good morning, thanks for joining us. investigators in san jose are trying to determine the cause of a deadly apartment fire that killed a 7-year-old girl. 9 people were also injured. it started just before 2:00 this morning at the building of hamilton and mere i hadian avenues. crews had the fire knocked down in roughly 30 minutes. two adults and five children live in the apartment unit. a young girl was pulled from the unit but was unable to save her life. >> firefighters brought her out and he was transported where she was present announced deceased. >> three other people were also slightly hurt. >> a 7-year-old girl is reported

in stable condition at children's hospital. she was attacked by a pit bull. emergency crews were called in oakland yesterday afternoon. the girl was bitten in the face while meeting the dogs for the first time. that was after the pit bull's owner assured her it was a nice dog. >> as a 7-year-old child doesn't know what was going on. we're trying to comfort her and get her to the hospital as quick as possible. >> family members say the little girl is going to be fine after undergoing surgery last night. so far no charges have been filed. his pit bull is being held by million services. >> on thursday, a two-year-old concord boy died after being attacked by three pit bulls. a contra costa supervisor is looking into legislation to try to prevent another attack. san francisco has a mandatory spayed nighter law and they say the process makes dogs less

aggressive. it was passed after a 12-year-old boy was mauled to death back in 2005. this morning, investigators are trying to determine what sparked a grass fire in eastern solano county. firefighters were able to beat back the flames and save the home. fire broke out yesterday along clement road, an area between vacaville and dixon. they credit a man alerting to a woman who was asleep when the flames came within her home. >> i ran and hopped fences and went to the lady's house, she wasn't answering the door. another lady, got her out and then firemen got her down. >> the wildfire burned about 25 acres and destroyed a shed with some other outbuildings. one firefighter is recovering from smoke inhalation.

>> in sonoma council a lot of people were dialing 911. all this smoke is what they saw from this fire burning along highway 37 along likeville road. it turned out to be a scheduled controlled burn. >> concord police are making extra patrols this weekend at a park where three possible pipe bombs have been found since wednesday. on friday, a police bomb squad detonated one suspected pipe bomb at a park. it was found by a jogger along a trail near turgt creek road. they searched for more explosives using especially trained dogs. on wednesday two other suspected pipe bombs were found nearby. parents attending the soccer tournament are understandably concerned. >> it made us nervous about coming here to the soccer tournament but took the family aside and told them be aware of

their surroundings. >> people are being told not to pick up anything that doesn't belong to them. so far police say they have no suspects. their investigation is continuing. >> on tuesday the novato city council will consider putting a half cent sales tax on the november ballot. they laid off 20% of the city's work force and cutting $4 million from the budget. today's marin independent journal says the proposed sales tax increase would generate $3 million a year for five years. it would bring the sales tax to 9.5%. >> san francisco wants to host america's cup yacht racing the city has to invest tens of millions of dollars. they report it would cost between $40 million and $60

million apiece to repair the four pierce mentioned as possible venues for the world class event. pier 32 and 20 along with pier 50. it's estimated to be $1.4 billion and 8800 jobs if it comes here. >> the marathon is underway. first wave of runners started at 5:30 this morning outside the ferry building. runners ran up the embarcadero and then across the golden gate bridge. organizers say more than 24,000 registered runners are expected to take part this year. as they run -- there they are going across the golden gate brimming. are, expect detours and closures. lanes are expected to reopen on the golden gate bridge in about an hour. embarcadero set for about 1:45 this afternoon.

it ends in at the ferry building. >> world news this morning, taliban says it has kurd one of two missing servicemen and has a body of a second american. they say it has launched an all out effort to find two missing men. it's still not clear what the pair was doing driving alone at night. their unusual trek into enemy territory. >> the two navy personnel were driving to quabul where insurgents control wide areas of land. the men left kabul driving an armored suv. they stopped at a bizarre and then they launched an ambush. insurgents tried the take the troops alive but the americans fought back and at the end were overwhelmed and captured. it shows how strong insurgents

are despite thousands of troops. it shows how dangerous it is to work for the u.s. and afghan government. >> every time they can occur and kill americans, every time they can create a new message on the internet or new videotape that is part of a massive propaganda effort. >> i'm a prisoner, i want to go home. >> taliban has used a private for propaganda. he's been in custody for more than a year. he was taken into eastern afghanistan where the violence has never been higher. >> across the country more americans and afghans are dying than ever before. roadside bombs are four times effective as they were last year. yesterday they killed five more americans. >> those deaths make it the most deadliest of the war. more troops arrive here there will be more deaths and more troops will be in harm's way. up next, a battle is brewing

