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let's kick it off with a quick first look at our weather. here's meteorologist lisa argen. >> good morning. official sunrise right now but we aren't seeing any. the emeryville camera, not only lots of cloud cover but a breeze in the east bay, mist and drizzle. 57 fremont. good morning san francisco, 52 degrees. it is a damp start to the day and we are going to see very slow clearing today with a pretty good sea breeze once again. we are talking about numbers in the 50s everywhere. clouds north, south and east. then we will see partly cloudy skies by noontime. still in the upper 50s in the inland valleys. look at the afternoon highs. once again on the cool side. partly cloudy skies in the city. mostly cloudy, though, toward the coast. we will see the clouds hanging around downtown for quite some time. only 59 in the city today with low 80s inland. katie. >> lisa, thank you for helping us all plan our morning. a south bay teenager is being treated for severe brain injuries he suffered in a drunken clash with santa clara police last weekend.
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the police released police dogs when they say he came toward them with a knife. we talk with the father who is trying to track down surveillance video of the incident. this is 16-year-old austin calhoun before and after an incident with santa clara police early sunday morning. >> he was in icu and he had brain surgery for a clot to be removed from his brain from blunt force trauma is what they said it was. >> it was after austin left a party intoxicated. he wondered near a fire station and called 011. several officers responded. >> and they found a young man out in public holding a knife to his throat. >> santa clara police captain phil cook said a yelling aator -- said a negotiator was called in but police were forced to act when austin came toward officers. they fired two rubber projectiles. austin fell to the ground and was handcuffed but his dad said
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that wasn't all. >> they released the dog on him and bit him on the left shoulder and tore up down his back. >> austin was brought to santa clara valley medical center. >> sometimes he knows who i am, sometimes he doesn't. he doesn't know what year it is. >> doctors removed part of his skull to alleviate swelling. it's uncertain how much brain damage he may have suffered. his family believe police used too much force. >> i don't think they were trying to hurt him. i just don't know why when someone is asking for help that they end up like that. almost dying. >> it's a very dangerous situation when you have someone threatening to harm themselves with a knife out in public and actually moves in an aggressive manner toward the officers. we think they showed great restraint in utilizing the devices they had rather than resorting to deadly force. >> and police are still investigating so we don't have all the facts in the case just yet. but again, the family just wondering if more could have
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been done, if they could have negotiated longer. in fact, the dad is going around the neighborhood where it happened and trying to find anyone who may have surveillance video of what happened. abc7 news. >> and they are reviewing surveillance video to determine what happened when a bicyclist was hit and killed by a dump truck yesterday. it happened in downtown berkeley in bancroft way near fulton street. police say the victim is a man in his 60s. investigators say the driver of the dump truck unknowingly hit the cyclist and kept going but they say he returned to the scene after being alerted by a passing motorcyclist. >> firefighters east of colfax of battle a growing 1300-acre wildfire that threatens 170 homes. the fire broke out wednesday afternoon and is now down to 10% containment. on thursday crews had it at 20%. but yesterday the winds kicked
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up,, pushing the fire toward homes in two different directions. today 1600 firefighters will be using everything they have on the ground and in the air to protect the gold rush towns of the yankee jim's and iowa hill. >> and we have some rough country, steep terrain. the crews did a really good job today holding the line they had. >> they are working in steep canyons against daytime temperatures in the mid-90s. cooler than the last few days, but still high enough to create extreme fire activity. investigators say candles on a religious altar may be to blame for a house fire in san bruno that killed a toddler and critically injured his grandparents. it happened yesterday on lake drive. the cousin of two-year-old child tells abc7 news his grandparents were baby-sitting when the fire broke out. firefighters found the boy and his grandmother suffering from smoke inhalation. the toddler later died at the hospital. a construction crew working next door saw the flames and rescued
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the grandfather before firefighters even arrived. >> he told us that there was a two-year-old and we just went crazy trying to see if we could get him out, but there was no chance. >> i'm just praying right now any grandma and grandpa come back. i hope they make it. >> the family had its prayer alter in the hallway of the second floor near the bedroom. >> this afternoon china town's unofficial backyard, mason and washington street reopens and it has millions of dollars of new improvements and a new name honoring a hero of 9/11. betty was the american airlines flight attendants who first alerted authorities to the terrorist attacks using an air phone. she died moments later when flight 11 crashed into the world's trade center. her name will appear in both english and chinese characters on the face of the new building
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and mayor ed lee will attend the grand reopening. ceremonies at noon today. the new california ban on the sale of foie gras is being defied by a mountain view restaurant this weekend. instead of selling the duck liver delicacy, one restaurant is giving it away for free while supplies last. people are ticketing outside even serving it for free violates the state ban. we have more on the controversy at chez tj. >> stop foie gras it's against the law. >> chez tjs in mountain view was turned in by a local resident for giving away foie gras. animal rights activists say the restaurant has to be find for serving the duck liver that was band as of july 1st. the protesters who showed up say serving it at all is unlawful. >> it's in violation of the california foie gras ban, even if they say they are giving it away for free. it's still a violation of the law.
