johnathan bloom said the gray area in the law boils down to how reverse graffiti is created. >> whating is not necessarily illegal but not necessarily legal. maybe in the gray zone. >> it might look like paint or stickers but a closer look shows the ad on san francisco sidewalk is actually made of nothing. >> we put down a stencil in a dirty spot. we pressure washed the lettering and lift it had up and there's the clean advertising. >> advertising by cleaning, otherwise known as reverse graffiti. >> if you write "wash me" on a car in the dirt, that's a form of green graffiti. >> gym started it and gave us this video as his company did ads for companies all over europe. he sees it as a greener and subtler alternatives to billboards. >> we aren't using inc. or boards. >> the whole thing is done with water. >> here goes. >> the pressure is so high that the stream is moving supersonic. it's about mock 2. >> it's strong enough to cut through steal carving out a stencil for the clean ad. in about 20 minutes the low going for company patagonia is ready to hit the streets. >> i'm not using h

johnathan bloom hears from those involved of >> you have to ask the question, what has this all been for? >> in the wars in afghanistan and iraq now, end the wars. >> for more than two decades richard helped organize protests against the first and second wars in iraq. though the troops are finally coming home, becker said his work is far from over. >> we wish the war was completely coming to an end, but the displacements the disunity, the disruption in iraq has not ended and thousands of cia contractors are going to stay in the country. >> his group, answer, represents soldiers who were ready for the war to end, like this army veteran, james schwartz. >> it's unattainable. there's no way to accomplish the mission. we went in there, got rid of saddam, and we've been there for ten years now and i don't see how we can finish anything. >> we didn't send enough people. we didn't properly equip them. and there were no weapons of mass destruction. >> that criticism comes from the former general of california's army national guard. after his troops were called up for duty, he struggled throu

johnathan bloom has the story. >> what is he doing?hink he's eating grass. >> reporter: the oakland zoo's miew tigers are making themselves right at home. >> i think he likes them. i they he thinks they are big kitty cats. >> but it was a long journey for the sisters from texas. each about 600 pounds and about 4 years old. >> these tigers were originally owned by a couple that used them in what was deemed a freak show, if you will. it is a traveling animal show. >> owning pet tigers is illegal in california, but not in texas. >> i think people are really surprised to know that it's okay with some states to own pet tigers. >> the couple charged people money to pose for pictures with the cats until the tigers got too big and they got a divorce. a zoo in texas came to the rescue, but didn't have enough room to keep the tigers, so oakland offered them a free ticket to the bay. wide awake and roomy, straw-filled crates, the big cats boarded a truck to fort worth and flew to oakland in style. >> they had water the entire time, a little bit o

johnathan joseph, one of the premier defensive backs in the lead. the premier wide receivers in the national football league. >> that's been that way for years. ray rice in the quarterback, hammering out the win on the ground put it inside the 5. he finish with the 101 yards. >> that second half surge for that offensive line. running it very effectively and ricky williams for that touchdown. big job, big opportunity to seal the deal for that offensive line. >> 46-14. interesting play, late fourth quarter. schaub to jones. ruled a first down. harbaugh quick with the red challenge flag. we suspectsed this. you could see jones didn't even have both feet inbounds so the call gets overturned, the ravens take over on downs. 29-14 over the houston texans.

johnathan bloom has the story. >> what is he doing?owning pet tigers is illegal in california, but not in texas. >> i think people are really surprised to know that it's okay with some states to own pet tigers. >> the couple charged people money to pose for pictures with the cats until the tigers got too big and they got a divorce. a zoo in texas came to the rescue, but didn't have enough room to keep the tigers, so oakland offered them a free ticket to the bay. wide awake and roomy straw-filled crates, the big cats boarded a truck to fort worth and flew to oakland in style. >> they had water the entire time, a little bit of goat's milk if they wanted it to calm them down they ate along the way. >> is that the feline equivalent of flying first class? >> yes, it is. >> the new surroundings may be a little different but the tigers still remember some old tricks. >> very good picture taking. this one is posing very well for me. >> the oakland zoo agreed to make the exhibit a permanent home for the four sisters, and some tigers can live up

