is abc7 news. thanks for joining us i'm kristen sze. i'm eric thomas. developing news in the santa cruz mountains traffic getting through southbound on highway 17 is not getting through now. this follows an accident and fire with a truck carrying

liquid nitrogen. terry mcsweeney is live near the scene lanes have been closed all night. what impact on traffic is this having? >> reporter: semis aren't going anywhere alternate routes aren't for them cars can get around it. it is a parking lot for trucks semis lined up, chp on scene. i shouted out to an officer is it going to reopen at 5? he said i heard 6:00, it could reopen earlier. the original plan was 3:45. look at what closed it, sky 7 hd from last night about 10:00 the call came in and the report was of a semi truck on fire the engine and the cab burped, not only that, but the fire spread to a nearby hillside and burned half acre grass fire that was knocked down. big rigs stuck on 17 before

redwood estates where the fire was, they've been stuck here all night long. calfire spokesperson talked about that grass fire and for a brief period of time, it was a big concern. >> we had to pull ladders to climb up it, [ inaudible ] did spread quickly first [ inaudible ] >> reporter: 5:00 reopening is not going to happen considering it is a little after now. chp officer on the scene told me he's heard 6:00. it could open before that. cars can get around. as up see for big rigs trucks that can't use alternates 17 southbound at bear creek road closed they are not going anywhere. they are getting a good night's sleep in redwood estates other trucks joining the line as the morning goes. more on ways to get around this and for cars there is a

way if get around this, let's check in with sue hall. great information. one of the alternates old santa cruz highway to get around that. once again, no big rigs an there, just cars. the other alternate which is a long way around would be highway 90 from -- 902 from half moon bay. possibly before 6:00, of course we will be following this southbound 17 bear creek road closed due to this big rig overnight accident. hopefully they will have that open shortly we'll be following that. 5:03. this morning memorial services are being planned for a highway patrol officer who was critically wonned during a shootout in the east bay this week. officer kenyon youngstrom was pronounced dead yesterday 6:00, he was on life support for a day and a half. he was killed after a traffic

stop on i-680 by 36-year-old christopher lacy who was shot and killed by young strum's partner. youngstrom's friends and family members held a vigil yesterday remembering him as a dedicated family man who loved his job. >> my dad and him would talk everyday we would always play with their children. we would always talk to them, pretty close. >> youngstrom's organs are being donated. he survived by his wife and four children. we are getting a clearer picture of what led up to tuesday's shooting. officer youngstrom and another patrolman stopped christopher lacy's jeep due to an obstructed license plate. youngstrom went to the window brief conversation with lacy then shot, youngstrom's partner saw what happened, fired back, killing lacy. >> a trust fun has been set up

to help officer youngstrom's family, go to any wells fargo branch and ask the teller your donation be contributed to the trust account in his name. oakland police investigating a drive-by shooting that left one man dead on west macarthur and san pablo. it happened before 3:00 this morning. police say found a man suffering from a gunshot wound in the street. they think he was the victim of a drive-by, no arrests made. president obama will give the most important speech of his reelection campaign tonight when he accepts his party's nomination at the democratic national convention. last night president clinton made an impassioned case for a second term for mr. obama katie marzullo has the highlights and local reaction. >> reporter: democrats are thrilled with president clinton's speech last night especially considering some past bad blood as you know hillary clinton and president obama were locked in a bitter battle in time four years ago. president obama must have been

pleased as well he watched from backstage then joined bill clinton on stage after the speech and the two shared a hug. president clinton fired up the delegates he said president obama laid the foundation for a more modern, well balanced economy that will produce millions of good, new jobs. he said voting for president obama is a vote for a society in which we are all in together. democratic law makers from california and in the bay area are gushing over the performance. senator boxer said she was "over the moon." >> bill clinton is such a great speaker he laid it. >> that was the very bet. that was the quintessential speech. >> it was absolutely -- [ inaudible ] >> it was clintonesque. >> reporter: there's a change of venue tonight it was originally scheduled for a 74,000 seat football stadium but it has moved to the 15,000 seat convention hall many

