laura anthony joins us with more. laura? >> hi. cheryl. that 17-year-old is still in intensive care in an area hospital. this coastline is certainly beautiful. but the wave action is powerful and can be very dangerous. >> i found the boyfriend dragging his girlfriend out of the surf by the arm. she appeared to be unconscious. >> southern marin fire fighter described what it's like as and he others rescued a 17-year-old grirl a beach wednesday afternoon. >> 10, 8 to 10 foot waves off the shore breaking on to rocks and there is no beach to stand on. we were able to get her out to a rock but when helicopters came overhead they were throwing rocks on top of us. >> at one point, the equipment was washed out to sea by a large wave. much like the one that apparently surprised the three teenagers. a fourth man, a good samaritan, in his 40s was helped to safety. wednesday's rescue was near where another 17-year-old alicia scott lee fell to her death in march of last year. >> she fell off a cliff in the same region. again it was teenagers out, sort

laura anthony, "abc 7 news." >> santa clara city manager says recommending the city deny a request by former 49er great joe montana to get the first shot of developing city owned property next to the stadium. eddie debartalo wants 18 months of exclusive rights. they want to build a hotel and retail project. but our media partner reports that city manager has sent a memo to the council that recommends giving everybody a chance to bid on the 7-acre site. >>> it's been looking a little great this morning. hopefully that will lifted soon. >> it will, sunshine, breezy and temperatures, well, they are going to continue to come down. i'll tell you more coming up. >> also ahead, a treatment that tells people is now going to the dogs. a look at the procedure that is threatening some old canines get a new lease on l how do i deal with joint pain? i use the power of nature. [ male announcer ] introducing icy hot naturals with natural menthol. it gets icy to dull pain, hot to relax it away fast. new icy hot naturals. >> san francisco program heads to the beach. a section of the highway will be cl

laura anthony has more. >> the city of concord has cooked up a new way to bring local customers in the door. it's a website called try it local. the idea, deep discounts to customer who buy prepaid vouchers online for everything from the meal to merchandise from area retail stores. >> these are offers for certain length of time. try it local offers are for 48 hours and after that thyme then everyone who buys the deal will get an e-mail with a coupon. >> that's where the future is now. >> the owner of this store, his offering, $30 of food with the purchase of a $15 voucher. >> we track all our advertisement and we will see the return on how we do. i tell you, if it's one extra person, that's a success. >> each deal is available for purchase for two days. once that period ends, the customers who purchased the voucher can download it >> there's lots of different marketing type coupons out there, living social, groupon and many have more than one location. oh only have the one location. we are pretty centralized here. so we thought we would give it a try. >> it will feature one more deal e

laura anthony has more. >> this past winter will be remembered for near record snowfall in the high sierra. while it's a bounty for the water situation, it could create big problems for those downstream. >> main area of concern is in the san joaquin river valley. >> dave is chief of california's snow survey. >> that what snows in the southern sierra, those reservoirs are full, they will have a major juggling act to get it down into the valley without inundating the system. >> already the rivers are running high especially in the san joaquin valley. state managers have released water gradually but if the weather gets too warm, too soon things could change. >> fit gets really hot, the flows will come down in a way to create flood issues. >> the former chief of flood operations for the army corps of engineers. >> we have a snow pack that is going to provide more water than we can deal with. it's going to fill all the rest advisories. >> they are going to be carrying water in them and next two months. >> biggest concern is west of modesto. >> this is checkpoint of san joaquin, all the water th

in concord, laura anthony, abc7 news. >> lisa is here with a look at the forecast. a real hot summer was here just momentarily this week. >> i know because the fog really brought in the cooling. i was out in the east bay yesterday and boy was it still hot around vacaville. right now we are looking at a little bit in the way of clouds out there. more to come, more cooling today, but not the entire weekend. the forecast is next. >> also ahead the redevelopment of an aging train station that of an aging train station that could put new life into an e e e i ate breakfast and got heartburn, third day this week. so i took my heartburn pill and some antacids. we're having mexican tonight, so another pill then? unless we eat later, then pill later? if i get a snack now, pill now? skip the snack, pill later... late dinner, pill now? aghh i've got heartburn in my head. [ male announcer ] stop the madness of treating frequent heartburn. it's simple with prilosec otc. one pill a day. twenty-four hours. zero heartburn. no heartburn in the first place. great. >> welcome back. loo

