lillian kim reports on her news conference. >> after 410 days in an iranian prison, lisa shored is backrican soil. the u.c. berkeley graduate thanked the iranny government and religious leaders for releasing her then spent the rest of her time talking about her fiancee and friend josh fattal. both remained locked up. my disappointment not sharing this with shane and josh was crushing. and i stand before you today only one-third free. >> abc this week, mahmoud ahmadinejad called her release a huge humanitarian gesture and the u.s. should release eight iranian prisoners. the mothers of fatal and bauer pleaded in a video. >> we thank you for bringing sarah home but now is the time to bring josh and shane home. >> we want people to be free and not suffer but at the end of the day there's a law who determines who stays in prison and does not. >> iran has issued espionage-related indictments. the iranian government accuses them of crossing the iran/iraq border which sarah says was indistinguishable during their hiking trip. >> we committed no crime and we are not spies. we in no way intended

lillian kim shows us what's there. >> glen view drive and earl avenue is ground zero and this ruptured pipeline is what started it all. a piece of the 30-inch pg&e pipeline is in the middle of the intersection. the explosion was so large it blew out of the ground. they inspected the crater and still no word what caused the high-pressure pipeline to rupture. in all destroyed 37 homes in the crestwood neighborhood. some sites there's nothing more than a chimney to indicate where a house once stood. others are still standing. those with little or no damage have been marked with green fliers but many have been red-tagged deemed uninhabitable. brian wants to see his house but emergency officials aren't allowing residents to take a look just yet. >> keep changing their mind. i don't know why they changed their mind but i just wanna see my house. get stuff out. pretty much left last night with nothing. my keys, wallet, cellphone. that was it. >> with crews working in the middle of the street, emergency officials have been hesitant letting people back in the area. firefighters say this is amon

here's lillian kim. >> livermore police want the public to take a good look at this composite sketch. he's believed to be around 13 years old and what he did has investigators dumfounded. police say it was on this path near the creek where he approached an 89-year-old woman. he told her his name was cameron, that he was in the 7th grade, and that he wanted to show her something off the trail. she followed him, and that's when he struck other-the head with an unknown object. the boy continued to hit the woman even after she fell down. >> just seems awful young. but he must have a lot of issues to take it out on an older person like that. >> luckily a man ran over after hearing the woman's cries for help. the boy immediately took off on his scooter. police say they have no idea what motivated him to attack. the 89-year-old woman was taken to the hospital. she suffered injuries to the head but she's since been really leased and is expected to be okay. the people of livermore hope police will find the person responsible soon. they'll be extra vigilant until the boy is caught. >> it's very

abc 7's lillian kim reports. >> officers found beer cans in and outside the wrecked bmw.o inside the car, a smashed bottle of liquor. it's unclear if and how much the passengers were drinking but the chp says the driver was above the adult legal limit of .08. the chp says he lost controlled on novato boulevard, about a half mile west of san marin drive as he rounded a curve hitting a big rig carrying a full load of cattle. >> the vehicle was traveling westbound. we believe it was a fairly high rate of speed due to the elongation or the length of the skid marks. >> all the boys are from novato high. one was pronounced dead at the scene. two others are being treated for major injuries while a driver and another passenger are being treated for minor injuries. the driver was arrested at the hospital for driving without a license and driving under the influence. >> there's an emergency announcement saying that all teachers have to meet up in the library. >> at novato high school, word spread through the end of the school day. many students and parents were surprised to learn t

lillian kim is live in the news room with the work that sets them apart. lillian. >>reporter: one recipient is from stanford. 2 others are from uc berkeley and none had any clue they were being considered. they are the latest edition to distinguished list of individuals pushing the envelope. >> hi we are calling from the mcarthur foundation and i kind of flipped over my chair. i couldn't believe they were calling. >>reporter: stanford professor is one of 23 recipient of a 50 500,000 dollar grant from the foundation. also known as genius grants. half million dollars is paid quarterly over 5 years and comes with no strings attached. >> i might get to take an extra afternoon of sailing or something like that which i love to do. so i might indulge a little in that but i really hope to use the money to really further the science and take on the project we haven't been able to do so far. >>reporter: that's what the foundation is hoping recipient will do with the money. pursue the creativity. he's a population geneticist. awarded for analysis of dna variation in populatio

lillian kim, abc 7 news. >> it's 4:56 now. san francisco public school system is receiving a $3 million grant itself from the bill and linda gates foundation. it will better prepare students for college and increase the graduation rate. newsom calls it creating a college culture. >> it's not money that will determine your fate and future. it's your ideas. and if you've got a better idea, you're gonna go places. what we had was a better idea to develop a collaborative. what happened? the money found us. >> over the next ten years to double the number of low income students from san francisco who receive a college degree. >> 4:56 our time now. a sleeping six-year-old girl is hit after her home is sprayed with bullets. live at the scene with the latest just ahead on abc 7 news at 5:00. >> i'm terry mcsweeney live at san quentin prison where a death row inmate has had his execution pushed back five hours. if he can get it pushed back three more hours, it will be several months. >> the economy or a bad neighbor. the city the latest

