Effect today and another one has already been called for tomorrow. Abc 7 News Reporter vic lee joining us live with more from San Francisco. Vic . Reporter well, larry as you said, this is the fifth consecutive day of that declaration from the air quality district. Not only cant we use our fireplaces, but you know, its become sort of unhealthy. Heres the problem that were facing, okay . You see the few strands of hair on my head . They are absolutely still. Theyre not blowing. We need that wind. Thick, thick haze hanging around the area like a dirty blanket. Obscuring sutro tower and the hills of San Francisco. On a normal day you can see oakland. Not lately. Not today. We see particulate matter which is the pollutant were worried about building up when we have stagnant air like we have right now throughout the entire bay area. Reporter the bay area air Quality Management district is using equipment like this to test the air and even infrared cameras to detect things you cant see with a human eye. Like those microscopic particles about 1 25 the size of a human hair. Particles that can lodge deep in your lungs. Dangerous pollutants to children, the elderly, people who work and play outside and many others. Anyone who has a respiratory condition like asthma copd, anything like that, or right now, the common cold. Reporter its been the fifth consecutive day of foul air and people are starting to take notice. We breathe and we want to breathe as clean as possible, right . So we can have better health. I have been taking photos all day of the city and you can barely see berkeley from the golden gate bridge. Pretty bad. Reporter amber moved to idaho six months ago. I came back i was extremely surprised by the cloud of pollution you can see coming into the area. Its pretty thick pretty heavy and definitely on the choking side. Reporter whats needed are heavy winds or rain, something to clear all this bad air. Question is, when . Vic lee, abc 7 news. How long is this bad air going to stick around. Its really noticeable. When is the question. Spencer christian, we hope, has the answer with the accuweather update. I have part of the answer. Part of the answer is that for the next couple days at least, we see no change in this pattern. Thats not good news. Heres live doppler 7 hd. We have mainly sunny skies right now along with the haze that we have talked about and heres how it looks from the sfo camera. Very thick and visible haze there. Poor air quality once again tomorrow. It will be our sixth consecutive spare the air day, no wood burning and looks like the poor air quality will extend to virtually all regions of the bay area. Heres a live view from the emeryville camera looking at the western sky. Current temperature readings are 64 degrees in San Francisco and oakland. 55 in san carlos. 63, san jose. Heres a live view from the exploratorium camera looking over the bay. 62 in napa novato, 59. Heres the first forecast as we take a live view at the golden gate bridge. Mainly clear skies this evening although a bit hazy. Bright and sunny tomorrow morning, chilly in the inland valleys and hazy and mild tomorrow with highs up around 70 degrees in the warmest locations. I will give you a look at the seven days ahead in just a moment. Perhaps some encouraging news there. Larry and ama . Thank you. See you in a few minutes. Hundreds gathered today to break ground on a project that promises to make getting from Southern California to Northern California faster than ever before. The ceremony in fresno marked the beginning of the high speed rail project. Governor jerry brown addressed the crowd talking about its benefits. He wants half of the States Energy production to be renewable by the year 2030. The governor said the 100 Renewable Energy rail system is critical to reaching that goal plus ridership will have other perks. Theres an amenity theres an efficiency theres a sustainability on the type of fuel. Then you can have a martini or whatever you people drink. At 200 miles an hour. There is opposition to this project. Many republicans are unhappy with the 68 billion price tag and farmers in the Central Valley dont want the train crossing through their fields. Eventually californias high speed rail project should end at the transbay terminal in San Francisco. Work there is already well under way. Abc 7 News Reporter Carolyn Tyler live in the city. Reporter well, the gates are closed right now but we will take you inside to see whats going on. Architects call this the Grand Central station of the west. The 1. 9 billion transbay project. What theyre working on is part of our train box. Reporter we got a look at the progress being made on San Franciscos Transbay Transit Center. Work has been under way since the 2010 demolition of the old terminal. The new project is transforming four blocks south of market into a hub for the entire region. There is 11 different transit agencies from the east bay north bay up and down the peninsula. All the buses that come through the city will come through the transit center. On top of that, ultimately when phase two is built, cal train and high speed rail. Reporter the vision for the 68 billion rail line is to zip passengers between los angeles and San Francisco in three hours, with bay area stations including gilroy, san jose, millbrae and ending at San Franciscos new center. The ongoing construction here fascinates the south of market lunchtime crowd. They have been constructing for a long time now. Im very very excited to see it finished when it opens. Reporter the Transbay Transit Center is designed for 100,000 square feet of retail shops. The centerpiece will be a huge glass column and on top of the center, a 5. 