in the news this sunday morning, august 29th, a man aus expected of shooting a police officer on friday is captured as he tries to cross the border into mexico. five years ago today hurricane "katrina" made landfall. this morning president obama heads to new orleans to mark the anniversary. >> cloudy and temperatures cool this morning. but today begins a warm-up for the rest of the work week. >> thank you, lisa. good morning, everyone. thanks for joining us. i'm carolyn tyler. plans are being made this morning to bring the man arrested for shooting a fremont

police officer back here to the bay area to face charges. andrew barantos was arrested yesterday just a few feet from the mexican border in connection with friday's shooting. he was captured 15 feet from the border crossing. abc 7's amy hollyfield has more now from the oakland police department. >> the 20-year-old and accomplice were at a parking lot at the last u.s. exit when a san diego police sergeant spotted their car. >> the suspect that was inside the vehicle, the passenger seat, identified himself as being a suspect in the shooting of the officer in oakland. he was armed. he had a pistol in his waist band that was loaded. both the driver and the suspect surrendered peaceably. >> police all over the state and especially at the border were looking for the known gang member. >> we asked the border patrol as well as the san diego police department to shut the border down because we felt he was possibly heading in that

direction. >> oakland police and several other agencies up here in the bay area gathered their information about his whereabouts after serving several search warrants in union city where he used to live. police arrested a female friend of his during their search. >> as a result of these warrants, one person was arrested for aiding and abetting and harboring a fugitive. >> they also arrested the man who was driving him toward the border. the arrest allowed police from the tactical teams to take brake from the case and check in on fremont officer todd young who is still at highland hospital. one oakland officer even brought in coffee for those who haven't left his bedside. >> we've been working around the clock to find the suspect that did this. now he's in custody so we actually had a first chance to let our hair down and actually come down and show support for fremont. >> officer young was shot twice in oakland while trying to serve a search warrant. he's in critical condition. >> officer young's family is dealing with this.

it's been very difficult for him. i know he has young children. his parents are there, brothers. it's been very difficult for 'em. >> the chief says the officer's wife has been by his side the whole time and she's keeping a positive attitude about her husband's health. he's already gone through surgery once and will probably have to go through it a couple more times. amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> a doctor at highland hospital says officer young has lost a significant amount of blood. he says "rather extreme injuries. it's really touch and go." the oakland police department is saying you can help by donating blood. there are five red cross agencies accepting donations, including pleasant hill, oakland, pleasanton, san jose and fremont. san francisco police are looking for three or four suspects who shot is out last night with two plains clothes officers. no one was injured in the 9:30 shooting at a hunters point housing project on reardon road.

police says suspects earlier changed gunfire with another group of people then shot again at police who returned fire. no one was hit. three people were detained and questioned but no arrests have been made. investigators are asking witnesses to come forward. weather conditions looked pretty favorable this morning for firefighters battling a fast-moving forest fire in the sierra. the flames burned 850 acres in the national forest where this morning's forecast is calling for a slight chance of rain with light winds. yesterday governor schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency. about 40 homes are threatened, almost 900 firefighters are working the rugged terrain trying to keep the fire from advancing by clearing brush, shrubs and setting backfires. >> simple process. you remove the fuel, cool the fire with water, or you smother

it. what we do here is take the fuel away from being burned. >> the governor's state of emergency clears the way from personnel and equipment from around the state to be sent to the county. fairfax, the first california city to allow a medical marijuana shop is now considering a six-month moratorium on new pot dispensaries. since the opening of the marin aligns for medical marijuana back in 1997, pot clubs have proliferated all over the state. according to this morning's marin independent journal, they want to see what voters say in november before they allow new dispensaries to open. that's when voters decide proposition 19 which would allow the recreational use of marijuana statewide. the issue comes up wednesday night at the fairfax town council meeting. fremont-based three par corporation says it accepted a $3 billion takeover bid from hewlett-packard. the company has been the prize

