dan ashley reports on one bay area hotel that is an extreme example of the growing trend. >> in sonoma county, healdsburg is increasingly becoming a destination for tourists visiting wine countrynd also where you'll find the newest hotel. >> the actual site used to be a gas station. >> jason is director of sales at h--2 hotel a new green hotel that opened in july. >> obviously, we're going this to save money with the hotel itself by saving energy usage. it's really the future. i think other guests really appreciate the value of the green hotel. >> everything from the guest rooms the lobby was designed with the environment in mind. >> essentially all of the materials in the interiors and in the hotel are sustainable, that is they are reused, resiokd local. >> even the tables in the restaurant are made from reclaimed wood. >> this is locally harvested certainly within the largeray area. >> rather than jumping into a car you can check out a bike to get around town and a green roof helped the project off. >> yo can make a building rich and wonderful and gree is the good w to do it because

and tonight dan ashley shows how one woman is sharing secrets in the dark of the night.is full moon cast a glow in chinatown. if the streets could talk, they'd tell stories of wealth, love, greed, and racism. >> chinese believe in evil spirits. these rooms are theirs to trick them. the spirit coming down in the roof, shooting back up. >> the maze of alley ways provides a perfect place to tell ghost story autos there is a family of cats that live in this alley way. no one knows who takes care of them. no one knows why they're here. and elders of the community say that these cats represent the reincarnation of the ladies of the evening killed here in early 1900s. >> every friday and saturday night, cynthia shares ghost stories she heard as a child growing up here in chinatown. some are haunted stories. bordering on super natural. others are haunting tales of lost love. >> ladies of the evening used to be behind gates and used to solicit their business and behind a red door were their actual brothels. one lady named anna wong, a lovely lady, fortunate enough to meet a shoe

here's dan ashley with their story. >> do you take your meds?highland hospital captured by a video crew with plans to make each patient's story matter. >> i was injured on the job. i give 110% of my body to the company. >> my readings, just got out of prison. >> some arrive in critical condition. >> as you're aware, others appear because there's no place else to turn. >> i was having a hard time finding employment. we lost our home. >> i'm basically retired. i have very little income. >> i need more health benefits. so i have to come up here to get my epilepsy medication. without the medication, i'm gone. >> pete nixon says he spent the past five months in highland's waiting room. this is a public hospital that never turns anyone away. >> it's visually an incredibly diverse site. then you start to look and talk to people and realize it's a remarkable manifestation of our healthcare in america. >> as people wait, they have a chance to share what's on their mind. >> for some reason we're seeing more regular people to be happy. >> the crew has shot

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i'm dan ashley. pound for pound he is ranked the best boxer in the world and tonight is throwing his weight around in the bay area. pacquiao was in vallejo for a fund raising event. a boxer and politician and singer, are too, right? >> reporter: yes, and tonight it was a madhouse in here. manny is the only fighter to win titles in eight weight classes. he is, as you mentioned an elected congressman in his native philippines. he has this book due out tomorrow and tonight he is saying to a small group of his closest fans -- ♪ >> reporter: tonight manny the packman was amongst friends fresh off his title bout victory he sang for 250 people at the hidden brook country club near vallejo. ♪ i want to hold you 'til i die, 'til we both break down and cry, i want to hold you 'til the fear in me subsides ♪ >> reporter: now, he may not be a world class krooner but to his international fans manny can do and sing no wrong. he has single handedly thrust the philippines and its people on to the global stage. as a r

i'm dan ashley. we broke records overnight and you can expect the same thing tonight. spencer christian with a look at how low it will go. >> a bit lower tonight than it did last night in some places. first take a look at the know record lows for the date. oakland 49 degrees. all new records for this date. south lake tahoe in our coverage area, temperature minus 8 shattering the old record for this day of 5 above zero and san francisco with 41. oakland airport at 34 tied the existing records for this date. a freeze warping in effect overnight from 1 a&m to 9 a&m for the north bay and east bay valleys. temperatures drop into the mid 20s to low 30s. freezing temperatures could last four hours or more. and a frost advisory in effect for a widespread area including the coastal north bay. bay shoreline. santa clara valley. and there is more on the way and i will have more on that a little bit later. dan. >> thanks. see you again shortly. >>> gas usage was up 65% last night because of the cold. people trying to stay warm. others braving the cold deliberately to get a jump on

