san francisco based gap the retailer disappointed the street with earnings.ines logo is about to become an endangered species. they are starting to phase a new sign with the continental airlines globe. if everything goes as planned the two airline will have completely emergencied into one. >>> the mighty mississippi turns deadly. the man killed after a flood surge and how long it will be until the water recedes. >>> good morning, 237 traffic looks good getting over to highway 101 we do have a problem on the peninsula. we'll tell you more. >>> the overflowing mississippi river is being blamed for the death of a 69-year-old man. it happened in the town of vicksburg earlier this week. that sent back water up to the yeah sue river killing the man in the surge. the flood water has forced 2,000 people out of their homes. >>> the american idol finale is set after a record setting vote. >> hailey ladies and gentlemen. >> 95 million people voted and hailey is the one packing her bag. they will compete next week to be the next american idol. the two-part finale is set

some startups such as the "bases and close " in san francisco, "texas tribune" out in texas -- there have been others that attended some similar things -- are starting to use a digital- only medium to provide a layer of local coverage. after that, the other positive things that i see our outfits like -- are outfits like patch and yahoo!, which is looking to create semi-pro or citizen journalism to take place, a new layer, stuff that was not covered at all before. observational community-oriented journalism. things that might have been restricted to an e-mail newsletter or in the distant past, some kind of mimeograph letter. those are positive changes to journalism, and they are happening at the local level. >> speaking of local, how many here have heard up hatch -- heard of patch.com? interesting. i love my local pact, not because they are here, but i follow it. it tells me what is going on in the schools, and it tells me what is going on down the street. but not many people know about it. i'm wondering why you think that is, or are you targeting certain communities that are covered

. >>> one more drug case dropped in san francisco-based on accusations that the cops broke the law.he public defender says this video will show that plainclothes officers from the mission station stealing some items during a drug bust at the julian hotel. an officer in the bust is involved in another bust last year, that's a case that has been dropped. prosecutors only say they can't move forward with that case. >>> san jose's horse patrol unit may soon have to dismount. despite volunteers raising tens of thousands of dollars to save it. kiet do is at the san jose police department headquarters to explain. kiet, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this nonprofit group that they do fundraising halted their efforts. they say that the city is acting in bad faith and they feel that no matter how much money they raise and give to the city the horses will be cut anyway. the name of this group is called the friends of the san jose mounted unit and now they are demanding that $53,000 in donations be returned along with $10,000 in fundraising costs. back in december the group signed an

. >>> one more drug case dropped in san francisco-based on accusations that cops broke the law. the public defender says this video here shows plainclothes officers from the mission station stealing items during a drug bust at the julian hotel. an officer in the bust is involved in another drug bust last year. that's the case that's already been dropped. prosecutors say they can't move forward with the indicate at this time. >>> san jose's -- with the case at this time. >>> san jose's mounted unit could soon be history. kiet do joins from us police headquarters with the struggle between the fundraisers and the city manager. kiet, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. supporters of the police department's mounted unit say that the city is changing the rules on them and now acting in bad faith. they say that no matter how much money they raise, they feel it's clear to them that the department will cut the horse unit anyway and so the so- called friends of the san jose mounted unit are demanding that the city repay $53,000 in fundraising and also repay $10,000 in fundraising cos

been talking about putting that capacity in brisbane because we have no more room to build in san francisco. based on their desire to tax the heck out of that, we have been worrying that we should try to find some other alternative site. board of san francisco is absolutely of interest to us. -- port of san francisco is absolutely of interest to us. pier 96 is not. the reason is when we got the permission to use pier 96 for the purpose of recycling our traditional recyclables -- paper, bottles, cans -- we committed to the citizens of the bayview that this was going to be recycling only. we told them, we committed that we would not bring garbage into the bayview district. that was important to them an important to us. our facility, pier 96 sits right below the hunters point housing project. while we did not have to do it, we committed and have been voluntarily for the last -- i guess it has been eight or nine years now that pier 96 has been there and processing the city's recyclables -- we voluntarily offered, long before anybody was talking about local hire ordinances in the city -- we voluntarily

