Boy. Susan says jackson told whir b. A loi who lived next door. He looked at the childs bedroom window, watching him explore his sexuality. Just the way he told the story made me go to the oh, that is. You know, that maybe is uncomfortable saying this is over the line. That he probably had some sort of interest in younger boys because it sounded like the kid was younger. Witnesses say they saw kevin talking to a tall blond man with a dog. Susan says he was not tall. Witnesses could have noticed another feature he was maybe five six, and a big mustache. It took up most hifz face. Ther ai. An, or jackson as suean knew him had been convicted and served time for performing lewd acts on a child at Fishermans Wharf in 19816789 police dropped him as a suspect when the witnesses cot identify him from a photo spread. Thank you. Neighbors fed up with a slow Police Response or none at all are hiring private security officers. Residents in the laurel district have seen property crimes soaring in recent years. Laura . Well, Oakland Police say they welcome that Community Policing is all about partnership but the residents who live in this neighborhood told us their idea to hire frustration. This is not an Oakland Police officer. But rather a bay alarm security agent pat rolling residential streets of the city looking for signs of trouble. Were getting calls from around the city and have to make sure were taking care of our existing areas and make sure we can serve everybody. There has been a lot of break ins up above us and below. Heidi is among an increasing number of residents pitching in with neighbors to hire private security to get what the city police force cant give them. A timely respoons to a burglary or break in. I understand the Oakland Police are very overwhelmed but when someone is in my backyard its frustrating to know i dont have anyone to call to come help me. She came facetoface withoo two intruders in her backyard. She called 911 and a neighbor. The neighbor arrived in minutes. Oakland police never came. Now, she and 30 neighbors are chipping in 30 a month to hire patrol for bay alarm and adding more security cameras. Other neighbor is taking it further, taking measurements to replace a wooden front door with a steel one. People are constantly casing our street going by, going slow. Often times we dont respond the way we would like to. Oakland Police Acknowledge they throw more resources to fighting Violent Crime abilities to respond to lower priority calls dropped off. Dealing with over 20,000 alarm calls a year last year is a cal yempk for us. So again this is a solution. In most cases or many cases pry vilt security agents will be armed but the idea is not to case down or confront suspects theyre to call police if need be. Laura, thank you. Catholics around the world are beginning to wonder who the next pope will be. Pope benedict announced his retirement today. Here, you see him on christmas. Most popz served until their deaths. Benedict is the first in 600 years to quit. Parishioners are expressing near universal surprise the pope decided to retirks some wonder whether there is a hidden reason. Change is underway. There have been no attempts to disguise issues of advancing age. Its known he has arthritis and occasionally using a cane. A moving platform takes him down the aisle. Father mccarthy thinks Pope Benedicts decision to retire was motivated by predecessor autos he served under a pope who was incapacitated forjv the last several years z he probably saw this has liabilities for the church. Still, parishioners in san jess yeah wonder if theyre getting the whole reason. Probably there is another cause like he came everywhere, met people or something. One door closes and another opens. A Diverse College of cardinals will vote for the new pope. The greatest growth has been in latin america. It would be interesting to have a pope from africa or asia or from latin america. And my guess is that that probably i have no insider knowledge. A spokesman praised Pope Benedict for making a difficult decision. This is an act of boldness on the part of this pope. And also, an act of great humility. For some that criticized the pope for not articulating sup for immigration report. He hasnt talked about that. Students graduate and dont have the opportunity to work. People are living longer lives but popes lead a stressful life z age 85 going on 86 he decided to take life easier. Authorities are investigating hundreds of tips after offering a 1 million reward for a disgruntelled excop on the run looking for Christopher Dorner want forward three murders in the last eight days. Last sign was last weekder including three counts of attempted murder. Riverside County District attorney issued an arrest warrant for Christopher Dorn year this individual by both his words and conduct has made it very clear to all of us that every Law Enforcement officer in Southern California is in danger of being shot or killed. Dorn jer charged in the murder of a Riverside Police officer michael crane, including two special circumstance allegations making him eligible for the Death Penalty its notable and remarkable that he was ambushed in such a way that he never had the opportunity to use those skills. The scaled down search for dorner stretched into the fifth day in big bear, last thursday, his burned out truck was spot thered. Since then there, have been no new leads or confirmed sightings. 