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>> good morning, everyone. it's 5:00 umbrella on saturday. i'm katie marzullo. let's look at the weather. we have meteorologist frances dinglasan in for lisa argen. good morning. >> good morning, everyone. temperatures right now between 50 and 60 degrees with possible cloudy conditions. currently it's 56 in napa, 58 in oakland. here's how the day plays this evening clouds will return. we will start to drop down into the upper 50s to low 70s.
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i'll have more in our next report. >> thank you. this morning oakland police are searching for the gunman outside a hotel. an abc news crew was there when the shots rang out in front of the marriott. hotel is hosting the ohio state football team in town to play cal. abc7 news reporter allen wong has more on the search for the suspect. >> shots rang out just as an abc sports anchor from columbus, ohio warnings about to go live in front of the marriott hotel in downtown oakland. >> we just had begun fire over here. >> the camera caught this man running from the scene. it appeared after the ohio state football team arrived to a crime scene outside their hotel. it's where another team is also staying. there were two shooters firing
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at each other and a stray bullet struck a cabdriver at the stand. >> the guy who got shot was standing right next to me. when i heard the shots i just went down right here by the tire. he was screaming call 911, i got shot. >> witnesses say the cabdriver was standing right in this spot when the bullets rang out from broadway street. they said he turned away to run and was shot in the back of the thigh. one of the bullets struck the wall right here. there are at least three other bullet holes on the side of the marriott. but the buckeye fans we spoke to seemed unfazed. >> that's like any city anyplace. this can happen anywhere. >> i heard it's an unfortunate state of our culture, but it's something that can happen anywhere at anytime. >> still, police say shootings are rare in the hort of done town oakland. now they are examining hotel surveillance cameras, trying to identify the suspects n oakland,
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allen wong, abc7 news. >> police are investigating a car crash that killed a teenager and injured a second person. it happened after 7:00 last night on hillcrest avenue. a car hit a curb and slammed into a tree. a teenager inside the vehicle who is believed to be under 18 died at the scene. a second person was airlifted to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. the cause of the crash is not known, but investigators believe speed may have been a factor. fremont police officer who was responding to a call rammed into a motorcyclist and the injured rider also worked for fremont pd. it happened by american high school on fremont boulevard. we have more. >> reporter: tow truck operators worked to remove a motor psyche emembedded in front of a police car. >> the police car struck the back of the motorcycle. the motorcycle rider was thrown to the ground and then the
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motorcycle impacted the back of the truck. >> the six year veteran of fremont pd happened to hit a fellow employee, a 29-year-old woman who has worked for the department for about 18 months. >> it was scary. there was like radiator fluid dripping everywhere. >> she's a waitress at the restaurant. she saw the woman lying on the ground. >> we didn't see any blood or anything so we' consumed she was physically okay. they took off her helmet after the paramedics arrived and she was moving her fingers and hands. >> the woman was taken to the hospital with serious, but nonlife-threatening injuries. pickup truck driver and the officer were not hurt. in fremont, abc7 news. transit police in oakland are investigating a collision between a bus and a car with a family of three inside. it happened just before 7:00 last night at the intersection of fifth and brush streets. a transit bus want the red light
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and hit a car turning left, according to people inside the vehicle. >> i was in the passenger's side of the car. my wife went -- when the light turned green she went. like she said, the guy blew the red light, nailed us. the car spun around a couple times. it dropped. kids were screaming. >> the driver of the car said the bus driver came to her and apologized. the couple's seven-year-old daughter was taken to the hospital for observation. this morning there's a warning for students and staff at stanford after a woman was tackled while jogging on campus. she was running on a path tuesday night just before 9:00 p.m. a man grand her and pulled her to the ground but the woman managed to get away. there is only a vague description, about 5'6", wearing dark pants and a sweatshirt at the time. a manhunt is underway in so leto who attacked a woman who was walking on a path while texting on her cell phone.