4 acre public park. The project has created about 8400 jobs nationwide so far. About half of them here in the bay area. 18yearold derek turner is an apprentice carpenter from the redding area, proud to work on a landmark project. Thats one of the big reasons why i did it, is because were building america. This is the biggest job ever in San Francisco, so im definitely honored to be part of it. Reporter the construction manager says theyre on track to open for bus operations in late 2017. In San Francisco, Carolyn Tyler, abc 7 news. A hayward man tried to beat a train across the tracks this morning. Hes lucky he was able to drive away after the amtrak train hit the back of his car. Sky 7 hd captured the scene after the accident. Hayward firefighters say the man drove around the crossing arm that dropped to warn the train was approaching. At first the Fire Department couldnt find the car that was hit but they found it on pacific street. Train service was delayed by an hour and a half. The driver has been cited and his license suspended. Arson investigators in San Francisco are still trying to find the person who set a fire outside a popular tourist attraction known as the mrs. Doubtfire house. Its a story abc 7 news broke at 11 00 last night. Abc 7 News Reporter Amy Hollyfield has an update on the investigation. Reporter this house may be occupied by a man who has his own personal life, but to the world, this is the mrs. Doubtfire home and its part of the San Francisco sightseeing experience. It impacted our lives, really. I had to come see it. Reporter but today there was Something Else to see. Burn marks on the garage door and the front door. Someone poured gasoline on the home last night and set it on fire. Police say it had nothing to do with the movie but the movies fans are horrified. I dont believe that. You dont do Something Like that. Its disgusting. Reporter the homeowner is a doctor who specializes in facial feminization surgery. He told police he had an issue with an former patient. Police are looking into whether that person is responsible for the fire. The homeowner put the fire out. No one was hurt. It would be a personal issue but it happened to a house that the public feels connected to especially after Robin Williams death. This is what it looked like in august as it turned into a memorial for the actor. People in the neighborhood say they still feel sad and this arson just brings their emotions to the surface again. Who would do something that cruel . To his family, especially. This is just devastating to all of us. Reporter police have been protecting this crime scene even from picture takers as they try to figure out who did this and why. The homeowner at this point has had no comment. Still no arrests have been made. Amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. Mountain view police are asking for the publics help trying to catch a peeper who recorded cell phone video of people through apartment windows. They are investigating two such incidents. The first one happened back in october. The victim at an apartment complex on california street saw the flashing red light of a camera through her window while she was in the bathroom. The second incident was on new years day. Still ahead on abc 7 news at 4 00, a bay area native gets the call from cooperstown. The Hometown Pride for Randy Johnson on this historic day for the major league pitcher. And sony with a blast from the past. This is not your dads walkman. What makes this one stand out. I had one of those. And new at 4 30, the gop cements its control on capitol hill. Will Congress Actually get anything done . We are live in washington. We are also live on your roads at 4 10 on your tuesday. This is san jose. You are looking at 101 southbound is all that backed up traffic you see there. You are just flying going northbound. Stay with us. East bay native Randy Johnson, the big unit, has received his call from cooperstown. He is now an official member of the Baseball Hall of fame. Johnson played 22 years in the majors. Most notably with the mariners and diamondbacks and one season with the giants. He won five cy young awards. He is among only 24 pitchers to win 300 games, achieving that milestone with the giants in 2009. Johnson graduated from livermore high back in 1982 and people in that east bay city could not be prouder this afternoon. Abc 7 News Reporter chris winn has the story and more live from livermore. Chris . Reporter it has been decades since Randy Johnson called livermore his home but as youre about to see here at Livermore High School he still holds a special place in the hearts and minds of many. Nestled in the hills of livermore, Steve Gallagher talks about his baseball career with great fondness. I heard the radar guns behind me and would hear 91 90, you know, 89, 92. And you know, it made for concentrating on the game a challenge for the catchers. Reporter make that catcher, Steve Gallagher and his pitcher the one and only Randy Johnson. They graduated together from Livermore High School back in 1982. Never thought we would be looking at somebody that went to the bigs and then went on to be inducted into the hall. Reporter down at the high school this afternoon, word of johnsons vote into the Baseball Hall of fame spread fast. He last