♪ in the news this saturday morning, october 23rd contra costa county authorities monitor air quality after flames shoot into the sky from a local refinery. and the biggest leak of pentagon documents in history is released by the whistle blower website wickyleak. let's begin with a look at the coming weather. this weekend is going to be a washout. a fairly strong storm first of the season is heading our way. here's lisa argen. good morning. where are we headed with? >> good morning theresa. we're looking at the moderate rain. everyone looking at it right now. and in the east bay, a bit of a break. you can see from novato and the

north bay and martinez. we did have heavier rain around the 680 corridor but that has pushed to the east and light rain from concord to pleasanton and walnut creek and alameda the south bay heavier rain as you head out of the east bay from pleasanton and livermore. we'll call it light to moderate. in the south bay here you can see heavier rain here in the higher elevations. so this is a bit of a lull because we will see the rain taper off throughout the early morning hours. and then things will kick up again. it's going to be pretty rainy throughout the rest of the day and even heavier rain tomorrow. >> lisa thank you. it has forced the bratts and beer event in oakland. rotary club officials are getting the word out the beers will not be flowing after all. if you have tickets to the bridge score benefit concert those outdoor shows will take

place rain or shine. abc 7's lisa amin gulezian found people made outdoor plans and now they find themselves scrambling for cover. >> we have a party tomorrow. >> arash is throwing a party. he didn't expect to work this hard the day before his own birthday. >> we had to buy all this. i had to go to four store to find it. >> it was supposed to be a backyard birthday bash but the furniture and the party are now inside and undercover. plans have changed dramatically because of the weather. >> i was hoping a nice warm you know, beginning winter night. >> so were the brides getting married this weekend at the vineyards in livermore. this massive tent went up as soon as the rain came down. >> and you have every bride every wedding, everyone that has anything that has an outdoor component associated with it scrambling to put up tents, canopies umbrellas. >> but at shoreline

amphitheater, the rain or shine policy is in effect for the annual briggs school benefit this weekend. an on-site attendant said no umbrellas are allowed in the lawn section because of view obstruction. if it rains you should wear a poncho. the season's first big storm isn't bringing just rain it's bringing business to some contractors. >> they're concerned about the gutters plugging up and getting them cleaned out. um, this lady wants me to put up a couple of gutters. >> the project has been put off until now. the rain is doing away with procrastination. >> man, starts to rain. >> is when your phone starts ringing? >> uh-huh. >> in san jose lisa amin gulezian abc 7 news. >> we'd like to see and share how the rain affects your weekend. so send us your videos. and you can also e-mail video or

photos to us. contra costa county authorities continue to monitor air quality around the conqual phillips refinery where yesterday huge fireballs flaired from the plant into the sky. the incident triggered a level two health advisory telling people with sensitive respiratory systems to stay indoors. air samples though showed no signs of hazardous chemicals and no shelter in place issues were issued. more on the explanation and an apology from plant officials. >> when the giant fireball first appeared in rodeo, residents thought their neighborhood was burning. >> it looked like a giant volcano. if you didn't know better you would have swore the apartment building on the top of the hill was on fire. >> this fire is actually burning on purpose. the refinery had to shut down the plant because of a systems failure. their burning processed gas as a safety measure. >> the gas is under pressure.

and the process unit. so it has to have steam and power, has to have some place to go. >> but there are concerns what this is doing to air quality. officials from several different agencies are monitoring air samples and have decided to issue a level 2 warning advising people with breathing problems to stay inside. >> well i'm pregnant so it's not good. >> yet she's standing outside. she says she was just tired of being cooped up inside. >> it's hot inside. (laughter) >> i don't really want to be inside. it's not pollution. i don't smell anything now. early in the day i was in the house and you could smell it. >> kids are also outside playing. one man says if people couldn't see the flames, they might not know about it. the refinery didn't sends out any type of announcement. >> the only thing i seen was on tv the refineries running some extra stuff and for people to stay inside. >> i would like to express my

