california. the latest just ahead. plus -- the this guy has criminal charges now. a court date for willful harm or injury to a child and he is still in the classroom. >> from the abc 7 news i team, criminal charges facing a north bay teacher who smacked a special ed student jess. why is he still in the classroom? and san francisco may have lost the 49ers to santa clara but the two cities are united tragedy at a sanctuary. police say this lion killed a young intern when she entered his closure today. good evening. i'm ama. dan ashley is off tonight. the lion attack is our top story. it happened at a wildlife park in is central california. the cat haven sanctuary is 40 miles east of pres fresno. >> reporter: the lion attack took place at cat the haven. a central california sanctuary for big cats. >> the lion is in the enclosure with the patient. >> couscous this four-year-old male african lion. officials say he attacked a 26-year-old intern wednesday afternoon when she entered the closure. another employee tried several times to distract couscous away but it didn't work. >> she was attacked and fatally injured. the lion was shot and killed per our safety protocols. our thoughts and prayers go out to her friends and family. >> they are are just wild animals. >> sheriff's officials and the department of fish and game are now investigating what led up to the attack. >> anderson founded project survival haven 20 years ago, allowing visitors to get up close and personal with big cats. he also raised many of the animals including couscous and even demonstrated security around the closures to a local tv crew. >> i can open this door and he is not out, right. >> reporter: the business was closed to the public at the time of the attack. >> this is very rare. very rare. because of the safety requirements that we require through our permitting system animal employee interaction is limited. >> reporter: the department of fish and game says cat haven has a good history but detectives will be looking deep near their records. now, to a story the abc 7 news i team has been pursuing for six months. a sonoma county teacher who repeatedly struck a special ed student several times now faces criminal charges. though school administrators have been less than forthcoming about why he is is still allowed in the classroom. item reporter dan noyes has the story. >> reporter: i spotted 67-year-old willie swindle teaching a special education students yesterday even though he has been charged for striking one of them is several times during the last school year. >> in our opinion there was an assault based on the investigation. and that was the reason for is submittal of the case. >> reporter: swindle faces three misdemeanor counts of child endangerment that he did willfully cause and permit the person and health of said child to be injured. count one covers incidents during november of 2011 and count two during january of 2012 and count three on march 1 of last year. in the report in august michael delgado told me wind started picking on h him when was 15, slapping and pinking him and the most painful treatment claim when swindle would thunderclap both his ears at the same time. >> he would go. >> with both hands on your ears? >> on my ears. he has done it on my face. he has pinched my cheeks. >> swindle did not address the charges when i saw him yesterday but he denied hitting michael when i first met him last year. >> the family says that you struck michael. is that true? >> no, that was unfounded. they did an investigation. >> reporter: it was unfounded? >> yeah. >> reporter: michael's parent told me at time that the school district ignored their complaints and they are thrilled now you to finally have the criminal case move forward. >> finally somebody listened and, of course, with your help, mr. noyes and being persistent with this i feel justified. >> reporter: the delgados say the district offered an $18,000 settlement but they turned it down because it came with a confidentialallity clause and swindle would remain a teacher. >> nothing would be done to him. >> nothing. >> or the principal for being a mandated reporter. >> reporter: after i saw swindle still teaching his class, the principal escorted me to his offense and refused to answer my questions. >> he has criminal charges now and a court date for willful harm or injury to a child and he is still in the classroom. why -- >> no comment whatsoever at this time. >> reporter: the assistant superintendent for human resources mark click also refused to comment and directed the school's public safety officer to escort me off campus. >> you have an obligation to explain to the parents why he is still in the classroom. >> you leave now or you will be arrested for treasure papassing. i will walk you out. >> the the delgados said the officer failed to teak the complaint seriously and failed to investigate the case until the i team went to his superiors and now they continue to pursue the case because they want willie swindle out of the classroom. >> the money. no, we don't want the money. we wantages fish and game for your child and any children like mike. >> this district needs to know there is parents throughout that will stand up for the special need kids. >> reporter: michael delgado has been assigned to another class but he continues to see willie swindle on campus. the teacher has a court date in a couple of weeks. i will be there and report back to you. the state commission on teacher credentialalling tells me they can only take action if the educator is charged with a specified sex offense or drug offense that involves a minor so it is up to the district and it looks like they will allow willie wind toll continue teaching. for the i team, dan noyes, abc 7 news. police are investigating the 7th homicide just this year. in man in his early teens or are 20s was found stabbed to death late this afternoon. police have not made any arrests. the number of paroled sex offenders who have become fugitives has take and big jump since california's prison re-alignment began over a year ago. the department of corrections released figures showing that more than 2700 sex offenders failed to report to parole officers since october of 2011. an average of 180 sex offenders a month. a 15% increase compared to before realignment that was part of a federal court order to reduce the inmate population. meanwhile, there is a new push to stop a violent sexual predator from being released into an east bay community. 