>> in the news this saturday morning, august 18, a man is shot in the face after an argument in a stadium parking lot during the raid he is preseason game in arizona. and a violent high riske sex offender on the lose after escaping from a mental health facility in redwood city. good morning, i'm terry mcsweeney. rain in parts of the bay area this morning. let's check the forecast. in for lisa argen, here's jeff martinez. >> that's right. we were mentioning it on our way to work, light showers out there. partly cloudy conditions, mostly cloudy conditions and fog off the coast. we are starting out with scattered light precipitation as you see here. just a few light showers going

on, mainly up to the north. napa had a thunderstorm earlier this morning. started to clear out but as you head up to clear lake a line of storms here. light precipitation down toward the east bay and santa rosa. showers in the forecast throughout the morning hours and then we will start to clear things up. i'll talk more about that and have the full weekend forecast in a few minutes. >> thanks a lot. this morning, a high riske sex offender is on the lose. daric sander escaped from redwood city facility yesterday. we have the story." >> reporter: 34-year-old daric sanders is a wanted man after escaping from redwood city facility. >> he left early this morning through an elevator shaft. >> staff noticed he was missing through early morning rounds. sheriff's office is concerned because sanders is a high riske sex offender. >> he's a parolee. he has violence in his history. he has a prior sex offense in his history.

the fact he also has a sex offense with minors is definitely a high riske in our community. >> sanders was placed there by parole officers. it's a locked facility, but it's a treatment center. the company that provides the care industries it as a rehabilitation center. >> there's ways to leave this facility without going through the elevator shaft. >> going up here i never heard of anybody escaping or seeing anything weird. but knowing about this is kind of scary. >> she likes to bring her one and two-year-old daughters to her childhood home so they can see their grandparents. the house is just down the street from the facility. >> i'm afraid for my children. i don't know how often i want to come back here to my parents' house because they are so close. >> she doesn't normally go by the facility but other neighbors do. >> once in a while you see one of the patients walking around, and i think they let him out for that purpose. >> the trail-goers i spoke with

aren't too concerned about the escape. >> well, every so often and that's what i'm more conscious about than any wild or lose parolee. >> but authorities want sanders back in custody as soon as possible so area agencies have been notified. >> he's basically a transient. he has some family here in the county and also in oakland. we believe that he's probably walking away from this area. >> and sanders is 5'11", 165 pounds. take another good look at him there. he was last seen wearing a red polo shirt and blue jeans. police want to stress that you should not approach this man. if you do see him or have any idea where he is, be sure to call police right a way. abc7 news. >> tragedy in san jose as a three-year-old girl drowns in a family swimming pool. it happened just before 7:30 last night. police say the child simply went into the pool, went unnoticed.

there's no evidence of any foul play. the investigation does continue. she was taken to regional medical center where she was pronounced dead. >> this morning police in arizona are investigating a shooting outside the raiders-cardinals game last night. it happened in glendale just outside of phoenix where a 30-year-old man was shot in the face in the parking lot. the shooter didn't leave the scene. he waited for police to arrive. shooting victim was rushed to a hospital and is expected to survive. both men are arizona residents. no word what led to the fight other than an argument between football fans. a device used to make illegal narcotics was blown up in palo alto last night. they had a shelter in place for nearly five hours. the bomb squad blew up the device just after 7:30. earlier residents reported seeing what looked to be a soda bottle wrapped in tape and gauze in a driveway. police sent in a row got to

check things out before deciding to detonate the device. new this morning the panel that found suspended san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi committed official misconduct, now says it will not make a recommendation as to whether he should keep or lose his job. the san francisco chronicle reports that comes from city ethics commission executive director. the ethics commission decided in a 4-1 vote his domestic violence related guilty plea to a maryland does amount to official misconduct. the sheriff's attorney said the committee should recommend to the board that he keep his job. and that rests with the 11 member board of area supervisors. >> this morning they a congressn will be joining the search for sierra lamar at morgan hill. there have been weekly searches since her disappearance. the congress plan will participate in the search starting at 8:00 a.m.

even though her body has yet to be found, a man is charged with her murder. police say they have dna evidence linking the man to to the crime. muni is taking the step of banning controversy am ads on their buses. abc7 news reporter john alston has reaction from both sides. >> reporter: the dueling ads appear side by side on ten muni bus. the last one popped up last week. today muni came back with its response. a bus card saying its policies prohibit discrimination and it condemns statements that describe any group as savages. >> obviously we think the ads in place right now are repulsive and they cross the line. there's not lot we can do in light of the first amendment.

