. >> i'm nannette miranda, a state senator makes a move to overturn california's fire fighting tax. ♪e announcer ] sweet honey taste. 80 calories per serving. 40daily value of fiber. i'm here in the downtown area where the crowd is growing. [ female announcer ] watching calories at breakfast never tasted this sweet... i'll go get my bowl. [ female announcer ] ...or this huge. new fiber one 80 calories. yes, you can actually love breakfast. >>> welcome back everyone. in norway the king and queen along with hundreds of other people are attending a service of sorrow and hope in oslo for the victims of friday's attack that killed 92 people and injured 97overs. the back-to-back car bombings in oslo and shooting spree at summer camp have shaken norway to its core. 32-year-old norwegian man confessed to the killings. here is the latest. >> reporter: from the mind of a mass murderer, a video released on youtube hours before his murderous rampage. forcing european conservatives to embrace martyrdom. >> it was gruesome having to commit these acts but they were necessary. >> reporter: we're lear

in sacramento, nannette miranda, abc 7 news. >>> two teenagers apparently confessed to starting a fire that gutted a trace elementary school -- gutted rather trace elementary school in san jose a year ago. the fire destroyed 16 classrooms and caused $16 million in damage. according to documents released to the mercury news the teenagers said they started the fire by using a blow torch on a garbage can and set fire to some card board. they are being tried as adults. >>> no good deed ever goes unpunished should never be true but unfortunately today it3b(v. a man was shot in the head his wife and his children. he is now on life support. >> reporter: known simply as brother john and just about everyone out here knows him. at least once a week, brother john and his wife and their two young daughters pass out home cooked meals to east oakland's homeless. >> he used to stop right in the middle of the road and give you food. >> he came out here and feed us. fries and fried fish. >> the meal of fish served in the shadow of the bart tracks and out of the back of brother john's van may be his las

capital correspondent nannette miranda has more on the foster youth. >> for nearly a decade the stateof california has provided transitional housing that age out of the foster care system on their 18th birthday. it's credited with improving young adult lives by reducing homelessness and finding jobs and keeping them out of jail. her apartment is sparse but without a family who knows where she would be. >> i don't know. >> those housing programs is incredibly valuable resource. but in the studio with me right now is darrell evora, president and ceo of family services. thank you for being here. the organization has been around it a long time. we're trying to educate people about the foster system, what does it do? >> we are a nonprofit social service mental health agency. you mentioned we're close to 150 years old. we serve about 20,000 children in crisis and their family members in all across the state every year. we have five service hubs, one here in the bay area, one in the capitol region, sacramento and surrounding counties. l.a., san bernardino and then a statewide foster family a

and nannette miranda joins us from sacramento with more. >> the cdc have estimated one in 110 children have an autism disorder in california took a step today to, that could approve their care. >> our parents and kids getting help they need? >> several years after a blue ribbon commission pointed out problems california parents face when raising a child with autism. they continue to be frustrated with the system. >> the problems families face are worse, not better. carry yirs -- carriers refuse to provide coverage. >> one of the services health insurers refuse to cover is abaa plied behavioral nal sis. a effective treatment helping children with autism learn to live happy lives. but insurance plans consider that he had x, not a covered medical benefit. and say regulateors can't make them pay the bills related to this therapy. >> we believe they're trying to compel plans to pay for aba. >> just as select committee on autism was examining the problem, the department of managed health care announced it's reached a settlement with blue shield and anthem blue cross to begin covering aba wit

but first, nannette miranda filed this report in june about the unemployment rate dropping 11.7% from 12.4%. >> the jobs is a mixed bag. good news, unemployment rate fell again to 11.7%. that is a drop almost a full percentage point since 2011 begin. it was higher in april. a much more positive picture an year ago when the jobless rates was at a near high of 12.5%. but for aircraft mechanic the bag nude. an employer shed 29,000 jobs in may, he was among those that got a pink slip but because of his unique skills. >> it's not too bad for me but a guy coming out of prison or people getting laid off from $8 janitorial job, where are you going to find another job? >> what we're experiencing right now. >> a drop in unemployment along with the job loss happens for one reason, people quit looking. >> they don't think they can find a job so they drop out. in order to be unemployed you have to be actively looking for work. >> it continues to drag on the economy and public sector deals with shrinking budgets. >> there is one bright spot. the information sector, not only did it add jobs but had

abc 7's nannette miranda explains why. >> reporter: the latest rate hike by some of the largest insurersffects 1.5 million callins mostly small business and individual pollly holders. the jump ranges from a small, 3%, to a whopping 92%. for some customers it's the third rate hike in less than a year. >> i have the authority now to reject excessive rate hikes for auto, homeowners insurance, but not health insurance. >> the industry says the rise in rates plea ree flekts a rise in costs, including hospitalizations and testing. >> i said i was willing to take that risk. >> premiums have gotten so bad this, 56-year-old decided $700 a month just for herself was too expensive and cancelled her health insurance. >> i didn't really understand why they would go up to much. there was no change in my health status. and i wasn't getting any additional benefits. >> the increasingly expensive policies are giving momentum to assembly bill 52, granting the commissioner powers to reject rate hikes. but the california medical association says price controls may not be the answer, because insurance industr

