5 a.m. on this wednesday morning thank you for joining us i'm eric thomas. i'm kristen sze. vallejo firefighters had a busy night as they battled two fires. one damaged a home, the other a strip mall. amy hollyfield is live at the mall. >> reporter: one fire engine pulled up to this fire here that's all they had left and the captain said he a feeling that he had never experienced before. everyone else was at this fire here are the pictures an old victorian was on fire that had been under renovation. fires say that style of construction is one of the toughest to deal with. everyone was busy on that one when the call came in 15 minutes later for a second fire. the peace baptist church on

sonoma boulevard was on fire in a strip mall it could easily spread. they had only one engine left to send. >> very taxing to have two fires going at the same time. initially, we are used to arriving with back-up right near us and with this one we had to adjust. it was kind of unusual for me. i've been doing this for a long time it is not a normal thing. >> reporter: mutual aid showed up they were able to stop the fire. the sign shop did have smoke damage but the buildings are still standing, an accomplishment considering when the captain pulled up he said he was bracing for the worst. no one was hurt. at the strip mall fire looks like a mechanical problem that started the fire maybe a water heater problem inside the church. amy hollyfield, abc7 news.

developing news from el cerrito now. pg&e crews are trying to find the source of a natural gas leak and cap it so evacuated residents can return home. terry mcsweeney is live near the scene. >> reporter: we got four homes evacuated right now no estimated time when they can go back into their homes. this started 12:30 this morning. take a look at what pg&e crews have been doing. there was a report of the smell of natural gas. firefighters came out, they brought out their equipment and they did an explosive gas reading. they found a pretty significant level of natural gas and they evacuated four corner houses at the intersection of manila and everett. when firefighters pulled up they saw a plume of dust shooting up out of the street. >> this column coming out of

the ground is dried dust where the gas has dried the dirt up and it is a fine powder generated into the air as the gas is leak out of the ground. >> reporter: we've got a two inch gas main rupture, four homes evacuated this has happened underground what is described as a conglomeration of gaslines. right now, pg&e crews, they've dug down at one corner they are going back to another corner and start on both sides of this leak, clamp down that pipe and shut it off. no estimate when that is going to happen. as for the families, they went with family and friends it was orderly. by the time the battalion chief got out here they had already been taken care of for the night. no need for the red cross. four homes evacuated out here. and this pipe still leaking pg&e trying to get on both sides to clamp it down.

terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. 5:04 now. antioch police say crime is up in the city for the first six months of this year compared to the same period of last year. the number of arrests are down. the contra costa times reports the police chief told the city council the department's decreased staffing rate is a factor. the chief says violent crimes increased by 45% due to aggravated assaults. property crimes increased 2500 for the first six months of this year compare today to 1500 in the same period of last year. the police department is down 34 officers from 126. the city looking to hire back 10 officers lost through attrition with federal grant money it received. in southern california protesters clashed with riot police as the anaheim council voted to ask the u.s. attorney's office to investigate recent officer-involved shootings.

large crowds gathered for meeting, the demonstrations grew violent people were tossing rocks and bottles at the police when they were shut out because there was no more room. police responded by firing bean bags and pepper crowds in the crowd. several people were realized. a bay area story is being made into a movie. fruitvale is the drama about the shooting of oscar grant by a bart police officer. the transit agency is helping make the production possible. john alston has the details. >> reporter: according to family members and those familiar with the project one of the filming locations fruitvale station in oakland where 22-year-old oscar grant was shot and killed by a bart police officer. the film is being made with the blessing of bart paid an undust disclosed amount by the producers. when there -- there was

film ing -- he would not reveal specific details. the independent film stars oscar winner octavia spencer who plays grant's mother. other filming locations have included highland hospital. police say there will be filming at the san leandro station later this week. the transit spokesman says bart oversees the content so bart is not portrayed in a way that bart does not want to be portrayed. city and transit agency has been keeping details close to the vest >> i would think it has to do with how the case turned out. the controversy behind the case. what kind of appearance it will give oakland with this movie >> reporter: bart officer ym

was acquitted of murder but -- johannes mehserle was acquitted of murder but convicted of manslaughter. 5:08. i think i have the system worked out the cooler we get the hotter it gets in the midwest. >> right mike always talks about that. let's check in with mike. >> 107 in st. louis again? >> that would be the 11th day this summer where they've topped 105, that's a record, a dangerous and deadly record too. talking about corn not even sprouting ears because it is so dry. parts of the missouri river dried up. phenomenal what is going on there. back here we are on the opposite, cooler than average, dry even though we have more cloud cover this morning, doppler showing your commute, should be uneventful weather-wise.