>> the group behind the first pro israel adams is the american freedom defense initiative headed by a lead from new york who said she's planning another muni bus adams. >> they will be calling out the institutionalized and sissic antisemitism of the involvement of san francisco. they are pick sides and they should be running disclaimers on every adams, not just mine. >> and some welcome it as a step in the right direction. >> a lot of the damage has already been done. we've heard from many community members both in our organization and a number of other organizations across the bay area that if they simply don't feel comfortable boarding the buses that carry these ads. >> the publicity has generate add few thousand dollars for her organization. >> we have seen an increase in fundraising, absolutely. what do you think is going to play for my counter ads to the discrimination arizona that are running counter to my ads. >> this is someone who is

thriving on creating fear of millions of muslims across the world. >> she said her muni adams campaign costs about $5,000 and is her first amendment right. today the council on the islamic american relations said the money be used for countering hate speech. abc7 news. the state's lead investigator into the chevron refinery fire accuses federal investigators of bias media grandstanding and scaring the public with half truths and misleading information. cal osha and the chemical safety board said they agreed to preserve the accident site while their investigation continues. they said the structure is too unstable to enter. they are openly critical of federal investigators who have intervened in the case. his facebook page suggests friction with the agencies.

campbell police are urging caution for people looking to buy apple products off websites like ebay and craigslist. that's because those items might be stolen. last weekend thieves broke into the fryea electronic store. this is video of the robbery as it went on. they said that's where the stolen items will most likely end up. speaking of stolen property, the man who ended up with steve job's ipad said he had no idea it had been stolen. jobs home was burglarized last month. ipads, computers, champagne all stolen. a 33-year-old man confessed to the theft but before he was arrested he gave the i-phone to his friend, kenny the clown, who had words of advice for their

friends. >> just to think about what you do. there are consequences in life. we all know right from wrong. so do the right thing. he said mcfarland gave it to them to pay for his share of tickets that the two booked to hawaii. good morning america will have more on that coming up at 7:00 ambriz. and a cougar and her cubs were seen yesterday near a road. employees were told to take precautions, including not hike or jogging alone and avoiding isolated packets at dusk and dawn when mountain lions are most active. the cougar and her cubs were also seen last month near the greek theater. coming up next, honoring a hero. south way prepares to honor a fallen marine shot and killed eight days ago in

>> this afternoon a memorial service is planned for a marine killed eight days ago in afghanistan. 29-year-old captain was shot and killed along with two other marines while conducting combat operation necessary the southern part of that country. his father said they were attacked by a local afghan any wearing a police uniform. the service will be held at 3:00 p.m. at the st. francis gym in mountain view. police say to expect heavy traffic in the area with more than 1,000 people expected to attend. the family is creating a scholarship in his honor. tomorrow morning a helicopter with the national guard in stockton will depart for fort hood, texas. there is a ceremony that take place at 2:30 this afternoon at the stockton fight facility on

stinson road. thiss going to be the unit's third deployment in recent years. they served in afghanistan in 2008 and iraq in 2003. health is the theme of this weekend 37th annual gay-lesbian pride festival in san jose. >> we will do body mass index, blood pressure, we will be talking about mental health and physical health. [applause] >> that will be available at a health and wellness pavilion at the park where the pride festival will run today and tomorrow from noon to seven. please join us tomorrow night for a half-hour special called "just like me." abc7 news anchor cheryl jennings takes us inside the taylor family foundation camp livermore. that's an incredible foundation that provides camp for people with life altering or life-threatening issues. you will meet inspiring people that make the camp the truly special places it.

it is here tomorrow, abc7 at 6:30 p.m.. and we have seen some clips of that. last evening i was watching it. it's looking like it's going to make you laugh and cry and i'm not just throwing those words out there. it's incredible stuff. >> we will check it out. driving to work just before the golden gate bridge it was raining. >> heavy downpour? >> yeah, and some mist and a little downpour. scattered showers throughout the area. that's the trend throughout the morning hours. a live shot look at emeryville there, looking toward downtown. a beautiful shot there. yes, we do have a few scattered showers and even some thunderstorms to talk about for a saturday morning coming up. i'll have the weekend forecast coming up. >> and we have a green light. >> and the green light right there. let's go. >> also next, carson palmer and the raiders try to kick start their offense that sputtered so far in the preseason. larry beil has the highlights coming up in sports. this is the plan for back to school.