apologies to the community though. just the visible flair just by its nature is an imposition on the community and causes alarm. for that we're truly sorry. >> it's the refinery. we choose to live there. what can we say. they burn whatever they burn. >> several agencies have been monitoring the air. at this point officials say they haven't found any harmful toxins in the air a. >> the high speed rail project is telling people to forget about running those trains through covered trenches or in tunnels to keep the noise level down. some of the rail authority's own animation depicts the high-speed training running below ground level. but leaders from san mateo burlingame and millbrae were told during a two-hour meeting yesterday that long stretches of track could not be built below ground. the reasons include a lack of ventilation for freight trains

that share the rail corridor and the billions of extra dollars it would cost to build out the system below ground. a coroner's report revealed the drug lsd was in a san mateo teenager's system when he fell to his death during a school-related trip to canada last june. the high school student daniel cho died on june 6 in a 100 foot fall from a suspension bridge, a popular tourist spot. he climbed over the 4 foot high fence and fell into the ravine below. two other boys admitted to taking lsd and giving some to cho during the bus trip. the coroner ruled hills death accidental. no criminal charges will be filed in this case. a plan to criminally move pg&e's gas pipeline that exploded in san bruno last month is in the works. but just how far that agreement goes depends on whom you ask. the blast killed eight people and destroyed 37 homes after two

days of meetings with city leaders and other elected officials, san bruno's mayor says pg&e's president promised that pipeline would be relocated. >> mr. johns made the commitment to me on behalf of pg&e that they -- he did not want that pipeline reconnected through the glenview neighborhood and pg&e would do everything they could to find another location. >> pg&e spokesman said the company is committed to working with officials to look at the available options but that any plans will require environmental review and regulatory approval. in southern california a santa barbara county beach where a student was killed in a shark attack remains closed this morning. it happened yesterday morning at surf beach on the property of vandingburg air force base. lucas ranson had been body boarding when he yelled out for help after the shark bit his leg. hills friend was just 2 feet away on the surf board.

the two men were about 100 yards from shore. >> the friend of the victim saw his buddy go underwater for a brief period of time and then was able to -- to -- after the event happened, was able to bring his friend back to shore. >> ranson died on the beach. here's a picture of his boogie board. you can see the shark took a huge bite out of it. a shark expert believes it was an 18 to 20 foot great white shark. it's estimated 75% of shark attacks are by great whites but shark attacks are rare. the last fatal attack in california was two years ago when a 17 foot great white shark killed a swimmer in san diego county. coming up next, hundreds of thousands of pages of leaned military documents include information on the u.c. berkeley grads kept captive in iran. what the documents say about their claims. and the record broken by

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if you want more of the same from sacramento, then vote for my opponent. but if you want to get california moving again, i'm ready. are you? >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >> new support this morning for the detained american hikers claim they did not cross the iranian border. the website has just released a second enormous batch of leaked pentagon documents which includes some details of the day that three hikers were taken by iranian border guards. abc 7's heather ishimaru reports. >> u.s. berkeley graduate sarah shourd josh fattal and shane bauer were accused of being spice. she was released last month by the other two are still in custody. the documents authenticate their

claims of innocence but that may have no effect on winning their release. a professor of international security policy. >> no, i don't think it will convince them oops the international court of justice is going to hold us up for disdain if we don't now move on this. that's not gonna happen. >> they've just released 400,000 pages of pentagon documents. the government believes 23-year-old brad manny who has been in a detention facility since released three months ago. this batch of papers puts the iraqi civilian death toll far higher than acknowledged before. more than 100,000 between 2004 and 2009. 15,000 more than the u.s. has reported. and far greater than afghanistan. >> we're talking about a fives time greater kill rate in iraq. really comparative to afghanistan. >> and there is graphic detail

about iraqi military torture as detainees. the pentagon says it reveals sensitive secrets but he beliefs it's only political with american voters. >> they're not happy with the war then not happy with a cumulative thing about all the things we did wrong. now, they'll know in every war things go wrong and every war there are people who do the wrong thing. >> news outlets are playing up the reports. arab tv stations are reporting 285,000 dead and wounded in iraq. the pentagon is not commenting on the numbers. heather ishimaru abc 7 news. >> president obama has completed his busy campaign swing on the west coast. last night he spoke before a big crowd in las vegas in support of incumbent senator jordan leader harry reid. earlier in the day the president visited usc where he campaigned for senator barbara boxer. jerry brown running for governor was also at the rally.