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tropical storm bonnie has fizzled out and hundreds of oil skimming vessels are returning to duty. as those cleanup crews return officials are warning they may have to evacuate again depending

on what happens during the rest of hurricane season. the cap on will well has kept it from leaking for more than a week now. they hope the weather stays clear enough so they can plug the well for good. >> this is the last year for the tax cuts. republicans generally supported spending all of them but president obama favors a allowing tax cuts for wealthiest to expire. tim geithner told this week, he expects congress will pass a version of the president's plan before the november election. >> we also think it's responsible to let the tax cuts expire, to just go we think that is the responsible thing to do because we can show the world we're willing as a country to start to make progress bringing down our long term deficits. >> he says he doesn't believe

that higher taxes for the wealthy will hurt economic growth. >> a pilot survived a fiery crash of a fighter jet while practicing for an air show in canada. the pilot ejects seconds before his fighter hits the ground, bursting in flames, about 60 miles north of the border separating montana and canada. they say the air force pilot was only about 30 feet above the ground when he ejected on friday. he also landed just a few yards away from that giant fireball. investigators are still trying to figure out what caused that mishap. >> jeff martinez has a preview of the accu-weather forecast. >> good morning. cloudy and cool all morning long as we take a look downtown from the roof cam. temperature is 52 degrees and not going to warm up much at

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>> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. all we have to do is turn around and we can see that foggy. >> it's been foggy and cool holding about 52 degrees. all these people in the marathon had to bring a light coat. beautiful shot from the east bay hills looking back toward mount tam. you can see the marine layer and fog about a bank is about 1500 feet thick. it's been hanging around all morning. a little thicker than what we had yesterday. liquidated and cool day across the city and much of the coastal areas, not as bad as you head further inland. good sunday morning to you. our temperatures again have been

on the cool side. lots of lower 50s around the city out to oakland, 56 degrees, warm spot, antioch, 70 degrees. we'll see a little more sunshine as you head further inland. winds, gusting up to 32 miles an hour. minor delay at sfo because of the clouds. weather highlights, patchy fog and breezy today around the coastal areas and partly sunny and mild. it was beautiful yesterday inland and i think we'll see that again today as the fog starts to burn off. you can see the clouds around the area and the reason why this area of low pressure continues the hang off shore here pushing the clouds. it will continue to move to the east the next couple of days. that is why we're going to see a cooling trend the week ahead and

thunderstorms popping up in the mountain areas. there is a red flag warning in effect across the mountains, meaning we could see dry lightning. we get the lightning but no rain to go along with it. it touched off a few wildfires yesterday. in it a few lightning strikes east of redding and also east of sacramento. look out for that. cloudy and cool throughout much of the day today. clouds should burn off a little in the afternoon, temperatures topping out 62 degrees, upper 80s further inland. 79 in san jose today. good morning, 76 degrees for your high today. liquidated and cool along the coast with only 58 in pacifica. we will see the onshore flow and it will be breezy most of the day. 62 downtown and out toward the north bay, warm spot, ukiah 95 degrees, cooler 70s as we get

the marine air filtering in. 72 degrees, san leandro and 76 castro valley. brentwood, 92 degrees. monterey bay, cloudy and breezy throughout the day with the fog continuing to roll on in, 63 degrees. accu-weather seven-day forecast, more of the same the next few days. a little cooler especially inland as the area of low pressure pushes to the east. it will push that marine layer further inland to cool things off a few degrees. no complaints, good weather for the marathon, nice and cool out there. alberto is celebrating the third tour de france victory. lance armstrong held up final leg for about 15 minutes when they tried to wear black jerseys

with number 28, that would represent the 28 million people living with cancer worldwide. organizers disallowed the jersey change. this is it for armstrong. he heads into retirement shrouded in controversy with allegations of systematic and sustained doping. >> former teammate and disgraced tour winner has named names. >> did you see lance armstrong receiving transfusions? >> yes. >> more than once? >> yes, multiple times. >> did you see lance armstrong using other performance enhancing drugs? >> at times, different training camps. >> a former therapist she never saw armstrong do anything illegal, but she says she was once handed a bag of syringes and asked to get rid of it. >> even more damning charge from

