california is moving in that direction both the usgs and number of our partners, what early earthquake warning is a system we can detect the waves that are coming faster that don't do any damage and we can detected how big an earthquake it is so we can send out information there is a big earthquake. we can use that information to prepare. now, what the japanese did in recent magnitude earthquake, they were able to stop high speed trains, they were able to stop surgeries so people can get help. there is a lot of things you can do with this information. >> so it's great to educate us about this. >> all right. we do have to take a break again. coming up temporary news about the structural safety of california schools. we'll be right back. >>> welcome back to beyond the headlines. today we're talking about earthquake safety and preparedness. thousands of schools across the state are not meeting man dade safety standards. they document series lapses that may put your kids in danger during a major quake. dan noyes filed this report. >> in this small town of pescadero they have trying to trac

this is according to a preliminary report in the usgs. is good news, no reports of any damage or injuries. >>> this morning oakland police are still looking for the gunman of a drive by shooting that injured six people. it happened on athens avenue near san pablo avenue. the shooter was on a motorcycle when he opened fire, three people were hit. they were taken to nearby hospitals but they are expected to survive. >>> law enforcement will be out in force this memorial day weekend. dui checkpoints are planned all around the bay area. according to california watch, a research group at uc berkele berkeley--those checkpoints have turned into something else. checkpoints that now target illegal immigrants who are driving without a license. >> i thought it was created for dui. that's not the case. they've been focused on the families who are undocumented. >> the state assembly just passed legislation on when officers can impound an unlicensed driver's car. a licensed driver can pick it up. >>> and now another live look at the bay bridge right no

. >>> breaking news in spain, usgs says magnitude 5.3 earthquake hit malorka. at least least five people were killed in the quake and several buildings were damaged. we'll continue to follow the story and bring you more as we get it. >> iran today, three berkeley hikers' trial was set to start today in iran. >> the attorney in iran actually thought a verdict may come down today and they would be freed but they delayed the trial and being very tight-lipped about the reason why. >> the es tee have espionage trial was supposed to begin today. but they were never brought to court from their prison cells. iranian officials gave no explanation. sarah shourd was supposed to appear in court but is not going back to iran to ties charges. she was the only one granted bail and now suffers from post-traumatic stress. >> we are worried about their mental health because of the extreme prolonged detention and isolation. we don't even know if they are alive. we haven't seen any indication of them for three months. >> iran is well aware she wouldn't show up today so she believe

. >>> breaking news in spain, usgs says magnitude 5.3 earthquake hit malorka. at least least five people were killed in the quake and several buildings were damaged. we'll continue to follow the story and bring you more as we get it. >> iran today, three berkeley hikers' trial was set to start today in iran. >> the attorney in iran actually thought a verdict may come down today and they would be freed but they delayed the trial and being very tight-lipped about the reason why. >> the es tee have espionage trial was supposed to begin today. but they were never brought to court from their prison cells. iranian officials gave no explanation. sarah shourd was supposed to appear in court but is not going back to iran to ties charges. she was the only one granted bail and now suffers from post-traumatic stress. >> we are worried about their mental health because of the extreme prolonged detention and isolation. we don't even know if they are alive. we haven't seen any indication of them for three months. >> iran is well aware she wouldn't show up today so she believe

the usgs said spain has about 2500 quake's a year only a handful are noticed.en delayed again for the two americans being held in iran on espionage charges. iranian officials are not explaining the latest delay. shane and josh along with the fiancee were arrested during a hiking trip in 2009. sera on the right has been released since then all three deny the espionage charges against them. >>jacqueline: fog was a pretty big deal but there this morning. tomorrow we will see it briefly but it is expected to clear. temperatures in the upper '40's and low 50s. temperatures will warm over what we saw today getting back into the '70s and in the number of places. temperatures for tomorrow, we will see warmer conditions and land and back in the south bay and the north bay temperatures will warm a few degrees for bay shores, 64 oakland, 67 redwood city, 75 fairfield and 72 los gatos. if let's get torbay to breakers forecast, there will be rain for sunday morning all through the day. cloudy and cool conditions steady light rain could see more moderate rate in the morning

