bernal six months ago, he has had only one migraine. even people at his school can see a difference in him. every teacher said he seemed more alive. he smiled, he did talk, which were things that he wasn't doing before. it seemed like he was a lot happier overall. he didn't fall asleep like he did when he was on the medicine. he's a more normal, average boy. it is estimated that 1 in 9 american women will get breast cancer some time in their life. when i first felt the pa in my breast, i thought i had pulled a pectoral muscle. i was doing exercises trying to trim down. i let it go for a couple of weeks. kathleen morrell is 44 years old and works for columbia pictures. she lives with her daughter arianna in van nuys, california. i went to my gynologist, who said, "you had a good mammram six months ago. wait until september. i think it the muscle." a doctor told me i was all right, but i was still obsessing. i went home, and i was cranky. i apologized to arianna. i said, "i'm sorry i've been out of sorts lately, but this pain is bothering

this nurse, the library will probably approve a replacement design for the bernal heights branch library and mural. ~ thursday complete wipe out of the history and the artwork that was on that community created library and the explanation for the new mural doesn't even say what the things are the specific things you'll be able to see with bin ocularx. ~ binoculars. >> are there other members of the public that wish to speak? >>> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is jackie bryson and happy black history week. i'm coming once again to raise the issue of my concern where there is no eviction protection for people who are living in so-called supportive housing. the people who are in this housing are the most vulnerable members of our society here in san francisco in that they have come to this housing out of homelessness or from rehab or from the hospital and with unscrupulous landlords, of course, having unscrupulous attorneys, are able to find loop holds, meaning there isn't an eviction protection for their tenants. ~ loopholes are able to indulge in retaliatory with impunity. i brought

we are now encountering a right- hand turn on bernal street. we wanted to come here because this is a town roughly about 75,000 people and a lot of people in this area throughout the tri-valley jump on this. can you see me right ahead to my right here is the san jose junction heading south out of pleasanton. many people making their tracks into the silicon valley. this is what you will encounter. right now, we have 43 degrees but no wind and the relative humidity is roughly about 93%. so that has formed a lot of condensation in the form of fog. with the recent rain that's moved into the bay area, we have a lot of moisture on the ground and as far as the ground is concerned, then when you have no wind and that relative humidity is up there, it does form the fog. i'm being told right now by the national weather service and by our local fire departments that the visibility is roughly half mile so it is obscured. it's not as bad as yesterday at this time. but i got to tell you, everybody, it is still very, very troublesome for many people on the ba

chopper 5 above the ggi granite on courtlandt avenue and bernal heights just after it happened. two men were unloading granite slaps when they were crushed under one of the slabs. not clear how it fell. we have a crew on the scene now collecting more information. >>> also at this hour, rain is arriving in the bay area right now. in some places, just a sprinkle, in others more of a mist but it will be coming down hard for the next few days. let's get to kpix 5 meteorologist lawrence karnow tracking the storm on hi-def doppler radar. >> reporter: hard to believe that the rain started now and it may not end until sunday night. this could truly be a super soaker. you can see all the rain now spreading into the south bay as well as parts of the north bay. some of that moderate amounts of rainfall coming down now. right along the peninsula, you're seeing some yellows and oranges so good downpours now. but the thing is, it is just going to continue to pour into the bay area. likely intense filing overnight tonight and this is the reason why. we have tapped into subtropical jet streams

this nurse, the library will probably approve a replacement design for the bernal heights branch library mural. ~ thursday complete wipe out of the history and the artwork that was on that community created library and the explanation for the new mural doesn't even say

so, bernal heights neighborhood center, the excelsior action group, leader in the edia, excelsior district improvement station, and [speaker not understood] neighborhood association, in particular want to thank gordon mckellan and angie minkon who played a large role. also my children's school is about a block away from there as well and our school played a role also. i helped mobilize a lot of the media support we got to shed light on what was happening in the neighborhood. and, so, today i'm actually introducing a resolution that is in support of legislation that's working at the state level that will close the ability of online internet sweep stakes gaming to operate in california. and, so, this resolution will be before us next week for the adoption for our committee reference calendar to make sure we can send a message to the state of california that we actually protect our neighborhoods and our business corridors from these predatory type institutionses or companies that are preying on our communities. so, i'm really excited about the settlement and it's actually brought a lot of gre

abc 7 news reporter jonathan bloom join us from the city's bernal heights neighborhood where it happened, just as the company was just stunned by this accident. >> reporter: they say the worst accident in the company's 30-year history. it happened in this doorway, two workers were is crush and killed by two giant slabs of stone, many times bigger and heavier. over to my right, you can see these wooden a-frames, the devices holding those slabs in place and may have been knocked loose in transit leading to disaster. shards of shattered white mar bell littered the ground in front of dgi granite's warehouse. firefighters arrived to find a manager and another worker trapped under giant domed slaps that apparently tumbled out of the shipping contain er [ inaudible ]. >> reporter: manager died at the scene. the owners a wife told us he had worked here for 12 years, a loyal employee who has no family here in the bay area. she says her own husband was nearly crushed but got out of the way just in time. the slabs weren't that thick but they were big and happy says that man, who there was when it h

our ryan takeo is in san francisco's bernal heights neighborhood with how coworkers tried to save them. >> it was an accident. >> reporter: just by looking at guillermo balboa's face, you can tell this tragedy is a shock for the workers here. the slabs fell just after 10:00. workers at ggi granite were unloading this container. >> it seems that the [ indiscernible ] moving it out and two people were caught underneath it. >> comes this side -- impossible to carry too much really heavy. >> reporter: the slabs were too heavy to lift. an average granite slab weighs about 800 pounds. and there were several in the container. the fire department had to use another option. >> we had to break several pieces of granite to remove the bodies. >> reporter: a couple hours later workers helped pick up what was left from the attempted rescue. at the company's showroom down the street, the owner's wife told us off camera one of the victims was a manager who had been with the company 12 years. >> something happen in the container and -- [ pause ] >> reporter: ggi unloads these slabs all the time. guille