in a bidding war between h. p. and dell. no word yet from dell whether it will raise its bid. both h. p. and dell are interested in three par's growing cloud computing business. cloud computing allows users to access software and data over the internet instead of using local hard drives. muni officials are investigating a collision between two buses in san francisco's chinatown yesterday. the driver says the problems began when he went to check out a malfunctioning wheelchair platform. the bus rolled down the hill crashing into a second bus. here's a photograph of the accident we found on twitter. two passengers on the bus that lost control were slightly hurt. today president obama will be in new orleans marking the fifth anniversary of hurricane "katrina." alex stone tells us how russ dents are still trying to

overcome the enormity of the disaster. ♪ >> a jazz funeral for "katrina." inside the coffin, notes, cards and letters written by victims of the hurricane pouring out their memories, anger, grief and frustrations and laying them to rest five years after the monster storm devastated new orleans and the surrounding gulf coast. >> think about it every day! but it's gettin' better. >> but the haunting images of human suffering remain with us. >> i've never been through nothing like this in my life. (chanting) >> it's anarchy. i've never seen anything like it. >> over 1600 people died. the lives of those who survived changed forever. >> just human destruction. not physical, it's human. our souls are gone. >> but years of hard work and

tens of billions of dollars later... >> things are much better than five years ago. we really have focussed on rebuilding and restoring and now moving on to the next chapter. >> the healing continues. >> it's going to require the attention of this country for a long period of time. >> president obama is expected to reaffirm that commitment to a visit to new orleans on sunday reassuring a region that will is still scarred by a mammoth disaster and whose way of life is under attack again after the 200 million gallon b.p. oil spill. alex stone, abc news, new orleans. >> coming up next, conservative talk show host glenn beck makes a controversial appearance in washington urging his followers to take action while a counterdemonstration is held not far away. and mexico's largest airline is grounded lelelelelelelelelelelee

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>> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. the controversy continues over yesterday's washington rally with glenn beck and vice presidential candidate sarah palin. it brought thousands of supporters but is also drawing criticism from civil rights leaders because the event was held on the steps of the lincoln memorial 47 years to the day dr. martin luther king, jr., delivered his "i have a dream" speech. >> we as individuals must be good so america can be great (chanting) >> beck billed his event as nonpolitical to honor military

families but many thought it showed a clear signal to swing elections because washington is out of touch with every day americans. >> may this day be the change point. look around you. you're not alone. you are americans! >> many civil rights leaders felt beck and the thousands in the crowd hijacked the legacy of dr. martin luther king, jr., by holding the rally when and where they did. ♪ we shall overcome. >> the reverent al sharpton led a counterdemonstration to the nearby high school. >> and they told me that others are gonna be at the mall, and they're gonna be standing where dr. king stood. well, they may have the mall, but we have the message. >> and over these grounds where we are so honored to stand today, we feel the spirit of dr.

martin luther king, jr. >> others saw the call to prayer and renewal of faith. ♪ >> dan noyes, abc 7 news. it is not clear just how many people attended beck's rally. organizers requested a permit estimating the crowd at 300,000 people but the national parks service stopped estimating crowds after being accused of undercounting the million man march back in 1995. this morning mexico's largest airline remains grounded because it's run out of cash. mexicanna filed for bankruptcy protection on august 2nd. it hopes to return to business by restructuring its debt. yesterday passengers at u.s. airports scrambled to catch flights before the last plane departed. >> a few people hearing living in l.a., they can go home. but me, i'm stuck. the airlines not putting up for a hotel or food or anything.

so a long day. >> mexicanna says it was badly hit by the swine flu outbreak last year that scared away travelers. the soaring cost of jet fuel and the refusal of pilots and flight attendants to take pay cuts has already affected the airline's bottom line. passengers holding tickets are being directed to mexicanna's website. well, our weather here in the bay area perhaps a return to normal. whatever that means these days, lisa. >> you're right, carolyn. but our cool weather and unstable weather is moving to the sierra nevada and that's creating a very interesting day. we'll see temperatures only in the 50s. the cloud cover there could be rain today and higher elevation snow. look at your local forecast and week ahead coming up. >> also coming up alex smith and the 49ers battle the raiders for bay area bragging rights ahead of october's regular season matchup. mike shumann has your highlights all coming up in sports. stress gone. mind sharp.