visited back in 2009 during his final season with the giants. Varsity coach david parrotti said the kids werent surprised by the announcement. They definitely know the name and know the kinds of success he had and they connected to being here at livermore. Kind of cool for them to do that. Reporter this senior is one of those students. Its just an inspiration, just the fact that he came from almost like nothing and then made it all the way to the top, one of the best pitchers and kind of just a reminder. Reporter a reminder that with hard work and determination, anything is possible. But for johnsons old teammate, a personal point of pride. It says a lot for randy and its nice that the hometown kid did good. Reporter in livermore, chris winn, abc 7 news. The search is over for a missing richmond teenager who vanished after leaving her home on new years day. Richmond police say the 16yearold Belinda Jean Carson was found in San Francisco last night. She is talking to investigators about what happened. No word on her condition. Police say carson has no history of being a runaway and may have been with a man who was refusing to allow her to go home. The manhattan man accused of killing his Hedge Fund Manager father is now being held without bail. He showed no emotion in Court Last Night when he pleaded not guilty to a murder charge. Thomas gilbert senior was found dead by his wife sunday with a single gunshot wound to the head. Police say the crime scene was staged intended to look like a suicide. Reports say the father and son had argued over a decrease in the 30yearolds allowance. Gilbert jr. Has had previous runins with the law. He is reportedly the prime suspect in an arson case that destroyed a South Hampton home back in september. In health news this afternoon, a nationwide study has good news for women undergoing test tube fertility procedures. Researchers say 12 years of data shows complications, including deaths are uncommon from procedures that include in vitro fertilization. The most common problems are related to drugs used to stimulate ovaries in preparation for ivf. Overstimulation is a risk and it occurred in 154 out of every 10,000 pregnancy attempts studied. The study is the first large scale effort to quantify risk for u. S. Patients undergoing these treatments. Startling new numbers from the cdc when it comes to alcohol poisoning. The agency says six people die every day due to too much drinking. The victims, mostly middleaged men, not teens or college kids. The cdc admits researchers thought the victims would be younger. Scientists at Oxford University have started the first human trial of a new ebola vaccine. They hope to vaccinate 72 healthy adults by the end of the month. The vaccine will be given in two injections. The first dose is designed to stimulate the immune system and the second is aimed at enhancing immune response over time. Apple is making changes when it comes to buying iphones. Consumers can now buy iphone 6 and iphone 6 plus smart phones without having to sign up for a twoyear Service Contract along with the phone. The 6 starts at 650 and can also be used abroad letting people globe trot without being tied to a single carrier. Contractfree phones are the standard for the rest of the world and are becoming more popular in the u. S. They come without a sim card which customers have to buy from their Cell Phone Company of choice. Interesting. How about this. Sony is bringing back the walkman. Its not cheap. No, it is not. Sony unveiled the walkman zx2 which sounds kind of cool this week at the Consumer Electronics show in vegas. The Company Calls the new walkman tailored for outstanding sound, saying every piece of material and each component has been crafted to realize the ultimate High Resolution audio experience on the move. Im sold. It looks way less bulky. The device can access apps through google play but its not meant to compete with your smart phone. The new walkman costs 1200. Whoa yeah. Quite steep. What can it do for 1200 that your phone cant do . And you have to carry two things. I like having just my phone. Those are Spencer Christian prices. I know that. That thing better drive me home from work. Hey, weve got pretty mild weather today. Along with of course the poor air quality. Lets take a look at live doppler 7 hd. We have clear skies sunny all across the bay area, and hazy right now. High temperatures so far, well, we had highs well into the 60s across much of the bay area and two immediate San Francisco bay area locations broke the 70 degree mark, both coastal locations. Half moon bay, 72. Santa cruz 73. Farther south down into the salinas area high temperatures in the mid and upper 70s in some places. Heres a live view this is sfo showing the haze over the airport area there. These are the forecast features. The warming tomorrow so there may be a couple near record highs tomorrow. Air quality remains poor thats the bad news. This dry pattern we have will continue into next week. We see no change in the seven days ahead. Heres the satellite image. You can see the big strong ridge of High Pressure that has been the dominant feature in the weather picture last few days bringing us hazy conditions stagnant air continues and poor air quality continues as well. This dry pattern will continue at least for the next several days as the jet stream as you can see is deflected well to our north, so thats not allowing any rainmaking systems to move directly towards the bay area. How about snow pack