the only in-school planetarium opened yesterday. for two decades it was a storage unit. along with parent volunteers, they fixed it up. >> i want to make sure students get the highest quality education possible. i've taken my time to do with that requires. >> i love space. something i might discover about. >> the plan to make the planetarium available to other students at neighboring schools as well. the girl scouts are celebrating their 100th anniversary today. they unveiled a wax figure of these doubts the figures. on march 12, 1912, she started the first girl scout troop in savannah, georgia with 18 girls. now there are more than 3 million girl scouts at nationwide. coming up here on abc 7 news at noon. meet a local athlete who has his sights set on the olympics. and later -- >> can this polygamous family keep from being torn apart? >> is she different? >> i think you want to be with him. >> and kelly osborn. >> i was a terrified girl. >> 7 is on your side of this noon with new recommendations for boys to be vaccinated for hpv. there are more than 7000 cases of throat

the planetarium reopened to the public. become part of a science technology and engineering and math wing at the school. pretty cool. >> absolutely. and there's some great apps out there that let you track the stars on an ipad. we are teaming up with the university of maryland to give you a chance to win one of those tablets. log on to facebook facebook and like our page. you have until friday night to enter. we'll announce the winner next week. >>> you really cannot make this stuff up. 23-year-old man in nebraska has changed his name. he entered a courtroom on monday as tyler gold and left it with the name. gold says as an entrepreneur, name recognition is important and the new name is more recognizable. t rex. hey t-rex. crazy. >> tr, not t.o., but t.r. i don't know. it's goofy. >> more than a little. >> is that an employable name? >> you wonder how he came to that realization. : all right, 75 today is average. and looking at temperatures generally average until we get to the end of the week and cooler weather rolls in, b

it has more than 300 shops and restaurants and an aquarium and planetarium. 200,000 people are expected to visit the area tuesday. >>> when engineers first started designing it, they wanted a structure both pleasing to the eye and earthquake resistant. the end result, a mix of modern and traditional japanese building techniques. many of the features of this broadcasting tower can be seen in this country's shrines and temples. for example, if you look at it from certain angles, the tower appears to have both concave and convex curves, but the cylindrical concrete pillar at the center of the sky tree is most noticeable. the column is structurally isolated from the surrounding steel frame. designers borrowed this idea from traditional five-story pagodas. when an earthquake happens the there will be a lag, so the column sways at different speeds. they have tremor absorbing dampers and there's more, the structure's steel beams are twice as strong as those normally used in high-rise buildings. operates are say these measures will reduce the skytree's swaying by half. >>> municipal authorities

new landmark and the complex around it have more than 300 shops and restaurants an aquarium and a planetarium. 200,000 people are expected to visit the area today. >>> japan's net external assets rose for the first time in two years marking the second highest level on record. net external assets are the difference in value between overseas assets earned by japan and foreign investments in the country. the finance ministry says the value of japan's net external assets stood at about $3.2 trillion. at the end of last year. that's up 0.6% in yen terms from the previous year. the rebound came as the strong yen also encouraged japanese companies to buy out foreign firms. financial institutions boosted lending abroad as well. japan's net external assets have been the world's largest since 1991. the figure exceeds the value for china in second place by over $1.4 trillion. tokyo electric power company has come up with concrete measures to rebuild its business. it will shore up its capital through state funding and the japanese government may hold over three-quarters of their voting rights in the util

there are certain things you can see every week you can go to the museum, visit the planetarium, and we bring in bars and a deejay or band. it is a different feel from during the day, something different every week. tonight , we have beer and music. -- tonight we have great beer and music. it is beer week. we have a dozen local brewers in african hall. we have a deejays to set up throughout the museum and a live performance at 9:00 p.m. tonight. >> what has been your favorite part as a participant or as an observer? >> my favorite part is to walk around the aquarium in to see people with a drink in their hands, getting to know maybe somebody new, may be looking for a day, or chatting with friends. there jellyfish. i mean, they are beautiful. >> the culmination of the animals. >> it is very impressive. we do not have this at home. >> tell us a little about some of the spider's we see here on display. >> at the california academy of sciences, there is a very large collection of preserved and live specimens, which are the evidence about evolution. we have the assassin spiders, which are

