in fremont, david louie, abc7 news. >>> 4:48. talk about angry birds.scientists discover west nile virus spreads quickly because it hitches a ride on a backyard bird. >>> a lawsuit that confirms seaworld uses slaves to profit. >>> four days after a devastating earthquake in turkey, rescuers pull survivors out of seemingly unsurviviorable situations. >>> check out all the green on the map not only at home but into the midwest and the east so far no flight delays. a lot of wet weather around the country. let's talk about temperatures. it is chilly in many areas. the only place warm d.c. 67, 76 in atlanta, 81 new orleans, 84 miami, 81 phoenix. everybody else 40s and 50s. any time you travel use our flight tracker at abc7news.com. >>> 4:51 in turkey crews pulled another survivor from the rubble today as the death toll from sunday's 7.2 quake has climbed to 523. officials say more than 1600 were injured. 185 people have been rescued. a 19-year-old was pulled from the debris today. rain and snow making rescue efforts more difficult. thousands are homeless. au

. >> david louie is live at allman's apartment building now with more, david? >> police both under cover and uniformed have been here at the apartments all day just in case he tries to come back home. and he lives here with his teen-aged daughter and granddaughter according to neighbors. those same neighbors describe him as a very nice man, dresses well and never bothers men. and they consider him a peacemaker, someone bringing people together. someone embracing nonviolence, besides working at the quarry, he was also an auj skbror a tv producer. and was one of 130 producers for a community access cable channel in san jose. you're looking at a u tube clip of an interview he did with reverend jj. the program runs every friday evening. >> he loves to do his program here, part of that meant he would try to get interview was folks that spoke about nonviolence such as jj, etc.. so it's more surprising that this occurred. and we just hope he decides to peacefully turn himself in. >> he's a kind person. he must have just lost it or something. you know? >> is this upset

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david louie is live where many are remembering steve. >> that is correct. people are out here and the memorial is continuing to grow. people may not have known steve jobs personally but many feel though they did. mourners brought flowers and apples. the symbol of the company. >> like an icon. mike mikey mouse, something really special is gone. it's just very profound feeling and i'm sad fr the family and for friends and people worked with him. >> jobs leaves a void that may be impossible to fill. his vision, passion for design and attention to detail were embedded in apple's dna. >> now, steve is gone, you're going to hear people asking themselves there is a difficult challenge, what would steve do? >> he loses a gifted showman with a special talent turning doubters into believers. >> he's described as the best salesman in the world. he was the person who could stand up and make otherwise hard nose journalists think he had magic up there on stage. >> he now joins ranks of silicon valley luminaries who changed the way consumers used technology. and they play

abc 7's david louie reports tonight on the life and legacy of steve jobs. >> reporter: steve jobs widely credited as a genius behind apple's rise as a consumer electronic companies taking computer out of its name with success in making ipods and ipads and selling music, movies and tv shows to consumers. but the mac computer and an easy to navigate icons putting apple on the map. jobs was a front man. the person could sell apple products and visions like no one else. >> we have the ultimate version we're throwing everything into it. it's $129. >> reporter: jobs presided over a fast-growing global enterprise. if apple retail stores redefine customer experience, offering genius bars for one on one help. it started in a garage with another steve in 1976. >> this is a time when we had no money. neither one of us had a savings account. neither one of us own aid car. >> reporter: they created apple 2, first low-cost personal computer with color graphics and nine years later jobs fired in a management shake up. he moved on to create next, a computer and software company and also acquired a flejl

in fremont, david louie, abc 7ing news. >>> when abc 7 news at 9:00 continues tonight.was the biggest ponzi scheme in history. ruth madoff says she and her husband bernie looked for a way out and tried to take their own lives. >>> plus, one of the world's m?< >>> good evening. thank you for joining us. here is a look at the headlines we are following tonight. protesters again occupying the plaza in downtown oakland. as many as 1,000 people have returned after clashes with the city last night. the city has said they can stay until 10:00 p.m. at which point police will enforce a no camping rule, once again. and a protester is in critical condition after friends say he was hit in the head last night with some kind of police project tile. scott olson's head is fractured. the former marine corps corporal served two tours in iraq before joining iraq veterans against the war. >> tonight we are learning new details about how bernie madoff and his wife ruth may have cracked under pressure. she claims the couple even tried to take their own lives. brian ross has nor on the story.