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>> chez tj has been here for 30 years. the chef said the protesters are wrong. he carries a copy of the want in his shirt pocket in case he has to prove it. he said the ban is overstepping his rights. >> the government steps in and tells you what i can eat, what i can serve. where do you draw the line? >> the chef has said the leftover foie gras is being given to his customers as a gift for their continued patronage. he says he will only give away the liver that is produced rue -- humanely. >> the minute we find out the sources that we buy are not properly done, we will stop. and if the law says that you cannot give the purchased -- the legal purchased foie gras to customers, we will stop that, too. >> he had his defenders. a few people came to show their support, if not for the river, -- for the liver, for the restaurant. >> i think it's unfair for protesters to disrupt the operation of a local business
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like that. >> he is with the animal protection league said the restaurant faces a $1,000 fine for every day it serves the foie gras. >> the appropriate enforcement agencies will take action and they will be subject to a fine for violating the law. the chef says he will continue to give it away until he runs out sometime this weekend. mountain view police say they have turned over the complaint to the district attorney's office which is looking into it. in mountain view, abc7 news. >> it is 6:09 on this saturday morning. coming up next, sylvester stallone's son has died. we will tell you what may have caused his sudden-death. and mitt romney is calling claims by president obama ridiculous and disturbing and he's demanding an
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the 36-year-old son of sylvester stallone is dead. sage stallone was found at his home. the coroner said there are no signs of foul play. no suicide note. abc7 news reporter alex michaelson has more. >> he made his big screen debut in 1990 in "rocky v," when sylvester stallone was joined by his real life son, sage. in 1996 he was back on screen. in "daylight" he paired up with his father. but on in night in 2012, sage was found all alone. authorities were called to his
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home because they sensed trouble. >> there had been no personal contact him in the last few days. a housekeeper discovered his body inside around 2:00 p.m. it could be weeks until the official cause of death is announced pending toxicology reports. >> there are some prescription bottles. however, i am not going to detail what they were or how many. >> just one day before sylvester stallone was all smiles at comic-con. his publicist said he's, quote, devastated and grief stricken over the sudden loss of his son. his thoughts are with sage's mother, sasha. >> in 2006 he directed a film co-starring actress carroll vinley. it was all "vic." >> he was beautifully. he was physically beautiful, emotionally beautiful and very talented.
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alex michaelson for abc news. republican presidential candidate mitt romney is challenging president obama to reign in his campaign staff which claims he outsourced jobs at bain capital. during an interview with abc news, romney demanded an apology from the white house for claiming he was still running bain when the management company began sending jobs overseas in 2000. romney said he left in 1999. >> that's ridiculous and disturbing to come from their campaign and beneath the dignity of the president and his campaign. he sure as heck ought to say he's sorry for the kind of attacks that are coming from his team. >> but according to security and exchange commission documents, romney was still president and ceo of bain in 2001. president obama responded with president truman's "the buck stops here" refrain. he said since the sec listed romney as their top man, he can't dodge responsibility for it.