in the sierra . Across the entire mountain ranges of california. Statewide, we are at only 43 of normal snow pack levels ahead of where we were a year ago but that was a pathetic 18 . In the central sierra, only 39 of normal. We need a lot more snow to get us anywhere near normal levels. Back to the bay area tonight well have clear skies low temperatures mainly in the mid to upper 30s in inland locations, inland valleys then mid 40s right around the bay, upper 40s on the coast. Starting the forecast animation 6 00 a. M. Fog in the San Joaquin Valley will quickly disappear, giving way to sunny skies all across the bay area and record highs are possible in the Santa Clara Valley and monterey bay area tomorrow. Highs generally will be in the low to mid 60s. We will see upper 60s to near 70 as you move farther southward tomorrow. High of 72 expected at santa cruz. 70 morgan hill. 71 over in the coast and half moon bay. Heres the accuweather seven day forecast once again. Tomorrow will be our sixth consecutive spare the air day. Theres that mild pattern thats gradual cooling developing into the weekend but still, temperatures in the low 60s all the way into next week. I spent too much time in the late 60s. You are in the late 60s. Thats right. Thank you spencer. Up next, christmas in january. The celebration thats now just getting under way and the message of peace that comes along with the holiday. New after 4 30, marriage religion and reality tv. The new cable tv special sparking controversy today. Ring ring progresso i cant believe im eating bacon and rich creamy cheese before my sisters wedding well its only 100 calories, so youll be ready for that dress uhhuh. You dont love the dress . I love my sister. 40 flavors. 100 calories or less. You say avocado old el paso says. Zesty chicken and avocado tacos in our stand n stuff tortillas. record scratch you say stand n stuff tortillas old el paso says. Start somewhere fresh who says the holidays are over . The season is just beginning actually in ukraine, where christmas is celebrated on january 7th. In a message to his nation, president poroshenko asked people to pray for ukrainian soldiers in their fight against prorussian separatists. Hundreds packed the Ukrainian Orthodox church in kiev for a midnight mass. Ukrainians like other Orthodox Christians celebrate christmas from january 7th to the 14th in a festive week. Its a very special day for former president george h. W. Bush and his wife barbara. The couple today is celebrating their 70th wedding anniversary. They married on january 6th 1945. They now hold the record for longest married president ial couple. Doctors released the former president from the hospital last week after being treated for shortness of breath. 70 years. Remarkable. It is. They said it couldnt be done. A show that appeals to fans of both Downton Abbey and ironman premiering tonight on abc 7. Marvels agent carter is a miniseries about peggy carter, a spy some fans may remember as captain americas girlfriend in the 40s. The show focuses on her back story in a film noir style period piece about a woman who defied cultural norms. We talked to the star of the show earlier this week. She doesnt have super powers. She uses her physical capabilities to make decisions very quickly and instinctively. I think its very attractive to many different people because being a period piece, its visually stunning and very different from Something Like agents of s. H. I. E. L. D. Its like a condensed mini series. Those reasons mean that people are still flicking the channel, they would instantly be struck by how it looks and want to watch on because of the wit and the dialogue and how quick and fastpaced it is and the humor as well. Love the accent. Agent carter premieres at 8 00 on abc 7. Abc 7 news at 4 00 does continue. Up next the new developments that could signal a new start for stalled labor negotiations at the port of oakland. A court case that really is a matter of life versus death. A 17yearold girl refusing chemotherapy so who is forcing her to undergo the treatment anyway . Coming up first, the gop is now in firm control of capitol hill. Why the party is still facing big challenges as Congress Gets back t First Impressions are important. Youve got to make every second count. Banking designed for the way you live your life. So you can welcome your family home. For the first time. Chase. So you can. Here are your headlines at 4 30. Its another spare the air day today, taking a live look from the mount tam camera. You can see the haze out there. Abc 7 news weather anchor Spencer Christian tweets stagnant air and poor air quality persist in the bay area. Tomorrow will be our sixth consecutive spare the air day. Spencers forecast and a look at the likelihood of a seventh straight spare the air day is just ahead. We are also following the legal case against protesters. Abc 7 News Reporter Laura Anthony tweets dozens of black lives matter protesters arrested for blocking freeway december 8th. Packed court in oakland but no charges. Find out why the d. A. Hasnt filed charges yet in a live report coming up on abc 7 news at 5 00. Congress reconvened today with republicans taking full control of both chambers for the first time in eight years. You see here california congresswoman nancy pelosi hand over the house gavel to House Speaker john boehner. Vice President Joe Biden swore in senator Mitch Mcconnell has Senate Majority leader. The power shift sets up a showdown with president