as david louie explains, full-time jobs are hard to come by. >> employers love the turnout. job seekers don't. it means more competition for the 1,000 openings at the job fair. the ratio was three to one. lines were long at some booths even if no one knew about the company. >> what does this cop do? >> i don't know. i'm waiting to get up to the paper to hear more. something technical. >> but you are precurement specialist and you know that job. >> and no matter where you go you need to have things purchased. >> a a fed ex recruiter needs to fill 20 to 40 driving jobs for the holidays but is not having much luck. >> it is not necessarily a much for most people. >> reporter: andrew lauren took a six month course for biotech and got encouraging news. >> they said with my background and now with my new certificate in biotech they might be able to find something for me there. >> things are starting to look up. >> still positive. >> reporter: are however, still a tough time for tens of thousands. >> still reportedly 90,000 people unemployed in santa clara county. that doesn't coun

our david louie is blogging live on abc7news.com. he will bring all the information and details about the new phone in our later broadcasts. reporting live from cupertino, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> he where following breaking news in san francisco. the -- the bomb squad just removed a grenade a woman found while cleaning a loss set in her house. it forced police to close the streets for more than 90 minutes. the bomb squad hadn't determined if it is a grenade or if that is live. explosive experts have taken it to a remote area near ocean beach. >> early bay area storm has moved. caused a close call for a woman in inverness park. overnight a tree came crashing into her livingroom. i was raining, authorities can't say if weather is to blame. the wet weather might have loosened soil around the r509s. stronger storm on the way. let's get the latest from mike nicco. >>> rainfall amounts look impressive for the first time of the season. a nerd in san jose out to half moon bay mill valley two/10 of an inch in oakland, -- 2/10 of an inc

david louie joins us from the hospital where the 27-year-old was treated. >> no doubt body language can communicate a lot. in this case he expressed how grateful he was he survived and went home after only two days in the hospital. he had to be treated for shark bites to the right arm, neck and left thumb. the wound to his neck was 2 mm from his artery f torn open massive bleed wog have resulted with possibly deadly consequences. the 27-year-old said he would only make a brief statement. >> i want to thank every one that support immediate. friends on the beach paramedics helped me and did a great job. and also everyone at the hospital. and i feel lucky and grateful now he managed to get to shore with the help of a fellow surfer friends then controlled bleeding. the shark took a bite out of his surf board. doctors performed surgery on his neck and thumb. >> he's recovering well. and the arm has been repaired and he seems to be happy with his recovery and happy to be going back home. >> dr. klein said he will be on painkillers and is concerned about bacteria from the shark's mouth complic

the discussion moderated by david louie focused on the need to support people with mental illness andain funding for local parks. there is our general manager. they talked directly to us about what is on your mind, if you have a story idea, go to our website at abc7news.com and click contact us under the news headlines. we are delighted to hear from you. let's move in and talk about the weather forecast. almost to the weekend. sandhya you were at very interesting event. >> the san francisco gala and i'm pleased to say the san francisco bay institute and aquarium of the bay raised a quarter of a million dollars tonight. a great event. it's all to restore the san francisco bay. it was a beautiful evening for it. i want to show you what it looks like. as we look towards san francisco notice the low clouds starting to disappear. marine layer is getting squashed down and down to about thousand feet giving an indication we are in for some gorgeous weather. we're going to see the marine layer disappear by tomorrow afternoon. numbers mainly in the 50s and 60s. novato, 49 degrees. we're starti

here's abc7 business and technology reporter, david louie. >> reporter: for 45 years kathy milton hara fear of heights after falling out of a tree when she was a child. she just lived with that fear until she recently lost a job. >> the first question out of the interviewer's mouth is how are you with heights? of course, i didn't answer directly or quickly, so he naturally figured out that i did fear heights. >> she turned to a special clinic at kaiser permanente in fremont that uses virtual reality to help patients overcome their phobias. with the help of a clinical psychologist, linda, uses headgear that feeds her visual images to simulate situations that trigger her fears. >> virtual reality is more vivid than imagination, but more controllable than real life. >> this monitor displays what linda is seeing through her goggles. she's riding in a glass elevator, watching the floors go by. then she will exit to an open walkway. >> look at that. how are you doing? 0 to 100, what's your fear level? >> on the fear scale 100 is the highest level. dr. mcmann said a typical patient starts at

business and technology reporter david louie has the story. >> reporter: while governor brown and topell executives did a ribbon cutting outside, recruiters were talking to job applicants. dell opened a new research and development center. competition is tight for engineers but dell chairman and c.e.o. michael dell thinks he can entice them. >> one of the few companies in the world that has the scale to be able to take on some fairly big projects in terms of r & d and we are doing exactly that. exciting for the engineers. >> reporter: del is spending $1 billion to propel its enterprise business, large-scale servers and networking for companies. job seekers are hoping for an opportunity. >> hoping to get my foot in the door of the company. >> reporter: how about your feeling based on the contacts you made. >> a little discouraging at the moment but at the same time i'm also keeping myself positive. >> the people seem really nice and they really want to talk to you. it is a big deal. >> reporter: dell hopes to capitalize on uncertainty at yahoo and h.p. where employees might be searchin