and they be ostriches on hand and there is a planetarium show. >> our people come from all of the topts in the bay area. these are people that worked throughout the industry in the area. best computer simulations and shots of san francisco, 1906 are incredible. great show. >> reporter: the hours are 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. monday through saturday and 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on sunday. gabe slate, kron 4 news. ♪ [ male announcer ] it's one thing... to have created an icon and quite another to have done it generation after generation. to the long line of legendary mercedes-benz sl roadsters... ♪ the 2013 sl. >>> welcome back. the yankees in town. always a pretty big deal. that is derek jeter, 33,000 plus to see derek jeter and the yankees. deep to right, a two run homer. 3-0 yankees. yankees had three home runs tonight. 4-1 new york. nick swisher goes opposite field for a two run homer. his 8th of the year. ross 4, 11 hits, 6 runs, 3 earned and that is it for him. swisher the homer in the fifth and the nice diving catch in the 6th to rob redick. the yankees win for the 7th straight time

there's also an earthquake planetarium show. >> the show was developed with our own in-house people that come from all the top talent in the bay area. pixar, these are all people who have worked for up the industry. the best computer simulations and some of the shots of san francisco are incredible. >>stanley: coming up, it is a maximum of four met. i am writing with the hayward office of the california highway patrol in the next edition of people beating badly. third call >>pam: a historic day in space flight. the first commercial supply ship is now a part of the international space station. >>pam: scientists at mit have created a device that gives injection's without a needle in and is said to be painless, a uses a high- pressure jetta medicine to pierce the skin and nearly the speed of sound. the needle is injector guns have been used since the 1950's that this device improves the control over the speed and its image. call caw from >>pam: the san francisco skyline will soon be changing. what >>pam: and this is a picture of the current skyline in the the new skyline to come. >>stanley:

. >> always, after spending decades as a storage area, a local school planetarium is restored to its we'll be right back. wow. this is new. yep. i'm sending the dancing chicken to every store in the franchise to get the word out. that could work. or you could use every door direct mail from the postal service. it'll help you and all your franchisees find the customers that matter most: the ones in the neighborhood. you print it or find a local partner. great. keep it moving honey. honey? that's my wife. wow. there you go. there you go. [ male announcer ] go online to reach every home, every address, every time with every door direct mail. >>> 5:39. out on the weather terrace here in northwest d.c. and it's a little sticky this morning. it's comfortable with temps in the 60s that way but the humidity is way, way up. that's going to be the case all day long. we're leaving the showers now off to the east. however, we're going to have more showers and storms by the middle of the afternoon, if not earlier out west as it comes across a cold front. the temperatures mid- to upper 70s about 3

tree stands over 2,000 feet tall and houses hundreds of shops and restaurants, an aquarium and a planetarium. the tower which hosted nearly 8,000 visitors on its opening day will soon transmit television and radio for the country's largest network. >>> small creations in china boast big brain power. 96 teams from universities across the country competed in china's national micro mouse robot competition. automatic robots inserted with microchips and sensors competed to complete a maze in the shortest time. it will go on to compete in the international contest. >>> finally an elephant in poland is tipping more than just the scales. after predicting chelsea's upset win in soccer champions league, fans around europe have placed their trust in her taste buds. the elephant is given a choice of two apples, both representing an opposing team. next she will make predictions for this summer's all-important european championship. do you buy these thing is. >> i don't. the octopus was cool, it was 7 for 7. we had two different animals in the show eating soccer balls, an elephant and alligator. >> that g

they used them as toddlers and run through the halls of the academy of sciences, the planetarium, theanese tea garden. all of that. little did we know that 40 years later this would be happening and there would be grass growing on the roof of the academy of science for the thermal management of the planet. science, science, science. we came here to learn that the academy of sciences. we came here to play in the park. we came here to smell the flowers. naomi, she is to put out the word, the rodos are here. that met the road no danger blossomed. anybody that knows this park, they know that is a beautiful location when those flowers come out. now listen to the music. over time, it was wonderful, never as wonderful as when warren hellman it left us with his strictly bluegrass and then it hardly strictly bluegrass. thank you, nancy. isn't it wonderful that warren hollow is near by? we can to learn, play, listen to the music, smell the flowers. we came to recreate. to my friends, all of that, to recreate. that is a very important word. and your assignment, your role is such an important one

