>> announcer: right now abc7 news begins with breaking news. >> breaking news from san jose. police just announced an arrest in the stabbing death of a man inside a safeway store tuesday night. the victim was found in one of the aisles. >> police have 27-year-old michael howard of san jose arrested yesterday at his home. good morning i'm cheryl jennings. >> and i'm eric thomas in for

kristen sze now our other top story. millions of mosquitoes on attack in palo alto. moments ago a helicopter finished spraying 400 acres where the insects are breeding this is just in from sky 7 hd vector control using aerial spraying trying to stop mosquito eggs from hatching. officials say the chem cattles are specifically targeted to the larvae and do not pose a threat to humans. west na'il the concern in contra costa county where mosquitoes have been found. tonight from sundown to 11 p.m. crews will fog for the mosquitoes and birds have been found. look at this, sky 7 hd, shows all the people willing to camp out for free food they started lining up yesterday.

protesters plan to be there to protest recent statements from the company's president about same-sex marriage. katie marzullo is there and joins us live. >> reporter: a couple of things going on many you can see the line steady this morning just beyond that two protesters holding two signs further down the line closer to the start of the drive-thru a woman heckling drivers as they approach the window. a man with the sign has a megaphone. that man and the others in favor of gay rights they are protesting because of what the president of chick-fil-a said last month which was he favored traditional marriage and was against same-sex

marriage. more protesters are expected later today. early this morning, overnight, there were no protesters in sight, only people, lots of people camping out to get a year's worth of free food, more than 100 people were in line. almost everybody there to enjoy the party some did acknowledge the controversy. >> i know people would be here protesting, he should have not said anything. >> it is worth it. i have a chance to get obviously free food, also, to get something that feels like it is from home. i miss my southern cooking, sweet tea, all that. >> reporter: free food is a standard promotion for new chick-fil-as which is what this location is here in san jose this morning definitely a crowd pleaser as you can see. a steady flow and certainly

steady line here at the drive-thru. again, the controversy could pick-up later today when pro-gay rights active investigations are expected between 4 and 5 this evening. katie marzullo, abc7 news. cash to former richmond police officers sentenced in federal court for illegally giving guns to a pair of underaged teens they hired to be security guards. the officers harris and thomas were sentenced to probation both required to serve time in a halfway house or home detention. harris pled guilty to lying on the firearms forms when he bought two pistol. both admitted to conspiring to cover the purchases up. a short time ago oakland and bart police warned commuters about thieves who take people's electronic

gadgets recent spike in people being robbed of smartphones, iphones and laptops. >> this is a quick and easy turn around sale for our suspects when you use electronic -- when electronic devices can be sold for ready cash they are happening when people are leaving the stations. they are on the trains, parking lots in the bus zone area, all over. >> police departments say you can avoid being a victim by hiding your devices in a bag, purse or briefcase while walking or using public transportation. investigators still looking for the cause of early morning fire in san rafael inside the garage of a home before 2:00. three people bagged to get out, crews made quick work of the fire knocking it down within 10 minutes the flames burned

three vehicles. we have breaking news out of nba virginia newspaper reports the sacramento kings may move across the country. the paper is reporting team owners the maloof family are negotiating to move the kingses to virginia beach, virginia under terms of the deal the kings would get a new arena and comcast would get broadcast and naming rights. the deal will be official next wednesday. a 300 million dollar deal to keep the kingses in sacramento fell apart recently when they couldn't work out financing. start of the biggest base baum game in petaluma history. >> the team goes to bat against texas in the little league world series in pennsylvania it is win or go home. >> as terry mcsweeney reports, nobody is talking about losing and everyone is talking the boys of petaluma who have put their city on the map.

>> reporter: at mr. mom's cafe they are serving omelets but there tends to be one topic the boys of summer representing the city. >> no question about it, they are excited, great group of kids, fantastic for the city. >> reporter: you following it? main topic in petaluma, the buzz county wide. >> all excited and put 'em on the map. even reached snow may. >> reporter: owner remembers when petaluma was known as the egg capital world. now the little leaguers have given the city another dimension. tom wants to bring in the entire team the morning of their parade september 2nd, to serve up the world series special, on the menu for 26 years. >> we would like to feed the kids, on us the morning of the parade. i don't know if we can do that, i'm trying to e-mail and find

out if that is possible. >> reporter: the waitress says everyone is talking about the team, everyone is rooting hard that petaluma will be the king of the little league world. story of a woman beside herself because she couldn't get a ticket to see a world series game at the local theater. >> a person who works there had to hustle to get her in. wanted another see it, so made it happen for her, which i thought was cute. >> reporter: tonight's game at the same theater tickets are $5 per perp, giving away towels, raffle the odds are not good you are going to win that raffle, then again the odds weren't good that the team was going to make it to the world series and look at them. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. petaluma faces texas today at 5:00 you can watch the game live on espn 2 and rebroadcast at 8:00 tonight on comcast 195 and 715 and kgo digital 7.2 and 7.3.