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the u.s. olympic team will wear uniforms made in the usa at the next olympics. designer ralph lauren for the games in russia in 2014 will be made here. abc broke the story that the uniforms for the london games were made in china and that sparked outrage throughout america. and the olympic committee said it's too late to change clothes for the london games which starts in two weeks. ralph lauren has a contract with the olympic committee through 2020. >> 6:15 on in saturday morning. lisa is here with a look at weather. it's kind of gray news. >> yeah, yeah. the sunrises at 6:00. not seeing any of that. in fact, plenty of clouds and mist and drizzle. here's a look from our roof camera and the a flag not blowing here but we have breezy winds out in the valley. that will lead to another cool afternoon. i will tell you when we expect a warmup coming up. >> that sounds good. thank you, lisa. also next, busting out of the game. all-star buster posey rips a tape measure shot as the giants
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>> that's our mike niko giving you a wake-up call. he's just one of the alarms you can set on our new abc7 news alarm clock app. wake up to all the morning news, weather, traffic updates. it is free at abc7 news. the alarm clock app is available in the app store. search abc7 news san francisco alarm clock. you can wake up to us, get the quick headlines and then tune in for the more detailed report like what we can expect out there on this gray day. >> we are the envy of the nation with our cool weather. >> that's true. >> you can always count on that here. in full force right now. it's the low clouds, economist drizzle. santa cruz right now a high of 69 today. yesterday you were 73. so another four degrees of cooling or so. we go to emeryville where we have the marine layer." you see the deck of it there. it is over 2,000 feet in spots. live doppler 7 hd and with the
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low clouds all the way into the delta, the winds are blowing and we are looking for temperatures today to continue to cool in our valleys so you probably like it if you are in the try valley, but elsewhere, yeah, getting a little breezy and nip by out there in some neighbors. we will try to fix that by the end of the weekend. 55 in san carlos. good morning san francisco, just 52 for you. also up the road in san rafael with mist and drizzle if you are headed over the golden gate bridge. also misty along the peninsula. 59 in san jose with the cloud cover. not only do we have a cooler start but we have the breezy winds toward concord and fairfield this morning. it will take a little while to clear. the pattern this weekend will continue with cooler than average temperatures. although tomorrow in our inland valleys we are coming up as much as 5 degrees. it will be short-lived because monday and tuesday we are getting another reinforcing shot of cool air. so we will put it all together for you, but what you need to know today is that we are not
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going to warm up anywhere. in fact, we are talking about temperatures 11 degrees below the average in redwood city. usually 83. 72 today. napa about the same. look at livermore. 89 is your average high. just 79 today. no more 80s. only 59 in the city. that's 7 degrees below average and 65 in oakland with 5 degrees of cooling. so we will see some sunshine, but it is going to take a while. this upper level trough is situated to the north and west of us, and as it continues to sink to the south we will have the sea breeze throughout the day today. with the mist and drizzle this morning it is kind of a cool and raw start out there. so grab the jacket. give yourself some extra time and by the afternoon, boy, we have the clouds all along the peninsula. san francisco only partial clearing late in the day. and 70s widespread for the santa clara valley. you have to go way out into the valley to get to those 80s. 100 fresno with 87 in
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sacramento. low 80s in los angeles. we are looking at still triple digits in palm springs. 59 today downtown with 71 in fremont. a corn shucking festival out toward brentwood this afternoon. 75 in san jose and down by the monterey bay. it will be 80 in morgan hill but that's about the only 80-degree temperature and that's still six degrees cooler than yesterday. tonight downtown look for cloudy skies, mid-to low 50s for another win for the giants. tomorrow we are looking at some warming inland, but then look what happens monday and tuesday. wow. not even 80 degrees on monday and tuesday. we are looking at the warmup very slow by the end of the work week. so this is what we have. >> it is what it is. thank you, on
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gma. katie, back to you. thank you very much, dan. sorry to disorient you as i have this morning. [laughter] >> no, it was a measurable disorientation, just for the record. >> oh, good. thanks. >> well, in sports tonight tim lincecum starts for the giants against the astros and may be pitching to keep his spot in the rotation. the giants say they may skip timmy's next start if he has another rocky outing. last night madison bumgarner was spectacular in the team's return from the all-star break. here's the highlights. >> good morning.