lu was nominated for the san francisco-based court of appeals. " >> plainclothes officers must archemoruso that they will have their own record, a video record of what police are doing. the cameras would cost about one of the $25.00 a piece. >> birth records are showing that patty ginsburg to the child up earlier than people thought. more than a decade ago. but both children are 13 years old. radar on new-line claims that she was fired which made her mad and she threatens to go public. that prompted its words never to tell shriver. >> camera crews have been swirling around this bakersfield home where since baina lives. ♪ and tempered by 125 years hoffman >> , and welcome back, all eyes on the bay area weather. highs near 80, 70 around the bay and '60s at the coast. today is probably the warmest day of the next seven. a few more clouds, a little breezy this weekend but it looks dry starting today. >> new details this morning, to mothers of ucla hikers held on espionage charges are starting a hundred stripe. help mothers believe that their sons are fasting so the mothers are going to fast i

one more drug case dropped in san francisco based on broke the >>> it is8. 8:5. ra. >>> one more drug case dropped in san francisco-based on accusations that cops broke the law. the public defender says this video shows plainclothes officers stealing items during a drug bust. an officer thinks bust was involved in another bust, and that is the case that's been dropped. >>> dead leopard sharks turning up in the north bay. at least 20 found at richardson bay in the past two weeks. it's not clear what is causing the die-off. last month dozens of sharks turned up dead in redwood city. >>> and san rafael could soon be home to a new pro baseball team. that minor league team in the independent north american league wants to play at albert park. if approved, the team would wanted a stadium build by the summer of next year. >>> traffic and weather coming right up. stay with us. ,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> dublin interchange, westbound 580 approaching 680 looks good. once you get towards livermore we are starting to see brake lights approaching vasco road but yeah, not too bad approac

san francisco base 4 corner property just bought the old technology building on with you bower avenue >> transformation of union city bart station is on track. bids on project to build a public plaza, promenade and playground are due next thursday and housing is in the works. like to read more on the stories print edition of silicon valley business journal. >> hope the giants are finally heading home. >> they have been on the road 3 cities or something. >> best things to say it's finally over. mike made the most of us. end of a 10 day finally over. mike made the most of us. end of a 10 day jojojojojojojojojojojojojojojojo go! go! completing an atm deposit in record time... that's a step forward. go! go! with deposit friendly atms, you can make ultra fast, secure deposits with no slips or envelopes. take a step forward and chase what matters. is is is is. >> go. giants reach the he said of the road today. 10 day journey through pittsburgh washington and new york. 22 of the giants first 31 games have been on the road. happy cinco de mayo to you at city field. hello. sanchez. another pl

. >> reporter: good advice from marian, one of the founders of e-factor, a san francisco-based company that helps businesses get started and grow. >> the kinds of businesses we help are companies are live on the internet or have some affiliation with the internet. the e-commerce. but fashion, design. it's been tough. i remember working as a secretary thinking, i can do better than any boss can. i can do what he's doing. and probably, yeah, i can do it better. >> reporter: a woman taking her own advice. >> don't think about 15 things that can go wrong. when you come across with one thing that's going wrong right there and then, you'll find the solution to it. once you overcome that, just keep on working. >> reporter: and working is what she knows best. her company now has 1 million subscribers in 168 countries. so, she's sharing her secret to success, mentoring young women at today's women's conference in san francisco. >> i think it was a good experience for us to see hands-on someone that's just been doing a lot of stuff that knows what they're talking about. rather than learning it o

, it is from a website, home remodeling magazine, there is a long list of things supposedly san francisco-based, adjusted for local conditions, and how much of the cost you can expect to recoup for the work you're doing in the building. if you're doing work because you want to live there and you want to appreciate the improvement, that is different. if you're doing work with a clear eye to how much you can get back, i am shocked to see under the column that says "cost recouped," there's not a single one of these things that says you can get back all of your cost, not one. some of them you get back a lot. most of them you do not do too well. is there anything where you recoup your full cost? golden gate bridge. >> there you go. >> in terms of immediate value, part of this is a function of our limited housing supply, really. that affects the value, of course. if you do a bathroom remodels, they are saying the job cost $18,000, you might recoup $15,000. the hard part in determining that, to compare apples and apples, is to look at a house in the sunset district with a single-family home with one b

