this morning. >> good morning, i'm terry mcsweeney. a massive dead satellite has finally hit earth. n.a.s.a. said the six ton junk of space junk came crashing down between 11:20 last night and 1:00 this morning. it's a tiny speck in the sky. it's hard to see it in the sky over san antonio, texas. one of the many sightings reported. it apparently entered the atmosphere over the pacific ocean. not exactly sure where. abc7's john alston reports from the science center in oakland where many gathered to view the final moments of the spacecraft. >> at the space and science center they happened to be celebrating the discovery of neptune 125 years ago. that's not all they were watching. >> it's west coast over here, in the northeast direction. >> they noticed the dying research satelite was over north america on one of its last laps around the earth.

>> over time the or built slowly degrades. the best example of something like that where we sort of prevented it is the hollow. >> the window of when and where it would crash kept changing as the day went on. >> solar activity has been causing the atmosphere to puff up and settle down again so that changes the amount of air drag that the satellite is experiencing. >> the f. a. a. put out a warning to pilots and crewmembers to be on the lookout for the satellite as it disintegrated back to earth. that didn't phase some people. >> if it's going to happen, it's going to happen. can't stop it. everybody on the ground is going to have the same chance, too. the upper atmospheric research satellite was carried aboard a shuttle in 1991. it weighed six tons, about the size of a school bus. on its way back to earth n.a.s.a. expected 26 pieces to survive, the largest weighing more than 300 pounds.

n.a.s.a. said the odds were one in several trillion of it striking a specific person on its way back down, which is why a school board president had no qualms about going for a spin with his top down. >> no. i think the probability is probably pretty low that i'm going to actually get hit. but i've got the top down just in case, maybe i can drive under it and let it land in the back. >> abc7 news. in sunyvale police are investigating the death of a 2-year-old boy as a possible homicide. the toddler was found in an apartment yesterday afternoon. a few minutes later police found a despondent woman on a highway overpass and brought her to to safety. she's connected with the apartment where the boy was found, but her relationship to the boy is unclear. >> this morning richmond police

are asking for the public's help trying to find the driver involved in a hit run and crash that killed a disabled man in a wheelchair. it happened thursday night. lifelong richmond resident david cox was riding his wheelchair when the driver of a black lexus hit him and took off. police believe it may have been an accident, but the investigation continues. friends and family gathered in san jose last night to remember a 60-year-old cindy winn. the mother and vietmanese talk show host was shot to death a week ago after she was carjacked from a shopping center. we were at the vigil held at the spot near where winn was carjacked. >> it's huge loss to the family and community. >> a candlelight vigil was held just feet from where she was carjacked last friday afternoon. close to 800 people attended the vigil at the shopping center. her murder by the man who carjacked her here after shooting a man earlier has moved the entire city. >> i'm devastated by this. i think it's heartbreaking. it could have been me, it could have been anybody.

>> michael tran says the vietnamese community has been hit hard. >> this is a sample situation to come and support. we are a very small community, but we are very close. >> this vigil and life celebration wags organized by her employer, nick pham, who said she was more like a sister to him, actually everyone. >> there's no one that she did not love. there's no one that she did not care about. there's no one that she would not just drop everything to do something before before thinking about herself. >> everyone talk about her love of the vietnamese community and real estate show. no one spoke of how she died. >> throughout this and light vigil and celebration of cindy's life there was in the one mention of vengeance or anger against her suspected killer. her son called for kindness, not anger. >> i urge each and every one

of you to not be saddened or angered by the tragedy that has struck her. >> speakers included a host of city officials and san jose police chief, chris moore. he said although murder suspect paul castillo faces life in prison, whose who helped aid him will also answer for the crime. >> in san jose, abc7 news. family members of michelle le are honoring her life exactly four months from the day the nursing student disappeared. the candlelight vigil will take place tuesday night in oakland at the university where she went to school. it comes ten days after a volunteer discovered le's body. she disappeared from a medical center in hayward. guess he will esteban, michelle's former friend, is charged with her murder. police are investigating a atm scam.

