was hit. this year has been unusually dangerous for san francisco pedestrian. >> this muni shuttle bus was traveling at a slow speed as it took a left turn from 18th street to hartford according to police. a woman was crossing at the same time. >> she was in the cross work. at this point we believe she was approximately 95% of the way across the street when the bus, left side of the bus, contacted her. >> ryan brody was across the street when the accident occurred. >> we saw a vic film sort ever being pulled out of the bus and then they were wrapping her. obviously it seemed like she had passed away. >> the woman, believed to be in her late 20s or 30s, died at the scene. investigators sorted through the scene for hours. witnesses say the muni driver was visibly shaken as they saw him exit the bus. police placed him in a patrol car. >> the driver remained on scene. he's cooperating with investigators and as far as policy he will be tested for any signs of impairment. >> police say he didn't immediately exhibit any signs that he was impaired. this is the ninth pedestrian fatality in san francisco so far this year. elizabeth of walk san francisco says that's nine too many. >> every year over 800 people are hit by cars in san francisco. we really need to have safer streets when this many people get hit by cars, that's not okay. >> ironically police say the bus would have not normally been taking this turn on hartford. >> it was taken out of service to supplement the f-line trolleys. they had a higher than usual passenger riding so they took that bus out of service to supplement those lines and the driver was on his way to the bus stop at 17th and castro to begin that route. >> there have been nine pedestrian fatalities so far this year. october of last year there were only six. according to the advocacy group transportation area, san francisco ranks first in pedestrian fatalities in san francisco. bc67 news. >> the head of muni, edward reiskin, released a statement saying we express our deepeth sympathy to the family and friends of the woman killed in the tragic bus accident this afternoon involving a muni puts. the man who hit a santa rosa boy was cite the twice driving without a license days before the accident. police say 22-year-old marcus garcia had a conditional license that expired on july 27th. officers say the victim was in the crosswalk at west 9th street and rockwell place when a car hit him about 6:00 thursday evening. the boy died yesterday morning at children's hospital in oakland. his name has not been released. a person listening to a police scanner heard a description of the car and spotted it not far from the incident. the witness says he also saw the suspect peeling a decal after the car's rear window. garcia is scheduled to appear in court monday. >> a stanford student was disappeared in malaysia after going on core with the corral. the 22-year-old went to japan with the group and when everyone else returned home he went during across asia. he taught english in thailand. he contacted his family daily until several days ago. his parents last heard from him on sunday. his professor said he and jake sob had been exchanging e-mails and he hasn't heard from jacob in more than a week. >> for a guy who is very good at returning e-mail and communicating in general, electronically while he's traveling, it is a concern that we haven't heard from him for this long. >> bone did not have a specific itinerary but had been updating a public google map. he holds duel citizenship and was traveling on u.s. and german passports. he was last seen in malaysia. family and friends of a missing hayward nursing student are going to be conducting another search today. it will be the seventh search party since she was last seen on may 27th when she left the hospital saying she was going to her car. police found the car and has classified the case as a murder investigation but her family is not giving up hope. there's a reward for information in that case. technology is making our lives easier in many ways but it comes with some risk. a discovery that some medical devices could be hacked, bay area congresswoman is calling for tougher standards or wireless devices. as john alston reports, insulin pumps are getting attention but there are other risk. >> the concern comes from a computer expert who also happens to be a diabetic. at a conference this month he showed how he could remotely reprogram his pump. and hacking has also occurred with defibrillators that use wireless communication. two people who know that well is the san francisco security consultant. while they don't deal with the issue of medical devices, they are working to stay one step ahead of hackers. >> a lot of things that are actually improving and making our lives easier, but at the same time with these devices, they have become, you know, the issues of what actually they have control over. >> one device they investigated was the car security system. they recently demonstrated how they could by pass a car alarm with a few key strokes on a laptop and they were able to open the locked door and start the engine. [engine noise] >> anti-theft systems