still ahead, how a father's age can affect his child's risk of autism. free give away in san francisco helping families living in low income neighborhoods. the story of two people who met on caltrain years ago and now the surprise proposal. eric and i w

a lot of kids are getting a new set of school clothes and their families are getting decked out as well. amy hollyfield is at the site and joins us live. -- joins >> reporter: here at clothing center they tell me times are so tough for every family they give clothes to, they are turning another family away. they are making a very big exception today, opening up their donation center to 60 families who they have preapproved just in time for school. jacqueline walker is an unemployed single mother of five kids. three of them are going back-to-school. >> one of them is in uniforms. very expensive. >> reporter: the employees at st. anthony's kept hearing from people like jacqueline this year and decided they needed to do something. >> a lot of our folks in the dining room were asking and asking for clothing. >> reporter: they called old

navy and asked for a clothing donation and walgreens for school supplies. they were able to promise help to 60 families, with a total of total of 150 kids. >> it is getting harder and harder to be on low income any help is appreciated. >> it is jut tight. especially if you have children back to -- back-to-school you want nice clothing huge dignity issue about feeling good about going back-to-school here at st. anthony's that's a huge part of what we do, make people feel better. >> reporter: this is their first time to do this, but it has been very successful they are hoping to make it an annual event. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. we are about to put a little romance in the newscast. it began with a song, ended with a kiss and i do. bay area man proposed at the same spot where the couple met four years ago a san francisco caltrain station.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> the future bride's name is maggie as you can tell she was very excited not only by the proposal but all the family members and friends on that train to sing her favorite song. >> music, balloon, love is in the air. >> there's a guy who is creative. he is showing the rest of us up. >> exactly. glad we're married, no pressure. >> i thought that. >> went through that one already. good morning. nice to see you both. the big weather story, look outside you can see how cloudy it is below average and getting cooler this weekend n your seven day forecast. good samaritans step in to

help victims of an accident and paid a price they never

>> is up a tragic story. two good samaritans died when he tried help the people in an suv that knocked over a fire my grant and power pole in los angeles. a live electrical wire landed in the water and the current electrocuted would be rescuers. >> people screaming there was some gentleman going don't touch her, then somebody else going, somebody help her. >> wow. six other people survived being shocked. a police captain summed up the tram did by saying the village came to help and the villagers suffered as a result of their goodwill. some nine00 homes still threatened by -- some 900 homes still threatened by the fire in california. the lightning sparked fire has burned nearly 28,000 acres since it broke out last

saturday now 57% contained nor brown declared a state of emergency in response to the wildfires burning across that part of the state. mike is here with a look at our forecast. poor air quality up there too if you are heading that way it may linger through tomorrow into the weekend, something we'll keep an eye on here we don't have that problem, sea breeze back, great sky, flight arrival delays into sfo clouds slow to break, a few breaks over the bay bridge from south beach towards what would be the east bay hills if we could see them. you can see the clouds have cleared out of the east bay valleys, mount diablo in the distance from vollmer peak. doppler has been die all day, even though we had -- been dry all day, even though we've had a lot of cloud cover, maybe a spot of drizzle along the coast. little swirls, one, two, three, four, the winds come off the

shore and they spin that's kept the cloud cover thick area long the coast also starting to clear just a little i think you will see more sun than yesterday. 50s half moon bay, san francisco, san rafael, 60s until you get to antioch, livermore and los gatos in the 70s. gilroy 66 everybody socked in, inland and around the bay upper 50s to low 60s. slow sun, cooler than average temperatures low clouds, fogging mist again tonight cooler than average now gets cooler this weekend, what a difference from july when it was normal to a little warmer in some spots. livermore 86, san jose 78. oakland 68, napa 77, san francisco 63, all six degrees cooler than average. summer spread getting smaller, 60 pacifica over to 68 oakland.

brentwood 88 the warmest around the bay area, 28° spread. temperatures in the east bay valleys mid to upper 80s. clouds keeping richmond, berkeley, oakland, 60s more sun and low to mid 70s rest of the east bay shore. peninsula drop to 68 millbrae everybody else low to mid 70s. coast not quite as brisk as it was yesterday 60 to 62, mid 60s downtown south san francisco and sausalito, upper 70s to near 80 north bay valleys, 20° cooler, 50s bodega bay and stinson beach. 70 santa cruz more sun gilroy and morgan hill, low to mid 80s. america's cup partly sunny, pockets of sun winds not as

fast 5 to 15 knots. guess who is back after sweeping rivals rays and giants 7:05 first pitch, down to 56 going to get cooler. tomorrow like today, sea breeze kicks in, saturday and sunday, temperatures drop another two degrees at the coast to six around the bay and inland slow climb temperatures will dry to get back to average next monday, tuesday, wednesday. new study suggests the older the father the greater the chance his child will be born with autism, schizophrenia or other conditions. researchers studied 78 families in iceland chose children were autistic or bipolar and found evidence the father had a greater role passing on defective genes than the mother. the author of the study says age may be a factor in the epidemic of autism. we have more ahead, we'll

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later today what new research reveals about infections from tattoos even in the cleanest shops. then the superstition this one some say is [ unintelligible ] those stories and more later today on abc7 news at 4 and 5. there's a lot to do this weekend music from a jazz great and you can enjoy it in the park for a good cause. >> reporter don sanchez has

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don mentioned the taylor family foundation event always hot there that way in weekend? >> you are a big supporter. no it won be hot that will be the nice thing probably low to mid 80s differrent than normal cooling temperatures this weekend, good time to be outside and do some activities if you have been putting them off it has been hot if you want to go to the coast be prepared for clouds and jacket weather, 50s there from all of us here thanks for joining us. >> who wants to be a millionaire is next.