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in the news they report former berkeley students the two in iranian prisons have been sentenced to eight years in business. >> get ready cloudy and cool day as mount tamalpais cam shows. highs only in the 60s. i'm terry mcsweeney. iran stated tv is reporting that two former berkeley students have been sentenced to eight
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years. they have been in prison for two years now when they were accused of crossing over the border. it's unclear whether the men will have to serve the entire sentence. >> san francisco police are investigating a muni bus accident that killed a woman yesterday inch. she was crossing over the street in castro district when she was hit. >> this muni shuttle bus was traveling at a slow speed and took a left on hartford. >> she was in the crosswalk and she was 95% across the street when the bus contacted her. >> he was across the street when the accident occurred. >> we saw her wrapping her like
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she was dead. >> she died at the scene. muni driver was visibly shalk en as they saw him exit the bus. >> the driver is cooperating on is investigators. >> he didn't immediately exhibit any signs he was impaired. this the ninth if a taillight so far this year. elizabeth says that is nine too many. >> every year over 800 people are hit by cars in san francisco. we really need to have safer streets. >> reporter: ironically the bus would not normally have been taken this turn on hartford. >> it was to supplement the "f" line trolley. they had a higher than usual rider service and the driver was
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on his way to the bus stop at 17th and castro to begin the route. >> so the 19th pedestrian fatality and this say that san francisco ranks first in pedestrian fatalities in california. the head of muni released a statement saying quote i express our deepest sympathy to the pedestrian killed in the tragic accident killed involving a muni bus. >> a santa rosa boy was cited twice without a license days before the accident. 22-year-old man had a conditional license that expired july 27th. the victim was in the crosswalk in west ninth street when a car hit him. the boy died yesterday morning at children's hospital in oakland. his name has not been released.
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a person listening to a police scanner heard a description of the suspect car and spotted it not far from the incident. garcia is scheduled to appear in court on monday. >> a stanford student has disappeared in malaysia. he went to the japan were a group. he had been in daily contact with his family but now not heard from him sichx sunday. for a guy that is very good at rushing e-mails and communicating in general electronically while he is traveling is a concern. >> he did not have a specific
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tin raer. he was traveling on german and u.s. passports. family and friends of a missing hayward missing nursing student is going to do another search today. it will be the seventh search looking for michelle le. le's family is not giving up hope. there is $100,000 reward for information on that case. >> technology is making our lives easier. it comes with risks. a local congresswoman is calling for tougher standards or wireless devices. things like insulin pumps are getting attention but other devices are also at risk. >> a security expert is shows
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how he could reacts to a insulin pump to h. the security consultant of isec 'paws. think are working to stay one step ahead of hackers. >> a lot of things that are making our lives easier but at the time at the same time the uishs of what they have control over. >> one device was car security system. they demonstrated how they could bypass a car alarm thef78 were able to open the door and start the engine. they rely on cellular television network.
