. >> leanne melendez tells us why this program is so different. leanne?orter: it is different because these are kids from underprivileged communities that could never afford to travel there just to volunteer. everything is paid for and they come back with the leadership skills to change their communities here at home. lakai gymwright is probably one of the most underprivileged students here. last summer he spent two weeks traveling to help a poor community. >> the travel is not a luxury, but it provides you with new eyes to look at your own life and your opportunities. >> reporter: because of private donations, global glimpse is able to take students from underserved communities in the bay area to i ammpoverished areas like nicaragua. they went to visit students in nicaragua. >> we painted murals and put them in the classrooms. they were lacking resources and their building wasn't in good condition. >> having an opportunity to be able to see how people outside my comfort zone experience and live day-to-day life. >> reporter: since it started in 2007, glob

leann ma len dez joins us with more. >> this has been a problem for years. now, depending on who you ask, they'll tell you the number of cats is between 35 50 60 maybe more. and the issue is creating a lot of con electroversety. >> probably between both campuses 50 to 60 cats. >> julie is a feral cat advocate. she's been keeping an eye on the cats which for years have made their homes under the buildings at liberty high school and the adult continuing education center. we didn't see a single cat today, but she has taken pictures of them before. she says the liberty union high school district was late at addressing the feral cat problem. >> this was opened. the cat could go in and they closed it off. the cats were entombed, several died. the district has documented only one accidental death. they have installed several screens to prevent the cats from getting in and have made sure they have a way to get out. >> we put one way doors that we ourselves have made. >> the one way doors are made of wood. animal advocates are asking the district to install these ins

in oakland, leann melendez abc 7 news 37. >>> silicon valley heavyweights return to the courtroom today. powell was expected to take the stand today but did not. she is expected to do it tomorrow. she's seeking $16 million from her former firm claiming she was discriminated against because she is a woman. attorney steven hirsch field conducted an independent investigation. he testified today that powell told him about a private jet flight spent discussing porn stars, all male dinners and being passed over for a board seat. he also recounted how powell was described as having a female chip on her shoulder. >>> san diego's chavez is the first republican candidate set to replace barbara boxer. he plans to focus on national security education and the awe taken my. harris is the only other candidate who has launched a bid for the same seat. >>> congress approved a new spending bill to keep amtrak running for another four years. the bill includes a pilot program that allows passengers to take pets on board. one car per train can carry dogs or cats. the provision was sponsored by jess denim. h

leanne takes us through the process. >> she recently lot of her husband and 13 years ago her son. tomorrow she will donate a kidney that will have an impact on six recipients. >> i know what it feels like to want an extra day and not being able to have it. >> here's how it works. she will start the chain of events and donates a kidney to a man who is relatively willing to donate her kidney, but was not compatible. her kidney goes to someone else who has a relative willing to donate to someone else. that continues down the line four more times. relatives of people on the donor waiting list giving so others can live a more normal life. >> you have to have a willing living donor to participate in a paired exchange. >> this paired exchange is thanks to a software that was developed by david jacobs, himself a kidney recipient. he uses a sophisticated program that takes a person's genetic profile and finds potential matches. >> as we get better and better, we will be predictive about future compatibilities. it might be beneficial to get people compatible. >> once the matches are confirm

in the newsroom leann melendez, abc 7 news. >>> march madness not even a few hours old, already your bracket is probably busted. destroyed. that story is up next. >>> caught on camera, fire from the streets the explosions rocking a major city today. >>> check out the western sky. it is a beautiful final full day of winter. i'll give you a look at the first day of spring coming up. >>> the sky looking pretty good at 4:37 over the golden gate bridge. traffic moving >>> a series of fiery underground explosions took place around 7:00 a.m. a short circuit and subsequent electrical arcing has been identified as the cause of the chain of events. this is the second underground fire in the last week in indianapolis, the cases are not related. >>> imagine having a job where you get paid to stand out in the sunshine and soak up the rays. >> we have to imagine it. you get paid for it. >> not everyone has the skills for this. we have sunny skies across the bay area now. lucky to have a good bit of sunshine in the area. we have a wide area of showers reaching from the midwest to mid-atlantic. and