mild this morning, mid 50s just about everywhere. noon the clouds are mainly back to the coast, an hour longer than they did yesterday to get back to coast, lunch hour 57 at the coast, 72 inland. warmest inland barely 80 4:00. we'll all drop back into the 60s away from the coast by 7:00. clouds returning from the coast into the bay during the 7:00 hour. pollen low amounts of tree and ragweed high amounts of grass and mold. tomorrow the coolest and then friday we are going to warm up and will definitely be warmer heading into saturday. only a couple of degrees every single day. time for traffic. we have a new crash north 101 at willow or marsh left lane reported the crash and the stall right now traffic is still moving well, even though

the left lane is blocked close to 70 miles an hour on north 101, also we have another problem in the north bay, north 101, earlier crash -- my click not working -- in the northbound area nave at 101 injury crash another accident livermore area patterson pass road. we'll look into that. freeway traffic in contra costa county looking good right now this is southbound traffic flowing well towards highway 24, you are good to go there. bay bridge toll nice and light now. 5:10. next, overseas market reaction to apple's lower than expected earnings report. critical test for facebook. what we could learn from the company's first everyonings report since its controversial market debut. ever tried retrieving long

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slow economic activity we are not replacing our cars as quickly. four out of five are waiting 10 years or more before buying a new car. this painting auctioned next fall, estimated value of 15 to 20 grand it was bought for 10 bucks research on the internet showed it was worth much, much more. that's america's money i'm rob nelson. technology shares in asia showed a mixed performance overnight after apple reported lower than expected earnings yesterday. apple reported 35 billion dollars in revenue this quarter, % jump in growth but the -- a 23% jump in growth but the slowest. analysts expected 37 1/2 billion. apple met expectations for iphone and ipad but the price for both products has droped in reason years.

the new operating system for mac computers goes on sale it makes mac work more like iphones and ipads, it will cost $20 and sold as a download free to users who bought their mac on june 11th. this release comes after apple shares fell in after hours trading yesterday on news the company posted smallest growth in two years. twitter working on a system to let users retrieve their old tweets. users only have access to the last few thousand posts. the company is developing a tool to let users export all tweets into a file that can be downloaded. facebook and other sites already allow users to download a file with all their data until now third-party developers -- investors will be keeping a close eye on facebook when

it will release first quarterly earnings report since going in public in may. experts will be looking closely at its business model. it debuted at $38 a share and closed yesterday at just over $28. strong report could restore some of the company's glow. victory for consumers. airlines will no longer be able to hold back the true cost of flying. southwest and spirit airlines have challenged regulations requiring full disclosure of the price in print and online ads. the court of appeals rule the feds have full authority to regulate unfair and deceptive practices. new rules require airlines to allow passengers to cancel without penalty within 24 hours of purchase. airlines are banned from increasing the price and baggage fees after tickets have been bought. not all airports are created equal. some could be tremendous

incubators for disease. the constant flow of passengers means the germs are deposited, picked up and ferried elsewhere at an incredible rate. researchers at m.i.t.xa have figured out which airports could be the worst offenders in the case of an outbreak of disease they developed a computer sill showing the airport most likely to spread disease in the first few days of a pandemic and spreading a disease that originated there jfk first followed by los angeles, honolulu international airport and number four, sfo. newark comes in fifth. followed by o'hare and dulles international. i thought o'hare would come in higher. >> not just the size there are many factors. >> part of it is wait times, hartsfield and o'hare, lots of wait time. >> they should install sanitizers.

>> that spray you when you come into the airport. no spray, a little misty? >> really isolated areas along the coast, cloudy is a good way to describe this morning. coming up on 5:18 looking down from our roof cam at the ferry building bay bridge in the distance clouds aren't hanging low there's enough that we will have flight arrival delays at sfo. i'll let you know. temperatures very mild mid to upper 50s, low 60s around mountain view and redwood city, going to take another hour for sun to pull back to the coast and it won't be as generous with the sunshine at the coast as it was yesterday that's why slightly cooler today mainly cloudy and cool again tonight