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>> 5:18 saturday morning. two hours ago there was a, oh, so brief downpour. it just wouldn't stop for about 30 seconds but still it was there. that will be getting out of the

way in not too long. >> this afternoon. >> we have many more weather questions in a couple minutes. new this morning a strong earthquake, magnitude 6.6, knocked a northern indonesian island. the quake struck 30 miles southeast of palu city on an island. it's not the world's most popular island but it's the 11th largest. 14 million people live there. it struck at a depth of 13 miles. no reports of damage or injuries. another round of fast moving thunderstorms could strike today in southern california. heavy rains from thunderstorms caused flash flooding through parts of san bernardino county. look at the individual flow from this community of forest falls near victorville. evacuations were not ordered but the flooding blocked access to roads in the area. nothing like that this morning, but i was surprised by that downpour. boom!

it's there and gone. >> driving in from sacramento, thunderstorms in the area. >> you saw lightning. >> yes, and also napa valley had thunderstorms move through this morning. >> he toured the state this morning. >> driving all around. a few showers and maybe a thunderstorm up to our north and some patchy fog, too, from our sutro cam in high definition. hope you are enjoying your saturday morning bright and early. time now about 5:20. yeah, kind of going to see it all today. a few clouds out there, light showers, and maybe a rumble of thunder as well. the scattered activity is mainly off to our north at this hour as we head out to the sacramento valley some light showers, and also north of santa rosa. zoom in and we will see what's happening again. up to the north is where most of the shower activity is happening for now. really it's going to be maybe throughout the morning hours as we zoom in here. you see up toward winters, just south of clear lake and vallejo

as well, light showers going on right now and again out around santa rosa. so most of this will start to dissipate by the afternoon hours as we start to see a little bit of drier air moving into the area. out toward stockton and as we head down toward the south bay things are clear here. just patchy fog along the coast. not too bad. otherwise the temperatures are a little cooler today. certainly been a hot one, especially inland the past week or so much he with are starting to see a nice cooling trend the next few days. the temperatures out there right now, not bad. 60 oakland, 66 in san francisco, 55 half moon bay. the weather highlights look like this. light showers and isolated thunderstorms throughout the morning hours. areas of fog by the coast and then we start to clear things out nicely by sunday and monday as dryer air works into the forecast area. so looks like a pretty good week the next few days. here's the reason why we have been seeing the scattered showers and thunderstorms. an area of low pressure off to the north producing a southernly

flow. a stream of moisture work its way into the area. again it will be with us mainly through the morning hours today and by this afternoon things will start to clear on out, mainly some high clouds throughout the day today. but if you are heading up to the sierra, they had thunderstorms around lake tahoe yesterday and northstar. big thunderstorms there and also down toward gardenville they had a mudslide on highway 395 which shut down for a time. it is open now. but thunderstorms in the forecast along the sierra if you are headed in that direction by this afternoon. today looking pretty good out there. we will see light showers mainly in the morning hours. temperatures in the 50s and 60s around 8:00. and top out around 90. 70 degrees or so here in the city. temperatures hot up to the north. 92 clear lake and nowhere near that 100 you had just a couple days ago. 80s inland. 69 in oakland today. san francisco about 63 degrees and down to the south bay we will see temperatures around 80

in morgan hill and gilroy 74 degrees, 70 salinas. the accuweather seven-day forecast shows a pretty good cooling trend as we head into the week. the weekend looks pretty good. light precipitation out there. a lot of things going on today. san francisco street food festival gets started at 11:00 to 7:00. folsom street. good food and i'm hungry. >> and you will be during the city after the shows? >> you bet. >> and the 49ers in huston to play the texans for their second preseason game. and the cardinals and raiders played. good morning. offense continues to be a problem for the new coach dennis allen. quarterback kevin cobb is going down. the. 7-5, cardinals. after being shutout last week by dallas and nothing again this