. >> laura anthony, abc 7 news. >> white house endorsed a bill sponsored by dianne feinstein defining marriage only between a man and woman. it went to affect 15 years ago. >> because of doma couples can not take advantage of federal protection to every other married couples in the country. and believe it or not they're over a thousand federal laws and protections that are afforded to married couples. >> other members will hear testimony tomorrow from same-sex couple who's want to see doma overturned. the house speaker said it's quote the law of the land and saying that this is another effort by washington democrats to take attention from jobs and the president's economic policies which have been a failure. >> and a lot more to bring you here at 5:00. coming up a connection to today's raid of a hacker group sympathetic to wikileaks and rupert murdock faces parliament over phone-hacking tackics and someone tries to pie him. >> i'm sandhya patel. warmer weather is on the way. i'll let you know how long summer warmth is going to last when i come back. >> unexpected problem pushing devil'

in san ramon, laura anthony, abc7 news. >>> some good news on the jobs front. there are openings for temporary jobs. the jobs involving repairing damage to the santa cruz harbor caused by the tsunami from japan's massive earthquake in march. it pays more than $11 an hour and supervisors can make more than $18 an hour. the jobs will last no more than six months. they are open to adults who lost their jobs as a result of the natural disaster. people who have been out of work the past 15 of 22 weeks can also apply. the application deadline is july 20th. >>> president obama is asking for partisan politics to be set aside to get the nation's financial house in order. his weekly address comes on the heels of yesterday's dismal jobs report and ahead of talks on the upcoming debt. the labor department said the country's unemployment rate rows to 9.2% in june. >> the democrats and republicans don't see eye to eye on a number of issues. we are going to continue to working over the week stoned bridge the gaps. the good news is we agree on some of the big things. we agree

laura anthony reports on the attack and program that took him to the ream yont yoet wilderness. >> a lot of hugs and kiss autos she is cooking for her grandson victor martin. the 18-year-old sur prifed a bear attack in alaska. >> you talked to him today? >> yes. >> what did he say? >> he's ready to come home. he was having pain in his legs. >> martin and six others were attacked by a grizzly with her cubs. the seven were in the third week of a 30 day wilderness survival course offered by a wyoming based national outdoor leadership school. >> he helped himself and came back for other children. >> he attends richmond leadership school. he was chosen to receive a $4,000 scholarship for the program. >> we had three students participate the year before and came back as leaders on campus. i think it's incredible opportunity for them. >> 11 hours per day, uphill. >> martin's 15-year-old cousin left after six days. >> it seemed cool to go camping but after a while sleeping intents and eating outside, having to do everything outside. i don't like it no more. >> despite what happened to victor

and there is laura anthony now who has been with neighbors a half mile southwest. >> so i can tell you two things look to be improving. and we're about a half mile southwest of the plastics fire. you can see helicopters up there. this is what folks are doing here. i'm told that tokes did seventy-two of the 911 calls. and i was just talking with the office manager here. and there is a second call came in. and they should stay inside to keep windows closed. >> this came out initially. i went outside, looking around for clouds. i didn't see anything and there is a huge plume of smoke and there. >> this is pretty crazy. and i see this big pile of smoke. i wanted to know where it was coming from. and there is like planes coming over the building and stuff. and i was worried like it's going to spread. >> this is a live picture as you're looking toward the fire which is northeast of the location. the smoke has been going mostly up and east. and talking with the property manager, they're starting to see grass burned on both ends. and they're concerned about what might be in their pools. and we

laura anthony has more. >> reporter: the city of concord has cooked up a new way to bring local customers in the door. its website called try it local. the idea deep discounts for customers to buy prepaid vouchers online from everything from a local meal to merchandise and local area retail stores. >> some are 48 hours and everyone who buys the deal will get an e-mail with a coupon. >> the owner of his shop is offering $30 worth of food with the purchase of $15 voucher. >> we track all of our advertisements and we will see our return on how we do. i'll tell you, if it's one extra person, that is a success. >> each deal is available for purchase for two days. the customers can purchase the vouch every and download. >> it there are lots of coupons out there, a lot of them use them where there is multiple location. we only have one location so we thought we would give it a try. >>. >>> you got a story about a company that couldn't get enough deals, enough customers to come in. >> sad chain of borders bookstore. >> and british lawmakers prepare to grill rupert murdoch about the phone hacking