we tart to see warmer weather into our neighborhoods over the weekend. today below average across the board san francisco 66, livermore 84 oakland high of 69 today san jose's 79 all four degrees cooler than average redwood city 75, eight degrees cooler. saratoga. low to mid 70s peninsula with san mateo around 72. low to mid 60s along the coast today to mid and upper 60s downtown south san francisco and sausalito. low 60s for you, sunshine inland and mid to upper 70s, 90 around clear lake, temperatures today on the east bay shore upper 60s around richmond, berkeley and oakland. inland from 80 in concord and dublin to 86° in brentwood, monterey bay 70 in santa cruz everybody else in the mid to

upper 60s inland hollister the cool spot, 75 gilroy and morgan hill, low to mid 80s. make sure you take the sunscreen with your broom, 12:45 first pitch warming up to 64, a touch breezy. tonight clouds coming back lack of green not much moisture with the clouds mainly in the low to mid 50s for tomorrow's morning commute. the rest of today, temperatures are some of the coolest we have in the forecast only bettered by tomorrow where we drop a couple more december friday temperatures like today and we gain two degrees everyday through the weekend into next week when 90s are back inland by monday and tuesday. i-80 in berkeley eastbound a few minutes ago traffic was jammed. they were clearing roadwork they temporarily blocked all lanes. within the last few minutes everything reopened traffic starting to recover.

westbound looking good now past university down to the bay bridge toll which is what you would expect delay-free. the ride across the san mateo bridge, westbound for taillights, looks good out of hayward, new crash just reported in the east bay highway 4 pacheco boulevard and possible injuries involved. also, on the peninsula north 101 at willow, a crash in the left lane right now. but, we are still tracking speeds through the area it is still moving well at 65 miles an hour. even though it is in the left lane southbound traffic looks good into palo alto. thank you frances. we have thank yous to pass on. here are a few of the people who are helping to raise thousands for bay area foster kids by liking us on facebook. amber d, jose g, and marta w. you can make a difference as

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3-2 last night in exciting fashion crawfor's base hit both top of the 9th scored the winning run. in toronto the a's beat the blue jays 7-2. they are on a roll the to teams meet again tonight. a fleet of america's cup world series yachts arrived in san francisco this afternoon they rolled in on freight cars. the traveling regatta known as the america's cup world series is packed inside 120 rail cars when unpacked 11 teams each will have their own compound. the race village will look like the one built for san diego last november. racing begins august 21st. >> these are the boats you will see on the harbor shortly they are what we like to call the fastest boats and the best sailors in the world racing them. >> the america's cup world series event next month is a warm-up to the america's

cup racing scheduled for next summer. there are two new attractions this morning at the zoo in washington, d.c., two cheetah cubs moving into new homes. one is male, abandoned by his mother the female delivered by c-section. the general public will see the two frolic saturday. the cubs aren't named yet. they will be named after the fastest u.s. man and woman in the 100 meter dash at the upcoming olympics in london. next, more on our breaking news from the east bay. several overnight blazes kept vallejo firefighters busy. overnight shooting on a busy east bay freeway hospitalizes two. the latest on the investigation. investigators in gilroy trying to sniff out a big theft. who stole thousands of garlic festival tickets? war of words over water expected later today. the groups lining up to block

governor brown's delta plan. clouds slower today, temperatures cooler, 60s along the coast, san francisco, richmond, oakland low to mid 70s bay shore, 70s south bay and north bay, 80s confined to the east bay valleys. hottest in the midwest, chicago 100, st. louis 107. low to mid 80s around seattle and portland. mid to upper 80s eastern seaboard where we have a chance of wet weather stretching into the upper mid service. -- upper midwest. no flight arrival delays. flight tracker abc7news.com at the bottom.

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>> announcer: right now abc7 news begins with breaking news. >> reporter: i'm amy hollyfield live in vallejo this city was put to the test

overnight. two fires broke out at the same time. fires had to call for help. also, two people are hospitalized after a freeway shooting in hercules this morning the gunman is still at large. good morning i'm mike nicco. live doppler 7 hd notice how die it is, clouds are back so is cooler weather we'll talk about how long it will last. good morning i'm frances dinglasan crowded on westbound 80 through berkeley, slow moving traffic, i'll have an update on a couple earlier accidents. a wednesday morning, 5:30 a.m., thank you for join us, i'm eric thomas. and i'm kristen sze let's begin with breaking news in vallejo. busy night for firefighters they battled two fires first at a victorian. amy hollyfield is live at the second fire that's a strip mall on sonoma boulevard. >> reporter: when they got here they didn't have enough firefighters to go in safely