democrats say because of the poe shall for severe weather, republicans say the -- said the president isn't able to draw a big enough crowd. 5:07. everything should be back to normal this morning at san jose airport after scary moments. authorities evacuated terminal b after smoke in an elevator shaft triggered alarms some passengers left, others stayed aboard their flights until firefighters determined there was no hazard. some equipment failed and cause hydraulic fluid to over heat in the basement. the airport resumed normal operations 7:15 some passengers had to be rescreened. chevron has released 30 day report on the refinery fire. the report says chevron's investigation into the cause of the leak and source of ignition on august 6th, still ongoing. highlights a timeline of the

incident emergency response actions and an overview of air quality data. chevron says it will not be able to summarize measures to prevent a recurrence until the investigation is complete. in palo alto ground breaking set for later this morning for the expansion project at children's hospital, the expansion will double the hospital's existing size. it will feature, 550 new beds, space for diagnostic and treatment therapities. officials from the hospital, palo alto and -- several silicon valley companies will be speaking at the groundbreaking. could they see showers or something in our rear view mirror? >> mike, how is my rear view mirror? >> yeah, i'm not touching that. [ talking over each other ] good morning, radar showing a few showers still

hanging around i'm betting against showers for that grand opening, so congratulations you guys. parts south bay, santa cruz a few sprinkle there is, salinas, inland these are going to start to dribble start to dry up and shrivel over the next couple of hours i know i coined a word like mist and drizzle, 7:00 thicker clouds, 50s, more sun by moon than yesterday warmer temperatures mid 80s by being, 70s bay 59 coast clouds at the coast 56 there by 7:00 around the bay 65 probably need a coat and 74 through the inland valleys during the evening. three-day forecast things are going to remain steady no wild swings in temperatures, no more thunderstorms, no more fire danger near normal with

the coast mid to upper 50s mid to upper 70s bay and mid 80s inland. time for traffic. good morning. back to the santa cruz mountains now highway 17 southbound closed big rig accident fire overnight, northbound lanes opened 1 a.m. southbound remains closed terry mcsweeney telling us hopefully chp wants those lanes open by 6:00 this morning, perhaps sooner we are following that. big rigs have no major alternate route except highway 92 from san mateo to half moon bay then highway 1 towards santa cruz. cars can use the old santa cruz highway for now, as an alternate around and we'll be following that once again. police activity in the oakland area has a "sig alert" eastbound 580 macarthur off-ramp closed west macarthur closed between market and san pablo until further notice chp asking to you stay away

from that area. roadwork mill valley northbound 101 slow through the strawberry area towards greenbrae as well. 5:11. next, new evidence that the recovery in the housing market is picking up. also, a group of oakland men sue the in-n-out fast food chain the reason why they think they were turned down for jobs. big announcement expected today from amazon as californians begin clicking up a storm to beat a tax deadline.

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good morning. new evidence housing recovery is picking up homes selling more quickly homes that sold in july listing time was 69 days compared to last year when it was 98 days. warning from peter orszag, the u.s. will go over the so-called fiscal cliff early next year he expects tax increases and spending cuts before washington cuts a deal. fans are coughing up big bucks to see nfl games. steelers at cowboys in december $480. a federal appeals court says shoe designer lieu baton rouge can -- that's america's money i'm paula ferris. 5:14. good thursday morning.

in-n-out burger facing a class action lawsuit accuse the chain of discriminating against minorities and people over 40 in its hiring process the suit was filed on behalf of two african-american men in their 40s who applied for jobs with in-n-out burger but not hired. their attorneys say they were qualified but didn't get the jobs because of their race and age. the suit seeks back pay and punitive damages doesn't say how much. a statement from the food chain says the company does not discriminate on the basis of ethnicity, race or age in hiring. an online survey asking passengers where they think muni needs to up prove from service reliability to vehicle cleanliness questions about bikes and pedestrians. you can go to website to give your opinions results posted

on their website later this year. amazon set to unveil new kindle this morning expected to compete with growing number of seven inch tablets. starting a week from saturday california residents will begin paying sales tax on internet purchases. the move is expected to add 320 million dollars a year to state revenues, 83 million from amazon alone. californians were always required to pay sales tax online but almost nobody did. bp says hurricane isaac has deposited oil. tar balls are showing up on beaches on the louisiana coast. also showing up, dead rodents. thousands of nutria, giant rodents, originally from south america are being found everywhere they washed up in mississippi too there may be more than 20,000 carcasses. isaac made landfall one week ago.

