>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> aaron alexis is now in a blaze where he can no longer do harm to anyone. for that i am glad. >> the mother of the navy yard shooter expresses her heartfelt sorrow to the families suffering because of her son's deadly rampage. thanks for jointing us. >> the mother of the gunman who is speaking out for the first time. aaron alexis' most is offering condolences to the families. she read a brief statement to reporters at her home in brooklyn, new york. she did not appear on camera or take questions. the 34-year-old opened fire at the navy yard in washington, dc

on monday killing a dozen and wounding eight others before he was killed in a police shootout. >> the actions have had an everlasting effect on the families. i don't know why he does what he did. i will never be able to ask him why. to the families of the victims, i am so, so very sorry this has happened. my heart is broken. >> we are just lending two day before the rampage aaron alexis visited a gun store and firing range in virginia. the white house announced president obama will attend a memorial service on sunday for the shooting victims. a family in livermore lost a loved one in the horrific shooting at 1/2 yard. they will head east for a memorial service. abc7 news reporter katie marzullo talked with the family. >> the 51-year-old was working at navy yard as an information contractor. her brother said it was and still is a horrible shock that

she was shot and killed. he lost his sister. >> a great loss for the whole family. she was the core of our family. we lost her. >> the children are grieving, as well, and their hearts go tout her children, their cousins. >> just horrible. i cannot imagine what they are feeling. i want to take them in my arms. >> her oldest daughter just got married. the mother of the bride is all smiles in the wedding pictures and she had reason to smile after five years with the sea systems command she just was promoted. >> i was so proud of her. she always went for her goals. >> her career took her all over the world but her family says nothing mattered more to mary than her two daughters. >> she has a younger sister in florida. family is originally from north carolina. her dad was a green beret and an instructor as fort bragg.

>> katie marzullo, thank you, we will have continuing coverage of the navy yard shooting with the latest information online at abc7news.com. we are tweeting the latest develop 349s, as well. >> a four block chase of a burglary suspect in oakland ended with the suspect's vehicle flipping over. police arrested the suspect and his accomplice. they are wanted in a series of vehicle break-ins. police found the suspects to have a series of video games, xboxs and other gaming equipment. >> the oakland a's will host the angels this afternoon at the coliseum hoping nothing will stink up the joint. hit rally. a sueage problem has reappeared at the division leading team. our news reporter is at the coliseum. amy? >> raw sueage in the dugout. they are working on the problem to have it fixed by the time today's game is started. look at the video: we can show

you the crews working on it, this morning, work on the plumbing. they are snaking the line trying to get it clear and they say it will be fixed for today's game. we have video from last night's game and you can see the a's player standing outside the dug out to avoid stepping in the backup. a's officials are down playing the problem saying this is like a toilet backup you have at your home. this isn't the first sueage problem the stadium has had. one of the players said it was kind of repulsive. we asked an official about that quote. >> that is a reaction to what happened early in the season which was a much bigger deal than what happened last night. we are in an old facility and things happen. we continue to work through them. >> this is just something that happened last night, minor, and it will be taken care of. >> last night is not related to what happened in june. that is when they had a massive

sewage backup that impacted several bathrooms and offices. we asked, what does this issue do to the a's and their move or possible move to san jose? that move still needs approval for major league baseball. he theys us they are not focused on that but focused on winning games and getting into the playoffs. he has no comment about a move to san jose. today's game is against the angels and it stated at 12:35. >> today, the uc board of regents will consider a plant to spend $600,000 to fix an empty mansion in the east bay hills located in kensington north of berkeley. the university of california presidents have lived at that home since 1968. it has been vacant for five years and nears major repairs. it is in such bad shape u.c. will spend $10,000 a month to rent a house in oakland for the incoming president.

>> bart negotiations aimed at averting another strike are underway for a third and final day this week. there is still no sign of progress toward a deal and both widely disagrand on -- disagree on how much the proposals will run out with 60 days until the cooling-off period runs out the workers could strike if a new labor day is not in place in the next 22 days, by october 10. >> investigators are underway in an early morning brushfire on highway 101 in san francisco. the fire broke out and quickly spread to nearby bushes and a tree before it was knocked down. the sheriff briefly detained someone in the area for questioning and called out arson. >> breaking news in the south bay an elderly woman taken to the hospital after a fire in san jose. break out in the front room of her apartment and smoke detectors are credited with

saving her life at 83. she was able to make it out safely. the woman suffered smoke inhalation and is being checked out. >> starbucks removes the welcome mat for some customers. >> from campbell, the national chain is asking the gun-toting customers to leave the heat at home. >> do you recognize this man? he is wanted in a

>> san mateo police release this surveillance video of a suspect wanted in a string of overnight commercial burglaries. police say six businesses were hit september 11th in the area of 25th avenue. here is another photo of the same suspect. police are trying to figure if he is working alone or if he is part of a group. most of the burglaries the suspect got in a back entrance. >>the c.e.o. starbucks is taking a public stand on whether customers can bring firearms into the stores. he sent an open letter to the public asking for remain ad customers to leave the guns at home unless they law enforcement abc7 news reporter matt keller joins us from campbell. >> starbucks is popular because of the coffee drains but a debate over the open-carry

policieses that reached a boiling point. starbucks is known for the options: whether you like black coffee or triple vente latte nonfat with no foam but if you are a gun owner who likes to bring the firearm in public you have a less option: the c.e.o. is requesting that customers no longer bring firearms into the tores and outdoor seating areas unless they are authorized law enforcement personnel. in in a letter he stayed is a request and now an outright ban because we want to give responsible gun owners the chance to respect our request and this could require our partners to confront armed customers. people we have spoken with are divided about allowing guns into the coffee shop. >> i don't have a problem with it. >> i believe in the second amendment only in a basic way. i don't think people should ever be allowed to carry firearms around. not just starbucks, but anywhere.