the wife of a former teammate who visited him in the hospital while he was fighting cancer. >> one of the doctors was asking questions. the one that popped out, have you ever used performance enhancing drugs and lance looking down rattled off testosterone, steroids, cortisone. >> he continues to adamantly deny the allegations but the charges have prompted a federal investigation. now lance armstrong has hired a criminal attorney. it begins what promises to be a stormy retirement in the sport the cycling. this afternoon in arizona giants will try to stay hot going for a four-game sweep of the diamondbacks. tim lincecum will be on the mound looking for his 11th win of the season.

madison won his fourth consecutive start. >> good morning and the giants are on fire. they have won 14 of 17. only three in back of padres and scored more runs this month than any other team in baseball. >> line drive, foul ball strikes valez in the head. he reportedly never lost consciousness. a c.t. scan came out negative. as for the game, giants offense is led by buster posey. this makes it 3-0. madison continues to dazzle, and juan uribe, a grand slam in the seventh. giants win their third straight

10-4. >> they signed ben sheets for ten million. yesterday the a's put sheets on the dl retroactive to july 20 with a strained right elbow. sheets had a 4.53 era. in the fourth after signing the four-year drill, kurt suzuki will drill one to the left, its home run. jack cust the first of two jacks on the day. a's roll to a 10-2 victory. >> i it was great game. we capitalized early. >> it was a great team effort. great pitching, great hitting. a well played game. >> another game with stick in

the ball, pga went from scotland to canada. canadian open was considered a fifth major. tim clark ended date with the lead, birdie dropped him to 12 under. finishes 11 under. carl peterson, didn't have to deal with the rain. eagle to shoot a 59 -- ten under 68. he is also 11 under. dean wilson is second on the par 4, 18th and stick it within a few feet. 65 for wilson. she minus 15. >> third round of the senior championship, blake and the hunt for birdie, he is minus two for the tournament. corey ended as leader. long putt to save par.

drops him to three under and everybody is chasing langer up against the bunker. amazingly able to save par. six under, he has a three-stroke lead. >> pga in france, third round play, check out alexis thompson, second on par five 18, this approach sets up an eagle. she is eight under. later on 18, morgan presel, same result. lead the an eagle. she has a two-stroke lead entering today's final round. >>. >> that is the way the ball bounces. we'll see you at 5:00. >> next at 9:30. u.s. and south korea begin four

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welcome back. the united states and south korea have begun a powerful four

day show of force in the sea of japan. north korea is warning the exercises could lead to what it calls a sacred war. pyongyang has made those threats before but this one is causing more anxiety. >> with one of america's most powerful warships poised to take part in joint military exercises north korea is threatening to use its nuclear deterrence in response. north says the u.s. exercises will result a retaliatory sacred wore zblar north korea is getting comfortable with a state that makes nuclear threats. we better get used to it. >> all this after days secretary of state and defense secretary announced new sanctions named at north's program and saying the military exercises are minute to sent a clear signal. >> we have seen nothing that

gives us any reason to believe that north korea is ready to end its provocative behavior. >> threats from the north are nothing new but take on more meaning after march's sinking a of a naval vessel killing 46 sailors. >> they are not commenting about the latest threat but that doesn't mean the exercises haven't created a war of words. >> it will be a physical response. >> that statement from a north korean spokesman answered by the defense secretary. >> taking steps that further strengthens deterrence and also demonstrates our determination not to be intimidated. >> 8,000 troops, 20 ships and 200 aircraft sending that message. here at home, barriers are being broken at the highest

legal level in california. governor swarzenegger nominated a filipina woman to be new chief justice of the supreme court. now, the story from sacramento. >> if a panel and voters approve she will be the first filipina american to hold a chief justice job and first asian to take on the most powerful role in the state court system. rising star would tip the balance of court giving women the majority for the first time in history. moderate republican is justice of third district court of appeals and has two decades experience on the bench. >> she brings a great wisdom, a great depth of knowledge and a wonderful personality i think one of best justices ever.

