karina rusk, "abc 7 news." >> with employment high, con artists are targeting job seekers more and more. michael finney with a tale of one woman who was victimized. >> karina has been unemployed and searching for work for nearly a year. >> i'm ready to try anything. >> she got pretty excited when she found this ad in the san francisco chronicle. an opening for a flight attendant offering full training and an excellent salary package. >> i really judged on it. >> she called the number and with that hard left turnless add she took her first step into a big trap. >> everything sounded great. >> she jotted these notes she would be a stewardess on a chartered jets. she would learn up to 1150 per week and be at home at each night by 6:00. did she want to fly to miami for an interview. >> i said it sounds cool wiochblt very interested. >> with that she took the next step into the trap. the man said she could buy her own plane ticket or he would buy the ticket for her at a reduced price of $372. she found the fares on line were over a thousand dollars. >> you know what, let me call back and ask

karina rusk, abc 7 news. >> thanks so much. and some surfers waiting to surf.uicy information from the usgs gentleman. if you weren't with us with the full coverage, the eruption link 180 miles long and the slip was 40 to 50 meters. that is huge. and the rupture duration was several minutes. you can see why there was so much damage. 107 aftershocks right now. we'd be talking about those if they were just normal earthquakes. kids playing with the boats and throwing them into each other. it was just incredible the way the surge was coming in and out. let's move along, talk about what was going on here at home. distinct surges so far in san francisco. 2 feet about 9:00. down at crescent city should say 8.1, largest surge anywhere in the u.s. that includes alaska. that came in about 8:57. here's a look at all those earthquakes we just talked about off japan. look farther to the south. this tsunami will reach south america and even antarctica. we're still under a warning. they'll cancel it eventually but it looks like we have about two more hours of surges. our fore

. >> i'm karina cast teea. before c.a.t., i struggled with poor grades. my school had large classes where i do not get much attention from the teachers and weren't pushing me as much. i eventually became uninterested in the work environment in fairfield, so when i moved to c.a.t. there was a whole different environment. there was block struggling and where we had longer classes and a lot of help from our peers and teachers. and the school is very community-based. we can get help fl anybody in the school including staff and peers. and the teachers, they understood us more and pushing us a lot more at c.a.t. these classes were also very small, so the teachers were able to get around to each student. and we had our advisories and economic seminars to help us out. we also have our project-based learning environment where each assignment that we have comes together to make a project and it pushes us to do our work more because every project is not complete without each assignment. and these projects lead into our exhibitions where we present our units to paren

in santa cruz, karina rusk, abc 7 news. >> yesterday the u.s.oast guard surveyed the damage in crescent city by helicopter and provided this footage. at least six boats were confirmed. some fishermen returned to survey the damage yesterday. >> this is the first time i've been down here since this happened. >> where is your boat now? >> it's somewhere over there underwater. crushed. i was right in the middle of changing engines. i didn't have the new engine in it yet. >> strong surges also caused the gas tanks on several boats to rupture, leak diesel into the harbor. the harbor master estimates damage to be 20 to $25 million. residents are making it back home from japan. jenelle wang was at san francisco international airport yesterday. those reunionses were emotional. >> arriving at sfo including a tearful reunion against gavin and his dad caught in the earthquake thousands of miles away from their east bay home. >> there was the tsunami. she's oh, no. thank goodness she's in the airport. >> it was scary. >> many who returned home today were eit

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as many expected and karina rusk reports, researchers found far fewer.earchers has been busy with the great white shark count. they worked in the fairlawn islands off central california, one of the few known homes to great whites. barbara is a stanford university professor who says years of study and photographs help unlock the population mystery. it turns out the dorsal fin acts like a fingerprint. >> showed us that we could with marks right on the fins identify individuals and we've seen a shark called t. v. over five times for 22 years of records. >> the marine biologist took more than 300 pictures and made more than 130 unique matches. the findings have just been released in the journal biology letters. researchers say they relied on sophisticated mathematical models to determine just how many great white sharks live off northern california's coastline. that number? 219. in decision to that precise figure, the team came up with a population range with a low of 130 with a high of 275. dr. chris herald warns this first ever count should not automatical