let's go to pat with idg because you argue that there is a lot of local news in san francisco, based on the data you have done, and a lot of people feel like they do not know what is going on. can you talk about that? >> we pulled together some numbers about what is going on, and i stopped counting after 100 local dot-com's. 14 city-wide newspapers, 13 ethnic, 16 different neighborhood papers. the high schools, the special interest things, universities, tv stations, radio stations. together, those add up to 100 units of local coverage, and that is not counting all the new stock that venture capitalists like we fund in the jungle all the time. this is at some level deflowering of local journalism that happen because it is cheap to be in business now. you do not have to have a big printing press and truckers and unions and all those things. you can be right in the business in a way that was impossible in the last 25 years. i think there is a flowering going on of local journalism and lots of capital chasing that opportunity right now. >> would you agree with that? when you look at loca

he was the leader of the san francisco-based cult people's tell em and he ordered the mass suicide murdern guyana in 1978. yesterday, a judge denied a lawsuit that aimed to block jones' name. >> now we're honoring the mass murderer jim jones. children couldn't escape him in life and now they can't escape him in death. >> the doctor says she plans to continue her legal fight against the inclusion of jones' name. >>> an atm repairman accused of swapping fake money for hundreds of thousands of dollars at a cash machine in san francisco in daily city. police arrest samuel key kioskli. he replaced cash with photocopied $20 bills. he disappeared the next day. but he was later busted in a traffic stop. he pled not guilty to several charges including embezzlement and forgery. >>> pg&e has been given the green light to charge most of its customers more for their energy use. that includes those who use the least amount of energy. under the current rate structure, pg&e says those who use a lot of power are subsidizing those who don't. now low energy customers will be put in a new price bracket to ra

san francisco based gap cutting the profit forecast by a lot.he cost of making clothes rising more than expected. gap shares are killed now down $4. overall, here is how we look. we are lower with the dow s&p and nasdaq in the red. silicon valley index trading down. if you are traveling and you love to take baths take one before you leave the house. bathtubs are disappearing from hotels like other niceties like mint on the pillow. they are doing away with bathtubs because they claim business travelers don't have time for long soak. marriott and hotel indigo focussing on the deluxe shower experience instead. i'm jane king, bloomberg news. >> thanks a lot. >>> we have big buzz from sports world that should have the golden state warrior fans standing at attention. san jose mercury news reporting jerry west, legendary player and l.a. laker general manager is now going to be consulting with the golden state warriors. the exact title has not been formalized but he is expected to be reporting to co-owners joe lacub and peter guber. talk about mr. clutc

the san francisco-based retailer reported disappointing earnings.more than 17%. revenue for all gap companies fell by 1%, but it was especially hurt by sales at old navy down 4% and a cheaper chain provides 40% of all company revenues. >>> the country's largest brick and mortar bookstore put itself up for sale. now this says it has a billion dollar offer. barnes & noble says nothing has been approved yet and it is still evaluating the offer from liberty media corporation. barnes & noble has more than 1300 stores across the country. all bookstores have been hurt as customers change how they get books and getting comfortable with e books. amazon said sales of the kindle have outstripped sales of all hard cover and paper back books combined. amazon started selling the kind dpel four years ago but it never released actual numbers, just trends. >>> honda is recalling 1200 of the newest cars. about 1200 of the 2012 civics could leak fuel because of a manufacturing defect. those models went on sale earlier this spring. honda said most of them are on dealer

. >>> there is word tonight san francisco based zinga a social gaming company is about to launch an initial public offering. all things digital zynga claims to have 260 million players each month. it's titles include farmville and cityville. it's last evaluation was more than $10 billion. >>> new information about a professor from cal state east bay who's arrested in nigeria. we learned that he was released from prison today. the professor had returned to his native country to run for government. >> reporter: ugbah had gone on leave in december to campaign in his homeland for the governmentship. his wife savina says she and her family are worried because the arrest comes after a string of attacks. >> there are all kinds of things over there. being on a hit list, his campaign, his running mate being attacked, maimed. >> reporter: his wife says he filed a fraud campaign. on may 13, ugbah's convoy was attacked, his childhood friend was left dead. >> in essence, that's what the guy did, take the bullets for him. >> reporter: the professor felt passionate about going back to nigeria. >> that is

