good morning, thanks for joining us. i'm carolyn tyler. the reviews are coming in this morning about last night's fiery gubernatorial debate between jerry brown and meg whitman. they clashed again and again over immigration before a mostly latino audience. spanish language television station sponsored that broadcast

with the legal status of whitman's former nanny took center stage. >> this is damage control meg whitman style. >> jerry you should be ashiald. you and your surrogates. >> she and her democratic opponent was having none of it. >> don't run for governor if you can't stand up on your own two feet. >> they are talking about the nanny who revealed she was an illegal immigrant and she was fired after whitman's declared her candidacy. >> she threw me out like a piece of garbage. >> questions were raised but there was no question about her thing the issue. >> we do have to hold employers accountable for only hiring documented workers. >> a month before election day and big democratic lawyer and big name in democratic politics

is helping her do it. >> a record $120 million of her own money whitman has spent much of it courting the california latino community, highlighting the shifting electorate. it was working. a poll before the controversy erupted shows she was supported by 26% of a latino voters. a strong showing for a republican. >> it's a growing bloc of voters and politicians need to look through that. >> the news broke last week, these are called october surprises. good news for whitman, she has four weeks to try to explain this issue to latino voters. >> state assembly speaker john perez is calling the new budget agreement a solid but good deal for california.

how it eliminates the state's $19 billion deficit without imposing taxes will come out at a hearing this week. their speaker says it relies on a combination of spending cuts and optimistic financial projections. lawmakers argued to vote on the package this thursday. >> a walnut creek apartment complex now has a fifth female resident saying she fought off a rape attempt. the series of sexual assaults dates back to late june. amy hollyfield reports on last night's incident. >> police say a man tried to shove a woman will into an apartment. she fell down a flight of stairs while fighting him but she was successful at taking him off. >> so scary. we are wondering when it's going to end. >> mattie and her roommate has had a chain lock installed and they have a pit bull and they always use the buddy system but

they still don't feel safe. >> i wake up to the noises more than i ever have. >> police blame the first three attacks on 22-year-old man and they say they have dna to prove it. he is in jail accused of one rape and two attempted rapes. his bail is set at $12 million. investigators have a description of the man who committed the fourth sexual assault and are waiting to find out more information on the other crime. they want them to work harder to protect them. >> they are not checking cars in and out. they think we need to do more than having more bodies in and around the complex. >> we found out what is to get out of lease but there is no way to get out of it unless you pay the difference so there is no way out.

>> the latest victim was taken the hospital because of fall down the stairs, she was not sexually assaulted. police don't have a description of her attacker yet so they don't know if the last two assaults were committed by the same time man. amy hollyfield, "abc 7 news." a high-speed chase along bay area freeways ended early this morning. san jose police were responding to reports of a family dispute. they say a mother and her baby were being held at knifepoint by the child's father inside a truck. it started at 11:00 last night. police, highway patrol and other law enforcement agencies chased that truck all the way to san francisco. the driver changed directions, headed south again into daly city and back down the peninsula on interstate 280. it all ended after midnight with a truck crashing at woodside road. man got out and jumped over the overpass falling to the concrete below. he survived and at stanford

hospital. the baby was in child carrier and not injured. the mother was also uchb hurt but obviously shaken up by the ordeal. >> san jose firefighters spent last night clique up a spill that sent thousand gallons of diesel fuel into the creek. they were called after 5:00. firefighters say a generator on the roof of the at&t building malfunctioned. diesel made its way into drain on the roof and eventually down into the creek where it caused minor environmental damage. no reports of injured wildlife. also in walnut creek, police are dealing with a plague of violent altercations in the downtown area. take a look at this video possible at the time on youtube this weekend shot by a witness friday night on north main street. several people were injured in at least five fights at three locations. one man was hospitalized with head injuries.

police say even the security guards were fighting the customers. several fights break out on the street and at one point you can see a man being beaten on the ground. >> coming up, oakland citizens tired of the violence in their city, are supporting a plan for more police officers on the street. also ahead, beneath the surface of tahoe, scientists find a way to pull

the file on david harmer isn't pretty. a corporate lawyer for a credit card company fined millions, even deceiving seniors. an executive for predatory lenders, as harmer's bank got billions from the wall street bailout. david harmer -- helping corporations rip people off. a record we can't afford. we need jerry mcnerney, small businessman, voting against congressional pay increases and refusing to take them, standing up for what's right. i'm jerry mcnerney, and i approved this message.

once again, oakland finds itself desperately short of police officers. this weekend, dozens of volunteers are going door to door, they are launching a grassroots campaign to put in two ballot measures they hope will prevent more police layoffs. vic lee reports. >> oakland high student carla rehearsed her lines at st. columbus catholic church. they are going door to door campaigning for the two ballot measures that will raise money for public safety and restore many of the lady off police officers. they will provide more funding for intervention programs for youngsters. >> i started stealing cars, stealing clothes. >> she was in and out of juvenile hall from the age of 12 to 17. thanks to intervention programs he is now straight.