because unisom gave you deep restful sleep all night. morning early birds. unisom. good night. good morning. >> well, a volcano that has not erupted in hundreds of years is spewing ash and sand into the

sky in indonesia this morning. experts say mount singabun started rumbling and this morning shot ash about a mile high. 10,000 have been evacuated from the volcano slopes. so far fortunately no major damage. lava only reached the crater. the mountain has been watched closely since no one has seen it erupt since 1600. back here in the bay area we are hoping for some average weather. >> yes. and your wish will come true hopefully today if you've got it right. more normal as we head outside at the view from mount tam, temperatures 50. winds 6 with a gust of 10. big improvement compared to yesterday where we had gusts up to 35 and 40 mph. so the winds have died down, and the cloud deck will scatter out quicker today. so as a result, we begin our

warming trend as we get on the back side of this low pressure system. right now we are looking at some 40s for you novato, 49 menlo park, 55 san jose. skies clear concord, livermore, fairfield and mountain view this morning. so we will be looking at sunshine for you in our valleys as we start out. so for the most part we will see the clouds throughout much of the bay area this morning but a warmer day today by about 5 degrees and then gaining 2 to 4 degrees each day for a considerable warming trend compared to where we've been all summer long. we'll see a return to those 90s pretty soon. today, look, the fog does retreat to the shoreline so clouds around half moon bay. other than that though it should be a sunny and pleasant afternoon with gusty winds at our coastline but temperatures will be coming up towards the 70s and upper 70s today. barely hit 70 yesterday in some of our valleys. it was 69 livermore and we will still see some cooler numbers at

our beaches, around ocean beach today. so the culprit was this area of low pressure that continues to lift to the north and east providing a threat of showers. lower elevation rain, higher elevation snow in the mountains, 8500 feet to about 9,000 feet. so some rough conditions in the mountains as folks are camping there. you don't expect that for the end of august. but as this lifts out and high pressure builds behind it, the breezy winds will follow suit again today. so spending any time at the coast you'll notice that. and look at the mid-50s for highs in lake tahoe. 68 yosemite so very cold here. overnight lows with that strong radiationnal cooling will be in the 20s and 30s. 65 in monterey. cool still there and only 79 in sacramento. so return to more mid-70s today. cupertino 71. still a little breezy around the water with 70 in sunnyvale along our coast. it's gonna be quite gusty with temperatures here in the mid and

upper 50s although we will see some sunshine. downtown san francisco 64. no airport delays yet. numbers climb into the low 70s for wine country. 72 napa. near east bay still in the 60s for the most part but at least you're warming up in fremont. over the hills mid to upper 70s. breezy livermore at 76. 73 walnut creek and by the monterey bay, still cloudy now but you'll get into some sunshine with low 70s in hollister. so notice today the coolest day of the week with suddenly warming temperatures beginning today and by tomorrow mid-80s and getting back to normal. that should be low 90s inland valleys, 80s around the bay with 60s at our coast. looks pretty nice. >> i do have to say last week being able to dine outdoors at night in san francisco was really nice. spectacular. yeah. but back to normal. >> yes. >> all right.

thank you, lisa. let's check out sports. the niners have finally signed abrao franklin to a one-year $7 million deal. the team exercised the franchise tag on him. he will suit up thursday in the final pregame season against san diego. last night the niners and the raiders met in oakland for the preseason version of the battle of the bay. here's shu with all your highlights. >> good morning. well, the 49ers and raiders faced off last night at the coliseum. this is not only a bay bridge battle but gives that you regular season feel as the result of this cross-town rivalry. raider's opening drive, campbell hit bay for the first down, dhb, three catches, 46 yards. started to look like a first-rounder. michael bush one yard out. 7-0 raiders. his first preseason game frank gore had two rushes and one was