obama over a number of key issues. Abc News Reporter Karen Travers is live in the Nations Capital with the details. Reporter good afternoon. The showdowns have already begun and this new congress has only been in session for a couple of hours. Everybody is trying to stake out their corners already and dig in their heels. We had the first veto threat today from the white house. The official veto threat for the controversial Keystone Pipeline but republicans say it is full steam ahead on their top priorities. A new era of divided government begins today in washington. Mr. Mcconnell of kentucky. Reporter republicans now control the house and senate, setting up inevitable showdowns with president obama. John boehner was once again elected House Speaker but not without drama. A dozen of his fellow republicans revolted backing other candidates. Boehner now controls the largest republican majority in more than 80 years but he faces significant challenges from some conservatives. Youre still going to have to assuage a lot of Tea Party Caucus members. Reporter mcconnell takes over as Senate Majority leader. We recognize the task before us. Reporter he has an aggressive agenda approving the controversial Keystone Pipeline tax reform and reversing president obamas executive actions on immigration. Mitch mcconnell wants to start hitting singles and doubles. Hes doing a savvy thing in saying the American People are putting us on probation giving us a tryout. We have to deliver. Reporter the white house said that president obama recognizes an opportunity for democrats and republicans to work together. The key to doing that is not the frequency of conversations but more the willingness from people on both sides to try to find common ground. Reporter dont worry its washington so there will be meetings and a lot of those conversations. They will start next week when president obama sits down at the white house with top congressional leaders to start looking at a possible shared agenda. Live from washington, Karen Travers, abc 7 news. Ama . Karen thank you so much. Senate democratic leader harry reid missed todays opening day of the 114th congress. He tweeted this picture this morning, adding quote, looking from home on doctors orders. Just wrapped up a good meeting with my leadership team. The nevada senator was hospitalized last week after a nasty fall in his home gym. He suffered a concussion three broken ribs and some broken bones. Dignitaries from both sides of the political aisle gathered today to remember former new york governor mario cuomo. Draped in a new york state flag, the three term governors casket was carried into a manhattan church. Current new York Governor Andrew Cuomo said his father was anything but a typical politician, describing him as a leader whose politics were part and parcel of his beliefs, not just strategies for pleasing people. Pop, you taught us well. You inspired us. We know what we have to do and we will do it. We will make this state a better state. And we will do it together. On that, you have my word as your son. Cuomo died last thursday at the age of 82, only hours after his son was inaugurated for a second term. A san diego surfer has died after contracting an aggressive staph infection. He was well known in the surfing community. The 71yearold went surfing the week before christmas at sunset cliff despite warnings to stay out of the water because of high bacteria levels from recent rain. His wife sally says he soon developed flulike symptoms, was in a coma. Days later, he died on christmas morning. She hopes other surfers will heed Similar Health warnings. I would just hope that anybody who after a rain would just wait, even when the surf is good. Theres going to be another good day. Doctors say staph infections are usually treatable with antibiotics but an underlying condition caused more Serious Problems for alt. He had received a new heart valve less than a year ago. A paddleout will be held later this month to honor him. The case of a 17yearold girl being forced to receive chemotherapy goes before the Connecticut State Supreme Court on thursday. The justices will hear arguments on the socalled mature minor doctrine which allows a child who is deemed mature enough to make decisions for him or herself. The case centers around a 17yearold named cassandra who refused chemo for hodgkins lymphoma with her mothers support but the state stepped in and forced her to receive the treatment. Her Attorney Says the state is overstepping its bounds. This is not a negligent refusal to provide care. This is a choice. Cassandra and her mother are asking that that choice be respected. Cassandra underwent two chemotherapy treatments, then ran away from home and refused to continue treatments. She has been living at the Connecticut Childrens Medical Center and forced to undergo chemotherapy for about three weeks. Federal mediators have agreed to join labor talks that affect west coast ports including the port of oakland. Sky 7 hd shows the port earlier today. Labor negotiations between the Pacific Maritime association and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union have dragged on for months. The contract between the two sides expired in july. The conflict has resulted in a slowdown and is a reason why many ships are at bay off the oakland port. Not yet clear when or where the two sides will meet again with the mediators. Are you resolving to lose weight for the new year . Coming up the best diets right for 2015, including