30 deputies remain to search remote cabins and vacation homes. They found the truck. Like i said it was in misdirection on his part. The man is not stupid. Crazy but not stupid. But the lack of any new information or leads has many here in big bear forming ideas about what the next move may be. I think hell try to do what he can to make another big mark get the media and press working again z then, sort of retreat,n3, still ahead tonight, final phase of a major bay area highway project. The plan for eliminating one of the biggest bottle necks. In sacramento, when california inlits maits suit lawyers. Critics say legal professionals are getting rich off lawsuits. San Francisco Mayor takes 20 million challenge, raising money for americas cup so tax payers dont get stuck with the tab. Im spencer christian. After sunny mild weather get after sunny mild weather get ready for a chill tonight. Well, well, well. Growing up, we didnt have uverse. We couldnt record four shows at the same time. In my day, you were lucky if you could record two shows. And if mom was recording her dumb show and dad was recording his dumb show then, by george, thats all we watched. And we liked it todays kids got it so good. [ male announcer ] get uverse tv for just 19 a month for 1 year when you bundle tv and internet. Rethink possible. A work is now underway on the final set of improvements to highway 4 in east contra the project widens the highway in two places and improvements include expanding Public Transit in that area. This stretch of dirt nlt center of highway 4 will have tracks on it, carrying e bart passengers between pittsburgh and antioch. Completion of the line 10 miles east is still four years away but its a beginning were sell briting. East contra costa residents have been helping pay for bart with nothing to show for it since he was first envisioned in 1958. Truly a lifetime of waiting. This means an improved qaumt of life fr our area. It means economic development. It means police and fire getting there safer to save lives. People out here have been paying for a long time this, is long overdue. Long awaited. This shows passengers will no fare gates just a 28 foot walk. Lighter e bart costs 60 less. Its really kind of remarkable. Its been a lot of discussion and conversation. And were on our way to opening an extension. Construction will take off after 2015. When work on the final Expansion Projects along highway 4 will be completed n addition to doubling the highway the major road interchange is being expanded and upgraded. Smoother more efficient. Transportation lagd behind rampant development. The hope is that finic improvements will turn that equation around. A 14yearold boy suffered very serious injuries when a car hit him in concord. Sky 7 was overhead and it shows you where it happened. Witnesses say the car hit him aroundw zi 1 40 this afternoon. The intersection was closed for several hours and police investigated a tow truck hauled away the car. A park rangers suv hit a woman walking in San Francisco at about 3 00 a. M. At p. M. At a25th avenue and california street. You can see impact dented the front of the rangers suv there. The woman who was hit was taken to the hospital and is expected to survive. The investigation closed the road for about 40 minutes. There is no word yet on what caused this accident. Ed lee said hed take charge of a new effort to raise money for the americas cup. That is buzz taxpayers could be left with a huge bill if organizers cannot raise the 34 million needed to pay for services, transportation and clean up. So far fund raising has only come up with 14 million. Its 20 million short of what is needed. Taxpayers could have to foot the bill. So there is pressure on our general fund if need to do it. Im getting good responses. Weve got active people saying okay this is good. Mayor lee says hes talked with political heavy weights and theyve agreed to hostq t major events. Lets talk about the weather forecast. Spring like outside. Just gorgeous. Yes. Its perfect out there. Only going to get milder. Here is a live view from our camera looking at the western skies. Still, a glow with hughes of hughes of orange and rust after sunset occurring more than 45 minutes ago. Clear skies above. Low clouds along the coastline. This gives you another inflexion of how clear it is outside. Its still mild though its going to get colder tonight. Temperatures into 50s now. A mild spot is redwood city. Forecast features will be clear and cold overnight in interior valleys. Sunny days ahead this week. 70 degrees in spots. Satellite shows a huge ridge of High Pressure in place now and continuing to bring us clear skies and mild conditions all week long. This is not budthing for a while. Low clouds will pull back away. Tomorrow will be another sunny mild day. We may see low clouds touching the coastline but they wont stay very long, overnight what a chill. Look for lows to drop down to about 30 in santa rosa. Cold as well with lows of 33 in livermore and fairfield. Well