week. carson, badly thrown ball and picked. 14 of 24, still no touchdowns. next possession, mike goodson with one of his two fumbles. john skelton, wide open to anthony sherman. 17-8. a minute and a half later, the punt blocked. justin bethel scoops and scores. cardinals led by 16. raiders, to their credit, fight back. they power in for the first td of the preseason. later in the third. the strip and paul davis picks it up and crawls into the end zone. tied at 24. in the fourth arizona with william powell sauntering in. raiders lose again, now 0-2 this preseason. >> and giants trying to replace one of their best hitters. no problem last night. tons of runs. the giants fans always make their way to san diego. second batter of the game, marco

scutaro, deep to left off of ross. scutaro's sixth of the year, 1-0 giants. their offense erupts in the third. angel per gallon began the rbi triple and scutaro brings limb in. 3-zip. lookout. that goes to the backstop. buster posey scores and the padre pitcher gave up 8 runs in two innings. matt cain adding to the run-scoring frenzy. rbi single. giants with eight runs in the third, 9-0 affeldt three. cain. and giants cruz 10-1. move half a game ahead of the dodgers who lost. a's and indians. former skipper is there for the money ball reunion. trouble in the forth for tommy malone. grand slam. one swing and 4-to indians. a's rally in the fourth. donaldson doubles and brings home chris carter. a's down 4-1. they get back into it. and oakland chipping away.

now 4-3. zach would tie it. and donaldson, who was hitting only .196 but was 4 for 4 in this game brings in adam rosales. a's comeback to win 6-4. this weekend the a's are celebrating their 2002 money ball team that won 20 games in a row. here's art, the manager, for the celebration. everyone remembers the 20th win in the bottom of the ninth the walk-off home run. >> i remember the last game we were up 11-0 and we finally thought we had a laugher and the laugh was on us because the next thing you knew it was 11-11 on the night and patty came up to hit the ball out of the ballpark and cam off the bench. to win the game. >> that was a great run and this should be a fun weekend for those guys, reliving the memories from '02. that's a wrap-up on sports. mike shumann will be here at five, six and eleven with the highlights. have a great weekend. i'm larry beil. coming up next, the amazon

tax. a sales tax for the internet and you only have a short time to avoid paying it. we will tell you about that. and a community challenge. the parents of union city of trying to stuff this bus with school supplies before their

>> topping our news this half-hour, next month begins a whole new world for e-tailers in

california. most will have to started charging you sales tax. it could lead to a stampede in online buying before it kicks in. here's the details from nannette miranda. >> the days of skirting the sales tax for most john lined purchases are numbered for most californians. the department of tax state it had this week. on the sag out-of-state e tailers must start collecting the sales tax. >> the estimate for the state will receive from the collection of the sales tax is low end $250 million up to $500 million. so that will be great in this time of deficits. >> most californians don't know that if an e-taylor doesn't collect the sales tax they are supposed to pay it on their own when they file their income taxes.

bookstore owner fought for nearly a decade to level the playing field. she said the stores have lost sales to competitors who don't charge a sales tax. >> people look for a lesser cost would naturally gravitate to that source. we felt it was an unfair advantage. >> they are forcing them to collect sales tax on companies that don't have a presence in california. the deal made with california leaders was a seek a federal internet tax and if that failed the state tax would go into effect. what they got out of the deal was amazon promising to open facilities in the area and hiring thousands of people. one is already in production. mr. clark is fine with paying the sales tax. >> it's just crazy to have these large retail outlets escape taxation. everyone is concerned about the survival of downtown, the

survival of local customers. >> opponents on the other hand are upset they can go longer get away with a deal. >> i think it's going to make me do a lot of shopping before september 15th. that's not good. >> it's unclear if it will change behavior and drive people back to stores. one advantage e-takelers still have is convenience. >>. as kids get ready to head back to school not all will be able to afford the backpacks and school supplies they need not classroom. johnathan bloom went to one east bay community where help is arriving on a big yellow bus. >> hello. we are stuffing the bus with school supplies to help kids get started for the school year. >> whether or not you came near buy school supplies, the schools need them. that's why this lead and her daughter are passing out flyers in front of the union city wal-mart and that's also why the big yellow bus is here.

