nash live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news breaking news. >> . good tuesday morning. i'm kristen sze. i'm eric thomas.

following breaking news in the north bay haz-mat team on the scene at a cotati pool service business to deal with a chemical spill. video just in on portal street west of highway 101 and the roanoke park expressway. an alarm sounded after 1:30 this morning. police called in the fire department, fire officials tell us they've had trouble contacting the business owner. we'll be live on the scene shortly stay with abc7 news for live updates throughout the morning. peninsula assemblyman hill will gather with the mayor and residents of san bruno today to provide an update on what has been done two years after the deadly gas pipeline explosion. sunday will mark the two year anniversary of the disaster that killed eight and destroyed 38 homes, eight homes have been reconstructed per hits issued for more than a dozen other homes. hill will speak about what still needs to be done.

also today a san mateo county court is expected to hear several motions over a class action suit over the san bruno explosion. wildfire burning east of los angeles forcing evacuations this morning of campers and residents. the 4100 acre williams fire burning in the angeles national forest above glen dora. people at a -- mobile home park were evacuated 30 chose to stay. crews are mapping out long term strategy. they hope to have it fully contained by next money >> youtube video shows a fire burning in mendocino county 41,000 acres 10 times bigger than that southern california fire. firefighters think it will take another week to fully contain the north pacifier lightning sparked that blaze august 18th. the fire is 60% contained with

1300 firefighters still on the frontlines. democratic national convention gets underway in north carolina today. delegates will get down to business and vote to adopt a platform that reflects president obama's argument his work is unfinished. >> the platform includes a call for higher taxes on wealthier americans while backing same-sex marriage and abortion rights. the first lady will close out the evening with a primetime speech. john burton will be at the convention on the heels of an inflammatory remark he made about republicans. the former congressman and state senate leader from san francisco has apologized for comparing what he sees as republican campaign rhetoric to the big lights told by nazi propaganda chief tkpwerpbls during world war ii, he -- he clarified his remarks. >> if you are not telling the

truth you are lying and said joseph tkpwebls concept was the big lie if you tell it enough people will think it is the truth. >> house minority leader pelosi says she has no problems with the explanation. romney campaign called it gutter politics the white house called it inappropriate. mark matthews in charlotte for the democratic convention he will be reporting live starting at 4 p.m. get instant updates all weeklong by following him on our facebook page. mark is tweeting. san francisco authorities investigating whether city workers are receiving discounted water bills intended tourtelot income residents. the utilities commission offers two millions in public an -- two million dollars in public assistance. audit matched 473 addresses receiving that discount to

records for any city workers. city workers average $90 three,000 a year in salary so the vast majority would not qualify for the problem. the investigation continues. a year from now we should be able to drive on the new eastern span of the bay bridge countdown is on with the bridge scheduled to open next labor day. the video shows what it will look like when finished. biggest project to get through is the load transfer, transfering the weight off the scaffolding on to the cable. that project is underway now and should be done in november. >> without a doubt, a year feels very short here. for a number of reasons, we still have a lot of work to do we feel confident we'll get it done for some of us this has been an entire career some people have been here 15 years. >> top secret planning in the works for a big public

celebration next label day weekend, equal in scale of the party when the original bridge first opened. >> the dumbarton bridge also open. i happened to be on the freeway 7:30 yesterday when the lights went on, ahead of schedule. >> hours ahead of schedule. let's look at our weather situation. low clouds? >> definitely, and thicker fog along the coast into the bay. that face going to cause problems for flights trying to arrive at sfo, oakland and san jose will be fine. storms to our south moisture -- more robust moisture in the forecast for tomorrow that could be a chance for thunderstorms. today thicker clouds, 50s through 7:00. brighter around the bay and inland by noon, temperatures jump 20 to 30 degrees from 7:00 to noon around the bay and inland upper 50s at the

coast, 60 there 4:00, 80 around the bay, 92, warmest inland drop 10 degrees across the board except the coast drop to 57° with clouds on the increase by 7:00. wednesday slight chance of thunderstorms. then that chance fades into thursday still a little below average for friday, mid 80s inland, mid 70s around the bay, upper 50s at the coast. >> time for traffic. good morning. things looking good although slow traffic reported out of the central valley not bad once you get to the dublin interchange, chp reporting first reports i should say of an accident at the dublin interchange west 580 to north 680 we'll follow that could be slowing until they clear that it of lanes. so far from the altamont pass to the interchange just about 15 minutes. if you are heading elsewhere, another issue can't find that

issue now, we'll get back to that, otherwise smooth sailing at the toll plaza, no problems there as you head into san francisco upper deck, no issues on the incline either so far, so good there. southbound 680 towards the 24 junction through walnut creek beginning to bunch up a little, the rest of the drive through the san ramon valley southbound 680 towards 580 at the limit. 5:08. putting more smarts in the smartphone. the new phone that is the power cord. new video of the anticipated iphone emerges. as the presidential race heats up new

