cecilia vega, abc7 news. >>> and police across the bay area are are on the lookout for fireworks.hey sell safe and sane fireworkses. but there are strict rules regarding the use of the fire works. most importantly they can only beset off in cities where they are purchased. most cities have a zero tolerance policy for setting off any type of fire work. violations can result in a fine of up to $4,000 and selling the fireworks can lead to criminal charges. about 12,000 injuries are caused by fireworks each year in california and half involve children. >>> if you are traveling on bart, trains will operate on a sunday schedule during the day with extra trains to accommodate all of the people attending the san francisco fireworks display. >>> a seaplane that sank off the cost of sausalito was pulled out of the bay. the plane crashed into richardson bay on friday. witnesses captured video as the sea play tried to take off, but hit a wake and flipped nose first into the water. the passing boater rescued the pilot and his passenger. we spoke to the captain of the boat today. >> i saw the p

cecilia vega reports on the impact to millions of people. >> reporter: they are one of the 7.6 millionans that rely on medicaid or medical for health care. she has dreams of becoming a nurse, if there is more cuts to the system she fears the worst. >> everybody that uses this, social services, they are not criminals. >> but the cuts are coming. $90 billion that they pumped in medicaid two years ago the recession worsened runs out this week. she advises the poorest of the poor and she says people are forced to make desperate decisions. >> one versus the other and if you decide medical co-pay to see the doctor you may not have money to pay rent. >> part of the cuts mean states like california will be forced to reduce their medicaid payments to doctors and hospitals and poor people will have a tougher time to get medical treatment. >> the cuts also mean california recipients pay new co-pays for drugs and hospital visits and get seven doctor visits a year. >> john directs studies at pacific research think tank. >> there is a reality, that we're bust. despite massive increases over the year

as cecilia vega reports a lot of people are looking to an old train station to breathe new life. >> whenrain station opened on 16th street had how soon it was a grand gate way to the west. today it's a relic of bie gone era. >> it was the end of the transcontinental railroad the artery that links the east coast with the west. trains would arrive and passengers would walk upstairs to waiting trolley that has took them to san francisco on or the east bay. >> you had the great migration from the south into the area and japanese and eastern europeans coming that way from the east coast. >> it was damaged in the 1989 earthquake. we are couple blocks away from the cypress freeway collapsed. but when the community demanded the freeway be built some is place else. now there a hope it will be a new inspiration. >> because it was a landmark and listed, we have been look and thinking to find ways to reduce oos it. >> when the plot was for sale, the community to be sensitive to potential developers to make it a community resource. >> the land was purchased in 2005 by a housing developer. they have p

reporting in oakland, cecilia vega, abc 7 news. >>> an 83-year-old woman has died after being hit by a teenager on a skateboard. she was crossing the street when she was hit and knocked to the ground. the skateboarder was going about 15 miles an hour. he was not hurt. police did not arrest him. they did notify his parents of course, and detectives are investigating exactly what happened and why. >>> a marine corps helicopter crashed at camp pendleton. one person is dead. the five other members onboard are hospitalized. their conditions have not been released that the point. the chopper went down around noon on the sprawling base along the northern san diego county coastline known as a yankie hewie and attached to the third marine aircraft wing. >> america's gay troops serving anywhere in the world will no longer be subjected to don't ask don't tell. a u.s. appeals court ordered the government to immediately stop enforceing that ban. the story tonight from abc 7's carolyn tie. >>> this means that i served during wartime. >> reporter: zoe dunning was a rare case of a gu gay service mem

cecilia vega spent time with them today. >> reporter: today was a full day of mourning in norway andwegians may have been thousands of miles away but it was there are was one place to go. >> at the church here in san francisco, sunday services were filled with prayer, song and disbelief. >> it used to be a peaceful corner in the world. >> the bombing attack on the government in oslo and shooting spree left 90 people dead, nearly 100 wounded and the country rocked with a level of violence not seen since world war ii. as the king and queen mourned at a memorial service, the bay area's norwegian community grieved, too. >> i don't have any family there but it's too bad. >> outside the flag flew at half-staff. inside, they left messages of hope and tried to comprehend the guns's professed hatred. >> if you sort of understand and accept his rationale for doing this and loner's action to the great influx into a country that has for thousands of years has been very homogeneous. >> he teaches international policy. he says the attacks should remind the united states about the threat of home-gr

as cecilia vega explains, it is back. >> reporter: the place looks like it smells like roses. some days it is shattered by a not so pretty odor. some describe it as rotten eggs. others use a word not fit for t.v. >> a real sewer smell. >> reporter: residents know exactly where to point their fingers and noses, the nearby sewage treatment plant. >> my son moved away because of the smell. and it it was that bad. >> reporter: neighbors say it was really bad in october after an equipment malfunction at the plant caused the release of the smelly gas known more technically as hydrogen sulfide. so far the release levels have not been can dangerous. in small doses it won't hurt but you it definitely stinks. now, the plant trucks its waste out of town but moving the waste around may be to blame for the recent smell complaints. >> reporter: residents say how bad the smell is depends on the weather. when the wind kicks in and the weather gets hot, watch out. >> it is frustrating for everybody. >> reporter: city councilman tom butts' home borders the plant. he says there is no icy fix. >>

reporting in berkeley, cecilia vega, abc 7 news. >>> all right. spencer christian with the forecast as we reach the back half of this week. and we have got a little bit more warm weather to enjoy we do. squeeze out one more day. we are going to have one more day of warm weather inland. it will cool down a little bit around the bay area near the coast. a live view from the high definition sutro camera look towards the northwestern sky. a little afterglow of the sunset there. even at this hour at 9:18:27. take a look at the current temperature readings. still mild to warm in some spots. 75 fremont. lots of warmth holding on into the mid evening hours. it will be warm inland again tomorrow. cooling begins tomorrow. it has already, as a matter of fact, along the coast and around the bay. and then all areas begin to cool down on friday and then that will last for awhile. here is the the satellite radar composite image. high pressure is still controlling our weather. that will be the dominant feature. it will provide us more sunny skies tomorrow and, of

