live doppler 7 shows storm system moved out of the area. more messy problems today. strong rains effected the game. also, shoppers run for cover

during a terrorist attack in kenya. abc 7 news starts now. this is abc 7 news. >> rain on the last day of summer. the wet weather was more than just an inconvenience. thank you for joining us. this is an early edition of abc 7 at 5:00. rains started early this morning. a short time later it spread across most of the bay area. these drivers dealt with conditions and fog. taking you live outside here is a look from our camera. it is still cloudy. things have cleared up but when will the rain return? we have for you live team coverage on the weather that we have been experiencing throughout the day today. first we want to get to the l e

latest on your forecast to see what sunday will look like. >> we will take a look at live doppler 7 hd. it is notten usual to get a shower at this time of year. what might be unusual is the amount of rainfall that is received out of the storm system. you can see live doppler 7 hd. we are still seeing pretty moderate cells towards the livermore valley area. heading towards the east. east hill foothills to the east of san jose very heavy rainfall sitting down to coyote. saratoga light to moderate rain showers moving towards the campbell area. i want to show you how impressive some of the rainfall totals have been. san jose about a quarter of an

inch. here is a look at the actual storm system. the cold front that moved through around 11:00 started to move through central bay area there with moderate rain. now as you see at the 4:00 hour it is starting to push towards the east. we will take a look at our sunday forecast coming up. slick wet roads are blamed for a crash near santa rosa today. a semi jackknifed and hit a car. because it hasn't rained in a while the roads are slick with oil. the rain caught some offguard and caused serious flooding at the coliseum. abc 7 news reporter cornell bernard is there with the story.

>> reporter: the rain just stopped and the a's game is back on. mother nature didn't want to let it happen for a very long time today. >> we will play baseball this afternoon. >> reporter: a long rain delay where conditions were a soggy mess. field crew had to soak up rain puddles. leaks were everywhere you look. glen perkins tweeted this picture of the visitor's dugout flooded with water. >> there was water all over the field level. at the peak of the storm we probably got about an inch of rain in about 30 minutes. >> reporter: the rain delay no big deal for the gonzalez

family. in san francisco heavy rains tumbled two branches damages three unlucky cars parked underneath. >> in my apartment i hear what sounds like the cable cars coming up down the track. i hear explosions. >> reporter: left these tourists stranded. >> we thought it would be a round trip and we would be back in no time and then this happens. and it never rains in california. >> reporter: the heavy down pour caught lots of people offguard. >> it wasn't raining when i left the house today. i don't know. >> reporter: where is your umbrella? jewelry vendors kept their merchandise covered so it wouldn't get ruined. we found many packing up hoping

customers and the sun will return on sunday. back live here where storm clouds are moving out. this coliseum has had a lot of issues this year with twins relief pitcher said in his tweett that that was raw sewerage. the management tells us it is only water. good to know. the rain didn't dampen the spirits of people in san francisco taking part in this year's walk to end alzheimer's. they brought their running shoes and umbrellas. others brought on ponchos. more than 3,000 people were expected to participate in today's walk. just a few hours east it wasn't rain coming down but snow. the sierra saw its first flakes of the season today. heavenly mountain resort sent us these photos.

here is a live look at the ski resort thanks to our camera. hard to see anything because of the drops on the camera. it is raining at lake level. abc 7 news viewers have been sharing their weather photos. you can see the rain really coming down in this video. brad sent us this twitter picture showing the rain coming down on bart station. and the one just before with the rain boots and umbrellas, people who got out to enjoy the rain. be sure to end us your rain video or photo photos. at least 39 people are dead and more than 150 injured after a terrorist attack at an upscale mall in kenya. abc news reporter jeffrey kofman has more. >> reporter: first a gun fire and grenade attack sent panicked

shoppers fleeing. first spreading terror in the parking lot. mayhem inside the mall lasted for hours. >> we had thtried escaping and threw a grenade. >> reporter: police and military surrounded the mall. >> our security forces are conducting an investigation as we speak and are in the process of neutralizing the attackers and securing the mall. >> reporter: some of the wounded were in shopping carts.

a somalian rebel group with links to al qaeda has claimed responsibility for the attack. abc news. authorities have tracked down a man they believe killed two women during a crash in san jose earlier this month. police arrested danny coleman yesterday for the deadly hit-and-run. two women were heading to work september 2 when the driver slammed into them and took off running. carmen zavala and cristina deleon were killed. a rough morning for a street cleaner in oakland. this happened about 6:00 this morning. officers say the street sweeper spun out. the driver was injured and his