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>> voice mail may be going the way of the answering machine. younger users are not bothering with the voice mail they rather send a text. when nokia introduces it latest smartphone tomorrow it will include wireless charging users will be able to place it on a pad to recharge, possibly any charging pad as shown in a photo posted on twitter. among apple's new products may be earbuds video of what is the new design first in six years apple has called a news conference for next week as usual not saying why. small businesses are taking advantage of a google service

to market them says, now interiors giving customers an idea of what to expect businesses can hire one of the photographers that google allows to take pictures. those are your tech bites, i'm rob nelson. anyone flying to europe this morning could run into delays caused by striking flight attendants with lufthansa. they backed off the job in morning at three airports in frankfurt, berlin and munich. lufthansa expected to cancel majority of splits -- majority of its flights. please call ahead if you are taking an international flight today. you can also check our flight tracker. rising gas prices making an impact on what kind of vehicles people buy. hurting sales of suv's but not

necessarily empty bay area, sales are good they are almost sold out of larger suv models, analysis across the country pains a different picture. >> suv sales are down across the board if you compare sales today to the first seven months of the year vs. 2007, sales are down 70%. >> in 2007 more than 700,000 suv's were bought and sold same time this year the number plummeted to under 200,000. kelly blue book says rising gas prices the main reason behind the drop. the bbb has issued a warning to help you avoid becoming a victim of criminals. among the tricks, fake fundraisers, asking to you donate money that never gets to the campaign. phony voter surveys which offer prizes in exchange for your credit card number. checking for voter eligibility. this involves asking for your social security number to help you register to vote time

avoid becoming a victim, never give out personal information to strangers. toys "r" us making it easier for shoppers to use layaway program ahead of the holiday season waiving says fee and minimum purchase beginning today. wal-mart charges a fee and has a minimum purchase requirement. layaways are latest effort by brick and mortar stores to counter tough competition from online retailers. apple ready to unveil. phone 5 in eight days. we have -- to unveil iphone 5 in eight days. the five is slimmer and has a longer screen, four inches long. there have been other leaks but this video shows the phone being turned on. the phone has a new docking port connector you will need

adapter that works with both the 5 and other apple accessories. >> you can get mike's forecast in a bigger screen. that's good news. >> i think people tend to like me a little smaller. >> no. >> but the text, absolutely you want that >> alarm clock app, right? >> sure. clouds outside, good morning let's go outside and show what is going on at 5:15. ebb and flow of the fog just a few minutes ago harder to see the bay bridge than it is now, it is on the move expect it to spread throughout the bay area over the next couple of hours look for varying conditions if you are heading back-to-school or work here's live doppler, thickest of the clouds at the coast where we may have mist this morning. coolest weather santa rosa 49, half moon bay 50, napa 51, san francisco and oakland 52. today we'll have afternoon sun, even pockets at the coast

cloudy and cool tonight thunderstorm chance possible tomorrow. let's foescus on what is going to happen today. cloud cover now spreads through 7:00, 8:00, then starts to retreat out of the inland valleys and back to the coast by noon. still have that one finger of fog through the go bridge for the better part of today, pockets of sun develop, 50s, 60s coast, 70s, 80s, 9ties the rest of us. south bay mid 80s -- 85 san jose to near 90 in los gatos up the peninsula, start 83 palo alto, 75 in millbrae. pacifica 59 with daly city mid to upper 60s downtown south san francisco, sausalito 72. near 60 at your beach on the east bay shore, 72 berkeley, 74 oakland, 84 fremont, east bay valleys low to mid 90s, 91

dublin, 96 brentwood. good morning monterey 65, santa cruz 75, 20° warmer in morgan hill, 95. clouds along the coast into the bay a few may trickle inland in the 50s. slight chance of thunderstorms tomorrow big story also the cooling trend as we drop two to six degrees tomorrow, couple more degrees thursday then steady throughout the rest of the forecast. have a great day. good morning. back to the dublin pleasanton interchange westbound 580 to north 680, chp reporting traffic collision blocking lane a little slowing towards the scene otherwise not too bad out of the central valley from tracy up to the altamont pass, 15 minute drive from the altamont to the dublin pleasanton interchange. slow out of antioch westbound