>> i recently graduated from u.c. berkeley. i'm a case manager now. i work with other young people. >> oakland has 120 fewer cops due to layoffs an attrition. city councilwoman says it will get worse if the measures fail. >> if it doesn't pass we will probably have to lay off even more police officers. this is where we're about on the police side about $10 million. >> going door to door talking to voters. >> 16-year-old robert pace knocked on doors with his six-year-old nephew brandon. he wants to make oakland a safer place, not only for himself but for brandon. >> i'm going to live here for the rest of my life. i might as well make it better. >> ron and his two companions see public safety as the number

one issue in oakland. >> by voting on that, that is reinstated go those officers. >> they gave the pitch whose home is in north oakland. it's into the question of paying more money but it's accountability. >> i'm happy to pay more taxes if i feel its effectively being used. >> also on the ballot is measure "x". that would bring back dozens more officers by imposing a $360 parcel tax. police officers association wants the city to fill some of the openings that were created by attrition but the city says if it did that they may have to lay off the measure fails. vic lee, "abc 7 news." >> starting tomorrow, san jose commuters can catch three new commuter express light rail trains. those will go to spots in south

san jose and points north every morning they leave at three different times. during the afternoon, southbound express trains will leave the bay point station at several times in the afternoon. they offer free wi-fi service. look for cars with wi-fi on board. look for rain on board weather-wise. here is lisa argen with a preview. >> as you look outside, the drops have dried up a little bit and we're beginning to see a few peeks of sun in oakland and livermore. it will turn out to be a pretty nice day but on the cool side. forecast is next. >> also next, the giants still trying to beat the padres to clinch their division. latest is coming up in sports. ♪

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cooler than you are used to but nice day nonetheless. thank you for joining us. just 89 days left until the end of the year. just thought you might want the know. scientists say their method to eradicate non-native plants from the bottom of lake tahoe is working. crews have been using plastic sheets. the weeds crowd out the native species. divers are also pulling out the weeds by hand. you might think when one plant of a species thought to be extinct is found, it's automatically protected by that is not so. as a result environmentalists are trying to get an endangered plant on the endangered species list. >> scientists thought the franciscan manzanita was extinct in the wild.

last bull dose frd a cemetery replaced with tennis courts, last fall, he was on a doyle drive off-ramp and something caught his eye. >> i phoned one kind of excited, i'm sorry lou but probably not this but what if it were. >> nestled between a wall, it was a large franciscan manzanita. work on clearing the doyle drive replacement project revealed to it his sharp eye. >> it could have been there since spanish times and survived the construction of the bridge. it's more likely it came up from seeds that were buried in the soil that were disturbed. >> the location was kept secret and moved to another secret spot. a process requiring cooperation among groups that don't normally see eye to eye. >> it could have been a train wreck, billion dollar bridge

project and extinct plant but everybody held hands. >> to get protection requires the government to kd ad to the endangered species list. >> wild equity institute and other groups are petitioning. >> it's not a collection of signatures, its formal document. they call airlift petition to list the franciscan manzanita as an endangered species. that kick starts to protect the plant. >> he says he expects to be listed in a year. then a whole recovery plan will go into place but that should not stand in the way of doyle construction. heather ishimaru, "abc 7 news." j. >> so we already have a little rain action. we are looking at drops on the

lens from heavenly camera where it is raining at the tahoe valley airport with temperatures in the mid-50s. you are going to see not only rain but snow in the next couple of days in the mountains, in the northern sierra to the southern sierra. back home from emeryville, it's cloudy for sure but we're getting some peeks of sun this morning starting out with numbers in the 50s. menlo park, 58. 61, san jose. a few leftover sprinkles with more sunshine throughout the afternoon. scattered clouds tomorrow and then a pretty nice fall pattern coming our way this week. martinez, a light shower but look what happened a very thin line of showers pushed through the bay area. the moisture has been setting up south and lifting to north and