cecilia vega reports the women's cancer research center is making lives better and helping to save them, too. >> it started out as an answering machine in a living room 25 years ago. it was simple idea by a group of women, all fighting cancer without support oth support othn each other. >> i heard nothing, there was nothing for me. >> they knew all about the medical side of the disease but it took her own diagnosis to realize there were no support groups or gathering places for women just like her. she bute beat it and so many others weren't as lucky. >> you can't realize when you hear the words -- you have cancer. >> today the resource center a lifeline, women come for yoga to calm the nerves and even sometimes they come to smile. >> help on a first name basis and it targets specific communities like lesbians or spanish people. taxis to the doctors go fast but the door is already open whether they come right after being diagnosed or in the final stages of the fight. >> this is a safe place. it's safe and you walk in and they are theory help you. >> to this building here in oakland, ove

cecilia vega reports. >> there really isn't a way to beat pleasanton's triple-digit it heat, you learn to cope with it, that means hiding whatever shade you can find and stay well hydrated. >> we're going to go jump in the pool. >> as temperatures sizzled so did grills around the bay area in spite of the warning. the scorching weather forced monitors to declare it spare-the-air day. while barbecue was not technically illegal it definitely was not adviced. >> people around the barbecue but we strongly urge them to use gas grills because they pollute less, even if they use charcoal grill, don't use fluid to get it started. >> barbecues aren't the only potentially dangerous 4th of july tradition. some people just can't help it. the big are the fireworks the better the holiday even if it cost $239. in dublin one of few places in alameda county where it's legal to buy and sell fireworks, every purchase big or small comes with a warning. >> we ask them to please stay where they are legal. stay in dublin, together parks where it's designated. >> i know where it's hot. what did you do to stay

. >> cecilia vega, "abc 7 news." >> in the studio with me to talk about how steroids are affecting theives of kids is dr. neelesh kenia from kaiser permanente. thank you for being with us. what do kids think out of this. being a stars and being successful so they would ko this. >> i think a lot of kids think they will become better athletes by taking steroids. you may get bigger muscles butno never shown to improve sports performance. a lot of kids want to be stronger and look better. they don't realize that a lot of side effects don't help you in that way. you may have bigger muscles but a lot 6 other problems. >> reporter: what are some of the side effects lwh there is a long list. how you are going to list for men, it's breast development. it kak cause your testicles to shrink. for women, significant problems, as well. it can cause deepening of the voice and cause hair on the face. so things like that. for both men and women severe problems, weight, acne, hair loss, heart problems. high blood pressure, high cholesterol, psychological problems, mood swings. a significant amount of ag

. >> that was cecilia vega reporting. >> federal aviation officials are looking to the cause of a fireoard an american jet line they're was forced to make an emergency landing in dallas last night. the boeing was on its bay to brazil when its landing gear caught fire. what you are seeing there is the jetliner dumping fuel to lose some weight to land safely. it did land safely on the runway and that gives the crew time to look into it and what caused that fire. a lost planes you have to dump fuel to lighten the load and some planes don't have that. >> it looked like it was smoke. >> coming up, a deadly fire returned to california. what you can do to protect your family. >> and hundreds of same-sex marriages continue in new york. how legalization is going to pay big dividends for new york's economy. >> what a thriving an unexpected plunge in drug prices. >> and update the condition of a 11-year-old girl who was hit by a stray bullet over the weekend in san francisco. >>> welcome back. look at high temperatures across the country, they are considerably cooler. 79 at boston. we have low 80

abc7's saw -- cecilia vega spent time with them today. >> after two days of shock and relief, for manyhere was just one place to go on sunday morning. >> have i to come to church because i -- i have to come to church because i felt it necessary to be here. >> the bomb attack in oslo and the shooting spree at a young camp left 90 people dead, nearly 100 wounded and this country rocked with a level of violence not seen since world war ii. as norway's king and queen mourned at a special memorial service and thousands took to the streets, the norwegian community grieved too. outside the flag flew at half staff. they left messages of hope for their homeland and tried to talk about the professed hate of the government and the muslims who now call norway home. >> and unfortunately in part of oslo per say, the whole neighborhoods are being, if you will, made into enclaves of immigrants. they have difficulty assimilating, and perhaps it is not as receiving as they could be. >> he teaches international security policy. he says there is a lesson in the norway attacks for the united states. >> you

cecilia vega joins us with more. >> reporter: the shock has gone away in the neighborhood but unansweredions. she is now 31 years old and she wrote a book that details the ordeal "the stomp life."

cecilia vega reports. >> reporter: there really isn't a way to beat pleasanton's triple-digit it heatjust learn to cope with it. that means hiding whatever shade i can find or create and stay well hydrated. >> we're going to jump in the pool. >> reporter: as temperatures sizzled, so did grills around the bay area in spite of the warning. the scorching weather forced bay area quality monitors to declare eight spare-the-air day. barbecuing was not technically illegal it was definitely not adviced. >> people can barbecue but we strongly to encourage them to use gas grills but they pollute a lot. if they have to use charcoal grill, don't use lighter fluid. >> reporter: barbecues aren't the only potential dangerous tradition. some people just can't help it, bigger the fireworks, the better the holiday even if it cost $239. in dublin one of few places in alameda county where it's legal to buy and sell fireworks. every purchase big or small comes with a zblarng we ask them to please stay where it's legal and stay in dublin. to go the parks where it's designated to fire off fireworks. >>> you