the topscoring plan you probably have not heard of yet. Im Michael Finney. Petco makes major announcements about jerky treats suspected of making dogs sick. The details coming up. Im spenser christian. From the east bay hills camera, we see sunny skies but stagnant air and poor air quality remains. Ill have the accuweather forecast coming up in just a moment. At 4 37 checking your traffic on the golden gate bridge, it is moving in both directions. Just a tad heavier on the righthand side, traffic heading up to the north bay. Stay with us. Over a million californians have gotten something thats been out of reach for far too long. Health insurance. How . They enrolled through covered california. Its the Health Insurance marketplace where youll find a range of plans from leading Health Insurance companies that offer you the best combination of quality, rates and benefits. And, through covered california, you may get financial help to pay for coverage. Its based on income. To get covered youve got to get going. Open enrollment ends february 15th. Visit coveredca. Com today. Ring ring . Progresso its ok that your soup tastes like my homemade. Its our slow simmered vegetables and tender white meat chicken. Apology accepted. Im watching you soup people. Make it progresso or make it yourself you say avocado old el paso says. Zesty chicken and avocado tacos in our stand n stuff tortillas. record scratch you say stand n stuff tortillas old el paso says. Start somewhere fresh it is the dreaded battle of the bulge. A common fight for many people in the new year. Yeah it is. U. S. News and world report wanted to find out which diets are the best for actually losing weight and keeping it off. We have the results. Reporter when it comes to diets, who is winning the battle of the bulge . U. S. News and world report evaluated 41 plans coming up with what it considers the best diets of 2015. We deliver the facts on whether diets are good for weight loss or whether they will help prevent and manage diabetes, same for heart disease. Reporter when it comes to dropping pounds, u. S. News gave top honors to reigning champ Weight Watchers which uses a point system for all foods. Number two for weight loss a brand new diet on the list, Health Management resources, a food delivery system. The easiest brands to follow Weight Watchers followed by jenny craig and the mediterranean diet focusing on lots of fruits, veggies and fish. The top diet overall for the fifth year in a row, the dash diet. All about portion control and balancing protein and carbs. When you are talking about what mix a good diet, it needs three things. It needs to be safe needs to be simple and needs to be sustainable. Reporter one list to help you lose. Abc news, new york. Then theres Spencer Christian who is part of the 1 of the universe that has to keep eating because he cant maintain his weight. I know. Its awful. I love it but i dont want to say any more because it will only make me enemies. It wont make me any friends. All right. For those of us with a high metabolism lets take a look at live doppler 7 hd. We have sunny skies and hazy conditions across the bay area. A pattern that will be with us for awhile. Heres the National Weather picture for tomorrow. It will be a cold day in the upper midwest, not just the upper midwest, all through the midwest. Look for highs highs, now, minus one in fargo. Minus four in minneapolis. A high of one above zero in chicago. Eight degrees will be the high in st. Louis. Pretty cold in the northeast as well, in the 20s in boston and new york. Thats almost mild compared to the midwest. On we go to the state of california. Tomorrow sunny skies from top to bottom. Mild to warm down south with highs in the upper 70s in los angeles and palm springs. Here in the bay area, it will be another mild to warm day tomorrow. Another hazy one another spare the air day i should add but it will be very mild and warm. Highs mainly in the mid 60s around the bay, mid to upper 60s around the bay and into some of the inland locations. As we look farther southward, we will see high temperatures tomorrow closer to the 70 degree mark. It will feel like spring. Larry and ama . Thank you, mr. Lean and mean. Well what happens when you mix marriage, religion and reality tv . Apparently you get the newest controversy facing one of the biggest names in cable. Details up next. And Nicholas Sparks, known for penning popular romance novels but his real life story does not have a happy ending. Say goodbye to tipping. But theres a catch. I know i cant deny. That i got a new feeling deep inside. [ female announcer ] with five perfectly sweetened whole grains. You cant help but see the good. Turn around every now and then i get a little bit hungry and theres nothing really good around turn around every now and then i get a little bit tired of living off the taste of the air turn around, barry finally, i have a manly chocolatey snack and fiber so my wife wont give me any more flack i finally found the right snack an Australian Airline has been named the safest in the world with no u. S. Carrier even in the top ten. Aviation website airline ratings. Com looks at incidents records and operational histories to compile annual rankings. Qantas came in first because its had a clean record with no deaths in 60 years. The airline beat out Air New Zealand and british airways. 