abc's david louie has the story. >> this is karen calling to let you know your steve jobs book came iny. >> the biography is already the number one bestseller on ama son. in san jose, half copies were preordered. there are predicks the book could become the bestseller of the year. that is if supply keeps up with demand. >> our order got cut in half from what we'd ordered i haven't figured out why that was. >> and job was well known, people are hungry to know more about him. >> he's an inspiration, would be nice to know more about his personal life. how he dealt with his disease behind the scenes. >> it's projected over half of the sales will be electronic versions something that would please jobs. >> they bought it through an e reader. that is barns and noble. i got it this morning. >> have you started reading it? >> just a couple page ootz aunlor conducted 40 interview was jobs and interviewed a who's who of high tech lum nairys. it may not contain the financial chapter, the analyst knows he talked about tv in the book. >> woe love to see integrated tv. i think he uses a term in there

david louie, "abc 7 news." >> riding a bike is now safer in pleasanton because of new smarter traffic signals. jonathan bloom has more on what could be a trend setting change. >> big wide intersections along in pleasanton can be dangerous on a zbeik one of main complaints from cyclists they would get the green indication and then start peddling and see it turn red oriole on them. >> quite a few times. >> cyclist knows the problem all too well. so-called smart traffic lights that are just too dumb to notice a bicycle. sometimes they turn red too quickly. sometimes they never turn green. >> i was there five minutes. and then i walked across with my bike. >> in pleasanton, all that has changed. they call it the intersecter. it looks like a radar gun mounted on a traffic light. it fires microwaves down to the intersection and when it bounces back it can tell if it's looking at a car, pedestrian or bicycle. >> once it does that, there is bicycle here and provide the extra time it needs across the intersection. >> on the computer screen, black numbers are car, the blue box is a bike. it wil

in san jose, david louie, abc7 news. >>> hewlett-packard is asking employees at the cupertino officenot to come to work today. the company made this statement: we are in close contact with local authorities investigating. the employee who was injured by gunfire is safe and in stable condition at a nearby hospital. >>> environmentalists and neighbors have been trying to get the cement closed for several years accuse them of releasing harmful amounts of mercury. neighbors claim the plants no longer s in an area that includes homes, schools and parks. they've asked supervisors not to approve a permit operation that would allow the plant to continue operating for another 20 years. company officials say their mercury discharges are closely monitored and are well within safety standards. >> stay with abc 7 for the latest updates on air and online all day long. you can keep track of the latest breaking news any time on twitter and you can talk about it at facebook.com/ abc7 news. >> now to the first major storm of the season. heavy rain caused drains to back up across the bay area. in sausa

our david louie is blogging live on abc7news.com. he will bring all the information and details about the new phone in our later broadcasts. reporting live from cupertino, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> he where following breaking news in san francisco. the -- the bomb squad just removed a grenade a woman found while cleaning a loss set in her house. it forced police to close the streets for more than 90 minutes. the bomb squad hadn't determined if it is a grenade or if that is live. explosive experts have taken it to a remote area near ocean beach. >> early bay area storm has moved. caused a close call for a woman in inverness park. overnight a tree came crashing into her livingroom. i was raining, authorities can't say if weather is to blame. the wet weather might have loosened soil around the r509s. stronger storm on the way. let's get the latest from mike nicco. >>> rainfall amounts look impressive for the first time of the season. a nerd in san jose out to half moon bay mill valley two/10 of an inch in oakland, -- 2/10 of an inc

in san jose, david louie, abc7 news. >>> hewlett-packard is asking employees at the cupertino officenot to come to work today. the company made this statement: we are in close contact with local authorities investigating. the employee who was injured by gunfire is safe and in stable condition at a nearby hospital. >>> environmentalists and neighbors have been trying to get the cement closed for several years accuse them of releasing harmful amounts of mercury. neighbors claim the plants no longer s in an area that includes homes, schools and parks. they've asked supervisors not to approve a permit operation that would allow the plant to continue operating for another 20 years. company officials say their mercury discharges are closely monitored and are well within safety standards. >> stay with abc 7 for the latest updates on air and online all day long. you can keep track of the latest breaking news any time on twitter and you can talk about it at facebook.com/ abc7 news. >> now to the first major storm of the season. heavy rain caused drains to back up across the bay area. in sausa