the usgs said it measured 3.6 and hit the outside of and seven hercules at 7:00 p.m. we did not hear of any damage in the area. people are rallying around a family who lost a two year-old daughter last year in an accident. her mother was injured in the crash. a shares on top to the mother at a fund-raiser in the park today. >>j.r. stone: we've likely never seen or heard of lynn murray. she is living a mother's worst nightmare. >> her pelvis were shattered and her left arm had a compound fracture of the humorous. after everything she had 18 screws and to plates in her left arm. she >>j.r. stone: is using this walkway across the street after the of the park with her two year-old daughter. in the second everything changed. this driver freshman caitlin who police say was text messaging struck both lynn and khalid killing the two year-old and seriously injuring her mother. >> i feel better, better every day. i'm still sad about my daughter. more >>j.r. stone: than five months later plan is able to walk with a cane. she is in physical we have that life is difficult. not a d

but the usgs said the quake was six miles deep and folks did feel it. no reports of damage or 's injuries. but people did start calling our phone line to say they felt it. >>> police from four different agencies in marin are looking for an armed robber who made off with $10,000 in cash and he used a semi ought mat ig handgun to do it. it happened in mill valley as the pacific precious metals pawn shop was opening for business yesterday. police say a man walked into a store, pulled out a gun and demanded cash. officers were sausalito, mill valley, tiburon tracked him but were unable to locate him. >>> human sex trafficking generate $9 billion a year. that's the reason that congresswoman jackie spear is hosting training sessions so people can learn to spot it and stop it in their neighborhoods. >> the best eyes are the ones that live right next door. and the truth is that sex trafficking is going on in san mateo and every county across the nation. >> training starts this morning. and leaders will teach people how to spot the signs of human sex trafficking

. >> reporter: usgs geologists are eager to dive into the data. they say the march 11th quake happened in a subduction zone. closer to home there's a subduction zone that begins 250 miles north of the bay area at cape mendocino. it goes northward to canada. it's an area that could potentially produce a magnitude 9 quake. >> will it produce a tsunami that will wipe out san francisco and the bay, probably not. we're sheltered in the sense by the fault being far to the north and of course the golden gate acts as a natural constriction so the big waves won't get into the bay. >> stanford researchers say the only place they ever saw a double motion earthquake was on a computer. the japanese quake proves to them it can happen for real. >> we now than it is possible to have an elevated shallow slip to cause the tsunami largely potentially big than expected. >> reporter: the temperature heated up significantly just days before the disaster. a scientist at maryland had set up monitoring stations there and they found that the stresses on the faults and the

the usgs said it measured 3.6 and had outside of hercules around 7:00 p.m. several people told us it felt like the train was going by as it rattled windows. we did not hear of any damage. people in the park are rallying behind a family who lost a two year-old daughter in an accident last year. the girl was hit while walking with her mother. the mother was injured in the crash. kron 4 talk to the mother at a fund raiser. >>j.r. stone: likely never seen or heard of her but she is living a mother's worst nightmare. >> her pelvis were shattered and her left arm had a compound fracture of the humorous. after everything she had 18 screws into plates in her left arm. >> she was using this walkway across the street after a day at the park with her two year-old daughter. in the second everything changed. this driver caitlin who police say was text messaging someone who struck both her and the daughter killing the two year-old and seriously injuring her mother. >> i feel better, but i am still sad for my daughter. >> today more than five months later she is able to wa

usgs geophysicists say it happens at such tiny places on a fault it is impossible to know for sure whatng but says it is important to keep looking. >> and we are very honest about what does work and what doesn't work. >> the nasa russian team data on the 24 japan quakes will be released later this year. health health, ab abcheather i. >>> new at 60:00, the former head of the international monetary fund freed from jail late today. >>> the nation's top law enforcement official comes to the bay area with nothing but praise for how san jose is fighting gang active. >> i a state councilman has found a way to save thousands of dollars >>> good evening. the former head of the international monetary fund is out of jail tonight. dominique strauss khan left this afternoon after posting a million dollars cash and a $5 million bond. strauss khan is accused as you know of trying to rape a hotel chambermaid last weekend. yesterday a judge agreed to release him on bail. he was also ordered to wear an electronic monitoring bracelet and remain confined to a new york city apartment. he had to find a new