they noticed a small device attached to an atm machine thursday night and called police. police said the device was set up to record customers' cards and pin numbers. they say it had been recording just over an hour before it was spotted. school officials are still trying to figure out what caused dozens of students to break out in a rash at clifford elementary in redwood city. last week one-third of the kindergartners ended up with a rash that resembled bug bites. after more than a week of cleaning and testing, the source is still a mystery. >> we don't know. we really don't know what -- where the source of the biting or the rash is. >> the classrooms and yard equipment have all been disinfected and testing is being done to determine the source. results are expected in good about a week. all the students are back in school in temporary classrooms. the family of a man who died after being treated in the emergency room of santa rosa memorial hospital is waiting for answers. 49-year-old michael torres of santa rosa was taken to the hospital by ambulance monday

afternoon. twelve hours later his body was found leaning against a metal pole in the hospital parking lot. the hospital said it's investigating the case, along with the state department of health and the sonoma county sheriff's office. coming up next, college bake sales with racial overtones. the message they are sending in berkeley on affirmative action.

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club president shawn lewis planned the event. >> the pricing structure is there to bring attention and to cause people to get a little upset, but it's there to cause people to think more critically but what this kind of policy would do with university admissions. >> they said it's the club's way of taking a stand against a situation that would them take this consideration during the orientation process. the baby sale would not be the first of its kind. a similar structure was used for pursue in 2009 and a same year a bake sale like it at bucknell was shut down by university officials. no sooner had lewis posted the event on facebook than the nasty comments began. >> members of the facebook group, people who created it, have been threatened. >> the response was so strong and negative they canceled their usual lunch time takenling on the plaza for fears their volunteers would get harassed. >> it stirred emotions and that's what we want, but we doan want people to think we are make fun of racial issues, but that's

exactly the way it came out. >> the words they used. the fact they humororized and mocked the people of color on the campus is very disgust for me. >> many other students were equally disgusted. >> it's wrong to try to make a statement about something that is serious by using something like a bake sale. >> i think they are kind of missing the point. >> you wouldn't buy their cookies? >> no, i couldn't. >> the campus democrats have asked for an apology, the bake sale is still scheduled for tuesday. abc7 news. >> the almeda county health department wants thousand of eateries to display inspection results. they regularly monitor stores, foods and restaurants, but their findings are not posted in the places they inspect. officials are developing a grading system of red, yellow or green placards that would be displayed in the windows where consumers could see them. a meeting is held monday to discuss the proposal at the pleasanton library. schools in contra cost counties are going to wait in

another to any whether or not they are being closed down. last night the west costa contra county state trustee stayed the decision by the unified school board to remove the two schools from the closer list. they want more about the status of a state loan and other budget details before a decision can be made. >> with have some serious fog out here this morning. >> it's changed in the past hour. now we are getting more with mist and drizzle with us this morning. here's a look at emeryville. numbers in the 60s here. upper 60s in the east bay valleys. we will see a dramatic change today in our temperatures. cloud cover advances tomorrow, maybe some rain. i'll fill you in next. >> also the giants were hoping to delay the in he feltable. keep the d-backs from clinching. could matt cain keep the champagne on ice in arizona? larry beil has the highlights coming up in sports. closed ccui.

