kpix 5 reporter don ford was at uc-davis with a look at how she is doing now. >> reporter: the story starts in the philippines. a family dog ran into the street and jumped at a motorcycle that was bearing down on her young owners as they tried to cross the street. the two girls were saved but the dog paid a heavy price. the image is disturbing. the dog's upper adenose and all of the upper teeth were ripped from her face. still, the dog lived. dr. anton limb was a first to treat kabang. >> i can't imagine how she was able to survive. >> reporter: today she looks a lot better. the brave story galvanized the philippines nation and funds were collected. the dog arrived at uc-davis for treatment and an entire team went to work. >> the plan we came up with was to provide a safe and come for the situation and restore her functionality. >> reporter: with data from a detailed "ct" scan, they made a model of what was left of her skull. air passages were reconstructed skin grafts and eyelids were repaired. the process took months. and doctors say the focus was health not beauty. >> this is all

>> a hero dog treated at uc davis vet hospital is finally back home in the philippines. we need to warn you, the video could be tough to watch. a motorcade drove the dog through her hometown this morning. she lost half her face after jump into the path of an oncoming motor about to hit two girls. the dog's deed caught the attention of people world wide who raised $27,000 to bring the dog to uc davis. they could not reconstruct the snout but they were able to heal her wounds. >> that is good news. >> from all of us at abc7 news thanks for joining us. we leave now with a look from our exploritorium camera on the roof of the new exploritorium on san francisco's embarcadero. mat] ♪ [cheers and applause] >> hi, baby. [laughs] >> hello, everybody, and welcome to millionaire. welcome, everyone. we got a little something special for you today. back by popular demand, all this week contestants could win as much as $50,000 on the very first question because it is double your money week here. [cheers and applause] and hoping to win that money from new york city, please welcome phyl

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and grace (inaudible) science and technology will attend uc davis. >> thomas from mission will attend alabama aand m >> and and they will attend the college (inaudible) and city college of san francisco. thank you so much. >> i am going to back to the filipino educaters who are here now and do you have any students with you? >> i am not sthur. good evening to all of you,ed audience and the commissioners, and the superintendent and the other staff members, good evening. i am not sure but i did call them to see if they can make it and if they can't we still honor them. i do have the draft, actually of the program. so just pass it down. >> the filipino educators presented the high school seniors awards from recognition night last may 15th, 2013 at the manila town center at the international (inaudible) so we had actually 23 recipients scholarships but this is actually based on 152 high school seniors who are graduating with a gpa average, b and above, or a b. or a b plus and above. and beyond 4.0 and above. so, out of that 23 rerecipients we have daina, (inaudible) catriana (inaudible) a

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i grew up in the western district and i went to public schools here in the city and ended up at uc davis working for the picture mayor's office and worked on treasure i would like and it became the african-american context a place that i participated in the arts of kid and it was really an hour to be able to impact so many lives and i really thoroughly enjoyed that experience. >> why did you choose to live in the city you. >> it's my home it's the place i love the most. i pretty much only lived outside the city when i went to college. i came home on the greyhound bus. i love san francisco. it's nothing like coming crossing across that bridge and seeing my home. or whether you're on a car just to see the skyline of the city. i can't imagine living anywhere else. i experienced a lot of african-american center how does that prepare you for the board of supervisors. >> i served on the regency agency and the fire commission. i was fortunate to run a non-profit and working for the city. responding to constituents. doing the kind of things to make our city better. i don't see a better preparati

girls and the deed caught the attention of people world-wide who raised $27,000 to bring the dog to uc davis pet hospital for treatment. >> a lot of weather going on out there. mike? >> there is. we are tracking it with live doppler 7 hd, and you can see the radar runs looked impressive as we pull away from livermore to dublin/pleasanton. if you want the rain, there is not that much falling from the storm but in the mid-part of the storm where the radar it is hitting it is full of liquid but just punching through the dry air below it. through the dublin grade and along crow canyon from san ramon we have a better radar return and we have scattered showers all the way across to the north of the san mateo bridge south of the bay bridge into the marin head lands. the scattered sprinkles and lightning and thunder from time to time, and that is starting to wayne as we head through the morning hours. we are the only game in town here, and it looks like that is the way it is going to be until the afternoon when another round of storms, possibly showers, develop along the sierra. unlike this morning