the air at night you get the you see the north star and the whole sky is like a planetarium, the sunsets are miraculous. one of the eastbound viernal things i'm interested in hopefully the obama will do more to protect the little missouri river, the river roosevelt loved by his ranch there. prairie lands and too often we haven't treasured the american prairies but the interior of the united states, the midwest and great plains is a part of the country that i personally feel happiest in more than the coast. >> in and around doing this book you published several other books and articles, jury book on katrina came out when? >> that came out 2006. zplchblth had you been working on this book? >> i was. i have been working on this book for a long time. i have been collecting, roosevelt's papers are divided up at harvard where wallace daily helped me a great deal. library of congress has his papers on microfiche, we're looking at a man who wrote over 150,000 letters. and what is traditionally happened people are looking in his correspondent for issues of panama canal, foreign policy, trust bust

. >> more than 300 shops and restaurants as well as an aquarium and a planetarium. i don't know i could do it. >> that is pretty high. 56 6:41. >> you're ok if you do not look down. an accident on southbound 29. >> the clouds are about 1,000 feet off the ground. we have some clouds and drizzle. captain roy flying under the cloud deck. >> welcome back to 11 news today. 6:44. a pair of overnight shootings. the first happened after 11:00 last night. police say the suspect left the scene in a black or green- colored a vehicle. netted minutes later, police were called to a shooting on carry street. the victim was shot multiple times and died at an area hospital. a jury convicts a man for its role in the murder-for-hire plot of a glen burnie dentist. dante jeter was paid $1,000 by shontay joyner-hickman to kill her boss to cover up the fact that she was stealing from him. jeter will be sentenced july 24 th. >> now traffic pulse 11 and insta-weather plus together. >> good morning. sarah caldwell checking on your morning commute. we are tracking several accidents. southboun

the adler planetarium shedd.aquarium and art institute will closed saturday and sunday.s high-school parents were told the city will not cancel classes at four schools near the summit. one protest march by a nurses' group has been ordered to move out of downtown chicago. to the anti-war groups have agreed to merge their marches as well. before the nato protests get started later this month protest leaders will challenge the need for nato in a public debate it will take place at the pritzker library on michigan avenue and 17th three days before the summit begins a protest organizer andy.thayer and an anti nato blogger will take one side and former ambassador nicholas burns and a nato spokesperson will take the other attendance is limited to 100 people ... occupy chicago and several other groups outlined today their plans for demonstrations leading up to the nato summit randi belisomo is live ... this morning's event was held in occupy chicago headquarters here on the 500 block of west the cermak ... they believe nato policies trickle-down to hurt every neighborhood in thi

shed aquarium art institute at adler planetarium will be closed city by the lake with the museum's by the lake will be closed saturday morning and we opened may 21st sometime that evening field museum closing sunday the 20th only. nearby john's college preparatory school closed door meeting taken over mccormick place and the streets around the next weekend. cps applied to keep all schools open this concerned father sending his daughter to school >> what i expected to hear it basically it is a big event but everyone is prepared. we can see what happens. >> meanwhile protests continue one group today iraq ii war veterans joined forces to be groups on the same route at the same time sunday may 20th. news to chicago on day after a national nurses united at 1000 persons marched moved to the lakefront away from dthe loop. residents at businesses for others nothing more than opportunity. >> very exciting we have the opportunity to host chicago really needs the business. fantastic. >> we are told the reason for the closed museums is simple used for private functions by nato dedications the pl

close roosevelt near the museum campus >> museum campus will be closed all day on sunday may 20th planetarium of aquarium and field museum not open that day. we have said from the beginning there will be inconveniences but they will just be minor inconveniences since last october belmont representing every department on hand to answer questions about the closure continuing to ask about security claim especially for those who live near mccormick place. not many answers this afternoon. >> no explanation in detail security at this point able to walk and drive to and from their home. also intermit did closures additions accommodations for motorcades. also affected cta to change several bus routes and metra to service on electrical line >> hopes to announce details of the next week working very closely with secret service and plans are dependent on ability personnel and the proper screening >> city leaders said the best way to stay on top of closures is on line website city of chicago and click on alert chicago signed up their officials most current information available. everything on our website