rely on cellular networks which allow one machine to talk to another, often through a text message. >> so anything that uses the system is going to be vulnerable to a range of potential attacks. you will see that in almost every industry today worldwide. >> wireless signals are behind home security systems. atms, power grids and pipelines. the security consultants say that unnamed car alarm company they were able to breach quickly fixed the problem. consumers should ask questions before buying. >> a good sign is, you know, a manufacture publicly stating we have had our security reviewed by third parties. >> everything is connected, you know, with internet, wi-fi, whatever it may be, all these different systems. they are supposed to be secure, but they really aren't. >> with regard to the medical devices, describe officials are downplaying the threat saying that the average person would not be able to figure out a way to hack an insulin pump or pacemaker. still the fcc is being asked to investigate. in the newsroom, john alston, abc7 news. >> coming up next, a woman who lost her home in the san prune no explosion gets a big pay off after help from abc7. also a sea lion is getting medical attention as investigators s s s s ♪ that aroma's coming through ♪ for the big day ahead of you morning. big day, huh? morning, mom! are you excited? ♪ the best part of wakin' up ♪ is folgers in your cup. fiber one. almost tastes like one of jack's cereals. uh forgot jack's cereal. 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ms. i go to counseling twice a week. i don't sleep. >> such is the stress of dealing with pg&e after surviving the san bruno explosion. >> i am lucky to be alive. but once you get over that and you thank god, you know that your life is not what it should be, especially at my age. >> this is what remains of the house she used to live in on claremont drive. gilda and her boyfriend, tim, have no desire to rebuild or to return but they have not been able to buy a new home in the area because while insurance covered $700,000. pg&e has paid nothing, including money that should have gone to the cost of the lot in san bruno, plus more for the home's destroyed contents. >> it's like trying to deal with a david, trying to deal with a goliath. >> they owe me over $400,000 that they have committed to in their purchase program. >> they do not want to talk to our lawyers. they want to delay things. they don't want to pay moneys that more or less we had signed up for. >> the level of frustration by some san bruno residents is so high that 50 of them have filed a class action suit against pg&e. neither pg&e, nor their lawyers, would comment on the status of that case, but when abc7 called the utility and asked specifically about gilda, pg&e reacted quickly and surprisingly by mid-afternoon. >> she shouldn't have had to gone to you to get this taken care of. but what's important here is we have committed, we are going to work with her attorneys and we will be paying her what she is asking for to close the sale of her home. >> as to how soon exactly pg&e would not say, nor would pg&e talk about paying for the contents of this house. but for one family, at least, definitely progress. in san bruno, wade friedman, abc7 news. >> there are questions about whether california county's can afford to house low risk inmates being transferred from state prisons in county jails. it's being done to meet a court order to reduce the prison population by 23%. funding for the proposal is expected to come primarily from anticipated sales sax revenues and vehicle licensing fees. lawmakers expect that to add up to just over $6 billion. the legitimate laytive analyst office makes sure counties have a plan b if the revenues come in lower than expected. >> one option to need to provide counties with flexibility to say if revenues are lower than anticipated, they would be able it move money around a little bit to ensure more adequate funding for whichever program is their greatest priority. >> the realignment starts in october. the legitimate laytive analyst plans to reanalyze the projections coming up in november. flu season is right around the corner and the centers for disease control predicts america will be ready. the cdc said there should be plenty of vaccine available this year. 41% of adults were inoculated against seasonal flu last year. they recommend everyone older than six months should get a shot. this year you can choose a new high dose level of the vaccine. flu season typically runs from october to may. >> we are talking about flu season and i'm still waiting for a real summer to arrive. >> definitely cooler than average. the high will be about ten degrees cooler. a nice life shot of the plaza. temperatures today will be in the 60s downtown. low 60s that is. 50s along the coast and 07s further inland. yesterday the cool saturday on n tap. i will have the complete forecast in a few minutes. >> also ahead no runs and three more guys hurt. things get worse for the giants as they face the worst team in baseball. larry beil has the highlights coming up in this morning's sports. h@ab >> it's 5:17. we are looking off