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101 here. but those days of history. but just temporarily. we will see the heat come back as early as monday. cooler weather this weekend. mount tam, the official sunrise at 6:59. >> you see partly cloudy conditions. we are going to see some very breezy winds throughout the afternoon by the delta. it's 55 right now in san francisco. 62 in oakland. 59 in hayward. so we are looking at some cooler air right along the shoreline. the fog and the mist. as you head inland, still quite mild. mid-60s. upper 60s livermore. take a look at the winds. they are very gusty. in fact out of the southwest, up to 31 miles an hour by the delta. that gives you an idea that the cooler air will be transported across the bay today. sfo up to 21 miles an hour. we just had a light wind last hour. so definitely things changing as the cooler marine air takes aim across the bay area.

partly cloudy, coastal drizzle and much cooler this weekend with the chance of rain. can you believe it? that's sunday. it's a slight chance, but we were looking at the dry lightning to the south of us. this was our weather maker yesterday. did you notice those higher clouds in the sky? well, it was due to an area of low pressure drawing up some subtropical moisture. and around the coast, highway 1 we've got some mist and drizzle. so the roadways of slick here. it is breezy. keep that in mind. today when the sun does come out it should be a nice afternoon. tomorrow our focus shifts to the north and west. it's a pretty well-defined cold front. it will allow for this cold front to sag across the bay area in the morning and early afternoon. so that will bring the chance of showers to the bay area on sunday. today thunderstorms are possible in the northern and southern sierra. 86 there with numbers in the 90s for san cocoon valley.

71 big sur with fog staying put. yesterday 9 in san jose. today how about 78 degrees. 74 sun my available. palo alto, and mount taken view 75. san francisco partial afternoon sun. as much as 10 degrees cooler today. 64 there and 75 in pat looma and napa. here east bay a cool afternoon with 66 in berkeley. that's relative to all the warmth we had all week long. 72 union city. 82 in danville. just 82 pleasantville and walnut creek. log, low clouds, mist and drizzle here. a louddy afternoon for monterey. the look ahead, a cooler day today. ten degrees cooler tomorrow with raindrops. and we are going back in the other direction with the september weather, offshore flow, no fogs, 80s to 90s inland, and maybe a 70 at our coast midweek.

so just a temporary cool down, but a significant one. >> all summer long we were talking about the up and down and up temperatures and coming into fall things really changing. >> no, we are going back up again for several days. >> all right. thanks. in sports this afternoon, undefeated cal heads to washington to stay on the huskies, while san jose state looks for their first win of the season against new mexico state at spartan stadium. we have the highlights in sports. >> good morning. the giants did not want to see the arizona diamondbacks party last night. the goal this weekend was to sweep and keep the d-backs from popping the champagne at national league west champions. giants fans showing their support in the desert. scoreless until the fifth. orlando cabrera showing pop. better late than never his first homer of the year as a giant. 1-0, giants. matt cain dominated until the 7th. chris young deep to center field over the head of andres torres.

paul goldsmith scores from first and we are tied at is 11. -- tied at 1. 1-1 in the eighth. sergio romo in. paul, the giant killer, going the other way. huge two-out triple. 3-1, d-backs. in the ninth j.j. puts gets aubrey huff to fly out to center. d-backs win the national league west. the braves were also victor yeah so the giants are five out in the wildcard chase with five to play. it's virtually impossible. a's in anaheim where jemiah weeks is sizzling. first career home run a couple days ago. third pitch of the game last night and that's gone off jered weaver. he's showing some populate here and the a's are victorious, 3-1. bob latasore knew it before he got on the plane. flying 3,000 miles to play one of the best teams in the country. he knew beating st. thomas would be difficult.

high school football elite. he came in riding a 28 game win streak. bart huston, one of four spartan turnovers. fred cop taking advantage. huge hole up the middle. twelve yard td run 7-0, raiders. they make it 10-0. it's tricky to get back into the game before the half. down the line to receiver andrew buckley to a wide open anthony williams. sneaky. 59 yards, but they missed the p.a.t. so it's 10-6 at the half. all raiders after that. the quarterback anthony loscano, come get some! wow! he took a shot. eddie lost his helmet. st. thomas, and 30-6 was the final score. to the nfl, the raiders host the jets. aside from winning the game they would like to make sure mark sanchez is not goofing around ordering hot dogs on the