. >> in san francisco, johnathan bloom, abc7 news. >> we're under great skies today. >> especially after the wet week last week. nice to see that and the angels out there today. everyone had a great view from san francisco of those guys soaring around the bay. we have blue sky right now. you can see from the camera, fog is moving in near the coast overnight tonight. otherwise, clear skies. beautiful evening shaping up with antioch at 76. 77 livermore, 60, 65 oakland. 62 in san francisco, santa rosa 74. shan owe say. 72 degrees. get ready for a warm weather pattern wednesday and thursday next week. you can see the low clouds and fog near the coast. much of it pulled to the south. some of this moves inland overnight tonight but it will be confined to the coast right inside the bay. the north bay, temperatures will be the coolest thanks to the clear skies. so look for 48 santa rosa, 49 knappa, oakland 53. 56 overnight tonight for antioch. here's the setup. high pressure building in, fair weather maker going to push the jet stream north. this front stays to the north. monday some of these cl

they'll join me at 1:00 with pete gilbert and johnathan ogden for the pregame show at m & t bank stadium. >> the brewers win. game five is tonight. the american league championship headed back to texas as justin verlander and the tigers win game five. ian kinskinsler, brandon inge, that's a double play to and then jam then in the bottom of the sixth. hit them where they ain't and where the theab bag is. miguel cabrera off the theab seat. that's what you call good placement. tigers win 7-5, trail the series 3-2, next game in arlington. last night in pittsburgh, alex ovechkin and nice feed from backs strom. 3-2, the caps win in overtime. start season at 3-0. baltimore marathon tomorrow morning, and i kid you not, there's an indian wedding in town and they want to bring an elephant and walk the streets before the race tomorrow. lee told us that yesterday. >> yes. that ought to be interesting. >> that's incredible. can he run a four-minute mile though? >> elephants are actually pretty fast if they decide to run. >> thank you for that fact, stan. the time is 6:27, 66 degrees on tv hill. >> th

johnathan cohen wrote this and he's a good man. you've got pictures in here.ce a month before "10" comes out. his balance is $10.99. >> a month later, an epic album is about to be released. but before it, bleak. >> jimmy: very bleak. here's eddie swinging from a wire. would he do that all the time in the shows? >> they did that a lot in the early shows. and i think the band members, as they say in the movie, they always held their breath he was going to make it. and eddie says, he was in this adrenaline haze and he'd come back to the hotel room at the end of the night, and there would be 1,000 deep scratches on his back, from the audience passing him around after he leapt this incredible distance. >> jimmy: so many cool shots in this movie, but the one thing is, they've only been together six days and you have footage of them playing together for the first time. and you just get it. oh my gosh this is pearl jam. they had only known each other for six days. or was it mookie blaylock? >> it was mookie blaylock, named after a basketball player. >> jimmy: you watc

johnathan franklin caps off the 7-play, 64-yard drive with 11-yard touchdown. tied at 7.o the fourth quarter. zach maynard drops back. throws his second of four interceptions on the day. kevin mcdonald with three of those picks. he will return it to the 20-yard line and the bruins make him pay. derek holeman, 20 yards. ran for 360. three touchdowns. cal, they fall 204-4 with the 31-13 loss. fall to 4-4. san jose state taking on louisiana tech. spartans jumped out to the lead. second quarter casey gets the reverse. great blocks. 21 yards on the touchdown. they hand them the spartans their fifth loss of the season. sharks in new york taking on the islanders on this holiday weekend. 17 seconds in, little joe pavelski, off the rebounds. his eighth point on the road trip. the game went to overtime and on the power play brett burns snaps it in. his third goal for the is that correct. sharks remain a perfect 5-0 on the road trip with a 3-2 victory. stanford should move up to at least number five in the bcs rankings together and the 49ers host cleveland. all those highlights at f