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it happened monday night. victim was walking alone on a parkway under the el~cerrito park station. the man punched her in the head several times and pinned her arms next to her body. another person heard the attack and scared off the attacker. a fundraiser will be held today to benefit the mother of a hardware store employee who was stabbed to death last month. 34-year-old david agnew walked into the ace hardware on san pablo dam road and stabbed 51-year-old stone on august 4th. he was arrested a short time later. our media partner reports today's fundraiser is held from noon to four and the event will include food, music, ralph prizes and a silent auction. closing arguments will begin monday in the penalty phase of the trial of convicted serial killer joseph naso.
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yesterday they heard from one of his former modeling clients. she said while he believes he's guilty, she does not believe he should get the death penalty. he was convicted last month for killing four women in the 80s and 90s. he could receive life in prison without parole if he doesn't get the death penalty. bart officials say they have options to consider if bart workers strike next month. we have more on what it could mean for commuters. >> the backup heading to the bay bridge has been extending well into the night lately. for drivers stuck in the afternoon commute, the prospect of another bart strike is unsettling. >> it was awful. i think it took about an hour to get under the bridge. >> you couldn't get out of the building. it took ten, 15 minutes to get out of the parking garage when bart wasn't working. >> right now bart still is
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running but contract negotiations continue to be tenuous. >> we want to present to our board an option that includes limited service. >> that hasn't happened since 1979. back then trains with managers at the control got rolling in the last weeks of a three-month strike. almost immediately after bart raised that option, union leaders quickly raised warning flags. >> i would be extremely concerned if they are thinking about manage managers run train. the passengers' safety is paramount and that would be seriously compromised if they chose to do that. >> training takes four months and managers could only start the training if there was a walkout. they are also planning on utilizing buses, but with days left until the cooling-off period ends, bart managers are making contingency plans and they are hoping commuters are
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too. >> we urge will people to plan ahead, think about carpooling, think about flex hours, think about telecommuting. >> bart and the workers return to the table monday to talk about the big issues, salary and benefits. abc7 news. monday night drivers in san francisco will have to deal with an extra traffic headache. the on ramp to i-80 at 4th and harrison streets will close. it will reopen the next morning at 5:30 a.m.. it is part of the central subway project that opens in 2019. a life saving warning system back up and running in the county. things sped up on work after officials discovered only three of the eight sirens were working properly. the new system is able to broadcast voice messages instead of just a siren. the tsunami alert system covers a 30-mile stretch from pacifica
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pescadero. the owner of a long time search service center near the port of oakland was removed. oakland pd was there yesterday as sheriff's deputies served the eviction. the city plans to build a new state of the art truck service center on the land. the city says the business was given two weeks notice to move and the owner agreed to be out by july, but the owner said the city never gave him specifics until thursday. this morning cal fire officials say full containment of the morgan fire is expected by 6:00 tonight. crews are still mopping up and patrolling the fire perimeter. they believe it was started by target shooting on sunday afternoon. it burned more than 3100 acres but fortunately no structures were destroyed. officials say the firefight has cost four and a half million dollars. it's been a really, really warm
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week while that fire was burning. what are we looking at now, fran? >> a really nice day in store. not quite as warm. i have a chance of rain also in the accuweather seven-day forecast. a live shot at some low clouds over san francisco right now. >> thank you, francis. also next, more rain and more flooding for colorado. entire towns cutoff by raging waters and the number of people missing continues to climb. and the 49ers fans are heading to seattle
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>> good morning. as we continue, happy saturday. so glad you are with us this morning. this is a live look from our emeryville camera this morning. you can see it's cloudy out there right now. emeryville you are looking at 59 degrees. but it's going to clear up and it is going to warm up. frances dinglasan is in with your forecast and she will have more details coming up in a little bit. meanwhile, sticking with weather, we are following developing news out of colorado. the number of people unaccounted for has risen to more than 170. as the state deals with heavy rain and deadly flooding.