sidelines. that's what happened a couple years ago. i would like this relish with that. it was a 38-0 jet route and sanchez was chowing down in the closing moment. >> i don't eat hot dogs during the game. it's not like somebody did. i wasn't here. i hope we can make it more interesting for him so he doesn't have to eat hot dogs. hopefully we can take the mustard and relish and onions and all that and put it away. >> hot dogs among the many items you might see coming from the black hole in oakland from time to time. jets running back with adrian tomlinson, he remembers what happened in 2002 back when he was with the chargers. >> pretty soon they start throwing stuff at us. beer bottles, just everything is thrown at us. we hurry up and got off the field and continued our celebration in the locker room because we didn't want to celebrate on the field. >> the college of san mateo inducted the first class into the school's hall of fame last night led by john madden. big names have come through that college in the school's 90-year history.

in addition to maddon and the late bill wall. , former 49er bill ring and long time college and nfl coach ted tolner part of this inaugural class. >> you think about all the athletes and coaches that have been through here through the history of the school and this is the first class. it's a tremendous honor. we got here a little early, we went around and i can't believe how special this place is. i kind of for involvement we went down by the football field and the baseball field. it's spectacular. >> the nfl was able to end it's lockout in time to play all but one preseason game. nba is not going to be that lucky. the league has cancelled 43 preseason games and training camps postponed indefinitely. no surprise, the players and owners aren't even close to a deal. the regular season is supposed to begin on november 1st but most people close to the situation believe we may not see nba hoops until january, if we see them at all.

golf, second round, a.j. choi finding his stroke. a pair of aussie's dominating. jason day by the tree there. lost the handle on the club. he's 6 under, 2 back of scott to finish at be minus 8. a one stroke lead on choi. we have college football this afternoon, lsu versus west virginia, followed by lexus after the game around 8:30. special guest is stanford head coach david shaw in studio. hope you will join us then. have a great weekend. i'm larry beil. >> next at 6:30, the governor seens off on the amazon tax. the $200 million compromise that now holds the promise of 10,000 new jobs. and also why energy-saving lights [ beep ] [ man ] you have one new message. [ mom ] hi scooter. this is mommy. the progresso chicken noodle you made is so good. the vegetables are cut nice and thick...

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it's also leveling the playing field. >> if congress fail to act, other retailers will have to start collecting the tax next september. the governor also signed off on a bill to fund water improvements for the america's cup in 2013. putting america back to work is the topic of conversation when president obama travels to the bay area tomorrow. on monday the president will hold a town hall meeting in lincolnview. the topic? what else, jobs and economy. president obama will answer questions from a live audience made up of linked-in users and employees. in his weekly address he's focusing on the global economy and strengthening the american education system. >> what this means is if we are serious about building an economy that lasts, an economy where hard work pays off with solid, middle class jobs, we had better be serious about education. we have to pick up our game and raise our standards. >> yesterday the president

announced the government will be giving states more flexibility for meeting standards for teaching and learning. it will be up to states, schools and teachers to come up with innovative ways to give children the skills they need to compete for jobs of the future. this morning there's surprising new information about the release of the two u.c. berkeley graduates from iran. actor sean penn may have been instrumental from getting the hikers free from prison. penn met with venzuala's president hugo chavez and pressured to allow the iranians to release the men. sean penn played a behind the scenes roll. meanwhile, shane bauer officially engaged to fellow hiker sara shourd. you see him putting the ring on her finger right there. josh fattal, who was freed with him on wednesday, is going to be the best man. sarah and him agreed to wed while they were in prison.