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>> anything that uses the system is going to be vulnerable to range a potential attacks. >> you'll see that almost in every industry worldwide. >> and they are behind atms and pipelines. that unnamed car company they were able to breach quickly fixed the problem. >> a good sign amer publicly stating we have had our security reviewed by third party. >> servicing connected with internet wi-fi and all these different systems and they are supposed to be secure but they are really not. >> they say the average person would not be automobile to hack an insulin pump or pacemaker but the fcc is asked to investigate. >> coming up next a woman that
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of the who the shooter was that left her seriously injured. giffords was told in late july the names of the six people that died when a gunman opened fire. it included her aid and federal judge and nine-year-old girl. 12 people were wounded. in libya this morning abc news is reporting that rebels are advancing on the capital in three directions. this morning libya is denying reports that moammar khadafy is trying to arrange a asylum abroad. brega is under klelt control of the rebels. >> one-year anniversary of san bruno pipeline explosion is less than three weeks ago. one person waited for a long
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time to see about money that was owed to her. >> this is a house but certainly not a home with every day she lives in it she becomes more and more anxious. >> i have been on meds, i go to counseling twice a week. >> such as the threats of dealing with pg&e after surviving the san bruno explosion. >> i am lucky to be alive. once you get over that and you thank god, you know that you your life is not what it should be especially at my age. >> this is what remains of the house she used to live on clare most of this drive. they have no desire to rebuild or return. they have not been able to buy a new home in the area while insurance covered $700,000. pg&e has paid nothing including
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money that should have gone to the lot in san bruno plus more of the home's destroyed zblents they owed me over $400,000 they have admitted to in the purchase program. >> they do not want to talk to our lawyers. they want to delay things. they don't want to pay money that more or less had signed up for. >> the level of frustration by some residents is so high that 50 of them have filed a class action suit against pg&e. neither pg&e nor their lawyers would comment on the status of that case but when abc7 called them and asked them her had he reacted by midafternoon. >> they shouldn't have gone to you to get this taken care of but what is important we have committed and we're going to work with her attorneys and we
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will be paying her what she is asking for. >> pg&e would not talk about paying for the contents of the house but for one family progress. wayne freedman, "abc 7 news." there are questions about whether california counties can afford to house low risks inmates. they wanted to reduce the prison population by 23%. funding is to come from tax revenues and vehicle licensing fees. they expected it to add up to $16 million but they want to make sure they have a plan "b" if revenues come in lower than expected. >> one option would be to allow counties some ex flilt. if they came in lower than
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anticipated they would be able to move money around. >> the realignment starts in october. they plan to reanalyze the revenue projection in november. >> flu season is right around the corner and cdc predicts america should be ready. there should be plenty of vaccine ready. 14% of american adults were inoculated -- 41%. you can choose a new high dose of the vaccine. they should be able in september. flu season runs from october to until may. >> right now let's focus on the season at hand. >> that is right. >> which is summer. >> very cool summer. >> yes, it's been a very cool this morning. temperatures in the 50s and today we're seeing a little bit
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look for products marked with the yellow bus and earn even more by signing up for e-box tops at 2ways2earn.com. the marine mammal center is kuarg for a sea lion found shot at the san francisco wharf. he was found wednesday shot in the back with a large caliber weapon. >> an increase of coyote sightings has fish and game urging people to take precautions. signs are telling people what to do if they encounter one of these animals. >> they associate human beings with food and they also do not incur any harassment from human beings so it's a natural
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progression in nature. >> they are fireful of humans and if you shall followed by a coryote you need to make a lot of noise. you should do it for your safety and their safety, as well. >> jeff is in for lisa argen with the forecast. i'm looking at monitor those clouds are giving it away. >> a little bit of clouds and sunshine around the bay area. it's going to be cool. temperatures in the 60s. looking at coit tower, a little bit of sunshine breaking through the clouds. that is what we saw yesterday. mount tam cam and marine layer about 2,000 feet will be hugging around the coast. area beaches pacifica and half moon bay, santa cruz cloudy and
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foggy and a little bit of drizzle can be expected, as well. good saturday morning to you. let's take a look at temperatures. plenty of 50s 60 degrees the warm spot in oakland 56 in half moon bay los gatos 58 degrees for you. so weather highlights today kind of like what we've been seeing, a little bit of drizzle and temperatures about ten degrees below average where they should be for this time of the year. if you want warmer weather wait for a few case tuesday and wednesday we'll start to see a nice warming trend. cool side area of low pressure spinning around and drawing up a lot of moisture onshore flow as temperatures will stay below average with this cool fog and loy clouds moving onshore throughout the day right through tomorrow and finally by monday and tuesday starts to back off a little bit and warms things back up. if you have travel plans warmer
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weather sacramento valley 86 for the high. 76 in tahoe. yosemite 78 degrees and 60s out toward our area. so lots of 60s amend 70's for your highs. dress in layers. kind of cool here hand there especially along the coast. as soon as the sun comes out it warms up in the 70s. mid-50s in daly city at about 58 in sunset district. downtown 60 degrees for your high temperature. warmest areas will be up around ui diane ya and clearlake. even around napa kind of a chilly or cool for this time of year. normally in the 80s so 70s in napa. 76 in sonoma. east bay 64 degrees. union city about 69. fremont a high of 70 degrees.
