at the hilton garden inn in emeryville. nd the address at abc7news.com >>> president obama says today's jobs report indicates the economy is showing signs of strength. >> that makes 1.8 million private sector jobs created in the last 13 months and the unemployment rate has now fallen a full point in the last four months. in the last time that happened was during the recovery in 1984. >> president told workers that a ups shipping facility in maryland says more work needs to be done. the ups plant that he visited alternative fuel saving vehicles. he announced plans to announce a private public partnership to large fleets cut back on gasoline use. >> residents in several bay area cities will see an increase in their sales tax. sales tax in union city and san leandro went to 10% or higher. in concord, the tax rate went up to 9.75%. that means a ten dollar purchase will cost an extra 95 cents. increases were tied to measures approved by voters back in november. cities are relying on those new tier tax rates to help city budgets.

at the hilton garden inn in emeryville. find the address at abc7news.com >>> president obama says today's jobs report indicates the economy is showing signs of strength. >> that makes 1.8 million private sector jobs created in the last 13 months and the unemployment rate has now fallen a full point in the last four months. in the last time that happened was during the recovery in 1984. >> president told workers that a ups shipping facility in maryland says more work needs to be done. the ups plant that he visited alternative fuel saving vehicles. he announced plans to announce a private public partnership to large fleets cut back on gasoline use. >> residents in several bay area cities will see an increase in their sales tax. sales tax in union city and san leandro went to 10% or higher. in concord, the tax rate went up to 9.75%. that means a ten dollar purchase will cost an extra 95 cents. increases were tied to measures approved by voters back in november. cities are relying on those new tier tax rates to help city budgets

. >> attend the yob fair in the hilton garden inn from 99 to 4:00 p.m. bart riders will get a chance to tell the transit agency about what they think of the next generation of seats and cars. >> they plan to bring the lab. there is a variety of the car concepts and seat designs it is a chance to weigh in on the idea height and width and leg room . >> big is not always better. we are seeing as our ridership is growing. the wider seats means that there is narrower aisles. >> they hope to have them in place in five years. >> and a lott more to come this monday. a decision on the soda tax on sugary soft drirchings. >> serious defects in a popular brand of a baby stroller that consumer reporter is calling a don't buy safety risk . >>> and i am meteorologist sandy pateleand i will show you the temperatures coming up. >>> and how weight lifting pays off for me >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >> damaging testimony in the chauncey murder trial. bay is accused of ordering the murder . the former oakland police officer that bay's car drove

still need a job, the next abc 7 job journal hire event is scheduled for tuesday, april 26th at the hilton garden inn in emoryville. and now to the federal budget battle. president obama has signed a compromise spending plan that congress approved on thursday. it keeps the government running for the next six months. then yesterday, house republicans roared back and passed a 2012 budget plan of their own. it slashes core programs like food stamps and medicaid. it replaces medicare funding with payments people can use to buy their own private health insurance instead. not a single democrat voted for the plan and it's not likely to pass the democratic controlled senate. but house republicans say they are sending a message that it's time for congress to get serious about slashing the deficit. the calendar says april 16th. you have until monday at midnight to get your taxes done thanks to a little known washington, d.c. holiday, taxpayers have until monday to file 2010 returns for both federal and state taxes. emancipation day commemorates president lincoln's signing of the 1862 law freeing slaves in

. >> our next is april 26th at the hilton garden inn in emeryville. we have address and times at abc7news.com. >> cheryl: just ahead, president obama takes his budget proposals to a new level. candid remarks he made when he thought his microphone was turned off. >> and dangers of intimate dating a woman files a lawsuit against a dating service for which somethingttttttttc >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> tornado on the ground. >> severe storms ripped across the country's mid section have killed at least nine people in two states. two sisters were killed when a tornado swept through southeast oklahoma. officials say more than two dozen people were injured. the storm destroyed several schools knocked down trees and blew bricks off of the buildings. i tore through arkansas. this tree was completely uprooted and took part of a house away. >>> the red cross wants to improve disaster readiness throughout the bay area and across california so it launched a new initiative that will work with more than 50 communities for s

. >> our next is april 26th at the hilton garden inn in emeryville. we have address and times at abc7news.com. >> cheryl: just ahead, president obama takes his budget proposals to a new level. candid remarks he made when he thought his microphone was turned off. >> and dangers of intimate dating a woman files a lawsuit against a dating service for which someth (speaking in international language) and he said unto them go ye into all of the world and preach the gospel preach the gospel  ♪very creature in the world. (applause)  >>> tornado on the ground. >> severe storms ripped across the country's mid section have killed at least nine people in two states. two sisters were killed when a tornado swept through southeast oklahoma. officials say more than two dozen people were injured. the storm destroyed several schools knocked down trees and blew bricks off of the buildings. i tore through arkansas. this tree was completely uprooted and took part of a house away. >>> the red cross wants to improve dis