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>> let's not sugar coat it. the houston astros are a bad baseball team. 25 games under five hundred on the road and the giants ten games above .500 at home. they had every intention of sweeping this series. the giants all-stars honored pregame last night. and melky cabrera, donning the melkman hat. a good look. first inning, the fastball, gone. buster posey's 11th of the season. two-run shot. madison bumgarner had a 4th of july to forget. left that in the rear-view mirror. seven innings, strikes out five. one run on two hits allowed. giants leading 4-1 in the eighth. pablo sandoval tagging. 5-1, giants. no part of the panda coming down the line. ball pops lose. that's the final. two teams back at it tonight. 6:05 first pitch. tim lincecum on the hill. a great game pregame yesterday. brian in full leather suit handing out baseball photos.
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>> it's something i want to do. brings me in good spirits and if it makes them laugh or happy or excited about baseball, then i've done my job. >> that suit is great. a's in minneapolis yesterday. a three-game series. twins pitcher francisco liriano, the game of his life, at least strikeout wise. be fanned 15. struck out the side in the third. as good as he was, he made one huge mistake. bases loaded in the fourth. jonny gomes clears them. his third career grand slam. a's take the 4-1 lead. and josh willingham has owned his former tammy this season. two homers in this game and he's hit four in four games against oakland. 4-3, a's lead in the ninth. call him johnny be good last night. gomes knocked in cespedes. 6-3 oakland. just one and a half games out of a wildcard spot. a stunner angela stanford ford. mark, the eighth overall pick of the pittsburgh pirates in the
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draft. and spurns, a $4 million signing bonus. he says he wants to return to get his degree. >> and how good can top pick harrison barns be? if this is any indication, very, very good. garrett jackson to david lee in los angeles. barns and company taking on the lakers last night. basketball iq here. follow your miss, kid. barns attacking the rim. fouls on the dunk attempt. 23 in the game on 8 of 13 shooting. as good as he looked, clay thompson looked better. three point barrage in the third quarter. 6 of 8 beyond the arc in the game. he finished with 24. warriors hammer l.a., 91-50. bank of the west at stanford. serena williams. and shippers. and she takes the step 6-4. that goes wide. match point. 6-4, 6-4.
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that's a look at sports. have a great day, everyone. >> coming up next, a record low for voter turnout in june's state primary. and palo alto voters may decide if a new pot club dispensary may be able to open in at this time. -- in the city. >> i didn't know i was illegal in california. >> and suri gets the go ahead from the governor. a new law that makes hands-free texting legal.
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good morning. we are coming up on 6:31 this saturday morning. this morning president obama continues to campaign in virginia, which has become a pivotal state for the november election. he's expected to continue his criticism of republicans in congress for holding up the extension of bush era tax cuts on the first $250,000 earned by all americans. in his weekly address this morning the president says taxes will shoot higher on january 1st if it doesn't get passed. >> the only place republicans and i disagree is whether we keep giving tax cuts to the top 2% of americans. republicans in washington wants more of those tax cuts. with the debts that we have, i don't think we can afford them. >> the republican response from governor rob portman of ohio said raising taxes on job creators who earn more than $250,000 a year makes about as much sense as cutting off the water supply during a
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drought. in the california primary on june 5th only one-third of eligible voters turned in ballots and the vast majority of those were sent in by mail. the secretary of state's office has just certified the election which officially had 31% turnout. just slightly higher than the low 28% turnout four years ago. nearly two-thirds of those that did vote did so by mail ballots, and that's a new record for the state. in the next election palo alto voters will be asked to decide if medical marijuana dispensaries should be allowed to set up shop. the council is expected to approve a resolution that would put it before voters. it would call for an ordinance that would reverse the city's ban on pot clubs that was enacted in 1997. federal law still prohibits the sale of marijuana. several cases are pending before both the state supreme court and the u.s. supreme court. also on monday the san
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carlos school board is expected to approve putting a $72 million facilities bond measure on the november ballot. if passed by voters, it would cost property owners $26 for every $100,000 of assessed value for the next 30 years. it would finance $72 million worth of school facility upgrades from classrooms to lie -- to bewareries and gymnasium. it can also buy additional computers or modern eyes science lab. the mercury news reports the district has a long wish list of projects. well, those of you who continue to break the law by texting and driving, you will love this. if you have a voice recognition phone, a new bill makes it okay to have suri or some other program do the typing for you. abc7 news capital correspondent nannette miranda has the details. >> many mobile devices now have speech recognition technology allowing drivers to have a text message read to them or to send