crews have mopped up flooding from heavy rains near las vegas severe weather swept flew southern nevada yesterday including henderson and las vegas valley the downpour slowed traffic and filled local flood channels. >> nothing heavy but we had showers yesterday thunderstorms unusual for this time of year nice to feel the smell of rain in the air unusual for september. right now, that is all passed cloudy conditions from the embarcadero to the port of oakland. a few light showers in the santa cruz mountains also as we look into the southern santa clara valley towards mount hamilton all moving northeast 30 to 40 miles per hour a sprinkle or two possible in the south and east section of the bay area this morning. as we head into the afternoon, i think that's all going to change. temperatures updated still in the 50s everywhere from

santa rosa 50, antioch 59. today less storms, more sunshine warmer, clouds tonight coast easy weekend of weather if you want to relax and enjoy a comfortable weekend. [ unintelligible ] concord today eight degrees warmer 85, fremont seven degrees warmer 78. san jose 85 degrees warmer than yesterday. most temperatures a little below average for this time of the year. cloud cover pushing into the north bay and into the bay over the next couple of hours retreating to the coast by noon pockets of sun along the coast 50s and low 60s, 60s and 70s bay inland 80s down to san jose, cupertino and points south low to mid 80s.

peninsula low to mid 70s millbrae 68, 56 pacifica, 60 sunset, mid to upper 60s downtown south san francisco to sausalito mid to upper 70s north bay valleys upper 50s to 60 at beaches. 70 richmond, 78 fremont and castro valley inland mid to upper 80s, a few 80s morgan hill, gilroy hollister mid 60s to mid 70s monterey to santa cruz. tonight more clouds bay and coast 50s, santa rosa 48°. smooth sailing near normal inland and around the bay mid 80s to mid 70s slightly cooler than average along the coast with mid to upper 50s. good morning many back to the santa cruz mountains hot spot, southbound 17 remains closed at bear creek road overnight big rig tanker fire and accident has lanes still

closed southbound. northbound is getting through. southbound alternate would be old santa cruz highway or highway 92 from san mateo up and over to half moon bay highway 1 towards santa cruz. terry mcsweeney is there on the scene we'll get an update from him in a little bit. he's telling us the chp are hoping to have the southbound lanes open before 6:00 this morning, certainly by 6:00 is the hope. elsewhere issue in oakland with "sig alert" by the chp 580 east the macarthur off-ramp closed due to police activity west macarthur closed between market and san pablo they are asking folks to avoid that area. 5:20. what are you drawing there? hit in the head by a line drive, mccarthy gets hit hard. >> latest on how he is doing,

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verizon. more 4g lte coverage than all other networks combined. good morning. live look at traffic in emeryville this is i-80 of course, you know through berkeley, emeryville area looking good volume starting to build the roads should be dry, drier is our trend and warmer according to meteorologist mike nicco. traffic-wise 80 not the problem, highway 17 in the santa cruz is. sue hall, terry mcsweeney keeping us posted there. 5:23. former baltimore ravens owner

art modell has died he was 87. the team said he died early today at johns hopkins where he had been admitted wednesday, a cause of death not given. he was among the most important figures in the nfl as owner of the browns which became the ravens after he moved the team to baltimore in 1996. brandon mccarthy in the hospital after being hit ined the head by a line drive. the angels swept the a's winning 7-1. here's the scary scene in the 4th. aybar with a line drive, his head slammed on the ground the ball hit mccarthy above his right ear he did not lose consciousness but looked dazed after. mccarthy was able to walk-off the field but will stay in the hospital for observation. getting applause from the audience the fans. the a's are off today but he's not expected to be in seattle

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at eight pounds eight ounces dad says the right size for playing linebacker or fullback. >> wait a minute he was a quarterback. >> maybe if he weighed 7 pounds 8 ounces he's saying high expectations. breaking news in the south bay a tanker fire closed a stretch of highway 17 most of the night live at the scene with the latest. president obama's big day at democratic national convention he gets warm-up from a former commander in chief. why san jose's credit rating may be taking a hit. here's a look at high temperatures, warmer than 60 san francisco, 70s bay, mix of 70s and 80s inland. most of the 80s in the east bay valleys. 80s and 90s most of the country. upper 70s boston and seattle, 65 great falls, 102 phoenix