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an event honoring female veterans added a special remembererance for those killed at the navy yard. four veterans received the quilt made in pleasanton in recognition of services in the armed forces. the ceremony took a moment to remember those killed monday in washington, d.c. 12 member and the gunman who was a military contractor were killed. mother nature is wreaking havoc with the america's cup. officials were forced to postpone today's race because of shifting wind. the wind was blowing south. the course is set up for the wind to come in on a west southwest course meaning emirates team new zealand is a race away from taking home the

cup. the kiwis were ahead in the first race. for more on our weather it was quite gloomy and wet. >> you have to say the last day of summer it was nice for the lawns, flowers, gardner nardinar gardeners out there. we'll take you out towards the tracy area. i mentioned at the top of the show you can see the rain out towards 580. moderate rain there. also we are seeing moderate rain a little to the west of campbell. a little bit of rain there. most of the heavy activity pushed towards the east there.

we will say good bye to the massive area of rainfall as high pressure will start to dry us out. quite impressive rainfall totals. over a quarter of inch or half an inch in concord the last 24 hours. updated numbers will be coming in. check out half moon bay over a quarter of an inch there and over a half an inch. san francisco doing quite well with over a quarter of an inch of rainfall. the sky as you can see from our live roof top camstarting to show a hint of blue and sunshine starting to shine through. san jose at 61 degrees. los napa 70. 68 in antioch.

we are definitely going to see clearing overnight. get ready for that. the showers will be ending and dry and breezy day for sunday. tomorrow we say hello fall. it arrives at 1:44 tomorrow afternoon. this is a look at how it is starting to shape up this morning as the cold front moves on through. you can definitely see the clearing behind it. we will continue to see the clearing as we head through the course of the evening. here is the low that started to track towards us. you can see the heavier bans making their way towards the san francisco area. the showers will be ending. high temperature will bring us a brighter sky foreign policy sunday. tomorrow the big game at candle stick. you will not have to worry about showers. kickoff 1:25. by about 4:00 we'll warm it up

to about 64 degrees. plenty of sunshine and breezy there. you will need to bring a light jacket. we go with temperatures in the 60s. showers will be ending. here is a look at your high for sunday. at the coast 63 half moon bay. 56 for downtown san francisco. the north bay warming up into the 70s. east bay will look for oakland 73. 80 for brentwood. seven day forecast get ready for a nice day on monday. temperatures start to dip and the breezes start to pick up. after that we bring more sunshine and warm it up next weekend. >> sounds good. america's cup wasn't the only thing that had a delay because of the rain. >> the as have a chance. they

the as magic number is down to two games. a win over the twins today coupled with the royals and the as are in. josh donaldson beats the throw. as up. two run blast. ninth of the season. as fat with a 6-olead in the fourth. giants taking on the yankees.

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we kick off with san jose state and minnesota. spartans coming without their starter who injured his knee. minnesota head coach back in the saddle after suffering a seizure last week on the sideline. ten yards. 83-yard drive. second quarter flips it down the sideline. jones. no one is going to catch him. 76 yards on the score. 13-10, minnesota. 1:15 before the half drives down the field. connects with jones again. 295 yards passing.

fourth quarter fourth touchdown run. 151 yards on the ground for the quarterback. 36-17, minnesota. one bright spot connecting with johnson. jones seven catches. the spartans drop to 1-2. ohio state hosting florida a&m. kenny guiton started at quarterback. eight yards out. buckeyes up, 20-0. second quarter three td passes later. 55-0, ohio state. six td passes in the first half. third round of the tour championship not a lot to cheer about for tiger. he did chip in from 14.

no fed ex cup for him. he shot on the par 3 second. birdie puts him at 11 under. birdie on four. 300 on the day puts him four back. great par here on 17 to keep him at 12 under. shooting 169. he has a four-shot lead going into sunday's final round. more college football and an as update coming up later in this newscast. harsh words today from president obama. the future of the bill that defunded the health care law and the other looming crisis the country is facing. and witnesses say it was chaos. what led to this violent confrontation outside of a courtroom. and then a teenager in southern california makes hist