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and despite many rescues, hundreds of people are still cutoff from help. brandy hit is in boulder where people are bracing tore even more rain. >> water, water everywhere. as far as the eye can see large parts of colorado are drowning in floodwaters. firefighters braved waters raging offer their windshield to get to those who need help. in big thompson canyon, this man went through a wall of water. businesses and homes are islands. a horse is tethered in a pasture that now looks lost at sea. the deluge tossed around these trailers as though they were toys in a bathtub. it was too much more rail ways, highways and many homes. >> the neighbors house fell off into what was a little creek and now a raging river. it fell off and got swept away. >> it's gone. >> it's gone. there are pieces of houses, appliances floating down. >> thousand versus been evacuated. >> i've never seen it rain so
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hard. >> in estes park, rescuers used zip lines to save trapped residents. this man was pulled from his home after it was buried in mud. >> i was able to shovel into the door and get him a blanket and water. >> others wait and hope. >> they can't get out, we can't get in. >> with entire roads being taken out, they are using helicopters for rescues. in boulder, colorado, abc news. >> abc news learned the huge fire that destroyed much of jersey boardwalk is considered suspicious. the flames driven by 30 miles an hour quickly spread, destroying dozens of businesses. investigators are calling the ruins a crime scene. the boardwalk had just pain steakenly been rebuilt after being battered by super storm sandy last year.
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the governor vowed the boardwalk will be rebuilt again. california health officials are warning people not to he's an imported candy that may be dangerous. the latest batch of the candy tested at .22 parts per million of lead and that's more than double the level california says is contaminated them said throw it over immediately. candy is imported from india. the packages are 7-ounces and have a label that says batch newspaper 12030. more races scheduled today in the america's cup final. time is running out for the oracle. the kiwis beat the oracle two more times on thursday. they now lead six to minus one and need just three more victories to claim the cup. oracle needs ten. they inched past the oracle and won by 47 seconds.
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they won hot elway in the second and beat them by horn a minute. it's always exciting on the bay when the races are happening. sounds like the weather will cooperate? >> it will. we see northwest winds this afternoon. 15 to 25 knots. we will see good speed out there. a lot of sunshine for this. live doppler 7hd sweeping around the bay area picking up kai quiet condition right now but things are going to change by the end of this work week. a live view from the kgo roof cam shows some fog developing, some light fog. low clouds moving n we will see that near the coast. it's currently 55 in san francisco. 58 in oakland and 58 in san jose. here's another look. golden gate bridge you can see across the span. we still have low clouds overhead as well. and even some morning fog developing near the coast and bay and possibly the north bay valleys. mild to warm temperatures this afternoon and then slightly cooler for tomorrow.
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here's why. we will show you the water vapor image. this shows the moisture in the upper levels of the atmosphere. an area of low pressure. a narrow ridge right now bringing us the quiet conditions. but this area of low pressure is going to bring us the stronger onshore flow tomorrow, bringing us cooler numbers. and another low pressure system diving south from the gulf of alaska with the cold front might bring as you chance of rain on friday and even into saturday. we will watch it lowsly and update it for you as well during the week. today look for more sunshine and pleasant conditions around the bay area. 79 in san jose. a lot of upper 70s inth south bay to mid-80s low 80s morgan hill. palo alto 77. 52 pacifica. downtown san francisco 58 degrees and also in the north bay low to mid-80s through petaluma, santa rosa, sonoma and napa. 70s in the east bay. and we will see 70 in berkeley, up to 78 in castro valley.
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interior areas quite warm, as well. getting into the upper 80s today. and some low 80s near pleasanton. also for tonight you can expect the fog to move in once again with temperatures in the 50s to near 630 degrees. we will see -- 60 degrees. we will see similar condition overnight. around the state a heads-up if you are planning to go to the sierra. quiet right now but we could see some afternoon thunderstorms develop once again with the warm air rising. so partly cloudy conditions there with a high of 81. 91 in sacramento. and 86 in los angeles with partly cloudy conditions. pretty hot in palm springs at 108 degrees. here's your accuweather seven-day forecast. so look for another beautiful day today with mild to warm temperatures. upper 80s inland to mid-60s along the coast. tomorrow you will notice temperatures just a little bit cooler in the inland areas and around the bay, as well. then we will be near average through the work week.