. >> and laura anthony has been neighbors. >> despite the flare ups john just spoke of, there is a fair amount of blue skies here. this is dover community park. this community was in the direct path of that smoke plume earlier today. and there is what this looked like. residents here received a 911 robo-call telling them to shelter in place. it appears smoke was going mostly up and east, there were signs that debris was falling in this area. you can see mostly burned grass and dark part cells. -- particles. residents received a second call advising them to stay inside. some couldn't resist temptation to take a look at the fire that is with b.a half mile away. >> there was a huge plume of smoke. goi into the house and tell everybody there is a big fire somewhere. myself and kids we got our shoes on, walked up to walt yefr's road. we can see flames just shooting up from behind. just it was crazy. >> are you concerned about what is in that smoke? >> yes. i can smell it. it's burning my nose. >> so thick it covered the sun. the sun looked at the moon. so much thick black smoke up there. >>

laura anthony reports from pleasanton. >> reporter: for most of the 23 fr dwrad waits the mock emergencies are a chance to show off for family and friends all they learned in sixteen weeks. represents a new w new bequinnn a career that recently rejected them. one of two firefighters that rnl among 49 laid off last summer from the san jose department. >> this is what i always wanted to do and so when i was laid off a piece of me faltered away. i really didn't have a section plan. >> jennifer: i know there are still many people tout there that are still clrnlging for jobs and i know how juive it is right now. alameda county is one that is actually growing in these tough commission times due in part to the department contracting with cities like newark and union i have. >> som of it it is timing. also we have been able to take on a number of new jurisdictions as part of the regional fire service model and by reducing the overhead around sairing the costs you are able to preserve the funding for the firefighters on the street. >> reporter: david also came from srnlg. he knows his new start her

story tonight from laura anthony. >> i asked them i said have you called the coast guard. he didn't say anything. he just kept scaring at me. >>reporter: fishing boat survivor says the captain of the eric made no effort to notify authorities or fellow passengers that the boat was sinking in stormy water. hanson had his own flotation device. grabbed an ice chest and dove into the water. >> i started swimming away from the ship and the top edge of the ship started coming down at me and hit the cooler that i was trying to drag out. it didn't rollover like they say it d.it just l had the bow sticking up in the air. within 30 seconds it went straight down out of sight. gone. >>reporter: 15 hours later sunburn and exhausted hanson was pulled from the water by a passing motorboat. other survivors made it to an island and were eventually rescued and given medical treatment as shown in the cell phone image provided to abc 7 by the mexican navy. >> the captain was inept. at least to say. he should be prosecuted to an accident. >>reporter: he made it to one of the small boats that wa

story tonight from abc 7 laura anthony. >> series health set back alicia visits doctor hospital office for her it's a good thing the is just 4 block from his her home. >> really hard for me because i live by myself. many and if this is not close enough, it will tall lots of trouble. >>reporter: now after pulling itself out of bankruptcy three years ago doctors is in danger of cholesteroling again. that's after state lawmakers pull the plug on 12 million dollars for year in supplemental funding for doctors. >> this is a change that has happened unexpectedly and happened quickly. it is really what has driven the financial crisis that we are experiencing right now. >>reporter: according to the a county study the emergency room at doctors serves about 40,000 patient visits per year. average wait 30 minutes. hospital closes the closest emergency room is kaiser permanente in richmond. wait there up to 12 hours. >> if you have an emergency it will be tough him if for the patient to be going to high land the next place and high land is tlibing miles away. >>reporter: doctors can't survive with