the golden gate bridge. you k can see off the reflections from the head lights there is a wet bridge out there this morning. this morning i had to have the weepers on intermittent. i don't want to make it sound like a downpour but there is mist out there make the roads slick. how long is it going to be misty? will it be foggy like yesterday around the bay? jeff will tell us in a few minutes. a sea lion was found shot at the santa cruz war of. they are calling him king neptune. he was shot in the back with a large caliber weapon. it's the second sea lion the center has treated this center in the santa cruz area. an increase of coyote sightings in some areas where officials urging people to take precautions. the topic packed a community meeting yesterday in the richmond district. signs are in place along golden gate park telling people what to do if they do encounter one of the animals. officials warn against feeding them. it only makes them more aggressive. they associate human beings with food, and they also do not incur any harassment from human beings he is it's natural that they would take what they want. >> if you are ever followed by a coyote, the experts say you need to make loud noses or even throw rocks to scare the animal away. another massive dust storm hit arizona. take a look. this is from thursday evening. a wall of dust 1,000 feet high traveled 50 miles, make its way into phoenix before finally dissipating. it was the third aboob of the monsoon season. that's what they are called. what sets this year apart in the dust storms is the size and power of the storms. weather experts say such massive dust storms only happen in arizona, the africa sahara desert and parts of the middle east because of dry conditions and large amounts of sand. as a meteorologist, jeff, you have to get a major kick out of watching that video. >> sure is. can you imagine that coming at you? >> i have been at those. i have been in phoenix when these hit. >> and up at about 10,000 feet at all. amazing. usually it's the monsoon season and they get rain with the storms but it's so dry so the wind connection up all the dust. we have cooler condition out there in our neck of the woods. a beautiful shot of emeryville cam in high definition. good saturday morning to you. we do have some low clouds, fog, and a little bit of drizzle, as you saw the last shot of the golden gate. expect cool condition for your saturday and some fog and drizzle out there, as well. temperatures are looking like in this morning. 50s most areas so cool conditions. concord 58 degrees. half moon bay 57 degrees. again, lots of fog along the coast. it's going to kind of stick around throughout the day today. your weather highlights look like this. coastal fog, a little bit of drizzle, too, to go along with that throughout the day today. cool conditions. temperatures about ten degrees below average most areas but we will have a warmup to talk about the middle part of next week as you will see with my seven-day forecast. satellite and radar, low pressure off the coast right here. so that's really deepening the marine layer, settling in about 22, 2500 feet so that means the fog will be with us along the coast throughout the day today. even here in the cities. looks like kind of a cloudy day today and temperatures again cooler throughout the area, especially inland. normally we are in the 70s and 60s and even some 90s. but today again about ten degrees cooler most areas as we do have the strong on shore flow throughout the day. high temperatures in the 60s in sunyvale. if morning, 68 degrees. and heading up the peninsula here, half moon bay last weekend, beautiful. did have the low clouds and fog throughout the morning hours. expecting that again today. 60 degrees downtown. 62 further to the south. lots of 70s to go around. the hotspot, 88 degrees. clear lake close to 90. warmer as you get further inland. the cooler onshore flow with keep temperatures in the 60s and 70s most areas. richmond, 62 degrees for you. newark, 68. fremont about 70. further inland again, this is where we normally are like in the mid-to upper 80s, even 90s this time of year. look at that, a pleasant 75 degrees in dublin and 76 in pleasanton. so looks good there. along the monterey bay, 62 degrees for you today. 65. the accuweather seven-day forecast, we will see temperatures on the cool side for your weekend. but then we will warm things up a little bit by the middle part of the week and maybe some scattered thunderstorms by, say, tuesday and wednesday. we have a tropical storm way to our south. it's dissipating but we may get some of that moisture into our area. we will keep an eye on it for you closely by the middle part of the week. but until then just a cool weekend. enjoy. not bad. really nice. >> tropical storm greg? >> it's way to our south. it's dissipating and falling apart but a little bit of that moisture may get into our area by, say, wednesday and maybe some thunderstorms. >> all right, jeff, thanks a lot. in sports, it's the battle of the bay. raiders and miners will be at candlestick park, the second preseason game for both teams. last night the giants began the