. >> reporter: the usgs geophysicist says it happens on such tiny places on a fault it is impossibles coming but it is important to keep looking. >> and we are honest about what does work and what doesn't work. >> reporter: the nasa russian team data will be released later this year. heather ishimaru, abc 7 news. >>> if you want to live longer move to the bay area. the finding of a new report presented today. according to the study titled a portrait of california golden state residents live an average of 80.1 years with you in the by area an average of 81.4 years. the highest longevity rate in the entire nation. >> we broke, california, into what we call five californias. at the top is silicon valley and shan a la which is the top 1% of the population today and those are not all of silicon valley but the six neighborhoods that are having sort of well being levels that the whole country's current trends continue on seeing. >> but there are disparities even in the bay area. palo alto residents can expect to live ten years longer than people in richmond. >>> grapes and grit. coming up,

. >> usgs geophysicist malcolm johnson says quake precurseors happen at tiny places on a fault, it'se to know for sure what's coming but he csays it's important to keep looking. >> and we are very honest about what does work and what doesn't work. >> nasa russian team's data on the 24 japan quakes will be released later this year. >> that's fascinating stuff. talk about predictions, how about a couple? >> i have a few up our sleeves. picture tells the story. lots of sunshine here. you can't see the wind. that will be the factor later on today and for the rest of the weekend. cooler forecast and then a warmer look for the seven day outlook coming up. >> all right. also ahead, the harbor porpoises who returned to the bay and one in particular that stands out. there we go. >> researchers have discovered a rare white porpoise in the san francisco bay. the discovery is thrilling environmentalists who are already excited to see any harbor porpoises coming back. they disappeared decades ago but cleaning up the bay seems to be paying off. here's dan ashley with morning's assignment 7 reporte

. >> usgs geophysicist malcolm johnson says quake precurseors happen at tiny places on a fault, it'so know for sure what's coming but he says it's important to keep looking. >> and we are very honest about what does work and what doesn't work. >> nasa russian team's data on the 24 japan quakes will be released later this year. >> lisa argen now talking about earthquake predicting. how wonderful that would be. especially in this area. >> yes. yeah, incredible. brings back a lot of memories, doesn't it? >> yeah, it does. those picture sure do. >> we're talking about slightly cooler air today. the sea breeze picking up so if you're hoping for warmer weather, we have that to talk about but maybe not in the imminent future. right now, some low clouds out there. but sun coming up shortly. detail your weekend forecast and the holiday weekend next weekend coming up. >> the harbor porpises return to the bay and one in particicicicc >> a deadly horse virus has forced sonoma county to cancel several equestrian events and prompted riders to pull more than 40 horses out of santa rosa's annual ros

but with state prevailing in terms of the policy issues, indeed, where the usg needs to go in order to address the kinds of things we're seeing now, or have seen in the past 15 or 20 years in these difficult and undefinable times of crises. so having been involved in some of the budget work, i'm a little bit skeptical, but i was wondering, what your take might be on that? it's likely perhaps likely in vietnam the civilian operations and revolutionaries, developments, support efforts, thank you. >> in reading the book, when it comes to money, i am entirely opportunistic. i have very few principles. and one of the great ironies in yemen is that most of the development that we were able to do and it was significant came from 416b proceeds. in other words, agricultural commodities made available in yemen sold and we took that money and we programmed it to build clinics. and where we came up short on almost all the other areas, yes, we were -- the department of agriculture, god bless them, allowed us to generate a certain amount of revenues so that we could proceed with the development prog