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hard to believe we are in early september using the word thunderstorms not just one day but a couple days in a row. i'm eric thomas. and i'm kristen sze. developing news we've been following all morning traffic nightmare on highway 17 could be wrapping up following a tanker truck fire overnight. terry mcsweeney is live near the scene with more. any progress? >> reporter: yeah, there has been progress in the past five, 10 minutes, some of the semis and trucks stopped here at

southbound 17 at bear creek road many have been here since 10:00 last night when that big rig fire took place they've been moving up the road. bear creek road still closed to traffic, still forcing everybody off of 17 this picture, this was nothing but semis parked here until 10 minutes ago, they all started moving up the hill. 17 at bear creek road still closed it looks like things are going to be changing. big rig fire last night 10:00 this is south of the redwood estates on 17. the call came in 10:00, the engine was on fire it spread to the cab then to a nearby hillside there was a half acre grass fire that burned that was knocked down they say first it took off rapidly but it slowed and they got around it and they knocked it down a half acre of grass fire burning there, no injuries as

a result of this. very fortunate, calfire spokesperson talked to us about what the truck was carrying. >> it is cryogenic nitrogen, refrigerated liquid those tanks are well insulated we took measures to make sure there wouldn't be a rupture. [ inaudible ] >> reporter: the reopening time has been pushed back from 3:45, talked to an officer he said they were hoping for 6:00, maybe earlier, it is beginning to look like it is going to be reopening soon though not yet trucks parked here that last truck going up the road north american van lines is heading out. now there are no trucks stopped here on 17 they had been here much of the night bus heading up 17, but at this

moment southbound 17 still closed, chp still getting cars off the road at bear creek road. i wish i had a dollar for everybody who came up to us this morning and said how do i get around this i gotta get to santa cruz? i felt like telling them you should check in with sue hall. why don't we do that now. it is a grind good to see there is progress there. diverting off bear creek alternate would be old santa cruz highway then the long way around you can come from san mateo up and over 92 to highway 1 southbound to santa cruz that is your alternate at this hour. the waze app does show the old santa cruz highway looking very clear now. hopefully, that would be a good alternate for new morning. looks like they are making some progress we'll update that in a couple of minutes. relatives and colleagues

of a murdered highway patrol officer are planning a memorial service while detectives continue to piece together exactly what preceded the shooting that killed him. -- amy hollyfield is live in martinez where people are in morning. >> reporter: it is going to be a tough day to report to work this is where officer youngstrom worked. look what is here to greet them, hopefully this will offer some some comfort tokens of love and support from the community these officers protect. the chp helicopter offered a final salute to officer kenyon youngstrom last night flying over the hospital after he died. the 37-year-old married father of four survived by his parents, four brothers and a sister. his family and co-workers have been by his side at john muir medical center since he was shot tuesday morning during a traffic stop. chp says young strup was known for his love of god, family

and his job. >> this has been a life altering tragedy for the family, certainly a tragedy that has affected us all deeply to the core. i think it is really important that you guys know he absolutely loved his job. >> reporter: there was a vigil last night in cordelia for youngstrom and his family he lived in fairfield he died an hour before the vigil started so that he announced his death to the crowd and held a moment of silence. a fund has been set up for the youngstrom family, if you are interested in donating here's the information: wells fargo bank is handling the fund. you just need to get to a wells fargo bank and tell the teller it is for the youngstrom family. the family has asked for privacy during this time but said through a spokesperson they are very appreciative for the public's support. amy hollyfield, abc7 news.

we are learning more about christopher boone lacy the man who killed officer youngstrom, before he was shot and killed himself. the i-team has been working hard to figure out who he was, traveling hours to his home in tehama and flushing out his extensive online life. i-team found lacy was a freelance computer programmer who used this website to look for work and dates. in his resume he claimed to have done contract work for several companies. the i-team reached sacramento business owner who confirmed lacy worked for him last year for four months. told the i-team that even then he concerns. >> sometimes you can tell when people have, you know they seem to be all nice and conversational and everything, but you can tell underneath that they are angry, i would say. >> lacy's father tells us he