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now from abc 7 news. >> you are looking at live doppler 7 hd. you can see a quick moving storm system has moved east. and taking a live look at conditions outside you see some clouds out there as we look across the san mateo bridge. our skies begin to clear in most areas around 2:00 this afternoon. one of the first areas to get a

drenching was in the county. you can see the thick fog moving there this morning. heading east here is a look from our emeryville camera. the city gets the most rain typically. a show down is just days away over the budget and the debt ceiling. the looming crisis could effect the paychecks of millions of americans and the economy. abc news reporter has the latest. >> reporter: president obama on saturday upped the ante in a show down with republicans on capitol hill. >> i will not allow anyone to harm this country's reputation or threaten to inflict economic pain on millions of our own people just to make a point. >> reporter: the point is the president's signature health care initiative. republicans have completely defunded it in a bill that would keep the government up and

running after september 30. >> the american people don't want the government shut down and they don't want obama care. >> reporter: the bill has no chance of passing the democratically run senate. >> military personnel including those deployed overseas won't get their paychecks on time. federal loans for rural communities, small business owners and new home buyers will be frozen. >> reporter: and there is another looming crisis, the debt ceiling. if congress doesn't raise the limit the u.s. could default on the massive debt. nevada governor. >> we just need washington to pause, reflect and see what is possible in our great nation. >> reporter: abc news. firefighters at the massive rim fire in and around yosemite

believe containment won't come until october 1. the delay is because of flames spreading in high elevation forests. the fires consumed about 400 square miles. fire officials say the warm weather continues to fuel the fire. it is now the third largest fire in state history. now, to storm ravaged mexico where a government official says a missing helicopter crashed and all aboard were found dead. the announcement comes as officials say the death toll from two hurricanes were up to 101 not counting those on the helicopter. 68 people remaining missing where a landslide buried half of the town. the hurricane left about 30,000 tourists stranded on the pacific coast while hurricane ingrid pommelled the east coast.

six people were scheduled to be arraigned today for a heated courthouse brawl caught on video. it happened yesterday at the courthouse in new york. those arrested face charges for riott in the first degree and contempt of court. police say the fight broke out after families and friends of a victim and a murder suspect started arguing. four people were hurt including two court officers. 49ers all pro lineback eer aldon smith is expected to suit up sunday despite being arrested for drunk driver. he was found unconscious in his truck with the engine running. he also had had marijuana in his car. after bailing himself out smith was back at practice yesterday. coach jim harbaugh says nfl policy means the league will decide if smith will be

suspended. a news report finds smart phone robberies are on the rise in berkeley. according to the san francisco chronicle mart phone robberies were a contributor to an increase in pedestrian robberies. police say they are hoping to crack down on the property theft by deploying more officers. they are also sending more officers to neighborhoods with high burglary rates. west hollywood is the first city in the nation to ban fir. the ban includes only items that are made to be worn such as shoes, gloves, hats and coats. second hand stores are also not effected. a shop can be charged with a misdemeanor if it receives at least three citations in a year. some are upset saying the ban doesn't reflect the image.

here is an example of spiedy sense not equaling common sense. security cameras captured spiderman apparently trying to rob a clerk. police say the masked man yelled, how much money you got. police identified him as jonathan hewson. his room mate says he is not a bad guy. >> he is just a college kid and college kids tend to do strange things. >> spidy did not get money. hewson is facing a robbery charge. today volunteers are cleaning up the san francisco bay shore line in the east bay. they started working in oakland this morning. coastal cleanup day brings together volunteers from community and school groups. the group advocates the

restoration of the san francisco bay but get their hands dirty cleaning up the shore line. >> we find everything from shoes, bottle caps. yeah, we find everything. even tires and stuff like that. >> the most common item they found each year, cigarette butts. volunteers collected more than 300,000 last year. efforts are moving forward to add the childhood home of steve jobs to a list of historical sites. the home is considered significant because it is where jobs and apple co-founder steve wozniak built the first 50 apple one computers in 1976. why a new homecoming queen says her win is a victim for anyone struggling with identity.

a pregnant, what she is s sayi saying. tomorrow fall arrives. we will

covering south bay, pleasanton and all the bay area. this is abc 7 news. google wants to keep you alive and using its search engine and using its search engine for a long time. the search giant is launching a new effort. >> reporter: those who work with seniors like to say 85 plus is the new 60 thanks to better nutrition, exercise and health care. google would like to see more people live longer. that is the reason why it will start calico. >> i think if that is their endeavor and that is the focus to increase the quality of life for seniors who better to talk to than the people they are targeting. >> reporter: she finds the new googlenishative very unusual. >> it is very unusual. i think it is wonderful.