there's also an earthquake planetarium show. we have the best computer simulations. >> the stormy weather could still hit man to those pacific coast. you're looking at satellite images from earlier. and lot of rain expected. what the captain and second officer of this cargo ship that ran aground off of new zealand have been jailed for seven months. this was the scene after it hit a reef in the split into. it was new zealand's worst ever environmental disaster. investigators said the captain made some changes in the journey to save time and was sentenced for offenses that included operating a vessel and a dangerous man of. inspectors say they have found traces of uranium at a nuclear site in iran. this comes one day after international talks on the nuclear program ended in baghdad. it harass novels how living half having how ahead for her half ahea look at you guys with your fancy-schmancy u-verse high speed internet. you know, in my day you couldn't just start streaming six ways to sunday. you'd get knocked off. and sometimes, i

also, special programming inside the planetarium. 8:00 tonight. >>> from security lines to dealing with jam packed planes and delays, flying can be a bit of a hassle in the summer months. now airports are taking steps to make it less stressful. might be surprised what you see in your next layover. get this story from john yang. >> reporter: getting from point a to point b by plane these days often means a lot of time at point c, long layovers, late connections and those weather delays. at the atlanta airport, rick nelson spent a recent layover in a rented private cubicle right off the concourse. a company called minute suites rents them $30 an hour. sound proof, have a tv for entertainment, desk for working, and for napping, a day bed. nelson spends eight hours a week in airports, often trying to work at a crowded gate. >> how does this compare to that? >> 100% better. >> reporter: they're in atlanta and philadelphia, plan to open later in dallas and minneapolis. more than half the clientele are business travelers. >> they want to de

planetariums will be busy. may 20th two sundays from now. a lunar eclipse coming up. you can watch that overnight, don't need any special glasses for a lunar eclipse. june 5th. we've got a rare planetary transit. all these coming the next month or so. venus will cross across the sun. these are rare, we won't see another until 2117. that's coming up june 5th. closer back down to earth in the bay area, we're seeing temperatures mild right now. still 66 in san jose. 58 in san francisco. we did have a strong sea breeze this evening but that has backed off. if our temperatures starting the day off warmer tomorrow, all the signs are there for warmer temperatures the next couple of days. pollen count high, grass shot up the last week or so with dry conditions. temperatures come tomorrow close to 90 in the warmest spots. by mid-week, we'll see the sea breeze leading to cooling temperatures. for now, high pressure building across the bay area. east bay valleys, areas south of san jose, 80s to 90. on the coast, comfortable. look for a stronger sea breeze to take the edge off th

the complex houses more than 300 shops and restaurants, as well as an aquarium and a planetarium.you are afraid of heights, you're going to have to stop on the 50th floor maybe. >> i'll go into the lobby. >> the lobby? take a look around. i'm sure there are shops and restaurants on the first floor, as well. >> i'll see the videos and photos. but i'll stay in the lobby. >> i would go up to the top. i would. >>> coming up on 20 minutes before the top of the hour, tom kierein is keeping an eye on the rain that's moved across the area overnight. and tom, are we going to see a little sun today? >> yeah. i think so. here the satellite radar history of the last 12 hours. the areas of yellow and orange popped up briefly between midnight and 3:00 a.m. produced three to four inches of rain in stafford, caused flooding there. now the rain has ended. still lingering showers northern neck and southern maryland. and we ought to have a little sun in and out and through noontime. hometown forecast, hagerstown, washington county, near 70. mid 70s around the metro area. mid-afternoon, maybe showers