david louie is here. if some members of the kaiser family want to talk about what happened up there he will have that tonight at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. >> >> oakland police have arrested a suspect in a robbery and shooting that left a woman seriously wounded and closed part o 580 for three hours yesterday. a gunman shot a woman in the legs after she refused to give up her purse. the shooter drove off, crashed on the 580 trance ramp and took off on -- on foot. chp searched the freeway causing major traffic delays for hours no word where the suspect was found in morning. the victim is recovering. >>> police have finished their investigation into the deadly dog mauling of a pregnant pacifica woman. they still don't know what caused her pet pit bull to attack. the 32-year-old died of massive blood loss and shock in august. officers ultimately killed her 2-year-old pit bull when he charged them during their investigation. official say a necropsy on the 75 pound dog did not turn up dis

david louie is here. if some members of the kaiser family want to talk about what happened up there he will have that tonight at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. >> >> oakland police have arrested a suspect in a robbery and shooting that left a woman seriously wounded and closed part of 580 for three hours yesterday. a gunman shot a woman in the legs after she refused to give up her purse. the shooter drove off, crashed on the 580 trance ramp and took off on -- on foot. chp searched the freeway causing major traffic delays for hours no word where the suspect was found in morning. the victim is recovering. >>> police have finished their investigation into the deadly dog mauling of a pregnant pacifica woman. they still don't know what caused her pet pit bull to attack. the 32-year-old died of massive blood loss and shock in august. officers ultimately killed her 2-year-old pit bull when he charged them during their investigation. official say a necropsy on the 75 pound dog did not turn up di

the discussion moderated by david louie focused on the need to support people with mental illness and maintain funding for local parks. there is our general manager. they talked directly to us about what is on your mind, if you have a story idea, go to our website at abc7news.com and click contact us under the news headlines. we are delighted to hear from you. let's move in and talk about the weather forecast. almost to the weekend. sandhya you were at very interesting event. >> the san francisco gala and i'm pleased to say the san francisco bay institute and aquarium of the bay raised a quarter of a million dollars tonight. a great event. it's all to restore the san francisco bay. it was a beautiful evening for it. i want to show you what it looks like. as we look towards san francisco notice the low clouds starting to disappear. marine layer is getting squashed down and down to about thousand feet giving an indication we are in for some gorgeous weather. we're going to see the marine layer disappear by tomorrow afternoon. numbers mainly in the 50s and 60s. novato, 49 degrees. we're

here is david louie. >> it was quick. >> reporter: he and his co-workers sat stunned and froze as shariff ulman shot them from one end of the table to the other. ulman was shooting a handgun. >> he started at the end of the table and started shooting down. i was the last one on the table and watching everything he was doing. i don't know when i got shot. i had to be facing him. the bullet came in and came out the back. >> he was shot in the upper right rm a. he put his upper arm over his head and played dead and laid on the floor. ulman checked under the table to see if he was dead. >> he walked over to the end of the table and i closed my eyes and stopped breathing. i kept praying, please. i just saw him walk over and i closed my eyes. the next thing i heard was him run out. >> he was able to call for help telling 9-1-1 dispatchers what happened. he appeared to pick his targets yelling an obscene phrase at each one as he shot them. all employees attended a private company meeting at cuperto's town hall. they are being offered grief counseling to deal with the situation. as they left, emp

david louie, abc news. >> great story.h screen technology can help kids with autism. >> wonderful to see that. such great news. 1% of children in the u.s. are affected by autism. >> huge problem. >> big number out there. good for them. coming up next -- chynna phillips' critical remarks about "dancing with the stars." >> shocking, some shocking things. who is telling all about ashton kucher. get the scuttlebutt in "the skinny." >> scuttlebutt. ashton kuch kucher. ♪ skinny ♪ so skinny >> welcome back, everybody. promised you some skcuttlebutt n the skinny. we have the ashton/demi thing. rumors of infidelity running rampant for several weeks about this 22-year-old girl in san diego he allegedly messed around with. now she is sharing her side of the story. going into a little bit of detail what she did. >> kissing and telling. that is for sure. >> doing a lot of things and telling. it all started at the hard rock suite. partying in the wee hours of the morning. he just came up and kissed me. then, ashton, this girl and anothe

here is david louie. >> it was quick. >> reporter: he and his co-workers sat stunned and froze as shariff ulman shot them from one end of the table to the other. ulman was shooting a handgun. >> he started at the end of the table and started shooting down. i was the last one on the table and watching everything he was doing. i don't know when i got shot. i had to be facing him. the bullet came in and came out the back. >> he was shot in the upper right rm a. he put his upper arm over his head and played dead and laid on the floor. ulman checked under the table to see if he was dead. >> he walked over to the end of the table and i closed my eyes and stopped breathing. i kept praying, please. i just saw him walk over and i closed my eyes. the next thing i heard was him run out. >> he was able to call for help telling 9-1-1 dispatchers what happened. he appeared to pick his targets yelling an obscene phrase at each one as he shot them. all employees attended a private company meeting at cupertino's town hall. they are being offered grief counseling to deal with the situation. as they left, e