east taking the showers with it. we have another system one associated with cooler air headed our way. winds are going pick up and going to scour out some of the clouds and bring the temperatures down. that will be the trend again for the tart of the workweek. then we should settle into a more mild pattern by advertise, wednesday and thursday. we talked about the rain, the showers and the know. here we are until wednesday. we are looking at several inches of snow. much colder conditions, windy and the of rain starting today, not much of a break for the next couple of days. if you have anybody headed that way, bring out the rain gear. temperatures in the 60s. breezy and definitely cooler than yesterday. back home we're looking at numbers over the east bay hills in the 70s. mild there but cool 50s and 60s with the fog at the shoreline. a cooler afternoon for you in

the south bay with 71 in south bay. 75 in campbell. mist and drizzle and showers but that is all moving on to the east. we'll be looking at increasing sunshine in palo alto at 70. san francisco, couple degrees cooler, winds kicking up at 62 today. 60s and 70s in sonoma to napa and as we head on over to the east bay, feeling a little bit cooler mid and upper 60s. so the winds will keep it on the brisk side. 70s in castro valley. ten degrees cooler in the inland valleys with numbers only in the low to mid-70s. down by the monterey bay, still cloudy, 62 in monterey and 74 in holster. seven-day forecast, few drops here and there but it should be over. higher elevations will see more of that tomorrow and couple degrees warmer next week. >> so maybe the weather will

bring the giants some luck? >> yeah. >> let's turn to sports and giants trying to beat the padres to clinch their division. after two days of at&t park a win has eluded them. mike shumann has the morning sports. >> good morning. the giants need this one win against the padres and zito had a giant opportunity yesterday, but he didn't deliver. giant fans were out in full force. his trouble started early. he walked the former giant with bases loaded. 1-0 padres. zito walks him, one scores. zito lasted three plus innings giving up four runs. then in the fourth, miguel tejada a single to the left. 4-0 padres, two on and two out

for posetsey, he didn't like the call and he gets ejected. giants rally in the ninth, with a potential game winning run but he grounds into double play to end it. it's down to one game. >> you come into the series and we to take one. now it's come down to the last game. >> there are ups and downs. we've been battling all year. we just got to get the job done tomorrow. >> and braves hosting philly to stay alive. shane's r.b.i. single to left scores one. they shut them out. braves must win today to have a shot at postseason. >> chris carter will be a bright spot for the a's next year. and a's got a 5-3 victory. >> battle of the pac-10 with oregon hosting stanford and

cardinals got shot down by turnovers. the crowd noise wasn't bothering andrew. out to chris and watch them fight for this ball. 18 yards. just wanted it more. stanford up 7-3. after a oregon turnover, busted loose, on this touchdown run, great balance, 21-3 cardinals. now, andrew threw for 341 yards. stanford led at the half. second half a different story. in the third, thomas, he accounted for 355 total yards, game is now tied at 31. michael james got three scores including this one, stanford falls to 4-1, 51-31 your final.

>> we made mistakes. they forced us to make mistakes. >> all right. back to spartan stadium. hosting u.c. davis. aggies rally. late in the third, he hits him and late in the fourth quarter, he goes down, goes down hard. he be knocked out of the game. goes to matt and tough position, overthrows a wide open receiver and that would have been the game winning touchdown. san jose falls 14-13. >> raiders hosting the texans this afternoon and giants and padres at 1:00. i'll have all the highlights at 5:00. i'm mike shumann. >> a travel warning is going up for americans heading to europe. we'll tell you about the heightened terrorism concerns.

and a south bay mother and child are recovering from a scary ride are recovering from a scary ride as the baby's tries to

meet the real meg whitman: serving on the board of goldman sachs, whitman was caught reaping millions from insider stock deals. after ebay shareholders sued and a judge cited the obvious conflict of interest she was forced to pay the money back. what kind of person would be involved in deals a fellow republican congressman called corrupt? and in her last year at ebay, whitman paid herself $120

million right before the company laid off 10% of it's workers. we're choosing a governor, shouldn't character matter? welcome back. this morning the state department issued an alert for americans in your. they aren't saying don't go there but they are warning travelers to be careful. terrorism officials assessed terrorism reports about possible attacks saying that britain, france, germany and italy. more now from new york. >> any time you are traveling and you get an elevated alert like that, it's something to keep in mind. >> leaving home a little uneasy, these international travelers at j.f.k. are taking off on what could be the most serious travel

advisories issued for europe. abc news is reporting, england, france and germany and possibly italy and belgium are potential al-qaeda targets and could be like this one in mumbai two years ago that killed 175 people. the brothers are sending heading off to a flight to poland. >> it's scary. but you have to worry about getting on a plane. you can't just get on plane. you have to worry that you'll make it home alive. >> there is a concern for major transportation hubs. >> word of a possible european travel advisory comes the same day that osama bin laden released a new audio pleading for relief for flood ravaged pakistan.