right here. 49 yards bouncing off tackle he evers. d still struggling. niners would not convert though. back to field the punt. the seventh round pick, daylight, gone! 83 yard return to the house and the niners go up 10-7. the raiders in possession. former star travis lavoie around the left edge and nearly takes campbell's head off. hits like a man. campbell would lead the game with a stinger. two minutes to go in the second quarter. finds josh morgan, 16-yard score. 113 yards. niners up 17-7. but right before the half, throws a dart to lewis murphy. he does the rest. 74 yards. threw for 202 yards and two scores. that backup quarterback spot. the niners prevail in this one, 28-24. >> in the heat of battle feels a

lot worse at the time that it happened. thank god we don't think it's anything that's going to be really, really serious but at the same time something we gotta take care of. >> we're very fortunate to come out of this game with a win. i think our guys understand that. our guys know that. i thought we played hard. we did not play very smart. >> all right. if you're a playoff contender, you can't lose two out of three to the second worst team in the national league. giants did that last night losing to arizona. a clinic how to catch a fly ball, not spill your beer and did it backhand no less. these how you do it. this is not how you do it. jose flat out drops. two-run score capping a six-run first off barry zito who takes the loss 8-10. mark reynolds with a three-run bomb. zito gave up nine runs in three and two-thirds innings. game and a half back in the wildcard after an 11-3 loss.

a's in texas looking to pick up a game with the first place rangers. barton adds to that tally. second homer, 7th of year. then in the 7th suzuki rips one to the gap. bart will score a four-hit night for suzuki. it's 5-0. that was more than enough for dallas. blocking on four hits. his second career shutout. the a's eight and a half back with a 5-0 victory. cal stand matched up in one of the semifinals. facing stanford's david chung. outside the links course with 600 through the first six holes. this eagle on five to go two up. he was three up through six. chung for birdie. he drains it to go one up. his first lead of the day. they were all square going into 18. ran into trouble and chung with

this long put for birdie. doesn't make it but close enough to win the hole with a par. takes the match up one up. playoff, three of the barclays in new jersey. tiger woods got off to a brutal start. tee shot on one, 50 yards after the fair way and into a parking lot. triple bogey the hole. shots a one over 72. only the top hundred advance. your leader martin layer. 206 yard par 10. 12 under, has a three-stroke lead entering today's final round. michelle wi on the tour in soccer. two-0 loser to the red bulls while the regular season champion. atlanta 6-1 proving to 14, 3 and 4. that's the way the ball bounces. i'm mike shumann. see you tonight at 5:00. have a great day. >> up next at 6:30.

>> i'm nanette. the proposal in trouble. the american chemistry industry paying a lot of money. >> street performers

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welcome back, everyone. a fremont police officer who was shot on friday remains in critical but stable condition following surgery. the man police say shot todd young in oakland has been captured just a few feet from the mexican border. police tracked the shooting suspect to the border crossing based on information they picked up during searches of several union city homes. the border patrol shut down the crossing for 20 minutes while police looked for him. a san diego police sergeant spotted him inside a car. the 20-year-old suspect surrendered just 15 feet from the border. >> he was armed. he had a pistol in his waistband that was loaded. both the driver and the suspect surrendered peaceably. >> a woman in union city was also arrested for aiding and abetting. the arrest gave many officers their first chance since

friday's shooting to visit 39-year-old officer todd young in the hospital and give support to his family. well, the way you carry your groceries away from the store is at the center of an intense debate in the hallways and offices of lawmakers in sacramento. the issue is over the measure to restrict plastic bags, legislation that brought out a fierce response to lobbyists. nanette has the story. california's in trouble. >> it looks like a movie trailer but it's not. >> a $19 billion deficit, and what are some sacramento politicians talking about? grocery bags. >> it's actually a new tv commercial aimed at convincing lawmakers to reject the proposal to ban plastic bags in california by tuesday, the last day of the legislative year. the chemistry council is ratcheting up the pressure hiring lobbying firms to assure

its defeat. >> we need to get our message out. we make a product we think has a good environmental footprint that's being demonized by folks on the other side of the issue. >> it's the closing day's obsession with lobbyists protecting their interest. this campaign is unusual. >> i've never witnessed this kind of opposition to a bill. >> californians use 19 billion plastic bags a year. a ban would force consumers to bring their own bag or pay for a paper one. only a small fraction of the plastic bags actually get recycled. experts estimate it takes a thousand years for a standard plastic bag to break down in a landfill. >> now they worry the campaign will derail their year-long effort. >> i'm concerned this heavy-handed and misleading tactic on behalf of the chemical industry is going to sway a