. >> that was lillian kim reporting.ommunities say they're planning to ask pg&e to come in and speak to residents about that list and the lack of specifics. >>> the senate is set to debate a huge defense spending bill but it's not the money gay rights activists will focus on. abc 7's jenelle wang is live with the latest and how does lady gaga play into this? >> she's getting into this debate. the senate could vote to begin debating on the defense authorization bill which would approve $726 billion in military spending. what's garnering more attention is the two attached to it. one would repeal the don't have don't tell policy. lady gaga demanding an end to the military policy of banning openly gay service members. she chose maine hoping to sway the state's two moderate republican senators. they plan to vote with their party because democratic leadership will not allow amendments to the defense bill. lady gaga still has hope. >> doesn't it seem to be based on the constitution of the united states that we're penalizing the

lillian kim reports. >> barring any last-minute appeals executions will resume at san quentin prison next week. albert brown will receive a lethal injection wednesday morning. the victim's rights group citizens against homicides says it's about time. >> truth in sentencing needs to happen. and i think that moving forward so that these families can have some sort of closure is a positive thing. >> it will be california's first execution in nearly five years. a federal judge gave the go-ahead now that prison officials have complied with his order. they built a roomier death chamber and revised how the execution team is selected and trained. >> given that brown's attorneys bear the burden of coming in with evidence that there's about to be an unconstitutional execution he finds that the evidence is just not there and there's no reason that he can find legally to bar this execution. >> albert brown was convicted of raping and murdering 15-year-old susan jordan of riverside county 30 years ago. brown grabbed her, tied a shoelace around her neck and pulled her into an orange grove. later t

. >> lillian kim reporting.has set up a hotline for people who want to know if pipelines are near their homes. that number's on your screen there, 888-743-7431. again, 888-743-7431. that number and pg&e's list are posted on our site. abc7news.com under "see it on tv." >>> it's 6:35 now. the state's largest labor union is now backing proposition 19, the initiative to legalize recreational marijuana. the service employees international union with more than 700,000 members statewide is getting behind prop 19 because of its potential to generate tax revenue for local governments. the union says that could help avoid cuts to healthcare, home care and other services. while prop 19 provides no direct tax dollars, it does allow cities and counties to approve the sale of marijuana and put their own taxes on it. >> tomorrow a. c. transit officials are expected to approve more service cuts, this time affecting night and weekend service. the cost-cutting proposal will cut weekend bus service in half and eliminate all but tw

. >> lillian kim, abc 7 news. >> monday attorneys will ask a marin county judge for a temporary restrainingrder suspending execution. they will also be taking their case to the 9th circuit court of appeals. there are 708 people on death row in california. 690 of them are men, all at san quentin. 18 women are waiting for fair execution at the women's facility. governor schwarzenegger wants to amend the law so workers can't work as home caregivers. wants to make it illegal to work in the home healthcare program which provides care to the eld lid or disabled. while some say a person's past doesn't affect their ability to provide care, the governor says they pose a grave threat to vulnerable people. >> the equivalent of saying to a rapist or murderer come into my grandmother's home and take care of them. >> criminal background doesn't prevent them from providing good care for an individual like myself. >> state documents show there are 210 violent felons either working in the program or have applied for a job. cleanup is in full swing this weekend in the heart of a san bruno disaster zone. 29 o

in san bruno, lillian kim, abc 7 news. >> investigators will send search dog teams back in today to make certain there are no more victims. at least four people are dead, 52 others injured, including eight in critical condition. authorities say 37 homes were destroyed and eight others were seriously damaged. they revised those numbers from thursday night after the smoke cleared. lisa amin gulezian has more on the investigation. >> we are here to determine the cause of the accident. >> the ntsb is now in charge of this investigation one day after the massive explosion in san bruno. homeowners are still shut out of their neighborhoods. they have no power, water or gas. and there's a sewage problem. >> terrible. i feel they are responsible for it. >> an evacuee, angie is angry. she blames pg&e for the explosion. the company admitted it occurred after one of their gas lines ruptured. many say they reported a gas smell there for weeks. >> smelled it for at least three weeks. and calling. multiple phones from different houses. you know, how -- pg&e is really good at white washing. >> the ntsb

live in novato, lillian kim, abc 7 news gentleman okay. thanks very much. >>> another tragedy involving a young person. this one killed in the san bruno fire storm. 20-year-old jessica morales died week ago last thursday. friends and family members remembered her tonight at a service in daly city. they tried to make tonight a celebration of her life instead of focusing on how she died. several people spoke at the service but the family decided they did not want cameras inside. understandably. outside the vigil lvd ones told us they will miss her beautiful smile. >> such a beautiful person. such a shame to see someone so young be gone. hear people talking about her and past tense when i only seen her an hour and a half before she died. very sad. beautiful pitching coffin she warm front lvd because she was very into fashion. just beautiful person. >>reporter: she did not even live in san bruno. she was at her boyfriend's house when the pipeline exploded. her family says she took the day off work so she could watch the football game on televi

lillian kim reports. >> officers found beer cans in and outside the wrecked bmw.de the car, a smashed bottle of liquor. it's unclear if and how much the passengers were drinking but the driver was above the legal limit of .08. he lost control on novato boulevard about a half mile west of san marin drive as he rounded a curve and hit a big rig full of cattle. >> the vehicle was westbound at a fairly high rate of speed due to the elongation of the skid marks. >> all the boys were from novato high. one dead at the scene two others treated for major injuries and the other treated for minor injuries. the driver was arrested at the hospital for driving without a license and driving under the influence. >> an emergency announcement with all teaches that don't have students this period have to meet in the library. >> many students and parents were surprised to learn the accident happened just before noon. lunch doesn't begin until 12:15. >> that's what's really disturbing. if it happened at noon what can kids doing drinking at 12:00 in the afternoon when they're supposed