uc davis professor is an ag engineer.to notify the fa before even taking off. his team is looking for ways to help farmers spray and save. >> this is an example of a sprayer that a helicopter might replace. >> he says the traditional ground or aircraft crop sprayers use more chemicals than necessary. >> with the aircraft, we can treat three or four acres in much less volume, maybe a hundred dretd a volume this would take. >> most ground sprayers can negotiate tough terrain. >> place that might be difficult to access otherwise. >> the wine industry may be interested. >> grapes in sonoma, napa areas where you have hillside applications, very steep hillside, time is when we don't have access by ground. >> this drone can offer two invaluable benefits, safety and efficiency. >> we think ultimately it removes an operator from being exposed to the chemical, and it also allows that chemical to be placed exactly where we want it in just the area that is we need it without having to treat the whole field. >> ron jones for kpix 5. >

i grew up in the california area, ended up at uc-davis. i made my way out to san francisco in 1984 when i was a college student. i remember growing up on clement street. i have always lived around in richmond area, just being around a unique area of the richmond, discovering san francisco in the 1980's. >> i am hoping we can not support small businesses like this because they are the unique character that makes neighborhoods like this so rich and lively to live in. >> i have also been active as a community organizer. i worked at the chinese progressive association. i also worked at the mental health center in the richmond district. i have always been passionate about civil rights, equality for everyone. i have a 10-year-old daughter, so having a girl has made me much more sensitive to gender equality issues. i guess i have always been vocal about my politics, but as a supervisor, i have to listen to other perspectives and making decisions. >> very soon there will be of much more seniors in that area. we are trying to focus on whether a sto

the report from uc davis says in 40 years of hotter plan that would reduce the yield of corn grows for ethanol by 7% while boosting the need for irrigation by . this ceo of energy use -- europe and is accompanied denies the bribes were paid but they agreed to p $390 million oa settlement to u.s. and french officials. they're waiting word to see if thereill be trial over the allegations in france. word of another coany being bought for $1 billion. what is in the water? we will talk about it. you could be next. i could be next. do you know, what this is? could you gas into seconds for $1 million? we he the woman who did it on wheel of fortune for the second time in history. you not -- to not believe it. ♪ melissa: is this a new era of the billion dollar buyout? now eats bidding more than $1 billion for the video streaming service hulu. it is paially owned by fox bubusiness network parrnt company ws corporation. so we saw them pay 1.$1 billion then facebook and then a buyout for instgram. i need $1 billion. with me is managing director of technobabble. alsorom the wall street journal than

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this is the uc davis genome center. >> you have to fragment the molecules and really identify which compound it was. >> the individual? -- the verdict? tobacco, and the evidence suggests they smoked it more than a thousand years ago and perhaps cultivated it for centers. it's likely they consumed it much less frequently and for a different purpose than smoking as we know it today. >> it was more of a ceremonial ritual. it occurred in ceremonial ret to all context, but it has roots deep in time. >> carolyn johnson, abc7 news. >> the researchers say early tobacco other would have had half of the nicotine con -- content of today. >> there's a new perfume that makes you smell like a hero. 75% of the proceeds go to the first responders fund. the company describes the fragrance as a mix of spices and flower with a hint of smoke and rubber. >>> well, we're going to toss to weather on that one because i don't know anything about smoke and rubber. >> leigh: a final look at live doppler 7hd. folks, clear sky now, but we're going to see a strong westerly push. more onshore winds tomorrow so the low clo

this is the uc davis genome center. >> you have to fragment the molecules and really identify which compound it was. >> the individual? -- the verdict? tobacco, and the evidence suggests they smoked it more than a thousand years ago and perhaps cultivated it for centers. it's likely they consumed it much less frequently and for a different purpose than smoking as we know it today. >> it was more of a ceremonial ritual. it occurred in ceremonial ret to all context, but it has roots deep in time. >> carolyn johnson, abc7 news. >> the researchers say early tobacco other would have had half of the nicotine con -- content of today. >> there's a new perfume that makes you smell like a hero. 75% of the proceeds go to the first responders fund. the company describes the fragrance as a mix of spices and flower with a hint of smoke and rubber. >>> well, we're going to toss to weather on that one because i don't know anything about smoke and rubber. >> leigh: a final look at live doppler 7hd. folks, clear sky now, but we're going to see a strong westerly push. more onshore winds tomorrow so the low clo