story tonight from l laura anthony. >> labor in the house? >>reporter: at the oakland marriott u.s. secretary of labor hilda appeared before the asian pacific american labor alliance. to tout president obama record on job creation in a city with unemployment rate over 15 percent. >> in the last 16 months 2.2 l million private sector jobs have been created in the private sector. i'm not talking about public sector. >> everything he tried is a job killer. >>reporter: butal mead county republican party chair rose ann says the obama administration has delivered far fewer jobs than promised under the stimulus. >> first of all the stimulus did not work we are over nip percent unemployment still and many people unemployed. no longer above the toring lishtion after the speech more union members march from downtown saying and wealthy would help create more well paying jobs in the middle clas class. mean time emeryville secretary toured the corp are the headquarters of jamba juice a company that created 2500 summer jobs for young people through partnership with the obama administration. >> es

laura anthony with special auction happening tomorrow for homes all over the bay area. >> this 3 bedroom home in oakland was once valued at 700,000 dollars. now starting bid 169,000. the just one example of the 150 bank own properties to be sold saturday in an auction at the downtown marriott. >> property here come with either market title and everybody through the entire foreclosure process. >>reporter: trent is with auction.com which claims the events are much different from the foreclosure auction that is commonly occur on the courthouse steps. >> t events often dominated by professional i hope investigators. stll chance for regular person to buy a house. >> that's the wonderful thing about this opportunity. you see everybody from i hope investigator first time home buyer and moving up or down depending on financial situation. >>reporter: realtor rebecca williams is thelising agent. this process is ate good place to good to get a house. >> i think it's a wonderful opportunity for buyers. i do. it's an opportunity for them to participate in the auction. and to get a wonderful home and

the story from laura anthony. >> due to a series of health setbacks she visits the doctors hospital often. it's a good thing the hospital is just four blocks from the san pablo home. >> this is not close enough lots of travel. >> but after pulling out of brum three years ago doctors' is in danger closing again after they pulled plug on $12 million in supplemental funding for doctors. >> this happened unexpectedly and quick youly. >> according to a county study the emergency room at doctors served about 40,000 patient visits per year. average wait is just 30 minutes. if the hospital closes closest emergency room is kaiser permanente in richmond. the wait there up to 12 hours. >> if you have an emergency it will be tough for the patients to be going to hyland is the next place and that is like 35 minutes away. >> they can't survive without the state funding because 85% of the patients are medical or medicare and the rest can't pay at all except for 10% have insurance. >> we are continuing to explore state funding and continue our discussions with other area hospitals. we are optimistic we c

laura in washington this evening for her thoughts on the casey anthony acquittal and president obama continuing his quest for higher taxes on wealthy americans. do casey anthony first, laura, go. >> i'm one of the people who didn't see dee vow devour everf the case. i did dip in at the closing arguments. if you were a defense attorney like i was and you watched the closing arguments and that is all you pretty much sunk your teeth into i think you had to go away thinking that the jury was not going convict her. i know that -- the burden of proof is not on defense to prove how the victim was killed. the burden of proof is on the prosecution and with a jury of your peers they have to unanimously agree that beyond a reasonable doubt you committed this crime and it was not done. i mean it just from what i saw, bill, i thought there was enough wiggle room there that, you know, regardless of how terrible a mother she was and what an awful person she was they didn't meet that standard. that standard that exists in our law. >> bill: let's get specific about the closing arguments because i als

she is right there. >> laura: in the unresolved problem segment tonight, the defense in the casey anthony murder trial is making a last-ditch effort to implicate her father in the coverup of the death of the 2-year-old little girl. they even put his alleged former mistress on the stand who claimed that he made a disturbing admission. >> he was sitting on my couch, and i was sitting on the floor. and he had told me -- he had said it was an accident, that out of control. i was in shock. by the time i looked up, his eyes were filled with tears and i didn't elaborate. i didn't ask him anything further. >> laura: didn't ask anything further? that doesn't even make sense to me? how could you not ask? as the defense tries to continue to point the finger of blame against casey. continue to wonder if this strategy is going to work. you are own judge jeanine pirro has been in orlando for much of the trial. she joins us from just outside the courtroom. okay, i'm listening to that testimony and i'm putting myself in her position like sitting and listening to this visiting comment and you don't have a