republican candidate for governor meg whitman campaigned in silicon valley yesterday with new york mayor michael bloomberg. the two visited dazzle in san jose which makes custom t-shirts and other items. with less than two weeks of campaigning remaining, a new survey finds whitman trailing brown 44-36%. the survey was conducted by the nonpartisan public policy institute of california. the major reason this year's race for governor is the most expensive general election race in state history. the california fair political practices commission says the two candidates have spent nearly $188 million campaigning. a big portion of that, $142 million, came from whitman's only money. time to look at the weather and look ahead because we're looking rainy, right? >> our next system already bearing down on the north bay. we've had rain already in the east bay. pretty moderate. now it's light a bit of a lull.

what's in the forecast for today. i'll explain next other still celebrating this morning deep in the heart of texas. the rangers going to their f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f

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6:18. here comes the rain or should i say it's here already in some parts. >> exactly. stopped last night but ahead of the next system we have rainy areas this morning. a live look from our roof camera. a pretty good cell moved through here just before 5:00. elsewhere light to moderate rain with temperatures in the 50s. the golden gate bridge a bit of a break now. we will see a break in the early portion of the day. over the next six hours or so things winding down before they pump back up again to bring us a good deal of rain. live doppler 7 hd right now. a good deal of rain the north bay and into the east bay. a few areas in the livermore but highway 1 from san rafael. nonin sausalito. orinda and walnut creek light rain and further south a heavier patch here. now since pressed on to the east. light rain 680 and pleasanton.

a bit of a break south bay but towards morgan hill looking at more wet weather. here's the way it has played out over the past couple hours. the last wave of rain pushing on through the bay area right now. and we will look for a bit of a break with mid level clouds throughout the rest of the morning and early afternoon before the rain gets going again by about 1:00. 64 oakland, 53 menlo park, 52 livermore. rain showers today and more the off side throughout about 1:00 and then the rain starting throughout the afternoon getting heavy towards sunday afternoon, about 1:00 some very heavy rain across the bay and then drying out later sunday through monday. satellite and radar composite. a whole lot of shower activity out ahead of the next front. you'll notice still points offshore but the atmosphere is so, so moist and yesterday's rain that we're looking at more showers this morning. but we will be looking at this to push on through by about 1:00

this afternoon. and that's when the rain picks up again. so here's the way it will look then after this batch pushes through. you'll notice that things are a little bit quiet and then here we are throughout the late afternoon, 6:00 7:00, 8:00. tomorrow morning the heart of the bay, that heaviest yellow and orange. anywhere from 3 to 4 inches of rain in the north bay mountains. an inch and a half to 3 inches throughout the rest of the north bay. three-quarters of an inch to an inch and a half. east bay peninsula, santa cruz mountains and here in the south bay. but a pretty hefty rain maker pretty much for everyone. in the mountains it will be just rain unless you're above 10,000 feet. southwest winds picking up tonight. shouldn't be too windy but still breezy out there throughout the even hours. 56 palo alto and 60s in the south bay. the next two days the rainiest

weather we'll see across the board here because we begin to dry out late tomorrow and monday. and we'll feature more sunshine tuesday, wednesday temperatures climb to about 70 and then the next system not quite sure yet. gets there on thursday. a bit of brake now through about the noon hour. >> tuesday we'll feature some sunshine. feature all the rain we're getting, too. so thanks lisa. well, new york now this morning tell us what's coming up on "good morning america." a lot to cover today throughout the nation and the world. good morning. >> good morning, theresa. good to see you. coming up talking about the release of 400,000 pages of classified military documents. allegations that iraqi prisoners were tortured. we'll hear from the pentagon and their reaction. new details in the shooting death of a college football star. his blood alcohol level was

reportedly above the legal limit but they say they never saw him drinking. we have the latest. michelle obama the best paid in the fashion world. when she wears clothing the company's stock skyrockets. scientist says a dog needs to shake to dry itself off. could this change the technology behind washing machines? you don't want to miss it. it's very technical. >> all right. thanks. have a great weekend. >> we're going to talk some sports now. the giants will try again this evening to close out the phillies and advance to the world series. jonathan sanchez takes the mound at citizens bank park in philadelphia. first pitch 4:57. if they win they'll fails the texas rangers in the world series. last night the rangers eliminated the new york yankees. the highlights. >> good morning. the texas rangers are heading to their first ever world series

