visions there is a red flag warning in affect until tomorrow morning at 8:00 for these areas. sacramento valley and delta, east bay hills and diablo range. winds gusting 20-30 miles per hour very low relative humidity about 15% to 30%. we don't have record heat but do have heat we'll continue watching that fire risk. >> the weather has been a major issue with the st. louis cardinals. severe thunderstorms passed over the st. louis area today. forcing a rain delay in the bottom of the 7th inning with cardinals leading 3-1. if the game is suspended this will resume tomorrow, weather permitting. there is giants in a rain delay now. we understand they're trying to -- starting to pull tarps off the field. >> and one giants fan is mourning a loss tonight.

a treasured tim lincecum jersey damaged in a fire on friday. >> i'm a little busy. i'd love to be in st. louis. we're busy. >> no giants road trip for dr. fred warren. his dental office burned down in a fire last week. that also destroyed two other businesses. in san francisco's west portal neighborhood this doctor knows the important thing is that no one got hurt. he'll find another spot but he is a die hard giants fan some of his precious memorabilia that he kept in the office is ruined. >> my lincecum zwrersy hanging and the hats were in the back. they're rather messed up. >> he wore that lincecum jersey all the time and had it on at work the day before the fire. his staff bought it for him the year the giants made it into the world series.

>> he had a jersey that means a lot to him. it's hard. >> dr. fred followed his father's footsteps as a orthodontist and giants fan. >> and so esh today on the same block, the father and son and staff gathered around the tv in a neighborhood bar to watch the team and after hearing about dr. fred's misfortune, the giants are happy to play ball telling us they will replace that cherished lincecum jersey. >> that is nice of the giants. that is great. >> in san francisco, abc 7 news. >> giants may be the talk of the town. keep in mind tomorrow is 49ers day here on abc 7. we'll air at 5:00. tonight at 6:30 we're going to preview coverage we have planned for you. we have a lot. tune in at 6:30 tonight and

tomorrow. >> judge set bail at half a million dollars today for each of two men charged with stabbing a football fan outside of the 49ers game. the 22-year-old and 30-year-old were arraigned today in the hall of justice. they pleaded not guilty to assault with a deadly weapon. police say the incident escalated into a physical confrontation because the victim was wearing a dallas cowboys jersey. >> the former head of the santa clara valley health plan and hospital system scheduled to be arraigned on drug charges. the 61-year-old is accused of trading prescription drugs for cash and methamphetamines. prosecutors say he provided drugs to minors and say that bonham ran the operation out of his los gatos hills estate. he resigned from his job after arrest two weeks ago. the investigation launched following a series of minor run ins with the law.

he faces up to 25 years in prison. >> oakland police asking the public to help them identify two men they believed killed another man last year. this shows a victim parking in front of a store, one man then confronts the 23-year-old inside. butler drives off and killed blocks away at 46th and west streets. his family says he had just finished training to be a merchant marine. his liver and other organs were donated to people in need. >> if you work for the state of california, the recession may not have hurt you too badly. at least not in terms of your salary. a study reveals state employees compared better than work glerz private secretary year. a study shows a discrepancy in

paychecks when comparing state workers versus californians. estimated state worker wages including pension pensions roughly 65 thu a year in 2005 and jumped to $80,000 five years later. a difference of 23%. person income was also $39,000 a year, increase to more than $42,000. a jump of only 10% during same time period. howard jar advice taxpayers foundation calling numbers a dangerous trend. >> this is demonstrating how california misspent money state employees received increases not found in the private sector. that is why we find ourselves in deficit situations. >> the report concluded had the public sector grew at the same rate, the state of california would have saved

$2.1 billion. unions disagreed with the report they say unfairly labels them as source of the california budget problems. they point out it includes every californian including people not working and highly paid public university executives. the unions say the average state worker has taken numerous cuts, furloughs and pension reducks since the schwartzeneggar administration. >> tax credits to a corporation that do not pay taxes in this state, that is the problem for our state. not state employees providing services. >> advocates accusing california public utilities commission tonight of making back room deals to benefit pg&e.

groups joined to condemn the state p.u.c. today for naming george mitchell as a mediator in negotiations. this is to determine the fine pg&e must fine for the explosion two years ago. the group accuses the commission of only consulting with pg&e on the mediator. >> if the secret talks go forward, pg&e will throw settlement money on the table and never know the truth. >> state p.u.c. was recently criticized to allow closed door negotiations with pg&e on a settlement. >> major set back for defending america's cup champions. a racing yacht in pieces after it cap sized yesterday afternoon. we're live on pier 80.