4, eight minutes once you get to hillcrest on the 242 not bad from antioch towards pittsburg. light traffic on the san mateo bridge few brake lights up the incline section on the highrise towards foster city from hayward eastbound headlights towards hayward moving at the limit. dumbarton bridge reopened, everything is smooth sailing so far on that bridge, if you are traveling 280, snaking from san jose towards cupertino no delays and highway 17 crossing over 280 no problems once you come out of santa cruz mountains. 5:18 >> a's nine-game winning streak stops. oakland's team is the hottest ticket in town. >> giants need jedi mojo to get by the diamondbacks. sports, next.

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the hospital last night. the band is in the process of releasing its album trilogy. giants face diamondbacks again tonight after a walk-off win it was "star wars" day yesterday and the force was obviously with the giants bottom of 9th run behind posey doubles down left field line, game tied, extra innings now bottom of the 10th, shot down the line scores the winning run giants over diamondbacks 9-8, giants maintain 4 1/2 game lead over the dodgers. a's host angels tonight after angels snapped the a's nine game winning streak. for the a's and their fans the loss was one game, they are still in the middle of a pennant race.

>> great to see the fans supporting, good energy in the crowd. i think that reflected on the field a's are four games back in the division leading rangers. the movie box office fell this summer for the first time in seven years. down 3% from 2011 attendance down 4% analyst chalked that up to several factors, olympics, higher ticket prices and a bunch of bad movies. following two major stories now developing news from the east bay, police have been on the scene all night because of a murder. >> we begin to follow breaking news in the north bay with a haz-mat crew is on the scene of possible chemical spill. we'll have the lateness a live report. >> -- >> 60s along the coast, 70s and 80s around the bay and 90s north bay and east bay valleys. temperatures are starting to cool in the corners, seattle

74, boston 75, 80s and 90s elsewhere until you get to phoenix and dallas still making runs at triple digits in those areas into oklahoma. newark just reported arrival delays with laguardia. severe weather today at o'hare, midway, minneapolis. at home, flight arrival delays into sfo because of low clouds. oakland and san jose i think will be on time. check out our flight tracker, abc7 news.

hope you had a great labor day weekend. i'm kristen sze. i'm eric thomas. breaking news out of the north bay haz-mat team on scene at a cotati pool service business to deal with a chemical spill.

this video just in, alarm at north bay pool says sounded after 1:30 this morning police called in the fire department. fire officials tell us they've had trouble contacting the business owner. we'll be live on the scene shortly stay with abc7 news for updates. we are also following developing news from hayward in alameda county, deputies are on the scene of a deadly drive-by shooting it happened 9:30 last night on the 400 block of bartlett near garden. 20-year-old from hayward was found dead at the scene. no word from investigators on the victim's identity or any suspects. misusing a disabled parking placard is not only rude in berkeley it is expensive. the city's cracking down by raising fines. amy hollyfield is live in berkeley to explain. >> reporter: residents and police here are sick of seeing people lie about being

handicapped. now be prepared if you park in a handicapped space and you are not allowed to be there you could get in a lot of trouble. starting today police will be cracking down they want to see your id if you have a pass and they want proof that was issued to you. they say it is common for people to borrow someone else's placard. they will be looking to make sure the owner of the pass is the one using it. many here say it is about time police did something about this. >> [ unintelligible ] >> reporter: here's the kicker of what makes this a crackdown. police have changed who has the power to catch people. used to be just police officers. now employees in the police department's parking division have the authority to ticket people for this. they are going to make sure it

hurts. i used to cost $200. now it is going to be $1,000. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. wow. 5:30. san francisco school that was flooded by a water main break a week ago will resume classes this morning. our lady of the visitacion school brought in a company that specialize in water cleanup experts have determined the school is safe to reopen not good news for the convent next door which suffered most of the damage remain closed for weeks the water main is part of a city upgrade project completed eight months ago. democrats are gathering in north carolina this morning for the kickoff to the democratic national convention highlight is expected to be -- tonight, primetime speech by the first lady. [ inaudible ] >> reporter: good morning.