after beating the defending champion yankees last night. the rangers took the series 4 games to 2 and closed it out at home. texas breaks the 1-all tie. comes through with the shutoff. double brings in mitch moreland and crash hamilton. david robinson replaced hughes and the next batter nelson cruz breaks it open with a two-run blast. that made it 5-1. cruz had been questionable because of a hamstring injury. kobe lewis was dominating. the game ended with alex rodriguez looking for the final out. 6-1 was the final in their 50th year of the franchise, the texas rangers are heading to their first ever world series. >> i keep saying the same thing over. it's not the best team that wins. it's the best team that place that day. we played better than the teams we played. that's why we're headed to the

world series. >> something never happened here before. to be part of something like that means the world. something nobody can take away from you. so very excited. >> it will be the giants and rangers in the world series if san francisco can win in philadelphia this evening. on the mound it's going to be jonathan sanchez against owald. struck out nine over eight innings. may not be as effective today because he did pitch in relief on wednesday and took the loss. struck out seven in game two but gave a three-run as the giants lost 6-1. >> had that conversation before. so not the same. >> you always have adrenaline when you go out there especially games like this. i think you have stars in the big league you still try to treat it as another start and we don't try to get automatic up in too much of the hype of it.

>> the first pitch for game six is now set. it will be at 4:57 pacific time. the second night in a row the warriors took on the lakers. curry got the night off. monta ellis picked up the slack. ellis with fire and time running down to the second. scores with the strong left-hand finish. had a game like 41. looked like golden state would come out on top. and the foul. two minutes to play. the lakers rally with 30 seconds left. shannon brown from the corner. they would go to overtime tied at 98. in o. t. brown with three more. l.a. wins 105-102. you can watch oklahoma at missouri at 7:00. 5:00 stay tuned for after the

game with larry beil and mike shumann. i'll have a report on the cal-arizona state contest. have a great saturday. >> next at 6:30 the protest against former bart police officer johannes mehserle that will shut down

♪ the latest effort to influence public opinion in the oscar grant case involves workers who want to shut down the port of oakland and other ports around the bay area. today they're calling attention to the upcoming sentencing of former bart officer johannes mehserle for oscar grant's death nearly two years ago. >> the port of oakland came to a virtual standstill two years ago as long shore workers protested the war in iraq.

now they say they'll do it again throughout the bay area on saturday to honor oscar grant. >> we're sending a message to the powers that be that justice has to be served here. >> a port spokesperson is downplaying the planned demonstration saying it's simply a change in the date of a monthly union meeting. >> so all the work schedules have been ajested accordingly. there won't be any significant impact on cargo or maritime operations on saturday. >> but organizers say 1300 long shore workers will not show up for work. >> the port of san francisco, the port of oakland the port of richmond ports of van nearby shah redwood city. if they have anything scheduled for that day, it's not going to move. >> it's the latest in a battle by both sides of the volatile case. to influence public opinion. beyond the protest rallies there are now dueling boats in the bay carrying messages as a former

bart police officer johannes mehserle and oscar grant, the unarmed man mehserle shot and killed on a bart platform new year's day 2009. >> you see the boats out there and you think that's kind of niles but it's not nice. it represents an ugly side of this case. it represents the side of this case where people are angry. >> michael rains is mehserle's attorney. he said there's always been a public relations aspect to the case but he doesn't understand the port shutdown. >> i don't know looking at it from my perspective that achieves something they really should want to achieve. the attorney for grant's family believes it's part of the healing process. >> i think it brings out a good side of the human aspect of society, that people can express their frustrations, can express their anger. >> he says he's received some 4,000 letters from supporters.

mehserle supporters are also soliciting letters. both sides will give them to the judge before sentencing next month. in oakland, carolyn tyler, abc 7 news. >> something that was found in a cemetery that sent chills down the spine of the man who found it. now police are trying to figure out if it was done as a prank or some sort of religious ritual. >> coman called the city of the dead. 1.5 million bodies are buried here. thosewho live aboveground, only 1500. so you might expect something ghoulish to happen in this town. it did. here at holy cross catholic cemetery. two weeks ago in an isolated part of the cemetery a maintenance worker spotted two jars similar to this one buried halfway into the ground. when he looked inside, he couldn't believe what he saw.