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here is where you can tell the difference. usually we're in the mid-80s to low 90s here. so a little bit cooler than expected for this time of year. down toward the monitor ray area 62 degrees. 65 in watsonville and salinas 65 degrees. 50s along the coast and 70's in the bay and wednesday 90s inland and 70s around the bay. we'll be keeping an eye but not too bad we should see a little bit of. >> hello in sports, battle of the bay raiders and niners second pre-season game. giants begin in houston hoping to gain ground on arizona. >> good morning. the giants are officially running on fumes. pablo sandoval out with a
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strained shoulder eli on the disabled list with concussion symptoms so zero offense in houston. we are deep in mustache territory. going nowhere, if you can't score you can't win. base hit. aubrey huff out at the plate! brian did go 7 innings and gave up two unearned earned runs and astros jump on top 2-o. giants made two errors in the sixth and that opened the door for rodriguez to cash in with a two-run single. giants were shut out for the second straight game 6-0 but they stay 2 1/2 back. >> ais and -- a's and jays josh willingham number 21 for josh.
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a's on top 2-over. -- 2-0. >> harden ties witness 11 strikeouts. a's victorious 2-0. >> nobody cares about pre-season results but there is more energy and desire as the 49ers and raiders meet as they will tonight. 49ers have won the past couple of years. raiders have been watching film in which alex smith and colin were sacked on total of six times. they may bring the house. they may be blitzing him in the parking lot. >> they may appreciate it but we need to go out and win the football game. regardless of how they played
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this week you know what it means n.f.l. every week is different. >> every week is different. we built on what we had this week and continued to continue the process. and especially in these times there is a lot to be said for job security. randy bennett has a decade of it. the school has given the coach a ten-year contract extension. in theory that will keep the leader of the gales in moraga through 2021. he has one of the best programs on the west coast and also ncaa contention and 208 victories. that is a wrap. mike shumann will be here at 5:00 p.m. have a great weekend.
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i'm larry beil. >> next at 8:30 california's overall unemployment picture goes from bad to worse and supermarket bags the influence of the industry on california schohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohoho the kincaids live here. across the street, the padillas. ben and his family live here, too. ben's a re/max agent and he's a big part of this community. there are lots of reasons why re/max agents
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new unemployment numbers are not good news for california short term outlook. the state's unemployment raised from 12% up. marin san francisco and in as many chance the lowest rate in the state. that included contra costa county. jobs and retail sales showed a growth but analysts say it could be seasonal and could be shrinking in the summer. >> president obama is pushing congress to help create more jobs. in the internet radio address recorded at a farm in illinois. he asked congress to pass a road construction project. >> these are common sense ideas. ideas that have been supported by democrats and republicans. the only things holding them
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back is politics. only thing preventing passing these bills is a refusal by some in congress to put country. >> the president is expected to outline his job's proposal when congress returns next month. >> santa clara county is getting state funding for two big highway projects. valley transportation authority have received $156 million. to add 8 miles of carpool lanes from 880 over to highway 101 in san jose and rest of the money will build more carpool lanes. caltrans to expect the projects next year. and finish in 2014. >> most high schoolers will show the benefits of using plastic
