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

abc 7 news jonathan bloom sat down with a four-time oscar winner who is nominated again this year forn a perfect world you would be able to close your eyes and you would be able to follow the story completely just by listening to the film. no sound is by accident in the second movie, the desolation of smaug, made by a man who was practically born to do it. >> i have always recorded sounds since i was a kid. >> chris boyd wound up studying film at san francisco state and his first job out of school. >> they would say hey, we need to record this old truck or find a wind mill, and having grown up in the bay area i knew where everything could be found. >> eastern today he weaven toda sound of the bay area with the magic of sound. what was that giant creek in titanic? >> at the san francisco maritime museum it was actually one of the old ships just tied up to a dock. >> that one always gets me every time i watch it. >> at the film school they're just learning the interests in the sound. >> it is fascinating when they realize, oh, sound is more than 50% of the movie really. >> the professor

in the newsroom, jonathan bloom, abc 7 news. >>> well, bay area fishermen continue to feel the impactoday the state fish and game commission banned recreational fishing in parts of the american and russian rivers in an effort to protect salmon and steelhead drought. the commission says dangerously low levels of water threaten both species, which rely on coastal rivers to spawn. state officials previously prohibited fishing along about a dozen rivers. this ban continues until april 30th. >>> well, the rain we're getting here will not do much to ease the drought, but it will come as welcome relief to america's salad bowl, the salinas valley. as you can see on this map, it is in what the government terms an exceptional drought, that is the worst of five categories. david lui has more now from the carmel valley. >> reporter: 600,000 residents have been conserving water for years, they are restricted which days they can water their lawns, and when visitors come to the at&t pro am, they'll be staying at hotels where conservation is a way of life. to save water, a new generation of urinals d

abc 7 news reporters jonathan bloom takes us to mobile works, a new company on a mission. >> reportert's the problem in the caribbean and many other places. this video was shot on a world bank sponsored trip to grenada by a startup called mobile works that wants to be part of the solution. >> to create jobs for people who don't have access to traditional job market. >> reporter: it began as a grad school project at uc berkeley. >> i don't think either of us thought when we first began this would be something it's built out to be as big as it is. >> reporter: after winning a class contest they got into a startup accelerator that got them investors like reddit co-founder. >> we've raised $2.1 million to date. >> reporter: all for a startup that's a fresh take on a dirty word -- outsourcing. >> they can choose to source in a way that makes the world better. >> reporter: they hire mostly college grads. companies come to them with a task and find the right workers to do it. they can work from anywhere. it's all online. >> the biggest secret is that we believe in paying people fair wages. w

jonathan bloom is here on what happened. >> you can imagine the screams.eople were ejected from their seats without warning. then, they had to sit on the plane six hours with no food or water, some with injuries just waiting to land so they can see a doctor. flight attendants were in the middle of serving dinner when the ride began. >> there is a massive jolt. like almost dropping sideways. >> food was flying. >> we didn't understand what is going on. only part is that this aircraft is going down >> turbulence by itself is never going knock a plane out of the sky. it's very, very frightening. >> aviation analyst told us turbulence is dangerous. and this proves it at least nine people were injured. eight sent to the hospital. the dangers, he says is that long overwater flights it can come out of nowhere. >> most of this is predictable. some is not occasional. we say keep seat belts fastened when you're seated even if the light is off >> some passengers say those that weren't belted in were thrown and crashed into the overhead bin. the first on a united flig

jonathan bloom has found another option. >> this device is called texium and this is our logo. >> reporter: chrissa and sam have been tinkering together for a long time. >> we're brother and sister. >> reporter: now they have a little box that he hope will change computing in a big way. pixium is a building block. it stacks like legos but you only need one to get started. >> plugging in the power, plugging in the internet. >> reporter: it creates a personal cloud you access from a phone or web browser. you can store and share files like drop box, have discussions like facebook groups. even sell things like on amazon. >> there's an image you can see the comments on it as well. >> reporter: there are services that exist as long as you're willing to let them keep your files in data centers around the globe. this creates your own data center at home adding more hard drives and computer power as you go. >> we take the same software the data centers are using and make it very simple for all consumers to be able to use. >> reporter: it turns out pixium is entering the market at just the right tim