a chp helicopter happened to be flying atime and took the pilot to uc davis medical center.the pilot had logged only 20 hours in the plane. the ntsb will not investigate because the model is considered experimental. >>> in his weekly address this passenger's day weekend, president obama talk spoke about the importance of fatherhood. >> i try everyday to be for michelle and my girls what my father was not for my mother and me and i have met plenty of other people, dads and uncles and others without a family connection who are trying to break the cycle and give more of our young people a strong, male role-model. >> mr. obama praised the single parents and say it's important to have both parents involved in the values of responsibility analogy tess. >>> hundreds rallied in hong kong to support the man behind the national security agency leak. edward snowden. protesters near the u.s. consulate demanded that snowden not be extradited of the snowden fled the u.s. and believed to still be in hopping kong. the 2-year-old told a chinese newspaper thursday that u.s.ip technologist age

she returned after 7 months of surgery and rehabilitation at the hospital at uc davis. face, you can see it there was injured when she jumped in front of a motorcycling years a- - motorcycle two years ago to save two girls. they raised $27,000 to bring her to northern california to get surgery. >>> a pair of baby owls has a new and safer home in the south bay. the chick's parents moved into a small building under construction last month but when crews were ready to install the windows rescuers stepped in to help. they moved the chicks to a new bird house in a nearby tree left a few dead mice inside and within 24 hours the parents showed up to care for their new babies. >>> new problem on muni. >> the dangerous ways muni passengers have brian get offer the -- have been getting off the bus and what police are doing to stop it. >> we have clouds out there now, temperatures increase, though. how much warmer tomorrow? i will have the specifics. ♪ [ male announcer ] for our families... our neighbors... and our communities... america's beverage companies have created a wide ra

the uc davis veterinarian says while it was not possible to reconstruct her upper snout, the team wasthe wound preventing future inspection. >>> the san francisco police department will will have a special sendoff for some of their four legged officers. they will retire this morning. chief greg suhr will honor the horses for their service. hammer and rebel have served between 1-2.5 years while a third horse magnum passed away earlier this year. >> they are beautiful animals. they slow down traffic if you get behind one of them. sal, i don't know if you have found that because you're in the city but we see that by the park. >>> i've never seen the horses slowing traffic. i've seen the cars slowing traffic. traffic is moving along pretty well as you dry through. there are no major problems if you are driving on 280 northbound. this might weaken you. we might have more than a lighter commute. some people might be on vacation. lucky them. also looking at the sunol grade. southbound 680 traffic is looking good heading south. no major problems a z you dry past mission boulevard. we've also

she just rushed to the phillippines after receiving several months of treatment right at uc davis. >> yes. amazing story. >>> 7:21. we both saw wild weather this morning. >> we did. >> lightning, all kinds of stuff. wild weather. look out our window right now. look at the sky. meteorologist steve paulson is coming back. he will tell you what's on tap for the rest of today. >>> and freeway signs covered in graffiti in oakland. the vandalism causing some confusion for drivers on interstate 880. >>> morning. right now, northbound 101 is at a standstill in san jose. find out what's going on to make the traffic so bad here. ♪ [ roars ] ♪ [ roars ] ♪ [ roars ] ♪ [ roars ] ♪ [ male announcer ] universal studios summer of survival. ♪ >>> palo alto homeowners who want to rent out space can expect a tax bill. many are using online services to rent out holes, apartments, cottages, even mobile homes to travelers staying in palo alto. however, the city's tax code says anyone who provides hotel services must pay hotel taxes and that means a 12% tax for each transaction. >>> 7:24. conservatives don'