three-game series in houston hoping to gain ground on arizona. here's larry beil with the highlights in this morning's sports. >> good morning. the giants are officially running on fumes. even more injuries. pablo sandoval out with a strained shoulder, orlando, strained groin, eli white side concussion systems. zero office again last night in houston. we are in deep mustache envy, folks. the astros, worst team in baseball going nowhere but it doesn't matter. if you can't score you can't win. mike fontono trying to score from second but out at the plate. vogelsong went 7 innings. got top three. jb down the line. astros jump on top, it 2-0. the giants made two errors in the sixth and that opened the door for the pitcher to cash in with a two-run single. he tossed 8 shutout innings. the giants are shut out for the second straight game, 6-0 but they stay two and a half backk=6 because arizona lost. and the a's. josh, raise on top. 2-zip. richarden had a knee hitter through four. jaw mya, a great diving stop to get edwin. he ties his career high with 11 strike outs. throws 7 innings, gets the wins. as victorious, 2-0. nobody cares about preseason results but there is more energy and desire when the 49ers and raiders meet as they will tonight at candlestick. the niners have won the battle of the bay the past couple of years. always fun to see a red and gold meeting, silver and black. the raiders have been watching film of last week's niner game where there were six sacks. and they may bringing the house. they might be blitzing out like smith from the parking lot. >> they will toughen up, about we have to go out there and win the football game, regardless of how they played last week. they can come out this week and score 50 points and have ten sax in all, which i don't think will happen. if the nfl every week is different. >> we will be ready this week. we've built on what we had going this week and just continue, continue continue with the process. and have a game we can be proud of saturday. >> especially in these times there's a lot to be said for job security. saint mary's coach, randy bennet, now has a decade of it. the school has given their beloved coach a ten-year contract extension. in theory that will keep the highly successful leader of the gales through 2021. bennet has built one of the best programs on the coast. he has 208 victories. that's a wrap on morning sports. mike shumann will be here with all of your highlights at 5:00 p.m., six and eleven. have a great weekend, everybody. i'm larry beil. >> next at 5:30. california's overall unemployment picture goes from bad to worse with the number of people out of work jumping again last month. and the environmental benefits of plastic supermarket bags. an investigation reveals the influence of describe on the california school curriculum. ñ ♪ [ female announcer ] we all want cleaner laundry. we all want a world with fewer chemicals. we all want the best of both worlds. introducing all free clear oxi-active. a powerful new detergent without dyes or perfumes that helps get out your toughest dirt and stains. its added natural cleaning boosters help get your whole family's wash incredibly clean. tough on stains. gentle on skin. new all free clear oxi-active. >> new unemployment numbers are not good news for california's short term economic future. california did add 4500 jobs in july, but the state's unemployment rate rose to 12% up from 11.8 percent in june. good news here, we had some counties with the lowest unemployment with the rest of the counties around 11%. that includes contra costa counties where the work offices are packed with job hunters including professional and mid-level managers. jobs in retail sales showed a growth spurt the last two months, but that could be seasonal and that creation could shrink with summer ending. president obama is pushing obama to help create more jobs in this weekend's internet and radio address recorded at a farm in illinois. the president asked congress to pass a road construction bill to put people to work and to extend a reduction in the payroll task. >> these are common sense ideas. ideas supported by both democrats and republicans. the only thing holding them back is politics. only thing preventing them from passing the bills is to put country ahead of party. that's what we have right now. that's what holding the country back. >> the obamas are vacationing in massachusetts. the president is expected to outline his jobs proposal when congress returns to washington in september. santa clara county is getting state funding for two big highway projects. the valley transportation authority has received $156 million. about half is used to add approximately 8 miles of carpool lanes to interstate 880 from highway 237 in law pete that is to highway 101 in san jose. the rest of the money will be used to billed auxiliary and carpool lines between highway 85 and a road in palo alto. they expect to start the projects next year and finish in 2014. most california 11th graders will be caught the benefits of using plastic over paper. they will put a positive spin on plastic supermarket bags in the curriculum. that's a