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fairly quiet until things start to get cooler on friday. that's when we are watching the slight chance of rain move into the bay area. possibly even into saturday. i'll keep you posted. >> not great time but good to see some change. >> yes. >> thanks, francis. tomorrow night's game between the 49ers and the seahawks could be one of the loudest ever. a group of seahawks fan will try to break the guinness world record for the loudest stadium knows. the record was set during a turkish soccer match two years ago. the loudest rock concert 117 decibels and the ear starts to hear pain at 119 decibels. you might want to grab some ear plugs for the game. they run about 7 bucks a pair and they might dampen the noise
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of what the seattle fans call the twelfth man. >> yikes. i will watch from home. next a short term
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will have to stop using plastic bags for take outs. trounce will begin charging ten cents for paper or compostable bags. it will apply to even takeout sandwiches. right now the city is reaching out to restaurants reminding them of the change. a father in utah made a fashion statement in order to urge his teenage daughter to press more modestly. these pictures of scott mcclain in torrealba went viral after he cutoff a pair of his jeans and turned him into his own dad's daisy dukes. he came one his fashion statement after his 19-year-old daughter, miley, refused to wear longer shorts during their weekly family nights. do what you have to do as a parent i guess. a new eastern span of the bay bridge has a new honor. guinness world book of records said it's the widest bridge in the world. the span measures 258 and 1/3
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feet ride. it passes a bridge in columbia which is 213 feet wide. thousands of people are expected to poor into the popular tourist destination for the 18th annual chocolate festival. almost 30 venders will be giving out samples of their chocolate-inspired creations. there will also be chef demonstrations and wine and chocolate pairings. it against today at noon and proceeds go to project open hand. if you have to eat chocolate to help, then you have to. coming up, governor brown signs a historical agreement with the government of china. we will tell you the purpose of the pledge. and the paint industry's pressure in the courts to get the lead
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60s. 60 degrees in mountain view right now. here's what you can expect for the day. we will see a varying range of temperatures along the coast. it will be cooler, but around the bay look for mainly sunny conditions, mild numbers, upper 60s to upper 70s. along the coast the clouds will stick around, pull back later on this afternoon. partly sunny conditions with temperatures in the low and upper 60s. and inland lots of sunshine and quite warm again. upper 70s to even upper 80s. i'll have your accuweather seven-day forecast come up. that does include a chance of rain. katie. >> francis, thank you. new this morning, secretary of state john kerry said the u.s. and russia have reached an agreement on a plan to secure syria's chemical weapons. the plan comes as president obama says the world must stand ready to act if diplomacy fails. the president said poison gas cannot become the new weapon of choice for terrorists. >> it is an afront to human dignity and the threat to the
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security of people everywhere. as i've said for weeks, the international community must respond to this outrage a dictator must not be allowed to gas children in their beds with impunity. and we cannot risk poison gas becoming the new weapon of choice for tyrants and terrorists the world over. >> syria has agreed to a russian proposal to turn over their chemical weapons. if they do not comply they will seek a u.n. resolution that could authorize military action. happening today demonstrators will hold a blow test over the response to the crisis in syria. there have been several similar events in the recent weeks, including some stained in front of senator feinstein's home and office. it will be today at 1:00 on the new eastern portion of the new golden gate span. there's a landmark agreement to fight climate change. signing took place in downtown
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san francisco yesterday. the memo of understanding calls on china and california to curb carbon gases, reduce energy consumption and invest in clean technologies. currently china produces more greenhouse gas than any other country. governor brown said china's pollution problems are also california's. >> a buildup of greenhouse gas spreads throughout the entire world and greenhouse gas comes from africa, from china, from california, from texas, from great britain, from all over. >> a chinese government representative said the agreement is vital to help china meet its clean energy goals. a joint task force will meet periodically to share research on climate change. this morning domestic violence victims has more rockies. a law signed by governor brown will allow domestic victims to include social media was part of a restraining orbed. it's designed to protect victims from online harassment.