>> >> at night time it gets busy here. >> he's the pastor at true vine ministries in oakland. it's a place tame during the day but dramatically changes at night with drug deals, prostitution and even murder. >> if they increase the light you can see people. you don't have to come of your car look over your shoulder. >> he blamed it on lack of streetlighting. not only are there too few light standards, but the ones here aren't very bright. oakland models it's standards over the dark sky initiative which promotes stargazing over light pollution across the country. for instance, a shield is put over a street light to keep the light shining down rather than upward the sky. >> it's nice to see the skies at night but more important are the

the lives of the young people. >> they provide exception necessary high crime area but for the city of oakland the larger issue may be whether brighter lighting is affordable. >> we understand the concerns of various people about crime, and this morning we sent an e-mail to the police department asking them to identify hotspots. once we get the list from the police department, we prepare a cost estimate, and then it's all about money. >> people will do all kinds of stuff in the dark that they won't do in the light. >> vice mayor brook says it's an investment the city has to make. >> if we turn up the lighting in neighbors we would have to pay pg&e. and i say that it's a matter of priorities. we pay when we have to have police to continue to come out. >> a proposal by vice mayor brooks and council member larry read to increase lighting in high crime hotspot goes toward the city's public safety committee in november. laura anthony, abc7 news. >> lisa is here to give us a tree view of the weather forecast. >> you talk about a picture tells a story, and we are looking at a couple of different

pictures from the golden gate, or i should say from our roof cam. you see the fog out there. >> it's getting thicker. >> yes, and it's breezy and misty. we had a shot from contra costa county, but -- we doan. >> there you go. >> it looks mild in the east way valleys, but don't be fooled. the cooler air is headed eve. i'll have the details next. >> and also ahead, a northern california couple who took a roadside produce stand and launched a multimillion-dollar organic revolution. ♪

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>> 6:36 saturday morning. we are looking atop heavenly mountain resort. looking at lake tahoe, of course. lisa was telling me before the day is done there's a chance of thunderstorms up there. but no matter what the weather up there, always a great place to go. lisa is here to talk about a little more centrally located weather. it's getting thicker, for sure. we are seeing fewer and fewer lights at the bay bridge. >> economist drizzle, but still mild. the change is coming today and more changes tomorrow. view from mount tam, a pretty shot with partly cloudy skies. we are looking at the sun not coming up until 6:59 this morning and setting 7:04. elsewhere around the bay it looks cloudy and misty from emeryville. wig changes underway with 59

right now in redwood city. look at concord. 65. 68 in livermore. we are talking about anywhere from ten to twenty degrees cooler from the coast to the inland valleys today and yet another system comes our way tomorrow to bring a chance of showers. southwest wind to 31 miles an hour right now at the delta so the cooler arrowheaded your way. sfo winds at 21 miles an hour and northwest wind at 7 in san jose. partly cloudy, coastal drizzle this morning. the fog only at about 700 feet. it's going to be moving quickly across the bay or the cooler air this afternoon. so we are talking about much cooler temperatures and then a chance of rain comes our way on sunday. kind of hard to believe. and even beyond that our weather takes another dramatic change. so this is what influenced our weather yesterday, that subtropical moisture in parts of the south bay and some very warm air. you can see what's coming. that's the old front i'll talk

about in just a moment. we are looking at moisture southward to highway 1, and later on today we will clear. we will see a nice afternoon. but tomorrow we are talking about more clouds and the possibility of some raindrops with high temperatures taking another hit, another 10 degrees cooler with only 60s and 70s are around the bay. it will limp across the bay area throughout the day. we won't see a good chance of rain but still some dramatic changes getting underway today, ting tomorrow. then an about-face with warmer weather coming monday. 95 fresno. chance of showers and storms. mid-70s the seara. numbers coming down as much as 10 to 15 degrees here today with only 76 in cupertino, as well as santa clara. 80 campbell. in and around the peninsula talking low 60s here but the

fog is going to stay quite thick. we are talking breezy winds, 73. redwood city, and san francisco about 10 degrees cooler for you with 64 and partial afternoon clearing. 77 sonoma, and 80 calistoga. no more 90s here. east bay barely in the low 70s for newark. it was 101 yesterday in livermore. 84 today. 81 dublin and 82 walnut creek. monterey lots of clouds hanging around with only 65 there. here's the look ahead after about 10 to 12 degrees of cooling today. another 10 degrees tomorrow with a chance of showers. we are talking much warmer weather, no fog, above normal much of the work week next week. so that's our fall around here. >> you mentioned rain and gets me thinking about winter. i saw something the other day about a long range forecast saying a wetter than usual winter. do you put much stock in those long-range forecast?