making the cemetery more reminiscent of a jail where inmates bury up to fifteen hundred bodies a year bernal's for those the city takes care of take place in mass graves here inmates dig ten feet deep trenches at fifty cents per hour in dollars that are buried out there are primarily homeless there are people that are generally forgotten and ignored by society. photographer in ferentz was able to get these images by reaching the island in secret on a handmade boat the most striking thing when we first landed it hit our boat for the morning. was that we almost stumbled into an open area we stepped out and just realized that the plywood covered coffins controlled by the city's department of correction the location is difficult to access and visits if any are strictly regulated i had a a live child and she's gone and i have no. control over going to a cemetery to visit her former navy commander ilene josephs five day old baby girl died thirty six years ago at twenty three all by herself while the grieving mother was trying to figure out funeral arrangements she found out that her child had alread

down to bernal. a smooth drive around the golf course and the bend. approaching redwood road, then smoother toward 880 south, san mateo bridge and 880, slow in both directions away from 238. we'll show you a live look at the san mateo bridge off 880, a lot of company. some low clouds along the peninsula but not a problem for drivers. visibility is fine there. we'll get another shot. this is actually a relatively light volume through this area this time of day. you are close to the speed limit for 880. the bay bridge toll plaza has the backup off of the curve and the freeway. back to you guys. >> thanks, mike. new details on a crash involving an amtrak train and a car. no word if passengers were on the train or why the car was on the tracks. this happened last night. one was trapped inside unconscious. firefighters were able to get that person out, both taken to the hospital with what are described as major injuries. >> 6:51. officials have not released the name of a berkeley firefighter who died where he was crushed by a tractor. fell you firefighters

reporter: he is part of the swift-water rescue team and this, believe it or not, is swift water known as bernal creek. >> people don't understand the force of water. one foot of water moving at three miles an hour is enough to take an adult down. >> reporter: half inch of rain and this canal rises 6 feet. an inch of rain and this seemingly calm waterway can run 14 feet deep. >> this looks like real inviting whitewater rafting. unfortunately, it's full of hazards. tree branches hang down, all sorts of debris. >> reporter: after recent storms, normally calm creeks and channels become full of swift moving water gathering debris, speed and force. his warning to us all, stay away from any creeks, canals and channels. stay alive. stay 30 feet away, right? >> stay 30 feet away. just respect the water. >> reporter: in the event you do get swept into the water, he says assume what is called a defensive swimming position. >> you're just sitting have your feet in front of you then you use your arms to kind of steer yourself. and just use your feet to bounce off of any rocks, debris, anything like that. >>

at four feet tall and 50 pounds, sienna bernal -- or sinny, as her family calls her -- is one of only the world with a genetic condition known as primordial dwarfism, where a person's body, from head to those toes, is in most cases proportional. just extremely small. the only thing smaller -- are the odds. she would be born with a twin sister, sierra. how many, how many little people are there? where? one of the twins is normal and one is a primordial dwarf? >> well, there's none that are twins. >> reporter: you're the only ones? >> uh-huh. >> reporter: at birth, sinny weighed just over a pound and was nearly six weeks behind her sister sierra in development. >> her lungs were not fully developed and she couldn't eat food yet, because everything wasn't developed and her skin was also really, really thin, so, we couldn't touch her. >> reporter: the twin's mom, chrissy. in the early going, what did they say about her chances? >> well, you know, the doctor said 10% chance of living. and if she did live, they thought she'd be a vegetable. >> this is elvis. say hi, elvis! >> hi! >> i like

the visibility is dropped down to a quarter of a mile in many locations right here in bernal and this is a very strong indication that a lot of the secondary roads, these artery roads that lead you right on up to the, uhm, the on-ramps and the off-ramps of our local bridges, and our local freeways, that you're not going to be able to see very well. the morning commute from the tri-valley into the silicon valley up and over the sunol grade is pretty fogged in at this particular time. so we are going to keep driving around so we can make you aware of the conditions for your morning commute as you head on out. for your local weather conditions, always visit us online at kpix5.com/weather. reporting from a very foggy pleasanton, roberta gonzales in mobile weather, kpix 5. >>> san diego was on upset alert against wyoming last night. coming up, did the high-flying cowboys pull off the stunning victory? >> i'm dennis o'donnell. coming up, a bunch of dogs share the stage at madison square garden. we'll tell you about that. we have the best in show along with the latest in the warriors controv

. >>> two workers were crushed to death in an industrial accident in san francisco's bernal heights. it happened at around 10 a.m. this morning at the ggi granite company on courtlandt avenue. the two men were unloading 800- pound slabs of granite from a shipping container when they got caught underneath. a broken pulley may be to blame. one worker we spoke with says he was on the other side of the factory but when he heard screaming, he rushed over to help. >> it was bad. when you see something dead, it's not good. come to help this guy, but impossible, carry too much -- really heavy. >> when emergency crews arrived, they had to break several pieces of granite to remove the victims from underneath. according to the department of labor, the company has not had any workplace incidents like this. >>> flu deaths in california have almost doubled since this time last year. so far, the flu has killed 202 people statewide. 56 people died last week alone. santa clara county has reported 14 deaths and that's the most of any county here in the bay area. but officials say the worst may be over