69-year-old charles christman is a high risk sex offender who served time for sex crimes against children. he is expected to be released to live near and elementary school in baypoint. more from jonathan bloom. >> reporter: garcia wasn't expecting a visit from the sheriff's offense letting her know that she may be getting a new neighbor. he has been classified as a sexually violent predator. >> reporter: deputies are going door are to door. alerting neighbors that charles christman, a 7 time sex offender with a history of molesting young boys may soon be moving to this cottage here in bay point. >> we just wish it wasn't so close to the school. >> reporter: the principal is not pleased. >> i have 107 students that need to walk past that area to get to and from school. >> she test tie fified in court to try it stop it. >> willow cove elementary is less than one quarter mile away. the issue is how do you measure the quarter mile. >> reporter: the deputy d.a. says as the crow flies it is well under a quarter mile. the court measured it along the street. >> i'm fighting fortress departments of the community. >> reporter: a battle all too familiar for neighbors. years ago kerry burst a violent predator lived at the same cot damage behind anthony ash's law offense. >> we do criminal defense work. if we didn't believe in giving people second chances it would be difficult to do that type of work. >> ash says with verse now back in society and gainfully employed he has done his research on christman and feels he is not a threat. >> he is physically infirm. he has not offended since 1989, 25 years a quarter of a century ago and he did go through all of the training. >> reporter: christman has about 16-pages of conditions he has to adhere to to keep residence. gps monitoring random searches and frequent checkins with the sheriff's offense. still the district attorney filed the appeal that he hopes will cause the court to rethink the decision. he said that he wants the court to stay their decision to let him move in until the appeal has a chance to be heard. in bay point o, jonathan bloom, abc 7 news. red light traffic cameras are on their way out in the city of hayward. the city council voted to remove the cameras at 8 intersections citing a lack of evidence that they reduce broad side accidents and police report an increase in rear end accidents. the council wants to get rid of the cameras as quickly as possible rather than wait for contracts to expire. the early termination will cost the city over $100,000. the bay area hopes to host super bowl l at the 49ers new stadium claire. the mayors of three bay area cities united in a regional effort. news reporter carolinas tells us about the proposal. >> reporter: the 49ers new stadium. the $1.2 billion facility will have solar panels. high tech communication systems. a roof top deck. and leed certified environmental homeruns. the regional mayors joined forces in the super bowl bid but say the specifics of their game plan are top secret. >> all i can tell you is that we are ready. we have the rooms. the parking. the space. we have the finance to pull it off. >> reporter: a big committee is working on a book on the basics like the number of hotels, restaurants, transportation options and security. beyond that. >> keep a little hush-hush as instructed. as you know, because we are the innovation capital of the world we will have great surprises. >> reporter: like any super bowl it is not just about what happens on the field. committee member jim landerman says it is about the overall fan experience. >> you have got places like napa valley. like monterey nearby. you you have tremendous geographical features. the bridge. the cable cars. you have is silicon valley. you have the center of technology. not just for america but for the globe. and it is all right here. >> reporter: the san francisco santa clara and san jose mayors made it clear it is a regional bid but exactly what the city has up its sleeve is on a need to know basis. >> we don't want to tip our hand to the great competition in south florida and miami. if we did that they would know it was coming and they would adjust. >> the bid committee gets a 15 minute audience with the nfl owners on may 21. the decision comes right after that. in santa clara, carolyn tyler, abc 7 news. coming up, oakland's problem is now his problem. supercop bill bratten reports for duty. how he plans to cut crime. the trio accused of stealing a yacht are in court. how one convinced crew mates to sail amay. i'm spence spence. dry now but we may have more showers tomorrow. i will show you when and where in the accuweather forecast fact coming up. a storm forces drivers to play bumper cars. and tractor trailers to tip over in wild wind ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] now's the time to save 5% off every day with your lowe's consumer credit card. 