>> reporter: google is named after the ceo. he is chairman of the board. he is an investor in calico. google declined an interview and won't answer how much it will invest and how many people it will hire. >> it's unclear whether google will use its resources on its way to extending life, to actually building better quality of life. and if that becomes one of their goals and i think who better than google to bring the resources to work on that. >> reporter: professor is director of san jose state's center for antiaging. she raised concerns over prive asas google mines data about seniors and their health.

>> i do that for seven minutes. >> reporter: you must be pretty healthy? >> i have been, yes. >> reporter: and you want to stay that way. >> i want to stay that way. i certainly do. researchers in texas have discovered a yeast infection can make you feel and smell drunk even though you are sober. a man from east texas says he has been feeling drunk for five years but never drank booze. experts find a yeast infection which causes fermentation in the intestines that make people feel hammered. >> he was dizzy and feeling unusual. his wife is a nurse. she was suspicious that he smelled like alcohol and seemed like he was drunk and intoxicated. he said he hadn't been drinking. she believed him. >> reporter: doctors prescribed

an antiyeast medication and the problem cleared up. a teenager is enjoying her win as homecoming queen. cassdy campbell was elected queen. she says her win is a victory for anyone who struggled with their idea. >> i am so proud to win this for me and for everyone out there. every kid, trans gender, gay, bisexual, gay, straight, black, white, whatever. >> she said she knew she was female at an early age. the first time she dressed as a girl was halloween her sophomore year butd this year she has been attending school as a girl. for some women moving around the last few months of pregnancy can be difficult. one woman is pumping iron and stirring up a storm of comments

online. abc reporter has her story. >> reporter: they are the images generating a lot of buzz. a 33 week pregnant california woman lifting 75 pounds for exercise. >> weight lifting is not a joke. it's not for newbies. >> reporter: at 20 years old she started training for weight lifting figure competitions. >> lifting weight made me feel confident and good. >> reporter: lifting as much as 190 pounds before her pregnancy, seen here in these facebook pictures hoisting just 75 pounds out of an abundance of caution. photos generated more than 16,000 comments. some people in support and awe. you go girl. looking great. while others say that is dangerous. wow. i would not put my baby in danger. >> things have changed a lot in terms of what women can do in exercise. weight lifting is okay.

there are some limitations. this woman is somebody who has been doing this a long time. >> reporter: there are many women who continue exercising during pregnancy. this 27-year-old woman ran in a chicago marathon at 39 weeks. >> the main thing with exercise is listen to your body. >> reporter: she says she refuses to be shamed into stopping what she loves. >> it is completely acceptable and healthy if you continue doing what your body is used to. >> reporter: for now she plans on sticking with her favorite workout routine. >> life is dangerous but i'm not going to stop living it. >> she says she has had absolutely no issues or complications with her pregnancy. time to get a check on our weather. >> looks like it is starting to

exit the bay area. rainfall totals range from about a quarter of an inch to half an inch in the north bay. we have more coming up tonight at 11:00. you can see on live doppler 7 hd all of this is starting to push towards the east. we are getting reports of lots of sunshine in the north bay. up towards clover dale also reporting a few light showers towards the hillsburg area. as i mentioned we have been watching this one cell move over towards tracy in the last 20 to 30 minutes. tracy getting pounded with heavy shower activity there and we will move a little to the south, just to the east of morgan hill. we have been seeing moderate rain developing towards mountainous areas there. you can see much of this has started to move out of the bay area. nice shot with sunshine. downtown san francisco right now. we have 64.