>> she rhetoric a opinion requiring nurses to administer insigh lynn to students striking down other trained staff to do it. she stuck with what the legislature passes. >> you may not like a particular result or a wise result but it's not the result that you can impose as a judge. there is separation of powers. >> her career is not without controversy. she does sit on judicial council which runs the california court system. they are highly critical of dealing with the budget crisis. >> servicing up for public comment. we see public comment on every proposal, every rule, every idea. >> by many counts she will be of the same mold of the moderate republican she will be replacing. >> she is a centrist. she makes pragmatic decisions. she calls each case as she sees

them. >> perhaps her biggest case was in 2001 when she upheld the va lid out of an arrest warrant for an unnamed person, specifically from dna evidence. that was the first person ever in the country to be arrested on a dna warrant. home grape growers are being asked to trip their vines of fruit to help fight a pest. european grapevine moth was discovered late last year. they say professional growers are using a cutting edge practice to naturally disrupt the moth's mating cycle but home grape growers with a few vines are encouraged to strip the fruit because that is more environmentally friendly than using pesticides. jeff has a preview of the accu-weather forecast. >> it's cold, cool out there,

temperatures in the 50s all morning long. definitely have the clouds and fog hanging around. emeryville cam looking back toward the city. high definition coming up. cooling trend and here is the commiserate accu-weather forecast. >> also ahead, what sprouted in the 60s is still blooming 40 years later. years later. a salute to an

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we're talking about all the events going on today, with the weather cool and overcast. >> a lot of things going on. san francisco symphony putting on a free concert in dolores park. >> and municipal band place from 1:00 to 3:00 near lake merritt. >> we have the marathon still going on, wraps up early this afternoon. let's take a look outside, from mount vollmer cam looking toward mount tam. vollmer is 1900 feet and marine layer is sitting 1700 feet, you see it rolling right in there. yes, indeed, stuck under the clouds especially in areas along the coast.

we'll see most of the fog and cloudy and cool conditions. 52 degrees in san francisco. we've been holding that temperature for the past couple of hours. we're not going to warm up much at all in the city, 58 at most. 60s and 70 degrees in antioch right now. a little bit warmer further inland. weather highlights, foggy and breezy, gusts up in fairfield about 35 miles an hour. it will breezy day and we'll see a cooling trend continue throughout much of the week ahead. reason being, area of low pressure right here. that is driving in the marine layer. that beginning to be with us again for the next few days. you can see right here. system hasn't really moved. it's been a cut off area of low pressure for the past few days. with the counterclockwise, southerly flow pushing the cloud bank and drawing subtropical moisture where we're looking at

thunderstorms in the sierra and perhaps in the east bay hills by tomorrow, we could tap into the moisture. for today a good bet for thunderstorms firing up around lake tahoe again today. red flag warning in effect meaning we could see dry lightning with that. we had some wildfires touched off yesterday, nothing major but we're looking for some pretty good thunderstorms to pop up in the sierra. your forecast, looks like this. the fog sticking with us right through much of the day. i think by the afternoon hours, it should retreat a little bit. hopefully a little bit of sunshine inland, i think around the city, we'll see a lot of cloud cover through much of the day and temperatures only in the 50s. 70s and 80s further inland you go. temperatures for today will be again on the cool side. most areas with highs ranging from b around 79 in san jose, 75

in sunnyvale. cool along coast. 58 degrees in pacifica. half moon bay, 59. downtown area, 62 degrees with a pretty good wind by the afternoon. 70s in the north bay. out to the east bay, 68 degrees in oakland, 75 in fremont. still on the mild side out toward the further east you go. with upper 80s and down around monterey bay, 63 degrees with your high with the fog sticking around throughout the day. cooler forecast as the low moves through. we'll see lower 80s by tuesday and wednesday. bring the jacket as you are heading out the door. >> we usually get our best weather, august september so maybe. >> keep our fingers crossed. >> thanks. >> when it comes to helping the homeless we hear about innovations but there a group in berkeley that is largest provider of services of the

homeless in the east bay. that group is celebrating 40 years of dedication to the community. >> it was the 1960s, san francisco haight ashbury was the epicenter of the counter culture movement. >> many of them coming from the midwest. >> he was a minister back then in touch with other clergy in berkeley. one begin to feed the new comers and full-fledged program was under way after churches of all denominations convinced people to volunteer. >> there were some that couldn't quite understand it and felt that is what the church would be about. fortunately it was a minority. >> times have changed and so has the program. it's now known as the berkeley food and housing project. largest provider of homeless