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here to make some early gains very quickly and i think you you are going to see that some of those gains are going to be made very quickly. >> our officers are given direction who to stop and why to stop them. i'm comfortable with the direction they have been given and training they have received and the fact that i expect them to practice constitutional policing. >> braton was a big proponent of stop and frisk when worked in new york and los angeles and defendd that policy again today but said the execution was up to the police brass. when asked why his plan would be different than others tried in the city he said it would be no new set of eyes with a fresh per is spective. the city is ma paying a quarter million dollars for the consulting firm pratton is working for. 63-year-old leslie gardner of bill let wyoming faces five felony counts. charges dropped against the two others arrested with guarder in. prosecutors say they didn't know the boat was stolen so they were both released earlier today. >> a massive storm that pelted the midwest is now barreling into the northeastern united states. the late winter storm is dumping snow and raising fears of widespread power outages because of high winds and coastal flooding. abc 7 weather reporter ginger zee has the latest. >> tonight, winds howling along the east coast. low-lying areas in new jersey already under water now under voluntary evacuation. that area still raw from hurricane sandy now scrambling to protect the fragile coastline from this storm's driving rage, surge and winds. wabc right there. >> we are getting tremendous wind off the oh here. the ocean that by the way is getting closer. >> reporter: wind so strong in maryland this semi theaterred on the edge of a bridge. in north carolina real life bumper cars on an icy mountain road. the federal government shut down. more than 200 accidents so far as we make our way through the storm. >> we just had to get off the highway because there is a jackknifed semi and we will have to go around it. the road is deteriorating every mile. >> you will hear a tree crack or pop in the woods. the weight of the snow so heavy you can imagine what that is doing to power lines. 250,000 power outages and one person dead, hit by a fallen tree. the snow is thick and heavy. so hazardous and the storm isn't done yet. snow is also fueling heavily in the sierra. up to 10 inches expected above 4,000 feet. drivers advised to expect very difficult conditions heading to the mountains on i-80 and highway 50. and, of course, spencer christian is here with more on the weather which means maybe a little more rain for us. >> that is true. we have a break right now which is nice but we have more showers headed our way. the is snow, however, in the sierra is beginning to taper off. not even picking up any little spots of green on the radar image which would indicate rainfall. in the sierra what had been a heavy snowstorm and presented problems for are motorists tapering off but many of the highways still snow covered and chains still required. south of monterey, as a matter of fact, there is a winter weather advisory in effect for elevations above 3,000 feet. that is in effect thursday morning tomorrow morning from 10:00 to friday morning at 10:00 affecting parts of the counties of monterey and san benito. nearly one inch rainfall at mount st. helena. 9/10 at santa rosa. notice how widely varying the rainfall totals are. only 6/1 at hayward. 80100 at mountain view. 9/100 in santa rosa. a third inch in redwood city and three quarter inch in san rafael. a lot of rain hit some parts of the bay area. a live view from the high definition roof tap camera looking towards the bay bridge. temperature readings, 50 degrees in san francisco. 52 oakland. 48 san jose. another view of the bay bridge from the other side from our high definition south beach camera. under partly illini. 43 degrees napa. 47 livermore. take a look at the forecast features shall we. mainly dry overnight. a chance of spot. >> showers tomorrow. spotty and light and widely scattered and a warming trend begins this weekend which i'm sure we will welcome. radar satellite composite shows the passage of the frontal system that brought us the stormy weather overnight and earlier today. not much happening right now. the low to the northwest could produce more showers tomorrow. diving southward done along the coastline. start the forecast animation at 11:00 tonight. we will see the low passing by the coast whipping up wraparound moisture that could produce showers mainly in the south bay. perhaps along the coast and into the santa cruz mountains tomorrow. but most of the remainder of the bay area probably will not see any precipitation from this is system and as we get into friday morning and then friday afternoon maybe a spot. >> shower or two leftover showers as we call them. for most of us a dry friday. rainfall totals as we project ahead to tomorrow evening, 7:00. probably not more than a tenth inch for the area affected by the showers tomorrow which means we are not getting much rainfall out of that system. overnight tonight lows mainly in the upper 30s to low 40s. tomorrow, sort of a cool to chilly day with highs only in the low to mid 50s. and again, maybe a couple of spotty showers. here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. we will start drying out on friday and start warming up over the weekend. set clocks ahead one hour over the weekend as we spring forward to daylight saving time. by monday and tuesday of next week, high temperatures in the mid 70s. a far cry from the weather we are seeing right now. >> looks nice. thank you, spencer. just ahead, don't blame this kitty for looking disshow developed. you would, too, if you flew thousands of miles in a president obama's personal dinner budget has take and hit. the white house says he paid out of his pocket for tonight's dinner for the dozen republican senators. you see them here leaving a high end 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>> we have to increase the fee level in order to be able to accommodate the program needs. >> do you guys even know what you are doing? >> that is not a fair question. of course, we know what we are doing. >> while promising to do better the cpuc insists it has the best fee setting practices in the country. in sacramento, nannette miranda, abc 7 news. every home owner in one georgia town could soon be required to own a gun. a controversial plan for the city of nelson. reporter john bachman has more on who is for it and who is isn't. >> one police officer patrols nelson georgia for 8 hours during the day. that leaves 16 hours overnight when the city is basically unguarded. >> when he is not here we rely on the county sheriffs. however, it takes awhile for them to get here. >> that is why the nelson city councilman proprosed in ordinance. >> every head of household