>> advocates have held starbucks appreciation day in the bay area and across the country in support of the company's previous policy of allowing customers to publicly show their guns where the law allows. the c.e.o. doesn't want the events if his stores saying it is upsetting and unsettles. >> does it make you feel less or more safe? >> i feel totally safe. >> if i'm going to go interest a starbucks and i am seeing people strapping guns, i will pass. i will go to peet's. >> speaking of peet's, that coffee show and california pizza kitchen have policies to prevent those with firearms from entering their business. >> the giant panda cub at the national zoo in washington, dc is making another debut, this is a new picture of the female cub who is nearly a month old. she was given a clean bill of health after an exam when the

mother was not looking. the cub is still under two pounds and has not yet opened her eyes. she will not be named until 100 daze after birth according to chinese tradition. she now is starting to look like a panda with the black and white fur. >> mike nicco has a gorgeous forecast. >> look at all the sun looking northeast from mount is -- from behind it for the weekend. >> he is out of office but not out of the headlines, a perk that the san diego former mayor gave to city employees before high left office. >> hitting is snag: the problem users have trying to download the new apple

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>> covering walnut creek, burlingame, campbell and all the bay area this is abc7 news. >> today, team new zealand could close out oracle team usa and win with dangerously high winds on the bay forcing the cancellation of both of yesterday's races. lighter winds are the case today for races 11 and 12 this afternoon. team new zealand needs only two winds to claim the america's cup for the third time leading 7-1 in the finals, the first to 9 wins the cup, the oldest trophy in international sports. >> it was really gusting. they wanted to be safe. >> high pressure slipped in while we were sleeping and calmed the winds considerably.

we have issues but mainly over the ocean. better day for sailing, and a lot of sunshine out there and live doppler 7 hd shows it is clear. here is what i am talking about, small craft advisory until...say, 3:00 a.m. tomorrow morning for the coast. that is for northwest winds at 15- to 25-knots and half moon bay is eight so they will pick up a little bit this afternoon. fairfield is 14 miles per hour, but it is coming from the north and that is when you know you have high pressure and all wind bars are moving in different direction so the wins are light and variable and less than 10 miles per hour. from the satellite, this is how it looks, we have a few clouds for the only sunrise and beautiful sunrise this morning as the clouds were uplit by the sunshine and they moved on and we have just total sunshine today and temperatures responding nicely with a lost 60's and 70's out there already. here is how it looks from east bay hills camera, pretty clean

hour out there for high pressure and we can see almost to the fair lawn with this sunshine and it will be warmer, calmer, clear sky, maybe not so cool as it was this morning where we had 40's in the napa valley and half moon bay and we have a weak system for friday evening into saturday morning. the key is, very weak system. this is how it looks from mount tamalpais, you can see haze out this but nothing to worry about as we look to sutro tower and down the peninsula with the higher elevations. the sunshine and warmer weather is the story from three degrees warmer than yesterday to 11 degrees warmer and 80 in san jose and cupertino. mid-to-upper 70's in sunnyvale and milpitas. mid 80's in los gatos and gilroy. peninsula is mid-70's to 80 in redwood city and los altos. mid-to-upper 60's along the cost low-to-mid spent in downtown, south san francisco, and sausalito. gorgeous day to take pictures. we will have mid-80's through the north bay valley.

temperatures are in the mid-to-upper 60's at your beaches. along the east bay shoreline, 76 at berkeley and much else in the upper 70's to low 80's. as we head inland temperatures in the mid-to-upper 80's. in the 90's here tomorrow. if you hold off today, you might need the air conditioning tomorrow. day game, talk about gorgeous weather, 73 at 12:35 and warming up to 78 by the end of the game. take the sunscreen. the stems total are in the mid-50's to 60 and a few clouds an the coast with high pressure moving in right now and steering the next system to the north. it will bring us warmer weather today and tomorrow. today you can see the storm system already starting to travel to the northeast. we on the end of this system which is typical the first couple of fall fronts with the moisture moving into washington and oregon and unless this was the imminent of a typhoon it doesn't have much moisture but right now we painting the best

chance of rain north of us. friday evening, sprinkles are possible at the coast and into the north bay and light measurable rain friday night into saturday in the north bay and the rest of us will have sprinkles in the overnight hours so you could wake up in the morning, saturday, and it will be wet. nothing too difficult to deal with. this weekend temperatures are 10- to 15-degrees cooler than tomorrow. >> a pop of heat tomorrow, then. >> happening right now investers are plowing money into stocks and bonds after the federal reserve surprise decision to keep the economic stimulus in place maintaining the bond purchases because they think the economy needs support and that sent the s&p to a record high of 10 points of at the fed announced the decision at 11 clock our time. the dow jones industrial average was up 126 points to 15,650 after being down 44 points before the fed said it would not make changes to the bond-buying

program. >> san diego mayor did something before leaving office and he is back in the spotlight. he gave seven of the staffers large pay raises in the weeks before he resigned. in all the bumps totaled $86,000, the largest going do his former press secretary. her salary was $82,000 in july but then it jumped to $115,000, a 40 percent races. the new interim mayor has rescinded some of the raises. >> you have an opportunity to help decide the future of land in the san francisco presidio to develop eight acres in the middle of the field where the sports basement is right now. star wars creator wants to build an art museum to showcase his collection. there is a proposal for

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