certain number of votes. >> the fate of the plastic bag ban rests in the senate. two democrats who would have likely assured passage with their yes votes are absent due to serious health problems. abc 7 news. >> trash collectors say they've finished picking up that garbage on the two-day strike on the peninsula last year. 300 workers walked off the job thursday in support of a walkout by a dozen landfill workers. no garbage was collected at thousands of homes and businesses at san carlos, san mateo, hillsborough and burlingame. well, public health workers in alameda county hope their efforts will save the lives of babies in the coming months. yesterday they offered free whopping could have vaccines at the farmers market. whooping cough has reemerged. it killed eight babies in california but many seem unaware of the epidemic levels in the

state. >> not as much as say they were from h1-n1 because with h1-n1 it was a national problem. and there was just a whole lot of billboards. >> the state currently provides whopping cough shots to all mothers of newborns free of charge. children also must get vaccinated before they start in kindergarten to fifth grade. anyone who comes in contact with infants should receive that shot. tourism is the number one industry in san francisco and street performers are a big part of the draw. many of those artists say they're unfairly targeted by police this summer. >> chung lee also known as one-man banjo makes his living entertaining tourists at this cable car turn-around in san francisco. ♪ >> you know, i think he adds some real flavor.

>> not everyone appreciates his music. a police officer really confronted him. >> i've been told, a, i need a permit to do what i'm doing; and, b, there is no permit for what i'm doing. >> it's a catch 22. the only permit available for musicians like lee is $440 a day if they're using amplifiers. he's not and neither is the bucket man. larry hunt says he too has been ordered to move along. the deputy director of the entertainment commission says she hears from street performers every day but there's nothing she can do. >> they're asking me to help them, protect them from a variety of folks who might chase them off the street. >> police say they're responding to complaints usually about noise or public safety. >> not that tourists are complaining, it's just the other businesses or residents that surround. >> but with tourism driving the city's economy, why aren't there regulations to keep everyone happy? there is one neighborhood in san

francisco where the performers are organized and licensed. here at fisherman's wharf is a program begun by the port in 2008. >> it should be a simple task to get a permit system in place but it actually took three years and about 30 meetings. >> overall we've got 35 to 40 performers, a very diverse program. visitors seem to love it. >> so far the port is the only entity that has taken on the challenge. >> that port program is working pretty well. you saw those folks out there. really, i think that was maybe tuesday. very hot. >> well into the 90s. the records last week. but today still below normal. we have a lot of clouds out there in emeryville. the clouds not quite as extensive. that means sunshine sooner but does it mean a warm-up? i'll tell you coming up.

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this sudden and extreme heat we've had last week anyway is taking a toll on the vineyards. it's bad news for growers who are already adding up the damage to their crop. but there could be a benefit for you. abc 7's heather reports from sonoma county. >> george martinelli is a fourth generation grower. he might have lost between 5 and 20% of his grapes to the heat. for other growers it could be more. the biggest losses will be from the chardonnay grape because of its thin skin. the burned brown fruit is

useless, unsalvageable. the weather dealt a cruel hand this summer with months of cold and damp, leaves were cut away to expose the grapes to more light and help them ripen. then when exposed came the extreme heat. growers were helpless. >> you can apply water to them but once they're exposed to the sun, there's nothing you can do with that, especially 110 degree heat. >> on damaged bunches, the surviving grapes will ripen faster and the harvest could begin earlier. the extent of damage depends on the type of trellis system the grape and whether the rows run east/west where they feel the full impact of the sun. >> this is more protected because it's kind of what they call a california sprawl trellis system. so a lot of the fruit is inside the canopy and it's protected, where the vertical trellis system exposes the truth a little more. >> many wine makers have a surplus because the economy slowed sales so martinelli