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a text message by dictation. it's popularized by the i-phone suri feature. >> text isaac. >> what do you want to say to isaac? >> i'll be there in 15 minutes. >> it's so convenient, suri use users drive while holding their text phone and dictating a text. a big no-no >> i didn't know i was illegal in california. >> but people do it anyway. >> you wait for them to answer and you tell them. >> governor jerry brown just signed a bill that clarifies the state's texting laws. sending and receiving text messages through voice recognition is okay as long as it's hands-free. the auto industry really pushed for this because many vehicles will have that capabilities. >> we have two models already now that have that functionality with the 2013 models and next year we are looking to have every model should have that capability. >> chp also had some input into the law. they recognized technology is
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changing but were adamant about keeping the devices handsfree. still officers want everyone to recognize their ability. not everyone can multi-task. >> some can do it while driving a vehicle but others can't do anything except drive a vehicle and they need to focus on just driving. >> i sure am enjoying the cool weather today. >> jim was unclear about the law and now understand what is allowed starting january 1st on his android. >> i think it's a good idea to have a law that lets me with one button talk to whoever i need to talk to and get the message out. chp tells me it's okay to hold your phone to look at the contact while driving but that's it and you cannot check e-mails or retext messages while at a stoplight or in bumper to bumper traffic. abc7 news. >> governor brown also signed legislation that will allow the
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architects of the sonoma-marin area to by-pass local design reviews on the stations. according to the journal, the new state law will streamline the process and help get the service built and operating without delays. it supersedes a 2002 law that requires a formal review process for each station. the new law gives smart the same authority that other public transit agencies have in avoiding the lengthy and costly approval process. >> it is 6:36. straight ahead, desperate for help, the alarming number of california countries hurting to put food on the table. and let's take a live look outside. you recognize the transamerica, of course, and that's maybe about two-thirds of the bank america building next to it. a gray and foggy day this morning. meteorologist lisa argen will building pass, corporate card, verizon 4g lte phone. the global ready one ? yeah, but you won't need... ♪ hajimemashite. hajimemashite. hajimemashite. you guys like football ?
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food. >> our media partner, "california watch" provided alarming figures for families hurting for food, especially in contra costa county. in 2012, 2.5 million people in california struggled with hunger. that number went up by more than 1 million to $3.8 million in 2009. abc seven news reporter laura anthony has the story. >> reporter: the line began forming long before an afternoon produce giveaway was scheduled to begin. here in the heart of contra costa county more and more low-income adults, like this woman, need help like this to survive. >> i can't pass this up because it's -- i need it. i need the food. >> this food giveaway is sponsored by the food bank of contra costa salano. it continues to see huge demand, up by about 50% in the past few years. even though there's signs the economy is improving.
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>> it's scary because we have people coming to us who had six-figure incomes a year ago. they got laid off and haven't worked for months. it's scary to see the people coming to us for the first time. >> east contra costa was especially hard hit by the sagging real estate and construction industries. many who are food insecure are families with children. food and security is defined as not having enough food or enough income to ensure a balanced diet. jerry first receives food stamps and social security but struggles to keep food on the table. especially high quality produce >> how is this going to help you? >> well, i have diabetes and i have been told i need to have more produce. >> we are seeing a lot of hungry people still. >> the monument crisis center is seeing its demand for food assistance decline barely since the peak. in 2009 the center averaged 100
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new families each month. now the average is 99 new families per month. >> that's a significant number because that means there are still a lot of people who are not finding work, their economic situation has not improved and they are really at the depths of depression for many of them. >> at the same time demand is high here in contra costa county, donations to food pantries have slowed considerably. abc7 news. >> here's lisa with the forecast. >> here's the view from mount tam. the marine layer over 2,000 feet deep. it's all the way into our east bay valleys. itit will be slow to clear. and high temperatures, we will warm it up some. i'll let you know when. >> not always the best weather burks it looks like heaven literally. >> and also helping young people in foster care. sometimes it's the little things that count.