2014 had the fewest Airline Accidents on record but more deaths than the average year because of those two Malaysia Airlines crashes. One plane is still missing. Consumer news now. How would you feel about being charged a service fee for Restaurant Service . 7 on your sides Michael Finney says a handful of bay area restaurants are implementing the fee. Is this like a cover charge . For the privilege to sit down i have to pay . Kind of like that. Thats a great way of putting it. Several restaurants around here are now asking patrons to Pay Service Fees instead of leaving tips. The practice has long been standard in europe but hasnt really caught on here. Now with the increase in the minimum wage in oakland, San Francisco and san jose some bay area restaurants are moving to the service fee model. Money raised from the fees is added to all Staff Members paychecks. Tips traditionally just go to servers and bartenders. A New California law requires the terms of medical loans to be fully disclosed before a patient signs on the dotted line. Doctors may offer patients loans especially when medical procedures are not covered by insurance. Well, some of these loans must be paid in full before the procedure occurs. When the patient for whatever reason, doesnt go through with the procedure, some lenders have actually refused refunds. This legislation requires refunds for all procedures not completed along with full disclosure of all terms. It is sponsored by the Consumer Federation of california. No one should have to get medical treatment under Lending Conditions that are unfair. The legislation was introduced by Assembly Member Richard Bloom of santa monica. This is normally for cosmetic surgeries. Major retailer petco will become the first in the u. S. To stop selling jerky treats made in china. The treats have long been suspected of sickening or even killing as many as 1,000 pets just since 2007. The food and Drug Administration has been looking into this and has not been able to find a definitive connection. Petco says all remaining treats will be off their shelves this week. Petsmart says it will do the same by march. You may remember 7 on your side has been investigating these suspicions for several months, even several years. Thank you, michael. Tlc well, yeah, tlc is refusing to pull a new reality show called my husband is not gay. The Program Follows a group of mormon men married to women but attracted to men. It also features their wives, who know about their husbands Sexual Orientation but still try to make their marriages work. I said hes gay and she goes i told you that twice. Just like i cant choose not to be gay, i cant choose not to be a person of faith. So my challenge is to come to some reconciliation. Critics are demanding tlc pull the show. More than 70,000 people have signed a change. Org petition saying the show promotes false and dangerous ideas. Irresponsible to be airing a show with the content that gives the idea that Sexual Orientation is a choice and thats a discredited and old idea. Tlc is standing by the onehour special saying the couples featured on it speak only for themselves. Chris christies love of the Dallas Cowboys isnt just rubbing people the wrong way in new jersey, but apparently in philadelphia as well. Not surprising. Christie upset folks in his home state when he was seen hugging Dallas Cowboys owner jerry jones after the cowboys playoff victory on sunday. Now theres a report in the New York Times that will likely make eagles fans in south jersey upset with him also. Reporter Michael Barbera says he overheard christie say these philadelphia fans are the worst in america. Christie made the comment after being booed and shouted at when he attended the eagles cowboys game in philly last month. One of hollywoods most eligible bachelorettes is off the market. Cameron diaz married good charlotte rocker benji madden last night in an intimate ceremony at her Beverly Hills home. The couple dated less than a year and got engaged just before christmas. 90 guests attended including reese witherspoon. Drew barrymore was reportedly a bridesmaid. The actress pulled off the top secret wedding by telling everyone they were having a pregolden globes party. Unfortunately no story book ending for Nicholas Sparks and his wife. The romance author who was best known for penning the notebook 16 other romance novels split from his wife of 25 years, kathy. Sparks telling people he and his estranged wife remain Close Friends and its not a decision they made lightly. The notebook and eight other of sparks novels have been turned into movies. Up next saving water and then some. The huge classroom conservation in the bay areas largest district as california continues to face a drought. Im dan ashley in the abc 7 newsroom. Coming up at 5 00 a man who survived a headon collision on the golden gate bridge. Find out how that crash changed his life and perhaps changed the future of the bridge itself. Plus some are surprised. Get ready for some of the biggest names in music coming to napas festival. Those stories and more when Cheryl Jennings and i see you for abc 7 news at 5 00. Turn around every now and then i get a little bit hungry and theres nothing really good around turn around every now and then i get a little bit tired of living off the taste of the air turn around, barry finally, i have a manly chocolatey snack and fiber so my wife wont give me any more flack i finally found the right snack cant say thank you enough. You have made my life special by being apart of it. everyone cheers glad you made it buddy. Thanks for inviting me. Thanks again