thing do is back home after votes at uc davis performed two surgeries to prevent infection. >> she also has been named the international ambassador of dog will. >> heroic is what we will call her. >> we are getting a lot of reports from viewers interesting situation out there with people seeing lightning and thunder the. >> absolutely. maybe they are showing the east bay valley clearing of thunderstorms and maybe green or yellow in the hills east of pleasanton and the storm to the east is widening a little bit over treatment and newark from the parkway up to cedar boulevard and central avenue to newark and as you head across the dumbarton bridge you could get the wet weather there. and across the san mateo bridge we are getting yellows shows up so there could be a few sprinkles headed that way. this is by far the biggest game in town until you look to the north but most of that in mendocino lake county will mix the north bay but for the coast so watch out there. you have the bigger storm there and they are producing a little bit more in the way of lightning than those closer to home. le

. >>> uc davis agricultural experts are looking into ways to use drones to get rid of pests.ray insect will be safer than manned aircraft or ground is sprayers. >> we believe it removes an operator from being exposed from chemical and allows that chemical to be placed right where we want it without having to treat the whole field. >> supporters say the drones would not be used for domestic spying. are already being used by 2500 operators in japan. >>> took his pitch for a new water front arena to chamber of customers today. live on the -- with where this project stands now. christian. >> we are here at pierce 30 and 32 to take a look at the site of that arena. you can tell that the -- are credible yowing -- currently using this space. but hopefully this will soon be synonymous with basketball. told the chamber of commerce that a 1 billion-dollar basketball arena will be an economic gift to san francisco. >> that billion dollar investment is going to create a lot of good things for the city. we expect 2 million plus to be attracted to this site. >> told that the stadium will b

encryption uc davis nossel is the targeting by the nsa if it is deemed to resemble methods by a foreign power or territory. the nsa has communications between attorneys and clients were they were under criminal indictment. portions lead to a massacre would be singled out. in a statement, the aclu said the revelations -- new details have emerged meanwhile on ties between u.s. intelligence and the nation's largest technology firms. the new york times reports the online communications giant skype created a secret program to develop ways of providing the government with easy access to customers' information. dubbed project chess, the program was established to navigate the legal and technical obstacles to enabling government monitoring of skype calls and chats. the new york times has also revealed the former chief security officer for facebook has been working for the national security agency since leaving facebook in 2010. speculation continues to grow over whether nsa whistleblower edward snowden will seek political asylum in iceland. wikileaks founder julian assange says his been in touc

she came to uc davis where she underwent months of treatment.rls credited with saving, that's her right there petting her during today's welcome home event. >>> passionate pleas were made today to save what's believed to be the oldest black-owned books in the country. opened its doors in san francisco in 1960. the store is also used by west side community services for mental health and welfare to work service. the building that houses the bookstore was recently sold and now the bookstore is facing eviction. west side community services is offering to buy the property. >> my mother laid down in front of this building the first time they tried to bulldoze it. i think that our ancestors are looking down upon us and asking us to do something. >> ktvu spoke to the attorney representing the building's new owners. he said the owners are aware of the bookstores efforts but offered no further comment. >>> why the america's cup is suddenly offering refunds. >>> also ahead we're going to take you to field where family members gave a warm welcome home today

a food science researcher at uc- davis says alcohol is alcohol. pretty deep.is nothing special in beer that targets your gut. it all boils down to how much you drink. calorie intake. keep in mind a typical serving size of beer is much larger than your average glass of wine or shot of liquor so you're technically drinking more calories with beer. >> beer is beer. >> that's good. >>> 5:50 right now. a bay area man shells out $80,000 for his parking spot and that's not even the worst. where we found even pricier parking. >> o say can you see ♪ >> wow! >> she's good. an anthem encore. how this brave 11-year-old stood up to twitter bullying when we come back. ♪ [ male announcer ] wouldn't it be great if all devices had backup power? the chevrolet volt does. it's ingeniously designed to seamlessly switch from electricity to gas to extend your driving range. no wonder volt is america's best-selling plug-in. that's american ingenuity to find new roads. ♪ the 2013 volt. charge ahead of the rest in the hov lane. ♪ >>> headed to san jose? here's your microclimate forecas