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>> abc7 news is teaming up with sleep train to raise support for foster children in the bay area. for every new like on our facebook page a dollar will go to the sleep train campaign which buys things like food and school supplies for foster children. dan ashley looks at one organization that uses that to make a difference for foster children. >> all of these people have been through tough times that no child should ever have to experience and all of them ended up in foster care. >> i wanted to be with my family but i didn't want to go through being abused anymore. >> we can't show their faces but we can share their hope for a better future. >> my first goal is to go to uc college. >> go to cosmetology school and save up my money so i can have
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more money to put toward my career. >> these teenagers are aiming high thanks in part to a group called foster a dream. they focus on foster children 12 to 24-year-old and trying to give them some of the same support that families provide. >> things that will spark that idea of i can do better, things can be better, life will be better. >> foster dream helps foster kids pay for extracurricular activities, proms, student portraits and even sudden emergencies. one young man needed to make a government on his college dorm room from the money from his student loan hadn't arrived yet. >> we made the government so he wouldn't lose his dorm. >> even half of foster children even graduate from high school and many don't have consistent adult support so foster dreams tries to match them with mentors. >> sometimes they just need someone to listen, maybe give good advice.
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>> foster a dream also runs a two week summer program called get set to help teenage foster kids prepare for adult life. >> it may be five years down the road. what do these goals look like? >> the program is put on by two staff members and an army of volunteers. teens work on resumes, practice for job interviews, visit different work places and learn about careers. >> they get interview outfits so we go shopping, they get clothes. >> and there is also fun, swimming, restaurants, even a trip to a zip line and in every activity it is about all the good the young people have to offer. >> i'll never give up. >> the fact that they confide in me and trust me and talk to me. >> the get set program is paid for by john muir medical center. the volunteers seem to benefit as much as the teenagers. >> i had a questionnaire i do with them and i couldn't get
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through it because they stopped in the middle and he said you are my heroes. you people are my heros. you have taught me so much about life. >> foster a dream also distributes clothes and other donations all year long. and every year they create a winder wonderland of foster kids of all ages with activities and gifts to help every child feel special. >> when you find such a need, i feel like it's a privilege to do it and it's, i think we just all need to do whatever we can. foster a dream gets all its funding from private donations so if you would like to contribute or volunteer, we have a link on abc7news.com. once you are there click on see it on tv. and to help even more foster kids in the bay area achieve their dreams just like us on facebook and it will make a big difference in the lives of bay area foster children. for every new like we get this summer, a dollar goes to the sleep train dream campaign. more than $2,000 has already been raised.
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help us get a little more. go to facebook.com/abc7news. >> an unsettling find in contra costa county means more warnings will go out about west nile virus. two birds have tested positive. it is spread by mosquitoes and can be fatal. residents are encouraged it use mosquito repellant for broke. a dead cow found on july 2nd in brentwood also tested positive for west nile. last year three people in contra costa county contracted the disease but there have been no fatalities in the county since 2006. lots of ways to be more careful. no standing water, mosquitoes most active at dusk and dawn. avoid the mosquitoes. >> yeah. i always like to do it. you can do it here. back in the east and midwest, it's not so easy. >> no way avoiding. >> but we are looking at a lot
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of low cloudiness here. tahoe, 43 at the tahoe valley airport. a few extra crowds midweek here. closer to home, the roof camera, you see the flags blowing just a also bit. but with the low clouds, the fog not just here in the city, and we aren't only looking at mist and drizzle along the shoreline, but it is on the way of the golden gate bridge and oakland, live doppler 7 hd showing the low clouds, the fog, all the way into vacaville this morning. breezy winds in concord. down the peninsula low clouds and fog. don't look for it to clear anytime soon. it will take it's time. as it does it will lead to another cool afternoon with the sea breeze. tomorrow is our warmup. 59 in santa cruz. and cloudy, patchy drizzle and a cool weekend. today will be the cooler day. as much as five degrees of warming inland tomorrow and even cooler for monday and tuesday as
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another area of low pressure drops down from canada and that's going to reinforce the cooler air. in fact, even cooler than we are experiencing today. so only a brief warmup but here's a look at where we should be. 80s, upper 80s from livermore, low to mid-80s for napa and redwood city and today only in the mid-and upper 70s. so as much as seven to eleven degrees below average. san francisco only coming in at 59 today. should be at 66. and look at oakland. only 65 today. it will take a while for the low clouds and fog to scour on out. it's all because of this area of low pressure. it's kind of elongated and it's allowing for the cooler care to drop all the way south into much of northern and central california. so as it settles on in, we will look for the marine layer to back off tomorrow and that's why we are expecting a little bit of warming. but take a look. we've got the drizzle along the peninsula, the north bay, parts of the east bay and it's not
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until about 1:00 that we see some sunshine in oakland. southern marin, it will stay cloudy on the peninsula. richmond, the sunset and limited sun, late day sun in the financial district. a cool afternoon downtown. 100 in fresno, though. they are hoping for some of that cool air. we will look for a little bit of cooling toward sack money toe. upper -- sacramento. 93 yosemite and much of the moisture continues to shift east. a dry day in the northern and southern sierra. 71 fremont with mid-70s for san jose, 72 vallejo and down by the monterey bay we have 80 morgan hill, clouds monterey and 61 there and a cloudy evening tonight after a partial clearing today look for numbers in the mid-and then lower 50s for the giants. we will be looking at the little men any warmup inland with just 5 degrees of warming, still below average, but much cooler monday and tuesday.