the stage is set now we are waiting for the democratic national convention to begin. you see the set-up behind me the most popular woman in the obama administration will be taking that podium tonight. the first day of the convention will spotlight first lady michelle obama >> i will admit i'm a little bias, because i think our president is awesome. >> reporter: the obama campaign has long referred to mrs. obama as the closer. she ran through her speech monday and must convince america tonight her husband is taking the country in the right direction.jtu similar opening night to last week's ran convention when ann romney pointed her husband as a likeable guy. >> i can tell you mitt romney was not handed success. he built it! >> reporter: when the gavel strikes the president will be in the midst of his road to charlotte campaign tour. >> the president: i stood with american workers, i stood with

american manufacturing, i believed in you. >> reporter: other speakers tonight will do the same, including chicago mayor emanuel and keynote speaker sharyn alfonsi mayor castro. >> most challenging part of the speech is not the words it is just having command of the arena. >> reporter: the 37-year-old is an up and comer within the democratic party and taking the same primetime slot that shot another young democrat into political stardom in 2004. >> next senator from the state of illinois, barack obama! >> reporter: back then he was known as state senator obama. vice president biden arrived in -- arrives this afternoon he will be delivering his speech thursday before president obama accepts the democratic nomination. >> mark matthews is in charlotte he will be reporting

live from the convention beginning at 4 p.m.. you can get instant updates by following him on our facebook page he is also tweeting. california is playing a big role in the democratic party convention that influence is reflected in the primetime slot given to state attorney general cama -- attorney general kamala harris she is scheduled to speak tomorrow night during the primetime slot, seen as an indication the party considers her a rising star. in 2004 a largely unknown senator from illinois spoke during that time. senator barack obama turned that national exposure into a run for the white house, a few years later. back in california, firefighters battling a 4100 acre fire in southern california hope to have it contained within the week the williams fire broke out sunday.

this morning is it is 5% contained firefighters say it is burning away from neighborhoods deeper into the wilderness it makes it tougher to fight. evacuation set up at a nearby high school. closer to home, firefighters watching for flare-ups from a grass fire in contra costa county county flames burned between pittsburg and concord last night. with the help of three air tankers and two water dropping helicopters crews contained the fire quickly. the fire threatened no structures, no one was injured. the cause is still under investigation. mike told us when we had one of the factors of wildfire season, heat didn't have the wind, the humidity so they were able to get a handle on that fire. >> let's see if we still have the heat. good morning. yes depends on where you are, usual spots will have the heat. everybody else in the 70s and

80s, 50s, 60s coast that's later. right now everybody is cooler than they were yesterday, except santa rosa and san rafael where fog is forming now u.s. r visibility quarter to half a mile be careful there. a lot of dry air on top of us, cool front trying to slide down getting buffetted by dry air i think it going to keep us warm away from the coast. through the 7:00 hour, thicker clouds around the bay, 50s, mainly clear inland except for fog in the north bay valleys. 30° warmer inland by noon, 86, 20 around the bay, 72 warmer 58 at the coast by noon where you will hit 60 at 4:00, 80 bay, 92 inland, increasing sunshine through 4:00, clouds start returning 7:00 going to be cloudy again tonight. wednesday into thursday, friday, watching

tropical moisture come up and we may have a slight chance of thunderstorms tomorrow cooler afternoons thursday and friday with mid 80s inland, mid 70s bay, upper 50s coast. here's sue with traffic. good morning. so far, so good this morning, no problems heading into san francisco, light traffic at the bay bridge toll, beginning to bunch up a little on the incline section towards the tunnel, treasure island no problems with just a little slowing into san francisco, obviously metering lights remain off at this hour. golden gate bridge, very thick fog right to the span. you will have limited visibility out of the waldo tunnel in patches, it will be clear one minute, then very thick the next take extra care full four lanes headed southbound into san francisco on your golden gate bridge commute. westbound 580 earlier accident dublin interchange has been

cleared out of lanes, no longer a problem. traffic beginning to slow, less than 30 miles an hour out of the central valley, pretty good drive once you hit the altamont pass to the dublin interchange, just about 15 minutes. 5:37. next, fallout for yosemite national park following a hantavirus scare. nasty threat that could impact our water supply. we'll tell how is threatening to contaminate our drinking water. the worst commutes in the nation you may have one, three are here in the bay area. find out if yours made the list. good morning! wow. want to start the day with something heart healthy and delicious?

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breaking news from the north bay. hazardous materials crews on the scene of a possible toxic chemical spill in cotati at a pool cleaning business. >> reporter: as we've been reporting this morning it was around 1:30 alarm started going off the police department thought they smelled chlorine and saw a vapor cloud in the air haz-mat and the fire department has made entry good news it does not appear there's danger. i want to introduce the battalion chief andy taylor. what can you tell us about you guys going in and what found?