capital correspondent nannette miranda explains from sacramento. >> it could be a very abrupt notificationare racing to put together letters to 1.2 million californians receiving unemployment checks notifying them their money may stop coming if the debt crisis isn't resolved. $320 million in benefits would abruptly stop because the program has been running on federal loans since january 2009. >> we don't have a reserve. our unemployment insurance fund it's $8.5 billion in the hole. we don't have the voucher to make those payments. >> robert could be hit with a double wham had i he collects social security and unemployment after losing his part-time job. it's possible he wouldn't get either. >> i might end up in a soup line like they did in the depression days. i don't know. i just know it's going to be bad. >> public schools are worried they won't be able to provide the federally funded free lunches anymore. sometimes it's the only meal kid get. 18 cents in federal gas taxes would be put on hold in california jeopardizing thousands of jobs. the scenario seems familiar. >> we've been throug

nannette miranda explains why some believe it's yes. >> online retail giant amazon began gathering signatures, hoping to overturn the state's new law requiring the seattle-based company and other e-tailers to start collecting sales tax from california customers. despite efforts underway to void that law... >> what authority would we have if the bill is suspended? the board of equal saigs discussing how to emplimt the sales tax. republican members question whether it's appropriate to proceed, knowing amazon will likely get enough signatures to put the brakes on the new law. >> very great difficulty for us than to continue a regulatory process. basically a bill in a concept that is on pause. >> but democrats pointed out amazon is still in the process of overturning the sales tax law. and gave the okay for state to begin creating rules to comply. >> i believe there is a responsibility to up hold the law. it's the law. we took an oath of office to uphold the law. >> many california-based web sites that provided links to amazon lost a chunk of revenue when contracts were canceled this month. amazo

nannette miranda, "abc 7 news." >>> this weekend they hope to unlock the secrets of our solar systemhelp of a spacecraft named dawn. that is beginning to orbit an astroid named vesta 117 million miles from here. this image was sent back last month. right now scientists are listening for the spacecraft to send new images from much closer in, images -- that looks pretty good to me. nasa wants to go to an astroid for a landing about 15 years from now. planets form from similar material orbiting the sun more than 4 bye years ago. it's mesmerizing to think how far away that is. >> low cloud deck is quite extensive so cooling around the bay. we'll see sunshine here but numbers in the 70s later on this afternoon in san jose. >> a bear hug in yosemite. search for a 200 pound animal that has found its way on the park's most wanted list. beth! hi. looking good! you've lost some weight. thanks! you noticed! you know these clothes are too big now, so i'm donating them. nogoing back the again. good for you! how'd you do i eating right, whole grain. whole grain? whole grain. [ female announcer ] p

here's nannette miranda with more. >> california is the latest state to jump on the caylee's law bandwagone but two bipartisan proposals to make it a crime to not report a child dead or missing within 24 to 48 hours. depending on the version, it could be a felony. the high-profile case of casey anthony stunned most people when they discovered the florida mom did not report her two-year-old's disappearance for 31 days, and that was not a crime. >> as experienced law enforcement will agree, the first 48 hours of a child's disappearance are critical in determining if that child will be found alive. >> when a jury aquited casey of murder, the outcry urged an online initiative to enact casey's law. 2.3 million people have signed, it including kailee's grandfather. he said this is a great legace for my grand daughter. other children still need assistance. but some the legal community say caylee's law is nots in because child endangerment and child abuse laws are sufficient; that politicians are grandstanding. >> they take an ill-conceived policy decision and try to rush through a law in order to

here's nannette miranda with more. >> california is the latest state to jump on the caylee's law bandwagon with not one but two bipartisan proposals to make it a crime to not report a child dead or missing within 24 to 48 hours. depending on the version, it could be a felony. the high-profile case of casey anthony stunned most people when they discovered the florida mom did not report her two-year-old's disappearance for 31 days, and that was not a crime. >> as experienced law enforcement will agree, the first 48 hours of a child's disappearance are critical in determining if that child will be found alive. >> when a jury aquited casey of murder, the outcry urged an online initiative to enact casey's law. 2.3 million people have signed, it including caylee's grandfather. he said this is a great legace for my grand daughter. other children still need assistance. but some the legal community say caylee's law is nots in because -- nots in because child endangerment and child abuse laws are sufficient and that politicians are grandstanding. >> they take an ill-conceived policy decision and try