see mid30sdndnu around te bay shore line[. Tonight afternoon things will warm up to low to mid 60s in the south bay. On the peninsula, low 60s, palo alto and mountain view. 62 on the coast at half moon bay. ann downtown San Francisco high of 60 to. 58 in the sunset district. Mid 60s in parts of the north bay. 615 insanity yoa rosa. Obk]a berkeley, san leandro and newark, inland east bay, 62 in danville and pleasanton. And highs into low 60s, cooler in monterey. Here is the accuweather forecast. Seven glorious days ahead. Nice and mild low 60s on the coast. Friday warmest day up to about 70s around the bay. Mid60s on the coast. Upper 60s inland. Just gradual cooling over the weekend. Very nice, thank you. Sure. Were following breaking news ÷ in richmond right now. Police got a 911 call of an armed person. They found an armed suspect shot spotter told them the shots were fired. A suspect was hit take ren to the hospital with critical injuries from what were told no. Details on why officers fired. Theyre investigating so stay right here on abc 7 news, well keep you updated in richmond late today. Coming up next a 49ers corner back got into hot water corner back got into hot water at the super bowl. Ys of walking to give a Breast Cancer survivor a lifetime thats definitely a fair trade. It was such a beautiful experience. jessica lee and its beautiful woman why walk 60 miles in the boldest Breast Cancer event in history . Because your efforts help komen serve millions of women and men facing Breast Cancer every year. Visit the3day. Org to register or to request more information today. It was 3 days of pure joy. And its beautiful a family lawsuit that would have held the city of alameda responsible for the drowning death a loved one was dismissed today. Officials say the 52yearold drowned himself at crown memorial state beach two years ago. Fire crews stood by without responding because cuts prevented them from being recertified for ocean reres cue. The family sued the city for its lack of response. The judge said crews were not to blame for the death. Bart is planning an extreme makeover of the two busiest stations. 40 of the passengers get on or off at the stations to speed up service Transit Agency wants to knock down walls and instaud additional platforms on the other side of the track as louing passengers to board on both sides of the train. Bart is looking at installing sliding doors at the edge of the platt to form thats would open whits time to board. The cost would run aboutbno 900 million. A big thrill fr a little boy battling leukemia Chris Culliver visited 8yearold garrett signs. He is battling leukemia. His sister who is just nine months old was the donor. Hisoa s mom says he was so exce that had he just could not sleep last night and got to toss a0wez around with his hero this, is good pr for culliver who needs it after comments about gay players in the nfl not being allowed in the locker room for the 49ers comment he late year poll jized for. Abc 7 news continues in just a moment. When we come back youll see how much of your money is being spent to argue you go over prison conditions and why of dragging out the fight. A Furniture Store shut down got the furniture they paid for a year later. And the antics of sutro sam. ÷1s÷ a river otter may be getting too much attention at the beach. Stay with us. Abc 7 news9 california tax payers forking over millions every year to defend the states prison system from lawsuits filed by inmates. The same attorneys frequently say the state is bringing this the governor and others want the courts to start cracking down on all litigation. Governor brown lamented endless stacks of legal documents and the drain the lawsuits vont state budget. Lawyers wandering ash looking for problems. The state now confirms lawsuit cost taxpayers about 180 million in legal fees and could Court Appointees alone. The bulk from two yet to be resolved cases involving whether the medical and health care meets constitutional standards this is closer to 200 million if you count costs to defend itself. And people appointed to fix the problems. Financially benefit by keeping case goesing. If you make millions and continue with the lawsuit you stand to make more money. Attorneys say they give the state an attorney to address the issue before filing suit moneymaker. N because he believes that prisoners are people and should be treated humanely. Every person in this office could make double or triple the amount by working in the private sector. Absolutely frivolous. State senator jim neilson headed california board of prisons for a deck naid named in numerous lawsuits and says its time to end what he call as bus autos we need to pass legislation to curve some of the things inmates can sue over, its nonsense. The state trying to end federal controls of the prison Mental Health is tim. System n a court ruling Governor Brown says there is no incentive to be objective because further monitoring means more money. That ship pilot blamed for the Worst Oil Spill in two decades is now suing the coast guard to get his license back. 53,000 gallons of bunker fuel spilled into the bay. Cota filed suit claiming his civil rights were violated. Cie2 sutro sam is drawing