>> what is left of the boat is sitting on this warehouse behind me. you can feel disappointment from people figuring out how to record it. >> new video released by oracle racing shows what happens when it flipped over, thrusting the crew 60 feet into the air. >> i was thinking is the wing going break? do i need to hold on? >> the wing did break. the skipper told the team not to jump. >> we held on and we're glad we did. i think we would have been injured. >> the only casualty was the boat. the hulls mostly intact.

>> i call it destroyed. i mean... it is in several pieces and a lot of it is gone. >> the team spent the day hoisting damaged boat on to dry land. >> it is in good shape given what it went through. >> the skipper trying to take it into stride. he sees it as trying to be the best. >> you're pushing the boats very hard. but that is like race car drivers you're going to get a crash. you're pushing. >> pushing a new sail boat we're still learning about what the boats can take. i think we found what they can take yesterday. we'll learn from this. it's a good thing. >> there is no estimate on how much it will cost to fix but there is a good likelihood larry ellison will have to pay

for it. >> in this picture you can see the team is wasting no time getting to worng repairing that boat because this is a major set back to training sked yulz. 72 foot catta marchans not easy to come by. the team had one now, none. you can imagine they're out of the water when they should be sailing and preparing for america's cup. now, it turns out the team was working to he build a second boat supposed to be ready in spring. now, they say they're going to accelerate to try to get that boat into the water. so they can get back to training. >> smup going to be talking to larry. >> yes. >> still to come tonight, obama versus romney, round two. how will latest debate affect the election? >> and from the bowels of the bay bridge a man survived its collapse. when the big

a heated presidential debate last night as the president and governor spent much of the evening arguing over claims. abc 7 news mark matthews has been fact checking their statements and he's here now with the results. >> we've been reporting the president focused on attacking mitt romney last night. one topic he thought he could score was immigration. >> called arizona law a model of the nation. part of the law said law enforcement could stop folks because they expected maybe they looked like they might be undocumented workers.. >> that is wrong. romney did not call arizona

law a model for the nation. he said that about an earlier arizona law requiring employers to check on the immigration status of employees. when financing education he seemed to contradict. >> i want to keep our pell grant program growing and our loan program so people are able to afford school. >> romney apparently changed his position on pell grants. brief qusly both he and his running mate said they would limit eligibility the president accused romney of dismissing alternative energy. >> governor romney says these are imagery jobs. >> he didn't say that. he actually spoke of an image mary world where windmills and solar panels could power the economy. romney did admit saying troubled u.s. auto makers should go bankrupt. >> you say i wanted to take the auto industry bankrupt, you did. and i think it's important to know that that was a process

necessary to get those companies back on their feet. so they can start hiring more people that. is what i recommended and what happened. >> romney is overstating his position. gm and chrysler got $80 billion in federal funds when researchers say was an important factor in their recovery. abc 7 judges he doesn't feel it will have impact on the race. >> i think most people that are doing any kind of modeling looking at the fundamentals think this will settle into the two to three point difference. >> we won't see the post debate polling until end of the week. expect a one or two point swing at the most. >> these important. thank you. >> thank you. >> reminder now final debate set for monday in florida with a focus on foreign policy.

we'll be carrying it live monday at 6:00 p.m. >> on this date in 1989 big one hit northern california. today marks 23rd anniversary of the loma prieta earthquake. one section of the bay bridge buckled. 880 free flattened and marina district caught fire. it turned out to be a 6.9 causing 63 deaths and 3700 injuries. it left thousands of people homeless. what was it like to be driving on the bay bridge? one man survived an accident with 320 days to go now. laura takes you inside of the eastern span caltrans insists will never collapse again. >> it's perhaps most enduring image of the 1989 earthquake. a driver's fatal plunge