conclusion by our investigative media partner, california watch, part of the center for investigating reporting. here's our education reporter with more. >> san francisco was the first to outlaw plastic grocery bags four years ago. san jose in sunyvale followed. this year anywhere mirin county did the same. all look for something more environmentally friendly. cities and counties were talking about a ban and the american chemistry council, a lobbying group for the plastics industry, was hard at work proposing changes to a section of the 11th grade environmental textbook. for example, a section in that textbook focused on problems with plastic bags. the chemistry council quickly recommended another section on the benefits of plastic shopping bags. suzanne is a reporter with california watch, which began the investigation. several environmental groups told her why they have a problem with the american chemistry council's input. >> what has happened here is that the government has opened up our children's curriculum, our children's education to private interests. >> here's how it started. in 2004 the california environmental protection agency was preparing a new curriculum and looking for input from the public. that's when the american chemistry council stepped in. the cal apa assigned a consultant, gerald leiberman, and his staff to oversee the comments. leiberman has helped the state department of education to enhance environmental education in schools. the california epa talked on leiberman's behalf. >> ultimately all of those comments and the revision that is stem from them were ultimately reviewed by the curriculum commission, by the staff at the california department of education, and by the state board of educations. >> and aimportantly no one opposed it. here's an example of what was added to the textbook at the recommendation of the chemistry council. "plastic grocery bags require 70% less energy to manufacture than paper bags." >> absolutely false. >> mark murray is with californians against waste, an environmental lobbying group. >> the production of plastic bags consumes more resources, more energy both to produce them and transport them to the grocery stores than the equivalent amount of paper bags. >> he and will environmental activists insist plastic bags are bad for wildlife, leach toxic chemicals and take years to decompose. here's another example of what was put in the textbook. "plastic bags can be reused, for example, to line household waste baskets." the american chemistry council issued this statement today, "the purpose of our comments was to correct factual inaccuracies and to present a more complete view of plastic bags' environmental attributes." according to them the students must be given a test on the benefits of plastic shopping bags. >> if you were told list the advantages of plastic shopping bags and if you don't get those right you get five points off, that teaches a child that is a correct answer and this is a valid point of view. >> the state senator introduced the 2003 legislation requiring that environmental principles be taught in california schools. she will now and that changes be made to the textbook. >> a change, it would be a minor tweak, and i'm asking the environmental protection agency and the state board of education to]i please consider that. >> and the full list of california school districts using thiscurriculum can be viewed at californiawatch.org. in the newsroom, abc7 news. the launch of the ipad 3 could st. louis be months away. apple fans hoped the new device could be released this year but according to the journal, the new ipad 3 hasn't reached the manufacturing phase. it is expected to be thenar and lighter. in addition, at&t executives stay say a possible i-phone5 could be released in october. we will have to wait and see. right now let's wait and see what the forecast is going to bring. >> keep an eye on that. >> it took a turn for the chilly yesterday around the bay. >> a layier kind of day. you need the jacket in the morning and pretty much throughout the day as we take a look at the emeryville cam. looking back toward the city. some clouds and fog, even some drizzle to talk about. i'll have the complete forecast in just a few minutes. >> also ahead, giving locally. how you can pick and choose who is on the re ♪ the rich aroma gets you up ♪ looking forward to your first cup ♪ morning! big day, huh? 