>> it appeared to be an organ, most likely a heart. there were attached pictures of a couple. >> in another bottle was another heart with the picture of another young couple. police commander john reid is ruling out murder. >> they were autopsied. so we were very grateful to find that out because that eliminated the possibility of a homicide. >> so police believe the hearts came from cadavers but there are no reports of anyone disturbing grave sites in this county. and no report of theft from medical schools; however, there was one clue at the scene. >> there were some partially smoked cigars and some candles. >> investigators think this may have been some kind of ritual used by worshippers of a caribbean religion which may use human bones among other items in their ceremonies.

but religious studies professor says police can eliminate the more commonly known ritual for one obvious reason. >> definitely something religion us but i can't think of anything of the african caribbean religions of catholicism that have to do with human sacrifice hume being body parts. they usually have sacrifices with animals chickens in particular. >> police tell us they have leads from the photographs of the two young couples described as latinos in their twenties. police also say it's a crime to illegally buy, sell or transport body parts. well, the mystery of the human heart continues. vic lee, abc 7 news. >> climate change researchers meeting in the bay this weekend say they continue to see disturbing changes in the sea life there. the state of the bay conference of about 200 scientists and wildlife experts report the bay

waters have steadily become more acidic. higher levels of carbon dioxide in the air are absorbed in the water. the acid is weakening what they're famous for. it has dwindled to less than 500. but the sea lions and whales seem to be benefiting. the acidic conditions are favorable. our conditions not too favorable if you don't want to get wet. >> we've already looked at a couple areas of pretty good downpours this morning. that's to the east of us. a live look outside across the east bay. this is our little break before the heavier rain. i'll explain next. >> also ahead, a young man who inspired hundreds of potential bone marrow donors and how his fight against cancererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererer

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>> 6:37. taking a live look at the golden gate bridge where yes indeed, the pavement it wet. a pretty wet weekend with the big first storm of the season on the way. it is expected to be much rainier tomorrow. lisa will have more details ahead coming up. it's going to be a wet weekend. a pretty big storm coming in. one of the complications of this early rain is the effect that it is going to have on the grape industry. and certainly the harvest. that's because for the growers this has been such a challenging weather year already. wayne friedman has more from wine country. >> in the vineyards this is the season for rushing, picking where squeezing and crushing not a season for being squeezed

but that's how growers feel this week. >> farming is never easy. >> slept at night? >> not sleeping. picking every single night. >> every day right into this morning and afternoon's rains. vineyard manager brian peterson it means crunch time and they suffer more than usual this year. the complication with this year's grapes as with most years: weather. led to a longer growing season but that led to a shorter harvest season and this rain has pretty much put an end to it. >> we get cool weather or more rain falling in this storm. we'll get ruined grapes. >> zinfandel will be the most vulnerable and that crop suffered the most this season. a brief stint of hi temperatures burned 60% of those grapes in some fields. but most of the rest of the zinfandel is out by now. these cabernet grapes are almost perfect say the experts.

>> this amount of rain is not going to hurt a thing. we're going to finished in an hour with only a few hundred tons still to go which we'll get next week. >> as they say in the wine business, there's always something to make a harvest interesting. then again, that's what makes growing interesting too. wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >> no question this weekend the grapes will get rained on. >> yeah. already some rain this morning in the north bay. a bit of a lull for a couple hours. two systems to move on through today the weaker one tomorrow stronger. all in all we're looking at a wet period. live look from our roof camera. and we saw the tenth of an inch from the north bay, san francisco yesterday. more has fallen overnight and right now live doppler 7 hd shows a lot of blue and green representing a lighter rain across the bay. first stop in the north bay. a break up towards novato but down towards 580 across into the east bay getting wet. more wet weather, orinda and berkeley this morning through