jonathan bloom found another option. >> this is our logo. >> they have been tinkering together a long brother and sister co-founders >> i'm ceo. she's president >> they create aid little box they hope will change computing. >> it's meant to be kept in the house. >> it's a building block that stacks like legos but you don't only need one. it creates a personal cloud you access from a phone or web browser, you can store and share files like drop box, have discussions and sell things to take credit cards. >> there is an image if you open the image. you can see the comments on it. >> their services exist if you're willing to let them keep your file in data centers around the globe. pixesiam let's you keep it at home. >> we take the same software and make it simple. >> it turns out they're entering the market at just the right time. growing concerns over hacking a lot of people are looking for alternatives >> if everyone data is in one place, then interest they're subject to security breeches. if one person gets hacked everyone gets hacked. >> but here, users keep control of their own date

jonathan bloom found another option. >> this is our logo. >> they have been tinkering together a long-founders >> i'm ceo. she's president >> they create aid little box they hope will change computing. >> it's meant to be kept in the house. >> it's a building block that stacks like legos but you don't only need one. it creates a personal cloud you access from a phone or web browser, you can store and share files like drop box, have discussions and sell things to take credit cards. >> there is an image if you open the image. you can see the comments on it. >> their services exist if you're willing to let them keep your file in data centers around the globe. pixesiam let's you keep it at home. >> we take the same software and make it simple. >> it turns out they're entering the market at just the right time. growing concerns over hacking a lot of people are looking for alternatives >> if everyone data is in one place, then interest they're subject to security breeches. if one person gets hacked everyone gets hacked. >> but here, users keep control of their own datea. if nsa comes callin

nbc reporter jonathan bloom found a couple ways you can use your smartphone to order up a real live gesture minute. >> to be made simple and complex, delicious and poisonous. >> reporter: it sounds like a poem about love, but it's not. >> that was for a guy who loves russians. >> she writes a poem about anything you ask her to in 30 minutes or less. >> you are a blessing and a curse. >> that one is about love. >> a woman to her boyfriend about their relationship. >> typed by hand, delivered in a glass jar, the poetry store is as low tech as it gets. except for this. >> we decided for valentine's day to have something unique, that catches that san francisco spirit. >> the shop now offering ondemand poems to offer your valentine. >> it makes me cry. >> the poem shows up on friday. now if only you hadn't forgotten the flowers. maybe this guy can help. >> flowers from brett for you. >> oh, my gosh. these are so beautiful. >> doug clifford has heard a lot of that lately with a new app that delivers flowers by bike within 30 minutes. the faces start looking, is it me, is it me, and some are like,

pilots temporarily blinded by lasers has grabbed the attention now of the fbi. 7 news reporter jonathan bloomks like a pinpoint of light on the ground can fan out to blinding beam in the sk sky. this is fbi simulation video of green laser pointer seen from cockpit of airplane. >> 2 green flash and caught first officer in his eye. >> 3400 laser strike in 2012. in 2013 it was up to 3900. laser reports at the san jose airport nearly doubled from 33 to 63. oakland jumped from 22 to 43 exploratorium saw the slightest up from 33 to 38. >> san francisco laser almost right underneath us right now. >> they need to know it's stupid. very serious act. criminal act. it could bring an aircraft down. >> retired american airlines captain chris swing el said planes approach oakland san jose over neighborhood leaving more opportunity for people with laser exploratorium has been partly immune. >> predominant runway system in san francisco lands to the west and overs the water. >> we were struck by laser. man in this video later went to jill. >> a lot of hand held laser seem to be purchased just sort of as a to