. >> the next job hire eexcellent is schedule for next tuesday, april 26th, at the hilton garden in on powell street in emeryville. it runs from twelve until four in the afternoon. >>> they will begin testing 150 miles of pipeline here in the bay area next month. the pipeline of the same type of construction of the type that exploded in san bruno last september, creating a firestorm in killed 8 people and destroyed homes. some of the lines they will pressure test are lines that may have been never been tested before. a line through mountain view that runs through a neighborhood and a playground will be the first tested. >> this is all part of our efforts to reassure the commission, reassure the public and ourselves that our pipelines are operating at the safe pressures that must have been designed to operate at. >> these are populated areas and that's why we are thrilled that mountain view is one of the first to be tested. >> now this is video from pg&e. the 24-inch gas line will be unearth and pressure test by shooting high pressure water through the pipe. the executive director told

it is absolutely free and it will be held at the hilton garden inn in emeryville one week from today from 12:00 p.m. until 4:00 in the afternoon. >>> the price of gold climbed to a new record high hitting $1500 an ounce. that is creating a virtual gold rush for buyers and sellers. stores are popping up and people are trading anything that is gold. they are selling prospecting equipment and they are having trouble keeping up with orders. >> we are developing a new developer for feingold. there is a lot more feingold out there. >> gold is up mostly out of concern about the u.s. debt and the european financial problems. >>> still ahead, hidden cameras and whistleblowers. the crackdown on people who use this neighborhood as a garbage dump. >> also ahead, the northern california mom who had a life altering hand transplant. >> and how a cable reality show landed10 dogs in a bay area animal shelter. those stories are coming up, and then later on "nightline." >> dan and carolyn, coming up next on "nightline" an aborted landing carrying the first lady after weeks of alarming incidents is ameri

today's abc 7 journal hiring event will be in the hilton gardening event in emoriville. no charge to attend. >> consumer reports issued a safety alert with a baby stroller with parking brakes that can fail to lock. >> consumer reports found a problem with the brakes on the umbrella stroller. the user guide said to set the parking brake set the brake pedal until the wheels lockk. in consumer reports test, when steppers step on either pedal it failed to engage. when you tep on the pedal, can you hear a click . the pedal remains depressed and the wheels may not be locked. they have not received any consumer complaints with injuries related to the brakes and be nimble passed voluntarily safety standards. nevertheless, the braking problem is a safety concern. >> if you leave a stroller on the surface and the brakes are not engaged, it could lead to serious injury. >> we don't believe that the resultts of consumer reports testing are indictative of a safety issue . the click is not intended to indicate that the parking brake is engaged or locked. harried parents may think that

it's free at the hilton garden in, in emeryville next tuesday. >>> as you know, flowers are the most popular gift for mother's day. more and more of rus ordering flowers online. "consumer reports" checked out several online florists and "7 on your side's" michael finney has the results. >> florists say making mother's day arrangements keeps them busy. if you can't choose your own bouquet, you can shop online for arrangements that are bursting with color. consumer reports ordered from three national website. pro-flowers, 1-800-flowers and ftd. >> we wanted to see if the arrangements they deliver look like the arrangements they picture online. >> bernie opened two dozen deliveries and arranged them in vases. they included roses, tulips and mixed flowers and orchids that arrived in pots. the flowers cost $57 to $87 including delivery. they compared photos of the flowers to the picture on the florist website. >> this was the orchid on the website. this is orchid we received. >> system of the bouquets proved a good match. other arrangements didn't measure up. on ftd's website, the mixed f

you are looking for work, you can attend the next abc7 job journal hire event next tuesday at the hilton garden of gold climbed to a record high of $1,500 an ounce. that's creating a virtual gold rush for buyers and sellers. the stores are popping up all over the bay area and trading anything that is gold. in concord store selling prospecting equipment is having trouble keeping up with orders. >> we are getting orders for high-tech recovery system we developed with fine gold. everybody can catch chipping gold, that is easy. there is more fine gold than chipping gold. >> gold is up mostly out of concern about the u.s. debt and europe's financial problems. >>> well flowers are the most popular gift for mother day. more and more of us are offering flowers online. "consumer report" checked out several online florists and "7 on your side's" michael finney has the results. >> florists say making mother's day arrangement keeps them busy. if you can't make your own bouquet, you can shop online for bouquet booming with color. they ordered from pro-flowers, 1-800-flowers and ftd. >> we want to see if the