>> we are collecting school supplies and the folks who care to purchase supplies, bring them to the bus and we stuff the bus with the school supplies. >> here you go. >> thank you very much. we really appreciate it. >> sure. >> sometimes a handful, other times a cart full. every little bit helps. >> i can't believe that the parents have to supply this stuff now these days. when we were kids we got everything at school, and it's hard. >> harder for some than for others. >> the young man had literally stapled together pages from his older brother's notebook that weren't used on the reverse and that was his notebook the start of the year. >> it's a story they hope won't happen again thanks to these supplies. >> all pens in one? >> he has mechanical pencils in the same bin. >> this is one of the district's biggest buses, but if past years are any indication, they expect generous shoppers will stuff the bus many times over with the buckets full of school supplies. >> last year we filled up about ten buses full. >> the wal-mart manager said the genius of stuff the bus is that folks can donate as much or as

little as they want. >> that's what makes the whole program successful because it doesn't take a lot for people to spend to support their school. >> we have crayons and pencils and glue and paper folders, and i'm hoping it can help out the needy and the ones that really need the help. >> we appreciate your generosity. thank you so much! >> the bus will be here until sunday night. in union city, johnathan bloom, abc7 news. a back to school event from eleven to three today will help out more than 3,000 bay view children by giving them free backpacks and school supplies. annual bay view back to school event in san francisco made possible this year by a $40,000 grant from lowe's charitable foundation. professional race car driver and bay view native mike henry is going to be there and he's

bringing his car with him. that's going to be a pretty cool event. in the south bay, santa clara unified school district teachers will be handing out free school supplies to kindergarten to eighth graders. it takes place in santa clara behind the franklin mall. school starts monday in the santa clara school district. a group of little leaguers from indianapolis have stepped up to the plate to help out a competing team in williamsport at the little league world series. check it out. the team learned their roommates from uganda didn't have snuff clothes and shoes to go around. the kids called their parents to organize a donation drive and collected more than enough for them. that's cool. and you can watch petaluma's little league's team against goodletsville, tennessee. you can see had right here on abc7. the radiation is contaminating treasure island

more than anyone realized. what about the plan to put thousands of new homes out there? and a live look from the camera above the roof down here at the abc7 studios. looking out at the embarcadero. you can see the bay bridge. you can see a while, but there's some overcast and there was some rain this morning. an occasional shower. more from jeff more continue necessary on that in a couple minutes. and we want to take a moment to thank you for taking part in the abc7's sleep train dream campaign. thanks going out to christine g of san francisco, lisa r. of an loreno and allen k. of san rafael. thanks to all of you. they are among the thousands of that clicked the like button on the abc7 news facebook page. for every like we get this summer a dollar goes to th

>> dreams of a thriving community on treasure island with thousands of residences may not come true. the problem, radioiation left behind. we have the details. >> take a good look at treasure island's redevelopment. where are the high rises with the 20,000 residences and where is anything that looks like progress. >> the older i get and the more i laugh at this. >> the supervisor ran the project for the city of san francisco until they called it an empty political promise of jobs and prosperity that could never be built. now that the navy has reported no radioactive waste in the island in more places than originally thought, it looks like a profit. >> it is not about the radiation. the radiation is the latest thing they are using from anything happening out here

because they know it will never happen. >> but the radiation does exist. it is labeled and piled and measured and in some cases it is disposed of in places long forgotten. new report does not surprise environmentalist. >> a better job should have been done in researching this because the material was found, it was available. >> who is that on? >> that's on the navy. >> opponents of it look forward to a delay of years at the least. among them, this tone, who believes what we don't know maybe just as dangerous as what we do. >> you have to properly characterize the island for proper radioactive impact and that has not been done. >> and it has come from landfill to world fair to abandonment to rue in to memories of a distant promise. >> it sits on the largest earthquake fault in the bay area. it's i am possible to develop the plan they are talking about out here and they ought to tell the people the truth.

