karina didn't want chris to be among them.octors, however, are reluctant to medicate a healthy 12-year-old. but karina focused on the benefits of the drug while her sister worried about the risks. >> the hormones bothered me. i understand the point of them. but she went to so many doctors and you finally find a doctor who says okay we're going to do this. they are just so controversial, the drugs. >> doctors were not the only obstacle. karina's insurance wouldn't cover it because the treatment was considered experimental. >> we had to go through an appeals process. six months we're working on an appeals process. >> week after week, chris worried the medication wouldn't come in time to stop his breasts from growing and his period from coming. all he could do was try not to think about it. >> of course, in the back of my mind there were some worries. but i would, like, push them to the back and not think about it too much. >> chris was starting to feel very panicky. i was starting to feel panicky because of chris' reaction. his

. >> karina, una salvadoreÑa empleada en un hotel en las afueras de branson, cambia los nervios por un llevado la localidad de harris, en illinois. quedaron destruidos varios hogares. el panorama total de devastaciÓn, los tornados tocaron tierra en kansas, sobre todo acordonada pro el peligro de los cables. mientras pden ver a que nuestras espaldas estÁn cerradas las calles porque continÚan trabajando en tratar de restaurar el servicio elÉctrico, también encontrar si hay sobrevivientes, hemos recibido las Últimas cifras que ha dado la ciudad de branson. de los 200 hoteles hay 12 Ó 15, severamente daÑados. en los hospitales se reportan tres fatalidades pero aquÍ en branson, no las hubo. solo personas con heridas leves. esta es la situaciÓn desde branson, missouri, regresamos contigo a los estudios ilia. >> buenas noches. muchas gracias por tu informaciÓn. su familia creyÓ que estaba desaparecido pero estaba muerto. se trata de un bombero del sur de la florida cuyo cadÁver fue hallado y cuando comenzÓ la investigación, tambiÉn empezaron a salir a flote detalles que nadie podrÍa imaginar.

karina rusk has more. >> there's no one picture that conveys the pain of this crime.ot the memorial for the 11-year-old lucera luna or for the somber face of bob diaz at the vfw hall in gilroy. >> it hurts to see a fellow veteran come back and these tragedies happen. i mean, it's something you don't want to think about that's going to happen, but it does happen. >> police say before specialist abel gutierrez killed his little sister and then himself on wednesday, the iraq war veteran shot his mother, martha gutierrez, inside his car. >> based on the evidence in the car, we fear the worst. we believe she is, if not critically wounded, that she's dead. >> police are asking the public to remember if they have seen a green ford mustang similar to this one with a washington state license plate 169 vvj. any sighting on tuesday or wednesday could help narrow the search for gutierrez. jill gonzalez said he didn't know gutierrez but he does know about posttraumatic stress disorder. >> we are walking wounded. we might look healthy, but we are not. deep inside we are hurting so

we're having trouble with the audio signal from karina but the search efforts continue. we have a wet, wild and windy weather heading our way. sandhya patel is here with that and some storm advisories. >> this is going to be a stormy start to the weekend. it's quiet now and this will change into tomorrow. there is a storm getting organized here and there is this storm bringing about strong winds there is a winds expected gusting to 50 miles per hour this, is from 8:00 until 7:00 tm tomorrow and there is northern san joaquin valley. storm expected to kick up to a high surf advisory going into affect at 5:00 p.m. saturday and this is westerly swell, breakers to 22 feet. watch out for dangerous rip currents. and i'll be back with detailed look at winds gusts we're expecting. >> this storm is going unwind over use there is a world record jackpot. $640 million. check out a long line of megamillion hopefuls waiting to buy their tickets in san lorenzo and and abc 7 nannette miranda joins with us that part of the story. >> this is lines crazy, too. the wait is an hour long, take