saw mental problems emerge while his son was growing up in oregon. he said he suffered a psychotic break down during his senior year at san francisco state diagnosed as bipolar he was living in a mobile home near corning in tehama county. >> you can join us expressing your condolences to the family facebook page, facebook.com/abc7news. san francisco fires are still on the scene watching for hot spots after two alarm fire in the mission district overnight flames engulfed top floors of a victorian 1:00 this morning it grew to two alarms firefighters put the fire out an hour the red cross has been called to help 26 dissuppliesed residents. the cause has not been -- displaced residents. the cause has not been determined. president obama preparing for his big speech tonight

many say the bar is raised after impressive appearance by nominating speaker former president bill linton. mr. clinton gave a rousing defense of president obama's economic stewardship he said conditions are improving if you renew the president's contract, you will feel it. >> are we where we want to be today? no. is the president satisfied? of course not. but are we better off than we were when he took office? >> president obama's venue has been changed from a 74,000 seat football stadium to 15,000 seat convention hall. the obama team says because of weather. some republicans suggest it is because the obama camp can't assemble a big enough crowd. mark matthews will report live from charlotte today at 4:00. get instant updates by following him on facebook page mark an also tweeting.

the live convention coverage continues tonight at 7 p.m. you can see it here on abc7. back in the bay area, former alameda county supervisor nadia lockyer faces new drug charges. police say she was arrested at a relative's home in county last week after police found methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia in a room she was sharing with her 9-year-old son. she has pleaded not guilty. she checked into rehab after being released. san jose officials say ratings agencies continue to look at the -- the city's acting finance director says san jose has received an increasing up in of inquiries about its financial position including labor relations and voter approved pension reform measures last spring moody's and standard & poor's

downgraded the revenue bonds. credit rating downgrades can increase municipal borrow costs to taxpayers. time for a check on the forecast, i guess we have spots of rain in places. >> i'm wondering if we have more chances for rainbows. >> that would be neat to see again. we'll check that out once the sun comes up. right now a little shower possible around points south on 10 as you head south of out of gilroy where doppler is seeing radar returns blues and greens lowest levels couple of sprinkles possible from blossom hill into the diablo range now this is moving northeast it going to stay to our east and south, that's where our best chance of any type of shower activity will be this afternoon. you can see over the sierra where the best chance of thunderstorms will be also during the afternoon. let's break down today, mainly cloudy, temperatures in the

50s through 7:00, more sunshine by noon, 70 around the bay, 80 inland and upper 50s along the coast where you are going to stay even during the afternoon and evening, mid 80s inland by 4:00, mid 70s around the bay, back to the mid 70s inland by 7:00, probably need a light coat mid 60s bay. next three days close to average, not much of a fluctuation we'll go from mostly sunny to partly cloudy to mostly sunny, friday, saturday, sunday. good morning. just getting word that possibly one of the two southbound lanes on southbound 17 at bear creek road has been reopened that may be the reason that terry mcsweeney was seeing some of those semis beginning to move at least one, hopefully the second lane will be reopened shortly southbound 17 at bear creek road. other hot spot oakland area with a "sig alert" eastbound 580 macarthur that off-ramp

closed due to police activity. west macarthur closed between market and san pablo, chp asking that you stay out of that area. we have reports of possibly one lane closed in the maze westbound 80 to eastbound 580, i don't see slowing in this live shot. we'll keep our eye on that police activity once again in the macarthur area of oakland. thank you. now 5:42. >> that was a dramatic pause. >> it was. kind of a pregnant pause. getting your kids to school is tough enough as parents know. fighting other parents trying to do the same is a bigger challenge. we may have a solution, coming up. two men in ski masks kidnap a bank manager and force her to rob her own bank. how they did it, next. [ taste buds ] donuts, donuts, donuts! who are these guys? oh, that's just my buds. bacon, donuts.

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good -- >> go ahead i'm sorry. >> no, please go ahead. >> we were both trying to say in stereo southbound lanes high 17 near summit road santa cruz mountains reopened to traffic hit been shutdown most of the night into the wee hours of the morning because of a big rig fire the rig was carrying liquid nitrogen caused a small brushfire that has been put out truck removed, traffic moving once again. terry mcsweeney is out there, we'll have a live report from him, coming up. the california puc says there is no evidence that pg&e improperly welded or fudge new gas pipelines. puc launched the investigation based on accusations from some union workers. utility saying all of us a are sear -- the this investigation only involves welds on new