>> i think the most important thing is to understand all the security procedures that goes into this. it gets tougher at the airports. >> there are other countries that are more worried than italy >> i don't think it's just people to europe but for all people. the afghan government has begun dissolving private security firms in the country specifically ending the operations of eight firms and including the firm formally known as blackwater. they were embroid in a controversy in the shooting deaths of 17 civilians in iraq. security firms work like militias provided protection for convoys. hamid karzai announced in august that private security

contractors would have to stop operations in afghanistan by the end of the year. five weeks after a big tea party event in washington, d.c., liberals held their own gatherings. thousands of people attended the one nation march at the lincoln memorial. this weekend's memorial was an ain't deot to the tea party. >> we bailed out the banks. we bailed out the government. now it's time to bail out the american people. we need to rebuild the infrastructure and provide jobs and save the american people. >> the event took place where the other rally, restoring honor rally attended by sarah palin and conservative commentator glenn beck was held back in august. a manufacture and child are safe this morning after a high-speed chase on bay area

freeways. san jose police say the baby's father was behind the wheel. now, according to investigators, the little girl and her mother were being holding at knifepoint. the incident started in san jose just before 11:00 last night. police the highway patrol and other law enforcement agencies all chased that truck all the way to san francisco on highway 101. the driver changed directions and headed south into daly city and back down the peninsula on 280. just after midnight it ended. police say the truck suddenly crashed at woodside road. the man jumped over the overpass falling some 30 feet to the concrete below. he survived the fall. he is at stanford hospital. the child was in a baby seated and was not injured. her mother was also unhurt but obviously shaken by the ordeal. >> hayward police are investigating the city's 13 homicide of the year. a 24-year-old man was shot to death on terrel avenue early

yesterday morning. investigators got a call about a fight or an argument of some sort just before 3:00. police say the victim suffered at least one gunshot wound. he died at the hospital. his name has not been released. police have no information on a suspect. >> oakland police are investigating a shooting that took place in the back seat of a taxicab this weekend. it happened yesterday morning around 7:00 in the fruitvale district on harrington street. the cab company says one of their drivers picked up a pair and someone walked up and shot the man, a 25-year-old oakland resident. cabbie drove him to a nearby hospital for treatment. >> in north richmond a transformation is taking place. vacant lots are being changed from magnets for crime and blight to small gardens of hope and bounty for urban neighborhoods. eric thomas reports. >> in what used to be a vacant lot in north richmond... hands

and shovels and a mountain of mulch are bringing people together. >> we're coming here to make it better. >> here is a small plot of land on third street in north richmond where wooden plantars have replaced trash and liquor bottles and they are encouraging people to grow their own food. >> we want to take over these lots and be responsible for the garbage and plant gardens. >> the project manager here at community gardens. she is part urban farmer, part administrator and full time problem solver. >> we have all day sun we can grow a lot of things, tomatoes, cucumbers, pumpkins, peppers, all kinds of peppers. lots of herbs -- we can grow pretty much anything. >> north richmond is an

unincorporated area that is among the poorest communities in contra costa county. growing crops is free but there is a one time ten dollar charge for a key to the gate that protects the property. organizers say it's worth the money because it puts a positive face on a community known for violent crime. >> this is important to show that these are some of the things that are positive that youth can do. it's more than standing on the corner. you can come in and work. it brings the community closer. >> it also provides fresh produce in a community that lacks a grocery store. the project is funded through a $56,000 grant from fees paid by a local landfill transfer station to offset the more unpleasant aspects. they are working on a vacant lot one of seven spots. >> i don't care who we are, our

ancestors did this. we need to go back and incorporate into our lives. >> it's what organizers call a peace garden. about 20 people grow everything here, from corn, to edible flowers, enough food to share the bounty with lots of others. >> organizers are asking for more money this year in hopes of eventually building 35 of those small gardens. one every five blocks. >> lisa argen is here now, she has had a challenge for this year with the weather, it's been so... although we do have rain behind us. >> very fall like conditions out there today. few drops of rain and most of it is behind us. wind will pick up and partly cloudy day today. any more rain chances? i'll let you know.