karina rusk, abc 7 news. >>> there is a lot more to get to this rainy wednesday night. coming up, a close call for leon panetta. a truck explodes on the runway as his plane lands in afghanistan. >>> pension concerns for california. cal pers lowers its expectations. governor brown strikes a deal. what it means for raising taxes and balancing the budget,. >>> and damage control. an executive at goldman, sachs an executive at goldman, sachs quits in a blaze of accusations under one roof. my wife saw me taking the little nest egg that we had and putting everything on the line to see if we could make it as entrepreneurs. i was a retailer, but there was so much i didn't know about financing that bank of america has helped me understand, and without them, i don't know that we would have been as successful as we have been. our plan for the future is to grow across the country, and bank of america is going to be there with us every step of the way. >>> the american soldier accused of killing afghan citizens is now in kuwait. he was flown there for his own safety. shooting has ra

it was taken by her classmate, karina ramirez.here were no complaints at the time but when some of her other feets showed up on a school computer showing more nudity, her photography teacher, alan barnes, was fired. >> karina is one of my best friends. and a lot of her friends stopped talking to her. she made a silly mistake she definitely thought i won't tell mr. barnes, he won't get in any trouble and her favorite teacher, our favorite teacher, has been fired. >> the principal hasn't offered any public comment but he release an e-mail saying he doesn't discuss personnel issues. >>> a texas scum offering a $500 reward for the safe return of their missing elephant. beverly and gene darnell love the 400-pound bronze elephant they usually keep in their front yard, a gift from boeverly to gene when they moved into their dream house. the darnells can't figure out how the thieves got away with the lawn ornament. the elephant vanished during the day. beverly was at home at the time. >> it was just hard to wrap my brain around. >> i have

more this evening at 45 and 6:00 from karina rusk. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. >>> breaking news a short distance from that search site deputies have made a grim discovery the body of a middle aged woman. they are trying to identify her right now. sky 7 hd is on the way to the scene flying over the mill hills on their way to that scene in -- hollister. >> body was fun in the area around highway 152 and 156, north of hollister. no word on who found the body or what time. a lot of investigators are either at the scene now or heading there, not speculating hot body might be. >> there's a high profile case of a missing middle aged woman named martha gutierrez. we've been following this for the past two weeks. missing. investigators feared had killed her two. >>> -- he killed her too. >>> in a couple of hours suspended sheriff ross mirkarimi will attend his first meeting for domestic violence counseling and meet with his probation officer. he was sentenced to three years probation monday he pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of false i

mega millones de dÓ >>> ta noche el seno >karina: de la florida marco rubio dijo que cree que el nominadoluchan por los derechos de indocumentados detenidos en prisiones de inmigraciÓn. angie sandoval tiene el reporte. >>> justo cuando las condiciones en algunos centros de detenciÓn como este en texas parecÍan mejorar. el congresista lamar smith lo comparÓ hoy a un hotel de lujo. donde los indocumentados afirmÓ, pasan unas vacaciones a expensas del departamento de inmigraciÓn. >>> la descripciÓn de este congresista es cÍnica. >>> galgunos activistas protestaron por las palabras de smith y las supuestas mejoras implanta implantadas por el sistema. >>> se han hecho arreglo, pero nada comparado con un hotel de lujo los participantes recibieron el testimonio por escrito de claudia leva, que hablÓ con nosotros desde su hogar en iowa. >>> aunque sea de oro, como leÍa men, se pasa tremenda pesadilla ahÍ. >>> demandÓ este aÑo a las autoridades por no recibir dnipro tecr protecciÓn ni cuida mÉxico luego que otra detenida la vioÓo durante meses en un centro de detenciÓn para indocumentados en nebra

karina rusk has more. >> there's no one picture that conveys the pain of this crime.ecialist gutierrez did do two tours in the middle east. a washington national guard spokesperson told me the most recent tour in iraq was a voluntary mission and specialist gutierrez also took part in a weekend military training exercise just this month. in gilroy, karina rusk, abc7 news. >>> president obama is again calling for congress to move america's energy policy into a new direction by focusing his weekly address on rising gas prices. he says we can't expect to meet our energy needs by just drilling more domestic oil. the u.s. consumes 20% of the world's oil market, but has just 2% of the world's oil reserve. he said his administration's tighter regulation of wall street is helping to expos profit ears who artificially drive up prices. he wants to end subsidies on big oil companies. >> the next two weeks i expect congress to vote on ending the subsidies. when they do, we will put every single member of congress on record. they can either stand up for the oil companies or they ca