>> they are just theories. >> really? >> a little bit. yeah. you know. that's why you have to stay tuned here. >> you wonder why management loves her. you are absolutely right, lisa. thanks a lot. if you have ever eaten one of the ready-made salads in a bag, you owe it to the vision of a carmel valley couple. seven years ago they came up with the idea. they introduce us to the unlikely duo who dared to dream on a monterey county farm and created earthbound farms. >> drew and myra took a tour and transformed it into an extraordinary journey. the adventure began when they decided to take care of these raspberry bushes. the year 1984. the new york natives landed in carmel valley. >> we fell in love with growing food and enjoying fresh food and breathing fresh air and not living in this concrete jungle. >> in exchange for free rent the goodman's took care of the

rustic property. she was a berkeley grad and drew got his degree from santa cruz. somehow spraying the berries with chemicals didn't feel right. >> when we began farming, we were not scared by what we did not know. >> they started growing their food organically and set up a little roadside produce stand called earthbound farm. they were so busy during the week they stored their baby greens in zip lock bags to enjoy at night. >> every night we sat there eating our or gaining salad and think this is the most amazing product. imagine if you could get this in new york, everybody would buy this. >> it started out slowly with a few local stores in 1986. but the pine nearing product weekly took off. >> in 1993 earthbound farm landed a contract with costco. it was a deal that transformed local organic farming into big business. earthbound farm is now the largest grower of organic produce in the united states. it supports 150 growers cultivating 37,000 acres of

land. the produce stand, although now more elaborate, remains a tribute to the company's humble beginnings. >> i've actually been coming here since they first opened years ago and it was just a little shed. >> there had been challenges along the way. the e. coli outbreak involving bagged spinach in 2006 killed three and sickened more than 200. the spinach did not come from an earthbound farm grower but it was processed at their san juan plant. they provided us with a video of the facility. since then they have faced stricter regulations. they now test leafy greens before and after the washing process. >> so we have done things like implemented a raw product test-and-hold program where

we are actually testing all the raw materials before we process them packaging specifically. >> more than 70% of food markets nationwide carry earthbound products. sales are expected to approach nearly $500 million and my raw has published two cookbooks celebrating her passion for organic. >> we avoid the use of more than 11.5 million pounds of chemicals every year by farming organically. that's something i feel so good about. >> they also feel good about the new products they are creating to promote healthy eating. they have introduced a protien-infused salad line called power meal. >> yes to entrepreneur, yes to innovator, yes to environmentalist, but more so we are just inspired by this idea of organic farming and healthy eating. >> drew and myra goodman had no idea more than 25 years ago the raspberries would launch an organic revolution that is still growing. >> abc7 news. >> don't go away. 7 on your side is next.

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>> welcome back. we are looking at a shot of santa cruz beach. you see. the pier there. you see the seagulls having lunch near the garbage can, but that's our producer for you. dozens of homeowners are getting stuck with huge repair bills for damage they did not cause. the city is installing new wireless water meters and sometimes that work causes older, brittle pipes to burst. here's michael finney with the follow-up on the plight of these very angry homeowners. >> diane thought nothing of it when a city contractor showed up to replace her water meter until the knock on her door. >> there was a crack in the pipe. so now there's a leak. >> diane found out the waterline to her house broke during the meter installation. she had no water and since the pipe was on her property, she had to pay for the repairs, $3,000 worth. >> i said i didn't have a leak before.