clouds ofnh admirers but attention is raigz concerns. . January, just after sutro sam just appeared there were so many people coming around pools the park service had to put up barricades and signs. Weve seen people bringing dogs down here and trying to flush sam out of the pool to get a better photograph. The director of animal care says unless youre a blue heron you should not be walking through the area ash the baths. There is a gentleman here yesterday with a young child and they were walking across the front. You know and waves were crashing and they had a large dog with them. They have the sign over there prohibiting dogs. People were mindless. Most people we saw yesterday and today have kept a distance and those that didnt probably thoughtrtond hey im just walking through here but experts say you dont have threat. Its this type of circumstance where perhaps sam will no longer be careful around humans that would be a bad thing its understandable people want to see him. If you want to see a shot do what david drks bring a telephoto lens. You can get a good look. We got a call telling us about concerns for sam asking about protecting them and they said sure. There theyre going to have three river otters you can see as up close as you like. Silicon valley rich talent pool lured another tech company, go daddy. Com set up shop in sunnyvale. Go daddy plans to make it a tech hub. There is everything you can imagine there is pubs and restaurants feels lick a sense of community there are other Technology Companies here. Partners are close by. There are a number of folks here. Its a talent mecca. The company will hire 40 more employees this year. Tim cook will sit by mrs. Obama at the state of the union address. You can watch the president s address live here on abc 7 and abc 7 news. Com beginning at 6 00 tomorrow night. Marco rubio will deliver the republican response. Have you made a reservation yet for valentines day . One thing you might not think about signing up well as cities get more and more crowded one question looming is where do you put the cars . L is more room than you might think and now, there is an app to help you find it to see the parking valets around downtown marriott you might f the slowest times of the week. They expertly squeeze cars between pillars putting small ones in small base spaces and big ones in big spaces. We have parking available for guests. But theyre not coming for hours and the garage at the Office Building across the street is full so why cant the hotel rent out spaces for just a few hours . Well, now they can. There is a a free app calling itself expedia of parking offering cheap rates on space thats would otherwise sit empty. 8 00 a. M. Until 4 00 p. M. If you stay1 cen longer it wl let you pay to reserve extra special parking. Premium price for maybe an assured rate. There is a green side and reserve one of them in advance. Park now ceo says average user books a spot 11 hours ahead of time. Reducing congestion and plus. Perhaps most interesting thing about park now is who is paying for it. Its a joint venture between private invest skbrorz bmw. Owning a car is is a thing you almost regret. So four americans move to big cities its in the best interest to take the headache out of owning a vehicle. Bmw has beenec< focused on stress as associated with mobility. In San Francisco, abc 7 news. Coming up next proof that patience is a virtue. Were excited and waited for this. They have. Michael finney explains why it took so long for the customers to get what they tonight at 11 004r abc news i team talks with a man worried 17 scans hes received may cause him more cancer. Phone shall dangers at the center of a debate among medical professionals right now. No one seems to know how harmful the tests can be. Im a patient. Goi there for help and for to get well. He has one more problem to deal with, well show you the letter his doctor sent him and what it means for the care. Risk versus reward abc 7 news special report tonight only on abc 7 news at 11 00. Be sure to tune in for that. Now, consumer news a corn tour store shut doors it caused a headache for customers with unfilled order autos this has been a long process. This is long. Three dozen customers paid 120,000 for furniture they feared theyd never see. Much is now being delivered and many of our customers are already planning their party. This is a sell brait braigs of moving and gegt my chair autos she cant wait to throw a party last fall she showed us a prize table minus 3,000 worth of chairs. Those missing chairs should be arriving any day now. All he could show us in october for the 5,000 down for a cabinet was an rendering. Today his cabinet has arrived. Were very excited. Our house has been a Construction Zone in anticipation for this. They are two of 30 ordering furniture from jesse San Francisco in the south of market area and never received it. Jesse San Francisco shut doors months after Customers Put in orders. In october, we spotted the ceo from across the street at a Warehouse Sale advertised on jesse San Franciscos own web site. He prevented a 7 on your side producer from setting up up a camera when we tried to approach him. They just want to know when theyre going to get