and david louie is live in sal palo alto tonight. very few people made more of an impact on the world. >> that is true. people have labeled steve jobs a technology genius but stores he created and the way trance forming i tunes into a large seller of music are part of the legacy. every time he walked on stage wearing his trademark black turtle neck and jeans we knew life was about to change yet again. >> we call it the ipad. >> today apple is going reinvent the phone. you can watch it on your ipod. >> it seemed his great mind was unstoppable but no match for cancer he bet battled and lost. word of his passing sent shock waves around the forld. fans gathered to mourn their icon of innovation. >> i love it. yes. thank you very much. thank you, jobs, thank you. >> last time i remember feeling anything akin to this was when john lennon died or possibly when john f kennedy junior died. it's a stark reminder that the good ones go. >> he made the most of his 56 years, create prog ducts with revolutionized the basic human functions. how we t

abc 7's david louie is live in san jose tonight with the story. david?it for apple this quarter. but investors were expecting far more from one of the super stars. apple executives kept talking about how excite they had were there was a $4 -- four million of the new iphone 4 s over the weekend but that hurt sales of the older

abc 7's david louie is live in san jose and has a look at what kboogel is doing right. david, and it's considerable. >> it s you wonder what recession? google says people clicking on its ads has gone up 28%, and it's taken in $600 million in ad orders for some very big companies. google developed a strategy to get around weak spots in the economy, gone global, growing overseas. the company mentioned australia, india, brazil and asia and that contributed to a strong quarter. >> the word that springs to mind is gang busters. revenue is up 33%. and our quarterly revenue just short of $10 billion. >> that is quarterly profits ahead of last year, $2.7 billion but the operating margin is slipping. 31% this quarter compared to 35% a year ago. 31% means it made 31 cents on every dollar it took in. google keeps hiring aggressively adding nearly 2600 employees this quarter most recent college graduates. >> this our goal is hiring the best people at every level and keeping them at google. this is to balance our short and long term needs. >> google has some projects and analysts are

david louie is live tonight with that story. david? >> you might think there is some high level trade talks going on here but you might be right. but what it is is a three-day conference promoting business partnership between us skus china. >> we're committed to developing a nation of system. >> the counsel yul general set the tone for this gathering. there is a common mission to foster innovation. for the next three days nearly 10,000 people from the us us and china will be in search of deals. >> he will bring more opportunity from china to us us and also wants to bring business opportunities from us to us china. >> they represent private companies and the public sector. mayors from 10 chinese cities will be participating this weekend. the forum is the idea of iris lai. >> they wanted to have a create more business opportunities for both china and the u.s.. benefits both countries business. >> the event is drawing international attention. state-obed china central television has a reporter and photographer here. cameras were barred in

abc 7's david louie shows how in san jose. david? >> what a story we have for you.end to take thermostats for granted as long as they did a good job. but it takes engineers to make them easier to use and energy efficient to boot. this is what happens when inventors decide to decide a new thermostat. it's a product of nest, and it's a brain child of tony feddel. >> we go to school to learn how to drive a car, no one learns how to drive a thermostat. >> you drive with click wheel commands. and instead of a complicated program, it learns your settings and implements them. and it has built innocenceors that know if you're home or away. >> if you see the leaf here on the screen that should tell when you you're driving properly. just like kind of the dash board of a prius. we tell when you you're using it efficiently. >> saying it made it ease dwree attract nearly 100 engineers from well known companies but is it guaranteed to save energy? >> if you want to train it to be 90 degrees into winter and 60 in summer, no. we'll know. but if you do train it wisely, then, yes. yo

business and technology reporter david louie has the story. >>> executives say how happy they were they set up 4 million iphones but that hurt the sales over the iphone 4 as people waited for the new model. apple did sell 17.1 million phones up 21% from the 14 million sold at the same time last year but that is five million fewer than expected. record sales for the mac and ipad helped them achieve the record profits. despite falling short, analyst thinks that apple has momentum. >> the strategic position in the iphone app, itunes and with the migration of digital entertainment into the internet will allow them to recover. >> intel made a $3.5 billion quarterly profit thanks to increased sales to pcs and server chips. >> while consumer demand and mature markets remain soft, enterprise pc demand remains strong and consumer demand continue to rise year over year. >> he said demand rising 12% in china, 21% in india, 14% in turkey and 23% in indonesia is reasons why intel is weathering a weak u.s. economy. yahoo reported a slide in earnings. it posted a profit of $293 million but that is 26%