leann melendez abc 78 news. >>> ivan rabb is 6'10". >> he's huge. >> he's a big boy and he's going to play big time basketball. >> thank you for joining us. >>> abc 7 news at 5:00 begins right now. >> the most troubling in outrageous conduct. >> the san francisco county jail turns into a fight club disturbing accusations of inmates forced to serve as gladiators. >> we have not seen evidence that this was some type of hoax. >>> lawyers come out fighting as the vallejo kidnapping story takes another big twist. >> and now we know what really happened to a man who killed a san jose police officer tuesday night. he did not die the way we first thought. record heat today changes heading into the weekend, details coming up. >> breaking news in san francisco's neighborhood. two people have been shot. sky 7 hd is live over the scene at 25th street. >> one victim was shot in the head, we don't know details about the other. both went to the hospital on their own. >> nobody is in custody at this point, police have not evacuated that area, they do not believe others are in danger. >> break news 24

leanne alfonzo is leaving the police after almost 18 years on the force. >> when i wrote pie resignationter, i cried. it's very emotional for me to talk about it right now, because i don't want to leave this place. >> reporter: she says the pay and benefit cuts are too fierce and because of the danger. >> it is once an eight-person staffed area. now we're down to four. >> reporter: she is one of others who have resigned in the

leanne? >> yes. three families live here at park merced the rest in the mission district. these are, of course, temporary homes but what they have inside they get to keep. >> two months ago, anna and her family lost their belongings today, they saw their home being furnished >> we knew types of furniture everyone wanted. sizes of beds and then we put together packages for households. >> the furniture was delivered and assembled free of charge. some doesn't sell once in a while. >> we have the option to have it returned to them or donate to charity. >> that is how they're able to furnish their home. the january fire destroyed these families. she told us she lost it all but was able to move into this apartment in lake merced. >> they lost their home because of the fire and are moving into a three day decision. >> the owner of the apartment complex to make sure he and her family pay the same amount in rent as before. she says i'm grateful to god and the people that made this possible. >> you can see experience major service disruptions on bart. starting april 5th, tracks will

abc 7 news reporter leann is live with the latest on how they're coping. >> reporter: yeah, most of the families are living on treasure island. two in the mission district. now they have a new home and something they really needed. anna was overjoyed to see her living and dining rooms full of furniture, thanks to a san francisco company called -- >> we have beds tables, living room dining room some decor as well. some paintings and lamps. >> this is online site where people can buy and sell used furniture, but once in a while, some of it doesn't sell. >> if it doesn't sell we offer our sellers the option to have it returned to them or donate to charity. >> and that's how she and her family were able to furnish their home. she worked with the salvation army that reached out to the 12 families to see what they needed. the january fire displaced these families. in small businesses were also badly damaged. she also worked at a restaurant located in the same building. she told us she lost it all. but two weeks ago she was able to move into this three-bedroom apartment. the captain is with th

leanne? >> yes. three families live here at park merced the rest in the mission district. these are, of course, temporary homes but what they have inside they get to keep. >> two months ago, anna and her family lost their belongings today, they saw their home being furnished >> we knew types of furniture everyone wanted. sizes of beds and then we put together packages for households. >> the furniture was delivered and assembled free of charge. some doesn't sell once in a while. >> we have the option to have it returned to them or donate to charity. >> that is how they're able to furnish their home. the january fire destroyed these families. she told us she lost it all but was able to move into this apartment in lake merced. >> they lost their home because of the fire and are moving into a three day decision. >> the owner of the apartment complex to make sure he and her family pay the same amount in rent as before. she says i'm grateful to god and the people that made this possible. >> you can see experience major service disruptions on bart. starting april 5th, tracks will

leanne? >> that is right. this happened before mid day. and this is a shocker for this very quiet community here in martinez. and school officials telling us that they don't know what provoked the student to do this. a medevac helicopter landed close to here. and police say both the 13-year-old and 11-year-old boys were in the locker area during p.e.class. for some reason, the 13-year-old attacked the other boy with a knife. according to official that's 13-year-old boy did not run away instead went to report the incident to school staff. imagine their surprise. police responded and detained the boy and he is in juvenile hall. >> there was no conflict between the students no words spoken. we do not know. we have no understanding about what this is. it's an isolated and bizarre event. >> and the boy taken away, his injuries we're told were not life threatening the school telling parents all other students are safe and do not need to be picked up from school school officials right now being left with the question of why a 13-year-old boy woul