johnathan bloom explains. >> i love my i-phone. >> really? >> yes, i do. >> reporter: tina calls it love, others call it addiction. as they waited in line for their new iphones at the palo alto apple store, we saw tell-tale signs of both. >> i'm not addicted. i use it all the time. >> if you had to pick your i-phone or your girlfriend? >> because i don't want to get in trouble, definitely the girlfriend. >> well, at dinner i check my phone while we are talking and she gets mad. i try not to. >> i'm dependent. i'm not addicted. but i do need it. i feel anxious if i didn't have it on me. >> my anxiety, i start shaking, i'll sweat. you don't want to be around me without my i-phone. >> what happens? >> i don't know, it's probably lonely. >> whether it's love or addiction, the relationship between people and their iphones has been the subject of an awful lot of research lately. including a couple studies at stanford. >> 58% agreed with the statement i love it in capital letters. >> the subjects in her study really showed it. >> they would pat thei

abc7s johnathan bloom on the app that helps you share a ride and split the cost. >> i touch this windowis. >> dan wanted to solve a problem that's much older than smartphones. the problem of finding a taxi. >> no open kansas to be found but cab after cab going by me with one person in it clearly going downtown. >> so on the days he was lucky enough to get a cab, he decided to try something. >> i would literally just pull over for people who were waiting or trying to hail a cab, ask them if they wanted to use my cab downtown and i was never turn down. >> dan found a need and set about creating an app for that. taxi share is social networking meets transportation. already live in chicago, now launching in san francisco. you tap where you are headed and it finds people along the way that wants to share a ride. with help from a few willing conference go goers, dan showed us how it works. >> you can tell by the dot they are going to your destination and here it shows your destination, peer 39. going to pier39? >> yeah. >> the a. about p lets you use paypal to split the fair. >> it says four

abc7s johnathan bloom on the app that helps you share a ride and split the cost. >> i touch this windowthis. >> dan wanted to solve a problem that's much older than smartphones. the problem of finding a taxi. >> no open cabs to be found but cab after cab going by me with one person in it clearly going downtown. >> so on the days he was lucky enough to get a cab, he decided to try something. >> i would literally just pull over for people who were waiting or trying to hail a cab, ask them if they wanted to use my cab downtown and i was never turned down. >> dan found a need and set about creating an app for that. i see another rider, tab their i con and chat with them. taxi share is social networking meets transportation. already live in chicago, now launching in san francisco. you tap where you are headed and it finds people along the way that wants to share a ride. with help from a few willing conference goers, dan showed us how it works. >> you can tell by the color dot they are going to your destination and here it shows your destination, pier 39. going to pier39? >> yeah. >> as you r

johnathan bloom, abc7 news. >>> coming up next, the call for help this morning from berkeley's animal control after a dog is found shot dozens of time, but alive. also, a deer rescue. also, a deer rescue. how a game warden the best approach to food is to keep it whole for better nutrition. that's what they do with great grains cereal. they steam and bake the actual whole grain while the other guy's flake is more processed. mmm. great grains. the whole whole grain cereal. you make a change with best foods. make parmesan-crusted chicken surprisingly crispier... juicier... mmm. yummier. best foods. make it real. make it different. he survives. >> this is one-year-old pit bull daphne. she's shy and nervous around people but alive. the bair patches you see on her flank and chest are where pellets were removed. there are still two dozen in her body as you see in her x-rays. it was discovered as she was spayed this week. >> they noticed suspicious looking bumps and x-rayed her and found 38 bbs embedded in places around her body. >> she was found here. they said whoever did this has no respec