karina rusk has our story. >> for two years a team of researchers has been busy with the great whiterk count. they worked in the islands off central california, one of the few known homes to great whites. barbara, a professor, says years of study helps unlock the mystery. the dorsal fin acts like a fingerprint. >> we could with marks right on the fin identify individuals and we've seen a shark called t. j. over five times for 22 years of records. >> the marine biologist took more than 300 pictures and made more than 130 unique matches. the findings have just been released in the journal biology letters. they determined how many sharks lived off the california coastline. that number 219. >> dr. chris harold warns this first ever count should not automatically trigger alarm. >> it's only a number, and we don't know whether that number's going up or going down. we don't know whether that number is somehow too big or too little. it's just a number. >> since a great white has no predators except man, there is a logical source for credit or blame if the number changes. in pacific grove, ka

karina rusk, abc 7 news. >> yesterday the u.s.oast guard surveyed the damage in crescent city by helicopter and provided this footage. at least six boats were confirmed sunk and much of the docks and moorings have been destroyed. repeated surges, some 8 feet, tossed boats for 24 hours. some fishermen surveyed the damage. >> this morning is the first time i've been down here since it happened. >> where's your boat now? >> over there underwater crushed. i was right in the middle of changing engines. glad i didn't have the new engine in it yet. >> strong surges also caused the gas tanks on several boats to rupture and leak diesel into the harbor. the harbor master estimates damage to be 25 to $25 million. hundreds of bay area residents have begun making it back home from japan. jenelle wang was at san francisco international airport yesterday for the emotional reunion. >> some of the first flights from tokyo arrived at sfo and a tearful reunion from gavin brown and his dad caught in the earthquake thousands of miles away in their eas

in pacific grove, karina rusk, abc 7 news. >> meteorologist frances dinglasan is here this weekend.o see you on a saturday. you had to work all week. >> nice to be here. it's going to be a nice day ahead. i think you're going to enjoy it. a lake wind advisory in the tahoe area. this beautiful shot shows things looking pretty calm right now but the wind advisory not in effect until this afternoon. closer to home, looking from our roof camera out towards the bay bridge. the sunrise kind of hidden in the distance there behind the clouds. so today we're gonna see a lot of clouds but right now if you're heading out the door shortly, temperatures are still in the 40s. they're climbing up in the next hour or so. 40 santa rosa and napa. 43 san jose and 48 in san francisco. cloudier as we head to the north bay. daylight saving time begins tomorrow morning at 2 a.m.. so set your clock ahead tonight. light rain expected through the afternoon. doesn't look like it's going to be expected today. the tahoe area, this in effect from noon until 7:00. gusts up to 35 mph and this could mean wave heigh

karina rusk, "abc 7 news." >>> a two-year-old pleasanton boy is now safe after a frightening ordeal. the toddler was found wandering in the parking lot of a walmart in the middle of the night. >> right now it appears to be a case of a 2-year-old boy, they are not filing any charges. child protective services is holding its own investigation and they say the child is here in the care of cps. no word on when the boy will be reunited with his mother or if he already has. it unfolded around 3:00 this morning when a walmart employee found a toddler wearing a t-shirt and a diaper. a mom woke up and discovered the boy was missing and made a frantic call. he lives in an apartment across from the walmart. they believe he opened the door and walked over the road and over to the walmart. fortunately there was no traffic and weather was mild. >> do we know why he wandered to the wal-mart? >> he seemed to be familiar with the store. he even went to the mcdonald's sign and said he wanted french-fries. >> police say the boy and his mom recently moved into the apartment which was designed for someon

karina rusk reports. >> they have a diver's view of santa cruz harbor heat spotted one of two boats thattill needed to be hauled off the harbor floor. >> there is no motor so it's not a pollution hazard. >> they have high-tech help when it comes to looking for debris that could be a navigation hazard. these are side scan sonar images. they come from equipment mounted on a noaa boat that did an underwater survey of the harbor. >> we can see 70 feet, we can almost see bank to bank the whole way up. >> the sonar images paint an instant picture of known and unknown objects. >> they think it could be the back end or pieces off of this boat that sunk. >> before bad weather called off operations, divers were able to investigate and what they found was a dock box. >> just gotten lodged and dungd in the water but it did show up on the sonar. >> it was one week triggered by the tsunami surged into the santa cruz harbor, doing estimated $25 million in damage in the harbor infrastructure alone. upon reflection, boat owners feel fortunate. >> when you look what happened in japan, we have a lot to fee