thinks the crop loss will not affect prices but there could be a silver lining for the palate. >> there may be more structure to the wine. some wine makers are pretty excited about this year. >> the wine grape commission says it would expect a 100,000 ton harvest this year. what that number actually turns out to be remains to be seen. abc 7 news. >> well, a little relief on the way. maybe too late for those grapes. >> i know. just so prolonged. but today looking at temperatures modestly warming up. as we head outside this morning, the sun's up and we have cloud cover around the bay. this up from san jose shows that it's pretty clear here. yesterday the high was 72 degrees. and today maybe a couple degrees warmer out there. so the low clouds, the marine layer not really well-defined

this morning because we're on the back side of a system that's heading out of the state, and as a result things are pretty well mixed this morning. but we have the clouds from oakland to emeryville and temperatures are cool from men low park to novato, napa, santa rosa. low 50s and clear. concord, livermore and fairfield and mountain view and san jose you saw the clear conditions. we will allow for more clouds this morning but the burnoff will be about 9:00, 10:00 most areas. that will lead to warmer conditions today, just slightly warmer. talking a couple degrees but with each and every day 2 do 4 degrees for more normal temperatures by the middle of the work week. the fog quickly evaporating. a westerly wind today so gusty winds along the shoreline but pretty soon that switches around and that's why we'll see more of an offshore flow. 60s and 70s today. even making its way, the cool air, into the sacramento valley and certainly the sierra nevada.

could see thunder with that, with temperatures only in the 50s in the northern sierra. so behind it things beginning to settle down. but still some breezy winds out there. so keep that in mind. taking a couple days for the atmospheres to reach that equilibrium. as it does, we'll benefit in some warmer weather starting today. 65 in monterey. here's what i mean with cool temperatures. just upper 60s for the southern sierra. los angeles 71. in the desert, no triple digit heat there. 90 palm springs with 83 in reading. so back home numbers coming up maybe a degree or two today. still kind of breezy by the water's edge. 69 milpitas. 72 saratoga with 74 campbell and los gatos. low 70s here as well with winds at our coast. we will see the clouds begin to thin out at the shoreline but

quite chilly with upper 50s there. millbrae coming in about 67. downtown today warming up 4 or 5 degrees. an improvement for you in the city. south city 68 degrees and north bay numbers right around 70 for vallejo through wine country. pleasant afternoon but definitely cooler than normal. just 73 sonoma. near east bay hold on to those upper 60s today for another day in hayward and castro valley. san leandro should warm modestly, 69 today. by the monterey bay, cool in the inland valleys. highs rebounding, mid to upper 70s for danville and brentwood today with 71 watsonville. the accu-weather seven-day forecast, on the back side of the a pretty cool and windy system. we'll be a little warmer today and a steady warm-up. but you know, if you notice the end of the outlook thursday, friday, saturday, that's where we're getting into labor day and could see another one of those troughs that wants to cool us

down for the holiday weekend. it could happen. >> thanks, lisa. well, there is a reversal of the dreaded outsourcing trend taking place now in the bay area. a local company helping people find virtual work they can do from their home is finding most of their workers here in the u.s. "moneyscope" reporter david louie shows you how. >> the recession has a lot of people pounding the pavement in search of jobs. one exception is paul. after series of jobs he goes online. >> there's a whole menu of tasks you can do and any given task can be done in a few minutes, maybe a few seconds depending what it is. >> crowd cloud is where companies link up with work to be done. the cloud has become the new labor market. >> we are available to the stay at home mother, the retired

professors, the precocious teenager. there's a lot of people that in any economy are really kind of locked out of traditional white collar employment because they can't fit it into their lives. >> cloud crowd has 30,000 workers registered. 80% are in the u.s., the rest could be anywhere in the world. the high-tech nerve center tracks the work flow. >> the white dots represent people checking out the tasks. and the work has been submitted, now awaiting review. >> a peer review process is what crowd cloud says sets it apart from other cloud job sites. it can run from a penny per task such ago validating links on a website to $10 to writing a video script. your paypal account is updated the next day for completed work. she edits documents. >> it is movie reviews.