still need a job, the next abc 7 job journal hire event is scheduled for tuesday, april 26th at the hilton garden inn in emoriville and now to the federal budget battle. president obama has signed a compromise spending plan that congress approved on thursday. it keeps the government running for the next six months. then yesterday, house republicans roared back and passed a 2012 budget plan of their own. it slashes core programs like food stamps and medicaid. it replaces medicare funding with payments people can use to buy their own private health insurance instead. not a single democrat voted for the plan. and it's not likely to pass the democratic controlled senate. but house republicans say they are sending a message that it's time for congress to get serious about slashing the deficit. facebook ceo mark zuckerberg was among the guests at a community party in oregon to mark the opening of his company's new data center there. zuckerberg told the crowd of about 300 people that the custom built data center will be a green operation using 38% less energy to do the same work as the company's existin

it's going to be held at the hilton garden inn in emeryville one week from today from noon four in the afternoon. >> much more to come. just ahead the gulf oil disaster. a pressure perspective from a bay area investor who spent months investigating and said it could happen again. >> also the demise of the corner drugstore. why so many independent pharmacies are having a tough time keeping their doors open. >> aim spencer christian and here we go again. another wave of light rain is headed our way tomorrow. i will give you a closer look what we can expect for the easter weekend when i return with the accuweather forecast. >> and napa valley winemakers kick off the growing season. we will slowly you how technology we need to solve the problem. the state budget crisis threatens our economy... and our schools. loans to small businesses on hold. job creation at a standstill. 30,000 teachers already laid off. can we really afford billions more in cuts? $13 billion more devastates our schools, our safety, and the california we know. it's time for lawmakers to finally get the problem solved no

. >> and the specifics in the emoriville hilton garden inn. >> a german tourist returns with no hard feelings to the city his life was murdered. >>> and why his brought his children alone. >> they are about to see an increase with the watering. how to cut yourr bill in half. >> we may have seen the rainy season's last gap. Ñ Ñ Ñ Ñ Ñ Ñ Ñ >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >> the husband of the german tourist gund down in the san francisco theater district returned to the city this time with their two children. she was hit by a stray bullet last august . abc learned that her family's visit comes at a time when there are new developments in the unsolved murder. vick? >> stefan and mcteal were celebrating their wedding anniversary and her birthday when she was killed on mason and gurey. at the time stefan said he would return to san francisco with their two children. sort of a pilgrimage if you will to the place where they lost their mother. stefan and his two sons left their hotel this morning for a busy day of sight seeing. he wants to show his children their mot

the table now than any future prize. with more what is going on with mcdonald's. go to our website at abc7news.com. >> next abc job journal hire event is scheduled for next tuesday, 5726 on hilton garden inn on powell street. >> top president obama comes with an online meeting with with facebook and he is discussing proposals with junior college students. he says he has to make painful cuts but important programs will be protected. >> if we keep spending more than we take in, it will cause serious damage to our economy. >> it was held at a community college at annandale virginia. he told about his plan of scaling back federal spending. >> i believe the right way to do it is to live up to an old-fashioned principle, of shared responsibility. that means everybody has to do their part. >> the president obama says the white house will do its parted by combing the budget for waste and other places to save and by asking the wealthiest americans to shoulder a bigger tax bill. he says some agencies, including the pentagon, will have to take cuts, but the president says the country's security will not suffer and there will still be investment in education, science and infrastructure. >> we sti

the table now than any future prize. with more what is going on with mcdonald's. go to our website at abc7news.com. >> next abc job journal hire event is scheduled for next tuesday, 5726 on hilton garden inn on powell street. >> top president obama comes with an online meeting with with facebook and he is discussing proposals with junior college students. he says he has to make painful cuts but important programs will be protected. >> if we keep spending more than we take in, it will cause serious damage to our economy. >> it was held at a community college at annandale virginia. he told about his plan of scaling back federal spending. >> i believe the right way to do it is to live up to an old-fashioned principle, of shared responsibility. that means everybody has to do their part. >> the president obama says the white house will do its parted by combing the budget for waste and other places to save and by asking the wealthiest americans to shoulder a bigger tax bill. he says some agencies, including the pentagon, will have to take cuts, but the president says the country's security will not suffer and there will still be investment in education, science and infrastructure. >> we sti