jonathan bloom explains what they have managed to do at a firehouse in livermore, and what may be theng light bulb. it it uses just 4 watts. how ironic up the street is the 500 trillion-watt light. most powerful laser in the world. it's the national ignition facility. the size of three football fields. all to focus a giant wallop of energy on one tiny spot. >> we are basically recreating a small piece of the sun inside the laboratory, which has never been done before. >> the sun creates energy through nuclear fusion, squeezing atoms together until they merge into one, giving off a massive heat. fusion powers the warp drive on the starship enterprise. >> if we go in there we will die. the radiation will kill us. this scene from the latest star trek was filmed here at the livermore lab. in reality the inside looks like this. dozens of laser lenses. it squeezes the tiny pellet of hydrogen fuel until the atoms start to combine. by carefully adjusting the pattern of this pulse light, scientists have gotten the fuel to start heating itself. you can call it smoldering, the smoke that comes b

jonathan bloom explains what they have managed to do at a firehouse in livermore, and what may be the's oldest working light bulb. it it uses just 4 watts. how ironic up the street is the 500 trillion-watt light. most powerful laser in the world. it's the national ignition facility. the size of three football fields. all to focus a giant wallop of energy on one tiny spot. >> we are basically recreating a small piece of the sun inside the laboratory, which has never been done before. >> the sun creates energy through nuclear fusion, squeezing atoms together until they merge into one, giving off a massive heat. fusion powers the warp power on the starship enterprise. >> if we go in there we will die. the radiation will kill us. this scene from the latest star trek was filmed here at the livermore lab. in reality the inside looks like this. dozens of laser lenses. it squeezes the tiny pellet of hydrogen fuel until the atoms start to combine. by carefully adjusting the pattern of this pulse light, it scientists have gotten the fuel to start heating itself. you can call it smoldering, the

jonathan bloom explains what they have managed to conk at a firehouse in livermore, and what may be thec up the street is the most powerful laser in the world. it's the national ignition facility. the size of three football fields. all to focus a giant wallop of energy on one tiny spot. >> we are basically recreating a small piece of the sun inside the laboratory, which has never been done before. >> the sun creates energy through nuclear fusion, squeezing atoms together until they merge into one, giving up a massive heat. it is the warm power on the star ship enterprise. this scene from the latest star trek was filmed here at the livermore lab. inside it looks like this. dozens of laser lens. it squeezes the piney pellet of hydrogen fuel until the atoms start to combine. by carefully adjusting the pattern of this pulse light, it has the fuel to start heating itself. you can cull it smoldering, 9 smoke that comes before fire. >> the fusion. >> the achievement is the major step toward the ultimate go of the facility which is ignition. the nuclear equivalent of getting the fuel to catch f

jonathan bloom has more on an app called couple. >> small town in canada waterloo.t 2 guy whose were long distance relationshi relationship. >> we found ourselves caught one work and totally disconnected from our partner back home. >>reporter: they built an app called couple. secret social network just for you and your partner. >> keep it close and connected when apart. >>reporter: messaging photo sharing and blur the special photo. >> say something secret and not seen unless you tap and hold the image. >>reporter: also. >> way you can actually see where your partner is touching the screen and digitally touch through the fun. >>reporter: mark's sister. >> matching your phone. leak et. >> i'm saying it out loud it does sound of cheesey. >>reporter: lindsay tweeted bit and the wall street journal rank couple favorite app for 2. >> it gets a lot of attention not just from the media but investors. enough money to pick up and groove canada to the new office in san francisco. >> we raised 4.two million. we have fantastic investors. >>reporter: including ashton kuscher des

the clients can be anywhere and the employees are everywhere. 7 news reporter jonathan bloom takes youbile works tonight. new company that is on a job sourc sourceing mission. that's the problem in the caribbean and many other places. shot on world bank sponsor trip by start up gold mobile work and wants to be part of the solution. >> to create jobs for people who don't have access to to traditional job markets. >>reporter: it began as graduate school project at uc berkeley. >> i don't think we thought we know we first began that this would be something that it's as big as it has. >>reporter: after close contest they started with access raytor with celebrating in the new office. >> we raise 2.1 million dollars today. >>reporter: all for start up that is a fresh take on dirty word. out sourceing. >> out source in a way that wi make the world better. >>reporter: they hire college graduate with editing photo and company come to them with a task and find the right work tore do it. they work anywhere all on lean. >> we believe in paying people fair waimtion. we believe that if people are in