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then we will begin to warm it up by the end of the work week. so this is not the week to be visiting downtown. >> no. it's disappointing for visitors when everything is socked in and you can't see the golden gate bridge and you think next time. thanks, lisa. maybe a silver lining to this cooler weather. maybe people will put away the flip-flops and put on some more sensible shoes instead. 7 on your side michael finney warns us those particular sandals aren't always that safe. >> a nice day at fishermen's wharf. clouds enjoying the scenery and look what they are wearing on their feet. there are plenty of athletic shoes, to be sure, but also flip-flops. all the summertime flip-flop weather. >> they comfortable, they are open and cool. >> doctors say they are horrible for your feet. >> probably for your arch. >> the arch, that's really just the beginning. >> as soon as the kids get out of school and warm weather hits
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we see an onslaught of -- everybody from teenagers to adults coming in with increased pain in the arch and in the heel and the achilles. >> this is a busy time for dr. vincent moreno. here he lists the potential flip-flop hazards. >> we see a lot of problems accompanied with that, whether injuries from puncture wounds are insect bites to everything from hammer toes, development of bunyans, alterations of the way people walk, hip pain, low back pain. he lines them up to worst to better and enter still. this one offers no support at all. the next one has a little bit of a heel. that is better. and here is better still. >> the next shoe has a little bit of a heel lift which gives it a little bit of an arch. >> the green one has an arch built in.
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able sanchez was wearing flip-flops and he figures that arch support is important. 23 it's not molded to your foot, that's where the problem comes in. >> true, but you also need something keeping the heel on your foot. these athletic sandals are good for that. >> the doctor is quick to point out that not everyone will have problems and most of those to who do can get things corrected if they don't wait too long. i'm michael finney, 7 on your side. >> coming up next, a horse show comes trotting into the bay area. it's pure stage theatrics on horseback. hmm, it says here that cheerios helps lower cholesterol
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>> the white tents are up in san jose but it's not a circus under that big top. the stars of this show are horses. 49 of them. they arrived yesterday for the san jose premiere of cavalia, a magical encounter between human and horse. some people were lucky enough to get an up-close look. it features 11 breeze of horses, 37 riders and a host of acrobats, dancers and musicians from around the world. the horses are so valuable and so precious, they will have around-the-clock security during their stay in the south bay. the san jose performances run from july 18th to august 5th. >> it is 6:57. before we go, one last check of the local weather so you can plan your saturday in the bay area. >> we are locking at sunshine but it will take a while. mist and drizzle starts out.
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only 59 at candlestick park. a little cool for everyone i think. 65 oakland, 66 in watsonville. and low clouds and fog lingering through much of the day along the central coast. a little warmer inland tomorrow and then we will cool it back again and we will have to wait for the warming trend the end of next week. >> keep your sweaters handy. >> yeah. >> thank you, lisa, so much. thank nor joining us on the abc7 saturday morning news. the next newscast is at 8:00 a.m. we want to remind you about the sleep train dream campaign. for every new like we get on the facebook page this
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