the mild winter weather. >> likely more mosquitoes than usual survive the winter. and it's those that kind of emerge that seem to start the cycle up, every year. it started early. this year. >> most people who are infected suffer flu like symptoms but others can be deadly. in 2006, two people in the county died from the disease. when high levels of mosquitoes are detected an insecticide is sprayed. >> it's toxic to mosquitoes because they're tiny. to a tiny dose will kill a mosquito but it's way to little to cause harm to people or birds or other animals. >> mosquitoes breed in small amounts of water. so pemplts say preventing that will go a long way in attacking west nile virus. >> swimming pools that are neglected are a huge issue for us. one neglected swimming pool can produce a million mosquitoes and affect people up to five miles away.

>> and she called to say another batch just tested positive. the count is now 11. live in brentwood abc 7 news. >> and there is this year on pace to be the worst for west nile vase kaiss since the virus first appeared in 1999. there have been 1100 cases in 38 states. and deadly cases usually involve inflammation of the brain. in most cases people may not experience signs or minor ones such as fever and a mild headache. she generally go away. >> and there are crews taking aim at a type of mosquito they don't believe carry west nile virus. salt water marsh mosquitoes are breeding. they're vicious biter that's

attack in the daytime. there is this video of the spraying to try to stop mosquito eggs from hatching. officials say chemicals are specifically targeted to mosquito lar vai. >> there is a terrifying morning in a jewelry store in san pablo. four men wearing masks started smashing cases and stealing. >> there is get down or i will shoot is what mike said he heard one of four gunmen say. he stared down the barrel of a handgun in a brazen smash and grab at the jewelry store behind me. and police say four men entered the store in the town center and ordered everyone to get down. and they're hoping there will be clues and assist in the search for the armed robber who's made off with $200,000

wornl of jewelry. the owner has been in business 14 years and said he'd had scary moment buzz nothing could prepare him for what played out today. >> i see four guys with masks on just charging into the store with guns. and they told us to get down on the ground. and if you move, they'll kill us. and they started to break my showcase, reaching for the safe. >> and he says it took two minutes and no one was hurt. the men threw goods into a dufl bag. witnesses say they took november a tan car ask went west on i 80. back live we have confirmed

with police are looking for suspects because it could be tied to other incidents. >> police searching for a woman for assaulting a salvation shop manager during a robbery. investigators say a woman and a accomplice beat and choked the manager, he caught them trying to steal clothes and other things. the male arrested when police arrived. witnesses say the woman escaped. >> there are police warning about thieves who steal electronic gadgets. police say there have been 557 robberies of 24% increase during three months in the western part of the city. and there is a robbers appear to pray on people who appear to be distracted during using their phone autos this is a quick ask easy turn around sale for the suspect. when these electronics are taken they can be sold for

ready cash. >> this is when peopling leaving stations as well. they're on trains here in this bus zone area. all over. >> and police point out you can hide your electronics while walking or on the street. >> some progress to report in san jose's deadly crime wave. police caught the suspect in the deadly stabbing of a man in a safeway store. there is a detectives believe he stabbed a 24-year-old on tuesday evening. he was found inside of the store, investigators have not revealed whether he was tacked inside of the store or whether he went there for help. >> this is a good result. and there are detectives working on this case. we made an arrest. >> coming up at 6:00 abc 7 news will join us from a march

for peace getting underway in our lady of guadalupe church. >> and an actor accused of trying to extort millions of dollars from harvey winestein is under arrest. investigators say the 25-year-old sent letters to the oscar winning film producer threatening to kill members of his family if he didn't wire $13 million to a bank account. he was arrested aat his parents home. he made appearances on tv shows including "bones" and a part in "dark knight". >> a tennis referee accused of beat being her 80 grorl grorld -- -year-old husband to dwej a coffee mug is heading to los angeles to face a murder charge. she was wearing her navy blue uniform for u.s. open. she'd been sent to work as a line judge. more lawyer says goodman is ampk sthous defend herself