abc 7's david louie is live in santa clara tonight with the story. david? >> cloud computing green technology and finance are key topics. the us us and china compete on many fronts, focus here is on cooperation. the chinese own one trillion in u.s. debt w money continuing to earn with making goods, capitalists have come, seeking new ways to invest. the president of the chinese counsel for international investment. >> he wants to bring in more opportunities and also, want to bring this opportunity from the us to us china. >> and a delegation of 10 mayors are attending this innovation and entrepreneurship forum to see if new partnerships can be formed and showing off cloud computing, and at the same time, they're snapping up american ginseng, paying in was of $100 bills, irsi who operates a business portal created this conference. >> they wanted to create more business opportunities for both china and the u.s.. and there are benefits for both country business. >> the playing field isn't perfectly level. there are restrictions on foreign investment and ownersh

and david louie shows us how some of them are helping people with autism. >> these are just some of the 40 developers volunteering for a special mission. they've broken up into 18 to help young people. each team came wupt idea with experts from the community. >> what we're seeing sheer passion. partnering with specialists so on each team there are people that are from the autism and from sigh bs yens side. there are families impacted by autism. >> this team is working on an app to he help people express feelings, another creating an app addressing bullying and another dealing with anxiety of going to a doctor's office. and this 11-year-old serving as an advisor. >> i like to see an app helping kids social skills and this is any issue and also, i'd like to see thing that's help other -- low functioning people as well. >>. >> my son is verbally challenged when pulling up an app on an ipad, it allows friends to communicate sh it gives them typical friends. >> the volunteers donating services costing upwards of $100,000. and their work is only starting. >> this when they're ready, they'll b

david louie explains, it's almost as if high level trade talks are under way. >> china's consul general set the tone. there is innovation to o both sides of the pacific. for the next three days, nearly ten thousand people will be in search of deals. >> he wants us to bring more opportunity from china to the u.s. and also want to bring opportunity from west to china. >> they represent venture capital firms, private companies and the public sector. mayors from ten chinese cities will be participating this weekend. technology and entrepreneurship is the idea of iris that operates a business portal to promote trade. >> to create multiple opportunities for both the china and the u.s., it benefits both countries. >> the event drawing international attention. china central television a reporter and photographer here. cameras were barred when bill clinton gave his address. his $150,000 appearance fee was paid by corporate sponsors. they have money now to invest. >> chinese people are interested in investing in america but they need a lot of advice and they are mystified by the process. what do

and david louie joins us from san jose to explain why is the stock falling?> this is a classic case of reality not meeting expectations. apple had record sales of i pad but that transfered into profits of $6.5 billion, however, the weak spot was iphone sales. it is up 21% from the same quarter a year ago but that is five million viewer than expected. and consumers no doubt waiting for iphone 4 s to go on sale. apple is guarded when announcing when a new model is coming out. the sales of the new iphone 4 s will be part of the next earnings report. despite disappointment analysts see apple going wrong. >> i think the tra teethic position in iphone app and i tunes and migration of digital entertainment will allow them to recover. >> and santa clara based intel saw profits jump 17%. and had been concerns how a weak economy might impact demand for computers and ships however, intel's ceo said overseas sales boosted sales and profits. >> while demand remains soft, enterprise pc demand restrainsing on and consumer demand continued to rise year after year. >> yahoo r

abc 7's business reporter david louie has this city. governor brown and open top executive did a ribbon cutting recruiters were busy talking to job applicants. it needs to fill 200 positions. competition is tight but the chairman and ceo thinks he can entice them. >> one of the companies that has scale to be able to take on big projects and in terms of our need and we're doing that. so this is exciting. >> and dell is spending to propose servers for companies and there are job seekers hoping for an opportunity. >> how, what is your feeling so far? >> this is discouraging but i'm keeping myself positive. >> people seem nice and want to talk to you. this is a big deal. >> dell hopes to capitalize on uncertainty. and dell hired 10,000 people, 4,000 in the u.s.. dell has roots in texas, the new facility gives it a strong silicon valley presence. >> and this is a california company with a lot of california jobs and we're happy to have jobs from any company, anywhere in the world come to california. >> governor brown says he welcomes dell for

abc 7's business reporter david louie has been watching this happen, and a party going on there, david. >> very festive here at at and t store, you can hear dj playing dance music. wireless carriers like at and t and apple-owned stores have lines today because consumers wanted to be among the first to own a 4 s. nothing like having a co-founder of apple being the first to get into the store at 8:00 this morning after waiting 20 hours, the waz emerged a happy camper. >> no matter whether it works or not, as long as i got one. >> they paid $199 for base model and $399 for 60 giga bites of storage. white was beating out black. >> this takes pictures, family pictures and everything. >> the camera is improved?. >> that is what i've heard. >> at the wireless store, roberta was buying her third iphone for herself and two daughters. >> across town, got in the car and stood line here and got the third. >> is it worth it?. >> yes. worth it. absolutely. >> one of the great things is the personal assistant siri. >> it's the voice recognition personal assistant that answers questions and does your