>> that was dan ashley reporting.iginally got much of the video through our story through youreport powered by youtube.com. show us what you've got. upload the video or e-mail photos. and to see more of the waiting room video, we have a link to the what are you waiting for site. it's at abc7news.com. don't go away. "7 on your side" is next. >> some cards give cash back for groceries but not a beauty shop and natural food store. or at least not ♪ [ female announcer ] yoplait's real fruit and the goodness of dairy... gives you a little slice of happy. and happiness comes in 25 delicious flavors. explore them all. yoplait. it is so good. now the yoplait you love in a new four pack. try it today. >>> there are credit cards that give you cash back rewards for certainly purchases but some customers found out their favorite grocery store did not and it made no sense to them. they called "7 on your side" for help. here's michael finney with the story. >> linda does most of her grocery shopping here at good earth natural foods

dan ashley takes i inside. >> the iron mountain mine has been called the beast.lace where the water is so toxic, scientists had to come up with new methods to measure it. this mine was once the largest copper mine in california. it closed since 1966. rich is project manager for iron mountain for the environmental protection agency. >> they mined up 1963. 1963. but what it produced throughout the lot of the life, it produced acid for refining industry. >> iron, zinc and cadmium. it's exposed to hundred inches of rain that fall on the mountain each year. undisturbed they wouldn't pose a problem. >> overflows from a dam to contain contaminated water jeopardized wildlife before. they have been monitoring the toxic runoff since 1986. >> large amounts of coper and zinc can kill fish because they have to breathe it through their gills. >> they discharge a ton of iron and zinc each day. >> it's like having hundred refineries in one location. >> i would have to go it on hoed midnight, going out lowering bottles down and taking samples in the sacramento river. >> they esti

i'm dan ashley. it was an incredible unforgettable day, an orange and black woodstock. >> 4:00 in the morn something we been here for quite awhile. >> as early as overnight giants fans crowded civic center plaza and the parade route. >> are you playing hooky? >> no, i called in sick. i had something in my eye. i couldn't see going in to work today. >> neither could a lot of other people as well. wayne freedman there was for the whole thing today and he begins our coverage tonight. >> reporter: you are looking at an outpouring of joy, relief, ecstasy and unity. november 3, 21st centur 2010 as of world series famine, here is the trophy paraded through san francisco. a moment and celebration through the ages. mid day the city stood in joyous gridlock. tears and cheers of joy by uncounted thousands and that a mass of even more people waiting for the glorious procession and its entry at city hall. >> we won two games. we beat cliff lee twice. tim lincecum. >> the players emerged one at a time. 33 curtain

dan ashley reports. >>> this is an unconventional experiment taking place high above the ground.n the giant trees in the whittaker forest near king's canyon. we provided researchers with a camera. >> you spend the day crown mapping or branch mapping. >> two people have come together to study the giants. they were taking careful measurements and taking photos high up in the trees, they will count the leaves and measure the branches. >> then you have to hold that position while you count this with the other hand and get the measurement. >> they are hoping to determine whether global warming is having an impact on the last remaining grows of redwoods in the world. anthony ambrose is one of the tree climbing researchers. >> it's critical to get up in the trees because that is where all the sacks happening. that is what is going on in the tree in order to understand the tree and what it's doing and how it's growing and it's structure and function. we need to get up. threw can't study these trees from the ground. >> two centuries of logging decimated old growth redwoods. these ancient

dan ashley takes a closer look and what parents can do to stop it. >> seth's parents knew he was bulliedschool but they don't know how bad it was. he hanged himself from a tree in his tehachapi backyard this last summer. he had been picked on for years because he was gay. his suicide is one of many that made headlines across the country. gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender teenagers who took their own lives. >> i have lost friends. >> we sat down with andre and samati and a.j. as the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community center in san jose. they all came out in high school. they say the bullying is relentless. >> i have been dragged across the quad. >> when i got on boyfriend that is when i heard words from faggot or year. >> doing a national day of protest for gay rights, even teachers weren't supportive. >> most of the teachers from my school -- >> they really wouldn't stand up for me. even home that i thought were my friends were making fun of me. >> it's getting teens to talk to their parents. caitlin is director of a project at san jose state university. they have been