the furniture back. Four Business Associates confirmed he was Dominic Longacre. He had an exclusive arrangement with jesse itally to sell its furniture. After learning of unfulfilled orders we contacted jesse itally. And it agreed to make good on e mails. Telling us Customers Count most to us. We dont want our brand to be associated with shameful business practices. Its anu a excellent product were happy with it. Were very happy that its here. Jesse itally and jesse San Francisco have since receivered ties. We spoke to Dominic Longacre telling me he basically threw me under the bus. 7 on your side is awesome. I highly recommend this to anyone who has any issues. Jesse itally says its fulfilled 127,000s ndz outstanding orders and 28 of the 30 customers have now received furniture autos its great work. Good job. Thank you. Lets check on the forecast. Pretty good weather coming our way. Clear skies and well continue to have clear days ahead. State wide, top to bottom, sunny skies here in the bay area that will be the pattern as well, sunny skies with clouds touching the coastline but that is about it. Here is a look at the accuweather forecast milder as the week goes on. It will cool down moving into next week but lovely weather throughout. In rain is expected. Thank you. Academy awards coming up soob. You can down load oscars app. Oscars airs here on abc 7. That is right. With super bowl a memory were on to baseball. Yes. Larry beil is here now. Giants pitchers and catchers report tomorrow. Some guys are in camp. What kind of shape is Pablo Sandoval y good evening, its all about streaks sharks open with seven wins trying to stop the slide tonight in columbus but in trouble from the opening faceoff. 43 seconds into the game. A cant clear with this first goal of the year, leading to frustration and punches. Blue jackets came in with only three but more physical. That isv;a3j÷ period, the first nhl goal. Patrick marlo with his tenth of the season they get trucked 62 their fifth loss. Rainy day in arizona members of the world champ champion kbints giants getting ready for spring training. Pablo sandoval, hefty. Bruce bocci seems content with the squad going into the season. 21 of the 25 players have burned returned. You have to look at left helping out there. But were well set all around the infield and out field. With rotation. There are spots open in the bull pen. Otherwise, theyre intact. Mens tennis dur says farewell to the bay area. Its the final chapter of the s. A. P. Open. This started in 1889 as hosts of the greats mike shumann soit doubt down with the two time defend lg champ. A bittersweet ending after over 100 years here in the bay area. The two time champion claims the event will be special. Yes. It is. This is Pretty Amazing so starting out the year right he event. He doesnt play until thursday. The one thing is that person that will play will have already played a match. His term . One of the biggest in tennis will help him make that adjustment. Goal is about Getting Better he lfs bay area crowds. Hes a fan of hockey donning a sharks jersey in last two victories. Toronto maple leafs. As a six five, 200 pound canadian how did he choose tennis over hockey . Ive never been on ice. Its rare for a canadian to say. I used to play street hockey. Tennis hooked on for me. Im more so a basketball fan rather than a hockey fan. Hes one confused canadian. Ive heard that many times. Warriors are back home to host the rockets tomorrow night and a wardrobe change is coming. Theyre 26 lighter. Im calling striped pants a fashion faus pauz at this point. Tileor gafy coming back remember he ran 449 yards as a junior. Now he has a chance to replace him. So that is a boost there. Jerseys have sleefz. Its unusual. They look constricting. The jersey looks tight. They like it thank you. Join me tonight at 9 00 a man said woe be dead or in jail if the president were to be reelected. Then at 11 00 when does a risk outweigh the benefit of ct scans. And then, its jimmy kimmelc÷ live. It for this edition of abc 7 news. From all of us here thanks for watching. We appreciate your time well see you again at 9 00 and 11 00. This is the jeopardy teen tournament now lets meet todays three finalists a senior from little rock, arkansas. On, kentucky. From lex,. And a freshman from marietta, georgia. And now here is the host of jeopardy alex trebek you, johnny. And thank you, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the first of our two matches to decide this years teen tournament champion. A year ago, we hthank ee young girls competing for the championship. This year, three guys, representing kentucky, georgia, and arkansas. The south wellrepresented in this years tournament. Nilai, barrett, and leonard, good luck. Lets go to work. Here comes the jeopardy round. And these categories to get you started. Alex nilai, start us. Lets go onomatopoeia for 800, please. Lai. What is a boom . Boom, right. Lets go medieval tiease. Leonard. What are stirrups . Yes. World capitals, 200. Barrett. . Yes. What is lisbon . Yes. Ett. Onomatopoeia for 200, please. Barrett. What is buzz . Good. Onomatopoeia for 400. Nilai. What is a sneeze . Thats right. Lets go Medieval Times for 1,000, please. [ beep ]