karina rusk, abc 7 news. >> thanks so much. and some surfers waiting to surf.cy information from the usgs gentleman. if you weren't with us with the full coverage, the eruption link 180 miles long and the slip was 40 to 50 meters. that is huge. and the rupture duration was several minutes. you can see why there was so much damage. 107 aftershocks right now. we'd be talking about those if they were just normal earthquakes. kids playing with the boats and throwing them into each other. it was just incredible the way the surge was coming in and out. let's move along, talk about what was going on here at home. distinct surges so far in san francisco. 2 feet about 9:00. down at crescent city should say 8.1, largest surge anywhere in the u.s. that includes alaska. that came in about 8:57. here's a look at all those earthquakes we just talked about off japan. look farther to the south. this tsunami will reach south america and even antarctica. we're still under a warning. they'll cancel it eventually but it looks like we have about two more hours of surges. our foreca

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in san jose, karina rusk, abc 7 news. >>> a political stunner in wisconsin tonight. republicans voted to do away with the right of public employees to collective bargaining. a leading democrat says the gop took 30 minutes to undo 50 years of civil rights. how the democrats were caught into the flat footed. >> wisconsin senate republicans effectively did an end run. in an 18-1 vote they approved that controversial measure stripping public employee unions of collective bargaining rights with a legislative maneuver. by removing from a budget bill they bypassed a need for a quorum. democrats are outraged. in a statement, minority leader mark miller blasted the republicans saying "their disrespect for the people of wisconsin and their rights is an outrage that will never be foregotten." tomorrow the bill heads to the state assembly where it should pass easily. and republican governor scott walker who championed the bill all along will sign it in law. those 14 absent democrats are certain to return and the political furor is likely to grow. >>> well, coming up here on abc

in pacific grove, karina rusk, abc 7 news. >> scientists say they have discovered a new seabird, theew species of seabird found in 55 years. the black and white was discovered last month in a coastal area off chile. the bird was likely missed by darwin when he sailed the same area a century ago. how big a deal is it? peter harrison says if we had won the lottery we could not feel better. you're going to get a little of everything this weekend. christine hanson has the forecast. >> you are going to get a bit of everything. hd, you can see the city in the background, the bay bridge. we've got some sun, the clouds are thickening up. we'll have your complete forecast. >> also ahead, high-speed rail or high-speed pork. something some say will never pay off. well this year our garden's simply amazing. how did you do it? eh, takes a lot of love. the real difference is, this year we went to lowe's. well all our lowe's garden club select plants are grown for your local region and selected for peak performance. we get new plants delivered throughout the week and we guarantee our plants and flo

in pacific grove, karina rusk, abc 7 news. >> it's 4:44.oming up, we have the latest on a tragic fire overnight that's left seven children dead in a farmhouse in pennsylvania. >> moammer gadhafi strikes back at the rebels in his country. >> flooding fears across half the country. i'm emily schmidt, more on the rain that won't go away. >> forcing organizers to [ male announcer ] nature is unique... ...authentic... ...pure... and also delicious. ♪ like nature valley. granola bars made with crunchy oats and pure honey. because natural is not only good, it also tastes good. nature valley -- 100% natural. 100% delicious. >>> welcome back. time for your travel forecast. pretty warm around phoenix and 80. cooler weather through the midwest, 47 st. louis, 41 chicago and quite a strong line of thunderstorms that we call a squall line has thunderstorms moving through mississippi and alabama, atlanta. all that wet weather through the great lakes causing flight arrival delays into chicago. more delays to come so use our flight tracker. it's at abc7news

and business news is next with karina. i've been welcome to our business news from r t russia's economy is seeing a windfall from a steep rise in global energy prices that's on the back of instability in the middle east and north africa now rather also producing cartel opec is considering an increase of production to those declining world output say the situation could help russia win new customers in asia. but this comes at an interesting time for russia because in the last couple of years in the last year in particular russia has made great strides in supplying oil to the far east particularly through the eastern siberian pipeline and through the port of cosmonaut there and into china you know i think so far child russia's had a little bit of a p.r. battle on its hands because most asian consumers which after all is the growth market tend to prefer supplies out of the middle east because they're known for being stable and reliable this these events of the last few weeks that really caused a lot of importers to pause for