>> we had hoped to speak with the treasure island development authority today. they work this that building there right there behind us a few steps away. we've been here all day and no response. on treasure you shall island," wayne freedman, abc7 news. >> some of the world's best racing teams return to san francisco bay this afternoon, including an olympic gold medalist. sky 7 found some of the 11 boats practicing for next week's america cup's world series races. all the books are identical to each other to level the playing field so it's really a battle of the sailors. a winning british sailor ben ainsley will make his way there today. he holds five gold medals. the racing continues through next sunday. and races are also held in italy. what those folks want is a nice,

strong wind on the bay. >> yeah. >> they are rarely disappointed out there, right? >> definitely today winds will pick up with the area of low pressure off the coast and high pressure off to our east. a difference there in the -- there and the winds will pick up. check out the bay bridge. we are talk about some sprinkles as we headed into work. even a light shower. justify to get the car dirty. just washed the car. never fails, you just wash the car and it rains. but it will not be a total washout for your saturday. just isolated showers and i will talk about that in a few minutes. >> and also ahead a conversation with abc's katie couric. see how her new talk show is reshaping her perspective on the news. a almost homemaker is excited for what she won almost a year ago in a contest. i'm michael finney. 7 on your 3q

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>> on your side's michael finney follows a trail of accusations. here are his findings. >> i have never won anything in my life. >> this is a picture she submitted to win an ugly backyard contest. she won a $9,000 garden makeover for her san mateo home from winco landscapes. eleven months later this is all that's been done to her yard. it remains as appealing as an abandoned lot on a neglected street. >> i am really angry. but this was an adrtising ploy

that really disappointments me. >> she didn't pay anything to enter the contest but 7 on your side has learned other paying customers ever winco have seen their projects stall out as well. >> i spent 27,000 and this is what i got to show for it so far. >> mike said the work on his san jose home was scheduled to be completed in just one month. five months later, materials are left scattered all over the yard. the sharp-pointed end of screws are exposed. and their back door leads to an incomplete deck and a big drop. they say all this poses a potential danger. so much so that the family was forced to cancel their young children's birthday party. the kids are disappointed. >> he was like, mom, you promised me. and, you know, why? why can't i have -- you know, i don't understand. >> the contractors say the license board is expressing

serious concerns about winco. >> we have a number of complaints filed against them, a few in the last couple weeks. there is concern on our part about his ability to continue with work at this point if he's not completing jobs. >> the company has been stripped of its license for letting its workers compensation insurance expire and for failing to pay a $3,700 small claims judgment. winco has since paid that judgment and said it's in the process of renewing its worker's comp insurance. the spokesman for the f mily-run business told us he takes full responsibility for the half-completed work. quote, we should have gotten it done. i'm not going to dispute that, close quote. he says, as soon as he gets his license back, he will complete the work. some of his customers say they have heard these types of promises before. >> you know, they are laughing, they are laughing with our money right now. all we want is our backyard done so we can share this home with our family. we will stay on top of this and let you know if there are

developments. to protect yourself, state regulators say always get all promises in writing, including the start and end dates and never pay more than 10% or $1,000 up front, whichever is less. and don't pay the balance until all the work is completed. i'm michael finney, seven on your side. jeff martinez is in for lisa argen. for the first time in months i'm trying to work and -- >> a little rain? >> it was brief but it was solid. >> after that one cell. >> right, right. >> same thing with me coming into work. i had a little shower and even thunderstorms off to the north. i-8 0 heading up to napa valley. not a total washout this weekend but just scatters showers in the early morning hours and that's about it. this afternoon looking pretty good and sunday we will dry things out nicely as well. good morning. hope you are enjoying your saturday so far. very early here, 5:48. a beautiful shot from our sutro

cam looking back toward the bay bridge in the city. notice the fog rolling on in. yes, expect patchy fog along the coast. and that should burn off too later on this afternoon. and a leave doppler 7 hd a little busy this morning, a tracting light precipitation as we head toward the north bay, around fairfield and as you head out toward the sacramento valley. that's the trend throughout the morning hours. again around napa we had a pretty good thunderstorm brew in your area a couple hours ago. everything is kind of winding down for the most part as you head further north just south of clear lake you see light precipitation, also toward hercules and berkeley as well. hit-or-miss shower activity through the morning hours. a wider view here. as we head toward gilroy, light precipitation. we will zoom in toward the south bay, morgan hill, gilroy perhaps light activity going on precipitation-wise. otherwise the temperatures not bad out there. we are in the mid-60s in concord, and 58 in oakland.