and start fighting the fire. so they chopped away at roof to make holes to ventilate the fire and waited for help. the problem was, everyone was at this fire, take a look at this video it started first, it started at 1:55 this morning and it was demanding. it was an old victorian under renovation that was on fire. firefighters say it is tough to put out fires in victorians. they went to a second alarm. at that same time at 2:17, a call came in there was another fire on sonoma boulevard. the peace baptist church had fire burning in a backroom. vallejo only had one engine left to send. the captain said when he pulled up he didn't have a good feeling. >> initially, knowing that we were by ourselves, i feared for the worst. i thought we would lose the building. but mutual aid companies got here and did a good effort to

stop the fire. >> reporter: they called in help from cordelia and benicia. they were able to save the buildings. the sign shop has smoke damage, that's it. they think the fire was caused by a mechanical failure in the church maybe a water heater. the city had to shutdown three fire stations when it declared bankruptcy a few years ago. firefighters say they felt that shortage tonight. the captain said he's never experienced anything like this in his an rear. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. -- 5:32. developing news in el cerrito this morning. pg&e crews have capped a gas leak no estimate on when four evacuated families will be able to return to their homes. the chief says crews found a column of dried dust spewing into the air from the gas leak when they got on the scene after 12:30 this morning on manila and everett. 10 people were evacuated from

the homes. no injuries have been reported. hercules police and highway patrol are investigating a late night freeway shooting that injured two on i-80. it happened shortly before 11:00 last night. the two men pulled off the highway into a gas station on willow avenue after the shooting. the chp got the 911 call describing a pedestrian on the roadway causing traffic to expert of -- to swerve to avoid hitting him. they closed all lanes for 20 minutes. all lanes were roped shortly before midnight. this morning a santa clara county probation officer is recovering from an injury after accidentally discharging his gun shooting himself in the leg. it happened last night after 8:00 on highway 17 while the san jose police department arrested a suspect wanted in gilroy on a one million dollar felony warrant for firearms vials. officers arrested the 23-year-old. they say he's a known street

gang member. the police department says the probation officer was not involved in the arrest. the officer is expected to be okay. a san francisco sheriff's lieutenant has been placed on administrative leave following an alleged domestic violence incident at a local gym. the officer was detained after getting if in a dispute last thursday at the gold's gym on market seat this is video of him in the 2009 documentary. he is openly gay and he faces charges of assault with intent to cause great bodily injury. police say the case involves someone with whom he a personal relationship. new this morning, in southern california a 3.8 magnitude earthquake shook parts of the region. the quake struck at 3:18 this morning with an epicenter two miles from marina delray. no reports of damage or

injuries reported. gilroy police are looking for the person or people who managed to steal more than $12,000 worth of tickets for this weekend's garlic festival. 1,000 tickets were taken from the association office between june 5th, and july 2nd. half tickets were for adult admission the other half for seniors and children some of the tickets have been sold online, buyer beware, they will not be honored at entrance gates officials say they are label numbers on the tickets and they know which have been stolen. 20-year-old man drowned in the rushing river yesterday. the man was swimming with two friends by sunset beach near forest hill when he began thrashing and went underwater divers found his body an hour later not far from where he went missing his name has not been released, pending notification of his family. the drowning happened a mile

downstream from steel head beach where a 13-year-old boy drowned sunday. search-and-rescue teams searching sequoia national park for a hiker who vanished over the weekend. the 31-year-old was last seen around one sunday afternoon near the 13,000 foot mark. he set out on a day hike, 20 people and a helicopter are looking for him. . hang is six feet tall, weighs 165 pounds -- short black hair wearing a tan full brimmed hat, sunglasses white t-shirt and blue pants. california's ongoing water wars will be heating up today the governor is expected to reveal a plan to carry water from northern to southern california. the governor's proposal calls for building two underground tunnels that will divert water from the delta to farmers in the central valley as well as los angeles and san diego. critics say it will devastate salmon and other fish in the delta. the project would be paid for

with an 11 billion dollar water bond set to go before voters in 2014. more than a dozen groups are planning a rally today to launch their campaign against the proposal. coming up on 5:37. you should have seen the sight i just saw. wow! mike nicco was getting down over there. he will dance when there is no camera on him. when there is, he just stands there. >> he just talks whether -- talks weather, what is up with that. >> he was elvis a minute ago, i'm telling you. a little stiff from doing zumba. here's live doppler, moisture not a real concern good news that shows there's clouds but no organized areas of wet weather visibilities unlimited under the cloud deck because it is clouds less than fog so far. enough cloud cover that will probably have some flight arrival delays into sfo they