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>> back in the day there had to be physical injury but that isn't the case anymore. there are several ways for somebody to intimidate and harass somebody. now that social media is such a common thing, if somebody has bad intent, that's one of the tools they are using. >> the state let lay tower has approved a d. -- the state legislature has given approval to a bill to give undocumented immigrants license. >> it's a banner year for immigrants living to california illegally. ity state legislature spent governor brown numerous proposals that helped the more than 2.8 million year. >> it sends a message to washington that california is serious about the need for comprehensive immigration reform. >> they will crack down on consultants who help immigrants save a place in line for legal
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immigration. and others can obtain a law license even if they are undocumented. there's also the trust account, prohibiting local law enforcement from turning over immigrants to the feds when arrested for minor crimes. but the big one is giving them a driver's license, which was thought to be shelfed for the year. the state senator ricardo says in a meeting monday night members were reluctant to sign a driver's license bill. >> they were what are you talking about? send me the bill. i'm waiting for the bill. i want to sign t we thought this was so important we had to move and strike while the iron was hot. >> that spurred a last minute frenzy getting the driver's license bill to the governor's desk. surprisingly that and other bills got republican support. it comes at a time when the party is trying to make inroads with latinos. >> the federal government has failed to do something for 25 years. >> he said california must do
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what it can. >> i'm in a state officer but we have to retook what the federal government does or does not do and this is something we could do. >> the governor said he changed his mind and now supports a driver's license bill because it's becoming clear the feds probably won't act on immigration reform any tim soon. in sacramento, nannette miranda, abc7 news. a 13 your old long lawsuit against manufactures of lead-based paint is wrapping up in san jose. ten counties are seeking $1 billion to cleanup residences. reporter david louie explains what's at stake. >> the use of lead-based paint was banned in 1978 but the risk remains in older homes and buildings. the u.s. centers for disease control and prevention projects more than half a million children may have unhealthy levels of led. the paint industry said it didn't know for decades that lead and paint were dangerous. when it did it paid fees to support education and prevention programs. but five companies are being
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sued by three cities in seven counties that say that isn't enough. >> they don't remove the lead paint from homes. so until you remove the lead paint from homes, children are still going to get poisoned and that's the remedy we are seeing in this lawsuit. >> oakland, san francisco and the bay area counties of santa clara, almeda and solano are using the state public nuisance law for the lawsuit. the attorney general for california points out a similar strategy in other states have failed. >> seven other states, supreme courts have looked at this very same evidence, the same issues, and in every instance sided with the manufacturers. >> the lawsuit seeks over $1 billion to help remediate the hazard. santa clara based haz mat has been testing for lead contamination for years. cleanup can be achieved by removing chipped surfaces and
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repainting or a more aggressive means. >> the painting is a short-term meditation and the encapsulate not of putting something over it is long-term and then there's the remove. >> close arguments are scheduled for monday. the judge has 90 days to render a decision. in san jose, abc7 news. happening today san francisco giants employees will prepare for a potential disaster by holding an evacuation drill. it take place at at&t park at 9:00. the team's front office and security staff, local law enforcement and ballpark venders will all take part. giants are away this weekend playing a serious in southern california against the los angeles dodgers. coming up next on the abc7 saturday morning news, it's moving day for a local technology incubator. so many start-ups have been born there, the company needs more space. and let's take a live look outside right now at the golden
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gate bridge. things moving along very easily traffic-wise. frances dinglasan is in with frances dinglasan is in with your forecast and she unbelievable. shhhhh! in our day, we didn't have u-verse high speed internet. yeah, our babysitter didn't have a million ways to serve mom up on a silver platter. we had to count sheep to fall asleep. and i always worried that i was creating an overcrowded sheep farm. in my head... never looked like that farmer took proper care of those sheep. too much? a little. [ male announcer ] connect all your wi-fi-enabled devices with u-verse high speed internet. rethink possible.