all right it's time for happy hours tonight and joining me this evening as our correspondent laura in this year and anthony rand as a director of economic research for the reason foundation thanks for joining me guys thank you for having me. ok. michelle obama eating a burger obviously trying to fight obesity in the u.s. but there's a new harvard researcher that has their own idea of maybe how they could handle this take a look. in extreme cases placement into foster care can be the. solution. we've just three square meals a day. interest to regular gentle physical activity can sometimes lead to. the or else foster care can sometimes lead to i don't know how about a dramatic emotional day a million other things that could go wrong i just don't understand why instead of wanting to educate people about how you can eat healthy and exercise like michelle obama is trying to do which by the way conservatives try to attack why the natural instinct here is distinctly kids who were put prepared to deal no big deal well he was actually giving some examples of really extreme cases where he did s

. >> reporter: good morning, laura. later this morning chief anthony bass is going to give details to the plan to reshuffle his department and those changes are going to be implemented very soon, this weekend, in fact. in the wake of budget cuts the police chief says the department needs to be reshuffled because it currently has 638 officers. that's almost 200 less than its peak strength of 832 officers. that was back in 2008. a year ago budget cuts forced 80 officers to be laid off. what's worse, attrition has his department losing six officers a month for the next two years. the chief says the major feature of his reorganization plan is to divide the current bureau field operations into two bureaus, each to be led by a deputy police chief. now, how this is actually going to affect public safety and what this means, we're going to have to wait to hear what he has to say today. in a letter to oakland, residents chief batts writes -- the president of the police union that represents the opd says the plan means less prior

quukly coming upon 6:30 now, i'm laura garcia-cannon. as i mentioned we're closely following the casey anthony sentencing happening this morning. we're keeping tabs on that for you. in the meantime, keeping tabs on the forecast, christina loren. >> good morning to you, laura. good morning to you at home. we have a really nice start, refreshing out there. wherever you are waking up on shore flow provided comfortable conditions, so far so good. we're only expecting the mid to upper 80s even the warmest spots across the bay area so cooler weather has arrived. we'll lot you know what that means. a possibility of thunderstorms. we are watching a serious situation on the roadways, we have a sigalert northbound 101 at i-80 where the two come together we had a big rig lost his load in the area. we know there is an extensive cleanup and one lane getting by. give yourself extra 10 minutes if you can. take it live to the bay bridge toll plaza, noticing changes here, the metering lights just came on about a minute ago, so they are up and running thi

i'm laura garcia-cannon. change is coming to the oakland police department. the city's police chief says he's planning to reshuffle the department due to budget cuts. marla tellez joins us live with a preview. good morning, marla. >> reporter: good morning, laura. chief anthony batts will be holding a news conference at headquarters to talk about the changes coming to his department. his department up against a budget deficit that's already resulted in cuts. eighty officers were laid off last year. to put this all into perspective, 638 officers are currently on staff. that's about 200 fewer than just three years ago. chief batts says because he's losing officers, the department needs to be reshuffled. this means police services will not be delivered. how this is going to affect public safety, we'll have to wait to see what he has to see at the 11:00 conference here at headquarters. laura, the changes will take affect this saturday. >> we'll try to work on the audio issues there. we apologize for that. not apo

. >> reporter: good morning, laura. a little later this morning chief anthony batts is going to talk about his plan to reorganize his department and those changes are going to happen very soon. this weekend, in fact. now facinga current deficit and budget cuts chief batts says the department needs to be reshuffled because it's losing officers and currently has 200 fewer than it did almost three years ago right now 638 officers are on staff compared to 832 back in november '08. just last july budget cuts forced 80 officers to be laid off. even worse attrition has them losing six sworn pernesonnel fo the next two years. on the website chief batts posted a letter to community members. in it he writes -- now, what this means exactly and how this is really going to affect public safety, we'll wait to hear what he has to say about his plan. seven months ago chief batts addressed his shrinking staff and how it affected the homicide rate. >> my focus was to reduce to 60 from 109 last year. i thought we were pretty much on targe