she came to uc davis where she underwent months of treatment. one of the girls credited with saving, that's her right there petting her during today's welcome home event. >>> passionate pleas were made today to save what's believed to be the oldest black-owned books in the country. opened its doors in san francisco in 1960. the store is also used by west side community services for mental health and welfare to work service. the building that houses the bookstore was recently sold and now the bookstore is facing eviction. west side community services is offering to buy the property. >> my mother laid down in front of this building the first time they tried to bulldoze it. i think that our ancestors are looking down upon us and asking us to do something. >> ktvu spoke to the attorney representing the building's new owners. he said the owners are aware of the bookstores efforts but offered no further comment. >>> why the america's cup is suddenly offering refunds. >>> also ahead we're going to take you to field where family members gave a warm welc

that lost half its face saving the lives of two girls finally back home after undergoing surgery at uc davise was hurt when she jumped into the path of a motorcycle and stopped it from running over the owner's daughter a year and a half ago. the mayor paid tribute to the pooch. one of the girls that was saved says the dog is part of the family because without her she wouldn't be alive today. >> a hero dog. amazing the dog could survive after losing that snout. >> interesting. >> 5:4. we check back in with a busy day for christina loren. >> good day to walk man's best friend, a beautiful day temperaturewise setting up. right now we're dealing with showers. they're hit or miss. right now the bulk of the moisture at least for most of the bay area is confined to the east bay. as you can see right now, between pleasant ton, sunol, san ramon, watch out for significant down powers. we have the pop-up thunderstorms. let me set this in motion for you, set it back three hours. you can see all the lightning we've been dealing with, especially in the north bay. as we progress throughout the morning, we'

uc davis professor omar says he doubts the supreme court will halt the ceremonies.d only occur in the justices are inclined to reconsider the entire case. they grant only one to two rehearing motions per decade, he says. meantime, gay couples are expected to continue to get married. today's crowd could be as big as yesterday's, when more than 100 couples tied the knot. >> it's a validation of our relationship. and it's the next step for us. we're thrilled. and also, she's not american, so this means she can now get a green card through our relationship. >> city hall will be open from 9:00 this morning to 5:00 today. beginning tomorrow, weddings will be performed by appointment only. it is a first-ever at the san francisco gay pride celebration. coming up, organizers are welcoming the military to the pride party. what it means to a gay service member taking part in this weekend's festivities. >>> we are one day away from a potential bart strike that could cripple the monday morning commute. they are trying to set up one last bargaining session for this morning. union

. >> thank you, sir, for joining us, vikram amar, a professor at uc davis school of law.hat it is gay pride call in san francisco, and it is friday the 44th anniversary of the stonewall riots beginning just up the road from here. therefore, it is going to be one hell of a party for many millions of people this weekend across the country. >> yes, as we await a ruling on prop 8. big news and big implications on taxes and immigration and a bunch of issues that we luck about the a later. in the meantime, the markets are up 120 or so, and the stocks are shrugging off the downward revision this morning, and dow enjoying a triple-digit gain, but can it continue? barry knapp is head of the portfolio strategy at barkley's, and brian from bmo strategies. barry, so much, kocherlakota on the air this morn, and they saw, the qe has accomplished the objective, and to do anymore would put us into dangerous territory? >> yeah, no. that is right. i fully understand why they did qe2 and a real market applied deflation, and the same is true with operation twist. no such risk in the case of

we have worked with uc davis to tolore how we might adapt [indiscernible] we have made unprecedented efforts to conserve america's forests while playing a critical role in removing carbon dioxide from our atmosphere and restoring them in our trees and soil everywhere. given the threats that are forests have today, we have given way from the timber wars to a recognized vision that we must work together toward a common goal of forest restoration. , usda adopted a new forest planning rule that ensures our forests will be stored and managed in a way that attacks all the benefits that are force can provide to americans, including cleaning -- benefits that our arrests can provide to americans, including clean water. to makee best science sure our forest can adapt to climate change over time. thousands ofed out projects to help embrace renewable energy and energy efficiency processor -- efficiency projects on their lands. .nd how we need to adapt two climateto the assessments i referenced the obama administration has taken a copperheads of and proactive effort to ensure that the federal gov