>> so, what they -- what they found was when the haz-mat team made entry, they able to discover any source of the leak. there may be a problem with secondary containment system, if any leak is present, it is contained. it does not present a hazard to the public or anything at this time. some units are going to be on scene waiting for the business owner to arrive then we can get it wrapped up. >> reporter: for all these hours this morning the business owner has not been aware? >> no, we've been unable to contact them. >> reporter: chief, thank you. good news to the public, not a hazard here in cotati, maybe a problem with the secondary containment system inside the business -- [ inaudible ]

the hantavirus warning hit yosemite national park really hard this holiday weekend. there was a 20% cancellation rate for lodging in the park. yosemite is typically sold out for labor day weekend. most of the cancellations were in curry village where officials say as many as 10,000 could have been exposed to the rodent-borne virus this summer. six cases with two deaths have been linked to the campground. narcotics officials are warning marijuana farms are affecting the purity of the reservoirs. much of the trash they pulled from the hills around the crystal springs reservoir came from illegal pot grows, including car batteries and banned chemicals. officials say toxic runoff from the trash could pollute the reservoir. the narcotics task force says over the past five years, it has ceased 170 million dollars

worth of plants from reservoir groves. driving around the bay area can be slow during the commute. money magazine is out with a survey showing how bad it can be. the survey details the best and worst places to live. three bay area cities top 25 list slowest commutes in the nation. antioch has the third longest average commute nationally, 36 minutes. pittsburg comes in at number 14 with 31 minutes to get to work. if you driving from novato it take as hour average just over half an hour make it for your commute. if it were an hour maybe number one, a list you don't want to top, right. >> one accident can turn it into an hour up there and east bay as well. toys "r" us follows wal-mart's lead. bloomberg business report, next. disturbing new party trend involving teens and that empty house foreclosed upon. the call of the wild in

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warmest in the east bay valleys, low to mid 90s, 80s and a sprinkle of 90s north

bay and south bay. low to mid 60s coast san francisco partly sunny this afternoon the rest of us will have a lot of sunshine strip of moisture moving north that will bring a few high clouds today real deal for thunderstorms will stay around palm springs 106, san francisco 79, mid 90s to 100 through the central valley, mid to upper 70s tahoe and big sur. bay area teens are taking advantage of the foreclosure crisis. they are using social media to turn vacant homes into party houses. there was big plans posted for a concord home over the weekend. alan wang shows how police intervened just in time. >> reporter: in vacant five bedroom home in concord was about to become party central. >> when i came home the front door of the house was open. >> reporter: the neighbor says the police showed up just as a carload of teens began

cruising by the house the party was obviously a bust but he says he saw what could have been. >> all light through 2 in the morning just cars probably more than 30, 40 cars coming through, full of kids. >> reporter: search on a website shows several text messages and tweets telling everyone about a party in concord. it was supposed to start at 9:30, byob. he says the police told him it is a popular trend where vacant homes are turned into party homes for profit. >> they will charge $5 to $10 per head for kids to come in from all over the area, antioch, pittsburg, all over and crash the house, destroy the house. >> they kicked the sign down. >> reporter: the realtor is trying to sell the house. he says the house is set to close in one week and a major party here could have cost him the deal. >> number one, the buyer wouldn't have wanted to close. the bank wouldn't pay for anything.

and number three e the seller anticipating a short sale would have had to get a foreclosure on her record. >> reporter: some neighbors say they saw a few toons scatter when the list showed up no arrests were made this is a problem that has been hamming across the nation. it is being fueled by the -- happening across the nation. it is being fueled by the housing meltdown. visitors to san francisco's golden gate park reporting more coyote sightings. sign alerting the public have been put up along john f. kennedy drive and chain of lakes drive this is -- visitors say they've seen the coyotes and don't feel threatened. >> seems they should be free to live here as long as they leave people alone and people leave them alone, what's the problem? golden gate park is not looking to get rid of the kay

0ys. -- of the coyotes. visitors are told to stay away interest their dens. factor out the coyotes we saw people hiking and running, what is the weather going to be like for that today? the same as yesterday except the coast where it may not be as cloudy, bigger changes tomorrow and latter parts of the workweek itch good morning. --. good morning. low clouds hanging around, any minute i'm sure sfo will tell us of flight arrival delays, oakland and san -- san jose will be okay. clouds along the coast a little mist in the air otherwise dry for your morning commute. 49 santa rosa, watch out for the fog there, 60 livermore those are our extremes most of us in the mid to upper 50s right now. afternoon sunshine even pockets developing at the coast, cloudy and cool tonight, check out this, thunderstorm chance for tomorrow.