that is a nice shot from our east bay cam. you can see a hint of sunshine there. napa 70. 68 in nevada. antioch 60 degrees. here is another nice shot from seeing the cumulus clouds dropping a little. showers will be ending this evening as we take a look at our forecast. a look ahead. dry and breezy conditions for your sunday. speaking of tomorrow, today was the last full day of summer. tomorrow fall arrives at 1:44 tomorrow afternoon. around the noon time hour this is when the heaviest band of rain started to move through the bay area. then it pushed towards the east. hearing reports of a few light dusting of snow in the higher elevations. nothing really to talk about. definitely signs that the season is getting ready to change. we go back to 4:00 this morning

this area of low pressure started to track over the bay area. around noon time it brought us the heaviest moisture. it will continue to push towards the east and showers will be ending this evening. bring on the sunshine tomorrow. it will be a sunny day for the niners taking on the colts. kickoff 1:25. get ready for temperatures in the 60s. lots of sunshine and will be a bit breezy. overnight temperatures tonight upper 40s in the north bay. the fog will start to move in. highs tomorrow warm up slightly with 74 for san jose. san francisco 66 degrees. in the north bay temperatures santa rosa 74. sonoma 74. plenty of sunshine on the east bay shore line with berkeley 72. 73 for oakland and east bay locations getting close to 80

degrees. 77 for pi. wednesday a few more clouds. winds pick up tuesday afternoon and wednesday. a bit cooler those two days and we warm back into the 80s for next friday and saturday. >> fall wanted to come a day early. i like the rain, though. it's nice. a new app could help wild life enthusiasts track whales. starting today a team of scientists will test the app whale spotter fort about a week. blue and humpback whales visit the bay area every year to feed on cril. the problem is the bay is also a busy sea channel. whales and boats often collide. gps is now in just about every smart phone. there is one place it doesn't work well, indoors.

abc reporter took a walk with one of the entrepreneurs who is solving that problem. >> reporter: these blue suede shoes have a lot of miles on them but you will never know it because all of the walking is indoors. he is the ceo of indoor atlas. it works just like gps in the places where gps doesn't work. >> this is the most challenging place you can find. >> for your technology? >> this is the optimum place. >> reporter: inside this big steel building, a cell phone with a gps knows it is somewhere near downtown. he showed us how indoor atlas can tell exactly where it is to a meter. the secret is in your phone's built in compass. it picks up magnetic interference from anything metal around you.

it can tell what floor it is on. >> it is different in different floors. >> reporter: indoor atlas will have the first app ready for android and iphone users ready to download in a couple of weeks. they hope retailers will start building the technology into their own apps. imagine a mall with its own app instead of confusing directories by the escalators. he said he is working with businesses to make it happen. he thinks indoor atlas has the edge because it requires the business to have wifi. >> you don't need to install hardware. you can use existing hardware and the building itself. it is the infrastructure. >> reporter: where did the idea come from? from nature. >> animals use magnetic. >> reporter: if an animal steps on his blue suede shoes he will be able to navigate to find new

ones. the as could clinch the division this weekend. we want to see your as pride. share photos with us at facebook.com/abc7news. we will show photos on air as the as make their way through the post season. >> after a two-hour rain delay the as got busy down to two

as coupled with a texas loss to the royals and as is the

champion. pregame handshake. as up, 2-0. josh donaldson coming around. he will beat the throw home. still in the second gone. two run blast to left. hernandez, his ninth of the season. as with a 6-0 lead. they lead 6-1 in the sixth. rough outing for ryan vogelsong. two-run shot. yankees cruising, 5-0. soriano has 50 rbis. yankees starter went the distance. nine scoreless innings. walked one, struck out seven and the yankees will shut out the giants, 6-0 the final.

gopher head coach back in the saddle after suffering a seizure last week. chandler jones, great catch. 32 yard. 20-17, gophers at the break. fourth touchdown run. 151 on the ground. 36-17, minnesota. one bright spot to jones. 28 yards on this one. jones seven catches, 197 yards. 43-24 your final. fifth ranked stanford hosting arizona state. kevin hogan fakes a handoff. hits montgomery. he will take it the rest of the way. 17 yards for the touchdown. we will have the highlights after the game. we are double dipping. texas and kansas state.

we are providing a bonus game on our digital channel, michigan and uconn. stick around for after the game. hope to see you then. stanford and as state squaring off. we will have that for you after the game. >> that does it for this edition of abc 7 news. thank you for joining us. college football is next. covering the bay area takes a certain person, a friend in your community, someone who cares, someone you trust. thank you fo

the following is a presentation of espn on abc. >> brent: welcome to espn's saturday night football presented by windows and tonight's big 12 opener between the kansas city state wildcats and the texas longhorns from austin, texas. you are looking at mack brown, the embattled head coach of the longhorns. tonight, he begins what could be his last season home stand.