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. >> in san francisco, dan ashley.abc-7 news. >> alan: if taking a butcher class isn't enough, you can dine while you learn. they teamed up with a restaurant in san francisco. on december 5th, they'll butcher half a pig and then cook and serve the other half. we have more information on the web site. go to abc7news.com under "see it on tv". >> coming up, meteorite hunters. the rocks that fall to earth. and let us know in -- let it snow, indoors, that its, we have a look at holiday events and displays this weekend. >> alan: every day the eight bombward by rocks from outer space, and a few actually make it through the atmosphere to toe earth's surface. jeremy hubbard explains why scientist want to get their hands thon meeter toites. >> streaking fire balls fall to earth every day but rarely are they captured on camera. providing a speck -- spectacular sight. there are clues to life mystery. >> how did life begin? the answer to that may absolutely be tied up in studies of meteorites. >> scientists salivate over this space

i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm carolyn johnson.h a few more sights and sounds from today's world series celebration. >> a magazineent day. we have the entire event on abc7news.com. check it out there. ♪ don't stop believing ♪ >> it is insane. >> look at them now. it is indescribable. ♪ don't stop believing ♪ >> this is the best place e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e

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here is dan ashley with this morning's report. >> reporter: this 18,000 pound plank swinging over thehs as well be a victory flag. >> is a big day. >> reporter: in just a few hours these planks will become a new bridge that will allow the town's fire engines to get to the town. >> the people had the right idea. they had the drive to get it done. >> reporter: the problem begin five years ago when the bridge was condemned after a big storm damaged the footing. the fire station is one side of the creek. the town is on the other. in the old days, folks might have spent a weekend fixing the bridge themselves, but that is not an option now. >> we have to meet the requirements of 11 different agencies. >> reporter: those agencies required a new, much stronger bridge and there were a lot of environmental rules because the creek is a protected salmon area that feeds the russian river. the job would cost $400,000. while jenner has plenty of tourists, it only has about 120 residents to share the costs. the fund-raising took five years. federal emergency management agency agreed to pay three-quar

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>>reporter: in san francisco, dan ashley. >>> 7 news. >>> now if taking the butcher class wasn't enoughan also dine while you learn. teamed up with the restaurant in san francisco and on december 5th they will butcher half a pig then cook and serve the other half. if you would like to take part we have more information for you on our welcome back site. let's get another update on the forecast. spencer here were that forecast. Ñi get l this is an area of heavy rainfall way up north around you'ree a and line of other rain cutting through ukiah. they measured 1 $100 of an inch or so. so here comes the wet weather starting 8:00 o'clock tomorrow morning. it will arrived tomorrow morning and showers through the day an temperatures rising only to the mid 50's in mildest location and tape hearing awful in the late afternoon and 7 day forecast so rain tonight showers tomorrow. then sunny sky and wednesday and thursday slight chance of light rainfall and then we get dry weather again on thursday-40. wet for shoppers tonight. >> yes then agent warm-up that's true. >> thanks. as we have been report

. >> good evening i'm dan ashley. all is peaceful at the fruitvale bart station in oakland right now but earlier its closure where oscar grant shot and killed last year by a bart police officer. tonight's protest was supposed to be directed at oakland police who shot and killed another unarmed man derek jones in his neighborhood monday night. we werep,v"b oe scene live with the story. lee ann. >> hi dan. it was somewhat of a small crowd that gathered here this evening. family of 37-year-old derek jones obviously very emotional and now theçó+oz:ñ3 march began at e shop on bancroft avenue. pretty long distance from there to the fruitvale bart station where grant was killed by a bart police officer on january 1st of 2009. the people came to honor the lives of both jones and grant and to protest against oakland police. as the march continued police began blocking self streets while keeping an eye on the protestors who, by the way, i have to say kept it very peaceful. when they arrived at the fruitvale station bart decid