. >>> there is word tonight san francisco based zinga a social gaming company is about to launch an initial public offering. all things digital zynga claims to have 260 million players each month. it's titles include farmville and cityville. it's last evaluation was more than $10 billion. >>> new information about a professor from cal state east bay who's arrested in nigeria. we learned that he was released from prison today. the professor had returned to his native country to run for government. >> reporter: ugbah had gone on leave in december to campaign in his homeland for the governmentship. his wife savina says she and her family are worried because the arrest comes after a string of attacks. >> there are all kinds of things over there. being on a hit list, his campaign, his running mate being attacked, maimed. >> reporter: his wife says he filed a fraud campaign. on may 13, ugbah's convoy was attacked, his childhood friend was left dead. >> in essence, that's what the guy did, take the bullets for him. >> reporter: the professor felt passionate about going back to nigeria. >> that is

the san francisco based credit card company reports profits jumped 24% in the last quarter as consumers use their credit and debt cards more often. 60% came from outside the u.s.. nonu.s. revenue makes up 45% -- non- u.s. revenue makes up 45%. >>> the town in mississippi is completely shut down this morning. look at this. the millions of dollars that may be lost as all of the casinos in town close because of this flooding threat. >>> and a new start for an injured sea lion. the reason it will be a busy day for this guy. >>> and it's already sort of a busy day on the upper deck of the bay bridge and there is a little bit of slow traffic at the toll plaza. we will tell you more about the morning commute on a friday. >>> good morning, right now traffic is going to be okay here at the bay bridge toll plaza. in fact the people that are using fast track are getting the better end of the deal. there is a little bit of a slow down where people pay in cash. intellect 6:25. >>> 6:25. flooding in mississippi could be a big blow to tourism. all four casinos are closed because of flood waters. they

president obama nominated lied u to a seat on the san francisco based 9th circuit court of appeals. the 40-year-old son of taiwanese immigrants supports same-sex marriage and affirmative action. >>> a gilroy man may end up spending the rest of his life in prison for killing his girlfriend's puppy. bud ruiz has been charged a spousal battery and animal cruelty for throwing the 6 week old chihuahua across the room during an argument. he has four prior assault convictions so could get a life sentence under california's three strikes law. >>> green energy advocated protested cuts to go solar's $5 million budget. it would be slashed by 20%. they believe that will put people out of work. the real issue now is before the city's public utilities commission. the puc points out that despite proposed cuts the program will still receive more than $4 million when the new fiscal year starts. >>> and the state assembly today unanimously approved legislation making it ease over for nonprofits to take over the operation of california parks in response to last week's announcement that $33 million in

issue whether the memorial should include the name jim jones he was of course the leader of the san francisco based cult, people's temple and he ordered the mass suicide murder in guyana in 1978 on thursday a judge denied a lawsuit that aimed to block jones name. some of the victims relatives say they will continue the fight to have his name erased from the memorial. >> an airman from northern california killed in afghanistan, the 32-year-old from citrus heights died when an impro vised explosive device detonated in kandahar he had been in afghanistan since january he was due to return home this summer. >>> today marked one week since a tornado ripped through joplin missouri this morning president obama is set to get a closer look at damage and meet with survivorvictims families, a look at the slow, painful process of identifying the victims. >> reporter: the family of will norton is just beginning to grieve. loved ones were told by authorities late friday the teens body had been identified. >> there is no way that you could not be touched seeing this beautiful face of this perfect child. >> report