leanne? >> well you know this is a surprise to wildlife advocates who thought because the zoning board had rejected that extension that the board of supervisors would do the same. they were wrong. today's decision by the board of supervisors means altemont kinds will continue to operate it's older wind mills until 2018. they knew they were going to miss their deadline and asked for an extension. all will have the much larger wind mills. in a few years they will be down. >> a single wind turbine can replace 30 to 40 old turbines. >> according to audobon it will cause the death of 1600 birds. but the company argued that it is needing more time to make the switch and jobs would be lost if not granted an extension. >> the staff we're using is to operate the wind farms. and so if there is no revenues after this year most staff would have to go away. >> that was a big selling point for the board that believed jobs were more important and voted to grant that extension through 2018. in oakland abc7 n

leanne? >> knowing >> beginning march 10th, schools will ask to show their work to prove new and old concepts and getting here hasn't been easy. the common core curriculum focuses on comprehension. in this math question a student is asked if all of the figures on the paper are parallelo grams. now, they must explain the answer. >> the school districts sat down to work on examples >> it goes deeper and more engaging. in some schools, the use of computers is limited. >> some people don't know how to use a computer. we're used to doing it on paper. >> next week, students will begin taking the exam. unlike the star program a school will have from march 10th through may to conduct testing without disrupting learning. >> window is long like 6 to 8 weeks. >> because it's spread out, san francisco unified will be able to assign one computer to ten students. >> it is preparation for the 21 century. >> if you're curious, you can take the test yourself. we have a link to some sample questions. >> you ca

leanne? >> well you know this is a surprise to wildlife advocates who thought because the zoning board had rejected that extension that the board of supervisors would do the same. they were wrong. today's decision by the board of supervisors means altemont kinds will continue to operate it's older wind mills until 2018. they knew they were going to miss their deadline and asked for an extension. all will have the much larger wind mills. in a few years they will be down. >> a single wind turbine can replace 30 to 40 old turbines. >> according to audobon it will cause the death of 1600 birds. but the company argued that it is needing more time to make the switch and jobs would be lost if not granted an extension. >> the staff we're using is to operate the wind farms. and so if there is no revenues after this year most staff would have to go away. >> that was a big selling point for the board that believed jobs were more important and voted to grant that extension through 2018. in oakland abc7 n

at "made in hollywood" celebrates its 10th anniversary season >> hi, i am leanne neeson >> i am hugh cate blanchette and you are watching "made in hollywood" >> "made in hollywood." >> "made in hollywood." >> you are watching "made in hollywood." ♪ made in hollywood ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> in order to attends a ball at the royal palace a young maiden requires the help of her fairy god mother, a pumpkin and a few mice in cinderella >> hi, i am cate blanchette you are watching "made in hollywood" and which is a scene from "cinderella." >> whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. >> run. quickly or they'll catch you. go! >> one of our childhood fairytales is one of our favorites, you got to actually experience being her in real life. what was that like for you? >> you know, it was crazy. it was sort of a mixture of feelings because at times i would be totally, you know paralyzed by this fear of living up to expectations and at other times i just felt so totally like the luckiest girl in the world. >> hold on. whoa, whoa whoa. >> are you all right? >> i am all right, but you have nearly fright ended the life out of hi

leanne? >> that is right. this happened before mid day.r for this very quiet community here in martinez. and school officials telling us that they provoked the student to do this. a medevac helicopter landed close to here. and police say both the 13-year-old and 11-year-old boys were in the locker area during p.e.class. for some reason, the 13-year-old attacked the other boy with a knife. according to official that's 13-year-old boy did not run away instead went to report the incident to school staff. imagine their surprise. police responded and detained the boy and he is in juvenile hall. >> there was no conflict between the students no words spoken. we do not know. we have no understanding about what this is. it's an isolated and bizarre event. >> and the boy taken away, his injuries

leanne?ing >> beginning march 10th, schools will ask to show their work to prove new and old concepts and getting here hasn't been easy. the common core curriculum focuses on comprehension. in this math question a student is asked if all of the figures on the paper are parallelo grams. now, they must explain the answer. >> the school districts sat down to work on examples >> it goes deeper and more engaging. in some schools, the use of computers is limited. >> some people don't know how to use a computer. we're used to doing it on paper. >> next week, students will begin taking the exam. unlike the star program a school will have from march 10th through may to conduct testing without disrupting learning. >> window is long like 6 to 8 weeks. >> because it's spread out, san francisco unified will be able to assign one computer to ten students. >> it is preparation for the 21 century. >> if you're curious, you can take the test yourself. we have a link to some sample questions. >> you can see de