against claims she killed her husband in april. the woman reportedly told police her husband had an accident while she was refereeing a match. >> and park rangers recovered a 6-year-old boy swept down the merced river. the body was discovered this morning between boulders in the river. he and his 10-year-old half brother, andy were wading in the river on wednesday after a hike with a church group. the current pulled both of them away and andy also died. the tragedy happened near the vernal falls foot bridge. >> and we've learned a big fire raging out of control destroyed 34 more homes and buildings. the state department boosted a count of structures destroyed to 84 in hall. and latest updates shows fire is 57% contained but there is a lot of work to do. it's

burned 27,000 acreses. >> still ahead talk about a mother's love for a child. up next a mom who was fired from her job so she can her son play in the little league world series. >> new reports say sacramento kings are about to leave town. is that a slam dunk? >> i'm sandhya patel. here we are in august. where is the heat? the forecast is coming up.

>> the city of petaluma has a good luck charm they believe will help the nation yil yils -- nationals win the ril league world series. and it's all about a kid named ted. >> this is skb there is a

festive atmosphere, one of two theaters that has been set up. they'll be pulling not only for the team but a 4-year-old named ted. there are photos going up around petta lum yachl the kifd became a good luck charm by rubbing the back of his head. >> it's going to bring us luck. so we want to keep going. >> and here is the wonder kid behind the tradition. 4-year-old ted. and he's become an unofficial member of the team. >> will you rub my head? >> it continued into world championship games. it's kind of the brain child of his older brother, max on an all star team. they played ball this afternoon. >> i had the idea just to

start rubbing his head, every loved him. >> this is just -- they started rubbing his head. somehow it became a good luck thing. and they won't let goit. >> he knows there is a job everybody rubs his head smrks give hugs. >> and behind the cheers it's been difficult for the parents of the player who's want to travel with the boys. billy ann lost her job after she knew her boss needed her to stay. >> tough choice. for both of us, i think. i just don't think maybe he realized how important this was or... what as opportunity this was. >> now, she and the rest of petta luma are hoping this pays off. >> they worked really hard.

and have been their dream, i'm happy for them. >> and if petaluma wins they go to the finals on saturday. and yes, dirub ted's head sh he looked at me like who are you, mister? >> and well, we know the game is in the first inning. texas in bat. no score yet. we're going to monitor this for you. you can watch the game on our sister network. it's going to be rebroadcast at 8:00 tonight. and on channel 7.2 and 7.3. >> there is this. kings would not confirm a report out that the nba team might move to virginia beach. kings owners did admit several cities have approached them

about buying and relocating the team and refuse to name those stories. there is a report meetings focused on brokering an arena lease. >> and there is another sign improvement in the housing market. the census bureau says 370,000 new homes sold in july. that is a 3.6% increase. and there are numbers better than expected thanks to a rise in the northeast. there is a report that shes sales of previously occupied homes jumped more than 2%. stocks fell for the fourth day over revelation that's further help from the feds on kmet isn't as certain as everybody thought. the dow lost 115 points. and the nasdaq lost 20 points. and s and p 500 fell 11

points. >> and despite improved sales figures there is american dream of homeownership is slipping away. >> and there is some joirning in on other groups and perhaps no other group is feeling the pain than those under age 40. a report 39% of all bowors are underwater, horrible but compare that to half who are under 40. the report from skillo says that is because younger borrowers had less time to build equity. and on the positive side, those under 40 are not as deep underwater as some older borrower who's jump nootd game very late. and home sale prices up nationwide this year. it's supply and demand. there are sales largely driven

by cheap mortgage rates. average rate is at 3.66%. that is slightly higher than record low recorded just four weeks ago. a15 year fixed mortgages are at record lows. 2.89%. and speaking of credit american expression tops a survey of customers. getting top scores for billing as well as rewards, second is discover card. and there is 11 companies got better ratings this year than last. and in 2010 a new law went

into affect limiting what they can charge. lower fees. >> thank you. >> and let's take a look at the weather now. >> there is a day that started out dreary. do you remember this? there is a live picture, marine layer this morning 2000 feet. spotty drizzle. it's compressed now 1400 feet deep. you can see san francisco is parts of downtown san francisco. and in the fog there is live doppler 7 hd. this is still gray but we do not expect wide spread coverage tonight heading into morning. temperatures 88 in antioch was the high today. there is 86 in livermore and currently and it's 59 in san francisco.