more this evening at 45 and 6:00 from karina rusk. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. >>> breaking news a short distance from that search site deputies have made a grim discovery the body of a middle aged woman. they are trying to identify her right now. sky 7 hd is on the way to the scene flying over the mill hills on their way to that scene in -- hollister. >> body was fun in the area around highway 152 and 156, north of hollister. no word on who found the body or what time. a lot of investigators are either at the scene now or heading there, not speculating hot body might be. >> there's a high profile case of a missing middle aged woman named martha gutierrez. we've been following this for the past two weeks. missing. investigators feared had killed her two. >>> -- he killed her too. >>> in a couple of hours suspended sheriff ross mirkarimi will attend his first meeting for domestic violence counseling and meet with his probation officer. he was sentenced to three years probation monday he pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of false i

karina rusk, abc7 news. >> yep, at least mom he did any is going to know how to deal with the trialsnd challenges and fun of twins because she has been through it all herself. >>> how about a look at the forecast. >>> a lot of rain light rain now you can see it, it is enough to coat some of the areas like the embarcadero in san francisco, the lone car we know that is going to pick up when it does hopefully, we won't have many accidents. best radar returns from santa rosa north to 101 cloverdale ukiah also the santa cruz mountains it doesn't go as a surprise that those are the areas that have received the most rain. very mild this morning temperatures running in the low to mid 50s as we have a southerly wind getting gusty at times. low to mid 50s around the monterey bay and inland. breezy today, on and off rain. heaviest rain tonight and tomorrow, stormy, chilly weekend, snow levels down to around 2,000 feet. today, the coast up into the north bay areas that receive the rain first mid to upper 50s the bay, south bay east bay valleys low to mid 60s mild, you will see rain also. rain wi

y hago muchÍsimos ejercicios y estoy escuchando a karina, hay que ver el control cuando te enfadas cÓmos que los latinos y espaÑoles tenemos hormigas dentro de los pantalones, es un placer muchas gracias. >> no sueltas las maletas ¿para dÓnde vas? >> volver a todas partes del mundo. un gran Éxito en brasil, el dj se llama bimbo jones, y hae hits para todas las estrellas. >> puro talento latino seÑor, el aplauso para lola ponce, para elena guerrero, para charo que estuvo con nosotros. gracias por venir, feliz fin de semana. (aplausos) ¡disfruten!

karina rivera/wilma chang 1:59:00 senora dice: "si esta ley ya no está en efecto, estos animales, loso tendrían esta oportunidad de ser encontrados por sus dueños y no tendrían la ayuda que necesitan." vo ---los simpatizantes dicen que otros estados imitaron la ley hayden y que california necesita mantenerse a la vanguardia... "retomamos el ambito del tiempo viendo las imagenes "retomamos el ambito del tiempo "retomamos el ambito del tiempo viendo las imagenes de satelite al paso del frente, vemos cielos muy nublados y la lluvia que se ha estado precipitando gran parte del dia y en el mayor de los casos ha sido lluvia leve a moderada, no extremadamente intensa y va a continuar en el transcurso de las horas de la noche luego quizas se intensifica un poco mas, los acumulados porque en el transcurso de la tarde los acumulados realmente han sido leves pero como tenemos mas lluvia en camino esto va a estar cambiando... en cuanto a las alertas las unicas que tenemos es a traves del sector maritimo advertencia para las embarcaciones menores debido al aumento de todas las olas a traves de nue