i'm dan ashley. we are going to begin with horrifying case that had a richmond police officer wiping tears from his eyes today. he testified in court today about the young victim that he saw after a vicious gang rape that made national news. cecelia was there. >>reporter: the 7 suspects were shackled at the waist marched in and out of the martin the east courthouse. many were high school age at the time of the attack. one was just 15. in the courtroom details emerge of the heinous gang rape outside richmond high homecoming dance. details so disturbing a veteran police officer was brought to tear. richmond police officer todd kaiser the first on the scene cried on the stand as he described finding the 16-year-old victim underneath a picnic table in the dimly lit campus court yard. he said i thought she was dead when i first saw her. nearby officers found open condom wrappers. silver high heel shoe. the girl's school i.d. empty purse and empty bolts of brandy. she had cuts on her back and non-responsiv

good evening i'm dan ashley. there are impromptu party all over san francisco tonight. toilet paper streaming and people dancing in the streets in the mission. here's a guy on top of a truck waving the flag in excitement. euphoria that the home team has won the series. show you live picture from sky 7 hd at mission and 22nd street. 200 people have gathered there to celebrate this victory. the giants have not won the world series since 1954 when they played in new york. this is first time it has happened in would have thoughttart of the it was going to happen. this was a night when 2 of the best pitchers in baseball engage in a world series dual and then the aging short stop found a way to steal the show and what a show it was. start our coverage tonight with sports director larry biel. just great. >> exciting. nerve wracking then you get the jubilation and the wait is over. 2010 giants brought world series championship home to the city of san francisco for the first time. giants finish off the rangers in arlington and they did it the way that they have done it all seaso

>> good evening i'm dan ashley. 5 different robbery if san francisco all of them leaving victims struggling to see and gasping for air. pepper spray mugings have happened in different neighborhood in the past two days. amy is live in san francisco. same mo. police saying whether these are related. >>reporter: they are assuming they are, dan, or they say it could be that 2 guys went out and did it. saw how easy it was bragged to the friends and friends went out and did it. police just don't know. they say that this is unique. it is not the common street robbery and they want people to be aware. they say the thieves are using pepper spray in the victim faces then they grab the wallet or purse, cell phone and then they run away. it happened on the sidewalks in different neighborhoods 5 times of since wednesday. >> it makes me feel like i need to carry my own pepper spray. i don't know what else to say. i have always felt pretty safe on the street so that's a little concerning. >> troubling. because i walk my dog at night so, you know, don't want to happen to me. >>reporter: sixth attack involv

i'm dan ashley. bay area police need your help. they are trying to solve a crime that terrified a number of small children. mask gunmen took over a chuck e cheese in newark. happened on saturday night. we have that story for you agent later. tonight police release surveillance video of the crime. you can see robbers pushing people to the ground. again we are going to have more on the story for you coming up in just a few moments. but for the moment let's move on. the governor plan to help california bottom line by selling state owned buildings is facing even more criticism tonight. he has cut a deal to sell as you have heard 2 dozen buildings. opponent say item a bad move financialally and some say it's down right illegal. mark has the story. >>reporter: in san francisco the buildings included in the sale are the home of the state supreme court and public utility commission building on van ness. in oakland the state office building is also part of the deal along with state buildings if sacramento and los angeles. the sale would rai

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. >> the good evening i'm dan ashley. the bart police officer convicted of killing an unarmed passenger has been sentenced to prison but it i a much lighter prison term than the victim family wanted or certainly expected. messerly was given two years in prison today by a judge in los angele angeles. and the gun enhancement component of his conviction was tossed out. had it not been he could have faced 14 years. here's a live picture from sky 7 hd as darkness fell, peaceful protest turned into a disorganized march. many of the demonstrators have now been boxed in by police near the intersection of sixth avenue and east 18th street. is he seal lia will begin our coverage live for us tonight where there have been some arrests. >>reporter: that's right dan. protestors made it all the way from city hall down here to east oakland. police say there are the about 100 protestors boxed into the area on sixth street, sixth avenue and 17th and 18th the streechlt step out of the way so you can see. if able to see underneath this polic