good morning to you. san francisco 57. san rafael 57 degrees. napa, you are at 61. the weather highlights, again, light showers, isolated thunderstorms mainly through the early morning hours. i think by this afternoon things will start to clear out. and areas of fog along the coast. certainly going on right now. then we will clear things off for sunday and monday and all of next week looking beautiful. temperatures will cool off a little bit. it's downright hot the past few weeks and temperatures will cool off in the 90s, lower 90s up to the north and 80s for the most part. head out to san francisco for the food festival going on today. looking pretty good. temperatures will be in the 60s. and folson street between 21st and 25th street throughout this afternoon, 11:00 to 7:00. check that out. a lot of great activities all around the bay area today. it won't be a total washout. a hit-or-miss shower through the morning hours as we tap into a stream of moisture from the south. area of low pressure off the coast. high pressure off toward the east. maybe amounts breezy by the

afternoon. mainly high clouds throughout the day. if you are heading up to the sierra, they have the best chance for thunderstorms today. like yesterday up around northstar they had big thunderstorms develop. expecting that same kind of trend throughout this afternoon as a lot of monsoonal moisture for this time of year. temperatures in the 60s and 70s along the coast. 88 livermore. down toward the south bay temperatures in the 60s, as well. and santa cruz 75 degrees. monterey bay or monterey about 64. the accuweather seven-day forecast, 70s along the bay and kind of a cooling trend. 60s inland. so we will say good buy to the upper 90s and even the 100s we had last week and enjoy cooler weather. again, this weekend looking pretty good. light precipitation. nothing to get too concerned about it. enjoy. >> and history by this afternoon? >> this afternoon looks nice and sunday especially. >> dryer weather. >> thanks a lot.

katie couric's new show launches right here on abc7 on september 10th but she and her staff already in full production mode. abc7 news anchor carolyn johnson went to new york this week for a one-on-one interview for a interview with the host of the new talk show called "katie i. >> what's the biggest challenge now as you go forward in the last days. >> i think learning to work in a whole new venue. i had people out on the plaza when i did the today show but to have people staring at you the whole team you are doing a show. and i get a agree amount of energy from the audience and they are so nice and enthusiastic, but it takes some getting used to. sometimes when there's a commercial break i feel like i should be entertaining them or sing or juggle or tell a joke because i'm just standing there waiting for the light to go on and they are sitting there. i feel like, gosh, what should i

be doing? so i'm just getting adjusted to having a studio audience. i think that's the biggest difference. and also just having an hour show where i'm the only person, you know. on the "today show" i had colleagues that i worked with every single day. on the evening news it was 22 men's but it was very kind of structured. you know, one story after the other and very little cross talk with correspondents. but this is a whole hour. and to figure out how much i can get in and i want it really to be packed with information so it's challenging. because you still have to pick, you know, the things that you are willing to leave out because 44 minutes, which is what an hour show is, is also slightly limited when you are tackling a big subject. >> is the idea that you are going to stay where one subject per show or might you be mixing it up or is it still a work in progress? >> i think the answer is c, a work in progress. but the show will be as long ago

the subject or the individual requires. if hillary clinton wants to come in and talk about her experiences as secretary of state, aim not going to be like coming up next, divorce stats or whatever. obviously she has plenty to talk about. but there are some topics and maybe some interviews that can be done well in less time. so i think it really is going to be dictated by the topic and the person who is going to be on that particular show. sometimes we will have two segments, sometimes we will have three different subjects. so i think we will see how it plays out. >> katie debuts september 10th right here on abc7. the show will air weekdays at 3:00 p.m. coming up next, a pair of new arrivals being celebrated in china. why researchers have had to step in to save one of the panda

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