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[ daughter ] hi mom. hey honey, the trip's great, very relaxing. are you sure you can't make it? but you come every year! you could be playing bingo right now! woooo! and there's movie night -- you love movies! [ laughs ] sorry honey, can't hear you -- bad connection. love you! [ laughs ] ♪ [ male announcer ] bold flavors for the bold hearted -- progresso heart healthy soup. >> welcome back. so glad you are with us. it's 5:40 on your saturday
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morning. this is a live look at the san mateo bridge right now. quite a few clouds on there, but certainly no slowing down, no traffic to speak of. and a little bit cloudy out there, as is the case in most places right now. but things will clear up. you are looking at mild to warm temperatures today. frances dinglasan is with us this morning and she will fill you in on all the details in your town. stanford is a university known for graduating students who start companies. in fact, we've covered a lot of them on abc7. now the university is investing in those young entrepreneurs in a totally new way. abc7 news reporter johnathan bloom explains. >> in the parking lot of the aol building inial at, a big leather couch is being wheeled and hoisted into the future. it's a couch many young entrepreneurs have slept on if they made it that far. >> he will sleep under the desk sometimes. code, code, code for 15 hours straight and then lion the floor and sleep for a couple hours and
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get back up. >> it's that kind of passion that makes a perfect fit here at start-x, the start-up accelerator born out of stanford university. it's a learning program for entrepreneurs who are passionate about an idea. >> when i say passionate, i don't mean that they think it's cool. it's they can't sleep at night because they are thinking with it. >> he started it two years ago. this is your desk, the messiest one of all? >> yeah, i'm not too clean. >> now he's packing his things. start-x isn't shutting down. far from it. after helping to hatch 136 start-ups, including the building toy company for girls and six dot which makes a braille labeling machine for the blind, start-x has outgrown the space they gave it to get off the ground. now with a $3.6 million grant from the university and the hospital, it is heading out on its own. >> basically this entire space will be for our company. >> even with more money to rent more space, nobody is planning to spread out and put their feet up.
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it turns out working shoulder to shoulder is one of the things that's made them so successful. >> we will probably take this out and in this space we can have ten people sitting here. >> sitting close quarters creates accidental teamwork. >> they overhear and they say, oh, yeah, i can help with that. it happens all the time. >> stanford is part of the teamwork. they will contribute to the start-up capital they can get. you might say it's a contribution to a different form of education. in palo alto, johnathan bloom, abc7 news. 5:43. frances dinglasan is in for lisa argen this morning. are you the bearer of good news this morning? >> i think i am, actually. we are going to see some sunshine and mild to warm conditions this afternoon. although we are starting off with some low clouds, as you can see, from this live shot from the exploratorium looking out toward the bay bridge. do i have a chance of rain and i will be talking a little bit more about that very shortly. >> francis, thank you. also next, a close play
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is crucial in last night's a's-rangers game as the two teams battle for the a.l. west
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>> welcome back. it's 5:46 on your saturday morning. here's a live look from our hd roof cam. you see the ferry butting in the foreground and bay bridge in the background, a little obscured by clouds. san francisco, you are looking at 68 degrees this morning. frances dinglasan -- i should say today.
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68 today. cooler right now. frances dinglasan will have the details for you coming up in a little bit. good news for san jose sharks fans. tickets go on sale today. fans can buy tickets to 2013-2014 regular season games starting at 10:00. also today the sharks will host a freeskating event. from noon to five fans will have the chance to skate, meet sharkey and other sharks personalities. it take place at the sap center on santa clara street in san jose. in sports this morning a fifth-ranked stanford is in west point to play army and later today number four ohio state meets cal at memorial stadium. kickoff at 4:00 p.m. last night the southerns a's played the struggling rangers to start a weekend series between the a.l. west top two teams. here's abc sports news director larry beil with highlights of this morning's sports. >> good morning. it's the showdown for first place in the a.l. west. it was looking easy for a while
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last night in texas for the a's cruising out to a seven-run lead. what could go wrong? a's came in leading by 3 1/2 games. yoenis cespedes, his 21st homer of the year. highs his numbers from last year. at one point the lead was 9-2. but texas rallies. a 6-run eighth, a two-run single by alex rios makes it 9-8. texas looking for more. adrian bell take. and cespedes throwing and he is out! but he was really safe and the ump made a brought call. that saved the a's. got toll of nine. sean doolittle little gets him looking to end it. a's hang on 9-8. they are now four and a half up with just 15 games to play. giants and dodgers in l.a. cotton candy, one of the primary food groups at the park. madison bum garter gave up two