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in walnut creek. if you live around that way, temperatures are in the high 50s. as you know it was triple digitals not too long ago. lisa argen will have more on the weather coming up shortly. >> light rail passengers will be getting around the santa clara valley faster starting tomorrow. valley transportation authority is replacing some of the older vehicles with new faster models. they'll shave six to eight minutes off the trip to south san jose into down. they will operate on highway 87, this is the first major change to the system in 23-year history. >> a lot of changes to our weather. we can't keep up with it. >> several degrees off the highs as an approaching trough brings a cooler air mass. we had another earlier system that brought raindrops. plenty of cloud cover from our

roof camp. 7:30 this morning, the rain gauge, brought in raindrops that tipped the bucket downtown. temperatures are cool, 58 degrees in the east bay. we're looking at numbers all around the bay pretty much in the upper 50s to low 60s. cloudy skies in novato. southwest wind at 20 miles an hour. sunshine in the east bay. temperatures will be cool today, few left over sprinkles and then turning partly cloudy. winds kicking up. it be a breezy day tomorrow and after that, more fall-like weather pattern locally while in the mountains, things go downhill quickly and could see a couple inches of snow in the southern sierra. live doppler showing what went through pretty much has evaporated throughout the rest of the bay area.

turlock san joaquin valley, thunderstorms and wet weather continues into the mountains. left over moisture as the area of pressure, subtropical moisture lifts to the north and east today. at its heels another upper level trough that will bring a cooler air mass and scour out some of the cloud cover. we will be looking at a cool start to the week, temperatures below average and winds kicking up tomorrow and later on tonight. definitely feeling like fall but we should settle into a more comfortable pattern with seasonable temperatures next week. wednesday and thursday in the mountains, we've got a mix of rain and snow, maybe a couple of inches in the southern sierra. not totally out of the question or unusual but bring the layers and be advised if you are headed that way over the next few days. at the ballpark, partly cloudy afternoon, temperatures in the low 60s for the giants. we will be looking at warm

weather or warmer weather in the east bay valleys. 80s. 50s and 60s elsewhere and those westerly winds kicking up today. 73 in santa clara, peninsula, cloudy with temperatures struggling into the mid and upper 60s for redwood city. 70 in mountain view today. a cooler inch downtown. only 50s in golden gate park. mid 60s south city. we had airport delays of about 45 minutes and things are a little bit slow going on arriving flights there. 60s and 80s north bay with low 70s sonoma, midday sun here. it's going to take a while for conditions to brighten up and warm up. those low to mid 60s, feeling the cooler air in berkeley. 71 in front. out over the -- fremont. biggest drop is ten degrees cooler, 73 in walnut creek and 76 in livermore. lots of clouds helping to make it 70 in santa cruz. seven-day forecast, most of the

rain is a thing of the past but moisture keeping a slight chance of showers in the forecast for today. pretty windy tomorrow and winds will abated. one of the coolest summers on record followed by the hot fall temperatures could create a wind combination for wine growers. longer the grapes sit on the vine the better the flavor. leigh glaser reports from livermore valley. >> mother nature is trying to replace it. >> wine maker says all those grapes still on the vine are just getting better. a cooler than normal summer coupled with a record heat is making some of most flavorful grapes for some time. >> sugar levels is developing and cooling days, few more days which will put everything in a slower mode. >> this years harvest is three

weeks behind due to the cool weather but that is not bad. the longer the more sugar it produces resulting in a better taste. >> went from last week, okay, we want to pick, we want to go, this week it's full-blown, how many trucks can we get in the door. >> before grapes are picked, they test the juice for sugar content or brick, a sugar level that is measured. this seasonal sample is 23 bricks not quite ready for wine making. >> very close, very close. >> but again, this is will come back a little bit. >> of course, tasting is always the best gauge of when it's time to pick. wineries have done harvesting already but production is going to gear up in the next few days which means a little more time to sweeten up and produce a

great bouquet over time. >> don't go away, 7 on your side is coming up next. michael finney explains what you might want to take a closer look at your auto registration. some people are getting overcharged -- way overcharged.

it has been three weeks since a neighborhood in san bruno exploded and burned with devastating consequences. people who lived through it continue the struggle with the daunting challenge of moving ahead. >> our family was going to go for this and it's not there. >> this is the new normal for the family. they are renting a house about a block and a half from their old home. it was damaged beyond repair by the san bruno explosion and fire. moving forward has been challenging. >> there is more play book or framework. it would have been helpful if someone said, this has happened to other people. here the bullet points.

