. >> a bay area boy needs your help, 7-year-old baylor frederickson needs a bone marrow donor. a challenging case because he's multiethnic. abc7 news reporter carolyn tyler has baylor's story. >> baylor frederickson loves math, greek mythology and sports, his focus son getting well. the 7-year-old is battling leukemia. this video shared by the asian american donor program is one of the ways the family is asking for help. >> we need to save my little brother's life so please donate. >> baylor needs a bone marrow transplant and his sister, maddie is not a match. their parents are japanese and german, so a mixed race donor would be ideal. but so far, even a worldwide search has come up empty. >> there's over 10 million on the registry today, on the national registry today, only 400,000 are of mixed race and that's mixed race of everybody. >> for two decades, jonathan leon has tried to encourage people to step up. >> the number one thing doesn't pertain to me, i don't have a family member, i'm not affected. it doesn't hit you until it hits close to home. that's the sad part. >> it's

the potential donors provided a cheek swab to see if they could be a match for baylor frederickson, bute is half japanese, finding a donor is really tough. >> like a perfect match is like an identical twin. he doesn't have an identical twin. >> only 7% of those registered as born marrow donors are asian, even fewer are mixed race like baylor. there is another race drive next week at larkin in san francisco. >>> in the meantime, staying in san francisco, a landmark has reopened. you will meet two of the women whose images have . >>> covering santa rosa, berkeley, san jose, and all the bay area. this is abc 7 news. >>> one of san francisco's iconic landmarks is open for business again looking live now at quick tower from our tower. quake tower shut down for six months of renovations, inside and out, including work on the famous murals, here is abc news reporter carolyn tyler. >> reporter: they cut the ribbon today to re-open coit tower, this landmark originally opened in 1933, a gift to the firefighters. it includes modernizing the elevators that takes crowds to the top for million dollar

instagram feed to honor members of the by area a p a community and tonight we recognize 7-year-old baylor frederickson of albany who is fighting a brave battle against law chemoyeah we reported his story many times. baylor is of jap necessary and german descent and feds a donor who is ethnically similar. there is a drive at san francisco heritage street celebration top. we have more information on instant gram at this site. baylor we think but. we'll be so what we're looking for is a way to "plus" our accounting firm's mobile plan. and "minus" our expenses. we're offering our best-ever pricing on mobile plans for business. run the numbers on that. well, unlimited talk and text, with ten gigabytes of data for the five of you would be... one-seventy-five a month. with a year of high-speed internet, free. ah, "free" is not deductible! i smell audit! i smell savings... same with aladdin. the biggest in bail. no one has lower prices, is faster or more professional. aladdin bail bonds. bigger because we're better. aladdin bail bonds. >> great story to remind us it is never too late to your dreams. meet 81-y

baylor frederickson needs a bone marrow transplant. a search for a bone marrow match is empty so far. the drives were held over the weekend in albany and walnut creek. there is another drive from noon to 2:00 today at the uc berkeley shared services building. you it is fast and easy to join and it only take as swab of your cheek. it could not be easier. no pain. very easy. i did it two years ago. >> "pain "may not be the right work -- well, maybe after you see consider electric bill. >> you have to pay a lot to stay cool. good news for bart, it is mild in some areas at 56 in dublin/pleasanton and concord is 58. 55 in fremont. everyone else, pittsburg, walnut creek, san lenadro, union city, sfo, daly city and san francisco in the low-to-mid 60's right now. our temperatures are from one to six degrees warmer than we were yesterday. that is why we talked about sleeping being a bear, probably the warmest morning in the forecast followed by our warmest afternoon. everyone but the coast still under the heat advisory, take care of the elderly

baylor frederickson needs a bone marrow transplant. his parents are of japanese-american heritage. there is a drive today, it's from 11:00 until 4:00 at the asian heritage street celebration which is at larkin and mcallister in san francisco. >>> still ahead on the saturday morning news, safety is the theme of tomorrow's bay-to-breakers race, at least as far as police are concerned. we will show you what is being done along the course for your protection. >>> and as the clock strikes 8:37 on your saturday morning, a live look here from our exploratorium cam. it looks kind of artistic out there this morning, doesn't it? the water is gray, the sky is cloudy, a lone boat sails through the shot. but the clouds should clear and it will be nice in san francisco today and tomorrow for bay to breakers, lisa arg >>> covering santa rosa, berkeley, san jose, and all the bay area -- this is abc7 news. >>> welcome back, everyone. an eighth grade english teacher has been named teacher of the year by the san jose unified school district. melis melissa urbane teaching english and john muir middle