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from the start her week in kenya was a learning experience. >> oh, my gosh, they just harvested koronka there. >> we drove in a four-wheel drive vehicle down a really rough, unpaved road for about a half-hour and then we hiked for 15 more minutes to this tiny little mud hut. >> amy and her fellow bloggers were shadowing home healthcare workers, bringing families the supplies they need to prevent disease. the supplies come from u.s. foreign aid, a fact many kenyans are keenly aware of. these volunteers felt compelled to thank the bloggers. >> they welcomed us with song and dance and we got off the bus and they started hugging us. >> all the while amy was taking notes for the nightly posts she wrote on her momformation blog. she wants to show the readers the tiny slice of federal budget that goes to the foreign aid programs is worth it. >> i try to tell stories of people of lives being saved. >> that includes the lives of mothers she met who might have died giving birth at home but got to deliver their babies at a health clinic. >> even though our lives are so different, we are still the same. like we still have the same goal. we want to feed our kids. we want, you know, we want happy, healthy kids. >> it's a theme amy says she will keep writing about now that she's returned. >> it's good to be back because i missed my kids and i missed my husband. but i miss kenya. >> in san francisco, johnathan bloom, abc7 news. >> you can find links to amy's blogs, along with the rest of the moms that went on the trip by visiting abc7news.com. click on "see it on tv." a couple men's i was talking about the warming trend coming. and jeff martinez is in for lisa today. it is coming. >> it is coming. ten degrees cooler most areas this weekend and really the past week or so kind of cool. the fog and drizzle. but it's coming. i think by tuesday and wednesday. we may have thunderstorms to talk about too, terry, along with the warm trend. >> we couldn't just have a warming trend, there had to be something else. a strange summer. >> that's right. the tropical storm south of us may give us thunderstorm activity the middle part of the week. let's talk about the weekend first, shall we? nice shot of the golden gate. as terry was saying, driving over the bridge in morning there was some drizzle, the roads are a little slick and we have some fog across much of the coast. emeryville, beautiful shot looking toward the city. you kind of see the marine layer hanging off the coast. fog and low clouds. that's the trend saturday and sunday as we take a look what's happening. temperature-wise, a good saturday morning. we have 50s across the board here. kind after cool start to your day today. really not warming up much at all today. half moon bay at 57. pretty much where we are going to be throughout the day today with that cloud cover and cooler temperatures across the region. your weather highlights look like this. coastal fog and drizzle throughout the day today and cloudy conditions pretty much everywhere with cool conditions. temperatures about ten degrees below average. area of low pressure across the west coast here, bringing in that southerly flow. counter clockwise circulation w that we get the onshore flow, the marine layer sitting 2500 feet and all that adds up to below normal temperatures. by the middle part of the week the low should start to shift off to the south of us and that's going to allow warmer temperatures to move on in. the forecast throughout the day today, right through sunday again. the clouds and a little bit of drizzle here and there across the coast will be the weather story. still high temperatures today in the 60s in sunyvale. cupertino 71 degrees. so many areas not even getting out of the 50s along the coast. half moon bay, 58 are degrees pacifica. 58 degrees for you. even drizzle throughout much of the morning. 60 degrees downtown today. we will see 70s from santa rosa through the napa valley. 18 ukiah, the hotspot there. clear lake about 89 degrees. 66 san leandro and newark about 68 as well. normally we are talking about 90s from antioch down through brentwood. 80s today and 70s in pleasanton. monterey bay looking good with 62 degrees there. i was at the aquarium last weekend and just beautiful weather if you like low clouds, cool conditions. not too bad. i do. why not? so temperatures will warm up by tuesday and wednesday. 80s and 90s. i like it all. i like the clouds and sun. >> going to be a beautiful weekend, folks. >> overcast and misting. whatever. >> i'm the weather guy. i love all sorts of weather. i'll take it. >> you do weather up in reno. has it been cooler than usual up there as well? >> not really. we've been in the 90s which is about average. not incredibly hot. sometimes we have 100s there toward the desert. a little bit cooler than afternoon but not like here. 60s. i'm enjoying t i like the cooler weather here. >> i like it in tahoe. >> it's nice. >> thanks very much. when it comes to donations, mean people have reservations about giving money and not knowing where it is going. they are hoping to ease the anxiety by letting people know exactly who they are giving to and how the money is used. here's the assignment 7 report. >> they play, we play all day, night, night, we fight all night. >> single dad reginald struggles to take care of his three young kids in san jose. >> i work a grave shift all might and come home to baby-sit my kids. get very little sleep. it's challenging. >> he found help on a website called "givelocally.net." it allows those in need to request for specific needs. and readers than pick and choose where their money goes. >> i have gotten rental assistance, help with the pg&e bill, the water bill and groceries. >> this woman has helped her out. >> give locally is transparent, it's easy to use. you can pick the family you want to help and you can really