here is david louie on new kind of thermostat. >> they haven't changed much through the years. cheap ones require manual operation. expensive ones can be programmed for different temperatures during the day and night. now there is nex thermostat. >> we go to school to learn how to drive a car. nobody learns how to use a thermostat properly. >> you use the i-pod to set temperatures. changes settings automatically. no more complex programming. >> it's not hard to program. >> built in sensors knows if you are home or away and set the temperature away. if you are away you can operate the thermostat using a start phone application. mission is to save energy. >> if you see the screen itself, it should tell you if you are driving it properly. kind of the dashboard of a prius we tell you when you are using it efficiently. >> it maze it easy to to attract hundred engineers from other well known companies. they have been working in stealth mode for the past year and a half. is it guaranteed to save energy and money? >> if you want it to be 90 degrees in the winter and 60 degrees in the s

david louie, abc7 news. >>> it may seem that digital vices are taking over. that might be true for children too. -- this video shows a child who can't tell the difference between an ipad and old fashioned magazine. new research finds more than half children 5 to 8 have used devices like smartphones or ipads. some experts say the interactivity could be helpful to a developing mind. >> at 3-years-old, it is a time when the imagination is blossoming like never before. >> jungle. >> by having tools to be able to draw and explore and create things on the fly, taps into that imagination. >> among the findings, 10% of baby underage one have had some screen time. i beg to differ. children know the difference between ipad and magazine. you give them a magazine they throw it back. give them an ipad they sit for the next hour. that's the magic tab lit. >> -- magic tablet. >> seven bucks versus the $399. >> fire danger increasing and the fog that you see along the east bay will be dissipating through the morning. it is thick at some times. up in the north bay valleys thi

david louie has the story. >> senior white house advisors received several e mails worrying solydra might. one came just before president obama visited the newly completed solar tube plant financed mostly by a $535 million federally backed loan. steve wesley, california co-chair of the president's 2008 campaign, wanted to postpone the visit. his e mail said, quote, the president should be careful about unrealistic forecast that's could haunt him if solydra hits a wall, files for bankruptcy. they filed last month, costing 1100 workers jobs. president obama defended the loan in an interview with george stephanopoulos. >> hind sight is always 20-20. it went through the regular review process. >> a venture capitolist tried to wave a warning flag. brad jones a founding partner at red point ventures warned lawrence summers that quote, i can't imagine it's a good way for the government to use taxpayer money. and bruce cane expects heads to roll over this. >> if you make a huge mistake or misjudgment costs billions of dollars and embarrassment to the president that you will be held accountable fo

here is business and technology reporter david louie. >> for 45 years kathy hashered a fear of heights as a child. she just lived with that fear until recently lost a job. >> the first question out of the interviewer's mouth was how are you with heights? and of course i didn't answer directly or quickly. so he naturally figured out i did fear heights. >> she turned to a special clinic at kaiser permanente using virtual reality to help patients overcome phobias. with the help of a clinical psychologist linda uses head gear feeding her visual images to simulate situation that's trigger fears. >> virtual reality is more vivid than imagination but more controlable. than real life. >> this monitor display what's linda is seeing through goggles. she's in a glass elevator then exit to an open walkway. >> look at that. how are you doing? zero to 100? what is your fear level? >> on the fear scale 100 is the highest level. she's a typical patient starts at 84 and over sessions will drop to about 24. kathy is at zero to two. >> we need to find a way to face your phobia face what terrifies you in

david louie abc 7 news. >> and that is a remarkable story. thank you. >> police have arrested a man they say is involved in a robbery and shooting that closed 580 for hours. new surveillance video shows what happened outside of a hardware store yesterday. you can see employees rushing to help. the victim was shot in the leg after she refused to give up a purse to the mugger. the gunman drove off and crashed and took off on foot. westbound 580 closed two hours and police searched for the robber. the victim is recovering at a hospital. >> and a small private funeral for apple co-founder steve jobs is being held today. no further details have been released. jobs passed away wednesday. he was 56 years old. seven years ago he was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer that responds well to treatment. he underwent a liver transplant in 2009. tim cook says the company is planning a celebration of his extraordinary life for apple employees that will take place, soon. >> and wall street profitest in san francisco is expanding despite efforts to contain