my friends. For everything for all your help. Through all lifes milestones our trusted advisors are with you every step of the way. Congratulations thanks for helping me plan for my retirement. You should Come Celebrate with us. Id be honored. Plan for your goals with advisors you know and trust. So you can celebrate today and feel confident about tomorrow. Chase. So you can. Here is tonights prime time lineup on abc 7. At 8 00, catch the twohour premiere of marvels agent carter. At 10 00 it is forever. And abc 7 news at 11 00. This is quite amazing. Two climbers are about 1500 feet away from making history at Yosemite National park. Kevin jorgensen and tomorrowmy caldwell woke up about 11000 feet above the park. They are attempting to free climb the largest single piece of granite in the world. They sleep in nylon tents suspended from a single point. That sounds like a good time. They hope to finish as soon as this weekend. This is their third attempt. Incredible. Despite the recent heavy rain californians are still being called on to conserve water. San francisco unified did just that and far beyond what anybody thought was possible. Abc 7 news education reporter Lyanne Melendez is live in the city to explain. Reporter well the San Francisco p. U. C. Has told big organizations that if you want to use water for landscaping purposes, you have to reduce consumption by 10 from october to june 2015. Now, since that mandate the San Francisco Unified School District has dropped its water consumption by 43 . A lot of the Water Conservation has taken place here in the gardens and other green areas at the schools within the district. Sam hartman has worked closely with students at San Franciscos lincoln high. When i came they had this wonderful system set up but it was leaking pretty bad. So we had to go through all the lines and one by one sort of check them out turn off valves where we needed to. Reporter lincoln and other high schools have also shortened the watering time for their football fields. The lead gardiner overseas the landscaping at all 135 schools in the district. Ran irrigation tests and readjusted heads, replaced heads, changed nozzles. Reporter the district also has these rain water cisterns at roughly 30 schools. The recent rains filled the cistern at jefferson elementary and the water is used for the garden. The district is doing more than just conserving water in their green areas. The students who are part of lincolns Green Academy have taken it one step further. Their job is to educate their peers and in the sense of Water Conservation, they have given presentations to grade level assemblies talking about how their actions matter. Reporter students are applying these conservation measures at home. At home, i try to take less or shorter showers than usual. I try not to keep the tap on when im brushing my teeth. Reporter they have also been quick to fix leaks by replacing the pvc pipe. Thats just part of the effort to reduce their overall water usage. Lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. Thank you so much for joining us for abc 7 news at 4 00. Im ama daetz. Abc 7 news at 5 begins now with cheryl and dan. The vast majority are not being charged. As antipolice protesters await their turn in court, the holdup and the hostility over a judicial delay. Plus its the future and its happening right here in fresno. High speed rail breaks ground. Whats behind the continuing controversy in the middle of all the congratulations. And big leaguer from livermore and the message now that hes a new hall of famer. Isomething for them to reach for. Who says any of our guys cant end up there . Im abc 7 news meteorologist sandhya patel. I will let you know about more records tomorrow. The judicial brakes are being pulled off for the antipolice protesters who shut down interstate 80 last month. Today, many appeared in court only to be turned away. Thanks for joining us. Im Cheryl Jennings. Im dan ashley. Its been a month since more than 200 people poured into a bay area freeway and shut it down during antipolice brutality protests. Arrested by the chp many showed up for court today only to find out no charges have been filed. Abc 7 News Reporter Laura Anthony is live at chp headquarters in oakland to explain the legal limbo here. Reporter thats right. The arrest report for what has not been turned over yet to the d. A. s office so the delay actually starts here with the chp. They are the ones that made all those arrests last night last month, and some 100 protesters found out today the Police Reports are not finished not yet, which means the d. A. Cant file charges, not yet. It was the protest that blocked a major freeway interstate 80, for hours. The chp arrested more than 200 people on december 8th in berkeley and emeryville but a month later, virtually no charges have been filed. The number of people are here today who were called into court today do not have charges and do not even have a Police Report filed about them. The arrest was completely ridiculous. Reporter she was arrested that night and booked into the Alameda County jail in dublin, where she says she spent 16 hours. This morning, she was among 100 demonstrators who packed the courthouse hallway in oakland for a schedule hearing. They are not even Police Reports about me which is ridiculous because i spent 16 hours doing something for absolutely no reason. Reporter a spokesperson for the d. A. s office says no
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