after the close san francisco based sycsco is the world's largest maker of computer networking gear.hose earnings are lower than last year so the company announced plans to eliminate several thousand jobs. cisco employs 73,000 people. >>> facebook says it has fixed the security leak that had the potential to share personal information without a user's knowledge. there is a hole in the website's code that allowed third party access to personal information. the applications include the popular game farmville. facebook, though, says it has fixed the security leak and there is no evidence that private information was shared. >>> homeowners jump into action. the grass fire that burned dangerously close to home is being called suspicious. >>> back here in less than ten minutes the long range computer model that does show some cool wet weather headed our way. >>> and >> an all clear was issued today following a small hazardous materials spill in pittsburgh. a train car derailed at 12:30 this afternoon near cornwall street. it was carrying waste including sodium sulfide. the spill ended as u

san francisco base 4 corner property just bought the old technology building on bower avenue. trans formation of union city bart station is on track. bids on the project to build a public plaza, premenade and playground due next thursday and housing is also in the works. more on these headlines in tomorrow silicon valley business journal. >> 0business note. after years of sagging sales, gap of san francisco dismissed its design director today. patrick robinson has been sacked after several years at the helm. he was told to leave immediately. gap also cut the first quarter earnings outlook. >>> when we continues here tonight. the dog of war. they can jump out of airplanes and bite through kevlar vest. breathless in gaza. marathon finds an unlikely home. >>> the risk and reward of unstable economy. some young bay area entrepreneur lay the business plans on the line tonight. >>> what budget cuts really mean to schools. the ingenuity of 2 california moms. another half hour of news begins here in just a moment can i eat heart healthy without giving up taste? a man can only try... a

he has invested in and will advise a san francisco base start-up.bc7 did a story on the website that allows people to list their apartments, sailboat or cars to rent out to travelers. ashton kutcher is behind a custom twitter app called a-plus. marketers say he sets new standard for brand engagement through technology, using social networking and reality tv to connect to consumers. he sent out a twit saying where are you going for memorial day weekend? better yes, where are you staying and do you have the link to air b&b? he's good at using that. >> hope he doesn't get punked. >> let's check in with mike to look at the forecast. >> the showers won't punk us. >> exactly. >> 5:18. look at s.f.o. the flight arrival delays. the clouds while there are a few out there, they're not thick. they won't have to change the landing pattern because of it. we have flight arrival delays in other airports. we'll get it to you here in ten minutes, on the flight tracker. you can check that out, too. abc7news.com. move on and talk about the temperatures. running in the

representatives for the san francisco base on line game maker are not commenting about the blog all things digital and the reporting but it is saying thatism p o papers could be filed with the sec by next wee week. they are behind the popular farm bill and mafia became. l facebook is planning theirs for some time in the next year. >> sales of new homes rose in april for a second straight month but the pace is still fairly sluggish. nationwide sales climbed 7. 3 percent to a 3 23,000 annual pace last month. according to figures released today by the commerce department now healthy real estate market would produce a pace of about 700,000 new home sales a month. new home prices are more than 30 percent higher than median price of resale twice the normal markup. realtor say the deals are with older homes and many buyers favoring older discounted resale homes. >> we are doing a better job paying our credit card bills on tile. credit reporting agency transunion says late payments are at the lowest level in 15 years. nationwide the rate of payment 90 days or more past due on bank issued cards dro

san francisco based zengha behind farm bill and other games on facebook is hoping to make real farm investor. the social media start-up exploding on the national scene lately. a source tells us the company is next in line to file an ipo. they plan to sell shares by the end of june. the shares are valued at $8 billion. that would buy a lot of virtual cows and crops. no doubt about it. in the meantime, palo alto-based tesla not interested in selling itself. chief exec says it.sthe electric sports car maker to remain independent. they may start delivering models next year. lower open on wall street, though the nasdaq just turned barely positive. we are seeing santa clara based applied materials. one of the reasons here, a big company here, largest maker of chip-making equipment. now they are forecasting lower than expected sales and profit numbers. applied materials weighing on the silicon valley index as well. it was. we just turned positive with that index as well. turning s&p and we have the dow trading lower. nasdaq turning positive. google trying to -- [ inaudible ] the "l.a. times" says e