jonathan bloom has found another option. >> this is our logo. >> these two have been tinkering together we are brother and sister. >> i'm the ceo, she's the president. >> they have changed a little box they hope will change computing in a big way. >> as mobile as it looks, it is meant to be in your house. >> you only need one to get started. >> plug in the power, plug in the internet and getting going from there. >> it creates a personal cloud you access from a phone or web browser. store and share files like drop box, have discussions and even sell things and take credit cards. >> here's an image, if you open the image. you can see the comments on it, as well. >> they are services that already exist as long as you are willing to let them keep your files and data center spread around the globe. this lets you create your own data center at home, adding more hard drives and computing power as you go. >> we say the same software the software companies are using and make it simple for all consumers to use. >> it turns out they are entering the market just at the right time. with growing con

abc7 news reporter jonathan bloom has more on cryptolocker. >> i look at my computer. there was a red screen ton and on the red screen there was a down down clock. >> it happened a few action brian douglass opened a e-mail that looked like it was from amazon, but it wasn't. >> i had a pretty bad feeling. but two or three weeks later the red screen showed up. >> his computer has cryptolockers. it's been silently scrambling his photos, video and documents, and will only unscramble them if he pays $400 before the time runs out. >> went to google and looked it up, and low and behold, "wikipedia" told me i was in pretty bad trouble. >> cryptolocker is notorious. it's the most sophisticated piece of software the experts have come across. >> completely unbreakable, for all practical purposes. even if you harnessed the world's computers, you wouldn't be able to break the crypto. that's what they are using here. >> john said cryptolocker uses the world's best security encryption, the only good option is to wipe your computer clean and restore from a backup that's more than thre

jonathan bloom has found another option. >> this device is called pixeo.his is our logo. >> these two have been tinkering together furlong time. >> we are brother and sister. >> i'm the ceo, she's the president. >> they have changed a little box they hope will change computing in a big way. >> as little as it looks, it isment to be in your house. >> you only need one to get started. >> plug in the power, plug in the internet and getting going from there. >> it creates a personal cloud you access from a phone or web browser. store and share files like drop box, have discussions and even sell things and take credit cards. >> here's an image, if you open the image. you can see the comments on it, as well. >> they are services that already exist as long as you are willing to let them keep your files and data center spread around the globe. it lets you create your own data center at home, adding more hard drives and computing power as you go. >> we say the same software the software companies are using and make it simple for all consumesser to use. >> it turns

in berkeley, jonathan pwlom bloom abc 7 news. >> and we will follow the progress.e full accu-weather forecast spencer here with the latest. real storm coming in. sounds like a wallop. >> big punch. first storm 2 stages another big storm on friday. and showers in between so lots of rain coming close close way and much needed here's about live doppler 7hd clouds thicken even as we speak. just offshore you may notice few trails of moisture. this isn't the serious rain. that's come later. here's south beach camera along the bay bridge. on night that is actually quit pleasant at the moment. current temperature readings mainly in the mid 50' 50's. san francisco oakland redwood city san jose los gatos half moon bay and another view over san francisco from sutro tower. very pleasant evening. we have temperature readings in other locations mainly in the low to mid 50's from santa ros rosa, napa, san rafael, fairfield concord livermore pretty much yawn form temperature readings and gorgeous view of portion of the sky lean of downtown san francisco from close close exploring

joining me are the authors - jonathan alan, the white house correspondent for bloom bearing and amy panneseat to have you, congratulations on the book. many thing john kerry eclipse hillary clinton in the office. you talk about how she was cautious in the job. is the issue that john kerry is looking at history and has no - doesn't feel like he's risking anything, and hillary clinton is looking at the future and what it means for her specifically when it comes to her running for president. >> it may be some of that. john kerry's has key things he's working on - syria, iran and, you know, middle east peace - they are three things that are unresolved. we don't know how we'll score that when outline things are said and down. with iran it is state officials that have the negotiations with the iranians through, you know, direct sit downs in 2012. i think the john kerry scorecard has incompletes on it. as far as hillary clinton goes, we go into detail on this. we think that there are metrics by which she'll be measured. diplomats - their first job is to make sure problems don't arrive, rather tha