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instead of paper. that is the conclusion of an investigation by our media partner california watch. here is abc reporter lyanne melendez with more. >> san francisco was the first to out law plastic grocery bags. this year marin county did the same all of them were looking for something more environmentally more friendly. while city and counties were talking about a ban the american chemistry council a lobbying group for the plastics industry was hard a work to propose changes to the length environmental textbooks. a section in that took book focused on problems with plastic bags. they quickly recommended another section on the benefits of plastic shopping bags. a reporter with california watch
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which began the investigation. several environmental groups told her why they have a problem with the american chemistry council's input. >> what happened here the government has opened up a children's curriculum to private minutes. >> here is how it started. in 2004 the california environmental protection industry was looking for input from the public. that is when the american chemistry council stepped in. they assigned a consultant. gerald lieberman and his staff to oversee all permits. he has helped several state departments of education to enhance education in schools. they talked to him on his behalf. >> all the comments in the revisions that stem from them were ultimately reviewed by the commission and staff at the california department of education. >> and apparently no one opposed
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it. here is an example what was added to the textbook at the recommendation of the chemistry council. plastic grocery bags require 70% less energy than to manufacture paper bags. >> the production of plastic bags consumes more resources and more energy than the equivalent a.m. of paper bags. >> reporter: another environmental activist insists they are bad for wildlife. here is another example of what was put in the textbook. plastic bags can be reused to line household waste baskets. they issued a statement 9 purpose of our comments was to correct factual inaccuracies and
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make a more complete view. according to them the teacher guide book that students must be given a test on the benefits of plastic shopping bags. >> with the advantages of plastic shopping bags you will get five points off that teaches a child there is a correct answer. >> a state senator who introduced the 2003 legislation requiring that environmental principles be taught in california schools. she will now ask that changes be made to the textbook. >> a change it would be a minor tweak and i'm asking the environmental protection agency and state board of education to consider that. >> and the complete list using the curriculum can be viewed at californiawatch.org. jeff martinez is in in for
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lisa argen and your forecast is misty and kind of gray. >> in some areas. the clouds and fog and some sunshine. golden gate a little bit of sunshine. this morning was socked in this drizzle and that will be in the forecast today. period of cloud amend fog rolling in, there is sunshine as well. definitely will be a cool day in most areas. i'll have the forecast coming up and talking about warmer weather in the seven-day forecast. >> also ahead giving locally. how you can pick and choose who is on the receiving end of your 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garbage can to garbage can cleaning up. another massive dust storm hit arizona. great pictures to show you. a wall of dust thousand feet high we're told that jeff has heard it's 5,000 feet high. and it got into phoenix before dissipating. it was the third haboob of the season. you got to love the word haboob and the area is experiencing the normal did you say dust storms but the power of these storms. weather experts say massive dust storms occur on only certain places because of dry conditions and large amounts of sand. before i forget, i want to jeff i would say sunshine at the beach in santa cruz at some point? >> at some point.
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morning hours, a little bit of sunshine. but that kind of pattern coastal clouds and fog, a little bit of drizzle. san francisco beautiful shot from high definition coit tower sunshine making its way through the clouds. looking back towards the city golden gate sunshine bit of sunshine clouds and sunshine on and off will be in the forecast and looking at temperatures only in the low 60s in most areas. especially around the bay, on the coast upper 50s. kind of a chilly saturday. 60 degrees in oakland. good morning, los gatos 58. lots of 50s for your saturday morning lots of coastal clouds a little bit of drizzle temperatures about ten degrees below normal for this time of the year.