yet the key phrases there yet as americans prefer to tell terry as he says markets prefer to tally karina's and then america claims it's a market economy when the. man refer to markets this is what they're referring to not free markets as the theory goes investors great about the price of silver is that it has been monopolized by people who have been manipulating the price of the futures market on the comix and the reason it's going higher now is because people are breaking free from the chains of the larry franks style totalitarian monopolisation and it will go to three hundred four hundred five hundred dollars and these guys like larry franklin go out of business so let's look at another headline showing that bankers prefer dictatorships revealed blair's secret calls to get off easy it turns out that tony blair has always said he never had any commercial relationship with anyone in the gadhafi family or the libyan government but since leaving office he is understood to have travelled to tripoli on business for the u.s. bank j.p. morgan chase where he lives tony blair of course lies the le

karina rusk has that part of the story. >> reporter: this harbor is what is left of the dock.n be seen everywhere but unfortunately the boats cannot. many of the boats have sunk. cheryl and her son says trident is underwater. >> my son was on the boat and we lost everything on it. >> it's a massive response, crews range from the coastguard to the department of fish and game. >> at this time we're mobilizing especially engineers to look at all the pierce throughout the harbors to make sure that our businesses and commercial fisheries can continue to operate. >> the tsunami caused $17.1 million in damage, sinking 18 boats and damaging hundred others. there the environmental concern with spills and leaking fuel. >> the primary concern is to get the sunken boats out of the water and get the fuel stopped leaking. >> debris removal has already begun. one method involves autos of giant air bags. >> large balloons and put underneath over there and helps raise it up. there are other things like cranes. >> as the cleanup moves forward, those hardest hit even those with insurance are won

in pacific grove, karina rusk, abc 7 news. >> scientists have discovered a if you seabird, the firsties found in 55 years. the sparrow black and white was discovered last month in a coastal area. the bird was likely missed by darwin when he sailed the same area a contract ago. so how big a deal is this? >> if we had won the lottery, we could not feel better. well, that's very exciting borough bird lovers there and everybody. let's check our forecast. >> we're going to keep slippers the next couple days because we have a storm moving in. they love it. let's go outside where we have a picture from emeryville and hd this morning. a great picture showing good visibility; however, the clouds are going to thicken up throughout the day. we have rain as jenelle mentioned. i'll tell you when you can expect it in your complete forecast coming up. >> also ahead, high-speed rail or high-speed pork. how much money we're spending on something some say may never pay off. >>> welcome back, everyone. you're looking at a live picture from our hd roof cam along the embarcadero. cruising by at 5:38 this

karina rusk has more. >> for two years a team has been busy with the great white shark count.ashing in the farallon islands off of central california. a stanford university professor says that the study and photographs helped unlock the population mystery. it turns out the fin acts like a fingerprint. >> we could mark on the fin identify individuals and we've seen a shark called t.j. over five times for do you years. >> they took more than 300 pictures and made more than a hundred 130 unique matches. findings have just been released in biology letter. >> researchers say they relied on sophisticated mathematical models to determine how many live off the coastline. that number, 219 off the coastline. >> in addition to that the team came up with a population range of a low of 130 to a high of 275. dr. chris harold warned that the first after count should not trigger an alarm. >> it's only a number. we don't know whether the number is going up or down. we don't know whether that number is too big or too letter. it's just a number. >> the low number in itself, however, does indicat

cannot tell you the number of occasions i have had to discuss with people who have knowledge in the karina, a democrat republicans and the numbers you express greater appreciation for not just a number caned a knowledge but the particulate way to go about expressing your interest in the diverse world market.ry having mentioned that, while you worry and the former job that you mentioned earlierce earlier, looking at a glance relative to what occurred an hour successful effort to deal with columbia, indeed we were successful because we could forge a coalition partners a number in our hemisphere that were willing to go a long way and then they have a real world c country and then referred to kn mexico in connection with that. we are making some efforts there was no question of the breaking the back of the cartel and discourage without that kind of effort going forward successfully. pr what progress have we made in reals? terms? >> i well. we have we focused on mexicorida with the merida initiative predating this administration and trying to do in mexico the kind of work that was successful in