usually let us know 20 minutes from now. temperatures in the 50s through 7:00, clouds back to the coast by noon, 70s inland, 60s around the bay, 50s at the coast for your lunchtime temperatures. 4:00, highs for the day, still within a few degrees that means 70s and 80s in the east bay valleys, 70s north bay and south bay, 60s and 70s around the bay, low to mid 60s along the coast too san francisco where clouds gather around 7:00, 60s bay shore, 60s and 70s end land. tomorrow coolest day -- 70s inland. tomorrow coolest day in the forecast. by the time you get to the weekend into next week it is going to feel like summer once again. we have several accidents, westbound 4 slow in antioch,

21 miles an hour there is a crash westbound 4 at pacheco that doesn't seem to be causing delays. livermore area overturned crash reported originally reported on patterson pass road at cross road but it looks like now it is on cross road near patterson pass road traffic through the pass, 51 miles an hour. better -- better news on the peninsula, earlier accident north 101 willow and marsh cleared traffic had been flowing well through the scene past the scene in both directions no problems on 101 roadworkgoing on in cupertino this time the -- the connection ramp from southbound 280 to northbound 85 is blocked until , just another 20 minutes, traffic flowing well at 72 miles an hour there. here's a live shot of northbound 280 out of the downtown san jose area. we want to remind but our

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there's a new effort to protect whales off the coast of san francisco with alarming number being killed by ships recently. noaa is recommending that all ships slow down to 10 knots in the gulf of the farallons and national marine sanctuary. noaa says the whales are eating huge amounts of krill. the slow down for ships is voluntary for now. >> crews understand whales are magnificent animals and nobody wants to hit them. if they can see a nexus between actions that might be required of them and a benefit to the whale population, then

we are hoping for success. >> if the recommendation does not work, noaa may enact a mandatory rule that would move shipping lanes farther from the coast and create a slow lane. new morning, rescue crews managed to free a bull stuck in a irrigation well overnight the bull trapped itself if a nine foot deep well that had water it in. after four hours the animal was pulled to safety. not hurt. rescuers believe the animal was spooked and fell into the well. next, why the cost of food is on the way up in this morning's bloomberg business report. incredible video of flooding from china. decision that could be made later today that will allow some

clouds along the coast getting close to san francisco mid 60s there 69 oakland, 58 richmond, 70s throughout the bay shore south bay and north bay best chance of 80s in the east bay valleys today. doppler quiet across the state. 90s central valley into yosemite, 83 tahoe, big sur 66

afternoon sun low to mid 70s san diego and l.a. palm springs 107. watch this, it is amazing video. ontario, canada, a man was kill, a police officer broke his leg after they both fell knee a gorge at niagara falls this is video of crews rescuing the injured officer they extended a ladder lowered down stretcher and used a rope to get him out. the officer was chasing a man when they both went over a low training wall. the man he was chasing -- went over a retaining wall. the man he was chasing was dead at the scene.

it is a morning of dramatic pictures look at these from a village outside of beijing. yesterdays -- residents captured video of major flooding. this is the result of heavy rains from a summer storm has caused major flooding in many regions of china. the waters have damaged homes, schools and hundreds of businesses. you see it carrying cars away there. the chinese government has blamed 27 deaths in the country on major flooding. that shows the power of nature no matter how strong we think we get. >> yeah that village is on the -- kind of historic, tourists like to go there. hate to see that kind of damage and destruction. >> that's what water does, you can compress air, water goes where it wents. -- guess war it wants. good morning, as we come up on 5:50 clouds from

mount tamalpais still watching sfo to see if there is going to be flight arrival delays there usually is with this type of pattern. doppler showing a lot of dryness for the morning commute. still waiting to hear from anybody who lives along the coast and may be getting drizzle there, haven't found any signs of that happening right now. just updated these temperatures, still 60 mountain view, 62 redwood city, everybody else mid to upper 50s. monterey bay inland temperatures in the mid to upper 50s. we'll see sunshine today, it will take an hour longer to breakthrough of the clouds compared to yesterday, slightly cooler this afternoon. they will come back tonight so will cool conditions, warmer afternoons as we head through the weekend. today everybody going a little lower except for san jose, 79 like yesterday, 69 oakland, 66 in san francisco, one degree cooler.