before we get to that, let's talk more about today, going to be the same today in oakland, san francisco and santa rosa, one degree cooler in concord and fremont, two in san jose. not a big difference from yesterday. mid 80s to near 90 south bay today. mid 80s palo alto dropping to the mid 70s millbrae, coast upper 50s to low 60s. mid 60s downtown south san francisco, we'll make it to 72 in sausalito, you can see mid 80s to near 90 north bay valleys, upper 50s to low 60s at your beaches berkeley 72, warm spot fremont 84. inland low to mid 90s from 91 at dublin, good morning brentwood 96° for you, morgan hill 95,75 santa cruz low to mid 60s monterey, pacific grove and carmel. to the coliseum 7:05 first pitch, 64 dropping to 57,

cooler 10 minutes later at at&t park 61 dropping to 56. tonight temperatures in the 50s clouds along the coast, also into the bay. little mist handling around we could have flight arrival delays into sfo tomorrow morning. really dry air above the marine layer, i think if we can get some of these ridge tops to warm up, we'll be able to work some of that down and get more sunshine into the forecast even the coast. remnants of a couple of tropical systems to our south that's bringing high clouds today, tomorrow especially in the afternoon and evening, sprinkling of thunderstorms are going to develop, first sierra, then coming up from big sur, monterey to our neighborhoods during the evening. don't be surprised if a thunderstorm or two is around. as we look towards thursday through monday, mid 80s inland, mid 70s bay, near 60 at the

coast. good morning. hello happy tuesday, 80 freeway westbound past golden gate fields area into the macarthur maze starting to get a little crowded still moving at the limit at the toll. live shot brake lights westbound of the san mateo bridge up towards the highrise towards foster city, dumbarton bridge has reopened, san mateo bridge flowing smoothly. one of the worst commutes in the country, we don't have to tell you folks travel out of antioch towards pittsburg, hot spot every morning beginning to slow now out of antioch towards hillcrest and 242 into concord speeds pick up, less than 10 minutes into concord. our free waze app that is a shot of the dumbarton bridge which is now clear and smooth

sailing, no issues heading into either direction between menlo park and fremont at this hour. they opened 9 1/2 hours ahead of schedule last night, commute off and run this morning. 5:54. more retailers are counting on layaways to carry them through the make or break holiday season. >> here's jane king. good morning. starting today, toys "r" us offering free layaway, the retailer temporarily waiving service fee and minimum purchase requirements, as they try to lure holiday shoppers into the stores early. wal-mart's program doesn't start until september 16th and there's a fee and minimum $50 total. if you are paying a total of nearly 27 billion dollars a year for organic food you are not getting any more vitamins or nutrients for out. a new study says there are lower levels of pesticides and

anti-both tick resistant back year in -- antibiotic resistant bacteria in organic products. sources tell bloomberg bank of america and wells fargo are among companies contributing 20 million dollars to help pay for the democratic national convention. democrats initially said they wouldn't accept money for the event then turned to corporations after lot -- after they struggled to meet their fundraising goal. >> survey says kids are finding an average of $3 under their pillow this year for every tooth they lost. visa launching iphone and ipad app to help parents calculate the going rate. >> tooth fairy has to keep track of those trends. that controversial book about the raid that killed osama bin laden written by a

commando who was there goes on sale today. the author matt bissonnette was member of the seal team he says bin laden was shot in the head as he peeked out his bedroom door. bissonnette says he and another seal then entered the room and finished him off with shots to the chest that differs from the original count bin laden was reaching for a weapon when they found him. the pentagon threatens to prosecute bissonnette. hollywood and movie fans are marking the death of actor michael clark down kang -- michael clarke duncan. >> take my hand boss, you will see for yourself. >> duncan earned an academy award nomination for his portrayal as a soft spoken inmate the film started tom hanks. he died yesterday two months after suffering a heart attack. michael clarke duncan was 54-years-old. there's positive news

about a san jose firefighter who had a heart attack battling a church fire. doctors report that frank ryan has started to move. he's recovering in intensive care. doctors say he's not talking yet but they are taking it one day at a time. many of his co-workers have bank by his side since he collapsed last thursday. fires have raised money so his brothers and sisters can be with him. still ahead, monitoring the latest from north carolina, where the democratic party is set to welcome delegates to their national convention. countdown is on for the new eastern span of the bay bridge. we can be in for nail-biting moments. michael finney has his picks for highchairs t