after the close san francisco based sycsco is the world's largest maker of computer networking gear. those earnings are lower than last year so the company announced plans to eliminate several thousand jobs. cisco employs 73,000 people. >>> facebook says it has fixed the security leak that had the potential to share personal information without a user's knowledge. there is a hole in the website's code that allowed third party access to personal information. the applications include the popular game farmville. facebook, though, says it has fixed the security leak and there is no evidence that private information was shared. >>> homeowners jump into action. the grass fire that burned dangerously close to home is being called suspicious. >>> back here in less than ten minutes the long range computer model that does show some cool wet weather headed our way. >>> and cars are now being turned away on one major route into tahoe. the big construction project now underway. we used to bet who could get closest to the edge. took some crazy risks as a kid. but i was still over the edge with my

some rumors around lately that the swedish retailer could be coming after san francisco- based gap, whichy been struggling for years with sales. it saw that again in the 1st quarter. overall sales for the three chains in the gap for the 1st quarter were down 3%. saw a nice bump in april though because of the late falling easter, gap sales comparatively speaking with last april were up 8% most of that from old navy and banana republic. the flagship chain the gap only had 2% gain and as a result the gap fired its director for design at that particular brand trying to get things going in the right direction. stock market heading south right now off of that job report. the dow is lower by 52 points. nasdaq is off by 7. s&p down by 6. one thing that might make people happy though with the economic numbers being on the downside of things, price of oil is really dropping off over the past three days down more than $3 again today it's under $106 a barrel. down about $8 over the past three days. not yet reflected though at the gas pumps. >> all right, jason brooks at , thank you. >>> east coast no

san francisco-based visa unveiled its plans for the digital wallet today.aive and go function will work with pay waive scanners in retail outlets, and it includes an on-line digital wallet to speed up purchases on the web. >>> tomorrow is bike to workday around the bay. a bicycle shop called bike station is offering free waffles to the first hundred riders who show up. the bike station offers bicycle parking and repairs at berkeley and two other bart stations. we have a if you list of bike to work activities on our website. go to abc7news.com and click on see it on tv. >> it works great because you can burn off the waffles with the bike ride. >> pretty good waffles. >> gotta earn it. >>> let's check the weather for biking to work. >> should be perfect, sandhya. >> absolutely you can peddle to work tomorrow. it won't be as cold as it was in many areas today. we do have a minor warm upcoming for thursday and friday. it will be a little warmer. here are today's high temperatures. san jose 64 and 11 degrees cooler. walnut creek saw the biggest drop at 65 today.

jones was the leader of the san francisco-based cult people's temple. and he ordered the mass suicide murder in guyana in 1978. yesterday the judge denied a lawsuit that aimed to block jones' name. >> now we're honoring the mass murderer jim jones. he is desecrating the final resting place and hallowed ground of those children. they couldn't escape him in life. and now they can't escape him in death. >> dr. winona norwood a relative of 27 of the victims says she plans to fight to erase his name from the memorial. >>> endeavour astronauts making history. how future spacewalks won't be the same. >> many drivers don't know the rules of the road. what else they failed at. you will be surprised. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, a few hours ago....shuttle astronauts wrapped up their main >>> the final space station walk of endeavour's career in the books. just' few hours ago the shuttle astronauts wrapped up maintenance duties outside the international space station. as. >> today, astronauts and cosmonauts have logged more than 1,000 hours spacewalking helping with the con

the issue, whether the memorial should include the name of jim jones, the leader of the san francisco-based cult people's temple and he ordered the mass suicide-murders back in guyana in 1978. yesterday, the judge denied a lawsuit that aimed to block jones' name. >> now we're honoring the mass murderer jim jones. he is desecrating the final resting place and hallowed ground of those children. they couldn't escape them in life. and now they can't escape him in death. >> dr. norwood says she plans to continue her legal fight against inclusion of jones' name. >>> today, a delegation of diplomats and military leaders led by secretary of state hillary clinton all trying to repair relations with pakistan. clinton met with pakistani leaders in islamabad today. relations have been tense of course following the black ops raid that killed osama bin laden. today clinton delivering a message: pakistan can either commit to the fight against terrorism or risk losing billions of dollars in u.s. aid. >>> meantime, the cia will step inside the compound where the al qaeda leader was killed. agents will dust

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