usgs researchers say the 9.1 quake in sumatra in 2004 and the 8.8 quake in chile last year caused parts of the san andreas fault to suddenly slip setting up small tremors. researchers say the new information is helping them understand how deep sections of the san andreas fault react to seismic waves which could help scientists predict quakes in the future. >>> this morning bleak news for east bay school teachers now that the mt. diablo school district has approved almost 200 layoffs. at a meeting last night the school board reportedly voted to let go of 180 teachers and school employees. the cuts stem from budget cuts as well as declining enrollment. the district says it may need to slash about $27 million from its budget if the governor passes -- rather pro possesses an all cuts budget on monday. >>> and the san francisco school district is issuing final layoff notices to more than 300 employees. 139 teachers, 13 administrators and 120 aides will lose their jobs. the district hopes to rescind the notices, though, before the start of the next school year, but right now the money simply

usgs researchers say the 9.1 quake in sumatra in 2004 and the 8.8 quake in chile last year caused partsf the san andreas fault to suddenly slip, that set off small tremors. researchers say the new information is helping them understand how deep sections of the san andreas fault react to seismic waves, which could help scientists predict quakes in the future. >>> in other news this morning, the 15-year-old boy accused of fatally shooting his friend in san francisco's bayview district will be arraigned this morning. the boy faces murder charges but he will not be tried as an adult. he's accused of shooting andy zeng just last month. the boy says they were playing with the gun and he did not know it was loaded. >>> 6:50 now. it's a chilly start to your wednesday. christina, it's going to warm up, though, right? >> yes, it is going to warm up and the overcast skies that we'll see for the first part of your day will turn over to mostly sunny conditions later on, so we do have a little bit of fog to contend with this morning. a lot of it is starting to lift at this point and you will notice a

the usgs said it measured 3.5.everal people told us they felt like a train was going by as and rattled the windows. we did not hear of any damage. a live look hillside a beautiful shot as usual from mount tam. look of that combination of blue skies and cloud cover. a little bit less windy out there this morning. >>reporter: windy today and windy yesterday. a lot of cloud cover over the golden gate bridge in we will see the cloud cover into the afternoon. preconditions' a mild temperatures. temperatures inside everyone slowly warming at all in the '50s rail. 54 half sunday, 51 redwood city, 50 in los gatos. wind speeds of about 18 mi. per hour in fairfield, 20 sfo, 14 in half moon bay. those cuts will be even higher except for new in class getting up to 28 m.p.h. in sfo, 14 for fairfield. by 6:34 san francisco, 20 santa rosa, 29 san rafael, 24 redwood city. by 9:00 still feeling those winds. it's going to be a mild day in fact pretty cool as well and temperatures only getting to about 64 san francisco, 73 santa rosa

but yesterday, i went out with the usgs and took a tour of the atchafalaya swamp and bayous that feedo the atchafalaya river itself. amazing to see how high the river is. learned a lot during that trip and as bad as this is for people, for commerce, and for communities, for the swamp itself and the ecology, it's actually a good thing. >> there's a silver lining when we see all these people packing up having to move out of their houses. nature is benefiting in some way. >> nature is benefiting, the fish are benefiting, the trees are going to get good and there's probably going to be a little cap of silt on the organic matter. we might see better resolved ax again for the next few years. >> reporter: he went on to say that, you know, it's a happy swamp and happy, healthy swamp is a happy swam. . they haven't seen waters like this flush through certain parts of the atchafalaya in over 30 years. so there's a lot of stuff in there, there's invasive species that have grown 10, 20 years they would like to flush out, other forms of debris they would like to flush out. flush out some of the ba