in the city own and firearm. >> bill mcniff supports the law. >> i think every city should do it and it should go county wide. >> the nelson ordinance is modeled after the 1982 law passed by kenna saw yo kennaaah that requires gun owner sherrod martinship. >> it as deterrent ordinance but tells the potential intruder you better think twice. >> why have an ordinance if you are not going to enforce it? what is the point. they admitted it is just a sham. they just want publicity to say that nelson is a town full of weapons. >> lamar isn't opposed to having guns, just telling the government tell him he has to do it. >> big government at its worst. this is is the government mandating what a free individual can and will have in in his home. >> the ordinance comes up for a final vote next month. a dramatic story is playing out behind the curtain of russia's famous ballet. a stardancer accused of a malicious attack and the web of characters in the plot gets rider and wider. more from moscow. >> reporter: a story of joelcy, ego and revenge. the type russia's ballet is famous for. but like natalee portmanman's character the drama is taking place off stage. the alleged mastermind behind a vicious attack on the bali's are of itic corrector. a masked man allegedly hired by the dancer slashed him with sulfuric acid, leaving him badly scared and fighting for his eye sight. dmitri ordered the hit as revenge for his girlfriend a rising star at the bolshei who the victim passed over for star roles. in a taped confession the suspect said he only wanted to scare the victim, not hurt him. >> people have been coming to the theater from around the world for centuries and over the time the theater has been no strange to scandal. there are stories of jealous dancers putting broken glass in shoes or pins. >> some is still suspect this was not a solo act. the question is who else will fall before the final curtain comes down. strangers neighbors and friends paid their respects today to two santa cruz officers killed in the line of duty. sergeanthe gunman was killed by police in a shootout. today people wait the for the chapel's doors to open to say goodbye to the officers. >> i can feel the sense of sadness. we need to get our community back. >> tomorrow some 17,000 people are expected at a memorial service for the detectives at noon at hp pavilion in san jose. a motorcade provision will precede the memorial beginning at 8:45 tomorrow morning at the santa cruz beach boardwalk heading north on highway 17. the mile long police motorcade will also travel south on highway 85 and north on 87 to hp pavilion in san jose. our live coverage of the service begins at 11 am here or on abc 7 news and on abc 7 news.com. for more information on transportation and other details on how to attend or watch tomorrow's memorial service, just go to our website and click on see it on tv,. coming up next, 7 on your side's michael finney and a bay area woman who has been reunited with her last cat but didn't exactly get what she expected whe if you own a pet you know how they can become an important part of the family and how a loss can be devastating. a san francisco woman was so upset she hired a chap to help find her cat.. >> her beloved cat mr. p. had been missing for days. >> he went out around 11:00 and didn't come back. >> michelle plastered the neighborhood with missing posters but there was no trace of player mr. p. i called pet amber alert.com. >> for $99 pet amber alert would create a poster about the missing cat and fax to nearby pet stores, hospitals and shelters. >> i started to call places to see did you get my amber alert. >> we didn't get it. >> she contacted pet stores and shelters she believed would get the alerts but didn't. >> by their own words time is critical. >> the company fay that wily sent her a list of places that should have received the fax. michelle said many places seemed unlikely to help find a cat. >> there is one called the parlor bar and lounge or something. >> taxes also went to a wells fargo bank in marin and a target store. >> a friend suggested why don't you call 7 on your side. >> we contacted pet amber alert and they agreed to expand the search telling us due to the closing down of pet related businesses or having fax number changed some of the poster alerts were not delivered. in return they upgraded the alert to 125 posters in a 25-mile radius free of charge. the company says it has helped reunite hundreds other owners with their pets. pet amber alert agreed to refund her $99. what about players p? the pet alert may not have worked but something else did. >> i got a call from the marin humane society. >> a mazingly, a month after he disappeared players p was found up here in the marin headlands. a couple cycling in the hills found the cat skin any and hungry and brought him here to the marin humane society in nevada. a microchip identified h his owner and michelle got the call. soon after, an emotional reunion. >> i have to say he is one lucky cat. >> sherry harrington is a spokesperson for the humane society and says it is possible a pet finding service can h help locate a lot of pet. >> the more you can get the mess am out there your pet is missing and more help you can get. >> still a mystery how he traveled from san francisco across the golden gate bridge and into marin. michelle is just happy someone found him. >> relief. thank you. thank you. amber mentioned, pet april alert boasts hundreds of stories. one a woman's bird flew to pedaluma. someone saw the alert and the bird and she got the bird back. a different dad is okay after flying 3400 files -- cat is okay after flying 3400-miles in a suit case. she was taking a nap in the suit case when the owner accidentally zipped her in. fortunately she survived the journey from cairo to england despite getting tossed around by baggage handlers. the cat is now in quarantine in egypt and should head home in a couple of weeks. the owner had no idea until a relative call told say the cat was missing. up next on abc 7 news at. the kissing octopus. 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