emeryville and oakland and alameda. some lighter rain. and over down through san francisco, brisbane, 280. south city and burlingame a few areas of some wet weather. san mateo and redwood city, the showers, brake here in the south bay and more rain down towards gilroy and morgan hill. so the brunt of the activity has been in the north bay and will continue to be in the north bay although everyone getting wet today and tomorrow. so once this last wave pushes on through, we'll see a bit of a break over the next five or six hours and more rain this afternoon and this evening. 54 oakland 53 menlo park. we will look at the on and off rain this morning and a bit of a break. more rain about 3:00 this afternoon through midnight. lighter rain overnight. heaviest rain tomorrow midday drying out late tomorrow through monday. satellite and radar composite shows an area of wet weather pushing through the bay area right now. but this upper level disturbance is poised to move on through

about 2:00 today. so mid afternoon through the dinner hour we're looking at another wave of some pretty decent rain. so we've seen a few waves already this morning. then we'll look for the lighter rain overnight. here's the way it's going to play out. 5:00 this morning and this slides to the east. here's our little break. by 4:00 this afternoon more moderate rain across the bay through about midnight. lighter rain overnight. midday tomorrow from late morning in the north bay right through to 3:00 we're looking at some pretty good rain even into the south bay and monterey. heavy rain in the mountains as well. up to 4 inches possible. north bay mountains, 1 1/2 through 3 inches. peninsula, santa cruz mountains. lesser amounts in the south bay. pretty impressive for this time of year. gusty winds, no snow. although the end of next week a colder system on the way and we

could see snow. 64 oakland. a pretty rainfall afternoon. enjoy a little break this morning then heavier rain throughout the afternoon hours. the best rain or i should say the strongest storm tomorrow midday and then we'll dry out late in the afternoon. early part of the week with more sunshine and warming up a bit. i talk about that next system and it does look a little colder. so talking about the same thing again next weekend. it's been a weekend deal since the spring. very unusual, wet and cool and it continues into the fall. >> the sierra known for that. time to start transitioning in the sense of seasonal clothing. lisa, thank you. you know, there's a big bone marrow registration drive in milpitas. the focus is getting more minorities on the registry. one man's fight for leukemia and how what he did is now helping

others. >> never hardly ever got sick. >> it's been only a year since carol's sonic died of cancer. his efforts to find a bone marrow match were posted on every social net working site reaching millions around the world. the fact that nick was part caucasian and part japanese made it nearly impossible to find someone with similar dna markers. >> after word got out and people started registering and everything we found two perfect matches. that was a very, very happy day. >> but his leukemia came back. like nick there are many people in similar circumstances. >> when you mix caucasian and then -- or you mix two races together, you make finding your match more difficult. >> for a caucasian with cancer finding a match it's 85%. someone with mixed heritage it's

80%. you have to find if he or she is still on board. 3,000 mixed people on the bone marrow register. >> we have to get more people mixed race on the register. >> a swab stick is all that is needed to register. if you are matched with a patient, 75% of the time the stem cells are collected through a nonsurgical procedure pretty much like donating blood. recently governor schwarzenegger signed a legislation that allows employees to take paid time off for bone marrow or oregon began donations. >> there's a lot more to do to raise awareness. >> he would be always proud that we're continuing the fight. >> in fremont lee ann melendez, abc 7 news. >> the bone marrow drive in honor of nick is today at the great mall in milpitas. we have the details. you can find out more about it how to get there abc7news.com under "see it on tv." and don't go away. that's because "7 on your side"

is next. >> a newlywed couple paid their mortgage and is still threatened with foreclosure.