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i'm laura, and this is my cvs. it's all mine. >>> coming up, closing arguments in the casey anthony trial. the 4th of july mattress spectacular is on now! get an extra ten percent off mattresses already half off. and instant savings up to three hundred fifty dollars on select attresses., head to sears to talk with our mattress experts, or shop our largest election online., hurry, it's all on now! sears. can your moisturizer do that? [ female announcer ] dermatologist recommended aveeno has an oat formula, now proven to build a moisture reserve, so skin can replenish itself. that's healthy skin for life. only from aveeno. >> live and in hd, this is an abc 7 news update. >> good morning. it's 8:27. in the news, there are more calls for prince georges councilwoman leslie johnson to resign. last week she pleaded guilty to conspiracy and evidence tampering charges. the charges are in connection with a corruption investigation also involving her husband. four council members and the county's executive say she should leav

i'm laura, and this is my cvs. it's all mine. >>> we have breaeang news this morning. you are looking at casey anthony just hours ago, walking out of the jail in orlando, florida. she is now a free woman. she left with her lawyer by her side. neither of them said a word. her lead attorney said she is headed for counseling, but exactly where that will happen is not yet known. good morning, america, i'm dan harris. >> and i'm bianna golodryga. it is sunday, july 17th. also ahead, we'll get a spirit perspective on some of the big stories this w wk, including casey anthony. how should people view it when someone they believe is guilty escapes justice? >> and on a much lighter note, if you think your mom can be a backseat driver, wait until you see what happens when a real-life stunt man takes his mother for a drive. this is rt of the fixation segment. coming up in just a bit. >> she looked horrified. poor woman. >> but we are going to begin with casey anthony. she walked out of a florida jail after midnight. she's a free woman after being acquitted for murdering her 2-year

laura, always a pleasure. we'll see you back here next week. >> take care. >> brian: meanwhile, coming up, in becoming the life of the party, will casey anthony now face death? legal analyst peter johnson, jr. up next with his analysis. he's been studying this case. >> dana: and talk about extra baggage, a guy straps himself inside a suitcase and blame has woman of course. >> brian: he was carrying liquids. inside all of us is a compass and it always points true north. toward mountains of sand. townew sights and sensations. toward the true bounty of nure so let's set our compass for traverse city and find ourselves. in the magic, and the moments of pure michigan. your trip begins at michigan.org. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ look at that car, well, it goes fast ♪ ♪ givin' my dad a heart attack ♪ [ friend ] that is so awesome. ♪ i love my car [ engine revving ] [ male announcer ] that first chevy, yea, it gets under your skin. ♪ >> dana: in minnesotas, the jury will begin its first full day of deliberations in the

. >> laura tyson, former chief economic adviser to president clinton. thank you for decoding the coming conversation for us and for those great ideas. >> all right. thank you very much, matt. >>> coming up, casey anthony let's her hair down. america's most famous accused killer since o.j. simpson is about to be sprung. we'll ask the mega panel what her acquittal says about our trite a fair trial. >>> and the president getting it from all sides on everything from the debt to the war to where he was born. are we being too hard on the guy? we'll ask bob woodward in just a bit. >>> plus -- how lady gaga could keep you out of a mess like this. >>> you're watching the dylan ratigan show, only on msnbc. introducing the schwab mobile app. it's schwab at your fingertips wherever, whenever you want. one log in lets you monitor all of your balances and transfer between accounts, so your money can move as fast as you do. check out your portfolio, track the market with live updates. and execute trades anywhere and anytime the inspiration hits you. even deposit check

police say they found former professional cyclist anthony martin at a roseville hotel. his girlfriend launched a search for him on saturday because he didn't come home after a bike ride. investigators say martin left for personal onreass. >>on8:26 right now. a quick break. we'll be right back with a look at traffic. tonight at 11:00 p.m., vickywin goes noose find out why thieves want them tonight on bay area news. >>> welcome back. the time now 8:28. we are well into the heart of our morning rush and we have a serious traffic collision. a traffic alert for commuters trying to get out of the city today. this is eastbound i-80 as you approach 101. a big rig that lost looks like a double wide there, very, very heavy delays. you're backed up all the way beyond candle stick park at this point. it looks like this will be something that ties up our morning rush for at least the next hour. police on the scene there, one lane squeaking by. major onlooker delays this morning, as well. if you're trying to get out of the city, let's help you track that alternate, help you get aroun