still have that low off to our east, high off to our west, lower atmosphere airflows from high pressure to low pressure enhancing the sea breeze why we are having such a quiet pattern of morning clouds afternoon sun and cool breeze off the ocean reaching into the east bay valleys mid to upper 80s today. east bay shore coolest where that breeze comes across the golden gate and touches richmond, berkeley and oakland, upper 60s for you. south bay 70s more of the rule than the 80s campbell los gatos and saratoga 80 to 82. low to mid 70s peninsula, low to mid 60s coast mid to upper 60s downtown south san francisco and sausalito more clouds at beaches in north bay, bodega bay -- mid 60s monterey, watsonville, 68 salinas. low to mid 80s gilroy and

morgan hill heading out to at&t park can we sweep the padres? it is possible today, take the sunscreen, warming up to 64. 50s tonight with mostly cloudy start to tomorrow morning, tomorrow afternoon the coolest afternoon by a couple more degrees not a huge jump, everyday the sun warms us up about a couple of degrees by the time we get to monday, tuesday 80 bay, 90 inland mid 60s along the coast. we've had quite a few accidents this morning. new one just reported in san jose, north 101 at alum rock for mckey rather slow from alum rock now 34 miles an hour, we'll keep you posted it is blocking one of the lanes. also in cupertino southbound 280 to northbound 85, roadwork still blocks connect ramp, should be cleared in the next few minutes. i wanted to let you know this earlier crash westbound 4

pacheco has been cleared, westbound 4 still jammed through antioch, down to 19 miles an hour, lone tree out towards loveridge. also, in the livermore area patterson pass road cross road near that intersection, there is an injury crash. traffic is slow out of tracy into the altamont pass at 25 miles an hour. it has been a little sluggish westbound 80, crowded right here near university, no major problems. eastbound traffic fine. there was heavy traffic eastbound due to roadwork around 5:15 this morning. 680 in walnut creek, so far looks good here as you head southbound towards highway 24, there's the connection ramp there, no major trouble through the san ramon valley. i want to take you to the waze traffic app so you can get the slow down on westbound 205 out of tracy moving around 27, 34

miles an hour. grant line road heavier than 205 and 580 heading into the altamont pass. 5:53. food prices may be about to go up again. americans are keeping their cars longer. >> i've kept mine for 11 years now. good morning. if you are looking for a job you might consider being an auto mechanic. people are hanging on to their old vehicles longer. 78% of those surveyed think 10 years is the appropriate length of time to keep a car. a growing number of people are getting their cars worked on in independent repair shops instead of dealerships. watch for higher prices in the grocery aisle consumers may have to fork out 4 1/2% more for meat, eggs and bread next year next year because of this year's drought. lady gaga getting sued for failing to approve a line of dolls in her image accused of

wanting to delay production and shipping of the dolls until her new album comes out next year. netflix reporting a drop in income, goal of signing up seven million new use there's year will be challenging, blaming the popularity of the summer olympics for its problems. third down day in a row for u.s. stocks yesterday on growing concern europe's debt problems. at the new york stock exchange, with the bloomberg business report. researchers say youtube videos could be a helpful tool of treating vertigo doctors say you can learn a technique to cure it by watching youtube. it helps relieve dizziness by moving particles in the ear. vertigo affects more than six million in the u.s.

responsible for up to 40% of doctors visits. imagine getting an e-mail out of blue offering you $100,000 a year to pursue whatever research you want. that happened to this man an astrophysicist at uc berkeley. one of 21 scientists to get the offer from the simmons foundation an organization that supports research in math and science. all recipients were unfair -- were unaware they were being considered. he says it was probably the single most surprising e-mail he has ever received and probably the best. alameda looking for volunteers the only requirement, can you say "i now pronounce you husband and wife?" looking for volunteers to perform civil marriage sermons you must be able to read and write edge work a minimum of 2 1/2 hours a week and be at least 35-years-old.

this is a volunteer position, your reward is the happiness of the couple you have just pronounced husband and wife. 5:56. next, we are continuing to follow breaking news in vallejo. firefighters had a busy night battling two overnight fires. crews were down to their final engine. amy hollyfield will have a live report. developing news in the east bay, several residents are evacuated after an early morning gas leak. pg&e crews are on the scene right now.

good morning i'm eric thomas. and i'm kristen sze.