yesterday, we went out with the usgs to take some measurements of the flow of the mississippi into thiso that to kind of work with the army corps of engineers to figure out what they want to do, what the next step was to be. they decided to blow a third hole in the levee. that's going to happen later today. that's the southern end. this is the northern end. we have water coming in and taking some of the energy away. southern end, we will get water going out and back down into the mississippi. extraordinary measures, carol happening here. this is not over, because we have more water that's coming down and more importantly, this water has to go down the river system past memphis and vicksburg into the gulf of mexico. they are going to have their own gulf flooding problems in the next month or so. >>> rob march sease aknow reporting live. >>> 16-year-old fphoebe price hanged herself in the stairwell of her family home after weeks of bullying in school. the teens accused were sentenced to one year probation. >>> in tucson, arizona, six people were arrested at a school board meeting followin

and this is his laherrere's quote, the usgs estimate implies a five-fold increase in discovery rate and reserve decision, for which no evidence is presented. such an improvement in performance is in fact utterly i am plausible given the great technological achievements of the industry over the past 20 years, the worldwide search and the deliberate effort to find the largest remaining prospects. we are finding oil. it was under 7,000 feet of water, 30,000 feet of rock. and they -- the big discovery of oil is 10 billion barrels. we news 40 million a day. in 12 days, we use a billion barrels of oil. that is a staggering number. what that means is if you found 10 billion barrels of oil and you can get it all out, that will last the world 120 days. the next chart. this is shell oil. by the year 2100, the world's energy system will be radically different from today's, the world's current predict meant limits our maneuvering room. we are experiencing a step-change in the growth rate of energy demand and shell estimates that after 2015, supplies of easy to access oil and gas will no longer keep

so i say today that with america being at gas price that is will soon approach $5 a gallon, and the usgs now saying that we have more coal, natural gas, and oil than we ever thought we would have, really more than any other country in the world, including russia, and many more times than what saudi arabia has, 1.3 trillion barrels of oil equivalent if you add coal, natural gas, and oil, why in the world are we pulling back on the exploration and production? of these vital resources that we have. and i'll also say in summary, i'm from the fourth district of louisiana, where natural gas -- mr. bishop: an additional 30 seconds. mr. fleming: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the gentleman. where we have a veritable saudi arabia of natural gas in my district. the most natural gas in north america and the fourth largest deposit in the world and we didn't even know about it four years ago. that just goes to show you how new technologies in the area of exploration and development are creating many more resources than we ever thought we had. and that will help stabilize their prices. so i ask that

and second, separately, is anyone from the state department or the usg or a representative on behalff the government speaking directly to hamas about what is at stake and what they, with the u.s. thinks they should do? >> to answer the second question, i'm not aware of that. >> can you ask around? >> i'm skeptical but yes, i will last. in answer to the first question, i don't want to get into the details of the discussion. but we've been very clear that both u.s. assistance and other assistance to the palestinian authority has been important in helping them build the kind of space institutions that lead to an eventual statehood. >> do you have any, just on hamas itself, do you have any comment on the remarks by the leader of hamas about the raid that killed in london and what bin ladens -- >> if you're referring to ismail haniya's -- well, they are outrageous. and it goes without saying bin laden was a murderer and a terrorist. he ordered the killings of those of innocent men, women and children and many of whom are muslim. he did not die in march. he died hiding in a mansion worth o

for example, noah as well as the usgs has been using in their alerting mechanisms, and alert pravachol, c.a.p. and if everyone used the same protocol as the earlier discussion, then our ability to be helpful to the government on aggregating for the alert purposes would enhance so that's one example there are many is simply encouraging the behavior and always it can would be most useful. thanks. >> thank you mr. chairman. you know, we struggle with social media at the red cross when we broached it because we didn't know how we could control, and in a way it is a medium you cannot easily kunkel as we discussed today it's very organic, it is citizens input coming in so i'm not sure the we would see the government stepping in to set standards or come up with cash tags or things like that and they're seems to be much more fluid type of medium. i do think that by drawing attention to the issues herel bs particularly with a local and state governments who are trying to staff emergency operation centers and have the technology and have people trained there may be people who can afford that and