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heavenly valley tahoe cam. in tahoe today, chance of showers. high of around 55 degrees. those facts and figures from lisa argen along with the bay area accu-weather forecast very shortly. if you're thinking about making any changes to the landscaping around your house, you need to listen to this report. that's because knowing the rules could get you thousands of dollars from the government. 7 on your side's michael finney explains. theresa o'connor, sunnyvale lawn used to look like her neighbors'. here's what is looks like now. drought resistant, it attempts not to waste a drop of water. >> they call it the california desert because it looks like everything is gone and just plants and rocks are just growing there. >> six weeks after putting in the landscape, she read this article in the san jose mercury news. it explained how drought-resistant lawns are

becoming a very big thing in part because the government is offering cash incentive. >> i read it and it says santa clara valley water district will give up to $3,000 rebates to those who pull up their lawns. and i thought, well, that's great. let me call up and find out if i can get the money. >> she couldn't. not because she didn't do the work, but because the water district didn't see the lawn before hand. she complained to me and i checked the rules and they are unforgiving. still i went to the water district and made a pitch saying she should get the rebate. i planed she was just six weeks behind the curve. looks like a desert, her front lawn. it is mainly crushed gravel and -- and low-water-use plants. she's saying why not me. >> from what i understand she never got the preinspection so we have no way of verifying what was at her site before she

changed out her landscape. >> on the other hand, it just seems unfair. >> if we -- the other thing to keep in mind though, whatever we do we have to do for everybody. so if we make exceptions for this case, we have to make exceptions for everybody and that opens the door for a lot of people taking advantage of the system, getting free public money from the district which is not what we want to happen. >> like i said, the rules are unforgiving. now, those who do follow the rules do get money back. >> we heard about the rebates because we called our water supplier. and they came out and measured the land and told us it was about 1900 square feet. that we could get 75 cents per square foot of rebate if we took out the lawn. >> about $1500 and that sealed the deal. now, theresa knew my pitch was a long shot and in large part complained to me so you wouldn't have to. >> even if i can't be helped,

maybe other people will know and find out and if they have the idea of water conservation and maintenance, less maintenance, then maybe they'll hear it on channel 7 and they'll decide, hey, i better call before i get my lawn done. >> often you can get multiple rebates from various government agencies. so before doing any lawn work, check with your city, county and water districts. i'm michael finney, "7 on your side." >> the summer movie season is coming to an end. up next the new action film centurion. @ú@ú@ú@ú t t tgx since i've been doing roller derby for the last thr years, i'm more brash, more confident and i love this. can i use my hands? is that alright?

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in theaters this weekend, the action adventure centurion is a film with fighting soldiers and a story steeped in history. abc 7's arts and entertainment reporter done sanchez checks it out on the aisle.

>> a lost cause. >> second century scotland, part of the roman empire. wiping out the picks of celtic pride. the romans are trapped, captured. can the roman general rescue them? >> the soldier! >> a little overdramatic, isn't it? and such low-keyed inspirational moments come forth. >> easy to turn to the gods of salvation. but soldiers who do the fighting are the soldiers who do the dying. >> their numbers dwindle so the romans wind up running for their lives. they're being pursued by a woman seeking revenge and she is unrelenting. meanwhile the government wants to bury the whole story. over the centuries have grown

over what happened to the legion. the battle scenes grow tiresome but here is the best one, roman troops caught in an ambush. this is a little difficult to classify. reminds me of those epics of the '60s where everything appears just a little out of sync. it looks like it was shot on video, kind of a low-budget feel to it. then there's the gore, flaming arrows this the heads and enough plasma flowing to make a blood bank jealous. >> i don't think he really liked it. a final check of the accu-weather forecast with lisa. >> hopefully you'll like the forecast. on the other side of that trough that cooled us down yesterday, so today a little warmer in the city. 64. 66 san mateo, 73 in san jose. and down by the monterey bay, still windy there but sunny and

morgan hill at 74. today begins our warm-up, breezy in the hills, not as windy as yesterday. a little better. mid to upper 80s and tomorrow the valleys, 90s. we'll stay there through much of next week. getting warmer bit by bit. >> thank you, lisa. that's going to do it for us. our next newscast starts at 9:00 this morning. i'm carolyn tyler