. >> and abc 7's david louie joins us live with a look at how what google is doing right. i guess the answer is just about everything? >> that is true. google knows the u.s. economy is still we can. -- weak. it's boosting profits by going to other country for online advertising. >> this economy is not hurting google. >> the word springing to mind is gang busters, revenue up 33%. our quarterly revenue just short of $10 billion. >> google made a profit of $2.7 million for three months up from $2.2 billion from a year ago but the operating margin is slipping. 31% this quarter compared to 35% a year ago. 31% means it made 31 cents on every dloor it took in. google winning praise for investing in 3 d map graphics and a payment system. critics say it spends too much on ideas that zront a practical need. and chris jones follows google. >> encouraging employees to try something new. some will work, some won't work. >> google did hire 2600 people, most new college grads, another concern. >> and by houring us to be manageable to be balancing our short and long term needs. >> google

recent layoffs at solydra and cisco in the bay area, 3,000 people showed up for a job fair today z david louie explains full time jobs are hard to come by. >> employers love the turnout, job seekers don't. it means more competition at this job fair. ratio to applicants to jobs here were three to one. lines were long in some booths. >> what does this kch do? >> i don't know. something technical. >> and you're a procurement specialist? >> yes and you need to have things purchased. >> a retruter has 20-40 driving jobs to fill. >> you need experience it's not a match for most people. >> it's been one and a half years since numi closed. andrew took a six month course for biotech. >> this is with what they might be able to find for me there. positive. >> and this is still a tough time for tens of thousand autos there are reportedly 90,000 people unemployed in santa clara county. that doesn't include under employed people, people who have given up. >> frustration for many is the lack of full time jobs. >> everything that i've been get rg contract. two weeks, two months. three months. and that is it.

and david louie joins us live from dell's innovation center with more on jobs being created. >> there sit behind me. dell's new research and development center in santa clara that soon will be home to 700 employee asks dell began a search to fill 200 openings. >> what is needed is investments and risk taking. i think the whole dell company expresses that. the governor appears to be aware of the plan. it's established a new two-building beachhead and spends $1 billion to go after enterprise customer autos this will be important for expansion things like networking and clouds and these are the areas we're investing in. great time to be attracting talent. >> it plans to hire 200 people in the next year. >> what is your feeling so far? based on contact you've made? >> it's discouraging at the moment but i'm also keeping myself positive. >> competition to hire top-notch engineers is heating up as changes at the top levels have employees looking around. and there is well acquiring six companies making it an important base of operations. dell plans to expand in other parts of the country. th

and david louie joins frus belmont. there is good news for a change. >> it's good news. this office building is the new home of sun edison. belmont's redevelopment agency play aid role in attracting the company here as did recent legislation but no loan ordeal was offered. local and state officials couldn't be happier creating job autos we're go going to invest in solar making california not only national leader which it is, but the world leader and we're going to could -- do that with a company like this. >> with you b.what kinld of deal would it take to move headquarters from maryland to belmont? its president says no incentive was offered. >> i can only comment there is a different business model. it's doesn't pred yi indicate on new technology. >> the deal maker was a bill clarifying the tax exemption for homeowners installing new solar systems. they won't see properties reassessed for the improvement. the bill's author recognizes there is greater sensitivity over government providing loans or other incentives. >> i think there will be certainly more looking at study

david louie is live for us at the apple store in aloe alto tonight. david? >> people who have been bringing flowers or leaving notes here outside of the university avenue store say it's hard to explain but there is a need tochl press their sorrow. this has been a showing of respect and affection. neighbors and strangers dropping off flowers and apples to the home. >> i never thought this death would affect me this way. but this really is profound like someone special bigger than life. >> and technology futurist says people connected to jobs calling him just by his first name though they knew him he has millions of close friends who never met him but are close friends because of what his inventions to d.to their lives. >> this college student is one of them comparing his bond to jobs to the way sports fans connect to player autos barry bonds will clark felt connected to those guys because they're playing sports in the area this is someone that really made knit a major way. >> the response to the death may wayne and what will happen next at apple? >> we wonder

. >> in fremont, david louie, abc7 news. >>> the state will be experimenting by closing the delta cross dates for up to ten days in hopes of helping the salmon population. the delta cross channel gates are a controlled die version channel on the sacramento river about 30 miles south of sacramento. it diverts water from the river into a branch of the river. the website reports that closing the gates could help chinook salmon migrate upstream to respond. it could also reduce fish straying into other river systems. it's a big victory for groups of that been work to go restore the central value chinook salmon pop layings and it could happen as early as tuesday. lisa is here now talking about rain. i can't believe it. its only october. >> i know. the first system you may not see any if you live in the east bay or south bay. but the second system coming in on tuesday, we have a little rain for everybody. in fact if you live in the north bay you may see upwards of an inch. here we go, early october and we are talking pretty good little rainmaker by tuesday night. scattered clouds this morning