and now i do. so i think you should fix it. and he said, no. >> diane filed a claim with the city, which handed the case off to its contractor, vsi meter services. the contractor directed her back to the city. >> they were kind of playing hot potato. let's see if those guys will take it. let's see if those guys will take it. >> that's when diane got serious. she had her plumbers document all of the repairs and document it on videotape. >> this pipe caused the leak down here. >> john had a similar catastrophe at his san francisco rental home. >> two men were out in front and were making an attempt to replace the water meter. one man put a tool in there and started to turn it, and the other man said, no, no, no, turn it the other way, and what happened, i don't know, other than it busted the pipe. >> his tenants watched water flowing down the street. >> prior to that gentleman showing up, we didn't see any leakage whatsoever. >> john paid $5,800 for a new

pipe and concrete and then filed a claim with the city. again, the city turned over his case to the contractor. >> i think it's unreasonable to say that it's not their fault and that we should stand the entire cost. >> if damage occurred during an install of any meter, there's an evaluation on a case by case basis of what was the cause. >> suzanne of the san francisco public utilities commission said pipe breaks are rare. however, there are now 45 reported cases of pipes breaking during installations since the project began a year ago. that's up from 36 cases reported to us in july. but still less than 1% of the 58,000 homes that have received new meters so far. the water department acknowledges that the installations can cause breaks. >> what tends to happen is as you set up the water, it causes a slight ripple or shock in the system. >> vsi meter services would not sit down and talk to us about the breakage problem saying it

is our practice not to comment regarding individual claims. we treat claims very seriously and have a well-established process in place to respond to each and every claim. however, the water department says homeowners will have to pay for any damages to a pipe on their property unless the contractor did something wrong. it says pipes tend to burst only if they are in poor condition. >> we have to look at every single case to sea if it's the homeowner's responsibility or the contractor is to the fault. >> how likely are you to get reimbursed if your pipe breaks. >> he was astonished i document it had carefully. >> after she presented her 15 minutes of videotape to vsi, they reimbursed her. however they rejected john's claim. the contractor tells us it's because the leak was already there before the new meet wares installed. >> the pipe break doesn't always mean the city broke a pipe. >> john says it seems too coincidental.

>> they came in and it it, it busted. the people are without water and i got a $5,800 bill. >> the contractor, vsi, has indemnified the city for damages it may cause during the project. once a case is turned over to the private contractor, the puc said it cannot discuss the outcome. the p.u.c. said people have filed claims and some were paid. if you have a problem with the new meter, let me know about it. go to abc7news.com. i'm michael finney, 7 on your side. >> coming up next, a hands-on experience with nature today. the creepy, crawly creatures that are a big hit among the kids, who got a preview of animal palooza. hey guys, what can i get for you? i would like a decaf 360 calories please. and for you?

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forest. >> kids will be able to see them and hold them. maybe change some misconceptions. >> this is one of the smallest species of python. it's a ball python and she's fully grown. >> she just sort of lies there. >> she was somebody's pet that they couldn't take care of her anymore. >> that's an issue many face. its illegal to have a hedge hog as a pet in california. >> we often get them as pets because they are sold as pets in other states. >> creepy, crawly things? >> we never use those words here. >> animal palooza is meant to be informative and to inspire children and their parents. >> if we are able to save rain forests, what happens to all the animals? >> the animals have more habitat. >> i believe you put the nature in children's hands and the next

step is they will be thinking about saving nature around the world. >> in san francisco, don sanchez, abc 7 news. >> one last look at the forecast. what is going on? >> cooler arrowheaded our way. mist and drizzle at the coast. you see the fog. temperatures are coming way down today to 64 in the city, 74 in fremont, 78 san jose. we are talking just low to mid-80s in concord and livermore. further cooling tomorrow. we will add in maybe a few raindrops, especially in the north bay. then after that back to an offshore show, warmer, 80s, 90s through the work week. you have to follow it day-by-day. but cooler for the weekend. >> we will take a a week at a time. thanks for joining you. the next newscast starts at 8:00 a.m. keep track of the latest breaking news on twitter abc7 news bay area and talk about at facebook.com/abc7news.

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