see where the money is going. >> the idea behind give locally was intriguing to andrew young iii, son of the civil rights leader and former of atlanta mayor young. he is the ceo. >> tell me about the concept of give locally. what is it designed to do. >> give locally.net is designed to help work class people assist one another with needs that arise to force them to deviate from their standard budget. >> the website accepts donations as small as $5.00 and keeps 18% of the contribution to cover operating costs. charity watch dogs recommend nonprofit groups keep no more than 20%. the rest should go to people like banks from palo alto. she will start college at american university in washington d.c. in august. she got more than $1,000 for tuition. mostly from anonymous donors. >> i think it help. it was a big ego booster for us, knowing that we could find help when they needed it. >> all potential recipients are prescreened locally before they are posted on the site. to make sure the money gets where it is supposed to, givelocally collects the money and pace the expenses on behalf of the recipient. >> because we don't oversaturate the site with recipients. very rarely do we have recipients whose needs don't get met. almost never. >> it means a lot. it shows there are good people out there with good hearts willing to give and help. >> dan ashley reporting. now there's a trade off in knowing where your money is going. most of your contributions are not tax-deductible so you want to keep that in mind. don't go away, 7 on your side is next. a new smoke alarm could warn your family about a fire minutes before the one you have right now. i'm michael finney with why the state won't recommend using one. ahead on 7 on your side. >> recommendations radio leased yesterday by the state fire marshal fall short of endorsing new smoke alarms that many believe could save lives in california. here's michael finney with an update of the new generation of smoke alarms. >> the photo electric and duel sensor eye i don't know alarm will go off sooner. now we have the photo eye i don't know alarm starting right now. >> a demonstration conducted by the fire department for 7 on your side shows out photo electric alarms can save valuable minutes. in this experiment the aalarm alerts homeowners of a slow, smoldering fire more than two minutes before the other. the more common ionization alarms used in most homes took more than ten minutes. a spokesperson told us the state fire marshal does not endorse one technology over another. gordon of the palo alto fire department sits on the task force and he supports the use of photo electric alarms over ionization. he believes if the recommendations are adopted, ionization alarms would eventually be phased out. >> right now the primary reason the ionization alarms are selected, they are less expensive. one of the things that will happen is the price difference will go away. >> ionization alarms are to be placed no less than 20 feet away from cooking appliances. that's because ionization alarms are prone to false alarms, leading people to pull out the batteries. the recommendations call for clear instructions on packaging about where the alarms should be placed. he thinks those requirements would bring consumetories photo electric alarms, thus driving down the price as the demand increases. >> the fact we've made very specific recommendation to me represents a solid step forward for fire safety in california. >> the state fire marshal is also recommending smoke alarms be replaced every ten years and that ten-year batteries be used. we attempt today reach an industry trade group for comment, the electrical manufacturers association did not return our call. i'm michael finney, 7 on your side. >> coming up next, the story behind french sculptures. hey! you want that? you want a warm, super-delicious strawberry toaster strudel yeah but now i have nothing to eat sureou do. hey! you can have the pop tart! pillsbury toaster strudel. the one kids want to eat with totino's pizza rolls. big pizza taste in a bite 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softer. it allows for greater definition of detail. >> they are just 16 inches at all. in real life the stat statutes are on a collinade at the base of the tomb depicted here in this painting. they are from a museum undergoing renovation. almost everyone who visits the city has to see the stat statutes because it is in the former home of the duke. the mourners home was preordained in medieval france. >> the monks are praying for the dukes until the end of time. that's why we need them. >> it could be elaborate, the funerals, sometimes lasting for months. and the exquisite detail of the mourners really captures the emotion of the time. at the tomb they are flush against the surface but in this set questioning can walk around them and perhaps appreciate the work even better up-close. the mourners will be on display through the end of the year. in san francisco, abc7 news. >> next at six, tragedy in castro where a muni bus struck and killed a pedestrian. and remote-controlled hacking. the 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