services in the east bay. >> what evolved from a feeding manipulate industry into a program now that does not only provide meals to people in berkeley but also transitions the homeless back in a permanent housing. >> this typical of the clients these days, male, minority, middle-aged. >> i was spending money gambling going to high stakes bingo. >> he was sleeping in shelters. since connecting with it highway has been living in his own apartment for the past ten years. turnaround came when he decided to let case workers handle his veterans benefits. >> i chose for them to manage my money. >> money manage is one of their service. some would say miracle making is

another. >> how long have you been looking for her? >> about 25 years and here he is. >> he is the childhood friend of scott and larry, the brothers no longer live in bay area but heard about trinity united methodist church. this is where the food and housing project offer a multiservice center. their friend comes here for meals and music. >> because of this project and i really appreciate it. >> the project has four sites, multipurpose center, a men's shuttler permanent housing with mental health issues and transitional housing for women. >> 24 single women and three moms and their kids live here with access to everything from meals to health care to counseling.

>> what was your goal be for your employment? >> my own business. >> they operate on a $3 million budget of federal, state and local money. then there is the kindness of community volunteers like these employees from the bayer company. they found it rewarding to spruce up the shelters the past few years. >> just the appreciation for the work we've done. >> over four decades the program has fed thousands and found shelter for thousands more. 3500 have been permanently housed in three years. this year a celebration to are reflect on that history and rededication to moving forward. >> that 40th anniversary celebration is in november. >> don't go away, 7 on your side is next. >> a zero percent credit card offer that did not work out as planned. i'm michael finney, 7 on your

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know what i'm going to call them and see if they would get involved with this. >> he did. we did, and the bank did, too. u.s. bank telling us there would be no finance charge, no transfer fee and zero percent interest for 12 months. >> thank you very much. they basically zeroed out everything. it's exactly what i wanted. >> the lesson here is to keep close track of your financial moves. sometimes things get messed up. >> coming up next, actor james franco takes about his bay area roots and woman that inspired him. presenting the cadillac "summer's best" sales event. a fantastic opportunity to get a great offer on an all new cadillac srx luxury collection crossover... ..with a bose premium sound system.

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soap opera. that is what james franco is doing. he grew up in palo alto. that connection is why he has taken a temporary gig on general hospital seen every washington, d.c. afternoon. here is don sanchez. >> james fran co, the actor has been acclaimed for milk and starred with julia roberts. in general hospital he has a unique co-star. >> that is betsy franco, james' real life mom. >> big deal, sure, but betsy and her husband still live in palo alto. she has written more than 80 children's books.

>> it's words instead of numbers. >> she encourages young people to use their creativity. she not only writes but she acts. two of her sons are actors and one an artist. >> james and dave did the audio book. >> home has been an artistic environment. >> we encouraged it. we always had materials around they could work with. >> james was inspired by watching her write books. >> he could see a mom that was making a living. >> james is not just an actor but an artist with a one man show and he is going for a ph.d. at yale will. >> he been very focused. >> he encouraged her kids to use their imagination but they inspired to broaden her horizons.

>> my sons are creative. >> her role are finish but betsy isn't done yet for sure. in palo alto, don sanchez, "abc 7 news." >> 32nd annual san francisco marathon is still going but lanes have already reopened on the golden gate bridge. first wave of runners started at 5:30 this morning outside the ferry building. runners ran up the embarcadero and across the golden gate bridge. organizers say more than 24,000 registered runners are expected to take part this year. you can expect street closures, traffic delays and detours all along the marathon route. embarcadero is set to reopen at 1:45 this afternoon. marathon ends in front of the ferry building and all runners must finish by 12:45 or what? >> you're done.

cool conditions for running out there. temperatures in the 50s all morning long with the clouds and fog rolling in. partly cloudy by the afternoon. look for a high of 62 in san francisco. we'll see 70s in the east bay. 80s further inland then we cool things off. >> that is it. thank you for joining us. our next newscast starts at 5:00 tonight. stay connected 24/7 at www.abc7.com. i'm carolyn tyler, along with jeff martinez, have a great sunday everyone. bye-bye.