collapsed into the bay bridge. >> last thing i remembered screaming is that we're going to tie. >> they drove it over the section that collapsed. he and his passenger both survived. >> i'd been going about 40 to 50 miles per hour before that. ways looking under a roadway and staring at water on this weird angle. no idea why i was there. why i had lived. >> we took it beyond the throw there. it sheared off all of the bowl. >> cal transspokesman explains why the old bridge failed. and he took us inside of the new eastern span fr a rare view of what components are built in to ensure no collapse in a few tour quake. the new bridge has element that's are designed to take the brunt of a major earthquake leaving the rest of the structure safe. >> this is huge hockey puck

that's takes a slamming from the earthquake a above us is a joint that almost looks like an accordion. it can bend and move different ways so the krs driving over it at that moment the bridge doesn't separate. they can get through. there is a stainless steal on this part of the team. it can slide in and out. and can accommodate six feet of movement. >> so i'm not going to say that this is going to collapse. no. >> uc berkeley engineer doesn't predict a catastrophe but has doubts about the safety of the design. >> there is no system like this in the world. no one knows how a bridge of this system will perform. >> now, caltrans counters the span being built to withstand what they call a 1500 year

earthquake. they won't put a scale number on that. they told me it would be both larger than both loma prieta and 1906 san francisco earthquake. >> reminders. be sure to look at the prepare norcal page. it has everything you need to know and work will force caltrans to close the bridge this weekend and next weekend. closure wins at 0 10:00 p.m. but one westbound lane closing at lek. -- 11:00. be sure to down load our waze app. >> a lot of information. let's go back to talk about football and weather. >> it's so warm. let me give you a look of what's happening. clear skies from coast toinland there. has been a very warm to hot

day. hot in spots inland. even now it's warm, 71 degrees here in san francisco. 85 across the bay in oakland. we've got low to mid-80s inland east bai. we do have a red flag warning because of increasing temperatures, low humidity and increasing winds. warm to hot tomorrow. a cooler pattern settling in this weechblgtd forecast animation at 7:00 this evening low pressure producing a flow of dry winds continuing this warming trend and of course, continuing keeping our humidity down, low. we're going see tomorrow night late tomorrow night and overnight a surge of fog up from the south back to the coastline. tomorrow will be the last hot day. we'll see temperatures dropping off to much cooler levels on friday. overnight, mild, lows into 60s.

and then, of course tomorrow we expect sunny skies with highs into south bay into mid to upper 80s up to about 90s in los gatos. highs into low to mid-80s. conthe coast mid-70s. downtown san francisco a high of 80 tomorrow. warmth goes on in the north bay. 88 calistoga and clover dale. east bay highs of 80 in berkeley. 86 in fremont and castro valley. inland east bay highs in upper 80s to low 90s. 89 in pleasanton. monterey bay highs into low 80s near the bay. upper 80s inland. here is the accu-weather forecast. we'll see a warm day.

highs into low 90s inland into 70s at kickoff time, 5:20. friday a sharp cool down, saturday, sunday, more clouds and a chance of rain monday, tuesday, wednesday. in just over 24 hours we'll be giving away that $49,000 you've been hearing about. winner announced after the 49ers game. there is still plenty of time to enter. our face book page click the button that says win $49,000. we'll accept entriz until 7:30 tomorrow night. >> our pregame show coming up in just a few minutes.. >> first two landmarks have been entered in

join me tonight at 9:00, coming up then, fender kbrernd at 9:00 creation of the moon and theory getting some new respect now. >> then at 11:00 10-year-old

survived a life dwlenting disease and now become a you tube singing sensation. she's telling her amazing story to abc 7 coming up at 9:00 and 11:00 here on abc 7 news. >> u.s. interior department today designated five new historic landmarks in california. two under the bay area. >> one is drake's bay. sir francis drake landed more than 400 years ago, helping solidify england as a global power. the bay likely the first british encampment in north america. >> the james browning court of appeals building built at the turn of the 20th century. >> wow. >> we are going to leave you a little early tonight to bring you nfl preview in advance of tomorrow night's 49ers seahawks game. larry beil and mike shumann will be hosting that. >> that is coming up right now. >> here is our schedule tomorrow night starting with a

4:00 pregame show and game time is 5:00. that kickoff we'll give away that $49,000 on after the game with larry and shu. that is all for now. >> thank you for joining us everyone. remember, you have until 7:30 tomorrow night to like us on facebook and put yourself in the running for that $49,000. >> good luck. thanks for watching. we appreciate your time. >> good night, everyone.