a 32 minute planetarium show. >> of our people, from all of the top talent in the bay area.st computer simulation. great shots of san francisco. just incredible. great show. >> 9:30-5:30 and 11:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. = sunday. gabe slate's tech report the much more coming up [ creaking ] [ male announcer ] trophies and awards lift you up. but they can also hold you back. unless you ask, what's next? [ zapping ] [ clang ] this is the next level of performance. the next level of innovation. the next rx. the all-new f sport. this is the pursuit of perfection. (male announcer) this is the bay area's news station. kron 4 news starts now. >>isabel: welcome back. this is our second live hour. we have stories of two different alleged killers. one confessed and one has not confessed. >> president obama is offering praise of the veterans. we will hear from president obama, later. and a great gift coming up for veterans and their families. >>jan: good morning thel b g t and the glaad media awards and the issue of bullying and the san fransicso bridge celebration. >>henry: we will have a gre

loaded with cargo, groceries for the most part, and astro physicist neil tyson is director of haydon planetariums." hello to you. nice to have you back. >> i have to go with the tie. >> tomorrow you'll be doing the happy dance at your house, won't you? >> i think it's a long overdue event that the participation of private launches in our frontier in space is under way. >> so, what's happening exactly? when they say they're taking groceri groceries, what does that mean and how are they getting there? >> previously we got to the space station with the space shuttle that had a cargo bay as well as six, seven, eight astronauts. you don't need the astronauts if you're just delivering supplies, so spacex, the company founded by elon musk, he's famous for saying, how do you make a small fortune in space? start with a big fortune. it's not obvious all of this will reap huge money for him but a very important first step in getting private enterprise to participate in sort of the routine activities that nasa, in my judgment, really shouldn't be doing. we should reserve nasa for advancing a frontier, part

with cargo, groceries for the most part, and astro physic neil de grasse tyson is director of the planetariumce chronicles facing the ultimate frontier." hello, to you. >> great to be back here. >> your very spacey tie. >> got to go with the tie thing. >> i'm thinking tomorrow, neil, you're going to be doing the happy dance at your house, are you not? >> i think it's a long, overdue event that the participation of private launches of our frontier in space is under way. >> what's happening? when they say they're taking groceries what does that mean and how are they getting there? >> previously we got to the space station with the space shuttle that had a cargo bay as well as four, five, six, seven astronauts and you don't really need the astronauts if you're just going to be delivering supplies. so spacex, the company founded by elon musk, who created the -- tesla -- that's how he got rich. >> the car. >> famous for saying how do you make a small fortune in space? start with a big fortune. it's not obvious at all this will reap huge money for him but it's an important first step in getting pri

rosen director of the planetarium, born and raised in new york city. dr. tyson attended the brides high-school of science and later earned his ba in physics from harvard and then his ph.d. in astrophysics from columbia. that's right. [laughter] he has been an adviser to nasa and to three presidents on matters related to space exploration. it has -- he has been awarded 16 honorary doctorates. he even has an asteroid named after him. widely known as a friend and me a pluto, he joins us tonight to discuss his latest book, space chronicles, facing the ultimate frontier. please join me now in giving a warm welcome to dr. kneele digress tuchman. [applause] >> they do. a warm introduction. just so you know, this is the only public talk anywhere that i am giving on this book. so you are here and now for it, just so you know. i'm just saying. [applause] that me get ready appear. of me tell you how it all began. there was the big bang -- [laughter] 1996. i was approached by a columbia university press to write a chapter in an encyclopedia that they were preparing to

party on the barberie coast celebrates the opening of the new brand-new earthquake exhibit and planetariumt 7 p.m. and for your chance to win, all you have to do is go to ktvu.com, before midnight, and put in the secret word tremors. >> tremors! will be fun. let's go to rosemary and check on that saturday forecast one last time. >> yes, coastal clouds expected to linger through today. mostly sunny elsewhere and look at the gradient. 25 to 30 degrees spans from the coast inland, inland we'll see it a few degrees of warming today, even some of us pushing him in along the coast 60s in the forecast. tomorrow going to be a little cooler, mostly cloudy skies for the coast, partly cloudy elsewhere. the numbers rolling back just a bit. monday looks to be the coolest day. then we warm up again tuesday into wednesday. >> can't wait. >> thank you. that's our report for this morning. thank you for trusting ktvu. we're bringing you major league baseball. we're always here for you at ktvu.com, and mobile ktvu. thank you for joining us. have a beautiful start to this mother's day weekend! does your phone