here is karina rusk. >> this construction training program comes with a couple of twists.s not designed just for women but women with records. trying to turn their lives around. andrea has spent half of her life locked up. >> i try to make decisions now. my choices are so much better. i think twice about everything i do. >> one big decision was breaking free of her drug addictions, signing up for this program is another. the group working partnerships along with santa clara county women's policy is using the grant money for pre-training. goal is to get 12 women into good paying construction jobs, moving them from being a tax burden to a tax payer. >> it gives us an opportunity to be ours to learn how to do something different that is going to better ourselves and our family and our children. >> this five day boot camp with hands-on training in livermore is one element of the work force preparation. this eight week program is classroom construction with a variety of professionals giving these students the skills they need to succeed in any industry. >> reporter: the curricu

karina rusk, "abc 7 news." >>> city employees in san jose have filed a suit to stop a pension reformon the june ballot. the lawsuit claims the measure is worded in such a way as to ensure its passage. lawsuit requires the wording be neutral. city workers believe the measure violates their rights. the mayor has pointed to the pension as a big reason why the city is in the red. the measure has been approved by city leaders for the june ballot. >> president obama is again calling for congress to move america's energy policy in a new direction by focusing his weekly address on rising gas prices. the u.s. consumes 20% of the world's oil market but has 2% of the world's oil reserves. he had a says administration tighter regulation of wall street is helping expose people that drive up prices but he wants to end subsidies to big oil companies. >> next few weeks, i expect congress to vote on ending these subsidies. when they do we're going to put every single member of congress on record. they can stand up for oil companies or stand up for the american people. they can either place their bets

that story tonight from karina rusk. >> months of pension reform came down to this, one last debate about putting the issue before voters in june. >> we need significant reform not just incremental. why? because the system is not sustainable. >> it's wrong forfor your city and wrong for my city. >>. >> reporter: tensions have climbed in recent years and accounts for $245 million or about 20% of the general fund. the unions have accused the mayor of exaggerating how high the costs can climb but he says a ballot measure is the only way to bring skyrocket expenditures under control and is asking zbleorts it's time for the voters to decide to whether or not we need to spend our tax dollars for additional retirement benefits or reduce those costs and spend it on services. i think that is the right of the voters. >> ten years of budget deficits in san jose have resulted in layoffs and cuts to city services. the unions say they proposals for real change to retirement benefits have been ignored and the only thing voter approved pension reform guarantees is a long court battle. >> they are going t

>> i give a 1950 karina flying z. >> jimmy: how long did you live in japan?age did you move there? >> went there when i was probably 16, 17, something like that. >> jimmy: why did you go there that young? >> i wanted to learn martial arts, healing -- >> jimmy: like most teenagers? >> that's funny. then again, we are with the funny man himself. >> jimmy: and did you really like study, or were you there just having a good time? >> let me tell you something, i studied. >> jimmy: you did. >> yes, sir. >> jimmy: did they accept you as an american? >> no. back in those days, they were a zeeno phobic country. when you get into martial arts dojo, what you deal with, that kind of thing, boy, you were not welcome unless you kick everybody's ass and even then you're not welcome. you have to really prove yourself. >> jimmy: even then you weren't welcome after you established yourself there? >> i mean, it took time. it took time. >> jimmy: how did they make you feel unwelcome? >> when i was there, their main mission, some of them, was to make the training so hard and viol

in santa cruz, karina rusk, abc7 news. >>> britain's prince harry is in brazil this weekend continuing his trip to mark the diamond jubalee. last night his public appearance was to launch a campaign to encourage tourism in england, who will host the summer olympic games. he spoke even a little portuguese to say "wonderful city." >> welcome to your spell-binding city. and this, i hope i get it right,. [foreign language.] [applause] >> please, please, if we show you how to play rugby, don't do what you have done to us like you have done in football and leave us wishing that we hadn't. >> samba sunshine, tour of sugar loaf mountain are on his agenda during his visit this weekend. >> and people vetsing the bay area this weekend, when will they see weather-wise? >> we've had the bragging rights for how long now? it's about to end. we are talking about sunshine now with our early sunrise another ten minutes away. and don't forget, tomorrow it's 7:26. more importantly, a cloudy start. a multi--day precip event will bring us the wettest series of storms we've seen all winter long. the details