the house as a whole is frank leanne open constitutional question whether or not the house as a whole has that legal authority. the house as a whole may have the authority to seize personal property. my committee does not. >> and later today, the house oversight committee prepared to subpoena clinton for electronic access to her e-mails when asked if that includes access to her deleted e-mails, a spokesperson told "hardball," we want the content on the server. robert gibbs, what do you make of the way that the clintons are handling this, hillary clinton in particular and her people? she seems to be good at answering the questions from last week but not this week. she doesn't make herself available for the surprise question. >> waiting eight days to say what they said yesterday was startling to democrats. i doubt there was anything said yesterday that couldn't have been said last wednesday or thursday or friday and put a little bit of this story to bed a lot earlier. i think not having the apparatus of a campaign, even though everybody on the planet knows she's a candidate for presiden

leann. >> very windy out here. well, this is an antitrust case that will be heard in federal court.y reasons why season ticket holders can't attend a game and many of them go on stub hub and other sights to do so. now the warriors and ticket master are saying if you use stub hub, you will pay. when she was told tickets to a warrior's basketball game were sold out he was directed to buy them through ticket master. >> ticket master or nba tickets.com. >> because. >> because it's more secure. >> ticket master and the warriors say they want to protect fans from potentially buying fake tickets. that has ticket resell companies like stub hub steaming mad. the san francisco based company is now suing both ticket master and the warriors. stub hub seeks to stop unfair and illegal anticompetitive business practices that prevent fans from deciding how they want to resell their tickets. the golden state warriors and ticket master share fees from the team's resell market. the warriors have threatened season ticket holders with taking their seats away if they resell them on stub hub or through an

when a sharpshooter is pumping rounds into police officers, from 375 feet away, that is lard leanne accident -- that is hardly an accident, but it has been influenced by outside rabble roudzer rouseers, what ds ferguson need? fewer racist cops? a more com competent mayor. yes to all, certainly. but what it also needs is an electorate that gets out and votes and makes changes they are screaming for, you cannot claim to be the sim of system of a -- victim of a system. i am going toe-to-toe with a war hawk, we'll argue about the military, i think we should reduce the military budget to make a safer. america said big government is biggest problem. maybe electorate is getting starter. >> and i am ready for powdered alcohol, are you? i'm buying, and i'm kennedy. kennedy: police shootings in ferguson focuse focus america oy that has been strained over last 8 months, charlielly le duff, a pull ipulitzer prize winning au, you have grown up in detroit, seen what that sea has gone through. what did you see in ferguson when you were there? there? >> i saw people trying to figure out what is bothering th

kawasaki rider finished ahead of leanne hasler. he has taken charge. second, the third double of his career and leads hasem by 10 points in the standings >>> and, of course to give you an update on the el clasico. barca finished 2-1 winning that match 2-1. that is all your sport for me. i hand you back to maria >>> thank you. more on the website. everything that we are covering is there at aljazeera.com. i'm back in a minute with all of your day's news. stay with us. . me. >> put your hands up. put your hands up. >> what are you going to do? >> get down on the ground >>> what would you do if you were a cop faced with a split second life or death position. i'll take you inside the cost of injustice in america. from the hands on lethal force training that is unaffordable to many department to the tax-pair funded reforms forced on broken police departments that can't affect themselves. plus,

leanne alfonzo is leaving the police after almost 18 years on the force. >> when i wrote pie resignation letter, i cried. it's very emotional for me to talk about it right now, because i don't want to leave this place. >> reporter: she says the pay and benefit cuts are too fierce and because of the danger. >> it is once an eight-person staffed area. now we're down to four. >> reporter: she is one of others who have resigned in the past months. now women make up about 8.5% of the force. alfonzo says she believes the departures will hurt recruiting. >> we do have a diverse department. we do have opportunity here but as staffing is depleted the opportunities become less and less and less. >> reporter: city hall and the union agree that the impact is making it worse. >> people want to leave, and other departments are taking advantage of that. >> we certainly need more women officers. we need more men officers too. >> reporter: but it hasn't brought the city and union any closer so alfonzo, bosh and raised in san jose is leaving. >> i was humbled and honored to be working here. i feel almost

