will go to extra innin

as a bore on injuries. in football and happens are happen to another team. this is something you have to play through. back in baseball the white sox have placed alejandroisabled list because of a wrist injury. jordan danks has been re-called. and finally, it will not be a big selling item in cleveland but the new lebron james basketball shoe is about to come. it has motion sensors imbedded to track how high players can jump. now reports say the shoes will sell for $315. a rough ticket in these rugged econmic times. sportsone source reports the sales of basketball shoes of over 100 dollars were up 50%. so the market seems to be just great. nike says the shoes should cost about $180 not 315. so we will pick up a couple pairs. that's the news for this tuesday night. i'm lourdes duarte. i'm tom negovan. updates on wgntv.com for all of us here, have a goo you know, i was once used for small jobs. yeah, and i took on all the bigger, tougher ones. but now that mr. clean's got this new select-a-size magic eraser i mean, he can take on any size job. look how easily he gets things cleaned. it's enough to make you cry. you, specifically. not me. i'm just happy we

as a utility executive. the rate increase vote is not expected until october. >> heather ishimaru, abc 7 news. >>> in san jose, a baby sitter's boyfriend is underarrest for the death of a 17 month old child. alejandro benitez is in jail. police say the child was not responding when paramedics arrived to the home. this is san jose's 32nd homicide of the year. on that point the pre is sure is mounting on the police chief to ask for outside help to deal with the city's unprecedented surge in violence. there have been 32 homicides so far in san jose this year as i said compared to 27 at this time a year ago. 7 killings just in the past week. last year, 2011 ended with a total of 39 homicide so we are well ahead of where we were last year in this tragic statistic. korolev hacore karina rusk hase details on the latest attack. >> the fatal stabbing that happened inside the store last night it has her furious about the city's skyrocketing violence. >> we are are customers here. we shouldn't have to be shaking in our boots just to come and get groceries. >> the ancestry are anger is ud so is the. >>> we need some help from city hall. >> this map shows san jose's 32 homicides this year are scattered througho

as you can tell, very relaxed. >> before they get adopted. >> very cute. >> love the belly rub, too. thank you. you guys are great. next tomas, alejandro with shu shu.in the park. >> look how sweet she is. >> she did extraordinarily well in a foster home. she would be a great dog but probably in a house by itself without other dogs. with kids it would be great but for now by herself. >> one dog per family. >> what do you think? you like him? >> i love all the bows shu shu is wearing. >> again, we talk about 100% success record. people call up and say i really wish i could have gotten that dog. our men is, if you love these, there are so many more in shelters across the country. go adopt a wonderful animal. >> finally, a little surprise for our cat lovers. italia is bringing out lucky, a sweet little kitten. thank you alejandro. >> come on over here and show us the kitten. >> now we have lucky. >> so many cats that need placement. >> it's a more dire situation in the shelter than the dogs. we really need help with the cats. >> the number of cats coming in is extraordinary. >> look how cute. >> lucky. he's seven-month-old. all the dogs and crowds and

aside shouting out to alejandro, good job with everything that you do, and the thing i would suggest as it relates to the financing proposal, it does have life to expand the program to provide more access to consumers and par tticipants and probably improve interest rates and speed up the process. that's one advantage. there's some issues with it, but there's opportunities there. and then the bill that proposes refinancing those into fha is very close to the fha short refi program that we rolled out when i was in the administration. so there are things in play, and those could happen quickly if the kinks were worked out of them. as we all know, you have to take it all or nothing. so getting this right to a point where it could move forward is one option. but harp is really working. it's having an extraordinary influence. it is clearly improving the cash flow of millions of americans, and it streamlines and it is having an impact. and it takes a village of solutions here. >> and so the sponsors of the home for good campaign are offering to bring you each up a card here to sign off, as we

aside shouting out to alejandro, good job with everything that you do, and the thing i would suggest as it relates to the financing proposal, it does have life to expand the program to provide more access to consumers and par tticipants and probably improve interest rates and speed up the process. that's one advantage. there's some issues with it, but there's opportunities there. and then the bill that proposes refinancing those into fha is very close to the fha short refi program that we rolled out when i was in the administration. so there are things in play, and those could happen quickly if the kinks were worked out of them. as we all know, you have to take it all or nothing. so getting this right to a point where it could move forward is one option. but harp is really working. it's having an extraordinary influence. it is clearly improving the cash flow of millions of americans, and it streamlines and it is having an impact. and it takes a village of solutions here. >> and so the sponsors of the home for good campaign are offering to bring you each up a card here to sign off, as we