johnathan bloom explains. >> i love my i-phone. >> really?do. >> reporter: tina calls it love, others call it addiction. as they waited in line for their new iphones at the palo alto apple store, we saw tell-tale signs of both. >> i'm not addicted. i use it all the time. >> if you had to peck your i-phone or your girlfriend? >> because i don't want to get in trouble, definitely the girlfriend. >> well, at dinner i check my phone while we are talking and she gets mad. i try not to. >> i'm dependent. i'm not addicted. but i do need it. i feel anxious if i didn't have it on me. >> my anxiety, i start shaking, i'll sweat. if -- you don't want to be around me without my i-phone. >> what happens? >> i don't know, it's probably lonely. >> whether it's love or addiction, the relationship between people and their iphones has been the subject of an awful lot of research lately. >> 58% agreed with the statement i love it in capital letters. >> the subjects in her study really showed it. >> they would pat their phones, people would name their phone. >> i

in san francisco, johnathan bloom, abc7 news. >> st. carlos residents may smell natural gas this morning as pg&e crews reconnect a pipeline that was pressure tested. starting at 9:00 this morning pg&e crews working edge wood and kanetta will be recharging line 147 with natural gas. some gas will be vented in the air as part of that process. the work is expected to be over by noon. if you smell gas and have any questions about the source, call the utility's 24 hour service number. >>> the golden gate bridge turns 75 next year. and the bridge district is planning a year-long celebration. in the works, a new visitors pavilion, two new scenic overlooks, and for the first time public tours of the bridge. no bridge walk this time. back in 1987 so many people turned out for the 50th anniversary they flattened the curve of the span. >> were you there, by any chance? >> i don't think i mentioned that before except every possible chance i get. it was an exciting moment to go on the 50th walk. so many people got on, so many more than they expect t

abc7s johnathan bloom reports an debate among the top three candidates. >> one is a sitting member ofhe board of supervisors. one is a captain in the sheriff's department, and the third a retired undersheriff who once led the police union. they are vying to replace the longest serving share any of san francisco's history, mike hennessy, who is retiring after 31 years on the job. >> i believe it's probably the most in saytive sheriff, not just in california but in the united states, mike hennessy, and he's endorsed me to succeed him. >> the only supervisor candidate that has his endorsement. >> i worked as his undersheriff. mike hennessy recruited me to be his undersheriff because he knew the career i had. >> captain paul is endorsed by the unions rest be the sheriffs rank and file. >> i think the best person to continue the sheriffs legacy of success is someone who has been part of the success. >> issue one, what to do with the state sends hundreds ever inmates from its crowded prisons back to the six county jails the san francisco sheriff oversees. the state calls it realignment. >>

johnathan franklin caps off the 7-play 64-yard drive with 11-yard touchdown. tied at 7.to the fourth quarter. zach maynard drops back. throws his second of four interceptions on the day. kevin mcdermott donald with three of those picks. he will return it to the 20-yard line and the bruins make him pair. derek hole man 20 yards. ran for 360. three touchdowns. cal, they fall 204-4 with the 31-13 loss. >> have to come back stronger and stop being so lackadaisical and take everything serious. the bowl games start soon so we have to take these games seriously. >> san jose state taking on louisiana tech. spartans jumped out to the lead. second quarter casey gets the reverse. great blocks. 21 yards on the touchdown. they hand them the spartans their fifth loss of the season. sharks in new york taking on the islanders on this holiday weekend. 17 seconds in, little joe pavelski, off the rebounds. the game went to overtime and on the power play brett burns snaps it in. third goal for the is that correct. sharks remain a perfect 5-0 on the road trip with a 3-2 victory. stanford sho

and number two, they ruled that what these principals did, as you mentioned, like telling johnathan he couldn't bring his gifts to his friends because they had a religious poem attached, and grabbing this little elementary schoolgirl by the shoulder and threatening to kick her out of school because after school on the school lawn they gave a pencil to her friend that said jesus. they said those types of things are clearly unconstitutional. the bad side of the ruling in our view is then they didn't ld them responsible. they let them off the hook responsibility-wise but it's very important we get these principals established and strong or else this will continue to happen to kids across the country. >> are you considering appeal on the issue of whether or not the principal should have some liability here some something that may take you all the way to the supreme court? >> absolutely. i mean the case will continue no matter what because we still have the lawsuit against the school district for what happened. there are other facts, too. there's a whole class full of kids that were literal