. >>> thank you leann.nd thank you for joining us for abc7 news at 4:. >> abc7 news at 5:00 begins right now with dan and cheryl. >> i snow she just didn't let somebody come and take her. >> a father waits to hear about his policing daughter as police dogs search for clues in vallejo. >> plus we are learning how dangerous this prisoner is who escaped white taking out the trash at the san francisco jail. >>> and the public outcry over private bus services. >> 30 people waiting for one of these services in front of his front doorstep and couldn't get out of his drive way. >>> it may not look like it right now but spring warmth is on the way. i'll have the temperatures coming up. >>> the fbi is called in to help search for a missing vallejo woman while her father tries to stay strong. >> the biggest fear is the horror she might be going through. that's my biggest fear. >> understandably. dieng. i'm dan ashley. >> i'm cheryl jennings. thank you for joining us. i'm been 27 hours since denizese huskins was report

leann?: the obama administration will provide $100 million in grants to make this happen. it connects the city with training institutions and then employers' high-tech business. the money is coming from what companies pay the government to bring in foreign workers. in other words, h 1 b visa money. this woman started training today for a career in technology. for the next six months she and her classmates will undergo extensive training at year up a non-profit dedicated to helping 18 to 24-year-olds land a tech job. >> somebody already told me that maybe i should be in project man management because i have good public speaking skills and they are starting to see skills i didn't know i had in myself. >> reporter: their training is free, thanks to corporate support and donations. they also get a stipend and that's just the beginning. >> after the the first six months, they earn an internship with a company like a microsoft linkedin, sales force or facebook and finish their internship, they are

looking at her pressing room window leanne cope can see -- >> where it held. >> member of royal balletns or many snowflakes. >> now leading lady in a new musical debuting on broadway. >> when you say broadway everyone knows what that is. if you mention broadway anywhere in the world people will know what it is and that does scare me a little bit. >> it's customary for broadway shows to open out of town, but usually in cities like philadelphia new haven or pittsburgh. out of town tryouts to fine tune a show before facing the new york critics. so why bring this show to paris? because this show is "an american in paris." ♪ wait, you probably know the movie. gene kelly one of his most famous roles. ♪ six academy awards including best picture on lots of ten best lists. just a great movie. ♪ so you think these kids feel pressure? ask the director. >> yeah. direct a big broadway musical? absolutely. >> chest fer wheeldon one of the most respected choreographers in the world. his background includes the royal ballet of london and the new york city ballet. this is the first time he's ever direc

the leader of the welsh nationalist party leanne wood is seeking an increase in funding for the welshernment. he says he's calling for an additional 1.2 billion pounds a year. we will be covering all of the major parties taking part in the u.k.'s general election bringing you every result as we get closer to polling day on may 7. london's financial services companies are set to step up their hiring. that is according to a recruitment firm. the company says that more than 3000 new jobs were created in london's financial district integrate. >> negotiations continue between well -- world powers and iran over the country's nuclear program. the latest in the dispute included a meeting between u.s. secretary of state john kerry and french foreign minister fabius. the two leaders met this weekend to relate the status of the talks. joining us now is bloomberg news correspondent, and in tel aviv, elliott gotkine. what has been the reaction in iran to john kerry's latest travels? >> normally, the iranian media try to play up the government's line, which recently is to say things are positive by

first term of the obama administration, when they were getting some good advice from hillary clinton leanne panetta, bob gates, they were pretty good in imposing tough sanctions on iran. they were squeezing iran. they were gaining benefit from iran. from those sanctions. they were getting themselves in a position to negotiate a good deal. but what's happened since then? not only have those people left, but i have talked to people inside the negotiating process who will say they reached an impasse and then there are other people, more senior, come into the conversation and they say things like, well, how do we solve this problem? and they capitulate and they soften the deal. i spoke to a former senior national security official a democrat, who said to me just two days ago, at this point in the negotiation, from the school of negotiation in which i was raised i would be ordering everybody down into the lobby with their luggage. and saying we are leaving because only in showing that you don't need the deal do you actually have the leverage you need to achieve the deal that you and that right n

country superstar leanne rimes ark tended an event in a patternedpattern patterned maxi dress.umps. suede is not just for the call and the color can be bold. e online's fashion columnist. a lot of people make the assumption that they think suede is a winter fabric. >> the designers are smart. think crop tops. half suede and wore the suede shoes. is that a no-no? >> suede on suede i love that dress. it's insane. i love real suede. >> let's do accessories. >> if you are not should you you love the trend accessories are a great way to try it without spending a ton of money. add a bag or shoes and tassels. you add them on to the side of your bag and give a fun accessory. >> these shoes are my favorites. they are so tremendous. you can wear them on the dress or it's all about the 70s. >> absolutely. they are under $100. >> those are great. >> suede of all colors and shorts and different styles. >> again as we mentioned suede can get expensive. the maintenance is so much easier. >> absolutely. >> you don't have a pair of light shoes that i love. i wore dark denim jeans and i had this