these are steps you need to follow. >> it's as if their old life has been erased. >> we're able to order social security cards and for my children, ordered birth certificates. pg&e cut us the initial checks and no obligation thing to get you started. our homeowners insurance, i called them the day it happened because i thought that is what i was supposed to do. we've gotten a couple checks from them. >> they plan to rebuild and say the city has been responsive. they have put together a list of licensed contractors and architects and expediting the permit process. >> i think we have been overall effective but it's maintaining contract with the contact with

the property owners. >> i can't believe it's been three weeks. >> the county says 31 of 35 owners of red-tagged homes have given permission for demolition. the county hopes to have the work done before the rainy season begins. have you checked your car registration fee lately. a mistake at dmv cost one bay area man more than a thousand dollars. he was paying ten times what he should have. 7 on your side michael finney has this tale. >> darrell adams bought this 1996 gmc five years ago. it's not great but it handles rough roads and only cost him $6900. however, farce the dmv was concerned he may as well been driving a brand-new i can't go war. >> i never thought anything was wrong. >> there was. he was paying as much as $454

per year. he figured that was the going rate until a friend with the same truck mentioned he was paying $87. >> when i told them that was odd they told me why don't you go ahead and pay it. >> darrell said not if he was being overcharged. finally the dmv checked its computer and found a big mistake. record said he paid $69,000 for the old truck instead of $6900. that is enough to buy a brand-new jaguar since the license fee is tied to the price dmv was charging ten times too much for all these years. >> i'm totally blown away. 1996 jimmy is valued at $60,000 and nobody caught. >> it the fees added up over four years. when he should have paid just $134. he pointed this out to the dmv. >> they start talking about,

statute of limitations, even though it was their fault. >> the dmv said would it give him back $532 but too late for payments dating back three years or more. that is when darrell called 7 on your side and we got on top of things. we contacted the dmv and it tells us that someone added one too many zeroes when keying in the price of the truck. the time has past for a refund but the agency agreed to help him file a special application with the stated to get all his money back. this week, the agency said it will grant him the full $1,219 in overpaid fees. >> i'm very grateful channel 7 and what they do is valuable. it really is. >> here is the rule of thumb on what you should be paying.

there is a flat registration fee of $34 plus a vehicle license fee of about 1.1% of your car's value. that depreciates every year. at www.abc7.com find a cal calculator that will show you exactly what you should be paying. >> still ahead, the discovery of a new plan set causing a bit of excitement among scientists especially since the newly discovered world could support life as we know it.

state budget cuts are crippling my classroom, so i can't believe the sacramento politicians cut a backroom deal that will give our state's wealthiest corporations a new billion dollar tax give-away, a new handout that can only mean larger class sizes and even more teacher layoffs. but passing prop 24 can change all that. prop 24 repeals the unfair corporate give-away and puts our priorities first. vote yes on prop 24, because it's time to give our schools a break, not the big corporations.

take a look at the winning numbers. mega number was 11. no one was able to pick all six numbers correctly to collect the $26 million jackpot so that rolls over for wednesday's game. it will worth at least $28 million. >> astronomers are buzzing about a new planet they found. it's not too far from the sun or not too close to the sun but just right to support life. it includes local scientists that are studying the world. why they believe there might be life there. >> this is an artist's rendering of a new planet about the sides of earth existing a solar system

smaller than ours. it circles a star. it's sitting pretty in what astronomers call the habitable zone. not too hot and not too cold. >> this is roughly the right size and right distance to have water on the surface. >> liquid water is the key to life. still, we can't be sure yet it's there. the team who discovered this planet includes a scientist from u.c. santa cruz. the doctor says the planet does not rotate. the bright side can be as hot as 160 degrees. the dark side as cold as 25 degrees below zero. there a sweet spot in the middle. >> there is a great range that will create a lot of different things for different kinds of life to evolve. >> what excites scientists is

that the discovery was made quickly, 11 years and they consider the star to be close -- just 20 light years away. >> the doctor is a research scientist at seti institute. in the scheme of the universe the planet is next door and one of the next steps will be to listen carefully. >> we'll take stars like this one and put them on targeted survey and look for radio signals. >> in pondering the timeless questions, are we alone? this planet is the first to hint at an earth-like answer. let's get a final check on what is happening on earth. >> little fall-like weather headed our way. raindrops have moved east for the most part. slight chance of showers. more important, pe ballpark, 60s go giants and look ahead, still

breezy tomorrow and a little warmer on tuesday. >> that is going to do it for us. thank you for joining us. next newscast starts at 5:00 tonight. have a great sunday, go giants!