in santa cruz, karina rusk abc7 news. >>> britain's prince harry is in continuing his trip to mark thend juke lee. last night his public appearance was to launch a campaign to encourage tourism in england, who will host the summer olympic games. he spoke even a little portuguese to say "wonderful city.." >> welcome to your spell-binding city. and this i hope i get it right,. [foreign language.] [applause] >> please please, if we show you how to play rugby, don't do what you have done to us like you have done in football and leave us wishing that we hadn't. >> the sunshine, tour of sugar loaf mountain are on his agenda during his visit this weekend. >>> if you plan on driving in san francisco tomorrow allow a little extra time to get where you are going because a large stretch of the embarcadero along with parts of king street and the southern waterfront will be close today automotive traffic for sunday streets. it gives walkers and bicyclists a chance to enjoy a car-free environment. so that car-free environment, is weather going to be good? >> it will be dry but as much as ten degrees

. >> estaba karina, kiara, luis enrique... >> todo el mundo. estado mal ♪ ♪ pero nada comparado a ella ♪ ♪ no puedo pensar en un minuto lavida sin ella ♪ ♪ hay que ser idiota para no entender que es todo lo que busco en una mujer ♪ ♪ al mirar me llame tiene entre sus manos ♪ ♪ y por eso la amo ♪ hay que ser idiota para no entender que ella es todo lo que busco ♪ ♪ la encontrÉ y no me preocupo ♪ ♪ hay que r idiota para no entender que ya es todo lo que busco en una mujer ♪ ♪ con sus besos, sus caricias que son tos ra mÍ ♪ ♪ y no me canso... ♪ y si no avanzo estarÍa sin rumbo sin seguir sus huellas ♪ ♪ si hubiera seguido con mi vida, numerar perdido -me hubiera perdido de estar con ella ♪ ♪ me hubiera perdido esa estrella tan bella ♪ ♪ tiene una cara bonita y una bonita actitud ♪ ♪ ella es ahora mi rayito de luz ♪ ♪ ella es ahora mi rayito de luz ♪ ♪ hace que mi vida se componga ♪ ♪ ♪ con su cariÑo me asombra ♪ ella esahora mi rayito de luz ♪ ♪ tiene una cara bonita y una bonita actitud ♪ ♪ hasta el mÉdico me dijo que es buena para mi salud ♪ ♪ ♪

. >> y una mayor de edad, karina espisa de la florida, cumple 21 aÑos. >> yamila padilla de puerto ricocelebrar con su mÚsica! ¡venga! >> ¿cuÁl es el paso? >> el paso de justin, no sÉ. >> fÍjate. j -jus... tin... >> como el paso suyo. >> no, el de la espalda mala. Éste es el de la espaldita. >> aquÍ todos mundo estÁ lastimado siempre ¿quÉ onda muchachos? >> ¡felicidades! >> ¡que lo siga celebrando! ¡feliz cumpleaÑos! >> ¡eso! seguimos festejando, mÁs adelante vamos a regresar, pero tenemos una historia en chicago, 1 hispana desde ganÓ la loterÍa, va a ver cÓmo le cambiÓ la vida, y tal vez le puede suceder a usted. >> pero ademÁs vamos a contarles del tremendo susto que pasÓ sofÍa en un parque de diversiones en los angeles, no se pierda la simpÁtica imagen. >> ya estÁ tocando a la puerta, maite perroni para contarnos todos los detalles de la nueva univisiÓn telenovelas, un canal seno de amor y pasiÓn en las 24 -lleno de amor y pasiÓn las 24 horas del dÍa. >> hoy arrancamos mes y con nuevas ilusiones. >> recuerdo ese dÍa, todas las peluquerÍas de nueva jersey y manejaran pendientes -manha