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runs in the game. a former giant juan uribe, knocking in pablo sandoval. part of a three-run inning and the giants win by a scarf 4 i have 22. >> for years al was known as mr. 59. jim furyk did it yesterday. round two of the bmw championship in illinois. playing the back nine his. his second shot or the par 4, 15 and it's a perfect eagle. on nine, his final hole of the day, needs a birdie. how about this shot. knocking it stiff. setting up his 11th birdie of the round. 4 of 59. a feat accomplished by only six players in history. furyk tied for the lead with snedeker at 11-under par. the biggest growing
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lexus edition of "after the game." i'm larry beil. what can people expect today for weather? >> i think they can expect sunny conditions, mostly sun my and temperatures in the upper 60s. it will be a great day to be outdoors in san francisco. but i would avoid driving. street closers for the parade and a lot of traffic near the embarcadero for the america's cup races as well. but it will be a nice day to head outdoors today. picking up quiet conditions around the bay area. we will show you a live shot of the low clouds of that moved in overnight from the coast. we are looking at the beautiful bay bridge. i just love this new bay bridge. you see the low clouds there. that's filling in right now from the coast. currently it's 55 in san francisco and 58 in oakland. 59 in los gatos and 57 in half moon bay. another shot. this time from our roof camera looking out toward the other end of the bay bridge. you see the wind there blowing
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the flag. we will see northwest winds this afternoon, 15 to 25 knots for the race around the bay. and also we will see mostly sunny conditions, as well, near the bay. it's currently 56 in santa rosa. 55 in napa with a possibility of some more fog developing in some of the valleys in novato currently 54 but already warmer in antioch, 60 and clear. concord 57 degrees. we are looking at the san mateo bridge camera. i did encounter some drizzle this morning so you might need to use your wipers a little bit as well. we can still get some morning fog near the coast mainly and then mild to warm temperatures this afternoon. slightly cooler tomorrow. so here's why. i want to show you the water vapor image which shows moisture in the upper levels of the atmosphere. right now we have this ridge, the orange is the dryer air. this bridge bringing us quiet weather. then we have the area of low pressure that will kind of sweep toward north, bringing us some
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slightly cooler conditions tomorrow. but what we are really watching is this other area of low pressure from the gulf of alaska. and with this associated cold front it might drop down far south enough to bring us a chance of rain friday and into saturday. we will be keeping an eye on that one. we will be updating it and letting you know. but for today have the sunscreen ready in the south bay. you will need it if you are heading to the santa clara art and wine festival. 78 there. 84 in morgan hill. 79 in san jose. look for upper 70s as well through menlo park, palo alto. 52 pacifica and partly cloudy conditions. sunset district 65. in the north bay quite warm and mild, as well, from 85 in calistoga up to 91 clear lake, 80 san rafael. look for 70s throughout the east bay. warm spot 9 in hercules. and 71 in oakland. also if you are heading to berkeley around 70 degrees. 4:00, game time for the cal bears versus the ohio buckeyes.
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also upper 80s in the inland areas, 88 in fairfield, 86 in livermore. earlier this week we saw numbers near 100. around the state we will see some 80s and 90s. sacramento, 81 tahoe. look for afternoon thunderstorms that could develop once again with the warm air rising. here's a look at the accuweather seven-day forecast. so pretty nice conditioned to with a lot of sunshine for most everyone except along the coast. temperatures dropping down a few degrees. a bit cooler tomorrow. then near average. holding steady through most of the work week. friday you will notice a dip in temperatures and that's when we are talking about the slight chance of rain. >> all right, francis. thank you. next, dream of riches with another huge power ball jackpot. we will tell you how much the next
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>> good morning, everyone. i'm katie marzullo. it's 6:00 a.m.. we will start off with a quick look at the weather. here's meteorologist frances dinglasan in for lisa argen this morning. good morning, francis. >> good morning, everyone. temperatures right now in the 50s and near 60 degrees. already clear in concord at 57. 58 in oakland. and 56 in hayward. so we could see some patchy fog spilling in to some inland valleys this morning and some fog near the coast, as well. here's how the day plays out. the clouds throughout the morning hours, even some drizzle. temperatures in the mid-50s to low 60s. and then this afternoon we will see a lot of sunshine foremost everyone. mild to warm numbers from 60s along the coast to upper 80s inland.

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