pipelines not older ones replaced following the san bruno explosion. family and friends plan to resume the search today for a young man from lafayette who vanished during a weekend rafting trip. he disappeared on the sacramento river sunday afternoon. his friends last saw him near a popular hangout called beer can beach. deputies and volunteers have searched the river and nearby area since he disappeared sunday they plan to go out again in morning. a los angeles bank manage okay this morning after a terrifying and bizarre heist. two masked robbers abducted her from her home and held her overnight in the morning they strapped what they said was a bomb to her stomach and demanded she go to her east l.a. branch to take money and place it outside for the robbers to retrieve. she did that and the two escaped with the cash. a bomb squad removed the bomb from her waist and rendered it

safe. police say the robbers escaped in a two-door kia. "good morning america" will have the latest on this story. i'm sure i've seen movies with plots just like that >> yeah. >> maybe they got one from a movie, who knows. next, say good-bye to 99 cent wing promotions. bloomberg business report is next. curiousy gets a report card. getting your -- getting esap

best chance of thunderstorms in the high country today. the newest mars rover will be checking up this morning amidst a so-called brain transplant nasa holding a news conference at 10 to discuss the progress of curiosity. the rover landed on mars august 8th. scientists have been watching and testing curiosity to make sure it wasn't damaged during the trip to mars and during a software update that followed. this morning, parents in palo alto are using a high-tech means to reduce congestion in and around their schools. many families teamed up with the city to create an innovative carpool get

students from neighborhoods to class. the school pool relies on a shared online calendar of which parent in the neighborhood is driving. ex--mails and text messages is sent out if -- e-mails and text messages sent out if something changes. already reducing congestion. we'll get your weather. open up the weather window clouds hanging arm otherwise clear doppler showing radar returns over the diablo range for the most part live doppler drier this morning than it was yesterday morning. let's put these into motion heading northeast 30, 35 miles per hour getting drier, radar returns are as we speak low to upper 50s i believe we are going to see a little more sunshine this afternoon not as

much storms. at the coast and bay, clouds, then for the weekend, we'll have easy weather, nothing too taxing temperatures from three greece warmer than yesterday in san francisco to eight in con -- three degrees warmer than yesterday in san francisco to eight in concord. thickest north bay fog forming there around the bay back out to the coast by noon pockets of sun there 60s, 70s and 80s for most of us could see 50s along the coast south bay upper 70s to mid 80s sunnyvale milpitas santa clara where yourselfties are 68 millbrae low to mid 70s for the peninsula coast pockets of sunshine only -- 56 pacifica, 60 sunset, 65 downtown 67 south san francisco five degrees cooler than average. mid to upper 70s north bay valleys.

smooth sailing starting tomorrow. good news according to terry mcsweeney on the scene at bear creek road highway 17 all lanes now open traffic beginning to flow smoothly in that area as the commute gets underway. we have good news eastbound 580 macarthur on-ramp open they had an earlier street closure west macarthur boulevard that has been lifted. elsewhere stall in north bay 101 steel avenue northbound that off-ramp blocking the stall blocking the off-ramp. macarthur maze slow traffic westbound 80 towards 580, they had a lane closure there due to that police activity in oakland, it looks like they still might have one lane closed at that off-ramp in the macarthur maze westbound 580 to eastbound 580.

i wanted to show you the waze app this is highway 17 through the santa cruz mountains it was orange a second ago with slow traffic now it is clear and traffic is moving again through the santa cruz mountains. we just got word from the labor department the number of people seeking jobless benefits fell by 12,000 last week a hopeful sign. >> amazon has a big announcement scheduled for this morning. here's this morning's bloomberg business report. good morning! say good-bye to 99 cent wing promotions while watching your favorite nfl team are going to cost more. more than twice as high as last football season prices for ingredients of nachos and other snacks on the rise because of this year's devastating drought prices may go up more between now and the super bowl. big day for amazon and kindle fans. amazon holding an event today

expected to announce detail on newest line of kindle e-readers. apple expected to unrail new iphone next wednesday. -- to unveil new iphone next wednesday new research debunks belief that popular dietary supplement may prevent alzheimer's. half give -- next, we are continuing to follow developing news from santa cruz county moments ago highway patrol reopened shutdown lanes on highway 17 we'll take you back there live for an update. more than a year after the

deadly tucson massacre the new milestone for gabrielle giffords. a new group of americans now feeling the economic pinch more than ever.