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weather will start to warm up by the middle part of the week. area of low pressure spinning and keeping a good onshore flow and marine slayer giving the cool sea breeze. watch this tropical storm here dissipating right now, but it could goif us a little bit of moisture moving from up the south. we're geongs to keep a close eye on this maybe we could tap on this moisture and see a thunderstorm by the middle part of the week. temperatures around the area travel plans sacramento 86 degrees. tahoe with upper 70s yosemite close to 80 degrees. perfect conditions if you are heading up to sierra warm to hot conditions out to the east east there. 71 in cupertino. 73 in san jose. 56 in pacifica take a drive down to half moon bay 58 degrees for you. mountain view how about 70
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degrees. 60 degrees today so dress in layers and you'll need the jacket on and off especially if you are heading down to the embarcadero. with the sea breeze kicking in throughout the day. temperatures will be kind of on the hot side up toward the north ukiah close to 90 degrees. san rafael 60 degrees for you and 62 in sausalito. 64 degrees for your high. upper 60s and notice the cooler weather normally in the 80s and perhaps a low 90s this time of the year only 70s and 80s with that wind kicking up in the afternoon probably 20 mile-an-hour gust. 6 in salinas. santa cruz 64 with the clouds hanging on throughout the day today. so a little cloudier today and then will start to clear things
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up on monday and maybe clouds by wednesday. definitely warming things up and a lot of people wanted warmer weather. cool summertime. >> it has been. >> thanks very much. >> when it comes to donations many people have reservations about giving money and not knowing exactly where it's going a silicon valley company is letting people who they give to and how the money is spent. here is dan ashley. we play all day night. >> reporter: single dad struggles to take care of his three young kids in san jose. >> i work all night. i work a grave shift and then i baby-sitted my kids. get very little sleep. >> reporter: he found help on a week give locally dot invent. they request assistance foreign
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charity watch dogs keep nor more than 20%. the rest should go to people like samantha. she will start college in washington, d.c. in august. >> i needed help with money. >> she got a thousand dollars for tuition. >> i think it really helps and it was a great ego boost. >> they are pre-screened before they are posted on the site to make sure the money it gets where it's episodes to. they pay the expenses on behalf of recipients. >> we don't oversaturate the site of recipients. >> there are good people out there with good heart that is willing to give. that is dan ashley reporting. there is tradeoff. most of your contributions are not tax deductible.
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recommendations released by the state fire marshal fall short by endorsing new smoke alarms that many people believe could save lives. mere is michael finney. >> they will go out sooner. >> a demonstration conduct by the palo alto fire department shows how photoelectric alarms can save valuable minutes. photoelectric alarm alerts them of a slow smoldering fire.
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>> the more common ionization alarms used in 90% of our homes took more than ten minutes to sound the laterals. state fire marshal wasn't available today for comment but a spokesperson told us the state fire marshal does not endorse one technology over idea. gordon simpson of the palo alto fire department sits on the state's smoke alarm task force and he supports photoelectric alarms over ionization. if adopted ionization alarms would be phased out. >> why they are selected by consumers they are less expensive. one of the things that will happen is that price differential go away. >> requiring that ionization alarms be placed no less than 20 feet away from cooking appliances. that is because ionization alarms are prone to false alarms leading to people to pull out
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the battery. it calls for clear instructions on packaging where they should be placed placed. so photoelectric alarms would be demanded as the price goes down. >> as we made significant recommendations solid step forward for our safety in california. >> the state four marshal is recommending that smoke alavmgs be replaced every ten years. we attempted to reach an industry trade group for comment and the national electric manufacturers association did not return our calls. i'm michael finney 7 on your side. >> coming up next the mourners the story behind sculptures that express
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have a bowl of happy. take a look at winning numbers from last night. $32 million mega drawing. mega number was 22 and someone got them all right but the ticket was not purchased in california. some rare art treasures from france have arrived in san francisco to be shown here in san francisco. mourners open today. >> they are sharing grief praying reflecting singing expressing devotion. they are mid 15th century
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sculptures from the tomb in france. >> all the figures that are represented here are different levels of society. >> soe one level society doesn't appear greater than another. 37 have property them brought here. >> they are in alabaster that has appearance of plaster but allows for great are detail. >> they are 16 inches tall. they are on the base of a tomb depicted here from a 19th century painting. they say almost everyone who visits the city likes to see the statues because the former home of the duke. on they are praying for them
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and the end of time. that is why. >> funerals could be elaborate sometimes lasting for months and exclusive detail of the mourners captures the emotion of the time. in this setting we can walk around them and appreciate the work up close. mourners will on display through the end of the year. before you head out on your saturday here is jeff what you are going to be seeing weather wise. >> few clouds and cool temperatures highs in the city only low 60s 50s along the coast. same story for tomorrow. keep the jacket handy. you'll need it and hopefully a little more sunshine and warming up by the middle part of the week. tuesday and wednesday with 90s inland and 70s in the bay. get it on and have a great saturday.
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