there are up yir 80s inland. areas of fog and low clouds tonight. cooler days coming up this weekend. well below normal temperatures again and warmer as we head into next week. so tomorrow morning there is numbers into. >>s. low clouds and fog around the coast z computer animation at 5:00 there is a usual gray skies there. fog sits there, keeping your temperatures into 50s. inland areas, like today, into 80s so we're expecting very little change for your friday afternoon. there is things heating up in the atlantic. here is tropical storm joyce, it's disorganized. one we're concerned about is tropical storm isaac. winds 40 miles per hour tracking west northwest at 16 miles per hour. and has strengthened a little

bit. expected to continue to strengthen moving either near or over the dominican republic and haiti. there is a forecast track. you'll see what's happening with this. through time, expected to dump about 8-12 inches of rain and then, moving across the atlantic, 3:00 a.m. monday, expected it to begin to strengthen to a category one as it approaches florida fla. if it does it could hit florida, these are the models. it's what we call spaghetti track. all under agreement now that one is eyeing florida. so we'll keep close tabs on isaac. we bring you back to the bay area here. high temperatures friday, into south bay, 78 in san jose. there is mid-70s redwood city. nothing new for you. downtown san francisco there is 63 degrees, 79 in napa. east bay communities, 68 in

oakland. heading inland it's going to be a nice, warm day. antioch, 88. 87 walnut creek. 70 in santa cruz. 84, gilroy. america's cup continuing tomorrow, and breezy conditions out there with patchy fog. winds 15-25 and mid-50s to low 60s. you know the 60s. and and cooling off with low to mid-80s inland. upper 50s coastside. next week there is is a trop in temperatures moving to the north we'll see warmer days by middle next week, upper 80s inland. >> and thank you. >> and here are the people that we'd like to single out for taking part in the sleep train dream campaign. mark and nick eye, thank you. >> each of them liked us on facebook. for every new like $1 gos to

help foster kids. thank you so much to everybody for clicking the like button. >> just ahead heavy metal legend says he's not going to take it anymore from paul ryan. >> and a pipeline safety suit. at 6:00 a class action lawsuit takes pg&e to task.

three central valley lawmakers asking the agriculture department to allow a slaughter house linked to animal cruelty ask food safety to reopen. congressman nunez, kevin mccarthy and jeff denim say keeping central valley meats closed only adds to the unemployment problem. the agriculture department

shut it down after animal activists showing sick and injured cattle being led to slaughter, which is illegal. >> and a measure protecting you from being track bid police to a cell phone or gps device passed the state senate. police have been able to search and follow people using information received from an electronic device. the state senator says that is not right. >> and that cell phone or that tab, what you're carrying around, pad, could give law enforcement where you go. what you do. who you know. every detail of your daily and private life this, is your privacy. >> the measure requiring police to obtain a warrant based on probable cause and it does allow tracking in an emergency situation or if a life at at risk. >> the singer for the band twisted sister says he's not going take it anymore when it comes to republican vip yil

candidate paul ryan. >> and d snyder pulling the plug on the use of the song "we're not going to take it" at campaign events like this on tuesday. snyder saying there is almost nothing he stands for that i agree with. the ryan campaign issued a statement saying we're not going play it anymore. >> okay. and still to come... just weeks before the new talk show debuts katie couric makes a quick stop in san francisco. >> what she says about the show and why she still gets butterflies after all of the years on television. stay with us. more still to come.

at 6:00 abuse, neglect and mistreatment, a scathing

report on conditions at a state run care facility. why it's been allowed to continue. do you know where your house payment gos? helping this woman deal with a bank she's never set foot in. and something sneaky happening at the state kpo. how does pollution suddenly become an immigration bill? >> thank you very much. >> and katie couric's new talk show debuts here. >> she was in the bay area to talk about this exciting new show. she stopped by to take pictures with the staff and sat down with carolyn johnson and barry leel. >> and she says she's excited about the talk show. >> i think that this format for me going to be fun because i can sort of act the way i'm acting with you all with guests and audience that just gives me an opportunity to be who i really am. >> and katie says she gets a lot of butterflies and is nervous about the first day. >> and coming up on abc 7 news