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foreclosure story to share with you about a newly married bay area couple who nearly lost their first home even though they made narrow payments on time. here's seven on "7 on your side." >> they made their first home mortgage payment this past summer. >> i was especially careful about making sure i had the account number right, the p. o. box number right. >> things were going smoothly or so it seemed until a few weeks later. mark received a shocking call from the collections department of his mortgage lender wells fargo bank. >> that we hadn't made our first payment and they were concerned. >> but how could that be? mark did pay using his chase bank online bill paying account. so right away mark printed out this proof of payment and marched down to wells fargo. but the bank insisted it never received that payment. so mark went to chase and chase

said indeed the payment was sent to wells fargo. >> what do you mean? chase doesn't have the money. they can't even draw back the funds because they say you've got it and wells fargo says, nope. >> mark's money had disappeared and neither bank could say where it went. even worse wells fargo said the barnums are going to default and the bank to foreclose on their new home if they didn't pay up. >> text messages from collections, phone calls from collections. first they were talking about late fees. and there's ultimately taking back the house. >> all on the very first payment of their very first home. which didn't make a very good impression on mark's new inlaws. his father-in-law had co-signed on the loan and he was getting collection calls too. >> i'm thinking, okay, i just married his daughter. i'm the one that's supposed to be taking care of this mortgage payment and, obviously, it looks

like i can't do it. >> mark couldn't get answers and another house payment was due. that's when he called "7 on your side" and we contacted the thank you banks. within hours chase tracked down mark's missing payment. turned out it was sent to the wrong company an insurance firm called agia which has nothing to do with the barnums. >> from that point on all the notices and everything stopped. >> immediately wells fargo stopped all proceedings against the barnums. chase bank put $2,400 into mark's county and he used it to pay his mortgage. chase said the loan payment was sent to the wrong company because mark had entered incorrect information on his bill-paying account; however, chase would not say what mark typed in error. mark said he checked his payment many times and still can't find any mistakes. but for now he is relieved his house is safe. >> somebody was looking out for

me. "7 on your side" totally saved us. i still smile. thinking about it, i mean -- >> chase bank says it's not at fault for misdirecting the fund. not clear how the mistake was made. the barnums aren't taking any chances. they're delivering directly to the mortgage lender from now on. >> still head short stories get written up at the white house. >> stranded on a crescent moon floating in a sea of ash littered with diamonds. >> coming up next bay area students getting a special welcome at the white house.

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meganumber 18. nobody correctly picked all six numbers. you have tuesday night's jackpot estimated at $118 million. a san francisco writing program that has created opportunity for high school students is now receiving national recognition. writers corps has received an award at the white house and as abc 7's arts and entertainment reporter don sanchez explains this program is changing lives. (applause) >> the next national arts and humanity youth program award goes to san francisco writers corps. >> it doesn't get much bigger than this, an honor at the white house. michelle obama saluting the corps as one of 16 winners of the youth program award. >> down-to-earth. that's what i really like. >> writers corps has the story of academic success of 16 years. young students are given an opportunity to open up creatively to use their imagination. >> we come in and provide them that safe space to express

themselves creativity and their critical thinking skills in order to write. >> students in libraries or schools weekly. writers corps has become life-changing. >> i can say what i want to say when i want to say it. the paper is my best friend. it doesn't get mad at me when i wrinkle it up and throw it away. >> and without wings to help me wings to carry me. i flew higher with my eyes closed. >> all of a sudden they've got a voice to express. they're creative, talented and ability an amazing confidence. >> to be ableto get up in public and read their works like this. the library and arts commission work together to keep it going. >> everyone pitches in and does it on a shoestring. we continue. hopefully something like this recognition will help. this national recognition for the writers corps program means a new awareness and should lead to an increase in grants and

contributions. after all, how many youth arts program from the company has this award that comes with a $10,000 check. don sanchez, abc 7 news. >> the dream of taking tourist flights into space is one giant step closer this weekend with the opening of the world's first commercial space port. sir richard branson made a dramatic entrance of the opening of his new mexico space port by flying in the board 1-9-2. that's a special jet with a launch platform taking people into space for a fraction of what nasa spends. nasa officials were on board for the space port's grand opening. they predict tour flights could begin 9 to 18 months from now. and that would be fantastic. today's not a day you want to go up in the sky, right? >> no no. still stuck in our little wet pattern. although now looking at things beginning to dry out a little bit. still some light rain especially over into the east

bay. berkeley and orinda now through walnut creek. but this is the flow starting from west to east. we're looking at about five hours of a bit of a lull. only see some light rain because of the next system for mid afternoon through early evening. heavier rain tomorrow midday and we'll see a couple of dry days before another system wants to get us wet by next thursday. >> you've given us the heads up. thanks lisa. thank you for joining us. next news